WWE Raw Tag Team Championship

= WWE Raw Tag Team Championship =
The WWE Raw Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championshipcreated and promoted by the Americanpromotion WWE, defended on the Rawbrand division. It is one of two male tag team championships for WWE's main roster, along with the SmackDown Tag Team Championship on SmackDown. The current champions are The Usos(Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), who are in their third reign as a team and are recognized as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions as they currently hold both the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships.
WWE Raw Tag Team Championship	WWE Raw Tag Team Championship 	 	
The current Raw Tag Team Championship belt
(2016–present)	The current Raw Tag Team Championship belt
(2016–present)	 	
Details 	Details 	 	
Promotion 	WWE 	 	
Brand 	Raw 	 	
Date established 	October 3, 2002 	 	
Current champion(s) 	The Usos(Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) 	 	
Date won 	May 20, 2022 	 	
Other name(s) 	Other name(s) 	 	
* WWE Tag Team Championship (2002–2009, 2010–2016)
* Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (2009–2010)
* WWE Raw Tag Team Championship(2016–present)	
* WWE Tag Team Championship (2002–2009, 2010–2016)
* Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (2009–2010)
* WWE Raw Tag Team Championship(2016–present)	 	
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{| class="wikitable" 	Statistics	Statistics
First champion(s) 	Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit 	 	
Most reigns 	As Tag Team (4 reigns):
* Cesaro and Sheamus
* The New Day(Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
As Individual (6 reigns):
* Seth Rollins
* Kofi Kingston	 	
Longest reign 	The New Day(Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods)
(2nd reign, 483 days)	 	
Shortest reign 	John Cena and The Miz
(9 minutes) 	 	
Oldest champion 	Billy Gunn(50 years, 86 days) 	 	
Youngest champion 	Nicholas(10 years) 	 	
Heaviest champion 	Big Show and Kane(808 lbs combined) 	 	
Lightest champion 	Paul London and Brian Kendrick(365 lbs combined)	 	
The championship was originally established as the WWE Tag Team Championship on October 3, 2002, and the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit were the inaugural champions. It was introduced for the SmackDown brand as a second title for tag teams in the promotion to complement WWE's original World Tag Team Championship, which became exclusive to Raw. Both titles were unified in 2009 and were collectively referred to as the "Unified WWE Tag Team Championship" while officially remaining independently active until the World Tag Team Championship was formally decommissioned in 2010. As a result of the 2016 WWE Draft, the championship became exclusive to Raw with a subsequent rename, and SmackDown created the SmackDown Tag Team Championship as a counterpart title.
== History ==
== Belt design ==
== Reigns ==
Main article: List of WWE Raw Tag Team Champions
As of January 3, 2022, there have been 88 reigns between 67 teams composed of 98 individual champions, and one vacancy. The team of Cesaro and Sheamus and The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) have the most reigns as a team at four, while individually, Kingston and Seth Rollins have the most with six. The New Day's second reign is also the longest reign at 483 days and they are the only team to hold the championship for over one consecutive year—Big E is also credited for this reign as during New Day's first two reigns, Big E, Kingston, and Woods were all recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule (Big E was split from the team in the 2020 WWE Draft). John Cena and The Miz's sole reign is the shortest reign at 9 minutes, due to The Corre invoking their rematch clause immediately after losing the title. As a team, The New Day (across its two different variants of team members) also have the longest combined reign at 627 days, while Kingston individually has the longest combined reign at 912 days (910 days as recognized by WWE). Nicholasis the youngest champion at 10 years old (also making him the youngest champion in WWE history), while Billy Gunn is the oldest champion at age 50.
The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) are the current champions in their third reign. They defeated RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) in a Winners Take All match on the May 20, 2022, episode of SmackDown in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Usos had also defended the SmackDown Tag Team Championship in the match, and with both titles, they are recognized as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions.
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