WWE Tag-Team Championship
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The World Wrestling Entertainment Tag-Team Championship is the tag-team championship currently being contested for on the World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown! brand, exclusively.
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History
This is the new tag-team championship created by Stephanie McMahon after the original WWE Tag-Team Championship became exclusive to the RAW brand.
Facts and trivia
Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit defeated Rey Mysterio & Edge on the October 20th 2002 at the WWE No Mercy pay-per-view in a Tournament Final Match to become the first team to win the WWE Tag-Team Championship.
Three teams have held the titles twice, Team Angle/The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin), Los Guerreros (Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero, Jr.) and The Basham Brothers (Doug Basham and Danny Basham).
Eddie Guerrero has held the titles on four occasions, (twice in Los Guerreros, once with Tajiri, and once with Rey Mysterio.
The Dudley Boyz are the only team to have held the titles along with any other tag-team title, having held the World, WCW and ECW tag-team title as well. Many others have also held those titles, but not with the same partner throughout.
Current champions
On April 21, 2005 MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro), defeated Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero for the WWE Tag Team Championships on Smackdown!.