AEW World Tag Team Championship


The AEW World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling. It was officially announced on June 18, 2019. The inaugural champions were SoCal Uncensored. The current champions are Kenny Omega and "Hangman" Adam Page, who are in their first reign and are the longest reigning champions.

History

On June 18, 2019, six months after the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling was founded, a tournament was announced to crown the promotion's inaugural tag team champions. That same day, a three-way tag team match for AEW's event Fyter Fest on June 29 was scheduled, featuring Best Friends, SoCal Uncensored, and Private Party with the winning team advancing to All Out for an opportunity at a first round bye in the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament. Later, AEW's President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Khan announced that the tournament would occur on episodes of their TNT show, later revealed as . During the Buy In pre-show of Fyter Fest, Best Friends defeated Private Party and SoCal Uncensored to earn their spot at All Out.
On July 11, AEW's Executive Vice President Matt Jackson announced a second three-way tag team match to take place at Fight for the Fallen on July 13 with the winners facing Best Friends at All Out. At Fight for the Fallen, The Dark Order defeated Jurassic Express, and Angelico & Jack Evans to advance to All Out. At the event on August 31, The Dark Order defeated Best Friends to receive the first round bye in the tournament.

Inaugural tournament

The first match of the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament was announced on August 9, 2019, with The Young Bucks facing Private Party on October 9 during the second episode of Dynamite in Boston, Massachusetts. It was later announced that the semifinals for the tournament would take place on the October 23 episode in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with the finals on the October 30 episode in Charleston, West Virginia. On October 30, SoCal Uncensored defeated Lucha Brothers in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions.

Reigns

As of ,, there have been two reigns. The inaugural champions were SoCal Uncensored. Kenny Omega and "Hangman" Adam Page's current reign is the longest at + days, while SoCal Uncensored have the shortest reign at 83 days. Kazarian is also the oldest champion at 42 while Page is the youngest at 28.
The current champions are Kenny Omega and "Hangman" Adam Page. They won the titles by defeating previous champions SoCal Uncensored on January 21, 2020 aboard the Norwegian Pearl as part of Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea Part Deux: Second Wave in Nassau, Bahamas, which was taped and aired as part of the January 22 episode of Dynamite.