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| Canadian International Tag Team Championship | |||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||
| Promotion | Lutte Internationale | ||||||||
| Date established | September 1976 | ||||||||
| Date retired | 1987 | ||||||||
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The Canadian International Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in the Montreal-based wrestling promotion Lutte Internationale (International Wrestling). The title lasted from 1976 until Lutte Internationale closed in 1987.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| 1 | Dominic DeNucci and Nick DeCarlo | September 1976(NLT) | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | The first champions | |||
| 2 | Sailor White and Serge Dumont | September 21, 1976 | IW show | Montreal, QC | 1 | N/A | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from September 21, 1976 to February 1978. | ||||||||||
| 3 | Edouard Carpentier and Mad Dog Vachon | February 1978(NLT) | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | Defeat The Scorpions | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from February 1978 to June 2, 1980. | ||||||||||
| 4 | Pat Patterson and Raymond Rougeau | June 2, 1980 | IW show | Montreal, QC | 1 | N/A | Defeat Gilles Poisson and Serge Dumont | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from June 2, 1980 to 1981. | ||||||||||
| 5 | Richard Charland and Len Shelley | N/A | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 6 | Swede Hansen and Le Bourreau/The Hangman | April 25, 1981 | IW show | Sherbrooke, QC | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 7 | Gino Brito and Rick McGraw | December 1982(NLT) | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 8 | Gilles Poisson and Sailor White | 1982 | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 9 | Gino Brito and Tony Parisi | 1982 | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 10 | Pierre Lefebvre and Michel Dubois | 1982 | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 11 | Pat Patterson and Raymond Rougeau | 1982 | IW show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 12 | Pierre Lefebvre and Pat Patterson | October 1982(NLT) | IW show | Sherbrooke, QC | 1 | N/A | Patterson and Rougeau break up; Patterson defeats Rougeau in a singles match and chooses Lefebvre as a new partner | |||
| 13 | Raymond Rougeau and Jacques Rougeau, Jr. | 1982 | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 14 | Pierre Lefebvre and Pat Patterson | 1982 | IW show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 15 | Gino Brito and Tony Parisi | January 1983 | IW show | Montreal, QC | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 16 | Pierre Lefebvre and Billy Robinson | May 23, 1983 | IW show | Montreal, QC | 1 | 28 | ||||
| 17 | Gino Brito and Tony Parisi | June 20, 1983 | IW show | Montreal, QC | 3 | N/A | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from June 20, 1983 to August 1983. | ||||||||||
| 18 | Raymond Rougeau and Jacques Rougeau Jr. | August 1983(NLT) | IW show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 19 | Pierre Lefebvre and Pat Patterson | September 1983 | IW show | N/A | 3 | N/A | ||||
| 20 | Gino Brito and Tony Parisi | December 12, 1983 | IW show | Montreal, QC | 4 | N/A | ||||
| 21 | Pierre Lefebvre and Frenchy Martin | January 16, 1984(NLT) | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 22 | Dino Bravo and Tony Parisi | February 20, 1984 | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 23 | Pierre Lefebvre and Frenchy Martin | June 1984(NLT) | IW show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 24 | Raymond Rougeau and Jacques Rougeau Jr. | July 2, 1984 | IW show | Montreal, QC | 3 | 43 | ||||
| 25 | Sailor White and Rick Valentine | August 14, 1984 | IW show | Quebec City, QC | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | Vacated | November 1984(NLT) | — | — | — | — | Valentine leaves the promotion | |||
| 26 | King Tonga and Richard Charland | May 27, 1985 | IW show | Quebec City, QC | 1 | 15 | Defeat Jos Leduc and Leo Burke in tournament final | |||
| 27 | Raymond Rougeau and Jacques Rougeau Jr. | June 11, 1985 | IW show | Quebec City, QC | 4 | N/A | ||||
| — | Vacated | January 1986 | — | — | — | — | The Rougeaus jump to the WWF | |||
| 28 | The Long Riders (Scott and Bill Irwin) | March 6, 1986 | IW show | Sudbury, ON | 1 | 159 | Defeat Dan Kroffat and Alofa. During this reign, Scott Irwin disappeared for several weeks around May or June with no explanation. In reality he was suffering in real life from a brain tumor and had to start chemotherapy. He would return in July, during a match that involved his brother Bill and Danny “Bull” Johnson facing Tom Zenk and Dan Kroffat. The titles would be held up pending rematch. | |||
| 29 | Dan Kroffat and Tom Zenk | August 12, 1986 | IW show | N/A | 1 | 62 | Defeat Bill Irwin and Danny Johnson in a rematch. | |||
| 30 | Richard Charland and Sheik Ali | October 13, 1986 | IW show | Montreal, QC | 1 | 118 | ||||
| 31 | Dan Kroffat and Armand Rougeau | February 8, 1987 | IW show | Montreal, QC | 1 | 64 | ||||
| 32 | Richard Charland and Chuck Simms | April 13, 1987 | IW show | Montreal, QC | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | Deactivated | 1987 | — | — | — | — | Promotion closes | |||
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