The tag team division in WWE has had its ups and downs. There have been many WWE Tag Team Champions who held the championship with pride and had some memorable title defenses. Moreover, there have been some Tag Team Champions who have won the gold a plethora of times, and their championship reigns have been long and others have been short.

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Some of the greatest WWE Tag Team Champions in history have done a remarkable job as babyfaces and they have captivated the audience. Their in-ring matches and overall presentation have made fans adore them.

10 Owen Hart & The British Bulldog Were One-Time WWE Tag Team Champions

Owen Hart & The British Bulldog Were Double Champions In 1997

WWE Tag Team Championships Won

Start Of Reign

End Of Reign

Length

1

September 22, 1996 (In Your House: Mind Games)

May 26, 1997 (Raw)

246 Days

Owen Hart and his brother-in-law The British Bulldog became a tag team in 1996 and they defeated The Smoking Gunns for the WWE Tag Team Championship at In Your House: Mind Games. Hart and Bulldog were two outstanding in-ring performers, and their chemistry together was good.

Hart and Bulldog joined Bret Hart's Hart Foundation and the faction was dominant. Hart and Bulldog were double champions as Hart won the Intercontinental Championship and Bulldog won the WWE European Championship at Hart's expense. They held the WWE Tag Team Championship for 246 days with Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin ending their title reign.

9 Paul London & Brian Kendrick Had The Longest WWE Tag Team Championship Reign In The 2000s

Paul London And Brian Kendrick Won The WWE Tag Team Championship In 2006

WWE Tag Team Championships Won

Defeated For Tag Team Title Reigns

Dropped Tag Team Titles To

Combined Length

2

MNM and Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch

Deuce 'n' Domino, and Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch

337 Days

Paul London and Brian Kendrick were one of the most popular tag teams in the Ruthless Aggression Era because of their size. Their in-ring style of wrestling was fantastic to watch and they were energetic.

London and Kendrick kickstarted their 334-day run as WWE Tag Team Champions by defeating MNM at Judgment Day 2006. A year later, they won the World Tag Team Championship on a live event by defeating Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch but they dropped the titles back to them days later.

8 Demolition Were The Longest WWE Tag Team Champions For Almost 30 Years

Demolition Was Three-Time WWE Tag Team Champions

WWE Tag Team Championships Won

Defeated For Tag Team Title Reigns

Dropped Tag Team Titles To

Combined Length

3

Strike Force, The Brain Busters, and The Colossal Connection

Strike Force, The Colossal Connection, and The Hart Foundation

698 Days

Demolition was one of the best WWE Tag Team Champions in history. Ax and Smash had a record-breaking 478-day run as WWE Tag Team Champions which was a record that stood for almost 30 years.

With Ax's health not the best in 1990, Crush joined Demolition and in their third and final reign as WWE Tag Team Champions, they held the belts under the Freebird Rule. Demolition was popular when they ditched Mr. Fuji as their manager, and they are glaring omissions from the WWE Hall of Fame.

7 The New Day Are One Of The Most Entertaining Tag Teams In WWE History

The New Day Held The WWE Tag Team Championship For 483 Days From August 2015-December 2016

WWE Tag Team Championships Won

Longest Reign

Shortest Reign

Combined Length

12

483 Days (SummerSlam 2015 - Roadblock: End of the Line 2016)

3 Days (October 9, 2020 - October 12, 2020)

1,056 Days

The New Day has clinched WWE Tag Team Championship gold 12 times which is an outstanding achievement. The trio of Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods have been both babyfaces and heels, but they were adored as babyfaces.

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Just like Demolition, they were Tag Team Champions under the Freebird Rule. New Day broke Demolition's record as the longest-reigning WWE Tag Team Champions in 2016. Despite holding the titles 12 times, New Day brought prestige to the titles by engaging in a legendary feud with The Usos over the titles.

6 The Usos Are The Longest-Reigning WWE Tag Team Champions In WWE History

The Usos Are Eight-Time WWE Tag Team Champions

WWE Tag Team Championships Won

Longest Reign

Shortest Reign

Combined Length

8

622 Days (Money in the Bank 2021 Kickoff - WrestleMania 39 Saturday)

23 Days (SummerSlam 2017 Kickoff - SmackDown September 12, 2017)

1,575 Days

The Usos are one of the greatest Tag Team Champions in WWE history. No team has held Tag Team Championship gold longer than them in WWE as they have held the titles for a record 622 days.

Unquestionably, The Usos were a solid tag team before they joined The Bloodline, but they were on another level alongside their cousin Roman Reigns. They were a dominant faction as they held the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship and Reigns held the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship simultaneously.

5 Edge And Christian Are Real-Life Best Friends

Edge And Christian Became Seven-Time WWE Tag Team Champions

WWE Tag Team Championships Won

Longest Reign

Shortest Reign

Combined Length

7

91 Days (King of the Ring 2000 - Unforgiven 2000)

<1 Day (Raw March 19, 2001)

206 Days

Edge and Christian are real-life best friends and they translate their chemistry outside the squared circle on-screen. They are one of the most successful tag teams in the Attitude Era, and they won the WWE Tag Team Championship seven times.

They were mainly heels but Edge and Christian were still a comedic duo with their five-second pose. Kurt Angle was brought along for the ride as Team ECK, and Edge and Christian had memorable matches with the likes of the Hardys and the Dudleys over the WWE Tag Team Championship.

4 The Hart Foundation Won The WWE Tag Team Championship Twice

Bret Hart Teamed Up With His Brother-In-Law Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart

WWE Tag Team Championships Won

Defeated For Tag Team Title Reigns

Dropped Tag Team Titles To

Combined Length

2

The British Bulldogs & Demolition

Strike Force & The Nasty Boys

483 Days

Bret Hart and his brother-in-law Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart collectively known as the Hart Foundation were one of the top tag teams in the Golden Era. They were originally heels, but they turned face, and fans could not get enough of them.

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The former two-time WWE Tag Team Champions had the perfect combination with Hart as a superb technical wrestler and Neidhart was the powerhouse of the team. After their second WWE Tag Team Championship reign was curtailed at WrestleMania 7, Hart became a singles star.

3 The Dudley Boyz Are One Of The Most Decorated Tag Teams In History

The Dudleys Have Won Multiple Titles In Different Wrestling Promotions

WWE Tag Team Championships Won

Longest Reign

Shortest Reign

Combined Length

10

84 Days (Unforgiven 2003 - Armageddon 2003)

1 Day (Royal Rumble 2003 - January 20, 2003)

302 Days

The Dudley Boyz are one of the most decorated tag teams to grace a WWE ring. They won 10 Tag Team Championships in WWE and they were the final WCW Tag Team Champions when they unified the titles with the WWE Tag Team Championship at Survivor Series 2001.

Coming from the land of the extreme, it was in their nature for the Dudleys to show no mercy to their opponents by putting them through the tables. The WWE Hall of Famers were the first team to hold the WWE, WCW, and ECW Tag Team Championships.

2 The New Age Outlaws Had A Renewed Lease Of Life When They Joined DX

The New Age Outlaws Won The WWE Tag Team Championship Six Times

WWE Tag Team Championships Won

Longest Reign

Shortest Reign

Combined Length

6

125 Days (Raw November 24, 1997 - WrestleMania 14)

21 Days (SmackDown September 23, 1999 - Raw October 14, 1999)

505 Days

Billy Gunn and Road Dogg's WWE careers were directionless until they teamed up and formed the New Age Outlaws. This role suited both men and they were the perfect fit to join Triple H's revamped DX alongside X-Pac and Chyna.

The New Age Outlaws are six-time WWE Tag Team Champions and their 14-year gap between their fifth and sixth WWE Tag Team Championship reigns is the longest gap in WWE history between championship wins. Even when they were heels, the Outlaws were popular with the fans because of their rebellious ways.

1 The Hardy Boyz Had One Of The Biggest Receptions In The Attitude Era

The Hardys Are Nine-Time WWE Tag Team Champions

WWE Tag Team Championships Won

Longest Reign

Shortest Reign

Combined Length

9

64 Days (WrestleMania 33 - Extreme Rules 2021)

6 Days (Raw November 12, 2001 - Survivor Series 2001)

250 Days

The Hardy Boyz are unquestionably the most popular tag team in WWE history. The receptions that they'd receive were deafening in the Attitude Era. They are history makers as they are the only team to win the WWE, Raw, SmackDown, and WCW Tag Team Championships.

Surprisingly, their nine Tag Team Championship reigns have only totaled 250 days. Nevertheless, the Hardys didn't need long Tag Team Championship runs to get over as sometimes the pair would hold singles championships simultaneously instead.