The championship was introduced on the January 23, 2013 edition of NXT where it was announced by special guest Shawn Michaels that there would be a tournament to crown the first new champions.
Tournament brackets[]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| Harper and Rowan | pin | ||||||||||||
| Tatsu and Watson | |||||||||||||
| Harper & Rowan | pin | ||||||||||||
| Dallas & McGillicutty | |||||||||||||
| Dallas & McGillicutty | pin | ||||||||||||
| Primo and Epico | |||||||||||||
| Harper & Rowan | pin | ||||||||||||
| Neville & Grey | |||||||||||||
| Neville & Grey | pin | ||||||||||||
| Slater & McIntyre | |||||||||||||
| Neville & Grey | pin | ||||||||||||
| Ohno & Kruger | |||||||||||||
| Ohno & Kruger | pin | ||||||||||||
| Riley and Bateman | |||||||||||||