WCW World Tag Team Championship ( WWE ) In March 2001 , all WCW assets were purchased by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) after WCW filed for bankruptcy . After the purchase , the WWF continued the use of the championship as a part of a storyline called The Invasion , which involved a rivalry between former WCW wrestlers and original WWF wrestlers before the purchase of WCW . The WCW World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling World Tag Team Championship contested for in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) . Originally , WCW was a subsidiary for the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) , a professional wrestling promotion which had numerous subsidiaries . The NWA operated many tag team championships before one prime tag team title was established in 1993 . One of those titles was the NWA World Tag Team Championship , which was operated by the NWA subsidiary Mid - Atlantic Championship Wrestling ( MACW ) , the predecessor of WCW . The championship was created for MACW by the NWA , which also oversaw the title ' s operation . In January 1991 , WCW , which had succeeded MACW , began the process of withdrawing as a subsidiary of NWA to become an independent promotion . During this time , WCW created their own version of a tag team championship , while the NWA version was returned to the NWA ; all title reigns before March 1980 were not officially recognized by WCW for unknown reasons . On July 12 , 1992 , the WCW World Tag Team Championship was unified with the NWA World Tag Team Championship , which was activated earlier that year by the NWA as its prime tag team championship ; this title was a reactivated version of MACW ' s title . In September 1993 , WCW ' s withdrawal from the NWA was made official , and the NWA World Tag Team Championship was returned to the NWA ; the title was reactivated by the NWA in 1995 . In March 2001 , all WCW assets were purchased by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) after WCW filed for bankruptcy . After the purchase , the WWF continued the use of the championship as a part of a storyline called The Invasion , which involved a rivalry between former WCW wrestlers and original WWF wrestlers before the purchase of WCW . Title reigns were determined either by professional wrestling matches with different tag team s , a duo of wrestlers , involved in pre - existing scripted feuds , plots and storylines or were awarded the title due to scripted circumstances . Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or fan favorites as they followed a series of tension - building events , which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship . The inaugural champions , under the NWA , were The Minnesota Wrecking Crew ( Gene and Ole Anderson ) , who were announced to have won the titles after winning a tournament in January 1975 . The first champions recognized by WCW were Ray Stevens and Greg Valentine , who won the MACW ' s tag team titles in March 1980 . The champions during WCW ' s withdrawal from the NWA were Doom ( Ron Simmons and Butch Reed ) , and were the first wrestlers to hold WCW ' s tag team championship version . Before the promotion ' s purchase , the final champions recognized by WCW were Sean O ' Haire and Chuck Palumbo ; they were also the first champions under the titles operation in the WWF . On November 18 , 2001 , the championship was deactivated after its use in the Invasion storyline . The title was unified with the WWF Tag Team Championship , and the final champions recognized by the WWF , were the Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) . The title was won in Australia , Canada , Germany , and the United States . Harlem Heat ( Booker T and Stevie Ray ) held the most reigns as a tag team ( 10 ) , and Booker T held the most individual reigns ( 11 ) , which is the same amount of times the title was vacated . At 282 days , Doom ' s reign during WCW ' s NWA withdrawal was the longest in the championship ' s history . Overall , there were 143 title reigns .