MLW World Tag Team Championship

The MLW World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship which is owned by the Major League Wrestling (MLW) promotion. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants usually execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition.

MLW World Tag Team Championship
The MLW World Tag Team Championship belt (May 2018 — present)
Details
Promotion	Major League Wrestling (MLW)
Date established	July 8, 2003
Current champions	Los Depredadores (Rugido and Magnus)
Date won	May 2, 2025
Other names
MLW Global Tag Team Crown Championship (2003–2004) MLW World Tag Team Championship (2018–present)
Statistics First champions The Extreme Horsemen (C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond) Most reigns As a team: CozyMax (Satoshi Kojima and Shigeo Okumura) (2 reigns) As individual: Davey Boy Smith Jr., Satoshi Kojima and Shigeo Okumura (2 reigns) Longest reign The Von Erichs (Marshall and Ross Von Erich) (438 days) Shortest reign World Titan Federation (Tom Lawlor and Davey Boy Smith Jr.) (53 days) Oldest champion Minoru Suzuki (56 years, 73 days) Youngest champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman (23 years, 113 days) Heaviest champion Juicy Finau (449 lbs) Lightest champion Rey Fénix (167 lbs)

The titles were unveiled on April 21, 2003, during the Underground TV tapings, under the MLW Global Tag Team Crown Championship name.^[1] The titles were vacated on February 10, 2004, after the promotion closed.^[2] After the relaunch of the promotion in 2018, The Lucha Brothers (Penta el 0M and Rey Fénix) would win the vacant titles under the MLW World Tag Team Championship name on June 7, 2018.^[3][4]

History

Inaugural champions C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond of The Extreme Horsemen.

Establishment and inactivity (2003–2004)

The titles were unveiled on April 21, 2003, during the Underground TV tapings, under the MLW Global Tag Team Crown Championship name. MLW would start a four-team single-elimination tournament to crown the first champions.^[1] The teams for the tournament were PJ Friedman and Steve Williams, Jimmy Yang and Mike Sanders, The Extreme Horsemen (C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond) and Los Maximos (José Maximo and Joel Maximo).^[1] Friedman and Williams and The Extreme Hoursemen would both advance to the finals of the tournament.^[1] On May 9 at MLW Revolutions, The Extreme Hoursemen would defeat Friedman and Williams to become the first champions.^[5] However their reign would end on February 10, 2004, after the promotion stopped running events.^[2]

Inaugural Championship tournament (2004)

	Semifinals					Final
	PJ Friedman and Steve Williams
	Jimmy Yang and Mike Sanders
						PJ Friedman and Steve Williams
						The Extreme Horsemen (C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond)
	The Extreme Horsemen (C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond)
	Los Maximos (José Maximo and Joel Maximo)

Revival (since 2018)

After the promotion was revived the July 2017, MLW announced on May 10, 2018, the revival of the titles under the MLW World Tag Team Championship name, with Lucha Brothers (Penta el 0M and Rey Fénix), Team TBD (Jason Cade and Jimmy Yuta) and The Dirty Blondes (Leo Brien and Michael Patrick) facing each other in a three-way elimination match on June 7 to crown the new champions.^[6][7] On June 7, Lucha Brothers would defeat Team TBD and The Dirty Blondes in a three-way elimination match to win the vacant championships.^[3][8]

Three-way elimination championship match

Eliminated	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Method of elimination
1	Michael Patrick	The Dirty Blondes	Jason Cade	Pinned after a Diving splash
2	Jimmy Yuta	Team TBD	Penta el 0M	Pinned after The Land Zone
Winner	Lucha Brothers (Penta el 0M and Rey Fénix)

Reigns

As of May 3, 2025, there have been fourteen reigns between fourteen teams composed of 28 individual champions and two vacancies. The inaugural champions were The Extreme Horsemen (C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond). The Von Erichs (Marshall and Ross Von Erich) reign is the longest at 438 days, while World Titan Federation (Tom Lawlor and Davey Boy Smith Jr.) have the shortest reign at 53 days. L.A. Park is the oldest champion at 55 while MJF is the youngest at 23.

The current champions are CozyMax (Satoshi Kojima and Shigeo Okumura), who are in their record-breaking second reign as a team and individually. They won the titles by defeating Contra Unit (Ikuro Kwon and Minoru Suzuki) at Eric Bischoff's One Shot on December 5, 2024 in Queens, New York.

Names

Name	Years
MLW Global Tag Team Crown Championship	April 21, 2003 – February 10, 2004
MLW World Tag Team Championship	June 7, 2018 – present

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
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
	Major League Wrestling (MLW)
1	The Extreme Horsemen (C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond)	May 9, 2003	Revolutions	Orlando, FL	1	277	The Extreme Horsemen defeated Steve Williams and P.J. Friedman in a four-team single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champions.	[9]
—	Vacated	February 10, 2004	—	—	—	—	The Extreme Horsemen were no longer listed as the MLW Global Crown Tag Team Champions after the company stopped hosting events.	[2]
—	Deactivated	2004	—	—	—	—	The title became deactivated when the company stopped hosting events.
2	The Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fénix)	June 7, 2018	Fusion	Orlando, FL	1	240	The Lucha Brothers defeated Team TBD (Jason Cade and Jimmy Yuta) and The Dirty Blondes (Leo Brien and Michael Patrick) in a three-way elimination match to win the revived championship. The episode aired on tape delay on June 15, 2018. During this reign, the championship's name was changed to the MLW World Tag Team Championship.	[10]
3	The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart, Davey Boy Smith Jr., and Brian Pillman Jr.)	February 2, 2019	SuperFight 2019	Philadelphia, PA	1	154	Hart and Smith won the titles, but Pillman was allowed to defend via Freebird rule	[11]
4	The Dynasty (Maxwell Jacob Friedman and Richard Holliday)	July 6, 2019	Fusion	Cicero, IL	1	119	The Dynasty defeated Brian Pillman Jr. and Teddy Hart in a ladder match to win the championship. The episode aired on tape delay on July 13, 2019.	[12]
5	The Von Erichs (Marshall Von Erich and Ross Von Erich)	November 2, 2019	Saturday Night SuperFight	Cicero, IL	1	438	This was a Texas Tornado match.	[13]
6	Los Parks (El Hijo de L.A. Park and L.A. Park)	January 13, 2021	Fusion	Orlando, FL	1	297	This was a Texas Tornado match, where Tom Lawlor served as the special guest referee.	[14][15]
7	5150 (Danny Rivera and Slice Boogie)	November 6, 2021	War Chamber	Philadelphia, PA	1	112	This was a Philadelphia street fight L.A. Park Jr. filled in for L.A. Park who was wrestling against Homicide later in the night.	[16]
8	Hustle & Power (EJ Nduka and Calvin Tankman)	February 26, 2022	SuperFight	Charlotte, NC	1	315	The episode aired on tape delay on March 31, 2022.	[17]
9	The Samoan SWAT Team (Juicy Finau and Lance Anoa'i)	January 7, 2023	Blood and Thunder	Philadelphia, PA	1	182	The episode aired on tape delay on March 14, 2023.	[18]
10	The Calling (Akira and Rickey Shane Page)	July 8, 2023	Never Say Never	Philadelphia, PA	1	133		[19]
11	The Second Gear Crew (Matthew Justice and 1 Called Manders)	November 18, 2023	Fightland	Philadelphia, PA	1	103	This was a ladder match. During this reign, Masked Good Brother #3 defended the title once but was not recognized as champion.	[20]
12	World Titan Federation (Tom Lawlor and Davey Boy Smith Jr.)	February 29, 2024	Intimidation Games	New York City, NY	1 (1, 2)	53		[21]
—	Vacated	April 22, 2024	—	—	—	—	Titles vacated when World Titan Federation (Tom Lawlor and Davey Boy Smith Jr.) sustained injures in an attack by members of Contra Unit at War Chamber II.	[22]
13	CozyMax (Satoshi Kojima and Shigeo Okumura)	May 11, 2024	Azteca Lucha	Cicero, IL	1	110	Defeated The Second Gear Crew (Matthew Justice and 1 Called Manders) to win the vacant championship.	[23]
14	Contra Unit (Ikuro Kwon and Minoru Suzuki)	August 29, 2024	Summer of the Beasts	Queens, NY	1	98		[24]
15	CozyMax (Satoshi Kojima and Shigeo Okumura)	December 5, 2024	Eric Bischoff's One Shot	Queens, NY	2	148
16	Los Depredadores (Rugido and Magnus)	May 2, 2025	CMLL vs. MLW	Mexico City, Mexico	1	1+

Combined reigns

By tag team

As of May 3, 2025.

The longest reigning champions are The Von Erichs
(Marshall Von Erich(left) and Ross Von Erich(right))

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Team	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	The Von Erichs (Marshall Von Erich and Ross Von Erich)	1	438
2	Hustle & Power (EJ Nduka and Calvin Tankman)		315
3	Los Parks (El Hijo de L.A. Park and L.A. Park)		297
4	The Extreme Horsemen (C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond)		277
5	CozyMax (Satoshi Kojima and Shigeo Okumura)	2	258
6	Lucha Brothers (Penta el 0M and Rey Fénix)	1	240
7	The Samoan SWAT Team (Juicy Finau and Lance Anoa'i)		182
8	The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart, Davey Boy Smith Jr., and Brian Pillman Jr.)		154
9	The Calling (Akira and Rickey Shane Page)		133
10	The Dynasty (Maxwell Jacob Friedman and Richard Holliday)		119
11	5150 (Danny Rivera and Slice Boogie)		112
12	The Second Gear Crew (Matthew Justice and 1 Called Manders)		103
13	Contra Unit (Ikuro Kwon and Minoru Suzuki)		98
14	World Titan Federation (Tom Lawlor and Davey Boy Smith Jr.)		53
15	Los Depredadores † (Rugido and Magnus)		1+

By wrestler

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Marshall Von Erich	1	438
	Ross Von Erich	1	438
3	Calvin Tankman	1	315
	EJ Nduka	1	355
5	El Hijo de L.A. Park	1	297
	L.A. Park	1	297
7	Satoshi Kojima	2	258
	Shigeo Okumura	2	258
9	Penta el 0M	1	240
	Rey Fénix	1	240
11	C.W. Anderson	1	227
	Simon Diamond	1	227
13	Davey Boy Smith Jr.	2	207
14	Juicy Finau	1	182
	Lance Anoa'i	1	182
16	Teddy Hart	1	154
	Brian Pillman Jr.	1	154
18	Akira	1	133
	Rickey Shane Page	1	133
20	Maxwell Jacob Friedman	1	119
	Richard Holliday	1	119
22	Danny Rivera	1	112
	Slice Boogie	1	112
24	Matthew Justice	1	103
	1 Called Manders	1	103
26	Ikuro Kwon	1	98
	Minoru Suzuki	1	98
28	Tom Lawlor	1	53
29	Rugido †	1	1+
	Magnus †	1	1+

Notes