United Empire

Professional wrestling stable

Professional wrestling stable

United Empire

The unit's logo

Stable
Members| See below
Name(s)|

* The Empire
* United Empire

Debut| October 16, 2020
Years active| 2020–present

United Empire (ユナイテッド・エンパイア, Yunaiteddo Enpaia, stylized as UNITED EMPIRE), originally The Empire (ジ・エンパイア, Ji Enpaia), is a professional wrestling faction currently appearing in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), and Ring of Honor (ROH). The faction is led by Will Ospreay and TJP.

The group was formed in October 2020 by Ospreay and Great-O-Khan, when Ospreay turned on his Chaos stablemate Kazuchika Okada during the G1 Climax. Fellow NJPW wrestlers Jeff Cobb and Aaron Henare would join, as well as freelancers T. J. Perkins and Francesco Akira, and the team of Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis known as Aussie Open, and "Lord" Gideon Grey from RevPro.

## Concept

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Great-O-Khan shown here carrying a flag depicting the stable's official coat of arms.

The formation's concept is based on the multitude of its members whereabout countries and cultures. So far, the stable has had members from six different countries. Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis from Australia, T. J. Perkins and Jeff Cobb from the United States, Will Ospreay, Gideon Grey, Callum Newman, Dan Moloney and Bea Priestley from England, Aaron Henare from New Zealand, Great-O-Khan from Japan and finally Francesco Akira from Italy.[1]

## History

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### Formation (2020)

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On Night 17 of G1 Climax 30, during a match between Chaos members Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay, Bea Priestley, Ospreay's girlfriend, made her debut appearance in NJPW, at ringside. As Okada locked his Money Clip submission onto Ospreay, Priestley attempted to enter the ring, distracting the referee in the process. Tomoyuki Oka (now known as Great O-Khan) then made his surprise return from excursion and entered the ring behind the referee's back, attacking Okada with an iron claw slam, which allowed Ospreay to hit his Storm Breaker finisher, earning him the pinfall victory. After the match, Ospreay turned heel on Okada by attacking him with his Hidden Blade elbow strike to the back of his head. Later, in a backstage interview, Ospreay announced that he would officially leave Chaos to start a new faction with him, Priestley, and O-Khan called The Empire.[2][3][4] O-Kharn later changed the spelling of his name to Great O-Khan, in reference to Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire.[5] Jeff Cobb joined the stable on November 15 when he was revealed to be O-Khan's mystery tag team partner for the annual World Tag League tournament.[6] The duo would score 10 points (5 wins & 4 losses), not making the final, but getting a win over tournament finalists (and the previous year's winners), FinJuice (Juice Robinson & David Finlay).[7]

### United Empire (2021–present)

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First and current leader of the stable, Will Ospreay.

At Wrestle Kingdom 15, O-Khan, Cobb, and Ospreay lost their matches to Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shingo Takagi (for the NEVER Openweight Championship), and Kazuchika Okada, respectively.[8] At New Year Dash!! on January 6, The Empire defeated Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) & Yota Tsuji when O-Khan & Cobb held Tsuji up for a Super OsCutter. After beating down O-Khan's trainer, Tenzan to the point where he had to be stretchered out, Ospreay declared that they would be renamed the United Empire.[9] This change was later reflected on New Japan's websites, along with the group's first logo.[10] After attempting to defend his tag partner from the Empire's attack, Kojima was scheduled to face Ospreay one-on-one at The New Beginning in Nagoya on January 30. O-Khan was also scheduled to face Tenzan one-on-one.[11] All four men squared off a week beforehand in Tenzan's comeback from injury match in Ota City General Gymnasium on January 23, a match won by Ospreay and O-Khan.[12][13] On January 26, new stipulations were added to the Ospreay vs. Kojima and O-Khan vs. Tenzan matches for The New Beginning in Nagoya. The loser of O-Khan vs. Tenzan is forced to retire their Mongolian Chop, while the Ospreay vs. Kojima match will be contested under no-disqualification rules.[14] O-Khan and Ospreay went on to win their respective matches.[15]

At Castle Attack, United Empire beat the team of Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tencozy on night one, but were unable to win their matches on night two. Ospreay and Cobb lost to Tencozy, while O-Khan failed to capture the NEVER Openweight Championship from Tanahashi.[16][17] In March, Ospreay won the 2021 New Japan Cup after defeating Shingo Takagi. After the match, Ospreay hit a Os-Cutter on Bea Priestley, kicking her out of the United Empire and saying that he was "only looking out for number one" from now on.[18] Toa Henare, now going by the ring name Aaron Henare, would become the fourth man to join the faction at Sakura Genesis 2021.[19] On the same show Ospreay would defeat Kota Ibushi to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. At Wrestling Dontaku, Ospreay made his first defense of the title when he defeated Shingo Takagi.[20] However, Ospreay would later vacate the title after sustaining a neck injury.[21] He would make his return at NJPW Resurgence, claiming to be the "real world champion", and announcing to not be returning to Japan for that years G1 Climax.[22] In September at the Revolution Pro Wrestling High Stakes event, Ospreay recruited Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) to the group.[23] The following month during NJPW Strong's Autumn Attack, T. J. Perkins betrayed the LA Dojo and joined United Empire as their first Junior Heavyweight member.[24]

Despite Ospreay's absence, both O'Khan and Cobb would enter the tournament in the A and B block respectively. O'Khan would finish in the bottom half of his block, scoring just 8 points, however, Cobb would break records in his block, going undefeated for 8 straight wins, before losing on the final deciders to Kazuchika Okada on Day 18, whom he had traded back and forth wins with over the second half of the year.

At Wrestle Kingdom 16, Ospreay being the previous champion and not directly losing his title, would get a shot at the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against the winner of Shingo Takagi and Kazuchika Okada on night two, where he would lose to Okada. Both O-Khan and Cobb would also lose their respective matches to Sanada and Tetsuya Naito, respectively. United Empire would take part in the New Japan Cup, where Ospreay, O-Khan, Cobb and Aaron Henare would proceed to the second round with wins over Bushi, Kota Ibushi, Togi Makabe and Yuto Nakanishima, respectively. Ibushi was injured at the time and O-Khan would win by forfeit. Ospreay, O-Khan and Cobb would move to the third round with wins over El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori and Kosei Fujita, respectively. Henare was eliminated after losing to Sanada. Ospreay and Cobb would qualify for the quarter finals with wins over Yoshi-Hashi and Sanada, respectively while O-Khan would lose to Zack Sabre Jr. Both Ospreay and Cobb were eliminated in the semi-final after losing to Tetsuya Naito and Zack Sabre Jr., respectively. After the New Japan Cup, Ospreay would start scouting the Junior Heavyweight division and at Hyper Battle he would recruit Francesco Akira as the newest member.

Will Ospreay (right) at AEWxNJPW: Forbidden Door, being accompanied by stablemate Kyle Fletcher (left).

On the May 25th episode of AEW Dynamite, Cobb and O'Khan interrupted the ROH World Tag Team Championship match between, FTR and Roppongi Vice causing a disqualification by attacking both teams, with Cobb returning to All Elite Wrestling for the first time since 2019 and O'Khan making his debut. They raised the titles, indicating the intention of challenging for the championships.[25] The stable returned two weeks later, on the June 8th episode of Dynamite, this time with Ospreay, Henare, Fletcher and Davis making their AEW debuts, attacking Trent Beretta and FTR.[26] Ospreay competed in his first singles match at the June 15th special episode of Dynamite, Road Rager, where he defeated Dax Harwood.[27] After the match Ospreay and United Empire stablemates attacked FTR and Roppongi Vice once more, only to be interrupted by Orange Cassidy, who stared down Ospreay. Soon after a singles match between both men was scheduled for AEW×NJPW: Forbidden Door, for Ospreay's newly won IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, along with a triple-threat tag-team match, between FTR, Roppongi Vice and O-Khan and Cobb, for the ROH World Tag Team Championships and O-Khan and Cobb's newly won IWGP Tag Team Championships.[28][29] At the event, Cobb and O-Khan lost the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships to FTR, yet Will Ospreay retained his IWGP United States Championship against Orange Cassidy. After the match Aussie Open and Ospreay continued to attack Cassidy and Roppongi Vice, however were interrupted by Katsuyori Shibata, who saved Cassidy from the trio.[30][31]

On the June 19th edition of NJPW Strong Ignition, Aussie Open competed in a tournament to crown the inaugural Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship. In the first round, they defeated The Dark Order's Evil Uno and Alan Angels and they defeated the Stray Dog Army in the semi-finals.[32] In the finals at Strong: High Alert, Davis and Fletcher defeated Christopher Daniels and Yuya Uemura to become the inaugural champions.[33]

On July 27, the AEW World Trios Championship was revealed, with Ospreay and Aussie Open being named as participants in the inaugural tournament. On August 24, Ospreay and Aussie Open defeated Death Triangle to progress to the semifinals, where they were defeated by The Elite on August 31.[34] After the match, United Empire attacked The Elite.[35]

United Empire made their Impact Wrestling debut on the September 8th edition of Impact!, when Aussie Open defeated Bullet Club's Chris Bey and Ace Austin.[36]

On March 26, 2023, at Revolution Rumble, a show promoted by Revolution Pro Wrestling, Dan Moloney defeated United Empire's Akira in singles competition. Immediately following the match, an impressed Will Ospreay appeared and extended Moloney an invitation to join the faction, which was accepted.[37]

On May 24, 2023, AEW owner Tony Khan announced that both Fletcher and Davis had signed contracts joining AEW. This would officially bring the faction to AEW.[38] Ospreay would be announced to sign several months later.[39]

Following Catch 2/2's claim of their second IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on June 4 at Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall, the duo was confronted by Bullet Club's Clark Connors. This led to Dan Moloney attacking the duo from behind, betraying United Empire and joining Connors in Bullet Club.[40]

On March 12, 2024, following Ospreay completing his full-time NJPW duties and going to AEW, TJP claimed himself as leader the NJPW branch of United Empire, but would be pushed back by Great-O-Khan due to the stable losing.[41] On April 22 however, after defeating Just 5 Guys in a gauntlet match, the remaining members fully accepted TJP as the new leader of United Empire.[42]

## Members

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* Will Ospreay (I)

* Great-O-Khan

* Jeff Cobb

* Henare

* Kyle Fletcher

* Mark Davis

* T. J. Perkins (II)

* Francesco Akira

* | Founding members

|

I-II | Leader(s)

### Current

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#### Japanese contingent

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These members remain based in NJPW.

Member  | Joined

|

| Callum Newman  |  | July 9, 2023
| Francesco Akira |  | April 9, 2022
| Great-O-Khan | *  | October 16, 2020
| Henare |  | April 4, 2021
| Jakob Austin Young  |  | August 20, 2024
| Jeff Cobb |  | November 15, 2020
/  | TJP | II | September 26, 2021

#### American contingent

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These members remain based in the US with AEW and ROH.

Member  |

|

| Kyle Fletcher |  | September 19, 2021
| Mark Davis |
| Will Ospreay | *I | October 16, 2020

### Former

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Member  | Joined  | Left

|
|

| Bea Priestley | *  | October 16, 2020 | March 21, 2021
| Gideon Grey  |  | August 22, 2022 | November 20, 2022
| Dan Moloney |  | March 26, 2023 | June 4, 2023

## Sub-groups

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### Current

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Affiliate  | Members  | Tenure  | Type  | Promotion(s)

|
|
|
|

Aussie Open | Kyle Fletcher
Mark Davis | 2021–present  | Tag team | AEW
RevPro
ROH
NJPW

## Timeline

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## Championships and accomplishments

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* All Elite Wrestling
* AEW International Championship (2 times, current) – Ospreay

* New Japan Pro-Wrestling
* IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Ospreay[43]
* IWGP United States/United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Ospreay
* IWGP Tag Team Championship (3 times) – O-Khan & Cobb (2), Aussie Open (Fletcher & Davis) (1 time)
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (3 times) – Catch 2/2 (TJP & Akira)
* KOPW Provisional Championship (2 times, current) – O-Khan
* New Japan Cup (2021) – Ospreay
* NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time, curent) – Henare
* NJPW World Television Championship (1 time, current) – Cobb
* Super Junior Tag League (2023) – TJP & Akira
* Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Aussie Open (Fletcher & Davis) [44]
* Inaugural Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship Tournament – Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis)
* One Pro Wrestling
* 1PW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Ospreay
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated
* Singles wrestlers
* Ranked Ospreay No. 7 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 of 2021[45]
* Ranked TJP No. 91 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 of 2021[45]
* Ranked Cobb No. 139 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 of 2021[45]
* Ranked O-Khan No. 157 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 of 2021[45]
* Ranked Fletcher No. 188 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 of 2023[46]
* Ranked Akira No. 264 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 of 2022[47]
* Ranked Henare No. 449 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 of 2023[46]
* Tag teams
* Ranked Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) No. 11 of the top 100 tag teams in the PWI Tag Team 100 of 2022[48]
* Ranked Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb No. 12 of the top 100 tag teams in the PWI Tag Team 100 of 2022[48]
* Ranked Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira) No. 22 of the top 100 tag teams in the PWI Tag Team 100 of 2022[48]
* PWA Black Label
* PWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)[49] – Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis)
* Revolution Pro Wrestling
* British Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Ospreay (1) and O-Khan (1)[50][51]
* British Tag Team Championship (2 times) – O-Khan with Rampage Brown (1), Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) (1)[52]
* Ring of Honor
* ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis)
* ROH World Television Championship (1 time) – Kyle Fletcher
* Tokyo Sports
* Best Bout Award (2022) – Ospreay vs. Kazuchika Okada on August 18[53]
* Technique Award (2021) – O-Khan[53]
* Fighting Spirit Award (2022) – O-Khan[54]
* Best Tag Team Award (2022) – O-Khan & Cobb[54]
* Warrior Wrestling
* Warrior Wrestling Championship (1 time) – Ospreay
* World Series Wrestling
* WSW Australian Championship (1 time; inaugural) – TJP
* World Wonder Ring Stardom
* SWA World Championship (1 time) – Priestley[55]

## Notes

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## References

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## External links

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* United Empire Profile at Cagematch.net

Achievements

Preceded by

Evil

|  New Japan Cup winner
2021
Will Ospreay | Succeeded by

Zack Sabre Jr.

Preceded by

Lio Rush and Yoh

|  Super Jr. Tag Tournament winners
2023
Catch 2/2 |  Succeeded by

Incumbent

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2000s|

* Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka
* El Samurai and Jyushin Thunder Liger
* Jado and Gedo
* Jyushin Thunder Liger and Minoru Tanaka
* Tsuyoshi Kikuchi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
* Jyushin Thunder Liger and Koji Kanemoto
* American Dragon and Curry Man
* Koji Kanemoto and Wataru Inoue
* Hirooki Goto and Minoru
* El Samurai and Ryusuke Taguchi
* Dick Togo and Taka Michinoku
* Prince Prince/RISE (Minoru and Prince Devitt)
* Legend (Akira and Jyushin Thunder Liger)
* No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro)
* Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
* Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi)

2010s|

* El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto
* Golden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi)
* No Remorse Corps/Chaos (Davey Richards and Rocky Romero)
* Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask
* Forever Hooligans/Chaos (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero)
* Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida)
* Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Taka Michinoku)
* The Young Bucks/Bullet Club (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
* reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)
* Roppongi Vice/Chaos (Beretta and Rocky Romero)
* Matt Sydal and Ricochet
* Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
* Funky Future/Taguchi Japan (Ricochet and Ryusuke Taguchi)
* Roppongi 3K/Chaos (Sho and Yoh)
* Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
* Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Shingo Takagi)
* Bullet Club's Cutest Tag Team (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori)

2020s|

* Flying Tiger (Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask)
* Six Or Nine (Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato)
* Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira)
* Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kushida and Kevin Knight)
* Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors) (current)

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Super J Tag Tournament/Super Jr. Tag Tournament/Super Jr. Tag League winners

* El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto (2010)
* Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida) (2012)
* The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (2013)
* reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) (2014)
* Matt Sydal and Ricochet (2015)
* Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) (2016)
* Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) (2017, 2018, 2019)
* Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) (2021)
* Chaos (Lio Rush and Yoh) (2022)
* Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira) (2023)

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New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel

Wrestlers|

| Heavyweight|

* Bad Dude Tito
* Bad Luck Fale
* Boltin Oleg
* Chase Owens
* David Finlay
* Dax Harwood
* El Phantasmo
* Evil
* Fred Rosser
* Gabe Kidd
* Great-O-Khan
* Henare
* Hikuleo
* Hirooki Goto
* Hiroshi Tanahashi
* Hiroyoshi Tenzan
* Jeff Cobb
* Jon Moxley
* Jorel Nelson
* Juice Robinson
* Katsuyori Shibata
* Kenta
* Kenny Omega
* Lance Archer
* Mikey Nicholls
* Minoru Suzuki
* Ren Narita
* Royce Isaacs
* Sanada
* Satoshi Kojima
* Shane Haste
* Shingo Takagi
* Shota Umino
* Taichi
* Tetsuya Naito
* Togi Makabe
* Tom Lawlor
* Tomoaki Honma
* Tomohiro Ishii
* Toru Yano
* Yoshi-Hashi
* Yota Tsuji
* Yuji Nagata
* Yujiro Takahashi
* Yuya Uemura
* Zack Sabre Jr.

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Junior heavyweight|

* Alex Zayne
* Bushi
* Chris Bey
* Clark Connors
* Dick Togo
* The DKC
* Douki
* Drilla Moloney
* El Desperado
* Francesco Akira
* Gedo
* Hiromu Takahashi
* Jado
* Kevin Knight
* Kosei Fujita
* Kushida
* Lio Rush
* Mascara Dorada
* Master Wato
* Robbie Eagles
* Rocky Romero
* Ryusuke Taguchi
* Sho
* Taiji Ishimori
* Taka Michinoku
* Tiger Mask
* Titán
* TJP
* Volador Jr.
* Wheeler Yuta
* Yoh
* Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Young Lions|

* Oskar Leube
* Ryohei Oiwa

Women's divison|

* Mayu Iwatani
* Mercedes Moné

Staff|

* Hiro Saito
* Jushin Thunder Liger
* Kazuo Yamazaki
* Kuniaki Kobayashi
* Milano Collection A. T.
* Red Shoes Unno
* Seiji Sakaguchi
* Tony Kozina
* Super Strong Machine
* Takaaki Kidani
* Tiger Hattori
* Wataru Inoue

Stables and tag teams|

* Bullet Club
* Chaos
* G・B・H
* Guerrillas of Destiny
* Los Ingobernables de Japon
* Just 5 Guys
* Tencozy
* The Mighty Don't Kneel
* United Empire
* West Coast Wrecking Crew

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RPW Undisputed British Tag Team Champions

IPW:UK|

* AK-47 (Ashe and Kris Linell)
* The Untouchables (Dave Moralez and Jack Storm)
* Dragon Hearts (Dragon Phoenix and Spud)
* $wiss Money Holding (Ares and Claudio Castagnoli)
* The Kartel (Sha Samuels and Terry Frazier)
* The Thrillers (Doug Basham, Iestyn Rees, Joel Redman, Mark Haskins and Ricky Hype)
* The Leaders of the New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr.)
* The All Stars (Robbie Dynamite and Mikey Whiplash)
* Project Ego (Kris Travis and Martin Kirby)

RevPro|

* The Swords of Essex (Paul Robinson and Will Ospreay)
* Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet)
* England's Calling (Joel Redman and Martin Stone)
* The Thrillers (Joel Redman and Mark Haskins)
* The Revolutionists (James Castle and Sha Samuels)
* Charlie Garrett and Joel Redman
* Commonwealth Catch Kings (Chris Brookes and Travis Banks)
* Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate)
* Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.)
* Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis)
* Josh Bodom and Sha Samuels
* The Legion (Great-O-Kharn and Rampage Brown)
* Destination Everywhere (Connor Mills and Michael Oku)
* Ricky Knight Jr. and Roy Knight
* Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper) (current)
* Greedy Souls (Brendan White and Danny Jones)
* Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews)
* Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson)

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Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champions

2000s|

* The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan)
* A.J. Styles and Amazing Red
* The Backseat Boyz (Johnny Kashmere and Trent Acid)
* Special K (Dixie and Izzy)
* Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
* Second City Saints (CM Punk and Colt Cabana)
* The Prophecy (B. J. Whitmer and Dan Maff)
* The Rottweilers/Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero)
* B. J. Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs
* Carnage Crew (H. C. Loc and Tony DeVito)
* Sal Rinauro and Tony Mamaluke
* Austin Aries and Roderick Strong
* Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli)
* Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal
* Naruki Doi and Shingo
* Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black)
* No Remorse Corps (Davey Richards and Rocky Romero)
* El Generico and Kevin Steen
* American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards)

2010s|

* Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin)
* All Night Express (Rhett Titus and Kenny King)
* S.C.U.M. (Jimmy Jacobs and Steve Corino)
* reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)
* Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero)
* The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
* The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian)
* The Kingdom/Undisputed Kingdom/The OGK (Matt Taven and Michael/Mike Bennett)
* War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe)
* Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy)
* Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
* SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky)
* Villain Enterprises (Brody King and PCO)
* Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
* The Foundation (Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham)

2020s|

* La Faccion Ingobernable (Dragon Lee and Kenny King)
* The Foundation (Rhett Titus and Tracy Williams)
* Violence Unlimited (Chris Dickinson and Homicide)
* FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood)
* Lucha Brothers (Rey Fénix and Penta El Zero Miedo)
* Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis)
* Better Than You Bay Bay (Adam Cole and MJF)
* Sammy Guevara and Dustin Rhodes (current)

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United Empire

Current|

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* Callum Newman
* Francesco Akira
* Gideon Grey
* Great-O-Khan
* Henare
* Jeff Cobb
* TJP

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* Kyle Fletcher
* Mark Davis
* Will Ospreay

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Former|

* Bea Priestley
* Dan Moloney

Related|

* Aussie Open
* Don Callis Family

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