List of Impact World Tag Team Champions
The TNA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested for in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's tag team division. After the formation of TNA in June 2002, the company executives signed a contractual agreement with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that allowed them control of the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships. TNA subsequently changed their name to NWA–TNA, making them an official member of the NWA in the process. In May 2007, the NWA ended their five-year partnership with TNA, and thus regained control of the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships. As a result, TNA created the TNA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships, which were unveiled on TNA's online podcast TNA Today on the May 15 and May 17, 2007 editions. In the respective editions, the championships were awarded to the last NWA champions under TNA banner by Jeremy Borash and TNA's primary authority figure Jim Cornette. The championship was officially presented to the public and awarded to the first official champions, Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray), on May 17. The championship will be renamed to its original names in January 2024 when the promotion returns to the TNA banner.
Title reigns are determined either by professional wrestling matches between different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines, or by scripted circumstances. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship. Reigns that were won on episodes of TNA's primary television program, TNA Impact!, aired on television two to nine days from the date the match was taped. The inaugural champions were Team 3D, who were awarded the championship by being the last NWA World Tag Team Champions under TNA banner. The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) and Beer Money, Inc. (Bobby Roode and James Storm) hold the record for most reigns as a team, with five. The longest reign as of July 2020 is 380 days by The North (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander), who set the record in their first reign.
Although the title is a World Tag Team Championship, supposedly only intended for tag teams, three different wrestlers have held the championship by themselves—Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle and Matt Morgan. Joe held the championship during his entire reign alone; however, Angle held the championship alone for 15 days until Sting won a match involving three other competitors to become Angle's partner and Morgan held the championship after (kayfabe) injuring his championship partner. Overall, there have been 68 reigns shared between 71 wrestlers and 45 teams. The current champions are ABC (Ace Austin and Chris Bey), who are in their second reign both as a team and individually.
Title history
Names
Name | Years |
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TNA World Tag Team Championship | May 13, 2007 – March 1, 2017
January 13, 2024 – |
Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship | March 2, 2017 – July 2, 2017 |
Unified GFW World Tag Team Championship | July 2, 2017 – August 17, 2017 |
GFW World Tag Team Championship | August 17, 2017 – September 18, 2017 |
Impact World Tag Team Championship | September 18, 2017 – January 13, 2024 |
Reigns
For a list of world tag team champions in TNA between 2002 and 2007, see List of NWA World Tag Team Champions.
As of January 9, 2024.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) | ||||||||||
1 |
Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) |
May 17, 2007 | TNA Today | Orlando, FL | 1 | 59 | Team 3D were awarded the championship on the May 17, 2007 edition of TNA's online web show TNA Today by Jim Cornette and Jeremy Borash following the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) stripping them of the NWA World Tag Team Championship on May 13, 2007. | |||
2 | Samoa Joe | July 15, 2007 | Victory Road | Orlando, FL | 1 | 28 | This was a tag team match with Joe teaming with TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle, in which the person to get the fall would win that person's championship; Joe's TNA X Division Championship and Angle's TNA World Heavyweight Championship were also on the line. Joe pinned Brother Ray to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Joe decided to hold the championship alone. | |||
3 | Kurt Angle | August 12, 2007 | Hard Justice | Orlando, FL | 1 | 15 | This was a "Winner Take All" match, in which Joe's TNA X Division and World Tag Team Championships were on the line, as well as Angle's TNA World Heavyweight and (IGF-recognized) IWGP Heavyweight Championship. | |||
4 |
Kurt Angle and Sting |
August 27, 2007 | Impact! | Orlando, FL | 1 | 13 | Sting defeated AJ Styles, Christian Cage, and Samoa Joe in a four-way match on August 27, which aired on the August 30 episode of Impact!, to become Angle's partner. | |||
5 |
Team Pacman (Adam Jones and Ron Killings) |
September 9, 2007 | No Surrender | Orlando, FL | 1 | 35 | ||||
6 |
Christian's Coalition (A.J. Styles and Tomko) |
October 14, 2007 | Bound for Glory | Duluth, GA | 1 | 184 | Defeated Ron Killings and Consequences Creed (substitute for Jones) for the title. | |||
7 | Kaz and Eric Young/Super Eric | April 15, 2008 | Impact! | Orlando, FL | 1 | <1 | This was a three-way match also involving The Latin American Xchange. | |||
— | Vacated | April 15, 2008 | Impact! | Orlando, FL | — | — | Kaz and Eric Young were stripped of the championship by Jim Cornette after Young refused to admit that he and Super Eric were in fact the same person. This episode aired on tape delay on April 17, 2008. | |||
8 |
The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) |
May 11, 2008 | Sacrifice | Orlando, FL | 1 | 91 | Defeated Team 3D in the finals of The Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament to win the vacant championship. | |||
9 |
Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Bobby Roode) |
August 10, 2008 | Hard Justice | Trenton, NJ | 1 | 128 | ||||
10 | Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed | December 16, 2008 | Impact! | Orlando, FL | 1 | 26 | Lethal, choosing Creed as his partner, invoked his Feast or Fired title opportunity to challenge Beer Money, Inc. for the championship and win the title. This episode aired on tape delay on January 8, 2009. | |||
11 |
Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Bobby Roode) |
January 11, 2009 | Genesis | Charlotte, NC | 2 | 98 | This was a three-way match, which also included Abyss and Matt Morgan, who Beer Money pinned | |||
12 |
Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) |
April 19, 2009 | Lockdown | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 63 | This was a Philadelphia Street Fight, also contested for the IWGP Tag Team Championship. | |||
13 |
Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Bobby Roode) |
June 21, 2009 | Slammiversary | Auburn Hills, MI | 3 | 28 | ||||
14 |
The Main Event Mafia (Booker T and Scott Steiner) |
July 19, 2009 | Victory Road | Orlando, FL | 1 | 91 | ||||
15 |
The British Invasion (Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams) |
October 18, 2009 | Bound for Glory | Irvine, CA | 1 | 91 | This was a four-way Full Metal Mayhem tag team match, also involving Beer Money, Inc. and Team 3D. The match was also contested for the IWGP Tag Team Championship which was won by Team 3D. | |||
16 | Hernandez and Matt Morgan | January 17, 2010 | Genesis | Orlando, FL | 1 (2, 1) |
78 | ||||
17 | Matt Morgan | April 5, 2010 | Impact! | Orlando, FL | 1 | 29 | Morgan declared himself sole champion after (kayfabe) injuring Hernandez and putting him out of action indefinitely. Impact Wrestling recognizes this as a continuation of his first reign. | |||
18 |
The Band (Eric Young, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) |
May 4, 2010 | Impact! | Orlando, FL | 1 (2, 1 , 1) |
41 | Nash, choosing Hall as his partner, invoked his Feast or Fired title opportunity to challenge Matt Morgan for the championship. This episode aired on tape delay on May 13, 2010. Young was also recognized as a champion and the three defended the championship under the Freebird rule. |
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— | Vacated | June 14, 2010 | Impact! | Orlando, FL | — | — | The Band was stripped of the championship due to Scott Hall's legal problems. This episode aired on tape delay on June 17, 2010. | |||
19 |
The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) |
July 11, 2010 | Victory Road | Orlando, FL | 1 | 182 | Defeated Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) to win the vacant championship. | |||
20 |
Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert/Bobby Roode) |
January 9, 2011 | Genesis | Orlando, FL | 4 | 212 | Robert Roode switched his ring name to Bobby Roode in May 2011. | |||
21 |
Mexican America (Anarquia and Hernandez) |
August 9, 2011 | Impact | Orlando, FL | 1 (1, 3) |
97 | This episode aired on tape delay on August 18, 2011. | |||
22 | Crimson and Matt Morgan | November 14, 2011 | Impact | Orlando, FL | 1 (1, 2) |
90 | This episode aired on tape delay on November 17, 2011. | |||
23 | Magnus and Samoa Joe | February 12, 2012 | Against All Odds | Orlando, FL | 1 (2, 2) |
91 | ||||
24 | Christopher Daniels and Kazarian | May 13, 2012 | Sacrifice | Orlando, FL | 1 (1, 2) |
28 | ||||
25 | A.J. Styles and Kurt Angle | June 10, 2012 | Slammiversary X | Arlington, TX | 1 (2, 2) |
18 | ||||
26 | Christopher Daniels and Kazarian | June 28, 2012 | Impact | Orlando, FL | 2 (2, 3) |
108 | ||||
27 | Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Hernandez | October 14, 2012 | Bound for Glory | Phoenix, AZ | 1 (1, 4) |
103 | This was a three-way match, which also included the team of AJ Styles and Kurt Angle. | |||
28 | Bobby Roode and Austin Aries | January 25, 2013 | Impact | Manchester, England | 1 (5, 1) |
76 | This episode aired on tape delay on February 7, 2013. | |||
29 | Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Hernandez | April 11, 2013 | Impact | Corpus Christi, TX | 2 (2, 5) |
52 | This was a two out of three falls match. If Guerrero and Hernandez lost, they vowed never to team together again. | |||
30 | Gunner and James Storm | June 2, 2013 | Slammiversary XI | Boston, MA | 1 (1, 5) |
140 | This was a four-way elimination match also involving the team of Austin Aries and Bobby Roode as well as Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian). | |||
31 |
The BroMans (Robbie E and Jessie Godderz) |
October 20, 2013 | Bound for Glory | San Diego, CA | 1 | 126 | ||||
32 |
The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) |
February 23, 2014 | House show | Morgantown, WV | 1 | 7 | ||||
33 |
The BroMans (Robbie E and Jessie Godderz) |
March 2, 2014 | Kaisen: Outbreak | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 56 | This was a three-way tag team match, also involving Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo). | |||
34 |
The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) |
April 27, 2014 | Sacrifice | Orlando, FL | 2 | 145 | This was a 2-on-3 handicap No Disqualification match with DJZ as the third member of The BroMans. | |||
35 |
The Revolution (Abyss and James Storm) |
September 19, 2014 | Impact | Bethlehem, PA | 1 (1, 6) |
133 | Storm invoked a Feast or Fired Tag Team title opportunity (given to him by Gunner) and selected Abyss as his partner. This episode aired on tape delay on November 12, 2014. | |||
36 |
The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) |
January 30, 2015 | Impact | Manchester, England | 3 | 42 | This episode aired on tape delay on March 6, 2015. | |||
— | Vacated | March 13, 2015 | Impact | Orlando, FL | — | — | Vacated due to Eddie Edwards suffering a broken heel. This episode aired on tape delay on April 3, 2015. | |||
37 |
The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) |
March 16, 2015 | Impact | Orlando, FL | 1 | 53 | Won the vacant championship in an Ultimate X match also involving The Beat Down Clan (Low Ki and Kenny King), Bram and Ethan Carter III and Dirty Heels (Austin Aries and Bobby Roode). This episode aired on tape delay on April 17, 2015. | |||
— | Vacated | May 8, 2015 | Impact | Orlando, FL | — | — | Vacated due to Jeff Hardy suffering a broken leg. | |||
38 |
The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) |
June 25, 2015 | Impact | Orlando, FL | 4 | 33 | Defeated The Dirty Heels (Austin Aries and Bobby Roode) in a 30-minute Iron man match to win the vacant championship. This was the fifth match in a best-of-five series. This episode aired on tape delay on July 1, 2015. | |||
39 | Brian Myers and Trevor Lee | July 28, 2015 | Impact | Orlando, FL | 1 | 1 | Jeff and Karen Jarrett invoked Nick Aldis' (Magnus') Feast or Fired title opportunity for Myers and Lee to challenge The Wolves for the championship. This episode aired on tape delay on September 2, 2015. | |||
40 |
The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) |
July 29, 2015 | Impact | Orlando, FL | 5 | 186 | Aired on tape delay September 9, 2015. | |||
41 |
Beer Money, Inc. (Bobby Roode and James Storm) |
January 31, 2016 | Impact | Birmingham, England | 5 (6, 7) |
48 | Storm invoked his Feast or Fired Tag Team Championship contract. This episode aired on tape delay on March 8, 2016. | |||
42 |
Decay (Abyss and Crazzy Steve) |
March 19, 2016 | Impact! Sacrifice | Orlando, FL | 1 (2, 1) |
197 | This was contested in a Valley of Shadows match. This episode aired on tape delay on April 26, 2016. | |||
43 |
The Broken Hardys (Broken Matt and Brother Nero) |
October 2, 2016 | Bound for Glory | Orlando, FL | 2 | 152 | This was The Great War. The team was previously known as The Hardys, and Brother Nero and Broken Matt was previously known as Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy. | |||
Impact Wrestling | ||||||||||
— | Vacated | March 3, 2017 | Impact | Orlando, FL | — | — | On March 2, 2017, the championship was renamed to the Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship following the renaming of the promotion. Vacated due to The Broken Hardys leaving TNA. This episode aired on tape delay on March 16, 2017. | |||
44 |
The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana) |
March 4, 2017 | Impact | Orlando, FL | 1 | 169 | This was a four-way tag team match also involving Decay, Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster the Legend) and the team of Laredo Kid and Garza Jr. This episode aired on tape delay March 30, 2017. During their reign, they won and unified the GFW Tag Team Championship with the Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship. The title was renamed as GFW World Tag Team Championship. | |||
Global Force Wrestling (GFW) | ||||||||||
45 |
Ohio Versus Everything (Dave Crist and Jake Crist) |
August 20, 2017 | Impact! Victory Road | Orlando, FL | 1 | 81 | Aired on tape delay on September 28, 2017. During their reign, the championship was renamed as the Impact World Tag Team Championship. | |||
Impact Wrestling | ||||||||||
46 |
The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana) |
November 9, 2017 | Impact! | Ottawa, ON | 2 | 164 | This episode aired on tape delay on January 4, 2018. | |||
47 | Eli Drake and Scott Steiner | April 22, 2018 | Redemption | Orlando, FL | 1 (1, 2) |
2 | Drake invoked his Feast or Fired tag team championship opportunity. | |||
48 |
Z&E (Andrew Everett and DJZ) |
April 24, 2018 | Impact! | Orlando, FL | 1 | 2 | This episode aired on tape delay on May 17, 2018. | |||
49 |
The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana) |
April 26, 2018 | Impact! | Orlando, FL | 3 | 261 | This episode aired on tape delay on June 21, 2018. | |||
50 |
The Lucha Bros. (Fenix and Pentagon Jr.) |
January 12, 2019 | Impact! | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 106 | This episode aired on tape delay on February 8, 2019. | |||
51 |
The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana) |
April 28, 2019 | Rebellion | Toronto, ON | 4 | 68 | This was a Full Metal Mayhem match. | |||
52 |
The North (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) |
July 5, 2019 | Bash at the Brewery | San Antonio, TX | 1 | 380 | ||||
53 |
The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) |
July 19, 2020 | Impact! | Nashville, TN | 2 | 97 | This episode aired on tape delay on July 21, 2020. | |||
54 |
The North (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) |
October 24, 2020 | Bound for Glory | Nashville, TN | 2 | 21 | This was a four-way tag team match, also involving Ace Austin and Madman Fulton and The Good Brothers who The North pinned. | |||
55 |
The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) |
November 14, 2020 | Turning Point | Nashville, TN | 1 | 119 | ||||
56 |
FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) |
March 13, 2021 | Sacrifice | Nashville, TN | 1 | 65 | Impact recognizes this reign as beginning on March 13, 2021, when the special aired on tape delay. The actual date the match took place is unknown, as FinJuice also appeared live at New Japan Cup the same night. | |||
57 |
Violent By Design (Eric Young, Rhino, Joe Doering, and Deaner) |
May 17, 2021 | Impact! | Nashville, TN | 1 (3, 1, 1, 1) |
61 | Rhino invoked his Call Your Shot Gauntlet championship privilege he earned at Bound for Glory, and he and Doering would win the titles. This episode aired on tape delay on May 20, 2021. On the June 3 episode of Impact, VBD leader Young declared that the titles belonged to the group collectively, and that he would decide who defended them, thus he and Deaner were also recognized as champions under the Freebird Rule. |
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58 |
The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) |
July 17, 2021 | Slammiversary | Nashville, TN | 2 | 231 | This was a four-way tag team match, also involving Rich Swann and Willie Mack and Fallah Bahh and No Way. Doering and Rhino represented Violent By Design. |
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59 |
Violent By Design (Eric Young (4), Joe Doering, and Deaner) |
March 5, 2022 | Sacrifice | Louisville, KY | 2 (4, 2, 2) |
63 | Doering and Young won the match, but Deaner was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. | |||
60 |
The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) |
May 7, 2022 | Under Siege | Newport, KY | 1 | 43 | Young and Deaner represented Violent By Design. | |||
61 |
The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) |
June 19, 2022 | Slammiversary | Nashville, TN | 3 | 68 | ||||
62 |
The Kingdom (Mike Bennett and Matt Taven) |
August 26, 2022 | Impact! | Dallas, TX | 1 | 43 | This episode aired on tape delay on September 1, 2022. | |||
63 | Heath and Rhino | October 8, 2022 | Impact! | Albany, NY | 1 (1, 2) |
62 | This episode aired on tape delay on October 20, 2022. | |||
64 |
The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) |
December 9, 2022 | Impact! | Pembroke Pines, FL | 3 | 78 | This episode aired on tape delay on December 15, 2022. | |||
65 |
ABC (Ace Austin and Chris Bey) |
February 25, 2023 | Impact! | Sunrise Manor, NV | 1 | 140 | This episode aired on tape delay on March 2, 2023. | |||
66 |
Subculture (Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster) |
July 15, 2023 | Slammiversary | Windsor, ON | 1 | 43 | This was a four-way tag team match, also involving Rich Swann and Sami Callihan and Brian Myers and Moose who Subculture pinned. | |||
67 |
The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz) |
August 27, 2023 | Emergence | Toronto, ON | 1 | 55 | ||||
68 |
ABC (Ace Austin and Chris Bey) |
October 21, 2023 | Bound for Glory | Cicero, IL | 2 | 80+ | Chris Bey invoked his Feast or Fired title opportunity. Also during this reign the name of the company was reverted back to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). | |||
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) |
Combined reigns
As of January 9, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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