ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship belt
(2018–present)
Details
PromotionRing of Honor (ROH)
All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
Date establishedAugust 30, 2016[1]
Current champion(s)The Embassy
(Brian Cage, Kaun and Toa Liona)
Date wonDecember 10, 2022
Statistics
First champion(s)The Kingdom
(Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia)[2]
Most reignsAs Tag Team (3 reigns):

As Individual (4 reigns):

Longest reignMexa Squad
Bandido, Flamita and Rey Horus)
(374 days)
Shortest reignDalton Castle and The Boys
(Boy 1 and Boy 2)
(58 days)
Oldest championPCO
(51 years, 76 days)
Youngest championBandido
(24 years, 269 days)
Heaviest championShane Taylor
(315 lb (143 kg))[3]
Lightest championFlamita
(161 lb (73 kg))[4]

The ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a match with a predetermined outcome. The Embassy (Brian Cage, Kaun and Toa Liona) are the current champions in their first reign as a team (Kaun's second individually).

History

The title was officially announced in a press release on August 30, 2016, and marked the first new title created by ROH in six years, following the 2010 creation of the ROH World Television Championship.[1][5][6] ROH promoted the title as the first time in nearly 25 years that a major American promotion had had a six-man tag team title.[7]

The championship belts were redesigned in New Year’s day of 2018.[8]

Inaugural championship tournament (2016)

The tournament to crown the inaugural ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions took place between September 30 and December 2, 2016.[1] The tournament featured participants from the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotions, both of which ROH had partnerships with. ROH noted how six-man tag team matches were a staple of Mexican lucha libre and how NJPW had recently created its own six-man tag team championship, the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[5] Lio Rush was originally announced for the tournament, but ended up being replaced by NJPW wrestler Kushida.[9] However, Rush eventually returned to the team, replacing ACH in the final due to his departure from ROH.[10] The tournament started on September 30 at the All Star Extravaganza VIII pay-per-view (PPV),[11] with the remaining first round and semifinal matches taking place at the October 1 and 29 tapings of the weekly Ring of Honor Wrestling program.[12][13] The final of the tournament took place at the Final Battle PPV.[1]

Participants
First round Semifinals Final
         
ACH/White/Kushida Pin
Briscoes/Yano 14:00[14]
ACH/White/Kushida Pin
The Cabinet 11:42[18]
The Cabinet Pin
Kincaid/St. Giovanni/Ali 9:31[15]
White/Kushida/Rush Pin
The Kingdom 17:00[2]
Bullet Club Pin
The Kingdom 12:02[16]
The Kingdom Pin
Team CMLL 9:34[19]
Addiction/Kamaitachi Pin
Team CMLL 11:12[17]

Belt designs

The Original design of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (2016–2018) is similar to the WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championships but with different wording on both the center and side plates, different coloring and slightly different shaping of the title, sort of how the original ROH World Television Championship design was from years 2010 to 2012 was and also how the ROH TV titles second design from years 2012 to 2017 was as well but separating the belt from the other two the belt is slightly wider with two squares on the sides plate of the center piece.[20]

Reigns

There have been 14 reigns shared among 12 teams and 33 wrestlers. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) were the inaugural champions and they have the record with the most reigns at three as a team, while individually Vinny Marseglia/Vincent has the most reigns with four.

The Embassy (Brian Cage and Gates of Agony (Kaun and Toa Liona)) are the current champions in their first reign as a team, Individually, this is the second reign for Kaun and first for Cage and Liona. They defeated Dalton Castle and The Boys (Brandon Tate and Brent Tate) in Arlington, Texas at Final Battle on December 10, 2022.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parenthesis, if different
Days Number of days held
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 The Kingdom
(Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) 		December 2, 2016 Final Battle New York City, NY 1 99 Defeated Jay White, Kushida and Lio Rush in the finals of an eight-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. [2]
2 Bully Ray and The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) 		March 11, 2017 Ring of Honor Wrestling Las Vegas, NV 1 104 Silas Young filled in for an injured T. K. O'Ryan. This episode aired on tape delay on April 11, 2017. [21]
3 Dalton Castle and The Boys
(Boy 1 and Boy 2) 		June 23, 2017 Best in the World Lowell, MA 1 58 [22]
4 The Hung Bucks
(Adam Page, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) 		August 20, 2017 War of the Worlds UK Edinburgh, Scotland 1 201 While Page and the Jacksons were the official champions, other Bullet Club members were also allowed to defend the title under "Bullet Club Rules." [23][24][25][26]
5 SoCal Uncensored
(Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) 		March 9, 2018 ROH 16th Anniversary Show Las Vegas, NV 1 61 This was a Las Vegas Street Fight. [27]
6 The Kingdom
(Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) 		May 9, 2018 War of the Worlds Tour Lowell, MA 2 73 [28]
7 Bullet Club/The Elite
(Cody, Matt Jackson (2) and Nick Jackson (2)) 		July 21, 2018 Ring of Honor Wrestling Atlanta, GA 1 106 During this reign, Cody and the Bucks (along with others) broke away from Bullet Club and named their group The Elite. [29]
8 The Kingdom
(Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) 		November 4, 2018 Survival of the Fittest Columbus, OH 3 132 [30]
9 Villain Enterprises
(Brody King, Marty Scurll and PCO) 		March 16, 2019 Ring of Honor Wrestling Sunrise Manor, NV 1 301 [31]
10 MexiSquad
(Bandido, Flamita and Rey Horus) 		January 11, 2020 Saturday Night at Center Stage Atlanta, GA 1 405 Flip Gordon wrestled in place of PCO for Villain Enterprises during this match due to PCO defending the ROH World Championship later in the night. [32]
11 Shane Taylor Promotions
(Moses, Kaun and Shane Taylor) 		February 19, 2021 Ring of Honor Wrestling Baltimore, MA 1 295 Aired on tape delay on February 20, 2021.
12 The Righteous
(Bateman, Dutch and Vincent (4)) 		December 11, 2021 Final Battle Baltimore, MA 1 224 Vincent previously known as Vinny Marseglia. O'Shay Edwards filled in for Shane Taylor who had a match against Kenny King later in the night. During this reign, Tony Khan purchased Ring of Honor. [33]
13 Dalton Castle and The Boys
(Brandon Tate and Brent Tate) 		July 23, 2022 Death Before Dishonor Lowell, MA 2 140 Brandon and Brent were previously known as Boy 1 and Boy 2 respectively. [34]
14 The Embassy/Mogul Embassy
(Brian Cage, Kaun (2) and Toa Liona) 		December 10, 2022 Final Battle Arlington, TX 1 236+ Group was renamed to Mogul Embassy after Swerve Strickland joined the stable. [35][36]

Combined reigns

As of August 3, 2023.

Longest reigning champions MexiSquad (Bandido, Flamita and Rey Horus)
Record three-time and inaugural champions, The Kingdom (left to right: T. K. O'Ryan Matt Taven, and Vinny Marseglia).
† Indicates the current champion
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain.

By team

Rank Team No. of
reigns 		Combined
days
1 MexiSquad
(Bandido, Flamita and Rey Horus)		 1 405
2 The Kingdom
(Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia)		 3 304
3 Villain Enterprises
(Brody King, Marty Scurll and PCO)		 1 301
4 Shane Taylor Promotions
(Moses, Kaun and Shane Taylor)		 1 295
5 The Embassy/Mogul Embassy
(Brian Cage, Kaun and Toa Liona) †		 1 236+
6 The Righteous
(Bateman, Dutch and Vincent)		 1 224
7 The Hung Bucks
(Adam Page, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)		 1 201
8 Dalton Castle and The Boys
(Boy 1/Brandon Tate and Boy 2/Brent Tate)		 2 198
9 Bullet Club/The Elite
(Cody, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)		 1 106
10 Bully Ray and The Briscoes
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)		 1 104
11 SoCal Uncensored
(Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky)		 1 61

By wrestler

Vinny Marseglia, also known as Vincent, holds the record for most combined days as champion at 528 days.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
days
1 Vinny Marseglia/Vincent 4 528
2 Kaun † 2 531+
3 Bandido 1 405
Flamita 1 405
Rey Horus 1 405
6 Matt Jackson 2 307
Nick Jackson 2 307
8 Matt Taven 3 304
T. K. O'Ryan 3 304
10 Brody King 1 301
Marty Scurll 1 301
PCO 1 301
13 Moses 1 295
Shane Taylor 1 295
15 Brian Cage † 1 236+
Toa Liona † 1 236+
17 Bateman 1 224
Dutch 1 224
19 Adam Page 1 201
20 Boy 1/Brandon Tate 2 198
Boy 2/Brent Tate 2 198
Dalton Castle 2 198
23 Cody 1 106
24 Bully Ray 1 104
Jay Briscoe 1 104
Mark Briscoe 1 104
27 Christopher Daniels 1 61
Frankie Kazarian 1 61
Scorpio Sky 1 61

References

  1. ^ a b c d Caldwell, James (August 30, 2016). "ROH reveals new title – first champions to be determined at Final Battle". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Keller, Wade (December 2, 2016). "Keller's ROH Final Battle 2016 PPV report 12/2: Cole vs. O'Reilly, Cody Rhodes vs. Lethal, Cabana vs. Dalton, Briscoes vs. Young Bucks". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "Shane Taylor". Ring of Honor. February 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  4. ^ マット・ジャクソン. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Johnson, Mike (August 30, 2016). "ROH adding six man tag team championship, tournament kicks off at October PPV". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  6. ^ "Daily Update: Raw ratings up, Kevins Owens reign, Del Rio in trouble, Suga Rashad". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. August 30, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  7. ^ "ROH to introduce World Six-Man Tag Team Championship". Ring of Honor. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  8. ^ Currier, Joseph (January 1, 2018). "Video: ROH unveils more new title belt designs". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  9. ^ Caldwell, James (September 27, 2016). "ROH ASE PPV – change to Six-Man Tag Tournament match; PPV line-up for Friday". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  10. ^ Powell, Jason (November 30, 2016). "11/30 Powell's Ring of Honor TV Review: Final push for Final Battle, Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. The Addiction, Jonathan Gresham vs. Lio Rush". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  11. ^ Meltzer, Dave (September 30, 2016). "ROH All Star Extravaganza live results: Adam Cole vs. Michael Elgin". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  12. ^ "ROH Lowell, MA, TV tapings results: Trios tournament, Naito, Dragon Lee". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. October 1, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  13. ^ "Buen papel de equipo CMLL en torneo de ROH". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). October 30, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  14. ^ Powell, Jason (September 30, 2016). "9/30 Powell's ROH All Star Extravaganza PPV live review: The Addiction vs. The Young Bucks vs. Motor City Machine Guns in a Ladder War for the ROH Tag Titles, Adam Cole vs. Michael Elgin for the ROH Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  15. ^ Metzger, Mike (October 19, 2016). "Metzger's ROH TV review 10/19: "One of ROH's best one-hour shows" with Lethal vs. Young, Bullet Club, War Machine, The Cabinet". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  16. ^ "ROH on SBG #268". Cagematch. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  17. ^ "ROH on SBG #269". Cagematch. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  18. ^ "ROH on SBG #267". Cagematch. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  19. ^ "ROH on SBG #270". Cagematch. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  20. ^ Unknown, Hazardf5. "ROH World 6 Man Tag Team Title Belt Review!". Www.youtube.com. Retrieved May 24, 2023.((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ Johnson, Mike (March 12, 2017). "ROH spoiler from ongoing Las Vegas taping". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  22. ^ Meltzer, Dave; Currier, Joseph (June 23, 2017). "ROH Best in the World live results: Christopher Daniels vs. Cody". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  23. ^ "New World Six Man Tag Team Champions Crowned in Edinburgh". Ring of Honor. August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  24. ^ Barnett, Josh (October 12, 2017). "Bullet Club vs. The Kingdom: 10/12 ROH Global Wars in Buffalo, NY report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  25. ^ Carapola, Stuart (October 13, 2017). "Complete ROH Global Wars - Pittsburgh coverage". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  26. ^ "Main Event Signed for ROH Elite in Ft. Lauderdale". Ring of Honor. 30 October 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017. The trio defended the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Titles, officially held by Adam Page and the Young Bucks, under "Bullet Club Rules", allowing any three members to defend the titles.
  27. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-10.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  28. ^ Pageot, Harley R. (May 9, 2018). "5/9 ROH WAR OF THE WORLDS report: Live coverage featuring The Young Bucks vs. Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi, SoCal Uncensored vs. The Kingdom for the six-man titles". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  29. ^ "ROH 07/21/18 Saturday Night at Center Stage TV Tapings *SPOILERS*". PW Ponderings. July 22, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  30. ^ 11/4 ROH SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST report: Live coverage of the prestigious annual tournament, The Elite vs. The Kingdom for the six-man titles
  31. ^ Ring Of Honor (March 16, 2019). "ROH RECAP: VILLAIN ENTERPRISES WIN THE ROH WORLD SIX-MAN TAG TEAM TITLES". rohwrestling.com. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  32. ^ Csonka, Larry (January 11, 2020). "411's Live ROH Saturday Night at Center Stage 2020 Coverage". 411 Mania. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  33. ^ Powell, Jason (December 11, 2021). "ROH Final Battle results: Powell's live review of Jay Lethal vs. Jonathan Gresham, Mike Bennett and Matt Taven vs. Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe for the ROH Tag Titles, Rok-C vs. Willow for the ROH Women's World Championship, Josh Woods vs. Brian Johnson for the ROH Pure Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  34. ^ Powell, Jason (July 23, 2022). "7/23 ROH Death Before Dishonor results: Powell's live review of FTR vs. The Briscoes in a best of three falls match for the ROH Tag Titles, Jonathan Gresham vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the ROH Championship, Samoa Joe vs. Jay Lethal for the ROH TV Title, Wheeler Yuta vs. Daniel Garcia for the ROH Pure Rules Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  35. ^ Powell, Jason (December 10, 2022). "ROH Final Battle results: Powell's live review of FTR vs. The Briscoes in a Double Dog Collar match for the ROH Tag Team Titles, Chris Jericho vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the ROH Championship, Mercedes Martinez vs. Athena for the ROH Women's Title, Daniel Garcia vs. Wheeler Yuta for the ROH Pure Rules Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  36. ^ "ROH Wrestling: Final Battle 2022 Results".

External links

Links to related articles
Categories