The MCW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

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 tag team

Tag team

Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...

 championship

Championship (professional wrestling)

A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...

 owned by the Maryland Championship Wrestling

Maryland Championship Wrestling

Maryland Championship Wrestling is a regional independent wrestling promotion based in Dundalk, Maryland, and has regularly run events in the Mid-Atlantic region since the late 1990s as well as participating in numerous fundraising events throughout the state.Rivaling other east coast independent...

 (MCW) promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

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. The title was created and debuted on August 18, 1998 at a MCW live event

House show

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.

Title reigns are determined either by professional wrestling matches

Mock combat

Mock combat involves the execution of combative actions without intent to harm. Participants can engage in such sparring for ritual, training, recreational or performance reasons...

 between wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines

Narrative thread

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, or by scripted circumstances. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains

Heel (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...

 or heroes

Face (professional wrestling)

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 as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship. Title changes happen at live events, which are usually released on DVD. The inaugural champions were The Headbangers

The Headbangers

The Headbangers is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Mosh and Thrasher, best known for their work in the World Wrestling Federation...

 (Mosh

Charles Warrington

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 and Thrasher

Glen Ruth

Glen Ruth is a former American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Thrasher.-Career:Ruth trained under Larry Sharpe and debuted in 1990 as The Spider. He later became Sharpe's assistant and trained wrestlers such as the Big Show and others at Sharpe's "Monster Factory"...

), who defeated Jimmy Cicero and Julio Sanchez in the finals of a tournament to win the championship on August 18, 1998 at an MCW live event.

Title history

Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
#	Indicates what number the reign is
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown
Wrestler name (#)	The number represents the individual reigns of a wrestler when this is distinct from the tag team's reign.
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

#	Wrestler	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
							The Headbangers defeated Jimmy Cicero and Julio Sanchez in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.
							2-Dope and Sydeswype (The Ghetto Mafia) defeated Earl the Pearl and Stevie Richards, and Joey Matthews Adam Birch Adam Birch is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment , and training in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, as Joey Mercury...  and Quinn Nash in a three-way match.
							Vacated after Jerry Lawler is unable to defend the championships.
							Earl the Pearl and Rich Myers (The Holy Rollers) defeated Chad Austin and Jimmy Cicero, and Christian York Christian York Jason Spence is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Christian York.-York and Matthews:...  and Joey Matthews in a three-way match.
							Christopher Carmichael and Dino Divine defeated Christian York and Joey Matthews, The Executions, and Ghetto Mafia in a four-way match.
							2-Dope and Sydeswype (The Ghetto Mafia) defeated Romeo Valentino and Ronnie Zukko, and Earl the Pearl and Rich Myers in a three-way match.
							Earl the Pearl and Rich Myers (The Holy Rollers) defeated 2-Dope and Sydeswype (The Ghetto Mafia), and Romeo Valentino and Zukko in a three-way match.
							2-Dope and Sydeswype (The Ghetto Mafia) defeated Chad Bowman and Dino Divine (The Slackers), and MEWF Tag Team Champions MEWF Tag Team Championship This is a chronological list of MEWF tag team champions. The MEWF Tag Team Championship is the oldest championship title in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation having been established when the Lords of Darkness defeated Cream Team at the MEWF's first show in Pasadena, Maryland on August 2, 1991...  Buzz Stryker and Derek Wayne in a three-way match to unify both championships.
							Maryland Championship Wrestling closes.
							Chad Bowman and Dino Divine (The Slackers) defeated The Holy Rollers, The Ghetto Mafia, and Jason Static and Judas Young in a four-way match to revive the championship.
							B.G. and Kip James (The James Gang) defeated The Slackers, and The Holy Rollers in a three-way match.
							Danny Doring and Danny Jaxx defeated B.G. and Kip James (The James Gang), The Holy Rollers, and The Slackers in a four-way match.
							Ruckus and Sabian (BLKOUT) defeated Buzz Stryker and Kelly Bell (Phat Blues Inc.), and Buck Chyld and Doyle Day (The Best of Both Worlds) in a three-way match.
							Johnny Hardwick and Zachary Shane defeated Ghetto Mafia (2-Dope and Qenaan Creed), and Teddy Stigma and Ryan McBride in a three-way.
							2-Dope and Qenaan Creed (The Ghetto Mafia) defeated Johnny Hardwick and Zachary Shane, and Ryan Mcbride and Teddy Stigma in a three-way match
							Ryan McBride and Teddy Stigma defeated 2-Dope and Qenaan Creed (The Ghetto Mafia) in a ladder match Ladder match A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling that is most commonly used to describe a match where an item is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item... .
							Ryan McBride and Teddy Stigma were stripped of the championships.
							Defeated Cole Calloway and Rhett Titus Rhett Titus Everett Lawrence Titus is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Rhett Titus. A student of the ROH Wrestling Academy, Titus has been competing for Ring of Honor , as well as various independent promotions, since 2006.-Career:Titus began training at the ROH Wrestling...  in a tournament final.
							Tyler Hilton and Zachary Shane defeated DJ Hyde and Dino Divine, Cole Calloway and Rhett Titus, Stevie Richards and Sugarmask in a four-way match to win the championships.
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List of combined reigns

†	Indicates the current champions
<1	Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.

By team

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By wrestler

Rank	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days

External links

• MarylandWrestling.com