IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship

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IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship
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Details
Promotion IWA Mid-South
Date establishedJuly 18, 1997
Current champion(s)Dale Patricks & Kevin Giza [1]
Date wonJune 24, 2021
Statistics
First champion(s)The War Machines
(War Machine #1 and War Machine #2)
Most reignsAs a tag team: The Iron Saints (3 times)
As a stable:The Player's Club (4 reigns)
As individual:Vito Thomaselli, Sal Thomaselli, Rollin' Hard and Mitch page (3 reigns)
Longest reignThe Players Club
(Logan James and Tyler Matrix) (484 days)
Shortest reignSouthern Comfort
(Tracy Smothers and Chris Hamrick) (1 day)
Heaviest championMitch Page (363 lb)

The IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship is a tag team title in the IWA Mid-South promotion. [2] The title debuted in 1997, but was abandoned before the year was out, and had a brief revival in 2002. The title was brought back from 2004 to 2008 and then once again from 2017-Present. When it was reactivated in 2017 it was done via the Candido Cup, an 8-team tournament held on April 27, 2017. There have been a total of 44 reigns shared between 35 different teams consisting of 67 distinctive champions and five vacancies. The current champions are Dale Patricks and Kevin Giza who are in their first reign as a team. [3]

Contents

Inaugural tournament

On July 18, 1997, at the Gore Fest 1997 show in Louisville, Kentucky, an eight-team elimination tag team tournament was held to crown the first IWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Tom Burton and Tower of Doom
Shark Boy and American Kickboxer
Tom Burton and Tower of Doom
The War Machines
The War Machines
(War Machine #1 and War Machine #2)
Twiggy Ramirez and Lost Boy
The War Machines
Bull Pain and Tarek The Great
Bull Pain and Tarek The Great
Rollin' Hard and Brian Taylor
Bull Pain and Tarek The Great
Ian Rotten and Blaze
Ian Rotten and Blaze
The Misfits

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parenthesis, if different
DaysNumber of days held
<1Reign lasted less than a day
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1The War Machines
(War Machine #1 and War Machine #2)
July 18, 1997IWA Mid-South Gore Fest 1997 Louisville, Kentucky 148Defeated Bull Pain and Terek the Great in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. [4] [5]
2The Misfits
(Derek Domino and Harley Lewis)
September 4, 1997IWA Mid-South When Two Sides Go To War Louisville, Kentucky 10 - 118The length of this reign is uncertain. [6]
Vacated 1997--The titles were abandoned somewhere between September and December under unknown circumstances.
3Mean And Hard
(Rollin' Hard and Mitch Page)
February 1, 2002IWA Mid-South 28 Days Charlestown, Indiana 129Defeat Todd Morton and Mitch Ryder in tournament final after the titles were reinstated. [7] [8]
4 The Bad Breed
(Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten)
March 2, 2002IWA Mid-South Morris Mayhem Morris, Illinois 134This was a three-way match also involving Cash Flo and Corporal Robinson. [9]
5Mean And Hard
(Rollin' Hard and Mitch Page)
April 5, 2002IWA Mid-South April Bloodshowers 2002 Indianapolis, Indiana 228 Necro Butcher replaced Axl Rotten in the title defense due to Rotten getting injured. [10]
6Cash Flo and Ian Rotten (2)May 3, 2002IWA Mid-South Locked Indianapolis, Indiana 17 [11]
7Tarek The Great and Ian Rotten (3)May 10, 2002 House show Clarksville, Indiana 18Cash Flo turned on Ian Rotten after they won the titles in the previous reign. One week later, Rotten defeated Flo to gain the control of both belts, but IWA refused to recognize him as sole champion so he chose Tarek The Great as his tag team partner. [12]
8Mean And Hard
(Rollin' Hard and Mitch Page)
May 18, 2002 House show Clarksville, Indiana 377 [13]
9Harry Palmer and Mark WolfAugust 3, 2002IWA Mid-South Wrestling In Hades Weekend Clarksville, Indiana 10 - 28The length of this reign is uncertain [14]
Vacated August 2002The titles were abandoned somewhere in August under unknown circumstances.
10Southern Comfort
(Tracy Smothers and Chris Hamrick)
May 29, 2004IWA Mid-South A Shot Of Southern Comfort Highland, Indiana 11Defeated The Second City Saints (CM Punk and Colt Cabana) in a tournament final to win the reactivated titles. [15] [16]
11The Monsters
(Brad Bradley and Ryan Boz)
May 30, 2004IWA Mid-South Volcano Girls Hammond, Indiana 1111 [17]
12The Wild Cards
(Eddie Kingston and Blackjack Marciano)
September 18, 2004 IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 Highland, Indiana 1119This was a three-way match also involving Tank and Iceberg. [18] [19]
13 Brad Bradley (2), Ryan Boz (2) and Trik DavisJanuary 15, 2005IWA Mid-South Anything Goes 2K5 Highland, Indiana 1147This was a Steel cage match. Steve Stone replaced Black Jack Marciano due to his injury. Bradley also git injured during the match and Trik Davis substituted him. However, Bradley is also recognized as champion under the freebird rule even if pulled out of the match. [20]
14 The Iron Saints
(Vito Thomaselli and Sal Thomaselli)
June 11, 2005IWA Mid-South Something To Prove Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 128This was a six-way tag team elimination match. [21]
15 The Bad Breed
(Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten (4))
July 9, 2005 House show Hammond, Indiana 256 [22]
Vacated September 3, 2005 House show Titles were vacated after Ian Rotten suffered a concussion.
16 The Iron Saints
(Vito Thomaselli and Sal Thomaselli)
September 10, 2005IWA Mid-South The Champ Is Here Plymouth, Indiana 2189Defeated Matt Sydal and Delirious in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. [23] [24]
17 Ian Rotten (5) and Mad Man Pondo March 18, 2006IWA Mid-South March Massacre Midlothian, Illinois 1146This was a no ropes barbed Taipei death match. [25]
18Vulgar Display of Power
(Deranged and Brain Damage)
August 11, 2006IWA Mid-South Simply The Best 7 Midlothian, Illinois 144 Drake Younger replaced an injured Mad Man Pondo in the match. [26]
Vacated September 25, 2006
19 The Iron Saints
(Vito Thomaselli and Sal Thomaselli)
May 26, 2007IWA Mid-South Candido Cup 2007 Midlothian, Illinois 3280Defeated Up in Smoke (Cheech and Cloudy) in the Candido Cup tournament final to win the vacant titles. [27] [28]
20 The BLKOUT
(Joker and Ricky Reyes)
March 1, 2008IWA Mid-South 500th Show Joliet, Illinois 142 Joker and Ricky Reyes won the titles, but any member of The BLKOUT stable was allowed to take place in title defenses by the freebird rule. Even if other members of the stable such as Ruckus, Sabian and Too Cold Scorpio defended the titles, they were not recognized as champions. [29] [30]
21 Josh Abercrombie, Mickie Knuckles and Devon MooreApril 12, 2008IWA Mid-South April Bloodshowers 2008 Joliet, Illinois 121 Ruckus, Sabian and Too Cold Scorpio defended the titles instead of Joker and Ricky Reyes. Knuckles became the first woman to hold the titles. [31]
22 Up in Smoke
(Cheech and Cloudy)
May 3, 2008IWA Mid-South A Night Of Champions Joliet, Illinois 1N/AThe length of tis reign is uncertain. Mickie Knuckles and Devin Moore defended the titles. [32]
Vacated 2008The titles were vacated somewhere in 2008 due to IWA Mid-South ceasing its operations at that time starting a planned hiatus.
23Hot Chocolate
(Sugar Dunkerton and Myron Reed)
April 27, 2017IWA Mid-South Candido Cup 2017 Jeffersonville, Indiana 149Defeated The Ugly Ducklings (Lance Lude & Rob Killjoy) in the Candido Cup final to win the vacant titles. [33] [34]
24The 4Gotten
(Aidan Blackhart and Justin Storm)
June 15, 2017IWA Mid-South Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better Jeffersonville, Indiana 122 [35]
25The Rejects
(John Wayne Murdoch and Reed Bentley)
July 7, 2017IWA Mid-South In Memory Of Madison Jeffersonville, Indiana 120 [36]
26The Young Dragons
(Dale Patricks and Josh Crane)
July 27, 2017IWA Mid-South Taking It To The Extreme Jeffersonville, Indiana 142This was a Three Way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match also involving Brandon Taggart and Larry D. [37]
27 Mance Warner and ZodiakSeptember 7, 2017IWA Mid-South Prelude To Petty 2017 Memphis, Indiana 156 [38]
28Outlaw Inc.
(Eddie Kingston (2) and Homicide)
November 2, 2017IWA Mid-South November Pain 2017 Memphis, Indiana 178 Calvin Tankman would go out to defend the titles when any of Kingston or Homicide were not able to do. He defended the titles unsuccessfully against Elliott Paul and Pat Monix with the reason behind it being still unknown. His only known successful defense was at IWA Mid-South: Simply the Best 11 on December 14, 2017, where he teamed up with Homicide to defeat Jake Parnell and Shane Mercer. [39]
29Unfortunate Pairing
(Elliott Paul and Pat Monix)
January 19, 2018IWA Mid-South A Hard Day's Night Memphis, Indiana 148Defeated Calvin Tankman in a 2-on-1 handicap match. How Tankman reached to defend Kingston's and Homicide's titles alone is unknown nor if he was recognized champion. [40]
30FireArms
(Myron Reed (2) and Trey Miguel)
March 8, 2018IWA Mid-South No Retreat, No Surrender 2018 Memphis, Indiana 143 [41]
31The Gym Nasty Boyz
(Timmy Lou Retton and White Mike)
April 20, 2018IWA Mid-South Candido Cup 2018 Memphis, Indiana 1111This was the Candido Cup final. [42]
32The Murphy Boyz
(Cameron Murphy and Carson Murphy)
August 9, 2018IWA Mid-South Bringing Nasty Back Memphis, Indiana 144 [43]
33The Top Guys
(Adam Slade and Kevin Giza)
September 22, 2018 IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2018 Indianapolis, Indiana 147This was a four-way match also involving Jimmy Jacobs & Joe Alonzo and Logan James & Myron Reed. [44]
34Dakota Bostock and Shane MercerNovember 8, 2018IWA Mid-South The Player's Ball Jeffersonville, Indiana 114 [45]
35The Player's Club
(Adam Slade (2), Kevin Giza (2), Billy The P and Lukas Jacobs)
November 22, 2018IWA Mid-South Wrestlefeast 2018 Jeffersonville, Indiana 1(2)49This was an elimination tag team match. Slade, Jacobs and Billy The P won the titles, but Giza is also recognized as champion under the freebird rule. Bostock defended the titles teaming up with Larry D and JC Rotten who replaced Shane Mercer. However, Larry D and Rotten were not recognized as champions even if officially taking part in the title defense match. [46]
36Mama's Boiz
(Joe Travis and Joshie Boy)
January 10, 2019IWA Mid-South Out With The Old In With The New 2019 Jeffersonville, Indiana 142 [47]
37The PD Express/The Player's Club
(Logan James and Tyler Matrix/and Adam Slade (3))
February 21, 2019IWA Mid-South Heartbreak After Heartbreak Jeffersonville, Indiana 1(3,4)484Logan James and Tyler Matrix later joined The Player's Club stable. Adam Slade was allowed to defend the titles several times, with documentations stating that he was recognized as a champion under the freebird rule starting by the IWA Mid-South Summertime Blues Baby event which took place on June 13th. However, James and Matrix started being recognized again as a two-person tag team beginning with the IWA Mid-South Seasons Beatings 2019 event which took place on December 12th, documentations stating that Adam Slade was no longer part of the reign. James and Matrix's reign have been recognized as uninterrupted. [48] [49]
38Alice Crowley and Becky IdolJune 19, 2020IWA Mid-South Unfinished Business Indianapolis, Indiana 1141This was a six-way tables, ladders and chairs match also involving Hunter Drake & Tyler Franks, Ace Perry & Dale Patricks, Chris Dickinson & KTB and Kevin Giza & Lukas Jacobs. Crowley and Idol are the first women wrestlers to win the title. [50]
39GK Fam
(Prima Donny and Piper)
November 7, 2020IWA Mid-South Somebody's Gonna Hurt Somebody 2020 Jeffersonville, Indiana 119This was a four-way tag team match also involving Mama's Boiz (Joe Travis and Joshie Boy) and The Difference (Jordan Whittaker and Ray Waddell). [51]
40Mama's Boiz
(Joe Travis and Joshie Boy)
November 26, 2020IWA Mid-South Wrestlefeast 2020 Jeffersonville, Indiana 237This was an Old school match. [52]
41The Mason Dixon Line
(Devan Dixon and Silas Mason)
January 2, 2021Out With The Old, In With The New 2021 Jeffersonville, Indiana 140 [53]
42The PD Express
(Logan James and Tyler Matrix)
February 11, 2021Heartbreak Jeffersonville, Indiana 2(5)63This was a gauntlet tag team match also involving GK Fam (Piper and Prima Donny), Talladega Flights (Hunter Drake and Tyler Franks), The Highlight Reel (Damian Reel and Diamon Reel) and The Lost (Brayden Toon and Shean Christopher). [54]
43 Jake Crist and John Wayne Murdoch (2)April 15, 2021Spring Fever 2021 Jeffersonville, Indiana 149 [55] [56]
44Born To Die
(Corey Storm and Jake Crist (2))
June 3, 2021IWA Mid-South You Ain't Seen Crazy Yet Jeffersonville, Indiana 121This was a "Winner Takes All" match between Christ and Murdoch in which Corey Storm was awarded Murdoch's half of the championship. [57]
45Team Lotttttttaaaaa Respect
(Dale Patricks (2) and Kevin Giza (3))
June 24, 2021IWA Mid-South Tag, You're It! Jeffersonville, Indiana 1750+ [58]

Combined reigns

As of July14, 2023.

Indicates the current champion
¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain.

By team

RankTeamNo. of
reigns
Combined days
1The Top Guys/The PD Express/The Player's Club
(1st reign: Adam Slade and Kevin Giza
2nd reign: Adam Slade, Kevin Giza, Billy The P and Lukas Jacobs
3rd reign: Logan James, Tyler Matrix and Adam Slade
4th-5th reign: Logan James and Tyler Matrix)
4(5)643
2 The Iron Saints
(Vito Thomaselli and Sal Thomaselli)
3496
3Team Lotttttttaaaaa Respect
(Dale Patricks and Kevin Giza)
1750+
4 Brad Bradley, Ryan Boz and Trik Davis1148
5 Ian Rotten and Mad Man Pondo 1147
6Alice Crowley and Becky Idol1141
7Mean And Hard
(Rollin' Hard and Mitch Page)
3134
8The Wild Cards
(Eddie Kingston and Blackjack Marciano)
1119
9The Misfits
(Derek Domino and Harley Lewis)
1¤0-118
10The Monsters
(Brad Bradley and Ryan Boz)
1111
The Gym Nasty Boyz
(Timmy Lou Retton and White Mike)
1111
12 The Bad Breed
(Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten)
290
13Mama's Boiz
(Joe Travis and Joshie Boy)
279
14Outlaw Inc.
(Eddie Kingston and Homicide)
178
15 Mance Warner and Zodiak156
16Hot Chocolate
(Sugar Dunkerton and Myron Reed)
149
Jake Crist and John Wayne Murdoch 149
18The War Machines
(War Machine #1 and War Machine #2)
148
Unfortunate Pairing
(Elliott Paul and Pat Monix)
148
20The Murphy Boyz
(Cameron Murphy and Carson Murphy)
144
Vulgar Display of Power
(Deranged and Brain Damage)
144
22FireArms
(Myron Reed and Trey Miguel)
143
23 The BLKOUT
(Joker and Ricky Reyes)
142
The Young Dragons
(Dale Patricks and Josh Crane)
142
25The Mason Dixon Line
Devan Dixon and Silas Mason)
140
26Harry Palmer and Mark Wolf1¤0-28
27Corey Storm and Jake Crist 121
Josh Abercrombie, Mickie Knuckles and Devon Moore121
29The Rejects
(John Wayne Murdoch and Reed Bentley)
120
30GK Fam
(Prima Donny and Piper)
119
31Dakota Bostock and Shane Mercer114
32The 4Gotten
(Aidan Blackhart and Justin Storm)
112
33Tarek The Great and Ian Rotten 18
34Cash Flo and Ian Rotten 17
35Southern Comfort
(Tracy Smothers and Chris Hamrick)
11
36 Up in Smoke
(Cheech and Cloudy)
1¤N/A

By wrestler

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
days
1 Logan James 2547
Tyler Matrix2547
3 Vito Thomaselli 3496
Sal Thomaselli 3496
5Kevin Giza †3846+
6Dale Patricks †2792+
7Adam Slade3278
8 Brad Bradley 2259
Ryan Boz2259
10 Ian Rotten 5252
11 Eddie Kingston 2197
12Trik Davis1148
13 Mad Man Pondo 1147
14Alice Crowley1141
Becky Idol1141
16Mitch Page3134
Rollin' Hard3134
18Blackjack Marciano1119
19Derek Domino1¤0-118
Harley Lewis1¤0-118
21Timmy Lou Retton1111
White Mike1111
23 Myron Reed 292
24 Axl Rotten 290
25Joe Travis279
Joshie Boy279
27 Homicide 178
28 Jake Crist 170
29 John Wayne Murdoch 268
30 Mance Warner 156
Zodiak156
32Billy The P149
Lukas Jacobs149
Sugar Dunkerton149
35Elliott Paul148
Pat Monix148
War Machine #1148
War Machine #2148
39 Brain Damage 144
Cameron Murphy144
Carson Murphy144
Deranged144
43 Trey Miguel 143
44 Joker 142
Josh Crane142
Ricky Reyes 142
47Devan Dixon140
Silas Mason140
49Harry Palmer1¤0-28
Mark Wolf1¤0-28
51Corey Storm121
Devon Moore121
Josh Abercrombie 121
Mickie Knuckles 121
55Reed Bentley120
56Prima Donny119
Piper119
58Dakota Bostock114
Shane Mercer114
60Aidan Blackhart112
Justin Storm112
62Tarek The Great18
63Cash Flo17
64 Chris Hamrick 11
Tracy Smothers 11
66 Cheech 1¤N/A
Cloudy 1¤N/A

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