The CZW World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned and copyrighted by the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) promotion; it is contested for in their tag team division. The championship was created and debuted on February 13, 1999 at CZW's Opening Night event.[1] Although the title is a world tag team championship, supposedly only intended for tag teams, a wrestler has held the championship by himself – Justice Pain.[1] He held the championship on his own from November 20, 1999 to January 8, 2000, when he lost it to Diablos Macabre and Midknight, who are known as The Thrill Kill Kult, the same team he defeated to win the championship.

The inaugural champions were Jon Dahmer and Jose Rivera, Jr., who were awarded the championship on February 13, 1999 at CZW's Opening Night event.[1] As of February 2024, BLK-OUT which consist of Ruckus and Sabian/BLK Jeez hold the record for most reigns, with five.[1] Sabian holds the record for the most individual reigns with 9.[1] The Best Around's one reign is the longest in the title's history, at 392 days.[1] At less than one day, Dahmer and Rivera, Jr.'s only reign and 2 Girls, 1 Cup (Beef Wellington and Greg Excellent)'s first reign are tied for the shortest. Milk Chocolate (Randy Summers & Brandon Watts) are the current champions, winning at Limelight XX against CMD (Boom Harding & DeSean Pratt).

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
Days Number of days held
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Jon Dahmer and Jose Rivera, Jr. February 13, 1999 Opening Night Mantua Township, NJ 1 <1 Dahmer and Rivera, Jr. were awarded the championship.
2 The Brothers of East L.A.
(Angel Vera and Bobby Muniz) 		February 13, 1999 Opening Night Mantua Township, NJ 1 98
3 Extreme Fahrenheit
(Heartbreaker and Mr. Motion) 		May 22, 1999 May Madness Mantua Township, NJ 1 28
— Vacated June 19, 1999 Down in Flames Mantua Township, NJ — — Championship was vacated after a title defense against Jon Dahmer and Middknight ended in a double pinfall.
4 The King Pinz
(Bill Schaffer and Jim Price) 		July 17, 1999 Street Fight 99 Mantua Township, NJ 1 7 The King Pinz defeated Extreme Fahrenheit (Heartbreaker and Mr. Motion) and Jon Dahmer and Middknight in a Three Way match to win the vacant championship.
5 John Zandig and Nick Gage July 24, 1999 N/A Mantua Township, NJ 1 77
6 Lobo and T.C.K. October 9, 1999 Pain In The Rain National Park, NJ 1 23[1]
— Vacated November 1999 — — — —
7 Justice Pain November 20, 1999 The War Begins Mantua Township, NJ 1 49 Pain defeated The Thrill Kill Kult (Diablos Macabre and Midknight) in a handicap match to become sole champion.
8 The Thrill Kill Kult
(Diablos Macabre and Midknight) 		January 8, 2000 Bloodbath 2000 Sewell, NJ 1 28 The Thrill Kill Kult defeated Pain in a handicap match to win the championship.
9 The Kashmerinos
(Johnny Kashmere and Robby Mireno) 		February 5, 2000 A Night Of Main Events Sewell, NJ 1 7
10 The Haas Brothers
(Charlie Haas and Russ Haas) 		February 12, 2000 Climbing The Ladder Blackwood, NJ 1 119
11 The Backseat Boyz
(Johnny Kashmere (2) and Trent Acid) 		June 10, 2000 Caged to the End Sewell, NJ 1 63 Johnny defeated Russ in a standard wrestling match to win the championship.
12 Nick Mondo and Ric Blade August 12, 2000 Blood, Sweat and Violence Sewell, NJ 1 56
13 H8 Club
(Justice Pain (2) and Wifebeater) 		October 7, 2000 Rules Are Made To Be Broken Sewell, NJ 1 179
14 H8 Club
(Nate Hatred and Nick Gage (2)) 		April 4, 2001 Payback Dover, DE 1 101
15 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) 		July 14, 2001 Hate Club: Dead? Smyrna, DE 1 14
16 Justice Pain (3) and Johnny Kashmere (3) July 28, 2001 What about Lobo? Sewell, NJ 1 20
17 Jun Kasai and Men's Teioh August 17, 2001 Live event Nagoya, Japan 1 2 Kasai and Teioh won the title at a Big Japan Pro Wrestling event.
18 The Backseat Boyz
(Johnny Kashmere (4) and Trent Acid (2)) 		August 19, 2001 Live event Yokohama, Japan 2 202
19 VD
(Eddie Valentine and Jon Dahmer (2)) 		March 9, 2002 Out With the Old, In With the New Philadelphia, PA 1 63
20 H8 Club
(Nate Hatred (2) and Nick Gage (3)) 		May 11, 2002 High Stakes Philadelphia, PA 2 273
21 The Backseat Boyz
(Johnny Kashmere (5) and Trent Acid (3)) 		February 8, 2003 Uncivilized Philadelphia, PA 3 343
22 Rebel's Army
(Derek Frazier, Greg Matthews and Rockin' Rebel) 		January 17, 2004 Street Fight 2K4 Philadelphia, PA 1 77
23 H8 Club
(Nate Hatred (3) and Nick Gage (4)) 		April 3, 2004 Retribution Philadelphia, PA 3 70
24 BLK-OUT
(Ruckus and Sabian) 		June 12, 2004 Trifecta Elimination 2 Philadelphia, PA 1 182
25 Team Ca$h
(Chri$ Ca$h, J. C. Bailey, Nate Webb, and SeXXXy Eddy) 		December 11, 2004 Cage of Death VI Philadelphia, PA 1 56 Team Ca$h defeated The BLK-OUT (Ruckus, Sabian, Eddie Kingston and Jack Evans) in a Cage of Death match. After the match, CZW owner John Zandig announced that all members of Team Ca$h were champions.
26 H8 Club
(Justice Pain (4) and Nick Gage (5)) 		February 5, 2005 Only the Strong Philadelphia, PA 1 154 [2]
27 Tough Crazy Bastards
(Necro Butcher and Toby Klein) 		July 9, 2005 High Stakes 3 Philadelphia, PA 1 63
28 The Kings of Wrestling
(Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) 		September 10, 2005 A Big Mutha F'N Deal Philadelphia, PA 1 154
29 BLK-OUT
(Eddie Kingston and Joker) 		February 11, 2006 Seven Years Strong: Settling The Score Philadelphia, PA 1 210
— Vacated September 9, 2006 — — — — Championship was vacated when Joker left the company.
30 The Kings of Wrestling
(Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) 		October 14, 2006 Last Team Standing Philadelphia, PA 2 28 The Kings of Wrestling defeated Justice Pain and Human Tornado in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
31 BLK-OUT
(Robbie Mireno (2) and Sabian (2)) 		November 11, 2006 Night of Infamy 5 Philadelphia, PA 1 28
32 Blackout
(Onyx and Rainman) 		December 9, 2006 Cage of Death VIII: Coming Undone Philadelphia, PA 1 35
33 BLK-OUT
(Ruckus (2) and Sabian (3)) 		January 13, 2007 New Year, New Opportunities Philadelphia, PA 2 238
34 Team AnDrew
(Andy Sumner and Drew Gulak) 		September 8, 2007 The Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show Philadelphia, PA 1 35
35 Derek Frazier (2) and Niles Young October 13, 2007 Choosing Sides Philadelphia, PA 1 56
36 Danny Demanto and Jon Dahmer (3) December 8, 2007 Cage of Death IX Philadelphia, PA 1 63
37 Naptown Dragons
(Dustin Lee and Scotty Vortekz) 		February 9, 2008 9 F'N Years Philadelphia, PA 1 154
38 Team AnDrew
(Andy Sumner and Drew Gulak) 		July 12, 2008 A Tangled Web Philadelphia, PA 2 91
39 2 Girls, 1 Cup
(Beef Wellington and Greg Excellent) 		October 11, 2008 Decision '08 Philadelphia, PA 1 <1
40 BLK-OUT
(Ruckus (3) and Sabian (4)) 		October 11, 2008 Decision '08 Philadelphia, PA 3 28
41 2 Girls, 1 Cup
(Beef Wellington and Greg Excellent) 		November 8, 2008 Night of Infamy 7: Greed Philadelphia, PA 2 126
42 The Best Around
(Bruce Maxwell and T.J. Cannon) 		March 14, 2009 Total Havoc Philadelphia, PA 1 392
43 The Suicide Kings
(Eddie Kingston (2) and Drake Younger) 		April 10, 2010 Swingin' for the Fences Philadelphia, PA 1 91
— Vacated July 10, 2010 Home Sweet Home Philadelphia, PA — — D. J. Hyde stripped the titles from Kingston and Younger after Kingston left the company.
44 Philly's Most Wanted
(Joker (2) and Sabian (5)) 		December 11, 2010 Cage of Death XII Philadelphia, PA 1 63
45 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) 		February 12, 2011 Twelve: The Twelfth Anniversary Event Philadelphia, PA 2 91
46 Philly's Most Wanted
(Joker (3) and Sabian (6)) 		May 14, 2011 Proving Grounds Philadelphia, PA 2 182 [3]
47 4Loco
(Azrieal and Bandido Jr.) 		November 12, 2011 Night of Infamy X Philadelphia, PA 1 273
48 Nation of Intoxication
(Danny Havoc, Devon Moore and Lucky 13) 		August 11, 2012 Tangled Web 5 Voorhees Township, NJ 1 63 Devon Moore and Lucky 13 won the titles, but were allowed to defend them along with Danny Havoc under the Freebird rule.[4][5]
49 4Loco
(Azrieal and Bandido Jr.) 		October 13, 2012 Cerebral Voorhees Township, NJ 2 56 Defeated Havoc and Moore to win the titles.
50 Nation of Intoxication
(Danny Havoc, Devon Moore and Lucky 13) 		December 8, 2012 Cage of Death XIV Voorhees Township, NJ 2 63 This was contested in a Ultraviolent Insanity match against 4Loco (Alex Colon, Azreal, Bandido Jr., and Chrissy Rivera). Lucky 13 retrieved the titles for his team to win.
51 The Catalyst
(Dustin Rayz and Eric Ryan) 		February 9, 2013 CZW 14th Anniversary Show Voorhees Township, NJ 1 55 This match also included Nation of Domination and OI4K.
52 BLK-OUT
(Ruckus (4) and Blk Jeez (7)) 		April 5, 2013 CZW WrestleCon Event Secaucus, NJ 4 281
53 The Beaver Boys
(Alex Reynolds and John Silver) 		January 11, 2014 Answering the Challenge Voorhees Township, NJ 1 106
54 Juicy Product
(J. T. Dunn and David Starr) 		April 27, 2014 CZW To Infinity Providence, RI 1 153
55 OI4K
(Dave Crist and Jake Crist) 		September 27, 2014 Deja Vu 2014 Dayton, OH 1 287
56 Team Tremendous
(Bill Carr and Dan Barry) 		July 11, 2015 New Heights 2015 Phileadelphia, PA 1 154 This match also included The Young Bucks and The Beaver Boys.
57 TVReady
(BLK Jeez (8) and Pepper Parks) 		December 12, 2015 Cage Of Death XVII Voorhees Township, NJ 1 154 Sozio replaced Bill Carr in the match.
58 Da Hit Squad
(Dan Maff and Monsta Mack) 		May 14, 2016 Prelude To Violence 2016 Voorhees Township, NJ 1 210
59 EYFBO
(Angel Ortiz and Mike Dratzik) 		December 10, 2016 Cage Of Death 18 Voorhees Township, NJ 1 <1
60 Scarlet and Graves
(Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz) 		December 10, 2016 Cage Of Death 18 Voorhees Township, NJ 1 166
61 CCK
(Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos) 		May 25, 2017 Lucha Forever Catch Me Outside Birmingham, West Midlands, England 1 184
62 Scarlet and Graves
(Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz) 		November 25, 2017 SWE Ill Manors 2017 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England 2 14 This was a Triple Threat match also including GBH (Damian Dunne and Kip Sabian).
63 The REP
(Dave McCall and Nate Carter) 		December 9, 2017 Cage Of Death 19 Sewell, NJ 1 273 This was a four-way match also including Alex Reynolds and Dan Barry and OI4K (Dave Crist and Jake Crist).
64 BLK-OUT
(Ruckus (5) and Blk Jeez (9)) 		September 8, 2018 Down With The Sickness 2018 Voorhees Township, NJ 5 92 [6]
65 The REP
(Dave McCall (2) and Nate Carter (2)) 		December 9, 2018 Cage of Death 20 Voorhees Township, NJ 2 148 [7]
66 The House Of Gangone
(Anthony Gangone and Amazing Red) 		March 2, 2019 Trifecta Elimination 2019 Voorhees Township, NJ 1 3 [8]
67 The REP
(Dave McCall (3) and Nate Carter (3)) 		March 5, 2019 N/A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3 N/A[a] The United Wrestling Network and CZW returned the titles to The REP due to the controversial finish to the match at Trifecta Elimination 2019. After the incident, Gangone kept the title belts in his possession, and proclaimed himself as the sole Tag Team Champion.[9]
At To Hell and Back 2019, The REP regained the belts, defeating Gangone and Homicide.
— Vacated 2021 — — — — Due to Combat Zone Wrestling ceasing operations because of the COVID pandemic, the titles were abandoned somewhere at the beginning of 2021.
68 CMD
(Boom Harden and Desean Pratt) 		March 5, 2023 CZW Limelight 14 Havre de Grace, MD 1 182 This was a four-way ladder match for the vacant titles also involving Milk Chocolate (Brandon Watts and Randy Summers), Post Game (Mike Walker and Vinny Talotta), and The REP (Dave McCall and Nate Carter). [10]
69 Milk Chocolate
(Brandon Watts and Randy Summers) 		September 3, 2023 Limelight XX (20) Havre de Grace, MD 1 168+

Combined reigns

As of February 18, 2024.

Symbol Meaning
† Indicates the current champion(s)
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct.
<1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.

By team

Rank Team No. of
reigns 		Combined
days
1 The REP
(Dave McCall and Nate Carter) 		3 1,089¤
2 BLK-OUT
(Ruckus and Sabian/BLK Jeez) 		5 821
3 The Backseat Boyz
(Johnny Kashmere and Trent Acid) 		3 628
4 H8 Club
(Nate Hatred and Nick Gage) 		3 444
5 The Best Around
(Bruce Maxwell and T.J. Cannon) 		1 392
6 4Loco
(Azireal and Bandido Jr.) 		2 329
7 OI4K
(Dave Crist and Jake Crist) 		1 287
8 Philly's Most Wanted
(Joker and Sabian) 		2 245
9 Da Hit Squad
(Dan Maff and Monsta Mack) 		1 210
BLK-OUT
(Eddie Kingston and Joker) 		1 210
11 CCK
(Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos) 		1 184
12 The Kings of Wrestling
(Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) 		2 182
CMD
(Boom Harden and Desean Pratt) 		1 182
14 Scarlet and Graves
(Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz) 		2 180
15 H8 Club
(Justice Pain and Wifebeater) 		1 179
16 Team Tremendous
(Bill Carr and Dan Barry) 		1 154
#TVReady
(BLK Jeez and Pepper Parks) 		1 154
Naptown Dragons
(Dustin Lee and Scotty Vortekz) 		1 154
H8 Club
(Justice Pain and Nick Gage) 		1 154
20 Juicy Product
(J. T. Dunn and David Starr) 		1 153
21 Team AnDrew
(Andy Sumner and Drew Gulak) 		2 126
2 Girls, 1 Cup
(Beef Wellington and Greg Excellent) 		2 126
Nation of Intoxication
(Danny Havoc, Devon Moore and Lucky 13) 		2 126
24 The Haas Brothers
(Charlie Haas and Russ Haas) 		1 119
25 The Beaver Boys
(Alex Reynolds and John Silver) 		1 106
26 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) 		2 105
27 The Brothers of East L.A.
(Angel Vera and Bobby Muniz) 		1 98
28 The Suicide Kings
(Eddie Kingston and Drake Younger) 		1 91
29 Rebel's Army
(Derek Frazier, Greg Matthews and Rockin' Rebel) 		1 77
John Zandig and Nick Gage 1 77
31 Milk Chocolate †
(Brandon Watts and Randy Summers) 		1 168+
32 Danny Demanto and Jon Dahmer 1 63
VD
(Eddie Valentine and Jon Dahmer) 		1 63
Tough Crazy Bastards
(Necro Butcher and Toby Klein) 		1 63
35 Team Ca$h
(Chri$ Ca$h, J. C. Bailey, Nate Webb, and SeXXXy Eddy) 		1 56
Derek Frazier and Niles Young 1 56
Nick Mondo and Ric Blade 1 56
38 The Catalyst
(Dustin Rayz and Eric Ryan) 		1 55
39 Blackout
(Onyx and Rainman) 		1 35
40 The Thrill Kill Kult
(Diablos Macabre and Midknight) 		1 28
Extreme Fahrenheit
(Heartbreaker and Mr. Motion) 		1 28
BLK-OUT
(Robbie Mireno and Sabian) 		1 28
43 Lobo and T.C.K. 1 23¤
44 The King Pinz
(Bill Schaffer and Jim Price) 		1 7
The Kashmerinos
(Johnny Kashmere and Robbie Mireno) 		1 7
46 The House Of Gangone
(Anthony Gangone and Amazing Red) 		1 3
47 Jun Kasai and Men's Teioh 1 2
48 EYFBO
(Angel Ortiz and Mike Dratzik) 		1 <1
Jon Dahmer and Jose Rivera, Jr. 1 <1

By wrestler

Sabian/BLK Jeez is the longest combined-reigning champion at 1,248 days and has the record for most championship reigns with nine.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
days
1 Sabian/BLK Jeez 9 1,248
2 Dave McCall 3 1,089¤
Nate Carter 3 1,089¤
4 Ruckus 5 821
5 Nick Gage 5 675
6 Johnny Kashmere 5 635
7 Trent Acid 3 628
8 Joker 3 455
9 Nate Hatred 3 444
10 Bruce Maxwell 1 392
T.J. Cannon 1 392
12 Justice Pain 3 382
13 Azrieal 2 329
Bandido Jr. 2 329
15 Eddie Kingston 2 321
16 Dave Crist 1 287
Jake Crist 1 287
18 Dan Maff 1 210
Monsta Mack 1 210
20 Chris Brookes 1 184
Kid Lykos 1 184
22 Chris Hero 2 182
Claudio Castagnoli 2 182
Boom Harden 1 350
Desean Pratt 1 350
26 Dezmond Xavier 2 180
Zachary Wentz 2 180
28 Wifebeater 1 179
29 Bill Carr 1 154
Dan Barry 1 154
Dustin Lee 1 154
Pepper Parks 1 154
Scotty Vortekz 1 154
34 David Starr 1 153
J. T. Dunn 1 153
36 Derek Frazier 2 133
37 Jon Dahmer 3 126
Andy Sumner 2 126
Beef Wellington 2 126
Danny Havoc 2 126
Devon Moore 2 126
Drew Gulak 2 126
Greg Excellent 2 126
Lucky 13 2 126
45 Charlie Haas 1 119
Russ Haas 1 119
47 Alex Reynolds 1 106
John Silver 1 106
49 Jay Briscoe 2 105
Mark Briscoe 2 105
51 Drake Younger 1 91
52 Greg Matthews 1 77
John Zandig 1 77
Rockin' Rebel 1 77
55 Brandon Watts† 1 168+
Randy Summers† 1 168+
57 Danny Demanto 1 63
Eddie Valentine 1 63
Necro Butcher 1 63
Toby Klein 1 63
61 Chri$ Ca$h 1 56
J. C. Bailey 1 56
Nate Webb 1 56
Nick Mondo 1 56
Niles Young 1 56
Ric Blade 1 56
SeXXXy Eddy 1 56
68 Dustin Rayz 1 55
Eric Ryan 1 55
70 Robbie Mireno 2 35
Onyx 1 35
Rainman 1 35
73 Diablos Macabre 1 28
Heartbreaker 1 28
Midknight 1 28
Mr. Motion 1 28
77 Lobo 1 23¤
T.C.K. 1 23¤
79 Bill Schaffer 1 7
Jim Price 1 7
81 Anthony Gangone 1 3
Amazing Red 1 3
83 Jun Kasai 1 2
Men's Teioh 1 2
85 Angel Ortiz 1 <1
Jose Rivera, Jr. 1 <1
Mike Draztik 1 <1

Notes

1.^ – It is unknown which day of the month the championship was vacated. The reign is thus marked as ending on the first day of November 1999.
2.^ ^ – Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the exact same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
  1. ^ CZW ceased operations during the COVID pandemic, therefore the length of this reign is uncertain.

References

General
Specific
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  4. ^ "Tangled Web 5 Results". Archived from the original on 2015-09-08.Retrieved on 08.15.2012.
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