WWE Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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The WWE Tag Team Championship's current design | |||||||||||
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Current champion(s) |
Adam Cole & MJF | ||||||||||
Date won | May 26th, 2024 (aired May 26th, 2024) | ||||||||||
Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||
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The WWE Tag Team Championships are the top-tier championship titles for Tag Teams in the WWE E-Fed federation. The titles are currently defended on both brands, making them interbrand championships. The first champions were Vampiro and Batista who defeated Too Cool & Gangstas to become the inaugural champions. Adam Cole & MJF are the current champions in their first reign as a team while it is Cole's second reign and MJF's first individually. They defeated Dakota Kai & Nixon Newell at Bad Blood (2024) to win the championships. The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) and Fratelli d'Italia share the record for most reigns (as a team) with three. The shortest reign lasted six days when Travis Kooper and his hand chosen partner DDP lost them to Kofi Kingston & Kevin Thorn on an episode of RAW. Jimmy Jacobs currently hold the record for longest reign with 331 days, a reign he partially held with Seth Rollins and partially with Kevin Steen. Travis Kooper currently holds the record for the longest combined days (as an individual) with 536 days. Travis Kooper holds the record for most WWE Tag Team Championships (with six reigns).
Title history[]
Names[]
Names | Dates |
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World Tag Team Championships | August 21, 2005 – June 26, 2011 |
WWE Tag Team Championships | June 26, 2011 – present |
Reigns[]
# | The overall championship reign |
Date | The date in which the championship was obtained |
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
Venue | The event where the championship was obtained |
Notes | Any additional important information on how the championship changed hands |
— | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
# | Team | Reign | Date | Days held | Venue | Notes |
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1 | Vampiro & Batista | 1 | August 21, 2005 | 35 | Summerslammiversary |
Vampiro & Batista defeated Too Cool and Gangstas to become the inaugural champions. |
2 | The Gangstas | 1 | September 25, 2005 | 63 | Unforgiven | |
3 | Scotty 2 Hotty & Homicide | 1 | November 27, 2005 | 49 | Survivor Series | |
4 | Matt Morgan & Orlando Jordan | 1 | January 15, 2006 | 28 | New Years Revolution | |
5 | Natural Born Thrillers | 1 | February 13, 2006 | 55 | RAW | |
6 | Hardcore Bulldogs | 1 | April 9, 2006 | 309 | Wrestlemania 22 |
The Hardcore Bulldogs won the vacant championships at Wrestlemania 22. |
7 | Evolution | 1 | February 12, 2007 | 35 | RAW | Evolution represented by Randy Orton and Triple H. |
8 | John Cena & Kurt Angle | 1 | March 19, 2007 | 63 | RAW | |
9 | John Cena & Randy Orton | 1 | May 21, 2007 | 163 | RAW |
Randy Orton defeated Kurt Angle in a singles match to become Cena's new partner. |
10 | Shawn Michaels & Michael Noventa | 1 | October 31, 2007 | 117 | RAW |
Michaels & Noventa won the titles after beating John Cena in a Handicap match to claim the titles. |
11 | Triple H & Steve Austin | 1 | February 25, 2008 | 65 | RAW | |
12 | Jimmy Jacobs & Paul Burchill | 1 | April 30, 2008 | 103 | Bad Blood | |
13 | Michael Noventa (2) & Paul Burchill (2) | 1 | August 11, 2008 | 167 | RAW |
After Jacobs was released, Noventa became Burchill's new partner. |
14 | Steve Austin (2) & Travis Kooper | 1 | January 25, 2009 | 156 | New Years Revolution |
Stone Cold Steve Austin and Travis Kooper won the championships in a battle royal at New Years Revolution. |
15 | Travis Kooper | 2 | June 30, 2009 | 6 | Insurrextion |
Travis Kooper defeated Steve Austin in a singles match to become the sole Tag Team Champion and gain both belts. |
16 | Kofi Kingston & Kevin Thorn | 1 | July 6, 2009 | 14 | RAW |
Kingston and Thorn defeated Travis Kooper and his hand picked partner, DDP to win the titles. |
17 | Travis Kooper (3) & DDP (2) | 1 | July 20, 2009 | 77 | RAW | |
18 | Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin | 1 | October 5, 2009 | 202 | RAW | |
19 | The Undertaker & John Cena (2) | 2 | April 19, 2010 | 15 | RAW | |
20 | Shawn Michaels (2) & Triple H (2) | 1 | May 3, 2010 | 91 | RAW | |
21 | Alex Shelley (2) & Chris Sabin (2) | 2 | August 2, 2010 | 55 | RAW | |
22 | Bryan Danielson & Raven Alexandria | 1 | September 26, 2010 | 161 | Night of Champions | |
23 | Matt Hardy & AJ Styles | 1 | May 30, 2010 | 112 | No Way Out | |
24 | Triple H (3) & Shawn Michaels (3) | 2 | June 26, 2011 | 252 | Over the Limit | |
25 | Alex Shelley (3) & Chris Sabin (3) | 3 | March 4, 2012 | 49 | Cyber Sunday | |
26 | AJ Styles (2) & Travis Kooper (4) | 1 | April 22, 2012 | 35 | Wrestlemania 28 | |
27 | Elias Ezra & Aaron Eden | 1 | May 27, 2012 | 56 | Extreme Rules | |
28 | Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks | 1 | July 22, 2012 | 98 | Unforgiven | |
29 | Rey Mysterio & Michael Noventa (3) | 1 | October 28, 2012 | 84 | Halloween Havoc | |
30 | Bray Wyatt | 1 | January 20, 2013 | 22 | New Years Revolution |
Bray Wyatt won both Tag Team titles in a Battle Royal. |
– | Vacant | – | February 11, 2013 | – | RAW | |
31 | AJ Styles (3) & Travis Kooper (5) | 2 | February 11, 2013 | 111 | RAW |
Ignition defeated Team Hell No and Edge & Christian to win the vacant Tag Team titles. |
32 | Jimmy Jacobs (2) & Seth Rollins | 1 | June 2, 2013 | 225 | Extreme Rules | On November 24, 2013 Jacobs turned on Rollins, ending their reign as a team. Each man retained his individual championship. |
33 | Jimmy Jacobs (2) & Kevin Steen | 1 | January 12, 2014 | 106 | Survivor Series | Jacobs and Steen won Rollins' belt in the match, keeping Jacobs in his second reign and beginning Steen's first. |
34 | Stevie Richards & The Blue Meanie | 1 | April 27, 2014 | 29 | Wrestlemania XXX | |
35 | Sterling James Keenan & Billy Cassidy | 1 | May 25, 2014 | 119 | Extreme Rules | |
36 | The Usos | 1 | September 21, 2014 | 71 | Night of Champions | |
37 | AJ Styles (4) & Colt Cabana | 1 | December 1, 2014 | 41 | Raw | |
38 | Matt Hardy (2) & Mariusz Pudzianowski | 1 | January 11, 2015 | 57 | New Year's Revolution | |
39 | James Storm & Sonjay Dutt | 1 | March 9, 2015 | 13 | Raw | |
40 | James Storm & The Miz | 1 | March 22, 2015 | <1 | WrestleMania 31 | Sonjay quit the WWE before Wrestlemania and at the event Storm chose the Miz as his replacement. |
41 | Fratelli d'Italia | 1 | March 22, 2015 | 35 | WrestleMania 31 | |
42 | Colt Cabana (2) & Sami Zayn | 1 | April 26, 2015 | 22 | King of the Ring | |
43 | Fratelli d'Italia | 2 | May 18, 2015 | 41 | Extreme Rules (2015) | |
44 | Wade Barrett & Magnus | 1 | June 28, 2015 | 15 | Invasion (2015) | |
45 | Dolph Ziggler & Briley Pierce | 1 | July 12, 2015 | 77 | Unforgiven (2015) | |
46 | Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins (2) | 1 | September 27, 2015 | 28 | Cyber Sunday (2015) | |
47 | Briley Pierce (2) & Kevin Owens (2) | 1 | October 25, 2015 | 35 | Halloween Havoc (2015) | |
48 | Alex Shelley & Big Show | 1 | November 29, 2015 | 42 | Survivor Series (2015) | |
49 | Briley Pierce (3) & Kevin Owens (3) | 2 | January 10th, 2016 | 49 | New Year's Revolution (2016) | |
50 | Hulk Hogan & Ric Flair | 1 | February 28th, 2016 | 46 | Halloween Havoc (2015) | The WWE Tag Team Championship was vacated on the April 14th, 2016 episode of SmackDown. |
51 | Fratelli d'Italia | 3 | May 1, 2016 | 43 | Invasion (2016) | |
52 | Roman Reigns (2) & Wade Barrett (2) | 1 | June 13, 2016 | 111 | Raw | |
53 | The Miz (2) & Travis Kooper (6) | 1 | October 2, 2016 | 56 | Cyber Sunday (2016) | |
54 | Trista & Steve Austin (3) | 1 | November 27, 2016 | 68 | Survivor Series (2016) | |
55 | Trista & Ciaran O'Donnell | 1 | February 3, 2017 | 70 | Smackdown | Trista's reign continued with new partner. |
56 | Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay | 1 | April 14, 2017 | 23 | Smackdown | |
57 | Aleister Black & Jimmy Jacobs (3) | 1 | May 7, 2017 | 49 | Invasion (2017) | |
58 | Kevin Owens (4) & Finn Balor | 1 | June 25, 2017 | 105 | King 0f the Ring (2017) | |
59 | Darby Allin & Jimmy Jacobs (4) | 1 | October 8, 2017 | 68 | Cyber Sunday (2017) | |
60 | Age of eXtinction | 1 | December 15, 2017 | 58 | Smackdown | |
61 | Wade Barrett (3) & Chuck Taylor | 1 | February 11, 2018 | 113 | No Way Out (2018) | |
62 | Andrade Almas & Seth Rollins (3) | 1 | June 4, 2018 | 41 | Monday Night RAW | |
63 | Big Show (2) & Sami Callihan | 1 | July 15, 2018 | 42 | Unforgiven (2018) | |
64 | Tyler Bate & Pete Dunne | 1 | August 26, 2018 | 56 | SummerSlam (2018) | |
65 | Tyler Breeze & Fandango | 1 | October 21, 2018 | 56 | Halloween Havoc (2018) | |
66 | Seth Rollins (4) & Roman Reigns (3) | 2 | December 16, 2018 | 77 | Cyber Sunday (2018) | |
67 | Jimmy Jacobs (5) & Pastor William Eaver | 1 | March 3, 2019 | 49 | Fastlane (2019) | |
68 | Dolph Ziggler (2) & Mr. America (2) | 1 | April 21, 2019 | 35 | WrestleMania 35 | |
69 | Zack Sabre Jr. & Aleister Black (2) | 1 | May 26, 2019 | 28 | Backlash (2019) | |
70 | Bea Priestley & Jimmy Havoc | 1 | June 23, 2019 | 21 | Extreme Rules (2019) | |
71 | Alberto Del Rio & Jinder Mahal | 1 | July 14, 2019 | 42 | Unforgiven (2019) | |
72 | Shane Thorne & Samuel Shaw | 1 | August 25, 2019 | 56 | SummerSlam (2019) | |
73 | Adam Page & Bray Wyatt | 1 | October 20, 2019 | 35 | Halloween Havoc (2019) | |
74 | Sami Callihan & Jon Moxley | 1 | November 24, 2019 | 91 | Survivor Series (2019) | |
75 | Big E & Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | February 23, 2020 | 22 | No Way Out (2020) | |
76 | Jordan Devlin & Jay White | 1 | March 16, 2020 | 70 | Raw | |
77 | Shane Thorne (2) & Charlie Haas | 1 | May 25, 2020 | 34 | Raw | |
78 | Undisputed Era | 1 | June 28, 2020 | 33 | Unforgiven (2020) | |
79 | Karrion Kross & Jon Moxley (2) | 1 | July 31, 2020 | 163 | SmackDown | |
79 | Kevin Owens (5) & Adam Cole (2) | 1 | January 10 2021 | 6 (49 for Owens) | Royal Rumble | At a WWE Live event on January 16th, 2021 Owens defeated Cole to gain sole possession of the WWE Tag Team Championships. |
80 | Kevin Owens (5) & Sami Zayn (2) | 1 | January 25, 2021 | 34 (49 for Owens) | Raw | During the Kevin Owens Show on the January 25th, 2021 episode of Raw, Owens named Sami Zayn as his new Tag Team partner. |
81 | Kane & Paige | 1 | February 28, 2021 | 14 | No Way Out (2021) | |
82 | Kenny Omega (2) & Kota Ibushi | 1 | March 14, 2021 | 126 | Fastlane (2021) | |
83 | Baron Corbin & Heath Slater | 1 | July 18, 2021 | 35 | Unforgiven (2021) | |
84 | Kenny Omega (3) & Tyler Breeze (2) | 1 | August 22, 2021 | 56 | SummerSlam (2021) | |
85 | Tama Tonga & Wade Barrett (4) | 1 | October 17, 2021 | 42 | Halloween Havoc (2021) | |
86 | Kenny Omega (4) & Tyler Breeze (3) | 2 | November 28, 2021 | 42 | Survivor Series (2021) | |
87 | Kane (2) & Damian Priest | 1 | January 9, 2022 | 141 | Royal Rumble (2022) | |
88 | Chuck Taylor (2) & Trent | 1 | May 30, 2022 | 27 | Unforgiven (2022) | |
89 | Kane (3) & Damian Priest (2) | 2 | June 26, 2022 | 91 | Extreme Rules (2022) | On August 21, 2022 at SummerSlam at Sea III, Priest & Kane defeated Carmella & Charlotte to unify the titles with the Women's Tag Team Championships. The women's titles were then retired and the Tag Team titles officially became intergender. |
90 | The Young Bucks | 1 | September 25, 2022 | 246 | No Mercy (2022) | |
91 | The Reality | 1 | May 28, 2023 | 86 | Unforgiven (2023) | Originally won by Morrison & The Miz, the reign was mainly held by Morrison and Montez Ford after The Miz quit the company. |
92 | Britt Baker & Nikkita Lyons | 1 | August 21, 2023 | 118 | SummerSlam at Sea IV | |
93 | Nixon Newell & Dakota Kai | 1 | December 17, 2023 | 161 | Cyber Sunday | |
94 | Adam Cole & Maxwell Jacob Friedman | 1 | May 26th, 2024 | 1+ | Bad Blood |
List of combined reigns[]
By team[]
Indicates the current champions | |
<1 | Indicates the reign was less than 1 day |
As of May 17th, 2024
Rank | Team | # of Reigns | Combined Days |
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1. | D-Generation X | 2 | 343 |
2. | The Hardcore Bulldogs | 1 | 309 |
3. | Motor City Machine Guns | 3 | 306 |
4. | The Young Bucks | 1 | 246 |
5. | Kane & Damian Priest | 2 | 232 |
6. | Seth Rollins & Jimmy Jacobs | 1 | 225 |
7. | Michael Noventa & Paul Burchill | 1 | 167 |
8. | John Cena & Randy Orton | 1 | 163 |
8. | Jon Moxley & Karrion Kross | 1 | 163 |
9 | Bryan Danielson & Raven Alexandria | 1 | 161 |
10. | Travis Kooper & Steve Austin | 1 | 156 |
11. | Nixon Newell & Dakota Kai † | 1 | 152+ |
12. | Ignition | 2 | 146 |
13. | Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi | 2 | 126 |
15. | Sterling James Keenan & Billy Cassidy | 1 | 119 |
16. | Fratelli d'Italia | 3 | 119 |
17. | Britt Baker & Nikkita Lyons | 1 | 118 |
18. | Shawn Michaels & Michael Noventa | 1 | 117 |
19. | Wade Barrett & Chuck Taylor | 1 | 113 |
20. | AJ Styles & Matt Hardy | 1 | 112 |
21. | Roman Reigns & Wade Barrett | 1 | 111 |
22. | Jimmy Jacobs & Kevin Owens | 1 | 106 |
23. | Kevin Owens & Finn Balor | 1 | 105 |
23. | Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins | 2 | 105 |
24. | Paul Burchill & Jimmy Jacobs | 1 | 103 |
25. | Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks | 1 | 98 |
25. | Tyler Breeze & Kenny Omega | 2 | 98 |
26. | Jon Moxley & Sami Callihan | 1 | 91 |
27. | The Reality | 1 | 86 |
28. | Rey Mysterio & Michael Noventa | 1 | 84 |
28. | Briley Pierce & Kevin Owens | 2 | 84 |
29. | Travis Kooper & DDP | 2 | 77 |
29. | Dolph Ziggler & Briley Pierce | 1 | 77 |
28. | The Usos | 1 | 71 |
29. | Jordan Devlin & Jay White | 1 | 70 |
29. | Trista & Ciaran O'Donnell | 1 | 70 |
30. | Trista & Steve Austin | 1 | 68 |
31. | Darby Allin & Jimmy Jacobs | 1 | 68 |
32. | Triple H & Steve Austin | 1 | 65 |
33. | John Cena & Kurt Angle | 1 | 63 |
33. | The Gangstas | 1 | 63 |
34. | Age of eXtinction | 1 | 58 |
35. | Matt Hardy & Mariusz Pudzianowski | 1 | 57 |
36. | Elias Ezra & Aaron Eden | 1 | 56 |
36. | Shane Thorne & Samuel Shaw | 1 | 56 |
36. | The Miz & Travis Kooper | 1 | 56 |
36. | Tyler Bate & Pete Dunne | 1 | 56 |
36. | Tyler Breeze & Fandango | 1 | 56 |
37. | Natural Born Thrillers | 1 | 55 |
38. | Scotty 2 Hotty & Homicide | 1 | 49 |
38. | Aleister Black & Jimmy Jacobs | 1 | 49 |
38. | Pastor William Eaver & Jimmy Jacobs | 1 | 49 |
39. | Hulk Hogan & Ric Flair | 1 | 46 |
40. | Alex Shelley & Big Show | 1 | 42 |
41. | Alberto Del Rio & Jinder Mahal | 1 | 42 |
41. | Sami Callihan & Big Show | 1 | 42 |
41. | Tama Tonga & Wade Barrett | 1 | 42 |
42. | Andrade & Seth Rollins | 1 | 41 |
42. | AJ Styles & Colt Cabana | 1 | 41 |
43. | Batista & Vampiro | 1 | 35 |
30. | Evolution | 1 | 35 |
43. | Dolph Ziggler and Mr. America | 1 | 35 |
43. | Adam Page and Bray Wyatt | 1 | 35 |
43. | Baron Corbin and Heath Slater | 1 | 35 |
44. | Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn | 1 | 34 |
44. | Shane Thorne & Charlie Haas | 1 | 34 |
45. | Jake Anderson & Adam Cole | 1 | 33 |
46. | Zack Sabre Jr. & Aleister Black | 1 | 28 |
47. | Chuck Taylor & Trent | 1 | 27 |
48. | Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay | 1 | 23 |
49. | Bray Wyatt | 1 | 22 |
49. | Colt Cabana & Sami Zayn | 1 | 22 |
49. | Big E & Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | 22 |
50. | Bea Priestley & Jimmy Havoc | 1 | 21 |
51. | John Cena & Undertaker | 1 | 15 |
52. | Kane & Paige | 1 | 14 |
52. | Wade Barrett & Magnus | 1 | 14 |
52. | Kofi Kingston & Kevin Thorn | 1 | 14 |
53. | James Storm & Sonjay Dutt | 1 | 13 |
54. | Kevin Owens & Adam Cole | 1 | 6 |
55. | James Storm & The Miz | 1 | <1 |
By wrestler[]
Rank | Wrestler | # of Reigns | Combined Days |
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1. | Travis Kooper | 6 | 608 |
2. | Jimmy Jacobs | 5 | 600 |
3. | Shawn Michaels | 3 | 460 |
4. | Triple H | 3 | 408 |
5. | Seth Rollins | 4 | 371 |
6. | Michael Noventa | 3 | 368 |
7. | Alex Shelley | 4 | 348 |
8. | Kevin Owens | 5 | 344 |
9. | Hardcore Holly | 1 | 309 |
9. | Harry Smith | 1 | 309 |
10. | Chris Sabin | 3 | 306 |
11. | "Stone Cold" Steve Austin | 3 | 289 |
12. | Paul Burchill | 2 | 270 |
13. | AJ Styles | 4 | 259 |
14. | Wade Barrett | 4 | 251 |
15. | Kane | 3 | 246 |
15. | Matt Jackson | 1 | 246 |
15. | Nick Jackson | 1 | 246 |
16. | John Cena | 2 | 242 |
17. | Kenny Omega | 3 | 240 |
18. | Damian Priest | 2 | 231 |
19. | Roman Reigns | 3 | 216 |
20. | Randy Orton | 2 | 198 |
21. | Matt Hardy | 2 | 169 |
22. | Bryan Danielson | 1 | 161 |
22. | Raven Alexandria | 1 | 161 |
23. | Trista | 1 | 138 |
24. | Sami Callihan | 2 | 133 |
25. | Kota Ibushi | 1 | 126 |
26. | Sterling James Keenan | 1 | 119 |
26. | Billy Cassidy | 1 | 119 |
26. | Enzo Amore | 3 | 119 |
26. | Santino Marella | 3 | 119 |
27. | Chuck Taylor | 1 | 113 |
28. | Dolph Ziggler | 2 | 112 |
28. | Tyler Breeze | 2 | 112 |
29. | Finn Balor | 1 | 105 |
30. | Curt Hawkins | 1 | 98 |
30. | Tyler Reks | 1 | 98 |
31. | Jon Moxley | 1 | 91 |
32. | John Morrison | 1 | 85 |
32. | Montez Ford | 1 | 85 |
33. | Rey Mysterio | 1 | 84 |
33. | Big Show | 2 | 84 |
34. | Hulk Hogan | 2 | 81 |
35. | Briley Pierce | 1 | 77 |
36. | Britt Baker | 1 | 72+ |
36. | Nikkita Lyons | 1 | 72+ |
37. | Ciaran O'Donnell | 1 | 70 |
38. | Darby Allin | 1 | 68 |
39. | Kurt Angle | 1 | 63 |
40. | Colt Cabana | 2 | 62 |
41. | Trenton York | 1 | 58 |
42. | Mariusz Pudzianowski | 1 | 57 |
42. | The Miz | 3 | 57 |
43. | Elias Ezra | 1 | 56 |
43. | Aaron Eden | 1 | 56 |
43. | Tyler Bate | 1 | 56 |
43. | Pete Dunne | 1 | 56 |
43. | Fandango | 1 | 56 |
44. | Scotty 2 Hotty | 1 | 49 |
44. | Homicide | 1 | 49 |
44. | Aleister Black | 2 | 49 |
44. | Pastor William Eaver | 1 | 49 |
45. | Ric Flair | 1 | 46 |
46. | Tama Tonga | 1 | 42 |
47. | Andrade | 1 | 41 |
48. | Baron Corbin | 1 | 35 |
48. | Heath Slater | 1 | 35 |
48. | Batista | 1 | 35 |
48. | Vampiro | 1 | 35 |
49. | Jake Anderson | 1 | 33 |
49. | Adam Cole | 1 | 33 |
50. | Zack Sabre Jr. | 1 | 28 |
51. | Kazuchika Okada | 1 | 23 |
51. | Will Ospreay | 1 | 23 |
52. | Bray Wyatt | 1 | 22 |
52. | Sami Zayn | 1 | 22 |
53. | Undertaker | 1 | 15 |
54. | Magnus | 1 | 14 |
54. | Paige | 1 | 14 |
54. | Kevin Thorn | 1 | 14 |
54. | Kofi Kingston | 1 | 14 |
54. | James Storm | 1 | 14 |
55. | Sonjay Dutt | 1 | 9 |