5 teams with the most SmackDown Tag Team Championship reigns

The SmackDown Tag Team Championship was unveiled on August 23, 2016, as a result of the 2016 draft.

Heath Slater and Rhyno were the inaugural champions as the pair defeated The Usos in the finals of a tag team tournament to win the belts.

Sixteen different teams have held the championships across 26 different reigns, and this list looks at the five teams that have held the titles the most.

In the case of a tie, teams that have held the championships for more days overall will secure the higher position. The days will be counted according to WWE’s record, which differs slightly from the actual count.

Take a look at the five teams with the most SmackDown Tag Team Championship reigns.

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#5. The Bar (1 SmackDown Tag Team Championship Reign, 102 Days Overall)

Sheamus and Cesaro won the SmackDown Tag Team Championships on the 1000th episode of SmackDown, which occurred on October 16, 2018.

They defeated The New Day, represented by Big E and Xavier Woods, in what was a short but impactful match.

The Big Show entered the match, just as it seemed The Bar were getting out of control. He would seemingly help up a downed Kofi Kingston, only to put him through the announcer's table. This would distract Big E enough to let Sheamus hit the Brogue Kick and win the titles.

The New Day had their rematch against The Bar at Crown Jewel 2018, but Sheamus and Cesaro retained their championships.

They held the championships for 102 days, ultimately losing them to the team of Miz and Shane McMahon, who defeated them at the 2019 Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View.

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#4. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode (1 SmackDown Tag Team Championship Reign, 127 Days Overall)

The Dirty Dawgs won the SmackDown Tag Team Championships on the January 8, 2021 episode of SmackDown. They beat The Street Profits, who were initially Raw Tag Team Champions, but had to exchange championships with SmackDown champions The New Day after being drafted to SmackDown.

Montez Ford hurt his knee early in the match after a dive onto Ziggler and Roode that had him limping. The Dirty Dawgs capitalized on Montez’s injury, targeting his knee at various points throughout the match.

Despite Montez’s resiliency, Robert Roode hit a spinebuster that Dolph Ziggler followed into a Zig-Zag to win them the match and the SmackDown Tag Team Championships.

They held the championships for 127 days before losing them to Rey and Dominik Mysterio, who defeated them at WrestleMania Backlash 2021.

In doing so, the Mysterios became the first father and son duo to win a tag team title in WWE history.

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#3. The Bludgeon Brothers (1 SmackDown Tag Team Championship Reign, 135 Days Overall)

Harper and Rowan competed in a triple threat tag team match for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania 34. While they could have been seen as favorites to win the belts due to their strength, they faced a massive challenge as their opponents were both The Usos and The New Day.

The Bludgeon Brothers certainly silenced any doubters as they utterly decimated both teams in the match. Dominating from the opening bell, it only took six minutes for Harper and Rowan to win and become the new SmackDown Tag Team Champions.

The Usos had their rematch at The Greatest Royal Rumble. However, a dominant performance from Harper and Rowan saw them retain their championships.

They held the championships for 135 days before losing them to The New Day on the August 21, 2018, episode of SmackDown.

This was a No Disqualification Match that saw tables, ladders, and chairs introduced. Kofi would hit Trouble in Paradise and set Harper up on the table. Woods used an elbow drop from the top rope to put Harper through the table and give the victory to The New Day.

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#2. The Usos (5 SmackDown Tag Team Championship Reigns, 566+ days overall)

The Usos won their first SmackDown Tag Team Championship after beating American Alpha on the March 21, 2017, episode of SmackDown.

They held the championships for 123 days until The New Day defeated them at Battleground 2017. They would regain the gold 27 days later on the SummerSlam kickoff show.

The New Day beat them again on the September 12, 2017 episode of SmackDown in a Sin City Street Fight.

This would be another instant classic between the two teams, this time in front of an electric Las Vegas crowd. Kofi and Big E represented the team while Xavier Woods watched his New Day brothers backstage.

The champions dominated the match early on, attacking The New Day with chairs and even utilizing a kendo stick that Kofi Kingston would eventually retaliate with.

Kofi sent Jey through a table, allowing Big E to lift Jimmy Uso up for The Midnight Hour, winning the match and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.

Jimmy and Jey beat their rivals to win back their championships at Hell in a Cell 2017 in a Hell in a Cell match. They held the titles until WrestleMania 34, 182 days later. They lost the championships to The Bludgeon Brothers.

Their fourth reign happened more than a year later, as Jimmy and Jey defeated The Miz and Shane McMahon in a match for the titles at Elimination Chamber 2019.

This was their second shortest reign to date, as they only held the championships for 51 days before losing them to The Hardy Boyz on April 9, 2019’s SmackDown.

The Samoan brothers would take a brief hiatus from winning tag team gold as their fifth and current reign occurred more than two years later at Money in the Bank 2021.

The Usos have aligned themselves with Roman Reigns to form The Bloodline since then and look to be as dominant as ever. Their current reign is the longest SmackDown Tag Team Championship reign in WWE history, at 187+ days.

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#1. The New Day (7 SmackDown Tag Team Championship Reigns, 373 days overall)

At Battleground 2017, The New Day defeated The Usos to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championships for the first time. This would start a feud between the two teams that saw them exchange the titles between each other four times in the period between Battleground and Hell in a Cell.

The New Day reigned as champions twice in that time, holding the titles for 27 and 25 days, respectively.

They would then win the belts for the third time on the August 21, 2018 edition of SmackDown, as Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods defeated The Bludgeon Brothers in a No Disqualification tag team title match.

55 days later, Big E and Xavier Woods lost the championships to The Bar on SmackDown 1000.

They would not hold the titles again until Extreme Rules 2019 where they won a triple threat tag team match that involved Heavy Machinery and the champions Daniel Bryan and Rowan.

The Revival defeated them 62 days later at Clash of Champions in a match for the titles.

Big E and Kofi won back the championships from Dax and Wilder on the November 8 episode of SmackDown. This would be their fifth and longest reign to date as they held the championships for 110 days before losing them to The Miz and John Morrison at Super ShowDown in 2020.

The New Day won back the SmackDown Tag Team Championships from Miz and Morrison on the April 17, 2020 edition of SmackDown. This was a triple threat match that also featured The Usos.

A member from each team participated in the match, with Big E representing The New Day, Jey Uso fighting on behalf of the Usos and The Miz representing the champions. Big E would pin The Miz to win the match.

For The New Day’s seventh reign, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods were split from Big E as a result of the 2020 Draft.

They had won the championships from Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro two days earlier on the October 9, 2020, episode of SmackDown.

The Raw Tag-Team Champions, The Street Profits were drafted to SmackDown, while The New Day was drafted to Raw. The two tag teams, therefore, switched championships.

This also means that Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods’ two-day reign is currently the shortest in the SmackDown Tag Team Championship’s history.

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