Champion history[]
| Team: | Reigns: | Date: | Location: | Notes: | ||
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| The Miracle Violence Connection (Terry Gordy and Steve Williams) | July 12, 1992
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Albany, GA | Defeated Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes in tournament final. Gordy and Williams were also the reigning WCW World Tag Team Champions; from then until the withdrawal of WCW from the NWA, the WCW and NWA World Tag Team Championships are defended together. | |||
| Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes | September 21, 1992
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Atlanta, Georgia | The match aired on tape delay on October 3, 1992. | |||
| Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas | November 18, 1992
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Macon, Georgia | Clash of the Champions XXI | |||
| The Hollywood Blonds (Steve Austin and Brian Pillman) |
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March 2, 1993
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Macon, GA | The match aired on tape delay on March 27, 1993. | ||
| Arn Anderson and Paul Roma | August 18, 1993
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Daytona, Florida | Defeated Austin and Lord Steven Regal, who was subbing for Pillman. | |||
| The NWA World Tag Team championship was reactivated in a tournament and was unified with the WCW World Tag Team Championship. | ||||||
| Titles are vacated in September 1993 when WCW withdraws from NWA. | ||||||
| The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) |
5 | April 11, 1995 | Dallas, Texas | Defeated Dick Murdoch and Randy Rhodes in a Tournament final | ||
| Tarzan Goto & Mr. Gannosuke |
1 | December 9, 1995 | Saitama, Japan | Defeated Cactus Jack and Tiger Jeet Singh in a tournament final | ||
| Titles vacated in August 1996 when Goto and Gannosuke leave IWA Japan. | ||||||
| C.W. & Pat Anderson |
1 | September 14, 1996 | Goldston, North Carolina | Defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers). | ||
| Titles vacated in 1997. | ||||||
| The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) |
6 | January 12, 1998 | State College, PA | The Rock 'n' Roll Express were awarded the titles on Monday Night RAW by Jim Cornette. | ||
| The Headbangers (Thrasher & Mosh) |
1 | February 17, 1998 | Waco, TX | First time this championship changed hands on a World Wrestling Federation TV program | ||
| The New Midnight Express (Bob Holly & Bart Gunn) |
1 | March 30, 1998 | Albany, NY | N/A | ||
| The Border Patrol (Agent Gunn & Agent Maxx) |
1 | August 14, 1998 | Greenville, NC | N/A | ||
| Barry Windham & Tully Blanchard |
1 | September 12, 1998 | Lincolnton, NC | N/A | ||
| The Border Patrol (Agent Gunn & Agent Maxx) |
2 | October 10, 1998 | Cameron, NC | N/A | ||
| The Brotherhood (Eric Sbracchia & Knuckles Nelson) |
1 | October 24, 1998 | Cherry Hill, NJ | Defeated The Border Patrol, Team Extreme (Kit Carson and Khris Germany) and Tully Blanchard and Tom Prichard in a four corners match at the 50th Anniversary Show. | ||
| Vacated | —
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March 3, 1999
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Title held up for failing to defend the titles on February 26, 1999. | ||
| The Brotherhood (Knuckles Nelson (2) & Rick Fuller) |
1 | June 10, 1999 | Dallas, Texas | Defeated Team Extreme | ||
| The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge & Rocco Rock) |
1 | June 17, 1999 | Bolton, MA | N/A | ||
| The Brotherhood (Knuckles Nelson (3) & Rick Fuller) |
3 | June 19, 1999 | Dorchester, MA | N/A | ||
| Team Extreme (Khris Germany & Kit Carson) |
1 | September 25, 1999 | Charlotte, NC | N/A | ||
| Murder Inc. (Jimmy James & Kevin Northcutt) |
1 | November 26, 1999 | North Richland Hills, TX | N/A | ||
| Team Extreme (Khris Germany & Kit Carson) |
2 | December 17, 1999 | North Richland Hills, TX | N/A | ||
| xXx (Curtis Thompson & Drake Dawson) |
1 | March 4, 2000 | Cornelia, GA | N/A | ||
| The Main Event (Reno Riggins & Steven Dunn) |
1 | April 7, 2000 | Eskan, Saudi Arabia | N/A | ||
| The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) |
7 | April 12, 2000 | Camp Carroll, South Korea | N/A | ||
| Big Bubba Bain & LA Stephens |
1 | April 17, 2000 | Osan, South Korea | N/A | ||
| Triple XXX (Curtis Thompson & Drake Dawson) |
2 | April 19, 2000 | Okinawa, Japan | N/A | ||
| Bad Attitude (David Young & Rick Michaels) |
1 | August 15, 2000 | Tampa, FL | N/A | ||
| Bad Street Boys (Christian York & Joey Matthews) |
1 | February 3, 2001 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Bad Attitude (David Young & Rick Michaels) |
2 | February 17, 2001 | Cornelia, GA | N/A | ||
| Dan Factor & David Flair |
1 | March 22, 2001 | Athens, GA | N/A | ||
| Bad Attitude (David Young & Rick Michaels) |
3 | March 23, 2001 | Toccoa, GA | N/A | ||
| The New Heavenly Bodies (Casanova Chris & Vivacious Vito) |
1 | April 24, 2001 | Tampa, FL | N/A | ||
| Glacier & Jason Sugarman |
1 | December 28, 2001 | Deland, FL | N/A | ||
| The New Heavenly Bodies (Casanova Chris & Vivacious Vito) |
2 | December 29, 2001 | Live Oak, FL | N/A | ||
| Disturbing Behavior (Jeff Daniels & Tim Renesto) |
1 | January 26, 2002 | Columbia, TN | N/A | ||
| The New Heavenly Bodies (Casanova Chris & Vivacious Vito) |
3 | April 17, 2002 | Winter Haven, FL | N/A | ||
| The Shane Twins (Mike & Todd Shane) |
1 | June 8, 2002 | Lima, Peru | N/A | ||
| On June 14, 2002, with the launch of the new NWA, the NWA TNA promotion Committees handed control of the NWA World Tag Team Titles in the hands of Jerry Jarrett and the NWA TNA. Since then, the titles will be defended only on the Pay-Per-Views of NWA Total Nonstop Action, and awarded only to contractually bound wrestler. | ||||||
| AJ Styles & Jerry Lynn |
1 | July 3, 2002 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Vacated on August 14, 2002. | ||||||
| America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm) |
1 | September 18, 2002 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| The Disciples Of The New Church (Brian Lee & Slash) |
1 | November 13, 2002 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm) |
2 | January 8, 2003 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Triple X (Christopher Daniels, Elix Skipper & Lo-Ki) |
1 | January 22, 2003 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Vacated on February 5, 2003. | ||||||
| Triple X (Christopher Daniels, Elix Skipper & Lo-Ki) |
2 | March 12, 2003 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Jerry Lynn (2) & The Amazing Red) |
1 | April 16, 2003 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Triple X (Christopher Daniels, Elix Skipper & Lo-Ki) |
3 | May 7, 2003 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm) |
3 | June 25, 2003 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Johnny Swinger & Simon Diamond) |
1 | August 27, 2003 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Vacated on November 19, 2003. | ||||||
| 3 Live Kru (BG James & Ron Killings) |
1 | November 26, 2003 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| The Red-Shirt Security (Kevin Northcutt (2) & Legend) |
1 | January 28, 2004 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Abyss & AJ Styles (2) |
1 | February 4, 2004 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Vacated on March 3, 2003. | ||||||
| Dallas & Kid Kash) |
1 | March 31, 2004 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| D-Lo Brown & Apolo) |
1 | April 14, 2004 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Dallas & Kid Kash) |
2 | April 21, 2004 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm) |
4 | June 3, 2004 | Orlando, FL | N/A | ||
| The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens) |
1 | July 7, 2004 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Chris Harris (5) & Elix Skipper (4) |
1 | September 8, 2004 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Christopher Daniels (4) & James Storm (5) |
1 | September 21, 2004 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| Team Canada (Bobby Roode & Eric Young) |
1 | October 12, 2004 | Orlando, FL | N/A | ||
| 3Live Kru (BG James & Konnan) |
1 | November 7, 2004 | Orlando, FL | N/A | ||
| Team Canada (Bobby Roode & Eric Young) |
2 | December 5, 2004 | Orlando, FL | N/A | ||
| America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris (6) & James Storm (6)) |
5 | January 16, 2005 | Orlando, FL | N/A | ||
| The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens) |
2 | April 26, 2005 | Orlando, FL | N/A | ||
| Vacated on October 7, 2005. | ||||||
| The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens) |
3 | October 8, 2005 | Nashville, TN | N/A | ||
| America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris (7) & James Storm (7)) |
6 | October 11, 2005 | Orlando, FL | N/A | ||
| AJ Styles (3) & Christopher Daniels (5) |
1 | June 18, 2006 | Orlando, FL | N/A | ||
| Latin American Exchange (Hernandez & Homicide) |
1 | August 14, 2006 | Orlando, FL | N/A | ||
| AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels |
2 | September 24, 2006 | Orlando, FL | N/A | ||
| Latin American Exchange (Hernandez & Homicide) |
2 | October 22, 2006 | Plymouth, MI | N/A | ||
| Team 3D (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) |
1 | April 15, 2007 | St. Louis, MO | N/A | ||
| Titles vacated after Total Nonstop Action Wrestling leaves the NWA and creates the TNA World Tag Team Championship. | ||||||
| The Real American Heroes (Joey Ryan & Karl Anderson) |
1 | July 8, 2007 | Houston, TX | N/A | ||
| Los Luchas (Phoenix Star & Zokre) |
1 | February 10, 2008 | Las Vegas, NV | N/A | ||
| The Skull Krushers (Keith Walker & Rasche Brown) |
1 | October 4, 2008 | Corpus Christi, TX | N/A | ||
| The Dark City Fight Club Jon Davis & Kory Chavis |
1 | November 20, 2010 | Milwaukee, Wisconson | N/A | ||
| The Usual Suspects AJ Steele & Murder-1 |
1 | May 1, 2011 | Warner Robins, Georgia | N/A | ||
| The Dark City Fight Club Jon Davis & Kory Chavis |
2 | May 15, 2011 | Warner Robins, Georgia | N/A | ||
| The Kingz of the Underground (Scot Summers and Ryan Genesis) |
1 | December 12, 2012 | San Antonio, Texas | Defeated Kory Chavis and Lance Hoyt for the title; Davis was absent for "personal reasons" and had not teamed with Chavis in quite some time but the NWA never stripped the Dark City Fight Club of their championship. | ||
| Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Lance Archer (3)) |
1 | April 20, 2013 | Houston, Texas | Smith and Archer's IWGP Tag Team Championship was also at stake in this match. | ||
| The Iron Godz (Jax Dane and Rob Conway) |
1 | November 9, 2013 | Osaka, Japan | This was a three-way match, also involving Ten-Koji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima). Conway and Dane won the first fall of a two-fall match; Smith and Archer regained the IWGP title in the other. | ||
| Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) |
1 | April 6, 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. (2) and Lance Archer (4)) |
2 | October 13, 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| The Heatseekers (Sigmon and Elliot Russell) |
1 | October 10, 2015
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Dyersburg, TN | Defeated K.E.S. and The Illuminati (Chase Owens and Chris Richards). | ||
| The Iron Empire (Matt Riviera and Rob Conway (2)) |
1 | December 4, 2015
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Robinsonville, MS | |||
| The Heatseekers (Sigmon and Elliot Russell) |
2 | September 9, 2016
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Ripley, TN | |||
| The Iron Empire (Matt Riviera and Rob Conway (3)) |
2 | September 10, 2016
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Dyersburg, TN | |||
| The Heatseekers (Sigmon and Elliot Russell) |
3 | December 9, 2016
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Ripley, TN | |||
| The Iron Empire (Matt Riviera and Rob Conway (4)) |
3 | January 6, 2017
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Ripley, TN | |||
| Kazushi Miyamoto and Rob Terry | 1
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February 23, 2017
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Tokyo, Japan | |||
| The Heatseekers (Sigmon and Elliot Russell) |
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June 17, 2017
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Dyersburg, Tennessee | |||
| Championship vacated in October 2017 | ||||||
| Villain Enterprises (Brody King & PCO) |
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April 27, 2019 | Concord, North Carolina | |||
| The Wild Cards (Royce Isaacs & Thomas Latimer) |
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September 7, 2019 | Villa Park, Illinois | |||
| The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) | 8 | October 1, 2019 | Atlanta, Georgia | |||
| Eli Drake & James Storm | 1 | January 24, 2020 | Atlanta, Georgia | |||
| Aaron Stevens & JR Kratos | 1 | November 10, 2020 | Atlanta, Georgia | |||
| La Rebelión (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf 450) | 1 | August 29, 2021 | St. Louis, Missouri | |||
| The Commonwealth Connection (Doug Williams & Harry Smith) | 1 | June 11, 2022 | Knoxville, Tennessee | |||
| The championship was vacated on August 27, 2022 after Harry Smith suffered an illness that prevented him from making a title defence. | ||||||
| La Rebelión (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf) | 2 | August 27, 2022 | St. Louis, Missouri | |||
| Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage & Damage) | 1 | August 26, 2023 | St. Louis, Missouri | |||