{"id":35580,"date":"2019-01-15T22:28:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T03:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=35580"},"modified":"2021-01-08T17:42:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T22:42:12","slug":"the-history-of-womens-tag-team-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/01\/15\/the-history-of-womens-tag-team-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Women’s Tag Team Wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the unveiling of the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships on Monday Night Raw<\/strong><\/em>, the women’s tag team division in the WWE is now in full effect for the first time since 1989. But online, many fans decried the decision as simply giving into a “women’s agenda”, while others simply thought it would clutter up the WWE with more titles they don’t need. But the women of the WWE only have one title to fight for in each of their respective divisions on Raw<\/strong><\/em> and SmackDown<\/strong><\/em>, whereas their male counterparts have upwards of four to compete with. And while some may suggest that there aren’t enough teams for a women’s division, there are roughly eight units available to compete cross-brand\u00a0for these titles, which is more than the Raw<\/em> and SmackDown<\/em> tag team divisions have on their exclusive tag divisions. But for those that think WWE is just doing this to push an “agenda”, tag team wrestling for women has been around nearly as long as it has the men, and there have always been championships available for women to compete for. It’s just taken the WWE this long to catch up to the rest of the world (again).<\/p>\n

Women’s Tag Team Wrestling: In The Beginning<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Tag team wrestling has been around for over 60 years, for both men and women. While documents are unclear when the first tag matches for either gender truly began, there are records of the first champions. The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)<\/strong> originally allowed tag team wrestling upon its inception in 1948. But it wouldn’t be until 1949 that the first territory would create titles for their tag team competitors. That would be in NWA Los Angeles when the promotion introduced The Dusek Family<\/strong> (Emil & Ernie Dusek<\/strong>) as the territories first World Tag Team Champions. But the women weren’t far behind. While the first women’s NWA World Women’s Tag Team Champions aren’t entirely known, the first known champions were WWE Hall of Famer Mae Young<\/strong> and partner Ella Waldek<\/strong> sometime in 1951.<\/p>\n