Reigns
The inaugural champions were Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray), who were awarded the championship on the May 17, 2007 edition of TNA Today. At 7002212000000000000212 days, Beer Money, Inc.'s (Bobby Roode and James Storm) fourth reign is the longest in the title's history. Eric Young/Super Eric's and Kaz's only reign holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at less than one day. Beer Money, Inc. hold the record for most reigns as a team with four.
As of May 2013, Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and Hernandez are the current champions in their second reign as a team. Individually, this is the second reign for Guerrero and the fifth for Hernandez, tying Bobby Roode's individual record. They defeated previous champions Austin Aries and Bobby Roode on April 11, 2013 during the live broadcast of Impact Wrestling in Corpus Christi, Texas to win the title.
Although the title is a World Tag Team Championship, three different wrestlers have held the championship by themselves — Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle, and Matt Morgan. Joe held the championship during his entire reign alone; however, Angle held the championship alone for 15 days until Sting won a match involving three other competitors to become Angle's partner, and Morgan held the title after turning on and (kayfabe) injuring his tag team championship partner Hernandez. Overall, there have been 27 reigns shared between 31 wrestlers and 23 teams.
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