CWA World Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||
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Promotion | Continental Wrestling Association | ||||||||||||
Date established | July 28, 1980 | ||||||||||||
Date retired | November 28, 1983 | ||||||||||||
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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.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Jerry Jarrett and Tojo Yamamoto | July 14, 1980 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | Defeated 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 | 21 | Billed 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, 1983 | — | — | — | — | Idol and Mantel split up, championship not referred to after this date. | [1] [2] |
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