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[[Image:Cade Murdoch No Mercy 07.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Current Champions, [[Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch|Cade and Murdoch]]]] |
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The current champions are [[Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch]], who are in their third reign as a team. They defeated [[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]] for the title at a [[September 8]], [[2007]] [[House show|house show]] in [[Johannesburg|Johannesburg, South Africa]].<ref name="CadeMurdoch3">{{cite web|url =http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/ |
The current champions are [[Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch]], who are in their third reign as a team. They defeated [[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]] for the title at a [[September 8]], [[2007]] [[House show|house show]] in [[Johannesburg|Johannesburg, South Africa]].<ref name="CadeMurdoch3">{{cite web|url =http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/09082007|title = Cade & Murdoch's third reign|publisher = WWE.com|accessdate = 2007-09-09}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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The World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. It is the original world tag team title of WWE. Currently, it is exclusive to the RAW brand.
History
The World Tag Team Championship was originally known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) World Tag Team Championship. Following the title's introduction in 1971, Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler became the inaugural champions on June 3. Then, in 1979, the name of the promotion was changed to World Wrestling Federation, thus the title was renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) World Tag Team Championship. The title began to be referred to as simply the WWF Tag Team Championship for short in the mid 90s.[1]
In March 2001, the World Wrestling Federation purchased World Championship Wrestling. Following this, the "Invasion" storyline was orchestrated, in which WCW was ultimately dismantled. On the conclusion of the "Invasion" at Survivor Series 2001, the WCW Tag Team Championship and the WWF Tag Team Championship were unified in a Steel cage match when the WCW Tag Team Champions, The Dudley Boyz, defeated the WWF Tag Team Champions, The Hardy Boyz. As a result, The Dudley Boyz were named the last WCW Tag Team Champions and became the new WWF Tag Team Champions.
After the WWF/WWE name change in 2002, the championship was subsequently referred to as the World Wrestling Enterainment (WWE) Tag Team Championship. Then, during a period of open free agency after the Brand Extension, RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff was able to sign the Tag Team Champions to the RAW brand after they had originally been drafted to the SmackDown! brand. As a result the Tag Team Championship became exclusive to the RAW brand, thus leaving the SmackDown! brand without a tag team title. Following Bischoff's actions, SmackDown! General Manager Stephanie McMahon introduced a new WWE Tag Team Championship and commissioned it to be the exclusive tag team title for the SmackDown! brand. With the introduction of the World Heavyweight Championship on the RAW brand after the WWE Championship was moved to the SmackDown! brand, the Tag Team Championship on RAW was now being referred to as the World Tag Team Championship. This was done so that the names of both tag team titles would mirror the names of the top championships on their respective brands. However, when the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship switched brands during the 2005 Draft Lottery, neither of the tag team titles were renamed.
Current champions
The current champions are Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, who are in their third reign as a team. They defeated Paul London and Brian Kendrick for the title at a September 8, 2007 house show in Johannesburg, South Africa.[2]
See also
- WWE Tag Team Championship
- List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE)
- List of World Tag Team Championship reigns by length
References
- ^ "WWF World Tag Team title defended on RAW through 1997". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
- ^ "Cade & Murdoch's third reign". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-09-09.