Ring of Honor World Tag Team Title History
– 9/21/02: A 6-team one-night tournament was held to determine the initial champions. Prior to the finals, Christopher Daniels & Donovan Morgan defeated Jose & Joel Maximo and Dick Togo & Ikuto Hidaka while Bryan Danielson & Michael Modest defeated Quiet Storm & Chris Divine.
– ROH Tag Title Championship Tournament Finals: Christopher Daniels & Donovan Morgan defeated Bryan Danielson and Michael Modest when Daniels pinned Danielson after the Last Rites at 14:42; after the match, Danielson and Modest destroyed the tournament trophy
Expect the Unexpected – Cambridge, MA – March 15, 2003
– AJ Styles (w/ Alexis Laree) & Amazing Red defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Christopher Daniels and ROH Heavyweight Champion Xavier (sub. for ROH Tag Team Champion Donovan Morgan) (w/ Allison Danger) to win the titles when Styles pinned Daniels with the Styles Clash at 21:10
– 9/6/03: The ROH Tag Team Titles were vacated after the Amazing Red sustained an injury.Glory by Honor – Philadelphia, PA – September 20, 2003
– Johnny Kashmere & Trent Acid defeated Mark & Jay Briscoe, Hydro & Deranged, Dunn & Marcos, and Izzy & Dixie in a gauntlet match; stipulations stated the winners would earn the vacant ROH Tag Team Titles
Tradition Continues – Glen Burnie, MD – October 16, 2003
– Dixie & Izzy defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Johnny Kashmere & Trent Acid to win the titles
Main Event Spectacles – Elizabeth, NJ – November 1, 2003
– Mark & Jay Briscoe defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Dixie & Izzy to win the titles
Reborn: Stage Two – Chicago Ridge, IL – Frontier Fieldhouse – April 24, 2004
– CM Punk & Colt Cabana defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Mark & Jay Briscoe when Punk pinned Mark with the Pepsi Plunge at 19:47 to win the titles; after the match, BJ Whitmer tried to attack the new champions but Ace Steel jumped in the ring and hit Whitmer with a chairshot
Round Robin Challenge II – Lexington, MA – May 15, 2004
– Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer (w/ Allison Danger) defeated ROH Tag Tean Champions CM Punk & Colt Cabana when Whitmer pinned Cabana with the wrist-clutch Exploder at 7:05 to win the titles; during the match, the champions tried to lose via count-out but Ricky Steamboat chased them towards the ring; after the match, Punk hit Steamboat with a legdrop through a table
Round Robin Challenge II – Lexington, MA – May 15, 2004
– Mark & Jay Briscoe defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer (w/ Allison Danger) when Mark pinned Maff with a roll up at 13:24 to win the titles; prior to the match, the Briscoes fired Jim Cornette as their manager during a backstage segment
Round Robin Challenge II – Lexington, MA – May 15, 2004
– CM Punk & Colt Cabana defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Mark & Jay Briscoe when Cabana pinned Mark Briscoe with a frog splash at 19:14 to win the titles
Testing the Limit – Philadelphia, PA – August 7, 2004
– Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated ROH Tag Team Champions CM Punk & Colt Cabana to win the titles
Third Anniversary Show: Part 1 – Elizabeth, NJ – February 19, 2005
– Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero when Maff pinned Reyes with a Burning Hammer at 10:36 to win the titles; after the match, Allison Danger told Whitmer & Maff she changed the match to a non-title match but Whitmer threatened to kick her head off unless she tore the contracts up; Danger then started to tear up the contracts, with then Whitmer giving her an Exploder suplex, Maff putting her in the figure-4, and Whitmer hitting a frog splash; moments later, Maff & Whitmer celebrated with the titles
Escape from New York – New Yorker Hotel – July 9, 2005
– HC Loc & Tony DeVito defeated ROH Tag Team Champions BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs to win the titles at 14:15 when DeVito pinned Jacobs after the piledriver off the top double team, moments after Whitmer was shoved off the top and through a table set up at ringside
The Homecoming – Philadelphia, PA – National Guard Armory – July 23, 2005
– BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Tony DeVito & HC Loc to win the titles at 9:24 when Whitmer pinned DeVito after a Contra Code double team off the top rope; after the match, the crowd chanted “Huss” at Jacobs; ROH World Champion CM Punk joined Dave Prazak on commentary for the bout
Joe vs. Kobashi – New York City, NY – October 1, 2005
– Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro defeated ROH Tag Team Champions BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs to win the titles in an impromptu match at 13:49 when Mamaluke pinned Jacobs after a Double Rubix Cube Driver; following Mamaluke & Rinauro’s entrance, Mamaluke took the mic, noted his success in New York City and being a former ECW Tag Team Champion; he then said he didn’t want to come all the way back to NYC for a singles match, found Rinauro, and said he wanted tag team gold before challenging Whitmer & Jacobs to come out to face them; the match was originally Mamaluke vs. Rinauro; the two teams shook hands before and after the contest, with Mamaluke & Rinauro then celebrating with the belts and the Italian flag
Final Battle 2005 – Edison, NJ – Inman Sports Club – December 17, 2005
– Austin Aries & Roderick Strong defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro when Aries pinned Mamaluke aftter the brainbuster and 450 splash at 18:19 to win the titles
Glory by Honor V Night 2 – New York City, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom – September 16, 2006
– Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Austin Aries & Roderick Strong to win the titles
Liverpool, England – March 3, 2007
– Shingo & Naruki Doi defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Jay & Mark Briscoe to win the titles at 22:42 when Shingo pinned Mark with a sit-down Death Valley Driver; after the match, the crowd chanted “Dragon Gate”
Final Battle 2007 – New York City, NY – Manhattan Center – December 30, 2007
– Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black (w/ Lacey) defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Mark & Jay Briscoe (w/ Daizee Haze) at 18:54 to win the titles when both men pinned Mark after a Sliced Bread #2 / powerbomb off the top double team followed by the Phoenix Splash from Black; prior to the bout, the two teams refused to shake hands
Without Remorse – Chicago Ridge, IL – Frontier Fieldhouse – January 26, 2008
– Davey Richards & Rocky Romero defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black to win the titles
Injustice – Edison, NJ – Inman Sports Club – April 12, 2008
– Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Davey Richards & Rocky Romero to win the titles at 17:31 when Jay pinned Romero after the Jaydriller and springboard Doomsday Device; during the champions’ entrance, only Richards came out with his title belt; after the bout, the crowd chanted “Five times” as the Briscoes celebrated with two beers in the ring
– 5/10/08: The titles were vacated due to an injury to Mark Briscoe. An 8-team one-night tournament was held to determine the new champions. Prior to the finals, Kevin Steen & El Generico defeated ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness & Go Shiozaki and Adam Pearce & Chris Hero while Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black defeated Delirious & Pelle Primeau and Bryan Danielson & Austin Aries.
Up for Grabs – Hartford, CT – June 6, 2008
– ROH Tag Team Title Tournament Finals: Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black defeated Kevin Steen & El Generico to win the titles at 16:50 when Black pinned Generico with a roll up; Generico was taken backstage during the match but returned during the final moments, his shoulder heavily taped; after the bout, fans threw trash into the ring as Jacobs took the mic and said the fans’ heros had fallen, prompting the crowd to chant “Shut the fuck up;” Black & Jacobs then dared the fans to throw more garbage and Jacobs said the Age of the Fall was unstoppable
Driven – Boston, MA – September 19, 2008
– El Generico & Kevin Steen defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black to win the titles
ROH @ Philadelphia, PA – The Arena – April 10, 2009
HDNet – 5/30/09:
– Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards defeated ROH Tag Team Champions El Generico & Kevin Steen in a tables match to win the titles at 15:15 when Edwards pinned Generico after Generico sustained a low blow and a bulldog off the top double team through a table set up inside the ring
– Mark & Jay Briscoe defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards to win the titles at 22:53 when Edwards was pinned
The Big Bang! – Charlotte, NC – Grady Cole Center – April 3, 2010
– Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Mark & Jay Briscoe to win the titles at 30:19 when Hero pinned Jay
Honor Takes Center Stage: Chapter 1 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage Theatre – April 1, 2011
– Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli (w/ Shane Hagadorn & Sara Del Ray) to win the titles at 22:59 when Castagnoli submitted to Haas’s Haas of Pain, moments after Benjamin tossed Hero off the top rope as Hero attempted to use his loaded elbow pad as a weapon behind the referee’s back; during the challengers’ entrance, there were dueling chants of “Kings of Wrestling” and “World’s Greatest Tag Team;” late in the bout, there were chants of “This is awesome;” after the contest, Cary Silkin congratulated the new champions in the ring
Final Battle 2011 – New York City, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom – December 23, 2011
– Mark & Jay Briscoe defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas to win the titles at 13:19
Border Wars – Toronto, Ontario – Ted Reeve Arena – May 12, 2012
– Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Mark & Jay Briscoe to win the titles in a Fight Without Honor when Haas pinned Mark after suffocating him with a cloth soaked in ether
Final Battle 2012 – Hammerstein Ballroom – New York City, NY – December 16, 2012
– ROH on Sinclair – 1/12/13: Mark & Jay Briscoe defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Steve Corino & Jimmy Jacobs and Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander to win the titles when Jay pinned Jacobs after hitting the Doomsday Device; after the match, Jay took the mic and said once El Generico beats ROH World Champion Kevin Steen, then SCUM might leave ROH; he then made an open challenge to any tag team for title shots but said Coleman & Alexander would get the first shot; the two teams then shook hands
11th Anniversary Show – Chicago Ridge, IL – Frontier Fieldhouse – March 2, 2013
– Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Mark & Jay Briscoe to win the titles
ROH @ Providence, RI – Convention Center – July 27, 2013
TV taping:
– Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly to win the titles
All Star Extravaganza V – Toronto, Ontario – Mattamy Athletic Centre – August 3, 2013
– Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Rocky Romero & Alex Kozlov to win the titles
Manhattan Mayhem IV – New York City, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom – August 17, 2013
– Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards to win the titles