MCW Tag Team Championship
| MCW Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | MCW Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | August 18, 1998 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Khazman Lee and Myron Malone | ||||||||||
| Date won | July 13, 2024 | ||||||||||
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The MCW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the MCW Pro Wrestling promotion. The titles were created and debuted on August 18, 1998, at a MCW live event. The current champions are Khazman Lee and Myron Malone, together known as The Hype, who are in their first reign, both individually and as a team.
The inaugural champions were The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher), who defeated Jimmy Cicero and Julio Sanchez in the finals of a tournament to win the championship on August 18, 1998, at an MCW live event.
Title history
[edit]| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
|---|---|
| # | Indicates what number the reign is |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| Wrestler name (#) | The number represents the individual reigns of a wrestler when this is distinct from the tag team's reign. |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) |
1 | August 18, 1998 | 33 | Baltimore, Maryland | Live event | Defeated Jimmy Cicero and Julio Sanchez in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. |
| 2 | Jimmy Cicero and Julio Sanchez | 1 | September 20, 1998 | 45 | Baltimore, Maryland | Live event | |
| 3 | Earl the Pearl and Stevie Richards | 1 | November 4, 1998 | 95 | Glen Burnie, Maryland | Live event | |
| 4 | The Ghetto Mafia (2-Dope and Sydeswype) |
1 | February 7, 1999 | 84 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | Defeated Earl the Pearl and Stevie Richards, and Joey Matthews and Quinn Nash in a three-way match. |
| 5 | The Bruiser and Danny Rose | 1 | May 2, 1999 | 14 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | |
| 6 | The Ghetto Mafia (2-Dope and Sydeswype) |
2 | May 16, 1999 | 6 | Glen Burnie, Maryland | Live event | |
| 7 | Adam Flash and The Bruiser (2) | 1 | May 22, 1999 | 47 | Pylesville, Maryland | Live event | |
| 8 | Jimmy Cicero (2) and Romeo Valentino | 1 | July 8, 1999 | 128 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | |
| 9 | The Bruiser (3) and Jerry Lawler | 1 | November 13, 1999 | 22 | Owings Mills, Maryland | Live event | |
| – | Vacated | — | December 5, 1999 | — | N/A | N/A | Vacated after Jerry Lawler is unable to defend the championships. |
| 10 | The Holy Rollers (Earl the Pearl (2) and Rich Myers) |
1 | January 19, 2000 | 119 | Glen Burnie, Maryland | Live event | Defeated Chad Austin and Jimmy Cicero, and Christian York and Joey Matthews in a three-way match. |
| 11 | Christian York and Joey Matthews | 1 | May 17, 2000 | 77 | Glen Burnie, Maryland | Live event | |
| 12 | Christopher Carmichael and Dino Divine | 1 | August 2, 2000 | 203 | Ocean City, Maryland | Live event | Defeated Christian York and Joey Matthews, The Executions, and Ghetto Mafia in a four-way match. |
| 13 | Romeo Valentino (2) and Ronnie Zukko | 1 | February 21, 2001 | 108 | Glen Burnie, Maryland | Live event | |
| 14 | The Ghetto Mafia (2-Dope and Sydeswype) |
3 | June 9, 2001 | 39 | Middle River, Maryland | Live event | Defeated Romeo Valentino and Ronnie Zukko, and Earl the Pearl and Rich Myers in a three-way match. |
| 15 | The Holy Rollers (Earl the Pearl (2) and Rich Myers) |
2 | July 18, 2001 | 108 | Glen Burnie, Maryland | Live event | Defeated 2-Dope and Sydeswype (The Ghetto Mafia), and Romeo Valentino and Zukko in a three-way match. |
| 16 | Christian York and Joey Matthews | 2 | November 3, 2001 | 200 | Paw Paw, West Virginia | Live event | |
| 17 | The Slackers (Chad Bowman and Dino Divine (2)) |
1 | May 22, 2002 | 420 | Glen Burnie, Maryland | Live event | |
| 18 | The Ghetto Mafia (2-Dope and Sydeswype) |
4 | July 16, 2003 | 0 | Glen Burnie, Maryland | Live event | 2-Dope and Sydeswype (The Ghetto Mafia) defeated Chad Bowman and Dino Divine (The Slackers), and MEWF Tag Team Champions Buzz Stryker and Derek Wayne in a three-way match to unify both championships. |
| – | Unified | — | July 16, 2003 | — | Glen Burnie, Maryland | Live event | Maryland Championship Wrestling closes. |
| 19 | The Slackers (Chad Bowman and Dino Divine (2)) |
2 | February 26, 2006 | 0 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | Defeated The Holy Rollers, The Ghetto Mafia, and Jason Static and Judas Young in a four-way match to revive the championship. |
| 20 | B.G. and Kip James (The James Gang) |
1 | February 26, 2006 | 28 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | Defeated The Slackers, and The Holy Rollers in a three-way match. |
| 21 | Danny Doring and Danny Jaxx | 1 | March 26, 2006 | 42 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | Danny Doring and Danny Jaxx defeated B.G. and Kip James (The James Gang), The Holy Rollers, and The Slackers in a four-way match. |
| 22 | Jason Static and Scott Fowler | 1 | May 7, 2006 | 126 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | |
| 23 | The Bruiser (4) and Genesis | 1 | September 10, 2006 | 109 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | |
| 24 | Buzz Stryker and Kelly Bell (Phat Blues Inc.) |
1 | December 28, 2006 | 114 | Glen Burnie, Maryland | Live event | |
| 25 | Ruckus and Sabian (BLKOUT) |
1 | April 21, 2007 | 141 | Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland | Live event | Defeated Buzz Stryker and Kelly Bell (Phat Blues Inc.), and Buck Chyld and Doyle Day (The Best of Both Worlds) in a three-way match. |
| 26 | The Ghetto Mafia 2-Dope (5) and Qenaan Creed |
1 | September 9, 2007 | 239 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | |
| 27 | Johnny Hardwick and Zachary Shane | 1 | April 5, 2008 | 29 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | Johnny Hardwick and Zachary Shane defeated Ghetto Mafia (2-Dope and Qenaan Creed), and Teddy Stigma and Ryan McBride in a three-way. |
| 28 | The Ghetto Mafia (2-Dope (6)and Qenaan Creed) |
2 | May 4, 2008 | 237 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | 2-Dope and Qenaan Creed (The Ghetto Mafia) defeated Johnny Hardwick and Zachary Shane, and Ryan Mcbride and Teddy Stigma in a three-way match |
| 29 | Ryan McBride and Teddy Stigma | 1 | December 27, 2008 | 105 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | Ryan McBride and Teddy Stigma defeated 2-Dope and Qenaan Creed (The Ghetto Mafia) in a ladder match. |
| — | Vacated | — | April 11, 2009 | — | N/A | N/A | Ryan McBride and Teddy Stigma were stripped of the championships. |
| 30 | D. J. Hyde and Dino Divine (4) | 1 | April 11, 2009 | 91 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | Defeated Cole Calloway and Rhett Titus in a tournament final. |
| 31 | Tyler Hilton and Zachary Shane (2) | 1 | July 11, 2009 | 168 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | Tyler Hilton and Zachary Shane defeated D. J. Hyde and Dino Divine, Cole Calloway and Rhett Titus, Stevie Richards and Sugarmask in a four-way match to win the championships. |
| 32 | Kirby Mack and T. J. Mack (Team Macktion) |
1 | December 26, 2009 | 217 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | |
| 33 | (Holy Rollers) Earl the Pearl (4) and Ramblin' Rich Myers (3) |
3 | July 31, 2010 | 364 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | |
| 34 | C-Fed and G-Fed (Fed-Up) |
1 | July 30, 2011 | 153 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | |
| 35 | Drolix and Marcus Streets (Black Wallstreet) |
1 | December 30, 2011 | 98 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | |
| 36 | C-Fed (2) and G-Fed (2) (Fed-Up) |
2 | April 6, 2012 | 267 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | |
| 37 | Adam Flash (2) and Ronnie Zukko (2) |
1 | December 29, 2012 | 224 | Dundalk, Maryland | Live event | |
| 38 | Buck Chyld and G-Fed (3) | 1 | August 10, 2013 | 224 | Dundalk, Maryland | Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup | |
| 39 | Napalm Bomb and Solo (Black Wall Street) |
1 | March 22, 2014 | 195 | Joppatowne, Maryland | Live event | |
| 40 | Christian York (3) and Ruckus (2) | 1 | October 3, 2014 | 1 | Waldorf, Maryland | Live event | |
| 41 | Napalm Bomb and Solo (Black Wall Street) |
2 | October 4, 2014 | 84 | Joppatowne, Maryland | Live event | |
| 42 | The Hell Cats (Jimmy Starz and Sexy Steve) |
1 | December 27, 2014 | 203 | Joppatowne, Maryland | Seasons Beatings | |
| 43 | The Ecktourage (Dirty Money and Eric Chapel) |
1 | July 18, 2015 | 77 | Joppatowne, Maryland | Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup | |
| 44 | Sudden Impact (Lio Rush and Patrick Clark) |
1 | October 3, 2015 | 13 | Joppatowne, Maryland | Live Event | Clark and Rush defeated The Ecktourage and The Hell Cats in a triple threat match to win the championships. |
| 45 | The Ecktourage (Dirty Money and Eric Chapel) |
2 | October 16, 2015 | 190 | Felton, Delaware | Autumn Armageddon Tour 2015 | |
| 46 | The Punk Rock All Stars (Drake Carter and Shaun Cannon) |
1 | April 23, 2016 | 84 | Joppatowne, Maryland | MCW Spring Fever Tour 2016 – Day 3 | This was a No Disqualification No Count Out Match. |
| 47 | The Ecktourage (Dirty Money and Eric Chapel) |
3 | July 16, 2016 | 196 | Joppatowne, Maryland | MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XVI | This was a 6-Way Gauntlet Match also including Guns For Hire (Bill Collier and Paul Jordane), Black Wall Street (Napalm Bomb and Solo), The Bruiser and Rayo and Cousin Clay and Bo Nekoda. |
| 48 | The Broken Hardys ("Broken" Matt Hardy and Brother Nero) |
1 | January 28, 2017 | 66 | Joppatowne, Maryland | MCW Broken Anniversary MMXVII | This match was also for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. |
| — | Vacated | — | April 4, 2017 | — | N/A | N/A | Vacated after The Hardys signed with WWE. |
| 49 | Guns 4 Hire (Bill Collier and Paul Jordane) |
1 | April 22, 2017 | 223 | Joppatowne, Maryland | MCW Spring Fever 2017 | Defeated The Ecktourage for the vacant titles. |
| 50 | The Cartel (Dante Caballero and Joe Keys) |
1 | December 1, 2017 | 113 | Joppatowne, Maryland | MCW Seasons Beatings 2017 | |
| 51 | Bobby and Robby | 1 | March 24, 2018 | 77 | Joppatowne, Maryland | MCW Breakthrough: Proving Grounds | |
| 52 | The Cartel (Dante Caballero and Joe Keys) |
2 | June 9, 2018 | 35 | Joppatowne, Maryland | MCW Breakthrough: Shot At Glory | Cashed in their Golden Boot contract. |
| 53 | Bobby and Robby | 2 | July 14, 2018 | 77 | Joppatowne, Maryland | MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XVIII – Day 2 | |
| 54 | Guns 4 Hire (Bill Collier and Paul Jordane) |
2 | September 29, 2018 | 41 | Joppatowne, Maryland | MCW Tag Wars 2018 | This was a Tag Team Gauntlet match also including The Hell Cats (Jimmy Starz and Sexy Steve), The Punk Rock All Stars (Drake Carter and Shaun Cannon) and Dirty Money and G-Fed. |
| 55 | Sons of Savagery (Bishop Khan and Malcolm Moses) |
1 | November 9, 2018 | 142 | Joppatowne, Maryland | MCW Autumn Armageddon 2018 | |
| — | Vacated | — | March 31, 2019 | — | Joppatowne, Maryland | MCW Spring Fever 2019 | Vacated after Sons of Savagery signed with Ring of Honor. |
| 56 | The Saviors (Eric Martin and John Skyler) |
1 | July 13, 2019 | 188 | Joppatowne, Maryland | Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup 2019 | Defeated Bobby and Robby in tournament final for the vacant titles. |
| 57 | Rush Hour (Deion Epps and Tommy Seto) |
1 | January 17, 2020 | 523 | Joppatowne, Maryland | Winter Blast 2020 | |
| 58 | Seduce & Destroy (Joe Keys (3) and Breaux Keller) |
1 | June 23, 2021 | 142 | Joppatowne, Maryland | Breakthrough Ep. 2 | |
| 59 | Black Wallstreet (Drolix (2) and Chuck Lennox) |
1 | November 12, 2021 | 48 | Joppatowne, Maryland | Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XX | This was a three–way match also involving the team of Ken Dixon and Boom Hayden. |
| 60 | The Trade (Killian McMurphy and Myles Hawkins) |
1 | December 30, 2021 | 107 | Joppatowne, Maryland | Last Call at The MCW Arena | |
| 61 | Pat Brink (2) and Alec Odin | 1 | April 16, 2022 | 98 | Havre De Grace, Maryland | Breakthrough | |
| 62 | The Trade (Robert Locke (3) and Eric Martin (2)) |
1 | July 23, 2022 | 160 | Joppatowne, Maryland | Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XXI | Defeated Alec Odin and Samuel Shaw, who was substituting for Pat Brink |
| 63 | Dante Caballero (3) and Joe Keys (4) | 3 | December 30, 2022 | 204 | Joppatowne, Maryland | Season’s Beatings 2022 | |
| 64 | Capital Punishment (Spencer Slade and Tim Spriggs) |
1 | July 22, 2023 | 357 | Joppatowne, Maryland | Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup 2023 | |
| 65 | The Hype (Khazman Lee and Myron Malone) |
1 | July 13, 2024 | 156+ | Joppatowne, Maryland | Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup 2024 |
Combined reigns
[edit]As of December 16, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champions |
By team
[edit]| Rank | Team | No.of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earl the Pearl and Ramblin' Rich Myers (The Holy Rollers) |
3 | 591 |
| 2 | Deion Epps and Tommy Seto (Rush Hour) |
1 | 523 |
| 3 | 2-Dope and Qenaan Creed (The Ghetto Mafia) |
2 | 476 |
| 4 | Dirty Money and Eric Chapel (The Ecktourage) |
3 | 463 |
| 5 | Chad Bowman and Dino Divine (The Slackers) |
2 | 420 |
| C-Fed and G-Fed (Fed-Up) |
2 | 420 | |
| 7 | Spencer Slade and Tim Spriggs (Capital Punishment) |
1 | 357 |
| 8 | Dante Caballero and Joe Keys (The Cartel) |
3 | 352 |
| 9 | Napalm Bomb and Solo | 2 | 279 |
| 10 | Christian York and Joey Matthews | 2 | 277 |
| 11 | Bill Collier and Paul Jordane (Guns 4 Hire) |
2 | 264 |
| 12 | Adam Flash and Ronnie Zukko (The New Age Scumbags) |
1 | 224 |
| Buck Chyld and G-Fed | 1 | 224 | |
| 14 | Kirby Mack and T.J. Mack (Team Macktion) |
1 | 217 |
| 15 | Christopher Carmichael and Dino Divine | 1 | 203 |
| Jimmy Starz and Sexy Steve (The Hell Cats) |
1 | 203 | |
| 17 | Eric Martin and John Skyler (The Saviors) |
1 | 188 |
| 18 | Tyler Hilton and Zachary Shane | 1 | 168 |
| 19 | Robert Locke and Eric Martin (The Trade) |
1 | 160 |
| 20 | Khazman Lee and Myron Malone † (The Hype) |
1 | 156+ |
| 21 | Robby and Bobby | 2 | 154 |
| 22 | Bishop Khan and Malcolm Moses (Sons of Savagery) |
1 | 142 |
| Joe Keys and Breaux Keller (Seduce & Destroy) |
1 | 142 | |
| 24 | Ruckus and Sabian (BLKOUT) |
1 | 141 |
| 25 | 2-Dope and Sydeswype (The Ghetto Mafia) |
4 | 129 |
| 26 | Jimmy Cicero and Romeo Valentino | 1 | 128 |
| 27 | Jason Static and Scott Fowler | 1 | 126 |
| 28 | Buzz Stryker and Kelly Bell (Phat Blues Inc.) |
1 | 114 |
| 29 | The Bruiser and Genesis | 1 | 109 |
| 30 | Romeo Valentino and Ronnie Zukko | 1 | 108 |
| 31 | Myles Hawkins and Killian McMurphy (The Trade) |
1 | 107 |
| 32 | Ryan McBride and Teddy Stigma | 1 | 105 |
| 33 | Drolix and Marcus Streets (Black Wallstreet) |
1 | 98 |
| Pat Brink and Alec Odin | 1 | 98 | |
| 35 | Earl the Pearl and Stevie Richards | 1 | 95 |
| 36 | D. J. Hyde and Dino Divine | 1 | 91 |
| 37 | Drake Carter and Shaun Cannon (The Punk Rock All Stars) |
1 | 84 |
| 38 | Brother Nero and "Broken" Matt Hardy (The Broken Hardys ) |
1 | 65 |
| 39 | Drolix and Chuck Lennox (Black Wallstreet) |
1 | 48 |
| 40 | Adam Flash and The Bruiser | 1 | 47 |
| 41 | Jimmy Cicero and Julio Sanchez | 1 | 45 |
| 42 | Danny Doring and Danny Jaxx | 1 | 42 |
| 43 | Mosh and Thrasher (The Headbangers ) |
1 | 33 |
| 44 | Johnny Hardwick and Zachary Shane | 1 | 29 |
| 45 | B.G. and Kip James (The James Gang ) |
1 | 28 |
| 46 | The Bruiser and Jerry Lawler | 1 | 22 |
| 47 | The Bruiser and Danny Rose | 1 | 14 |
| 48 | Lio Rush and Patrick Clark (Sudden Impact) |
1 | 13 |
| 49 | Christian York and Ruckus | 1 | 1 |
By wrestler
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dino Divine | 4 | 714 |
| 2 | Earl the Pearl | 4 | 686 |
| 3 | G-Fed | 3 | 644 |
| 4 | 2-Dope | 6 | 605 |
| 5 | Ramblin' Rich Myers | 3 | 591 |
| 6 | Deion Epps | 1 | 523 |
| Tommy Seto | |||
| 8 | Joe Keys | 4 | 494 |
| 9 | Qenaan Creed | 2 | 476 |
| 10 | Dirty Money | 3 | 463 |
| Eric Chapel | 3 | 463 | |
| 12 | C-Fed | 2 | 420 |
| Chad Bowman | 2 | 420 | |
| 14 | Spencer Slade | 1 | 357 |
| Tim Spriggs | 1 | 357 | |
| 16 | Dante Caballero | 3 | 352 |
| 17 | Eric Martin | 2 | 348 |
| 18 | Ronnie Zukko | 2 | 332 |
| 19 | Robert Locke/Robby | 3 | 314 |
| 20 | Napalm Bomb | 2 | 279 |
| Solo | 2 | 279 | |
| 22 | Christian York | 3 | 278 |
| 23 | Joey Matthews | 2 | 277 |
| 24 | Adam Flash | 2 | 271 |
| 25 | Bill Collier | 2 | 264 |
| Paul Jordane | 2 | 264 | |
| 27 | Romeo Valentino | 2 | 236 |
| 28 | Buck Chyld | 1 | 224 |
| 29 | Kirby Mack | 1 | 217 |
| T.J. Mack | 1 | 217 | |
| 31 | Pat Brink/Genesis | 2 | 207 |
| 32 | Christopher Carmichael | 1 | 203 |
| Jimmy Starz | 1 | 203 | |
| Sexy Steve | 1 | 203 | |
| 35 | Zachary Shane | 2 | 197 |
| 36 | The Bruiser | 4 | 192 |
| 37 | John Skyler | 1 | 188 |
| 38 | Jimmy Cicero | 2 | 173 |
| 39 | Tyler Hilton | 1 | 168 |
| 40 | Khazman Lee † | 1 | 156+ |
| Myron Malone † | 1 | 156+ | |
| 42 | Bobby | 2 | 154 |
| 43 | Drolix | 2 | 146 |
| 44 | Ruckus | 2 | 142 |
| Bishop Khan | 1 | 142 | |
| Malcolm Moses | 1 | 142 | |
| Breaux Keller | 1 | 142 | |
| 48 | Sabian | 1 | 141 |
| 49 | Sydeswype | 4 | 129 |
| 50 | Jason Static | 1 | 126 |
| Scott Fowler | 1 | 126 | |
| 52 | Buzz Stryker | 1 | 114 |
| Kelly Bell | 1 | 114 | |
| 54 | Myles Hawkins | 1 | 107 |
| Killian McMurphy | 1 | 107 | |
| 56 | Ryan McBride | 1 | 105 |
| Teddy Stigma | 1 | 105 | |
| 58 | Marcus Streets | 1 | 98 |
| Alec Odin | 1 | 98 | |
| 59 | Stevie Richards | 1 | 95 |
| 60 | D. J. Hyde | 1 | 91 |
| 61 | Drake Carter | 1 | 84 |
| Shaun Cannon | 1 | 84 | |
| 63 | Brother Nero | 1 | 65 |
| "Broken" Matt Hardy | 1 | 65 | |
| 65 | Chuck Lennox | 1 | 48 |
| 66 | Julio Sanchez | 1 | 45 |
| 67 | Danny Doring | 1 | 42 |
| Danny Jaxx | 1 | 42 | |
| 69 | Mosh | 1 | 33 |
| Thrasher | 1 | 33 | |
| 71 | Johnny Hardwick | 1 | 29 |
| 72 | B.G. James | 1 | 28 |
| Kip James | 1 | 28 | |
| 74 | Jerry Lawler | 1 | 22 |
| 75 | Danny Rose | 1 | 14 |
| 76 | Lio Rush | 1 | 13 |
| Patrick Clark | 1 | 13 |
Notes
[edit]- 1.^ – Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the exact same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
References
[edit]- General
- Roelfsema, Eric; Brian Westcott. "MCW Tag Team Championship reign history". Solie.org. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- "MCW Tag Team Championship". Maryland Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- "Maryland Championship Wrestling Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title.com. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- Specific