3 times WWE Tag Team Championships changed hands at Night of Champions

WWE Night of Champions 2023 features several exciting matches. One of them includes the Undisputed Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, defending against Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa.

The Night of Champions event began in 2007, originally named Vengeance: Night of Champions. The premium live event was halted in 2015 and was announced for a return this year. Out of the nine shows so far, the tag team titles only changed hands three times.

For this list, we are going to look at the three teams who were successful in taking the Tag Team Championship at Night of Champions.

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#3. Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre (WWE Night of Champions 2010)

The sixth match for WWE NOC 2010 featured a Tag Team Turmoil match for the WWE Tag Team Championship. The titleholders at the time were David Hart and Tyson Kidd of The Hart Dynasty, but The Usos immediately eliminated them in the first round.

After four teams, the duo who came out on top was Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre. Interestingly, the win came only a month after their formation. Unfortunately for them, they quickly lost the titles the following month. Years later, both stars are now considered some of the top stars in the company. However, only one of them will return to this list.

#2. Team Hell No (WWE Night of Champions 2012)

The 2012 edition of Night of Champions featured Kofi Kingston and R-Truth walking in as Tag Team Champions. However, the duo who walked out with the gold was Daniel Bryan (aka Bryan Danielson) and Kane of Team Hell No.

The aforementioned event marked the first time the duo won gold. Their first title defense was on the RAW episode right after in a rematch, Team Hell No retained. They lost the titles against The Shield on May 2013 at Extreme Rules, ending their reign at 245 days.

#1. Stardust and Goldust (WWE Night of Champions 2014)

As mentioned above, Cody Rhodes will return to this list, but as a different character. For the 2014 Night of Champions event, the show opened with then-champs The Usos vs. Goldust and Stardust. The initial titleholders dominated most of the match, but the real-life brothers still gained the victory right after.

The aforementioned win marked the second time Goldust and Stardust won the titles. They later lost the championship on that year's Survivor Series in a four-way match, wherein The Miz and Damien Mizdow were the victors. Their second title reign lasted for 63 days.

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Hazel is a WWE features writer for Sportskeeda Wrestling. Currently a BS Psychology student in her third year, she ensures that multiple accurate and reliable sources back every piece of information in her articles. She phrases even mundane information in her own words, especially when using single sources like books or social media posts, to add a hint of personal touch.

Hazel has had a penchant for writing since high school. Apart from pursuing Humanities and Social Sciences for her senior year, she attended classes about creative and nonfiction writing. In 2019, Hazel started working as a ghostwriter, and three years later, she began working for Sportskeeda. In 2023, she became a published author under 8letters Books Publishing House. Even today, when she is not studying as a pre-med student or writing for Sportskeeda, she enjoys reading and writing novels.

Her favorite wrestlers are Edge and Randy Orton. She recalls watching John Cena vs Big Show vs Edge in WrestleMania 25 in her first wrestling match. Hazel enjoyed the entrances, and what got her hooked was how cool and ruthless Edge was and how John Cena never backed down from his challenges.

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