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| HWA Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Heartland Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
| Date established | January 5, 1996 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Inactive | ||||||||||
| Date won | April 19, 2013 | ||||||||||
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The HWA Tag Team Championship is the tag team titles contested for in the Heartland Wrestling Association. It was established in 1996 when the Head Bangers (Mosh and Thrasher) became the first champions.
Key
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| No. | Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Days Held: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Head Bangers (Mosh and Thrasher) | 1 | January 5, 1996 | Fort Wright, KY | ||
| 2. | The Bounty Hunter and Brian Taylor | 1 | August 22, 1997 | 397 | Harveysburg, OH | Defeated Bobo Brazil, Jr. and Andy Chase in tournament final to win vacant titles. |
| 3. | Chip Fairway and Cody Hawk | 1 | September 23, 1998 | 122 | Lima, OH | |
| 4. | Brian Taylor(2) and Sean Casey | 1 | January 23, 1999 | 35 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 5. | Chip Fairway(2) and Cody Hawk(2) | 2 | February 27, 1999 | 280 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 6. | Alexis Machine and Brian Fury | 1 | August 25, 1999 | 77 | Blanchester, OH | |
| 7. | Cody Hawk(3) and Mad Anthony McMurphy | 1 | February 19, 2000 | 119 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 8. | Bobby Casanova and Brian Fury | 1 | June 17, 2000 | 112 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 9. | The A Squad (Chet Jablonski and Pepper Parks) | 1 | October 7, 2000 | 111 | Blanchester, OH | |
| 10. | Cody Hawk(4) and Mad Anthony McMurphy(2) | 2 | January 26, 2001 | 49 | Rising Sun, IN | |
| 11. | The A Squad (Chet Jablonski(2) and Dean Jablonski) | 2 | March 16, 2001 | 116 | Rising Sun, IN | |
| 12. | Human Time Bomb and Nigel McGuinness | 1 | July 10, 2001 | 28 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 13. | The A Squad (Chet Jablonski(3) and Dean Jablonski(2)) | 3 | August 7, 2001 | 67 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 14. | Evan Karagias and Shannon Moore | 1 | October 13, 2001 | 32 | Batavia, OH | |
| 15. | The Island Boyz (Ekmo and Kimo) | 1 | November 14, 2001 | 24 | Dayton, OH | |
| 16. | Steve Bradley and Val Venis | 1 | December 8, 2001 | 32 | Batavia, OH | |
| 17. | The Island Boyz (Ekmo and Kimo) | 2 | January 8, 2002 | 35 | Dayton, OH | Won the titles in a six man tag match teaming with RC Haas against E. Z. Money, Bradley, and Venis with Money also defending the HWA Heavyweight Championship [1] |
| 18. | Lance Cade and Mike Sanders | 1 | February 13, 2002 | 7 | Dayton, OH | Vacated the titles the same day. |
| 19. | Lance Cade(2) and Steve Bradley(2) | 2 | February 20, 2002 | 20 | Cincinnati, OH | Cade defeated Sanders in a match with the stipulation that he could choose a new tag team partner. |
| 20. | Hugh Morrus and Raven | 1 | March 12, 2002 | 3 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 21. | Lance Cade(3) and Steve Bradley(3) | 2 | March 15, 2002 | 26 | Dayton, OH | |
| 22. | Cody Hawk(4) and Ice Cream Man | 1 | April 10, 2002 | 91 | Batavia, OH | |
| 23. | Human Time Bomb and Nigel McGuinness(2) | 1 | July 23, 2002 | 13 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 24. | Southern Breeze (Brother Clay and Matt Dillinger) | 1 | Stripped of title on November 9, 2002 | |||
| 25. | Matt Stryker and Rory Fox | 1 | December 7, 2002 | Batavia, OH | ||
| 26. | Chet Jablonski(3) and Cody Hawk(5) | 1 | March 25, 2003 | 108 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 27. | D-Lo Brown and Matt Stryker(2) | 1 | May 23, 2003 | 59 | Dayton, OH | |
| 28. | Chet Jablonski(4) and Cody Hawk(6) | 2 | May 26, 2003 | 3 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 29. | JT Stahr and TJ Dalton | 1 | July 26, 2003 | 61 | Columbus, OH | |
| 30. | Chet Jablonski(5) and Cody Hawk(7) | 3 | Vacated titles when Jablonski leaves area and Hawk is injured. | |||
| 31. | The Riggs Brothers (Jason Riggs and Johnny Riggs) | 1 | November 26, 2003 | Wilmington, OH | ||
| 32. | JT Stahr(2) and TJ Dalton(2) | 2 | December 16, 2003 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 33. | Crazy J and Lotus | 1 | February 6, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 34. | JT Stahr(3) and TJ Dalton(3) | 3 | February 10, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 35. | Cody Hawk(8) and Matt Stryker(3) | 1 | April 2, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 36. | Kimera and Shawn Osborne | 1 | June 15, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 37. | Crazy J(2) and Lotus(2) | 2 | August 17, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 38. | Foreign Intelligence (Quinten Lee and Ala Hussein) | 1 | October 5, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 39. | Cody Hawk(9) and Matt Stryker(3) | 2 | October 26, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | Stripped of title on December 17, 2004. | |
| 40. | Mike Desire and Tack | 1 | December 17, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 41. | Necessary Roughness (Jimmy Turner and Jon Moxley) | 1 | March 11, 2005 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 42. | Foreign Intelligence (Quinten Lee(2) and Ala Hussein(2)) | 2 | May 13, 2005 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 43. | Heartland Foundation (Ric Byrne and Jon Moxley(2)) | 1 | August 19, 2005 | Cincinnati, OH | Stripped of title on August 19, 2005. | |
| 44. | Foreign Intelligence (Quinten Lee(3) and Ala Hussein(3)) | 3 | August 19, 2005 | Cincinnati, OH | Awarded titles by Brock Guffman. | |
| 45. | Matt Stryker(4) and Tack | 1 | October 25, 2005 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 46. | Brian Jennings and Kimera(2) | 1 | December 13, 2005 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 47. | Foreign Intelligence (Quinten Lee(4) and Ala Hussein(4)) | 4 | February 21, 2006 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 48. | The Mavericks (Aaron Williams and Alan Wasylychyn) | 1 | July 11, 2006 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 49. | The Irish Airborne (Dave Crist and Jake Crist) | 3 | October 20, 2006 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 50. | Tack(2) and Tarek the Legend | 1 | March 10, 2007 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 51. | Cody Hawk(10) and Jon Moxley(3) | 1 | June 12, 2007 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 52. | G.P. Code (Andre Heart and Richard Phillips) | 1 | June 16, 2007 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 53. | The Entourage (JT Stahr(3), The Madness, V-Rad) | 1 | September 24, 2008 | Middletown, OH | ||
| 54. | Deja Vu and Benjamin Kimera(3) | 1 | November 19, 2008 | Middletown, OH | ||
| 55. | The Entourage (JT Stahr(4), The Madness(2), V-Rad(2)) | 2 | November 22, 2008 | 54 | Middletown, OH | |
| 56. | G.P. Code(2) and Benjamin Kimera(4) | 1 | December 19, 2008 | 59 | Middletown, OH | |
| 57. | The Hybrids (Donovan Cain and Jason Lyte) | 1 | February 11, 2009 | 7 | Middletown, OH | |
| 58. | G.P. Code (Andre Heart(2) and Richard Phillips(2)) | 2 | April 11, 2009 | 7 | Peoria, IL | |
| 59. | The Hybrids (Donovan Cain(2) and Jason Lyte(2)) | 2 | April 18, 2009 | 19 | Norwood, OH | |
| 60. | The Kosher Klub (Joseph Schwartz and Sean Tylerstein) | 1 | September 26, 2009 | 161 | Norwood, OH | |
| 61. | Royal Violence (King Vu(3))& Jon Moxley(4)) | 1 | October 14, 2009 | 48 | Middletown, OH | |
| 62. | The Irish Airborne (Dave Crist and Jake Crist) | 4 | December 2, 2009 | 17 | Middletown, OH | |
| 63. | Royal Violence (King Vu(4))& Jon Moxley(5)) | 2 | December 19, 2009 | 25 | Norwood, OH | |
| 64. | The Irish Airborne (Dave Crist and Jake Crist) | 5 | January 13, 2010 | 42 | Middletown, OH | |
| 65. | Noble Bloods (Lord Matthew Taylor and Sir Chadwick Cruise) | 1 | February 24, 2010 | 94 | Middletown, OH | |
| 66. | The Flying Mendoza Brothers (Loco and Loto Mendoza) | 6 | May 29, 2010 | 39 | Norwood, OH | |
| Vacant | July 7, 2010 | Middletown, OH | Vacated after the Flying Mendoza Brothers were suddenly deported over work visa problems. | |||
| 67. | The Noble Bloods (Lord Matthew Taylor and Sir Chadwick Cruise) | 2 | August 20, 2010 | 120 | Norwood, OH | Survived a four team elimination match which included The Hybrids, The Irish Airborne, and The Heatseekers. |
| 68. | The Heatseekers (Kaden Assad and Jeremy Madrox) | 1 | December 18, 2010 | 210 | Norwood, OH | Won a Triple-Treat match which included The Hybrids and The Noble Bloods. The match was for the OCW Tag-Team Championship, HWA Tag-Team Championship, and the future of The Hybrids as a tag-team. |
| 69. | DNA (Doug Charlez and Aaron Xtreme) | 1 | July 16, 2011 | 43 | Hamilton, OH | Won a Tag-Team Gauntlet which included The Noble Bloods, The Heatseekers, and Jon Murray and Clark Konner. |
| 70. | The Heatseekers (Kaden Assad and Jeremy Madrox) | 2 | August 27, 2011 | 62 | Norwood, OH | Awarded the titles after DNA was forced to relinquish them after Xtreme was put out because of an injury. |
| 71. | The Noble Bloods (Lord Matthew Taylor and Sir Chadwick Cruise) | 3 | October 29, 2011 | 49 | Norwood, OH | Survived a No-Disqualification Match against The Heatseekers. |
| 72. | American Wrestling Warriors (Troy Marcum and Jeff Mayhem) | 1 | December 17, 2011 | 52 | Hamilton, OH | Won a Tag-Team Elimination match which included The Noble Bloods, The Heatseekers, and DNA. |
| 73. | DNA (Doug Charlez and Aaron Xtreme) | 2 | February 7, 2012 | 18 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 74. | American Wrestling Warriors (Troy Marcum and Jeff Mayhem) | 2 | February 25, 2012 | 38 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 75. | Heavyweight Heroes (Jon Murray and Clark Konnor) | 1 | April 3, 2012 | 21 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 76. | Jesse Emerson and Chris Hall(3) | 1 | April 24, 2012 | 126 | Hamilton, OH | |
| Vacant(3) | April 19, 2013 | Middletown, OH | HWA's New Management decides to strip Jesse Emerson and Chris Hall and make the titles inactive until further notice. | |||
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