TNA Is Worth Noting: The Disgruntled's Real Tag Team Championship History

Friday, March 27, 2020

TNA Is Worth Noting: The Disgruntled's Real Tag Team Championship History

IF ONLY I RECEIVED HATEFUL EMAILS AND TWEETS (@mainventzombie).

I am not saying that Impact is not a World Championship.

I am leaning to saying that it is not, but The Pride and The Powerful and the Lucha Bros both had a cup of coffee there. And when it comes to Total Nonstop Action, the Dudleys had shown they had showcased the importance of three championships already.

As I reviewed that statement in my last blog, it turn out my assumption was false. It surprised me how little contract disputes have not booked Ring of Honor into corners (and that is post Gabe Sapolsky). Sadly, it did not surprise me WWE just forgot to book these titles after they consolidated their titles with a admirable history. Admirable, unless you see it as an Attitude Era Redux. After Carlito and Primo held them, only The Miz was established in the time of TV-PG.

21st to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:

TNA Tag Team Champions: The World Tag Team Champions of the World (2) [Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian] - 6/28/12 to 10/14/12

Ring of Honor's tag team renascence has a few months before it begins. I had forgotten that The Colons (Primo and Epico) were even WWE champions for three months. Sandwiching their reign was Kofi Kingston and midcard weight R-Truth and Evan Bourne. The NWA had seeming dominant world champions, but it seemed like that was a result of not booking the championship rather than defending it successfully.

No IWGP?

If you tag with Karl Anderson, the West will want you back. But, there has never been a time when New Japan tried to show that their belts were more important than the Ring of Honor version. Having their World Champion defend his title successfully against the ROH's is why I considered that belt to be part of American wrestling. I cannot recall when the tag team title was booked in the same manner.

22nd to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:

TNA Tag Team Champions: Kurt Angle and AJ Styles - 6/10/12 to 6/28/12

This is definitely a match up question. Would you rather have two multiple-time world champions or Kofi Kingston and a mid-card weight?

23rd to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:

TNA Tag Team Champions: The World Tag Team Champions of the World - 5/13/12 to 6/10/12

Magnus and Samoa Joe - 5/12/12 to 5/13/12

26th to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:

ROH Tag Team Champions: The Briscoe Brothers (4) - 12/23/2011 to 5/12/12

Before Nick "Magnus" Aldis and Samoa Joe were champions, the belts belonged to Matt Morgan and Crimson. ROH had Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) as champions during the majority of Joe and Aldis's reign, but their last reign had a stipulation where they could lose the titles via disqualification. They lost them to The All Night Express (Rhett Titus and Kenny King) who would vacate them over a contrast dispute. It just was not the ideal conclusion to WGTT's run with the company.

27th to Last Real Tag Team Champions:

ROH Tag Team Champions: Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) - 4/1/11 to 12/23/2011

The Kings of Wrestling (Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero) - 9/19/2010 to 4/1/11

29th to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:

Unified WWE Tag Team Champions: The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd and Davey Boy "DH" Smith Jr.)" - 4/26/10 to 9/19/10

Until the creative genius of Team Hell No and the need to establish The Shield, this was the end of WWE's most recent attempt at giving tag team championship its due. Of course, before the conclusion and establishment of this double championship's time, main event talent was the only talent featured.

30th to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:

Unified WWE Tag Team Champions: ShoMiz (The Big Show and The Miz) - 2/8/10 to 4/26/10

Degeneration X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) - 12/19/2009 to 2/8/10

33rd to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:

ROH Tag Team Champions: The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) - 6/28/09 to 12/19/09

Chris Jericho is listed as having two reigns as a unified champion as he was forced to replace his original partner, the injured Edge, with The Big Show. That team never truly won the titles.

34th to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:

Unified WWE Tag Team Champions: The Colons (Carlito and Primo) - 10/27/2008 to 6/28/09

The Colons did unify the WWE Tag Team Championship and the World Tag Team Championship to allow for the highlighting of WWE's Tag Team Division.

to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:

WWE Tag Team Champions: The Edge Heads (Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder) - 6/20/08 to 10/27/08

John Morrison and The Miz - 12/30/2007 to 6/20/08

37th to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:

ROH Tag Team Champions: The Briscoe Brothers (5) - 4/17/07 to 12/30/07

Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) and Matt Hardy's partnership focused on Hardy wanting MVP's US Championship. The tag team was a method of adding drama to the other title.

38th to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:

WWE Tag Team Champions: Brian Kendrick and Paul London 5/21/2006 to 4/17/07

This reign was nearly a year long while WWE's other championships was being used to justify The Spirit Squad having a role in the main event picture. The main event revolved around Vince McMahon, so the World Tag Titles were definitely no held in high regard.

39th to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:

MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny "Nitro" Morrison) - 12/27/2005 to 5/21/2006

In the end, it may have been a means of solely putting over Nitro and Melina over, but they were the most over and commanding tag team of 2005.