The MCW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the MCW Pro Wrestling promotion. The titles were created and debuted on August 18, 1998, at a MCW live event. The current champions are Ronnie Zukko and Ryan Zukko, together known as The Zukkos, who are in their first reign as a team, individually third for Ronnie and first for Ryan.

The inaugural champions were The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher), 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

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW)
1 The Headbangers
(Mosh and Thrasher) 		August 18, 1998 Live event Baltimore, Maryland 1 33 Defeated Jimmy Cicero and Julio Sanchez in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.
2 Jimmy Cicero and Julio Sanchez September 20, 1998 Live event Baltimore, Maryland 1 45
3 Earl the Pearl and Stevie Richards November 4, 1998 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 1 95
4 The Ghetto Mafia
(2-Dope and Sydeswype) 		February 7, 1999 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 84 Defeated Earl the Pearl and Stevie Richards, and Joey Matthews and Quinn Nash in a three-way match.
5 The Bruiser and Danny Rose May 2, 1999 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 14
6 The Ghetto Mafia
(2-Dope and Sydeswype) 		May 16, 1999 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 2 6
7 Adam Flash and The Bruiser (2) May 22, 1999 Live event Pylesville, Maryland 1 47
8 Jimmy Cicero (2) and Romeo Valentino July 8, 1999 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 128
9 The Bruiser (3) and Jerry Lawler November 13, 1999 Live event Owings Mills, Maryland 1 22
– Vacated December 5, 1999 N/A N/A — — Vacated after Jerry Lawler is unable to defend the championships.
10 The Holy Rollers
(Earl the Pearl (2) and Rich Myers) 		January 19, 2000 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 1 119 Defeated Chad Austin and Jimmy Cicero, and Christian York and Joey Matthews in a three-way match.
11 Christian York and Joey Matthews May 17, 2000 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 1 77
12 Christopher Carmichael and Dino Divine August 2, 2000 Live event Ocean City, Maryland 1 203 Defeated Christian York and Joey Matthews, The Executions, and Ghetto Mafia in a four-way match.
13 Romeo Valentino (2) and Ronnie Zukko February 21, 2001 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 1 108
14 The Ghetto Mafia
(2-Dope and Sydeswype) 		June 9, 2001 Live event Middle River, Maryland 3 39 Defeated Romeo Valentino and Ronnie Zukko, and Earl the Pearl and Rich Myers in a three-way match.
15 The Holy Rollers
(Earl the Pearl (2) and Rich Myers) 		July 18, 2001 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 2 108 Defeated 2-Dope and Sydeswype (The Ghetto Mafia), and Romeo Valentino and Zukko in a three-way match.
16 Christian York and Joey Matthews November 3, 2001 Live event Paw Paw, West Virginia 2 200
17 The Slackers
(Chad Bowman and Dino Divine (2)) 		May 22, 2002 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 1 420
18 The Ghetto Mafia
(2-Dope and Sydeswype) 		July 16, 2003 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 4 0 2-Dope and Sydeswype (The Ghetto Mafia) defeated Chad Bowman and Dino Divine (The Slackers), and MEWF Tag Team Champions Buzz Stryker and Derek Wayne in a three-way match to unify both championships.
– Unified July 16, 2003 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland — — Maryland Championship Wrestling closes.
19 The Slackers
(Chad Bowman and Dino Divine (2)) 		February 26, 2006 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 2 0 Defeated The Holy Rollers, The Ghetto Mafia, and Jason Static and Judas Young in a four-way match to revive the championship.
20 B.G. and Kip James
(The James Gang) 		February 26, 2006 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 28 Defeated The Slackers, and The Holy Rollers in a three-way match.
21 Danny Doring and Danny Jaxx March 26, 2006 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 42 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.
22 Jason Static and Scott Fowler May 7, 2006 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 126
23 The Bruiser (4) and Genesis September 10, 2006 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 109
24 Buzz Stryker and Kelly Bell
(Phat Blues Inc.) 		December 28, 2006 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 1 114
25 Ruckus and Sabian
(BLKOUT) 		April 21, 2007 Live event Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland 1 141 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.
26 The Ghetto Mafia
2-Dope (5) and Qenaan Creed
 September 9, 2007 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 239
27 Johnny Hardwick and Zachary Shane April 5, 2008 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 29 Johnny Hardwick and Zachary Shane defeated Ghetto Mafia (2-Dope and Qenaan Creed), and Teddy Stigma and Ryan McBride in a three-way.
28 The Ghetto Mafia
(2-Dope (6)and Qenaan Creed) 		May 4, 2008 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 2 237 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
29 Ryan McBride and Teddy Stigma December 27, 2008 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 105 Ryan McBride and Teddy Stigma defeated 2-Dope and Qenaan Creed (The Ghetto Mafia) in a ladder match.
— Vacated April 11, 2009 N/A N/A — — Ryan McBride and Teddy Stigma were stripped of the championships.
30 D. J. Hyde and Dino Divine (4) April 11, 2009 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 91 Defeated Cole Calloway and Rhett Titus in a tournament final.
31 Tyler Hilton and Zachary Shane (2) July 11, 2009 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 168 Tyler Hilton and Zachary Shane defeated D. J. Hyde and Dino Divine, Cole Calloway and Rhett Titus, Stevie Richards and Sugarmask in a four-way match to win the championships.
32 Kirby Mack and T. J. Mack
(Team Macktion) 		December 26, 2009 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 217
33 (Holy Rollers)
Earl the Pearl (4) and Ramblin' Rich Myers (3)
 July 31, 2010 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 3 364
34 C-Fed and G-Fed
(Fed-Up) 		July 30, 2011 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 153
35 Drolix and Marcus Streets
(Black Wallstreet) 		December 30, 2011 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 98
36 C-Fed (2) and G-Fed (2)
(Fed-Up) 		April 6, 2012 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 2 267
37 Adam Flash (2)
and
Ronnie Zukko (2) 		December 29, 2012 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 224
38 Buck Chyld and G-Fed (3) August 10, 2013 Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup Dundalk, Maryland 1 224
39 Napalm Bomb and Solo
(Black Wall Street) 		March 22, 2014 Live event Joppatowne, Maryland 1 195
40 Christian York (3) and Ruckus (2) October 3, 2014 Live event Waldorf, Maryland 1 1
41 Napalm Bomb and Solo
(Black Wall Street) 		October 4, 2014 Live event Joppatowne, Maryland 2 84
42 The Hell Cats
(Jimmy Starz and Sexy Steve) 		December 27, 2014 Seasons Beatings Joppatowne, Maryland 1 203
43 The Ecktourage
(Dirty Money and Eric Chapel) 		July 18, 2015 Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup Joppatowne, Maryland 1 77
44 Sudden Impact
(Lio Rush and Patrick Clark) 		October 3, 2015 Live Event Joppatowne, Maryland 1 13 Clark and Rush defeated The Ecktourage and The Hell Cats in a triple threat match to win the championships.
45 The Ecktourage
(Dirty Money and Eric Chapel) 		October 16, 2015 Autumn Armageddon Tour 2015 Felton, Delaware 2 190
46 The Punk Rock All Stars
(Drake Carter and Shaun Cannon) 		April 23, 2016 MCW Spring Fever Tour 2016 – Day 3 Joppatowne, Maryland 1 84 This was a No Disqualification No Count Out Match. Also during this reign Maryland Championship Wrestling was changed to MCW Pro Wrestling.
MCW Pro Wrestling (MCW)
47 The Ecktourage
(Dirty Money and Eric Chapel) 		July 16, 2016 MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XVI Joppatowne, Maryland 3 196 This was a 6-Way Gauntlet Match also including Guns For Hire (Bill Collier and Paul Jordane), Black Wall Street (Napalm Bomb and Solo), The Bruiser and Rayo and Cousin Clay and Bo Nekoda.
48 The Broken Hardys
("Broken" Matt Hardy and Brother Nero) 		January 28, 2017 MCW Broken Anniversary MMXVII Joppatowne, Maryland 1 66 This match was also for the TNA World Tag Team Championship.
— Vacated April 4, 2017 N/A N/A — — Vacated after The Hardys signed with WWE.
49 Guns 4 Hire
(Bill Collier and Paul Jordane) 		April 22, 2017 MCW Spring Fever 2017 Joppatowne, Maryland 1 223 Defeated The Ecktourage for the vacant titles.
50 The Cartel
(Dante Caballero and Joe Keys) 		December 1, 2017 MCW Seasons Beatings 2017 Joppatowne, Maryland 1 113
51 Bobby and Robby March 24, 2018 MCW Breakthrough: Proving Grounds Joppatowne, Maryland 1 77
52 The Cartel
(Dante Caballero and Joe Keys) 		June 9, 2018 MCW Breakthrough: Shot At Glory Joppatowne, Maryland 2 35 Cashed in their Golden Boot contract.
53 Bobby and Robby July 14, 2018 MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XVIII – Day 2 Joppatowne, Maryland 2 77
54 Guns 4 Hire
(Bill Collier and Paul Jordane) 		September 29, 2018 MCW Tag Wars 2018 Joppatowne, Maryland 2 41 This was a Tag Team Gauntlet match also including The Hell Cats (Jimmy Starz and Sexy Steve), The Punk Rock All Stars (Drake Carter and Shaun Cannon) and Dirty Money and G-Fed.
55 Sons of Savagery
(Bishop Khan and Malcolm Moses) 		November 9, 2018 MCW Autumn Armageddon 2018 Joppatowne, Maryland 1 142
— Vacated March 31, 2019 MCW Spring Fever 2019 Joppatowne, Maryland — — Vacated after Sons of Savagery signed with Ring of Honor.
56 The Saviors
(Eric Martin and John Skyler) 		July 13, 2019 Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup 2019 Joppatowne, Maryland 1 188 Defeated Bobby and Robby in tournament final for the vacant titles.
57 Rush Hour
(Deion Epps and Tommy Seto) 		January 17, 2020 Winter Blast 2020 Joppatowne, Maryland 1 523
58 Seduce & Destroy
(Joe Keys (3) and Breaux Keller) 		June 23, 2021 Breakthrough Ep. 2 Joppatowne, Maryland 1 142
59 Black Wallstreet
(Drolix (2) and Chuck Lennox) 		November 12, 2021 Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XX Joppatowne, Maryland 1 48 This was a three–way match also involving the team of Ken Dixon and Boom Hayden.
60 The Trade
(Killian McMurphy and Myles Hawkins) 		December 30, 2021 Last Call at The MCW Arena Joppatowne, Maryland 1 107
61 Pat Brink (2) and Alec Odin April 16, 2022 Breakthrough Havre De Grace, Maryland 1 98
62 The Trade
(Robert Locke (3) and Eric Martin (2)) 		July 23, 2022 Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XXI Joppatowne, Maryland 1 160 Defeated Alec Odin and Samuel Shaw, who was substituting for Pat Brink
63 Dante Caballero (3) and Joe Keys (4) December 30, 2022 Season’s Beatings 2022 Joppatowne, Maryland 3 204
64 Capital Punishment
(Spencer Slade and Tim Spriggs) 		July 22, 2023 Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup 2023 Joppatowne, Maryland 1 357
65 The Hype
(Khazman Lee and Myron Malone) 		July 13, 2024 Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup 2024 Joppatowne, Maryland 1 167
66 The Zukkos
(Ronnie (3) and Ryan Zukko) 		December 27, 2024 Season's Beatings 2024 Joppatowne, Maryland 1 48+

Combined reigns

As of February 13, 2025.

† Indicates the current champions

By team

Rank Team No.of
reigns 		Combined days
1 Earl the Pearl and Ramblin' Rich Myers
(The Holy Rollers) 		3 591
2 Deion Epps and Tommy Seto
(Rush Hour) 		1 523
3 2-Dope and Qenaan Creed
(The Ghetto Mafia) 		2 476
4 Dirty Money and Eric Chapel
(The Ecktourage) 		3 463
5 Chad Bowman and Dino Divine
(The Slackers) 		2 420
C-Fed and G-Fed
(Fed-Up) 		2 420
7 Spencer Slade and Tim Spriggs
(Capital Punishment) 		1 357
8 Dante Caballero and Joe Keys
(The Cartel) 		3 352
9 Napalm Bomb and Solo 2 279
10 Christian York and Joey Matthews 2 277
11 Bill Collier and Paul Jordane
(Guns 4 Hire) 		2 264
12 Adam Flash and Ronnie Zukko
(The New Age Scumbags) 		1 224
Buck Chyld and G-Fed 1 224
14 Kirby Mack and T.J. Mack
(Team Macktion) 		1 217
15 Christopher Carmichael and Dino Divine 1 203
Jimmy Starz and Sexy Steve
(The Hell Cats) 		1 203
17 Eric Martin and John Skyler
(The Saviors) 		1 188
18 Tyler Hilton and Zachary Shane 1 168
19 Khazman Lee and Myron Malone
(The Hype) 		1 167
20 Robert Locke and Eric Martin
(The Trade) 		1 160
21 Robby and Bobby 2 154
22 Bishop Khan and Malcolm Moses
(Sons of Savagery) 		1 142
Joe Keys and Breaux Keller
(Seduce & Destroy) 		1 142
24 Ruckus and Sabian
(BLKOUT) 		1 141
25 2-Dope and Sydeswype
(The Ghetto Mafia) 		4 129
26 Jimmy Cicero and Romeo Valentino 1 128
27 Jason Static and Scott Fowler 1 126
28 Buzz Stryker and Kelly Bell
(Phat Blues Inc.) 		1 114
29 The Bruiser and Genesis 1 109
30 Romeo Valentino and Ronnie Zukko 1 108
31 Myles Hawkins and Killian McMurphy
(The Trade) 		1 107
32 Ryan McBride and Teddy Stigma 1 105
33 Drolix and Marcus Streets
(Black Wallstreet) 		1 98
Pat Brink and Alec Odin 1 98
35 Earl the Pearl and Stevie Richards 1 95
36 D. J. Hyde and Dino Divine 1 91
37 Drake Carter and Shaun Cannon
(The Punk Rock All Stars) 		1 84
38 Brother Nero and "Broken" Matt Hardy
(The Broken Hardys ) 		1 65
39 Ronnie Zukko and Ryan Zukko †
(The Zukkos) 		1 48+
40 Drolix and Chuck Lennox
(Black Wallstreet) 		1 48
41 Adam Flash and The Bruiser 1 47
42 Jimmy Cicero and Julio Sanchez 1 45
43 Danny Doring and Danny Jaxx 1 42
44 Mosh and Thrasher
(The Headbangers ) 		1 33
45 Johnny Hardwick and Zachary Shane 1 29
46 B.G. and Kip James
(The James Gang ) 		1 28
47 The Bruiser and Jerry Lawler 1 22
48 The Bruiser and Danny Rose 1 14
49 Lio Rush and Patrick Clark
(Sudden Impact) 		1 13
50 Christian York and Ruckus 1 1

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined days
1 Dino Divine 4 714
2 Earl the Pearl 4 686
3 G-Fed 3 644
4 2-Dope 6 605
5 Ramblin' Rich Myers 3 591
6 Deion Epps 1 523
Tommy Seto
8 Joe Keys 4 494
9 Qenaan Creed 2 476
10 Dirty Money 3 463
Eric Chapel 3 463
12 C-Fed 2 420
Chad Bowman 2 420
14 Ronnie Zukko † 3 380+
15 Spencer Slade 1 357
Tim Spriggs 1 357
17 Dante Caballero 3 352
18 Eric Martin 2 348
19 Robert Locke/Robby 3 314
20 Napalm Bomb 2 279
Solo 2 279
22 Christian York 3 278
23 Joey Matthews 2 277
24 Adam Flash 2 271
25 Bill Collier 2 264
Paul Jordane 2 264
27 Romeo Valentino 2 236
28 Buck Chyld 1 224
29 Kirby Mack 1 217
T.J. Mack 1 217
31 Pat Brink/Genesis 2 207
32 Christopher Carmichael 1 203
Jimmy Starz 1 203
Sexy Steve 1 203
35 Zachary Shane 2 197
36 The Bruiser 4 192
37 John Skyler 1 188
38 Jimmy Cicero 2 173
39 Tyler Hilton 1 168
40 Khazman Lee 1 167
Myron Malone 1 167
42 Bobby 2 154
43 Drolix 2 146
44 Ruckus 2 142
Bishop Khan 1 142
Malcolm Moses 1 142
Breaux Keller 1 142
48 Sabian 1 141
49 Sydeswype 4 129
50 Jason Static 1 126
Scott Fowler 1 126
52 Buzz Stryker 1 114
Kelly Bell 1 114
54 Myles Hawkins 1 107
Killian McMurphy 1 107
56 Ryan McBride 1 105
Teddy Stigma 1 105
58 Marcus Streets 1 98
Alec Odin 1 98
59 Stevie Richards 1 95
60 D. J. Hyde 1 91
61 Drake Carter 1 84
Shaun Cannon 1 84
63 Brother Nero 1 65
"Broken" Matt Hardy 1 65
65 Ryan Zukko † 1 48+
66 Chuck Lennox 1 48
67 Julio Sanchez 1 45
68 Danny Doring 1 42
Danny Jaxx 1 42
70 Mosh 1 33
Thrasher 1 33
72 Johnny Hardwick 1 29
73 B.G. James 1 28
Kip James 1 28
75 Jerry Lawler 1 22
76 Danny Rose 1 14
77 Lio Rush 1 13
Patrick Clark 1 13

Notes

1.^ – Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the exact same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References

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Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCW_Tag_Team_Championship
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