{"id":33414,"date":"2018-12-24T21:53:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T02:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=33414"},"modified":"2018-12-24T21:53:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T02:53:42","slug":"breaking-vince-mcmahon-announces-womens-tag-team-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/12\/24\/breaking-vince-mcmahon-announces-womens-tag-team-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Vince McMahon Announces Women&#8217;s Tag Team Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On tonight&#8217;s pre-taped episode of <em><strong>Monday Night Raw<\/strong><\/em> on Christmas Eve, during a vignette where <strong>Vince McMahon<\/strong> was dressed as Santa Claus, he announced that in 2019, they were re-introducing WWE Women&#8217;s Tag Team titles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VinceMcMahon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@VinceMcMahon<\/a> has a few <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Christmas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Christmas<\/a> presents for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEUniverse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWEUniverse<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and that includes WOMEN&#39;S <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TagTeamTitles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TagTeamTitles<\/a> coming NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RAW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RAWChristmas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RAWChristmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ROKgg6QQwo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ROKgg6QQwo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1077390201389965312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The WWE hasn&#8217;t had women&#8217;s tag team titles since 1989 when they deactivated the championships after only a six year run with the company. In 1983, the WWF signed NWA Women&#8217;s World Tag Team Champions <strong>Velvet McIntyre &amp; Princess Victoria<\/strong> (much like how they signed NWA Women&#8217;s World Champion <strong>Fabulous Moolah<\/strong>). While the NWA stripped both of their titles, they were immediately recognized as the inaugural WWF Women&#8217;s Tag Team Champions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33422\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33422\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/12\/C_K3Dn_XcAA90ov-e1545705627454.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"500\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several months into their reign as WWF Women&#8217;s Tag Team Champions, Princess Victoria suffered a career-ending injury and was replaced by <strong>Desiree Petersen<\/strong>. The duo\u00a0held the titles until the summer of 1985 when they were defeated by the <strong>Glamour Girls<\/strong> (<strong>Leilani Kai &amp; Judy Martin<\/strong>) who would hold court on the mostly live event circuit for over 900 days.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33423\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/12\/9ac283b17ce4ee310f273b0335171d14d545176d-1-e1545706248171.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/p>\n<p>In 1987, the WWF signed former <strong>All Japan Women&#8217;s Wrestling (AJW)<\/strong> tag team champions <strong>The Jumping Bomb Angels<\/strong> (<b>Noriyo Tateno<\/b>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<b>Itsuki Yamazaki<\/b>), who feuded with the Glamour Girls for the next two years. The Bomb Angels would hold the gold for their own, before a Japanese screwjob\u00a0(Moolah swerved the titles back onto the Glamour Girls on a tour of Japan unbeknownst to WWF management back in the US) ended their 136-day reign. The Glamour Girls would go on to be the final WWF Women&#8217;s Tag Team Champions when the titles were deactivated in February of 1989.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33424\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33424\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/12\/tumblr_nhuru0HIYI1rg89a6o1_640-e1545706277418.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"500\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And now in 2019, 30 years after the final women&#8217;s tag team champions wore gold around their waist in the WWE, the tag team titles are returning to the WWE Universe.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lhuMWq21k7g<\/p>\n<p>The news was immediately welcomed by several WWE Superstars when the news was officially announced.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s possible <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Raw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Raw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BossNHugConnection?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BossNHugConnection<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/womenstagtitles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#womenstagtitles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NVFXb0MbXU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/NVFXb0MbXU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mercedes Mon\u00e9 Varnado (@MercedesVarnado) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MercedesVarnado\/status\/1077390492332163072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FINALLY \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude29\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude0d @RubyRiottWWE @sarahloganwwe  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WomensTagTeamChampions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WomensTagTeamChampions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qRjmKo3UdI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/qRjmKo3UdI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LIV Morgan (@YaOnlyLivvOnce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YaOnlyLivvOnce\/status\/1077390328179630080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"art\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J5gny51l6c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/J5gny51l6c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Virtuosa (@DeonnaPurrazzo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeonnaPurrazzo\/status\/1077391064305205248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IIconic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#IIconic<\/a> announcement!! I know of 2 women who have had this goal together since they were 18 years old&#8230; what do you say @PeytonRoyceWWE &#8230; want to make history?? \ud83d\udc83\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc83\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WomensTagTeamChampions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WomensTagTeamChampions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7wepr0OO81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/7wepr0OO81<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jessica McKay (@JessicaMcKay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaMcKay\/status\/1077392004890398720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t kid yourselves <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WomensTagTeamChampions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WomensTagTeamChampions<\/a> @WWE_MandyRose and myself \u270c\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoBrainer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NoBrainer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FireAndDesire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FireAndDesire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OWWAUDkmf1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/OWWAUDkmf1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daria Rae Berenato (@TheDariaRae) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDariaRae\/status\/1077392505967136768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No other teams get excited because the first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WomensTagTeamChamps?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WomensTagTeamChamps<\/a> are going to be the  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RiottSquad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RiottSquad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EOZ0wlillv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/EOZ0wlillv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sarah Rowe (@WWEValhalla) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEValhalla\/status\/1077391482208903168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can\u2019t wait for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WomensTagTeamChampionships?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WomensTagTeamChampionships<\/a> !!!! I know who I want my partner to be&#8230;.. \u2764\ufe0f\ud83e\udd4b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0aqewpdtom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/0aqewpdtom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nattie (@NatbyNature) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatbyNature\/status\/1077391128129880064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On tonight&#8217;s pre-taped episode of Monday Night Raw on Christmas Eve, during a vignette where Vince McMahon was dressed as Santa Claus, he announced that in 2019, they were re-introducing WWE Women&#8217;s Tag Team titles. .@VinceMcMahon has a few #Christmas presents for the @WWEUniverse&#8230; &#8230; and that includes WOMEN&#39;S #TagTeamTitles coming NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!! #RAW #RAWChristmas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":33426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,317,3,320],"tags":[241,2521],"class_list":["post-33414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-women","category-wwe-universe","category-wwe-women","tag-vince-mcmahon","tag-wwe-womens-tag-team-championships"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}