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Kofi Kingston breaks WWE tag title record as he passes 954 days as a champion

Jefferson Lake

WWE Editor @jeffersonlake

Wednesday 26 September 2018 18:15, UK

No WWE superstar has held tag team gold for longer than Kofi Kingston
Image: No WWE superstar has held tag team gold for longer than Kofi Kingston

Kofi Kingston is now the longest reigning WWE tag champion of all time after passing 954 days with a belt.

Kingston is an eight-time tag team champion, with five of those reigns, including his current one, coming alongside Big E and Xavier Woods in the New Day.

His other tenures with the championships were with R-Truth, CM Punk and Evan Bourne. The New Day also hold the record for longest tag team title reign of all time at 483 days.

Billy Gunn - seen here alongside Road Dogg in the New Age Outlaws - was the previous longest-reigning tag champion prior to Kingston setting the new record
Image: Billy Gunn - seen here alongside Road Dogg in the New Age Outlaws - was the previous longest-reigning tag champion prior to Kingston setting the new record

Kingston surpassed Billy Gunn - who held tag championship gold for 953 days as part of The Smoking Gunns, The New Age Outlaws and Billy & Chuck - and he recently topped WWE Hall of Famer Mr Fuji - who held the World tag straps with Professor Tanaka and Mr Saito for 932 days.

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His next scheduled defence of the SmackDown tag team championship comes against Sheamus and Cesaro at WWE Super Show-Down, live on Sky Sports Box Office on October 6.

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