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ROH World Tag Team Championship

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ROH World Tag Team Championship
Current
champion(s):
The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe)
Date won: December 19, 2009
Promotion: ROH
Brand:
Date created: September 21, 2002
Date retired:
Other name(s): ROH Tag Team Championship
Most reigns: The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) (6 times)
First champion(s): The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels & Donovan Morgan)


The Ring of Honor (ROH) World Tag Team Championship is the tag team title contested for in the independent professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. The title gained world title status after being defended by Austin Aries and Roderick Strong in the Dragon Gate promotion in Japan. Since then the title has also been defended in the United Kingdom.

Current champions

The current champions are The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) who are in their sixth reign. They defeated the American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) to win the titles at Final Battle 2009 on December 19, 2009 in New York, New York.

Title history

Wrestler Reigns Date Location Event Notes
The Prophecy
(Christopher Daniels & Donovan Morgan)
1 September 21, 2002 Philadelphia, PA Unscripted Defeated American Dragon & Mike Modest in the finals of a one-night tournament to become the first ROH Tag Team Champions
AJ Styles & Amazing Red 1 March 15, 2003 Cambridge, MA Expect the Unexpected Xavier was ordered by ROH to substitute for Donovan Morgan in this match, of The Prophecy would be forced to vacate the titles.
The titles were vacated on September 6, 2003 after Amazing Red suffered a knee injury and was no longer able to compete.
The Backseat Boyz
(Trent Acid & Johnny Kashmere)
1 September 20, 2003 Philadelphia, PA Glory by Honor II Won the vacated titles in a gauntlet match that involved the Briscoe Brothers, The Ring Crew Express, The Carnage Crew, and the Special K teams of Izzy & Dixie and Hydro & Deranged
Special K
(Izzy & Dixie)
1 October 16, 2003 Glen Burnie, MD Tradition Continues N/A
The Briscoe Brohters
(Jay & Mark Briscoe)
1 November 1, 2003 Elizabeth, NJ Main Event Spectacles N/A
Second City Saints
(CM Punk & Colt Cabana)
1 April 24, 2004 Chicago Ridge, IL Reborn: Stage Two N/A
The Prophecy
(Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer)
1 May 15, 2004 Lexington, MA Round Robin Challenge III N/A
The Briscoe Brothers 2 May 15, 2004 Lexington, MA Round Robin Challenge III N/A
Second City Saints
(CM Punk & Colt Cabana)
2 May 15, 2004 Lexington, MA Round Robin Challenge III N/A
The Rottweilers
(Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero
1 August 7, 2004 Philadelphia, PA Testling the Limit N/A
Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer 2 February 19, 2005 Elizabeth, NJ Third Anniversary Celebration: Part 1 N/A
Vacated when Dan Maff left ROH after having a falling out with his trainer Homicide. ROH covered Maff’s leaving by saying he was forced to retire as the result of a automobile accident.
BJ Whitmer (3) & Jimmy Jacobs 1 April 2, 2005 Asbury Park, NJ Best of American Super Juniors Tournament Defeated Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal to win the vacated titles
The Carnage Crew
(Loc & DeVito)
1 July 9, 2005 New York, NY Escape from New York N/A
BJ Whitmer (4) & Jimmy Jacobs (2) 2 July 23, 2005 Philadelphia, PA The Homecoming N/A
Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro 1 October 1, 2005 New York, NY Joe vs. Kobashi N/A
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong 1 December 17, 2005 Edison, NJ Final Battle 2005 Became the ROH World Tag Team Championship after Aries & Strong defeated Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino in Japan on July 9, 2006
The Kings of Wrestling
(Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli)
1 September 16, 2006 New York, NY Glory by Honor V: Night 2 N/A
Christopher Daniels (2) & Matt Sydal 1 November 25, 2006 Edison, NJ Dethroned N/A
The Briscoe Brothers 3 February 24, 2007 Chicago, IL Fifth Year Festival: Chicago N/A
Naruki Doi & Shingo 1 March 3, 2007 Liverpool, England Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool N/A
The Briscoe Brothers 4 March 30, 2007 Detroit, MI All–Star Extravaganza III N/A
The Age of the Fall
(Jimmy Jacobs (3) & Tyler Black)
1 December 30, 2007 New York, NY Final Battle 2007 N/A.
No Remorse Corps
(Davey Richards & Rocky Romero (2))
1 January 26, 2008 Chicago Ridge, IL Without Remorse This was an Ultimate Endurance match also featuring The Hangmen 3 and Bryan Danielson and Austin Aries.
The Briscoe Brothers 5 April 12, 2008 Edison, NJ Injustice When Mark suffers a wrist injury, Austin Aries is chosen as his replacement to make a defense.
Jay vacates the titles on May 10.
The Age of the Fall 2 June 6, 2008 Hartford, CT Up For Grabs Defeated Kevin Steen & El Generico in a tournament final for the vacant titles.

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