ROH World Tag Team Championship explained

Championshipname:ROH World Tag Team Championship
Currentholder:Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara
Promotion:Ring of Honor (ROH)
All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
Won:August 17, 2024
Created:September 21, 2002
Mostreigns:The Briscoe Brothers

(13 reigns)
Firstchamp:The Prophecy
Longestreign:Kings of Wrestling

(363 days)
Shortestreign:The Prophecy

and
The Briscoe Brothers

(<1 days)
Oldest:Dustin Rhodes
Youngest:Mark Briscoe
Heaviest:War Machine

(550lb)
Lightest:Special K

(340lb)
Pastnames:
  • ROH Tag Team Championship
    (2002–2006)
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship
    (2006–present)

The ROH World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. The current champions are Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara who are in their first reign as a team and individually.

History

The ROH Tag Team Championship was introduced at Unscripted on September 21, 2002, where ROH held a tournament to crown the first champions. At the time, ROH did not have title belts, and instead presented Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan, the winners of the tournament, with a trophy.[1]

The title became the ROH World Tag Team Championship after then champions Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino on July 9, 2006, while on a tour in Japan with Dragon Gate and Pro Wrestling Noah.[2] Since then, the title has also been defended in the United Kingdom.

Inaugural championship tournament (2002)

Tournament bracket

Source: [3]

Belt designs

Since originating in 2002, the title belts were introduced in 2003 and redesigned in 2005, 2010, 2012, 2018, and 2023. On March 31, 2023, the sixth belt design debuted at Supercard of Honor.[4]

The sixth design of the ROH World Tag Team Championship from years 2018 to 2022 is sort of like a circle like repetitive round crown on all five plates of the belt that is gold with red and silver diamonds all around the center and side plates (two side plates per side equaling to four side plates total) with also gold wording in the middle with black outlining on them and on the side of the belts plates that say ROH Tag Team but in the main middle center plate separating it from the sides has the extra words World and champions in the middle.[5]

Reigns

See main article: List of ROH World Tag Team Champions. Overall, there have been 69 reigns among 73 different wrestlers and 42 different teams. The inaugural champions were The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan), who defeated American Dragon and Michael Modest on September 21, 2002, to become the champions. The team of Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham have the longest reign as champions with their first reign lasting 441 days. The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) hold the record for the most reigns with 13 (both as a team and individually).

The current champions are Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara, who are in their first reign both as a team and individually. They defeated The Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett and Matt Taven) on August 17, 2024 at Collision in Arlington, Texas to win the titles.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dark Pegasus Video Review: Ring of Honor – Unscripted. J.D. Dunn. 2006-03-31. 2009-04-15. Dragon and Modest destroy the tag team title trophy, but the Prophecy now holds all of the Ring of Honor titles. 411Mania.com.
  2. Web site: Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship. April 30, 2012. Aries & Strong defeated Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi in Japan on 7/9/06 to make the ROH Tag Titles into World Tag Team Titles. Ring of Honor.
  3. Web site: ROH Tag Team Championship Tournament (2002) results.
  4. News: Tessier . Colin . New ROH World Tag Team Champions Crowned At ROH Supercard Of Honor . April 2, 2023 . Wrestle Zone . March 31, 2023.
  5. Web site: Belts . Wick . ROH World Tag Team Championship Replica Review . April 18, 2023 . YouTube.