ROH WORLD SIX-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Date established: August 30th, 2016
Current champion(s): Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn)
Date won: January 17th, 2024
First champion(s): The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia)
Most reigns: As Tag Team (3 reigns):
- The Kingdom
As Individual (4 reigns):
- Vinny Marseglia/Vincent
Longest reign: Mexa Squad (Bandido, Flamita and Rey Horus) (374 days)
Shortest reign: Dalton Castle and The Boys (Brandon Tate and Brent Tate) (58 days)
Oldest champion: PCO (51 years, 76 days)
Youngest champion: Bandido (24 years, 269 days)
Heaviest champion: Shane Taylor (315 lb (143 kg))
Lightest champion: Flamita (161 lb (73 kg))
HISTORY:
The title was officially announced in a press released that was let out on August 30th, 2016 and marked the first new title created by Ring of Honor in 6 years, following the 2010 creation of the ROH World Television Championship. ROH promoted the title as the first time in nearly 25 years that a major American promotion had had a six-man tag team title.
The championship belts were redesigned on New Year's Day of 2018.
INAUGURAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT (2016):
The tournament to crown the inaugural Ring of Honor Wrestling World Six-Man Tag Team Champions took place between September 30th and December 2nd, 2016. The tournament featured participants from the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotions, both of which ROH had partnerships with. ROH noted how six-man tag team championship, the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Lio Rush was originally announced for the tournament, but ended up being replaced by NJPW wrestler Kushida. However, Rush eventually returned to the team, replacing ACH in the finals due to his departure from ROH. The tournament started on September 30th at the ROH All Star Extravaganza VIII pay-per-view, with the remaining first round and semifinal matches taking place on October 1st and October 29th at the tapings of the weekly Ring of Honor Wrestling program. The finals of the tournament took place at the ROH Final Battle pay-per-view.
Participants:
- ACH/Lio Rush, Jay White and Kushida
- The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) and Kamaitachi
- The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) and Toru Yano
- Bullet Club (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
- The Cabinet (Caprice Coleman, Kenny King and Rhett Titus)
- Jason Kincaid, Leon St. Giovanni and Shaheem Ali
- The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia)
- Team CMLL (Hechicero, Okumura and Ultimo Guerrero)
| First round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| ACH/White/Kushida | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Briscoes/Yano | 14:00 | |||||||||||||
| ACH/White/Kushida | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Cabinet | 11:42 | |||||||||||||
| The Cabinet | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kincaid/St. Giovanni/Ali | 9:31 | |||||||||||||
| White/Kushida/Rush | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Kingdom | 17:00 | |||||||||||||
| Bullet Club | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Kingdom | 12:02 | |||||||||||||
| The Kingdom | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Team CMLL | 9:34 | |||||||||||||
| Addiction/Kamaitachi | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Team CMLL | 11:12 | |||||||||||||
TITLE REIGNS:
01. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) - Date Won: December 2nd, 2016 @ ROH Final Battle 2016 in New York City, NY - Reign: 1, Days Held: 99 (Defeated Jay White, Kushida and Lio Rush in the finals of an eight-team tournament to become the inaugural champions)
02. Bully Ray and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) - Date Won: March 11th, 2017 @ Ring of Honor Wrestling Tapings in Las Vegas, NV - Reign: 1, Days Held: 104 (Silas Young filled in for an injured TK O'Ryan. This episode aired on tape delay on April 11th, 2017)
03. Dalton Castle and The Boys (Brandon Tate and Brent Tate) - Date Won: June 23rd, 2017 @ ROH Best in the World 2017 - Reign: 1, Days Held: 58
04. The Hung Bucks (Adam Page, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) - Date Won: August 20th, 2017 @ ROH War of the Worlds UK in Edinburgh, Scotland - Reign: 1, Days Held: 201 (While Page and the Jacksons were the official champions, other Bullet Club members were also allowed to defend the title under "Bullet Club Rules")
05. SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) - Date Won: March 9th, 2018 @ ROH 16th Anniversary Show in Las Vegas, NV - Reign: 1, Days Held: 61 (This was a Las Vegas Street Fight)
06. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) - Date Won: May 9th, 2018 @ ROH War of the Worlds Tour in Lowell, MA - Reign: 2, Days Held: 73
07. Bullet Club/The Elite (Cody Rhodes, Matt Jackson (2) and Nick Jackson (2)) - Date Won: July 21st, 2018 @ Ring of Honor Wrestling Tapings in Atlanta, GA - Reign: 1, Days Held: 106 (During this reign, Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks (along with others) broke away from Bullet Club and named their group The Elite)
08. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) - Date Won: November 4th, 2018 @ ROH Survival of the Fittest in Columbus, OH - Reign: 3, Days Held: 132
09. Villain Enterprises (Brody King, Marty Scurll and PCO) - Date Won: March 16th, 2019 @ Ring of Honor Wrestling Taping in Sunrise Manor, NV - Reign: 1, Days Held: 301
10. MexiSquad (Bandido, Flamita and Rey Horus) - Date Won: January 11th, 2020 @ ROH Saturday Night at Center Stage in Atlanta, GA - Reign: 1, Days Held: 405 (Flip Gordon wrestled in place of PCO for Villain Enterprises during this match due to PCO defending the ROH World Championship later in the night)
11. Shane Taylor Promotions (Moses, Kaun and Shane Taylor) - Date Won: February 19th, 2021 @ Ring of Honor Wrestling Taping in Baltimore, MD - Reign: 1, Days Held: 295 (Aired on tape delay on February 20th, 2021)
12. The Righteous (Bateman, Dutch and Vincent (4)) - Date Won: December 11th, 2021 @ ROH Final Battle 2021 in Baltimore, MD - Reign: 1, Days Held: 224 (Vincent previously known as Vinny Marseglia. O'Shay Edwards filled in for Shane Taylor who had a match against Kenny King later in the night. During this reign, Tony Khan purchased Ring of Honor)
13. Dalton Castle and The Boys (Brandon Tate and Brent Tate) - Date Won: July 23rd, 2022 @ ROH Death Before Dishonor 2022 in Lowell, MA - Reign: 2, Days Held: 140 (Brandon and Brent Tate were previously known as Boy 1 and Boy 2 respectively)
14. The Embassy/Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage, Kaun (2) and Toa Liona) - Date Won: December 10th, 2022 @ ROH Final Battle 2022 in Arlington, TX - Reign: 1, Days Held: 284 (Group was renamed to Mogul Embassy after Swerve Strickland joined the stable)
15. The Elite (Adam Page (2) and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson (3) and Nick Jackson (3) - Date Won: September 20th, 2023 @ AEW Rampage: Grand Slam in Flushing, Queens, NY - Reign: 2, Days Held: 42 (This episode aired on tape delay on September 22nd, 2023. During their first reign, they were known as The Hung Bucks)
16. Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage (2), Bishop Kaun (3) and Toa Liona (2)) - Date Won: November 1st, 2023 @ AEW Dynamite in Louisville, KY - Reign: 2, Days Held: 77 (This title change occurred during an All Elite Wrestling event)
17. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn) - Date Won: January 17th, 2024 @ AEW Dynamite in North Charleston, South Carolina - Reign: 1 (This title change occurred during an All Elite Wrestling event)
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