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| BCW Can-Am Tag-Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | Border City Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | May 29, 1993 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Raj Singh) | ||||||||||
| Date won | August 25, 2019 | ||||||||||
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The BCW Can-Am Tag Team Championship is the tag team title contested for in the Ontario-based professional wrestling promotion Border City Wrestling.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parenthesis, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Canadian Lightning (Otis Apollo and Bobby Clancy) | May 29, 1993 | N/A | LaSalle, Ontario | 1 | 350 | Defeated Canadian Destroyer and Chris Pillon to become the first champions. | |
| 2 | The New Fabulous Kangaroos (Denny Kass and Al Snow) | May 14, 1994 | N/A | LaSalle, Ontario | 1 | 7 | ||
| 3 | Bobby Clancy (2) and Scott D'Amore | May 21, 1994 | N/A | Macomb, Michigan | 1 | The exact length of Clancy and D'Amore's reign is unknown due to Apollo and Clancy becoming partners again. It could have lasted between 1 and 10 days. | ||
| 4 | Canadian Lightning (Otis Apollo (2) and Bobby Clancy (3)) | May 1994 | N/A | N/A | 2 | Otis Apollo replaces D'Amore as Clancy's partner. The exact length of Canadian Lightning's second reign is unknown due to Apollo and Clancy becoming partners again. It could have lasted between 4 and 13 days. | ||
| 5 | Hot Paradise (Johnny Paradise and Scott Summers) | June 4, 1994 | N/A | Jackson Center, Ohio | 1 | 230 | ||
| — | Vacated | January 20, 1995 | — | Oldcastle, Ontario | — | — | ||
| 6 | The New Breed (Ric Austin and Mike Legacy) | January 20, 1995 | N/A | Oldcastle, Ontario | 1 | 574 | Defeated Purple Haze (Chris Pilon and Tommy Wonder) to win the vacant titles. | |
| 7 | Los Rudos (Calavera Cortez and Rico Rodriguez) | June 23, 1995 | N/A | LaSalle, Ontario | 1 | 154 | ||
| 8 | Maximum Intensity (Bobby Clancy (4) and Mike Legacy) | August 16, 1996 | N/A | LaSalle, Ontario | 1 | 239 | ||
| 9 | Otis Apollo (3) and Denny Kass | April 12, 1997 | N/A | LaSalle, Ontario | 1 | 1034 | ||
| 10 | Rocco DiVinci and Chris Valentino | February 10, 2000 | BCW Millennium Madness | Windsor, Ontario | 1 | 156 | Defeated Canadian Lightning to win the titles as Clancy replaced Denny Kass. | |
| — | Vacated | July 15, 2000 | — | Windsor, Ontario | — | — | ||
| 11 | Otis Apollo (4) and Barry Horowitz | July 15, 2000 | N/A | Windsor, Ontario | 1 | 1 | Defeated Bobby Clancy and Larry Destiny to win the vacant titles. | |
| 12 | Bobby Clancy (5) and Larry Destiny | July 16, 2000 | N/A | London, Ontario | 1 | 41 | ||
| 13 | Geza Kalman, Jr. and Dyson Pryce | August 26, 2000 | N/A | Tecumseh, Ontario | 1 | 193 | ||
| 14 | Otis Apollo (5) and Johnny Swinger (2) | March 7, 2001 | N/A | Oldcastle, Ontario | 1 | 108 | ||
| 15 | Chris Church and Mike Legacy (2) | June 23, 2001 | N/A | Leamington, Ontario | 1 | 21 | ||
| 16 | Jack Damage and Tyson Dux | July 14, 2001 | N/A | Windsor, Ontario | 1 | 88 | ||
| 17 | Cyrus and Terry Taylor | October 10, 2001 | N/A | Oldcastle, Ontario | 1 | 365 | Scott D'Amore and Sabu defeated Taylor and Cyrus on March 12, 2002 in Oldcastle, Ontario to win the titles. However, since Sabu, who replaced Simon Diamond as D'Amore's partner last minute, was not officially in the match, the match was declared non-title, and the titles are returned to Taylor and Cyrus. | |
| 18 | Tyson Dux (2) and El Tornado | October 10, 2002 | N/A | Oldcastle, Ontario | 1 | 98 | Defeated Cyrus, Taylor and Traci Brooks in a handicap match. | |
| 19 | Gutter and Hacker | January 16, 2003 | N/A | Toronto, Ontario | 1 | 1 | Defeated Dux and El Tornado and Ruffy Silverstein and Trent Steele in a three-way match. | |
| 20 | Tyson Dux (3) and El Tornado (2) | January 17, 2003 | N/A | Ottawa, Ontario | 2 | 131 | ||
| 21 | Gutter and Hacker | May 27, 2003 | MXPW Vendetta | Oldcastle, Ontario | 2 | 384 | ||
| 22 | N8 Mattson and Truth Martini | June 27, 2004 | BCW Payback | Windsor, Ontario | 1 | 84 | Defeated Gutter and D-Ray 3000 (subbing for Hacker) to win the titles. | |
| 23 | Team Canada (Bobby Roode and Petey Williams) | September 19, 2004 | N/A | Windsor, Ontario | 1 | 161 | Defeated Mattson and Eddie Venom (subbing for Martini) to win the titles. | [1] |
| 24 | Danny Daniels and N8 Mattson (2) | February 27, 2005 | BCW Aftershock | Windsor, Ontario | 1 | 145 | ||
| 25 | Phil Atlas and Jimmy Jacobs | July 22, 2005 | BCW WrestleFest 2005 | Oldcastle, Ontario | 1 | 358 | ||
| — | Vacated | July 15, 2006 | — | N/A | — | — | Vacated due to inactivity | |
| 26 | Phil Atlas (2) and Brent Banks | May 28, 2016 | BCW Spring Loaded 2016. | Windsor, Ontario | 1 | 161 | Defeated The Fraternity (Channing Decker and Trent Gibson) in a tournament final. | [2] |
| 27 | Johnny Devine and Jon Bolen | November 5, 2016 | BCW Excellence 2016 | Windsor, Ontario | 1 | 140 | Defeated Phil Atlas and Brent B., The Fraternity (Channing Becker and Trent Gibson), and A1 and Bobby Sharpe in a four-way elimination match. | [3] |
| 28 | Brent Banks (2) and Phil Atlas (3) | March 25, 2017 | BCW March Breakdown 2017 | Windsor, Ontario | 2 | 343 | This match featured Shane Douglas as Special Guest Referee. | [4] |
| 29 | Phil Atlas (4) and Jake Something | March 3, 2018 | BCW March Breakdown 2018 | Windsor, Ontario | 1 | 220 | Defeated Tag Team Champion Brent Banks and his new partner Aiden Prince. After Atlas turned on Banks, both selected new tag team partners to crown new champions. | [5] |
| 30 | Aiden Prince and Brent Banks (3) | October 6, 2018 | BCW 25th Anniversary Show | Windsor, Ontario | 1 | 324 | Defeated Atlas and Something in a Ladder Match. | [6] |
| 31 | The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Raj Singh) | August 25, 2019 | BCW Heatwave 2019 | Windsor, Ontario | 1 | 1483+ | [7] | |
As of September16, 2023.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|---|
¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Raj Singh) † | 1 | 1483+ |
| 2 | Otis Apollo and Denny Kass | 1 | 1034 |
| 3 | The New Breed (Ric Austin and Mike Legacy) | 1 | 574 |
| 4 | Tyson Dux and El Tornado | 2 | 496 |
| 5 | Brent Banks and Phil Atlas | 2 | 483 |
| 6 | Gutter and Hacker | 2 | 385 |
| 7 | Cyrus and Terry Taylor | 1 | 365 |
| 8 | Phil Atlas and Jimmy Jacobs | 1 | 358 |
| 9 | Canadian Lightning (Otis Apollo and Bobby Clancy) | 2 | 354¤ [Note 1] |
| 10 | Aiden Prince and Brent Banks | 1 | 324 |
| 11 | Maximum Intensity (Bobby Clancy and Mike Legacy) | 1 | 239 |
| 12 | Hot Paradise (Johnny Paradise and Scott Summers) | 1 | 230 |
| 13 | Phil Atlas and Jake Something | 1 | 220 |
| 14 | Geza Kalman, Jr. and Dyson Pryce | 1 | 193 |
| 15 | Team Canada (Bobby Roode and Petey Williams) | 1 | 161 |
| 16 | Rocco DiVinci and Chris Valentino | 1 | 156 |
| 17 | Los Rudos (Calavera Cortez and Rico Rodriguez) | 1 | 154 |
| 18 | Danny Daniels and N8 Mattson | 1 | 145 |
| 19 | Johnny Devine and Jon Bolen | 1 | 140 |
| 20 | Otis Apollo and Johnny Swinger | 1 | 108 |
| 21 | Jack Damage and Tyson Dux | 1 | 88 |
| 22 | N8 Mattson and Truth Martini | 1 | 84 |
| 23 | Bobby Clancy and Larry Destiny | 1 | 41 |
| 24 | Chris Church and Mike Legacy | 1 | 21 |
| 25 | The New Fabulous Kangaroos (Denny Kass and Al Snow) | 1 | 7 |
| 26 | Bobby Clancy and Scott D'Amore | 1 | 1¤ [Note 2] |
| 27 | Otis Apollo and Barry Horowitz | 1 | 1 |
| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otis Apollo | 5 | 1497¤ [Note 1] |
| 2 | Rohit Raju † | 1 | 1483+ |
| Raj Singh † | |||
| 3 | Phil Atlas | 4 | 1082 |
| 4 | Denny Kass | 2 | 1041 |
| 5 | Mike Legacy | 2 | 813 |
| 6 | Brent Banks | 3 | 804 |
| 7 | Bobby Clancy | 5 | 635¤ [Note 1] |
| 8 | Tyson Dux | 3 | 584 |
| 9 | Ric Austin | 1 | 574 |
| 10 | El Tornado | 2 | 496 |
| 12 | Hacker | 2 | 385 |
| Gutter | |||
| 14 | Cyrus | 1 | 365 |
| Terry Taylor | |||
| 15 | Jimmy Jacobs | 1 | 358 |
| 16 | Johnny Swinger | 2 | 338 |
| 17 | Aiden Prince | 1 | 324 |
| 18 | Scott Summers | 230 | |
| 19 | N8 Mattson | 2 | 225 |
| 20 | Jake Something | 1 | 220 |
| 21 | Geza Kalman, Jr. | 193 | |
| Dyson Pryce | |||
| 22 | Bobby Roode | 161 | |
| Petey Williams | |||
| 23 | Rocco DiVinci | 156 | |
| Chris Valentino | |||
| 24 | Calavera Cortez | 154 | |
| Rico Rodriguez | |||
| 25 | Danny Daniels | 145 | |
| 26 | Johnny Devine | 140 | |
| Jon Bolen | |||
| 27 | Jack Damage | 88 | |
| 28 | Truth Martini | 84 | |
| 29 | Larry Destiny | 41 | |
| 30 | Chris Church | 21 | |
| 30 | Al Snow | 7 | |
| 31 | Scott D'Amore | 1¤ [Note 2] | |
| 32 | Barry Horowitz | 1 |
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