WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship

This article is about the current championship on the SmackDown brand. For the other championships, see WWE Tag Team Championship.
WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship

The SmackDown Tag Team Championship belt
Details
Promotion WWE
Brand SmackDown
Date established August 23, 2016
Current champion(s) The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton and Luke Harper)
Date won December 4, 2016

The WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. Unveiled on the August 23, 2016 episode of SmackDown Live, it was created to be the counterpart title to the Raw Tag Team Championship.[1] The current SmackDown Tag Team Champions are The Wyatt Family, who are in their first reign.

History

Following the reintroduction of the WWE brand extension and subsequent draft on July 19, 2016, WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day were drafted to Raw, leaving SmackDown without a tag team championship. Over the course of the following month, SmackDown general manager Daniel Bryan stated that he wanted to build up the tag team division before introducing a championship. Immediately following SummerSlam on the August 23, 2016 episode of SmackDown, Bryan and SmackDown commissioner Shane McMahon introduced the SmackDown Tag Team Championship (Raw's title was subsequently renamed). An eight-team tournament was then scheduled to determine the inaugural champions, culminating in a final match at Backlash on September 11, 2016.[2][3][4] The team of Heath Slater and Rhyno defeated The Usos in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions.[5]

The championship belt design is nearly identical to the Raw Tag Team Championship, with the differences being that the leather strap is Navy (as opposed to black), and the plates are silver (as opposed to bronze).

Inaugural tournament

Quarterfinals
SmackDown (8/23, 8/30)[2][3] 		Semifinals
SmackDown (9/6)[4] 		Final
Backlash (9/11)
         
American Alpha
(Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) 		Pin
Breezango
(Fandango and Tyler Breeze) 		10:13
American Alpha† Pin
The Usos 0:28
The Usos
(Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) 		Pin
The Ascension
(Konnor and Viktor) 		3:49
The Usos† 10:02
Heath Slater and Rhyno Pin
The Hype Bros
(Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder) 		Pin
The Vaudevillains
(Aiden English and Simon Gotch) 		2:50
The Hype Bros 7:03
Heath Slater and Rhyno Pin
The Headbangers
(Mosh and Thrasher) 		2:54
Heath Slater and Rhyno Pin

† After Chad Gable suffered a storyline injury after defeating The Usos, American Alpha were removed from the final. The Usos then defeated The Hype Bros at Backlash in a second chance tag team match to replace American Alpha in the final.

Reigns

As of December 5, 2016, overall there have been 2 reigns between 2 teams. The team of Heath Slater and Rhyno are the inaugural champions after they defeated The Usos in the SmackDown Tag Team Championship Tournament final at Backlash on September 11, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia.

The current champions are The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton) after defeating Heath Slater and Rhyno at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 4, 2016 in Dallas, TX.

Reign The reign number for the specific champion listed
Location The city in which the title was won
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won
† Indicates the title change is not recognized by WWE
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
No. Wrestler(s) Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Heath Slater and Rhyno 1 September 11, 2016 84 Richmond, VA Backlash Defeated The Usos in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. [5]
2 The Wyatt Family
(Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Randy Orton)		 1 December 4, 2016 1+ Dallas, TX TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs Orton and Wyatt won the titles, but Harper is recognised as champion under the Freebird rule. [6]

Combined reigns

As of December 5, 2016.

By team

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Heath Slater and Rhyno 1 84
2 The Wyatt Family †
(Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Randy Orton) 		1 1+

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Heath Slater 1 84
Rhyno 1 84
3 Bray Wyatt † 1 1+
Luke Harper † 1 1+
Randy Orton † 1 1+

See also

References

  1. ↑ Martin, Adam. "Daniel Bryan to reveal two new championships exclusive to Smackdown tonight from Connecticut". wrestleview.com. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Parks, Greg. "8/23 WWE Smackdown LIVE – Parks's Complete, Real-Time Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Caldwell, James. "8/30 WWE Smackdown Live Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live TV Report & Talking Smack-cap". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Caldwell, James. "9/6 WWE Smackdown LIVE – Parks's Ongoing, Real-Time Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Caldwell, James. "9/11 WWE Backlash Results – CALDWELL'S Complete PPV Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ Powell, Jason. "Powell's WWE TLC 2016 live review: AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose in a TLC match for the WWE Championship, The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler in a ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved December 4, 2016.

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