CWA World Tag Team Championship

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CWA World Tag Team Championship
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Promotion Continental Wrestling Association
Date establishedJuly 28, 1980
Date retiredNovember 28, 1983

The CWA World Tag Team Championship was a major professional wrestling tag team title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association. It lasted from 1980 through 1983.

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Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
 1  Jerry Jarrett and Tojo Yamamoto  July 14, 1980 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 21Defeated Austin Idol and Dutch Mantel in a tournament final to become the first champions. [1] [2]
 2  Austin Idol and Dutch Mantel  August 4, 1980 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 220 [1] [2]
 3  Bill Dundee and Tommy Rich  March 12, 1981 House show Lexington, Kentucky 1  [Note 1] [1] [2]
 4  The Rock 'n Roll Express
(Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton)
 1981 House show [Note 2]  1  [Note 1] [1] [2]
Deactivated 1981 [1] [2]
 5 The Assassins
(Don Bass and Roger Smith)
 July 18, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 21Billed as champions upon arrival in the CWA. [1] [2]
 6  Austin Idol (2) and Jerry Lawler  August 8, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 7 [1] [2]
 7 The Assassins
(Don Bass and Roger Smith)
 August 15, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2 43 [1] [2]
 8  The Fabulous Ones
(Steve Keirn and Stan Lane)
 September 27, 1983 House show [Note 2]  1 27 [1] [2]
 9 The Assassins
(Don Bass and Roger Smith)
 October 24, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 3 5 [1] [2]
 10 Ken Raper and Robert Reed October 29, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 2 [1] [2]
 11 The Assassins
(Don Bass and Roger Smith)
 October 31, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 4 7 [1] [2]
 12  The Fabulous Ones
(Steve Keirn and Stan Lane)
 November 7, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2 7 [1] [2]
 13  The Midnight Express
(Norvell Austin and Dennis Condrey)
 November 14, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 7 [1] [2]
 14  Austin Idol (3) and Dutch Mantel  November 21, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2 7 [1] [2]
Deactivated November 28, 1983Idol and Mantel split up, championship not referred to after this date. [1] [2]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 The exact length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  2. 1 2 The location of the championship match was not captured as part of the documentation.

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References

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