Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament


The Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament was an annual professional wrestling tag team tournament produced by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla between 2007 and 2015. The inaugural tournament was contested for the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship. Reigning champions entered the tournament and defended the title in each round of the tournament for five editions while three editions of the tournament were used to determine the number one contenders to the champions.

History

The Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament was originally conceived in 2007, when Cape Fear were forced to vacate the PWG World Tag Team Championship after Quicksilver suffered a career-ending concussion during a title defense against Davey Richards and Roderick Strong. As a result, the DDT4 was announced as a tag team tournament to crown the new champions. The inaugural tournament took place on at the Burbank Armory in Burbank, California. Pac and Roderick Strong won the inaugural DDT4 by defeating The Briscoe Brothers in the final for the vacant titles.
In 2008, DDT4 became a regular annual tag team tournament for PWG, just like the prestigious Battle of Los Angeles tournament for singles competition. The World Tag Team Championship was defended in the DDT4 from 2008 to 2010.
In 2011, a shift from the previous tradition took place as the reigning champions ¡Peligro Abejas! were not entered into the tournament and the tournament was used to determine the #1 contenders for the World Tag Team Championship. The titles were again not defended in the 2012 tournament. The reason was that the reigning champions Appetite for Destruction had been originally scheduled to compete in the tournament, but Dragon suffered an injury, forcing both of them out of the tournament. Steen instead defended the PWG World Championship at the event.
In 2013, the World Tag Team Championship was defended in the tournament. However, during the 2014 edition, the reigning champions The Young Bucks were not entered into the tournament, and DDT4 would become a #1 contender's tournament for the titles. In 2015, the titles were defended in the tournament and marked the first and only time that the title changed hands in all three rounds of DDT4. It would also be the final edition of DDT4 as the tournament was cancelled in 2016.

Winners, dates, venues and main events


YearTournament winnerTimes wonDateRunner-upCityVenueMain EventRef.
2007Pac and Roderick Strong1The Briscoe Brothers Burbank, CaliforniaBurbank ArmoryEl Generico vs. Kevin Steen for the PWG World Championship
2007Pac and Roderick Strong1The Briscoe Brothers Burbank, CaliforniaBurbank ArmoryPac and Roderick Strong vs. The Briscoe Brothers in the 2007 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship
2008Jack Evans and Roderick Strong 1El Generico and Kevin SteenBurbank, CaliforniaBurbank ArmoryEl Generico and Kevin Steen vs. Davey Richards and Super Dragon in the quarter-final round of the 2008 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament for the PWG World Tag Team Championship
2008Jack Evans and Roderick Strong 1El Generico and Kevin SteenBurbank, CaliforniaBurbank ArmoryEl Generico and Kevin Steen vs. Jack Evans and Roderick Strong in the 2008 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the PWG World Tag Team Championship
2009The Young Bucks 1Bryan Danielson and Roderick StrongReseda, CaliforniaAmerican Legion Post #308The Young Bucks vs. Bryan Danielson and Roderick Strong in the 2009 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the PWG World Tag Team Championship
2010¡Peligro Abejas! 1The Young Bucks Reseda, CaliforniaAmerican Legion Post #308The Young Bucks vs. ¡Peligro Abejas! in the 2010 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the PWG World Tag Team Championship
2011The Young Bucks 2The Nightmare Violence Connection Reseda, CaliforniaAmerican Legion Post #308The Nightmare Violence Connection vs. The Young Bucks in the 2011 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final
2012The Super Smash Brothers 12 Husky Black Guys Reseda, CaliforniaAmerican Legion Post #3082 Husky Black Guys vs. The Super Smash Brothers in the 2012 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final
2013The Young Bucks 3El Generico and Kevin SteenReseda, CaliforniaAmerican Legion Post #308The Young Bucks vs. El Generico and Kevin Steen in the 2013 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the PWG World Tag Team Championship
2014Best Friends 1The Inner City Machine Guns Reseda, CaliforniaAmerican Legion Post #308Best Friends vs. The Inner City Machine Guns in the 2014 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final
2015Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee1The Beaver Boys Reseda, CaliforniaAmerican Legion Post #308The Beaver Boys vs. Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee in the 2015 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the PWG World Tag Team Championship


Championship match for winner

#WinnerEventYearChampionship match
1The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)Card Subject To Change III2011Bucks defeated El Generico and Ricochet to win the PWG World Tag Team Championship.
2The Super Smash Brothers Death To All But Metal2012Super Smash Brothers defeated The Young Bucks in a no disqualification match to win the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship.
3Best Friends Mystery Vortex II2014Best Friends unsuccessfully challenged The Young Bucks for the PWG World Tag Team Championship.

The inaugural DDT4 tournament in 2007 was contested for the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship while the titles were defended in the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2015 editions of the tournament.