List of WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions


The WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested in WWE on the SmackDown brand. Unveiled on the August 23, 2016 episode of SmackDown Live, it was created to be the counterpart title to the then-WWE Tag Team Championship, which became exclusive to Raw as a result of the 2016 WWE draft and was subsequently renamed to Raw Tag Team Championship.
The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. The inaugural champions were Heath Slater and Rhyno, who won the title in a tournament final at Backlash on September 11, 2016. The current champions are Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura, who are in their first reign as a team and second for Cesaro individually. They defeated The New Day in a Tables match on July 19, 2020 at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules.
As of ,, overall there have been 21 reigns between 13 teams composed of 24 individual champions, and one vacancy. The team of Heath Slater and Rhyno were the inaugural champions. The New Day have the most reigns at six, both as a team and individually. The Usos have the longest singular reign at 182 days for their third reign, and they have the longest combined reign at 381 days. The team of The Miz and Shane McMahon and The Hardy Boyz are tied with the shortest reign at 21 days. The oldest champion is Shane McMahon, winning the title at 49 years old, while the youngest is Jason Jordan when he won it at 28.

Reigns

Combined reigns

As of ,.
are four-time and longest reigning SmackDown Tag Team Champions at 182 days for their third reign, as well as having the longest combined reign at 380 days

By team

By wrestler