The WWE SD Tag Team Championships were the top-tier championship titles for Tag Teams in the WWE E-Fed federation on Saturday Night Smackdown; the second brand. The first champions were MNM (Mercury, Nitro and Melina) who won a fatal fourway tag match to become the inaugural champions. Gregory Helms and Jimmy Rave were the final champions in their second reign as a team. AJ Styles & Damaja, Legacy (Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr.), The Deadly Brothers (Brother Ray Deadly & Brother Devon Deadly), The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin), and Randy Orton & Paul Burchill hold the record for most reigns (as a team) with two. The shortest reign lasted seven days when Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens won the Tag Team Championships on an episode of Velocity and lost them a week later. Paparazzi Productions (Alex Shelley & Johnny Devine) hold the record for longest reign (as a team) with 275 days. Alex Shelley currently holds the record for the longest combined days (as an individual) with 361 days. Alex Shelley and Ted DiBiase Jr. also hold the record for most WWE Tag Team Championships with three reigns each.
Title history[]
Reigns
# | The overall championship reign |
Date | The date in which the championship was obtained |
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
Venue | The event where the championship was obtained |
Notes | Any additional important information on how the championship changed hands |
— | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
# | Team | Reign | Date | Days held | Venue | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury | 1 | August 7, 2005 | 64 | Great American Bash |
Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury defeated three other teams to become the inaugural WWE Tag Team Champions. |
2 | Billy Gunn and Road Dogg | 1 | October 9, 2005 | 26 | No Mercy | |
3 | Deadly Brothers | 1 | November 3, 2005 | 30 | Smackdown | The team of Brother Ray Deadly and Brother Devon Deadly represented the Deadly Brothers. |
4 | The Naturals | 1 | December 2, 2005 | 7 | Velocity | The team of Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens represented The Naturals. |
5 | Deadly Brothers | 2 | December 9, 2005 | 82 | Smackdown | |
6 | AJ Styles and Damaja | 1 | February 17, 2006 | 43 | Smackdown | |
7 | The Undertaker and Test | 1 | March 31, 2006 | 22 | Smackdown | The team of AJ Styles and Triple H defended the championships that Styles and Damaja held. |
– | Vacated | – | April 21, 2006 | – | Smackdown | The championships were vacated when Test transferred to RAW. The Undertaker relinquished his half of the championships. |
8 | AJ Styles and Danny Basham | 2 | April 28, 2006 | 164 | Smackdown |
Danny Basham was formerly known as Damaja. This was a three way tag match that Styles and Basham won to claim the vacant WWE Tag Team Championships. |
9 | Eric Young and Rey Mysterio | 1 | October 8, 2006 | 41 | No Mercy | |
10 | Alex Shelley and Johnny Devine | 1 | November 17, 2006 | 275 | Smackdown | The team of Alex Shelley and Johnny Devine represented Paparazzi Productions. |
– | Vacated | – | August 18, 2007 | – | Smackdown | The championships were vacated when Shelley and Devine both transferred to RAW. |
11 | Ken Kennedy and Montel Vontavious Porter | 1 | November 4, 2007 | 167 | Smackdown |
Kennedy and Porter defeated Randy Orton and Christian to claim the vacant Tag Team Championships. |
12 | Ryan Mitchell and The Rock | 1 | April 18, 2008 | 129 | Smackdown |
The team of Ken Kennedy and Mickie James defended the championships that Kennedy and Porter held. |
13 | Alex Shelley (2) and Chris Sabin | 1 | August 24, 2008 | 43 | Summerslammiversary |
The team of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin represented Motor City Machine Guns. |
14 | Muhammad Hassan and Montel Vontavious Porter (2) | 1 | October 5, 2008 | 63 | No Mercy | |
15 | Alex Shelley (3) and Chris Sabin (2) | 2 | December 6, 2008 | 43 | Smackdown | Montel Vontavious Porter defended the championships that he and Hassan held on his own. |
16 | Randy Orton and William Regal | 1 | January 17, 2009 | 128 | January 17, 2009 | Chris Sabin defended the championships that he and Shelley held on his own. |
17 | Randy Orton and Paul Burchill | 1 | May 24, 2009 | 14 | No Mercy | Regal relinquished his half of the championships to Burchill. As Orton never lost the championships, he stayed in his first reign. |
18 | Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr. | 1 | June 6, 2009 | 36 | Smackdown | The team of Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr. represented Legacy. This was a triple threat match also involving Mr. Anderson and Muhammad Hassan. |
19 | Randy Orton (2) and Paul Burchill (2) | 2 | July 11, 2009 | 71 | Smackdown | |
20 | Cody Rhodes (2) and Ted DiBiase Jr. (2) | 2 | September 19, 2009 | 112 | Smackdown | |
– | Vacated | – | January 8, 2010 | – | Smackdown | The titles were vacated when Cody Rhodes transferred to RAW. |
21 | Ted DiBiase Jr. (3) and The Miz | 1 | January 8, 2010 | 148 | Smackdown | DiBiase Jr. and The Miz won a Battle Royal to claim the vacant Tag Team Championships. |
– | Vacated | – | June 4, 2010 | – | Smackdown | |
22 | Kevin Nash and Chris Jericho | 1 | June 11, 2010 | 45 | Smackdown | Nash and Jericho defeated William Regal and Bryan Danielson to claim the vacant Tag Team Championships. |
23 | Gregory Helms & Rosey | 1 | July 25, 2010 | 99 | Bash at the Beach | Chris Jericho defended the championships that he and Nash held on his own. |
– | Deactivated | – | October 31, 2010 | – | Halloween Havoc | RAW and Smackdown merged and thus the Tag Team Championships were left inactive. The final team to represent the Tag Team Championships were Gregory Helms and Jimmy Rave. |

The longest reigning individual champion, Alex Shelley
List of combined reigns[]
By team[]
Indicates the current champions | |
<1 | Indicates the reign was less than 1 day |
As of October 31, 2010
Rank | Team | # of Reigns | Combined Days |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Alex Shelley & Johnny Devine | 1 | 275 |
2. | AJ Styles & Damaja | 2 | 207 |
3. | Ken Kennedy & Montel Vontavious Porter | 1 | 167 |
4. | Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr. | 2 | 148 |
4. | The Miz & Ted DiBiase Jr. | 1 | 148 |
5 | Ryan Mitchell & The Rock | 1 | 129 |
6. | Randy Orton & William Regal | 1 | 128 |
7. | Brother Ray Deadly & Brother Devon Deadly | 2 | 112 |
8. | Gregory Helms & Rosey | 1 | 99 |
9. | Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin | 2 | 86 |
10. | Randy Orton & Paul Burchill | 2 | 85 |
11. | Johnny Nitro & Joey Mercury | 1 | 64 |
12. | Ken Kennedy & Muhammad Hassan | 1 | 63 |
13. | Kevin Nash & Chris Jericho | 1 | 45 |
14. | Eric Young & Rey Mysterio | 1 | 41 |
15. | Billy Gunn & Road Dogg | 1 | 26 |
16. | The Undertaker & Test | 1 | 22 |
17. | Chase Stevens & Andy Douglas | 1 | 7 |
By wrestler[]
Rank | Wrestler | # of Reigns | Combined Days |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Alex Shelley | 3 | 361 |
2. | Ted DiBiase Jr. | 3 | 296 |
3. | Johnny Devine | 1 | 275 |
4. | Ken Kennedy | 2 | 230 |
5. | Randy Orton | 2 | 213 |
6. | AJ Styles | 2 | 207 |
6. | Damaja | 2 | 207 |
7. | Montel Vontavious Porter | 1 | 167 |
8. | Cody Rhodes | 2 | 148 |
8. | The Miz | 1 | 148 |
9. | Ryan Mitchell | 1 | 129 |
9. | The Rock | 1 | 129 |
10. | William Regal | 1 | 128 |
11. | Brother Ray Deadly | 2 | 112 |
11. | Brother Devon Deadly | 2 | 112 |
12. | Gregory Helms | 1 | 99 |
12. | Rosey | 1 | 99 |
13. | Chris Sabin | 2 | 86 |
14. | Paul Burchill | 2 | 85 |
15. | Johnny Nitro | 1 | 64 |
15. | Joey Mercury | 1 | 64 |
16. | Muhammad Hassan | 1 | 63 |
17. | Kevin Nash | 1 | 45 |
17. | Chris Jericho | 1 | 45 |
18. | Eric Young | 1 | 41 |
18. | Rey Mysterio | 1 | 41 |
19. | Billy Gunn | 1 | 26 |
19. | Road Dogg | 1 | 26 |
20. | The Undertaker | 1 | 22 |
20. | Test | 1 | 22 |
21. | Andy Douglas | 1 | 7 |
23. | Chase Stevens | 1 | 7 |