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At Extreme Rules last week, Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura beat The New Day to capture the SmackDown tag team titles.
While this was Nakamura's maiden tag title in the company, Cesaro has won the belt seven times now, making the latter one of the most prolific tag team wrestlers in the WWE today. So who among the current roster has won most tag team titles in the WWE overall?
This is a tricky question because there have been a number of incarnations of the tag team titles in the company over the years - the WWE tag titles, the World tag titles, the WWF tag titles, the WCW tag titles, the RAW tag titles, the SmackDown tag titles etc.
As per WWE records, this is how the lineage works - The SmackDown tag titles are a relatively new belt, with the lineage starting from when Heath Slater and Rhyno won a tournament to crown the inaugural winners in 2016.
The RAW tag titles take its lineage from the WWE tag team titles which was established in 2002.
Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit won a tournament, beating Edge and Rey Mysterio to become the first champions. Ironically, those belts were supposed to be exclusive to SmackDown when they were established.
But what about the tag titles before 2002? They have a separate lineage - The first ever tag team titles introduced in the WWE were the WWF Tag team titles won by Luke Graham and Tarzan Taylor.
These were the titles - now renamed as the WWF Tag team titles - over which the Hardys, the Dudleys and Edge & Christian waged those legendary ladder matches wars in the early 2000's. They were renamed as the World tag team titles after the brand split in 2002 and made exclusive to RAW for a while.
Those belts were unified with the WWE tag team titles to form the Unified tag titles at Wrestlemania 25 by Carlito and Primo Colon.
Future winners of the belt like Chris Jericho and Edge used to carry around both sets of belts, but this practice ended after the Hart Dynasty won the belt in 2010 and a new set of belts were introduced, which continued the WWE Tag team title lineage, but ended the original WWF tag title succession.
As for the WCW tag titles, those belts were introduced in the WWE after Vince McMahon purchased WCW and the titles were absorbed in to the WWF tag titles at Survivor Series 2001 when the Dudleys won the belts.
This list looks at the current WWE roster and features the active wrestlers who have won any version of the tag team titles in the WWE the most number of times. Wrestlers like Kane, the Dudleys, Christian and Matt Hardy will not be in this list as they aren't signed to a wrestlers contract in the WWE currently.
#5. Cesaro - 7
Cesaro might be highly overlooked as a singles wrestler, but that hasn't stopped him from piling on tag team title wins in the WWE. With the Extreme Rules victory, Cesaro has claimed his 7th tag title - ahead of tag team specialists like the Usos.
He still has a sole United States title reign to his credit as far as singles titles go, while being involved in a number of repackages that fans have lost count.
Debuting as Antonio Cesaro, the Swiss Superstar became part of the Real Americans, had a forgettable stint as a Paul Heyman guy, introduced the Cesaro section, the James Bond entrance, formed The Bar, the League of Nations and now the Artist Collective.
With his singles run floundering, a tag team partnership with Tyson Kidd breathed new life into Cesaro's career in 2014. The duo had a solitary RAW tag team title run before Kidd had to retire from wrestling due to a spinal injury. This put Cesaro in limbo again, but things improved when WWE decided to team him up with Sheamus to form 'The Bar'.
The Bar thrived in the stacked WWE tag team scene from 2016 - 2019, winning the tag titles on five separate occasions. They would beat the likes of The New Day, The Hardy Boyz and The Shield to capture the titles before the team was split up due to an injury suffered by Sheamus.
This saw Cesaro flounder yet again as a singles wrestler, wrestling in pay-per-view kick-off shows and even suffering a defeat to local lad Mansoor at the Crown Jewel PPV.
The situaltion looked up when Sami Zayn created his Artist Collective with Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro as members - but Cesaro was treated as the third wheel as both Nakamura and Zayn enjoyed Intercontinental title wins during the period.
The COVID-19 situation actually came to Cesaro's rescue here as Zayn chose to remain home rather than defend his IC title - necessitating the WWE to push the tag team of Nakamura and Cesaro instead. This resulted in another tag title triumph last week at Extreme Rules, notching up his tag title tally to 7.
#4. The Miz / The Big Show / Big E & Xavier Woods - 8
There are four separate wrestlers in the WWE tied with 8 tag team title reigns. The New Day tag team of Big E and Xavier Woods have won 6 SmackDown tag titles and 2 RAW tag titles.
Since the group defends the title as per 'Free bird rule' alongside Kofi Kingston, Woods has been champion twice despite being injured and not seen on WWE TV.
Despite this, New Day is rightly credited with revolutionizing the WWE tag team scene and helped elevate the likes of the Usos and The Bar to greater heights. They are a merchandise moving machine, and have arguably become the most popular WWE tag team since the Hardy Boyz.
The Miz is another WWE Superstar with 8 title reigns. One of the most versatile tag team champions in the list, Miz has won tag titles with 5 different partners.
While he has won three championships alongside John Morrison - the last one nearly a decade after their first - he also has two title reigns with the Big Show. Additionally, he won one tag title alongsideJohn Cena, Damien Sandow and Shane McMahon.
Miz might be the most decorated WWE Superstar without a consistent main event run, with eight Intercontinental title wins to go with his two US titles and a solitary WWE Championship which resulted in a WrestleMania main event as well.
The fourth Superstar with 8 tag title belts is Miz's former partner, The Big Show. In the WWE, Show has two tag title runs each with the likes of Kane, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker and The Miz. The Unified tag team title run with Jericho revitalised his career in the late 2000's, making Show part of the RAW main event scene once again.
He can claim to be considered higher in the list owing to his three WCW tag team title runs, but those happened before WCW was acquired by the WWE.
#3. Jeff Hardy - 9
No surprise seeing one-half of arguably the greatest tag team in history in this list. Jeff Hardy - alongside his brother Matt - revolutionised the tag team wrestling scene in the 2000's.
Interestingly, Jeff has never won a tag title in the WWE without Matt as his partner. Jeff was considered to be the better prospect in the team, with his daredevil move-set attracting a lot of fans to the product.
The Hardys would win 7 tag team titles during the first half of the 2000's, firmly establishing themselves as the greatest baby-face team of the time period. Their partnership with Lita and the rivalries with fellow WWE Supertstars Edge & Christian and the Dudleys have become legendary, with the tag teams stealing the show in two straight WrestleManias.
A Vince McMahon favourite, Jeff stepped in to a singles career after the Hardy Boyz split up and after an eventual struggle, became an accomplished singles star as well. Jeff has won all major singles titles in the company - including three World Championships, feuding with the likes of Triple H, The Undertaker and Edge.
Injuries ended this part of his WWE career in 2009 and it would take eight years for Jeff to return to the company. When he did so alongside Matt at WrestleMania 33, the fans were ecstatic. The reunited Hardys would capture the RAW tag titles the same night before winning the SmackDown tag titles on the first show after WrestleMania 35 to bring up the Hardy tag title count to 9.
Jeff has won 22 titles in the WWE in his career, becoming a Grand Slam Champion in the company in addition to winning championships in TNA, New Japan and ROH.
While he has struggled throughout his career with personal issues, nothing takes away the accomplishments from his near 3 decade tenure in pro-wrestling.
#2. Kofi Kingston - 11
Another World Champion to make the list, Kofi Kingston has won 8 tag team titles during his time in the New Day stable. Technically becoming a double champion in 2019 when he held the WWE Championship on his own and the Tag team titles as part of the New Day on account of the Free-bird rule. But even before the formation of the New Day, Kingston was an accomplished tag team wrestler.
Kingston has held tag team titles with CM Punk, Evan Bourne and R-Truth during his early WWE career, making him an 11 time tag team champion.
Kofi's career arc is truly remarkable - He started out as a mid-card singles wrestler, winning the IC and US titles before a short run to the cusp of the main event in 2009. After that ended, Kofi captured tag titles with makeshift team mates before being relegated to the traditional Royal Rumble spot guy role in 2012-13.
The creation of New Day in 2014 changed his fortunes. Despite initial struggles as a baby-face tag team, the trio of Big E, Kofi and Xavier Woods have dominated the tag title scene for the rest of the decade - putting out great matches in addition to being entertaining personalities on the screen.
A superb singles performance as a substitute in the 2019 Elimination Chamber captured the imagination of the WWE fans and Kofi was inserted into the WWE title picture in 2019. He would then realise the dream of a life-time by beating Daniel Bryan to capture the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 35.
His 180 day title reign might have ended in disappointing fashion with a squash at the hands of Brock Lesnar, but Kofi has been inserted back in to the tag title picture.
WWE Creative doesn't seem interested to put Kofi back in singles action, with him not even receiving his rematch for the World title. But with a New Day breakup seeming to be unlikely considering their popularity among younger fans, Kofi might add more tag titles to his CV.
#1. Edge - 14
As far as statistics are concerned, Edge is the best all-round performer in WWE history.
Excellent on the microphone and great in the ring, Edge can be considered as a legend in both the tag team division as well as in the singles division of the company. Praised by one and all to be the ultimate ring general, Edge is regarded to be the absolute best when it comes to laying out matches in the ring.
Edge's WWE career started out in 1999 and just two years after being with the company, he had already notched up enough accomplishments to be hailed as one of the greatest tag team wrestlers of all time.
A seven time tag champion with his regular partner Christian, Edge would be on the winning side of the first three TLC matches that are still talked about today.
After E&C broke up, Edge successfully made a transition in to a singles career, winning the Intercontinental and United States titles. But before starting his Rated R Superstar persona and foraying to the singles main event, Edge would win tag titles four more times with the likes of Hulk Hogan, Chris Benoit (2) and Rey Mysterio.
After winning his first WWE Championship in 2005, Edge's tag team title collection took a back seat, with the Ultimate Opportunist winning an incredible 12 World/WWE Championships in the company.
He would have a WrestleMania headlining rivalry with the Undertaker, had gruelling matches with Batista, John Cena, Triple H and Jeff Hardy.
It is a testament to Edge's post 2005 singles career that his legendary tag team career often became a footnote while rating his accomplishments. Edge would still win three more tag titles after his first WWE Championship victory - the first was alongside Randy Orton during their time as 'Rated RKO'.
In 2009, Edge took a break from the World Heavyweight title scene which he had made his own, instead winning the Unified tag team titles with Chris Jericho.
An achilles tendon injury would end that reign, with Edge returning the next year to win the Royal Rumble and continue his pursuit of the World Heavyweight title.
All in all, Edge has won 14 tag titles with the WWE which is higher than any one who has ever stepped foot inside a WWE ring. He is the only wrestler to win 10 or more world titles and world tag team titles (each) in the company.
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