IPWA Tag Team Championship

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IPWA Tag Team Championship
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Promotion Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance
Date establishedOctober 9, 1995
Date retired2001

The IPWA Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in the Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champions were Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson), who defeated the American Patriot and Kevin Dillon in Manassas, Virginia on October 10, 1995 to become the first IPWA Tag Team Champions.

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Contents

There were six officially recognized champions with Death & Destruction winning the championship a record three-times. They also held the record for longest-reigning champions at 292 days. Several notable tag teams wrestled for the championship during its near six-year history with former champions including Darkside (Glen Osbourne and Rockin' Rebel), The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher), and Steve Corino and Adam Flash.

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Title history

#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event in which the title was won
—Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

NameYears
IPWA Tag Team Championship1995 — 2001

Reigns

#WrestlersReignDateDays
held		LocationEventNotesRef.
1 Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson)1October 9, 1995292 Manassas, Virginia IPWA Debut Show (1995)Death & Destruction defeated American Patriot and Kevin Dillon to become the first IPWA Tag Team Champion. [1]
2The Fraternity (Brian Perry and Sean Powers)1N/AN/AN/AN/A [2]
3Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson)2March 9, 1996N/A Alexandria, Virginia Live event [2] [3]

[4] [5]

4Darkside (Glen Osbourne and Rockin' Rebel)1July 27, 1996N/A Alexandria, Virginia Live event This was a "champions vs. champions" match. As a result of their victory, Darkside held both the IPWA and MEWF Tag Team Championships. [1]
5 The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher)21996N/AN/AN/A [3] [4] [5]
6Lethal Weapon (Steve Corino and Adam Flash)1January 19, 199762 Washington, Pennsylvania Live event [1] [3] [4] [5]
7Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson)3March 22, 1997N/A Kinston, North Carolina Live event [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]
— Vacated —May 1997—N/AN/A [1] [3] [4] [5]
8 Jimmy Cicero and Cueball Carmichael 1September 2, 1998129 Richmond, Virginia Live event Jimmy Cicero and Cueball Carmichael defeated Shorty Smalls and "Big" Dan Rage to win the vacant championship. [1] [3] [4] [5]
9Big Slam and Chris Stephenson1January 9, 199914 Chincoteague, Virginia Live event [1] [3] [4] [5] [7]
10Jimmy Cicero and Cueball Carmichael2January 23, 1999N/A Woodbridge, Virginia Live event [1] [3] [4] [5]
— Deactivated —2001—N/AN/AThe IPWA ceases promoting events and closes in the spring of 2001.

List of combined reigns

<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank [N 1] Wrestler# of reignsCombined days
1Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson)3292+
2 Jimmy Cicero and Cueball Carmichael 2129+
3 Steve Corino and Adam Flash)162
4Big Slam and Chris Stephenson)114

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

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