WWF Tag Team Championship



In the Classic Era, the WWF Tag Team Championship was the top title in the Tag Team class of the World Wrestling Federation after rebranding from the World Wide Wrestling Federation, succeeding the WWWF Tag Team Championship.

History
In March 1979, the WWWF rebranded as the WWF with the Tag Team Champions at the time being Larry Zbyzsko and Tony Garea. They would soon lose the titles to Jerry Valiant and Johnny Valiant.

In 1981, Lou Albano exercised a loophole in the Moondogs' contract that allowed a third member of the team to be added in defense of the titles with Moondog Spot replacing Moondog King as Moondog Rex's partner. Albano would also exploit this loophole to have substitute Moondogs assist Rex. Among those substituting were Sgt Slaughter, Killer Khan, and even Albano himself.

In 1990, Demolition exercised a similar loophole to the Moondogs in their contract with Demolition Ax and Demolition Smash adding Demolition Crush with Smash and Crush usually being the defending team as Ax dealt with injuries. They would surrender the Championship to the Hart Foundation at WWF SummerSlam.

The Hart Foundation reign in 1990 hit an infamous speed bump when they appeared to have lost the titles to the Rockers during WWF the Main Event. As the match did not air live and the ring itself suffered a malfunction during the bout, it would not air and the Rockers' reign would be nullified by WWF President Jack Tunney, returning the titles to the Hart Foundation.

Despite not officially winning the WWF Tag Team titles together, the Rockers would win them separately, with Shawn Michaels winning the titles with both Diesel in 1994 and Steve Austin in 1997 and Marty Janetty winning them with the 1-2-3 Kid in 1995.

In 1997, Steve Austin was allowed to choose a new tag team partner after Shawn Michaels was suspended. After deciding to go solo instead, Dude Love entered the match and helped Austin defeat Davey Boy Smith and Owen Hart for the titles.

At the event that would end the Era, WWF WrestleMania on April 1, 2001, Edge and Christian would unseat the Dudley Boyz in a 3-team Tables, Ladders and Chairs bout that also included the Hardy Boyz.

Rick Martel and Tito Santana won the titles with separate partners before winning them together in 1987. Martel's Championship partner prior to Santana was Tony Garea while Santana's was Ivan Putski.

Garea was Champion with both Martel and prior to him, Larry Zbyzsko, after having also been WWWF Tag Team Champions with Haystacks Calhoun and Dean Ho.

Johnny Valiant was WWWF Tag Team Champions with Jimmy Valiant and then WWF Tag Team Champions with Jerry Valiant. Johnny would also manage the Dream Team to the Championship, defeating the US Express in 1985 and losing them to the British Bulldogs in 1986. Both of those teams were managed by Albano, who had been Johnny's manager for his Championship runs as a wrestler.

Mr Fuji was WWWF Tag Team Champions with Toru Tanaka and then won the WWF Tag Team titles with Mr Saito.

Mike Rotunda won the Championship with different partners and under different identities. He won with Barry Windham as Mike Rotundo and with Ted DiBiase as Irwin R Schyster.

Davey Boy Smith won the Championship with the Dynamite Kid and Owen Hart as his partners.

Bob Holly won the titles with the 1-2-3 Kid and Crash Holly as his partners.

Billy Gunn won the titles with Bart Gunn and Jesse James as his partners.

Owen Hart won the titles with Yokozuna, Davey Boy Smith, and Jeff Jarrett as his partners.

Mick Foley won the titles with multiple partners and names. As Dude Love, he was Champions with Steve Austin. As Mankind he won with Kane, the Rock and Al Snow. As Cactus Jack, he was credited with a win with Terry Funk aka Chainsaw Charlie against the New Age Outlaws, but the Championship attainment would be undone approximately 24 hours later due to a technicality.

Kane won the Championship with Mankind and X-Pac.

Sean Waltman was Champion with Marty Janetty as the 1-2-3 Kid while with Kane, he was X-Pac.

Steve Austin had reigns with Shawn Michaels, Dude Love, and the Undertaker.

The Undertaker had reigns with Steve Austin, the Big Show and the Rock.

The Rock reigned with Mankind and the Undertaker. This means that these three competitors teamed with each other in each variation and had the Championship each time.

List of Champions

 * Larry Zbyszko and Tony Garea (1979)
 * Jerry Valiant and Johnny Valiant (1979)
 * Ivan Putski and Tito Santana (1979-80)
 * Afa and Sika (1980)(1980)(1983)
 * Bob Backlund and Pedro Morales (1980)
 * Rick Martel and Tony Garea (1980-81)(1981)
 * Moondog King and Moondog Rex (1981)
 * Moondog Rex and Moondog Spot (1981)
 * Mr Fuji and Mr Saito (1981-82)
 * Jay Strongbow and Jules Strongbow (1982-83)
 * Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas (1983-84)
 * Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch (1984-85)
 * Barry Windham and Mike Rotundo (1985)(1985)
 * The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff (1985)
 * Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine (1985-86)
 * Davey Boy Smith and the Dynamite Kid (1986-87)
 * Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart (1987)(1990-91)
 * Rick Martel and Tito Santana (1987-88)
 * Demolition Ax and Demolition Smash (1988-89)(1989)(1990)
 * Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard (1989)
 * Andre the Giant and Haku (1990-91)
 * '''Demolition Crush and Demolition Smash (1990)
 * Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags (1991)
 * Legion of Doom Animal and Legion of Doom Hawk (1991-92)(1997)
 * Irwin R Schyster and Ted DiBiase (1992)(1992-93)(1993)
 * Earthquake and Typhoon (1992)
 * Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner (1993)(1993)
 * Quebecer Jacques and Quebecer Pierre (1993-94)(1994)(1994)
 * '''Marty Janetty and the 1-2-3 Kid (1994)
 * Mabel and Mo (1994)
 * Fatu and Samu (1994)
 * Shawn Michaels and Diesel (1994)
 * Bob Holly and the 1-2-3 Kid (1995)
 * Bart Gunn and Billy Gunn (1995)(1995)(1996)
 * Owen Hart and Yokozuna (1995)
 * Skip and Zip (1996)
 * Henry Godwinn and Phineas Godwinn (1996)(1997)
 * Davey Boy Smith and Owen Hart (1996-97)
 * Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin (1997)
 * Dude Love and Steve Austin (1997)
 * Mosh and Thrasher (1997)
 * Billy Gunn and Jesse James (1997-98)(1998)(1999)(1999-2000)
 * Kane and Mankind (1998)(1998)
 * Steve Austin and the Undertaker (1998)
 * The Big Boss Man and Ken Shamrock (1998-99)
 * Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart (1999)
 * Kane and X-Pac (1999)(1999)
 * Bradshaw and Faarooq (1999)(1999)
 * Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy (1999)(2000)(2000)(2001)
 * The Big Show and the Undertaker (1999)
 * Mankind and the Rock (1999)(1999)
 * Bob Holly and Crash Holly (1999)
 * Al Snow and Mankind (1999)
 * Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley (2000)(2001)(2001)
 * Christian and Edge (2000)(2000)(2000)(2000)(2000-01)(2001)(2001)
 * Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty (2000)
 * Bull Buchanan and the Goodfather (2000)


 * The Rock and the Undertaker (2000)