Australian Tag Team Championship

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Australian Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion Australian wrestling
Date established13 February 1954
Date retired7 December 1957
Statistics
First champion(s)John Morrow and Snowy Dowton
Final champion(s)Jon Morro and Frank Morro

The Australian Tag Team Wrestling Championship was one of the first Tag team professional wrestling championship in Australia. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Title history

Wrestler:Times:Date won:Location:Notes:
John Morrow and Snowy Dowton113 February 1954SydneyDefeat Bud Cody and Alan Pinfold in tournament final.
Allan Sherry and Allan Pinfold 118 February 1956Sydney
Bob George and Alf Greer125 February 1956Sydney
Vacant
Jon Morro and Frank Morro17 December 1957SydneyDefeats Tony Kontellis and Norm Ryan
Con Dantos and Con Tolios1MelbourneDefeats Col Peters and Braka Cortez in tournament final

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References

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  2. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database".
  3. "Reference at www.cagematch.net".