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Promotion | International Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
Date established | January 6, 2000 | ||||||||||
Current champion(s) | La Alianza (Xavier Millet, Johnny Blaze, Manú and Romeo) | ||||||||||
Date won | August 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
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The IWA World Tag Team Championship is a Tag Team Championship defended in Puerto Rico.The titles were first introduced in the first incarnation of the International Wrestling Association, where they are defended. They also made a brief appearance in the World Wrestling League (WWL) during 2018. It was introduced on January 6, 2000.
In 2021, Fernando Tonos and Manny Ferno created La Alianza IWE with the intention of completing a hostile takeover on behalf of International Wrestling Entertainment. Members of the stable won all of the IWA-PR titles. In response, general manager Chicky Starr and Savio Vega introduced parallel titles for each division in March 2022. While the storyline continued, there two sets of belts were contested independently of each other, with the originals being referenced to as the "IWE World Tag Team Championship".
In early 2015, while Vega was part of La Radio PR's "Más Allá del Ring" show, the title belts made appearances as part of the studio's decore along the Undisputed World Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships
On May 19, 2018 it was reintroduced by Savio Vega as part of the main angle of WWL Golpe de Estado 2018, in which he led a group that intended to convert the WWL into the second incarnation of the IWA. At the event, Los Dueños de la Malicia carried the titles with them. However, after Golpe de Estado Dennis Rivera announced his retirement due to a legitimate knee injury. The titles made an appearance in an event sponsored by the municipal administration of Naranjito afterwards, but their status was not touched upon.
On July 20, 2018, a relaunch of IWA's Florida spinoff was also announced, along a tournament to fill the vacancies for the Undisputed World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships. [1] However, with the relaunch of the IWA's main branch at Puerto Rico, the spinoff received its own titles.
In November 2019, one of the belts was carried by JC Navarro at Caution Wrestling Federation’s Aniversario event in Mexico. He did the same at Colombian Pro Wrestling’s Indy Circuit event, held on December 14, 2019.
After IWA-PR resumed operations in 2018, a tournament to fill the vacancy was announced on February 22, 2019 as part of Revelaciones. The participating teams were West Side Mafia, Thunder & Lightning, Legio and The Drunken Xpress. The eliminatories were set to begin at Sangre x Sangre in March. The first two teams clashed prior to its start, with Thunder and Lightning securing a first-round bye with a win over the West Side Mafia.
Sangre x Sangre (03/30 Cataño) | Vendetta (04/06 Dorado) | Promised Land (05/18 Mayaguez) | ||||||||||||
1 | Puro Macho (Kris Diaz and JC Navarro) | W | ||||||||||||
8 | Los Boricuas (Miguel Pérez Jr. and Huracan Castillo.) | |||||||||||||
Puro Macho (Kris Diaz and JC Navarro) | W | |||||||||||||
West Side Mafia (Morgan and Tabu) | ||||||||||||||
4 | West Side Mafia (Morgan and Tabu) | W | ||||||||||||
5 | The Drunken Express (Excellent Mantell and Pupe Jackson) | |||||||||||||
Puro Macho (Kris Diaz and JC Navarro) | W | |||||||||||||
Legio (Spectro and Vassago) | ||||||||||||||
2 | Legio (Spectro and Vassago) | BYE | ||||||||||||
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Legio (Spectro and Vassago) | W | |||||||||||||
La Artilleria Pesada (Thunder and Lightning) | ||||||||||||||
3 | La Artilleria Pesada (Thunder and Lightning) | BYE | ||||||||||||
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Indicates disputed IWA/IWE champions. | |
Indicates title reigns and changes not recognized by IWA or vacancies. |
Highlights in bold denotes after Juicio Final 2022 each division have 2 champions due by the controversy between IWA and IWE, in which the latter took control of the old titles forcing IWA to create new titles in each division
# | Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Days held | Place: | Event: | Notes: | Ref. |
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1 | Val Venis and Ricky Santana | 1 | January 6, 2000 | 56 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua (2000) | Defeated the Head Bangers and Huracán Castillo Jr. and Savio Vega in a three way dance tournament final. | [2] |
2 | Ricky Santana (2) and Sean Hill | 1 | March 2, 2000 | 36 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Hill replaced Venis due to an injury. | ||
3 | Los Boricuas (Huracan Castillo (1) and Miguel Perez (1)) | 1 | March 9, 2000 | 50 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Made a team with Savio Vega to defeat Ricky Santana, Sean Hill and Fidel Sierra in a six man tag team match. | [3] |
4 | Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr (1) and Victor The Bodyguard (1)) | 1 | April 28, 2000 | 9 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | IWA One Night Only | Huracan and Miguel were part of Stable "Los Intocables" at this time. Savio Vega was the special referee. | [4] |
5 | La Nueva Generación (Ricky Banderas and Gran Apolo) | 1 | May 7, 2000 | 27 | Moca, Puerto Rico | |||
6 | Club WWF (Andy Anderson (1) and Steve Bradley (1)) | 1 | June 3, 2000 | 1 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | |||
7 | Andy Anderson (2) and Headhunter II | 1 | June 4, 2000 | 7 | Headhunter II replaced Steve Bradley when was called by WWE. | |||
8 | Club WWF (Andy Anderson (3) and Steve Bradley (2)) | 2 | June 11, 2000 | 5 | Bradley returned from WWF and regained the Tag Team Championship | |||
9 | La Nueva Generación (Ricky Banderas (2) and Gran Apolo (2)) | 2 | June 16, 2000 | 1 | Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico | This was a 4-way match also including The Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr and Victor The Bodyguard) and Sexy and Sensual (Sean Hill and Andrés Borges) in 4-way match. | ||
10 | Club WWF (Andy Anderson (4) and Steve Bradley (3)) | 3 | June 17, 2000 | 20 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | |||
11 | Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr (2) and Victor The Bodyguard (2)) | 2 | July 7, 2000 | 22 | Manati, Puerto Rico | |||
— | Vacated | — | July 29, 2000 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | Title was vacated after a match between La Nueva Generación and Starr Corporation. | |||
12 | La Nueva Generación (Ricky Banderas (3) and Gran Apolo (3)) | 3 | August 5, 2000 | 1 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Ricky Banderas named a new partner, Miguelito Pérez, on August 6 after he turned on Nuevo Gran Apolo. | [5] |
13 | Los Intocables (Ricky Banderas (4) and Huracán Castillo (2) and Miguel Pérez (2) and Fidel Sierra (1) and Pain (1)) | 1 | August 6, 2000 | 55 | On August 13 any combination of Los Intocables were qualified to defend the titles and later Fidel Sierra was added on August 20, 2000 in Lares, Puerto Rico (but Sierra was no longer with IWA). | |||
14 | Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr (3) and Victor The Bodyguard (3)) | 3 | September 30, 2000 | 42 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | Defeated Pain and Miguel Pérez, Jr. | ||
15 | SOS (Andy Anderson (5) and Vyzago (1)) | 1 | November 11, 2000 | 105 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | |||
16 | Miguel Pérez Jr. (3) and Gran Apolo (4) | 1 | February 24, 2001 | 25 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Stipulation was that if Perez and Apolo lost they couldn't be a team anymore. | ||
17 | Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr (4) and Victor The Bodyguard (4)) | 4 | March 23, 2001 | 65 | Arecibo, Puerto Rico | Defeated Nuevo Gran Apolo in a handicap match when Miguel Pérez no showed. | [6] | |
18 | D'Lo Brown (1) and Glamour Boy Shane (1) | 1 | May 27, 2001 | 27 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated Los Boricuas (Miguel Perez and Huracan Castillo) and Starr Corporation in a 3-way match. | [7] |
19 | Los Boricuas (Miguel Pérez, Jr. (4) and Huracán Castillo, Jr. (3)) | 3 | June 23, 2001 | 49 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated Pete Gas and Chaz and Shane and D-Lo Brown in a 3-way match. | [8] |
20 | The New Corporation (Big Ross McCollough and Tiger Ali Singh) | 1 | August 11, 2001 | 21 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [9] | |
21 | The New Corporation (Faraón Zaruxx and Agente Bruno) | 1 | September 1, 2001 | 89 | Gurabo, Puerto Rico | They wrestled Tiger Ali Singh and Big Russ McCollough on a tag team match but since they were all member of the NEW CORPORATION, they faked the match. Then Savio ordered the match to be a Title match adding Los Boricuas. At the end Russ was knocked out and then Castillo hit Zaruxx with the bell, Zaruxx landed over Russ and Castillo came to pin both. Savio ruled that since Zaruxx was pinning Russ, Zaruxx and Bruno won the Tag Team Titles. | ||
22 | Los Boricuas (Miguel Pérez, Jr. (5) and Huracán Castillo, Jr. (4)) | 4 | September 29, 2001 | 56 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||
23 | The New Corporation (Pain (2) and Tiger Ali Singh (2)) | 1 | November 24, 2001 | 14 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [10] | |
24 | The New Corporation (Pain (3) and "Primetime" Ángel Rodríguez)(1) | 1 | December 8, 2001 | 0 | Orocovis, Puerto Rico | "Primetime" Ángel Rodríguez replaced Tiger Ali Singh. | ||
25 | Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr (5) and Victor The Bodyguard (5)) | 5 | December 8, 2001 | 118 | Orocovis, Puerto Rico | |||
26 | Hermanos del Dolor (Glamour Boy Shane (2) and Ricky Banderas (5)) | 1 | April 5, 2002 | 8 | Manatí, Puerto Rico | |||
27 | Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr (6) and Victor The Bodyguard (6)) | 6 | April 13, 2002 | 99 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Shane no showed under a deportation stipulation (in reality he was headed to Japan). | ||
28 | Los Boricuas (Miguel Pérez, Jr. (6) and Huracán Castillo, Jr. (5)) | 5 | July 21, 2002 | 91 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [11] | |
29 | Los Boricuas Auténticos (Savio Vega and Miguel Pérez (7)) | 1 | October 20, 2002 | 78 | Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico | Miguel Pérez defeated Huracán Castillo in a No DQ match to win control of the tag team titles at the Antonio Barcelo Coliseum on September 21, 2002 at Toa Baja, PR. later Pérez picked Savio Vega to be his new tag team partner. | ||
30 | Abyss and Miguel Pérez (8) | 1 | January 6, 2003 | 13 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua (2003) | Abyss replaced Savio Vega. | [12] |
31 | Eric Alexander and Andy Anderson (6) | 1 | January 19, 2003 | 55 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [13] | |
— | Vacated | — | March 15, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Savio Vega stripped the IWA Tag Team Titles after Eric Alexander failure to defend the title for 30 days due to his injury. | |||
32 | Abyss (2) and Miguel Pérez (9) | 2 | March 15, 2003 | 63 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Title returned back by the IWA general manager Savio Vega. | ||
33 | Glamour Boy Shane (3) and Abyss (3) | 1 | May 17, 2003 | 14 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | In a match between former tag team partners, Abyss (1/2 of the Tag Team of the promotion) defeated Miguel Perez (1/2 of the tag team) to win the total control of the title, after Shane interfered. Abyss handed him the other belt, so new tag team champions were Shane and Abyss. | [14] |
34 | Los Desertores (Miguel Pérez, Jr. (10) and Slash Venom) | 1 | May 31, 2003 | 28 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||
35 | Eric Alexander (2) and Craven | 1 | June 28, 2003 | 7 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | |||
— | Vacated | — | July 5, 2003 | After the match between Miguel Pérez, Jr. and Slash Venom and Eric Alexander and Craven. | ||||
36 | Eric Alexander (3) and Craven (2) | 2 | July 12, 2003 | 154 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude (2003) | Defeated Miguel Pérez, Jr. and Slash Venom in a rematch. | [15] |
37 | Chicano and Craven (3) | 1 | December 13, 2003 | 1 | Chicano replaced Eric Alexander. | |||
38 | Los Boricuas (Miguel Pérez, Jr. (11) and Huracán Castillo, Jr. (6)) | 6 | December 14, 2003 | 23 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR (2003) | Defeated Craven and Chicano and Power Company (Dave Power and Dean Power) in a 3-way match. | [16] |
39 | Los Ilegales (Stefano and Chicano (2)) | 1 | January 6, 2004 | 18 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua (2004) | [17] | |
40 | Los Boricuas (Miguel Pérez, Jr. (12) and Huracán Castillo, Jr. (7)) | 7 | January 24, 2004 | 28 | Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Chicano was injured so Stefano had to be in a Handicap Match against Los Boricuas. On 02/07 Caguas. PR Victor and Chet stole the titles proclaiming themselves champions | [18] [19] |
41 | Artillería Pesada (Thunder and Lightning) | 1 | February 21, 2004 | 119 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Defeated La Compañía (Victor the Bodyguard and Chet Jablonski), Los Ilegales (Chicano and Stefano) and Los Boricuas (Miguel Perez, Jr. and Huracan Castillo) in a 3-way Elimination match. | [20] |
42 | Glamour Boy Shane (4) and Kasey James | 1 | June 19, 2004 | 6 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [21] | |
43 | Artillería Pesada (Thunder (2) and Lightning (2)) | 2 | June 25, 2004 | 92 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||
44 | Slash Venom (2) and Chicano (3) | 1 | September 25, 2004 | 21 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Defeated La Artillería Pesada in a cage match. | [22] |
45 | Chet Jablonski and Kasey James (2) | 1 | October 16, 2004 | 35 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado (2004) | [23] | |
46 | Slash Venom (3) and Chicano (4) | 2 | November 20, 2004 | 1 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Harcore Weekend (2004) | Defeated Chet Jablonski and Kasey James in a TLC match. | [24] [25] |
47 | Artillería Pesada (Thunder (3) and Lightning (3)) | 3 | November 21, 2004 | 46 | San Sebastián, Puerto Rico | |||
48 | 3 LiveKru (Ron Killings and Konnan) | 1 | January 6, 2005 | 23 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua (2005) | ||
49 | Lightning (4) and Anarchy | 1 | January 29, 2005 | 29 | Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Thunder suffered an injury on January 6, 2005 so Savio Vega named Anarchy Lightning's partner and co-holder of the titles. | [26] |
50 | Noriega and Golden Boy | 1 | February 27, 2005 | 48 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | On 04/16 Diabolico and Cruz stole the titles and proclaimed themselves champions | [27] [28] |
51 | La Cruz Del Diablo (Diabólico (1) and Cruz (1)) | 1 | April 16, 2005 | 29 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |||
52 | La Cruz Del Diablo (Diabólico (2) and Draco Lee (1)) | 1 | May 15, 2005 | 41 | Lajas, Puerto Rico | Draco Lee replaced Cruz who won the #1 contender match for the IWA World Heavyweight Championship. | ||
Vacated | June 25, 2005 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Title was Vacated after the match between La Cruz Del Diablo (Diabolico and Draco Lee) and Noriega and Golden Boy. | |||||
53 | La Cruz Del Diablo (Diabólico (3) and Draco Lee (2)) | 2 | July 2, 2005 | 14 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Defeated Noriega and Golden Boy in a rematch. | [29] |
54 | SWAT Team (I and II) | 1 | July 16, 2005 | 14 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [30] | |
55 | La Cruz Del Diablo (Diabólico (4) and Draco Lee (3)) | 3 | July 30, 2005 | 44 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude (2005) | Defeated The SWAT Team and Noriega and Golden Boy in a 3-way match. | |
56 | Alex Montalvo and Golden Boy (2) | 1 | August 13, 2005 | 56 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||
57 | Neo and Montana | 1 | October 8, 2005 | 14 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | |||
58 | Golden Boy (3) and Super Mark | 1 | October 22, 2005 | 14 | Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico | |||
59 | Neo (2) and Montana (2) | 2 | November 5, 2005 | 62 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | |||
60 | Artillería Pesada (Thunder (4) and Lightning (5)) | 4 | January 6, 2006 | 29 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | |||
61 | La Cruz Del Diablo (Ricky Banderas (6) and Cruzz (2)) | 1 | February 4, 2006 | 7 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [31] | |
62 | Artillería Pesada (Thunder (5) and Lightning (6)) | 5 | February 11, 2006 | 63 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [32] | |
63 | Mr. Big and Cruzz (3) | 1 | April 15, 2006 | 29 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Apocalipsis | ||
64 | Artillería Pesada (Thunder (6) and Lightning (7)) | 6 | May 14, 2006 | 62 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||
65 | Mr. Big (2) and Bad Boy Bradley | 1 | July 15, 2006 | 28 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [33] | |
66 | Chicano (5) and Slash Venom (4) | 3 | August 12, 2006 | 22 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [34] | |
67 | British Militia (Jon Moxley and Hade Vansen) | 1 | September 3, 2006 | 69 | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado (2006) | [35] | |
70 | La Zona Ilegal (Chicano (6) and "Jumpin" Jeff Jeffrey) | 1 | November 11, 2006 | 28 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [36] | |
71 | La Revolución Dominicana (Bakano (1) and Joe Bravo (1) and Elí Rodríguez (1) and Balbuena (1) and Diabólico (5) and Diamante (1)) | 1 | December 9, 2006 | 133 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR (2006) | Bakano and Diamante defeated La Zona Ilegal in a TLC match. Any combination of La revolución dominicana is allowed to defend the titles. | [37] |
72 | Los Rabiosos (Mr. Big (3) and Blitz (1)) | 1 | April 21, 2007 | 56 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated Diamante and Diabólico. | [38] |
73 | La Revolución Dominicana (El Diabólico (6) and El Diamante (2)) | 1 | June 16, 2007 | 63 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | II Copa Jose Miguel Perez | Defeated Los Rabiosos (Mr. Big and Blitz) and Las Estrellas (G.Q. The Ravishing and Ricky Cruzz) in 3-way match. | [39] |
74 | Los Aéreos (Hiram Tua (1) and 'El Sensacional' Carlitos (1)) | 1 | August 18, 2007 | 14 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Armagedon (2007) | Defeated La Revolución Dominicana in a Ladders and Penalty Box match. | [40] |
75 | The Naturals (Chase Stevens (1) and Andy Douglas (1)) | 1 | September 1, 2007 | 210 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | NWA Weekend | [41] | |
— | Vacated | — | March 29, 2008 | — | Title presumably vacated by IWA and ordered a Tournament for the Vacant titles. | [42] | ||
76 | La Cruz Del Diablo (Cruzz (4) and Diabólico (7)) | 2 | May 17, 2008 | 14 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final (2008) | Defeated Los Dueños de la Malicia (Dennis Rivera and Noel Rodríguez) in a tournament final. | [43] |
77 | Los Dueños de la Malicia (Dennis Rivera (1) and Noel Rodríguez (1)) | 1 | May 31, 2008 | 105 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | En Ruta a la III Copa Jose Miguel Perez | Defeated Diabólico in a handicap match. | [44] |
78 | La Cruz Del Diablo (Cruzz (5) and Diabólico (8)) | 3 | September 13, 2008 | 63 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated Los Dueños de la Malicia (Dennis Rivera and Noel Rodríguez) and The Faces of Fear (Spectro and Rainstain) in 3-way match. | [45] |
79 | Los Árabes (Harrdam Kadafi (1) and Zaer Arafat (1)) | 1 | November 15, 2008 | 14 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Hardcore Weekend (2008) | [46] | |
80 | Los Boricuas Auténticos (Savio Vega (2) and Miguel Pérez (13)) | 2 | November 29, 2008 | 14 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | November to Remember | [47] | |
— | Vacated | — | December 13, 2008 | |||||
81 | Los Árabes (Harrdam Kadafi (2) and Zaer Arafat (2)) | 2 | December 13, 2008 | 24 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR (2008) | Defeated Bison and Miguel Pérez, Jr. for the vacant titles. | [48] |
82 | Bison Smith and Miguel Pérez, Jr. (14) | 1 | January 6, 2009 | 18 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua (2009) | [49] | |
83 | Los Dueños de la Malicia (Dennis Rivera (2) and Noel Rodríguez (2)) | 2 | January 24, 2009 | 21 | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | [50] | ||
84 | The Latin American Xchange (Homicide (1) and Hernandez (1)) | 1 | February 14, 2009 | 91 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Noche de Campeones (2009) | [51] | |
— | Vacated | — | May 16, 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final (2009) | |||
85 | Los Árabes (Harrdam Kadafi (3) and Zaer Arafat (3)) | 3 | July 18, 2009 | 29 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA Decimo Aniversario | Defeated La Amenaza Ilegal (Chicano and Bryan), La Malicia (Noel Rodríguez and Richard Rondón) and Chris Joel and Golden Boy in a Fatal 4-way match. | [52] |
86 | La Amenaza Ilegal (Bryan (1) and Chicano (7)) | 1 | August 16, 2009 | 28 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado (2009) | [53] | |
87 | Los Nuevos Dueños de la Malicia (Rick Stanley and Noel Rodríguez (3)) | 1 | September 13, 2009 | 6 | Hatillo, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | [54] | |
88 | Los Auténticos (Chicano (8) and Dennis Rivera (3)) | 1 | September 19, 2009 | 8 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Armagedon (2009) | [55] | |
89 | Los Árabes (Harrdam Kadafi (4) and Zaer Arafat (4)) | 4 | September 27, 2009 | 6 | Yauco, Puerto Rico | |||
90 | Los Auténticos (Chicano (9) and Dennis Rivera (4)) | 2 | October 3, 2009 | 7 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | [56] | |
91 | Los Árabes (Harrdam Kadafi (5) and Zaer Arafat (5)) | 5 | October 10, 2009 | 49 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||
92 | Los Fugitivos de la Calle (Niche (1) and Lynx (1)) | 1 | November 28, 2009 | 14 | Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Arabes didn't win the match in 5 minutes so they had to defend the titles. | [57] |
93 | Los Árabes (Harrdam Kadafi (6) and Zaer Arafat (6)) | 6 | December 12, 2009 | 25 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR (2009) | Defeated Los Fugitivos de la Calle (Niche and Lynx) and Los Nuevos Dueños de la Malicia (Noel Rodríguez and Rick Stanley) in a 3-way match. | [58] |
94 | La Doble R (Richard Rondón and Romeo) | 1 | January 6, 2010 | 38 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua (2010) | Defeated Los Árabes (Harrdam Kadafi and Zaer Arafat) and Los Nuevos Dueños de la Malicia (Noel Rodríguez and Rick Stanley)in a 3-way TLC match. | [59] |
95 | La Compañía Elíte (Gilbert and Rick Stanley (2)) | 1 | February 13, 2010 | 63 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Payback (2010) | [60] | |
96 | The Faces of Fear (Spectro and Rainstain) | 1 | April 17, 2010 | 15 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final (2010) | [61] | |
97 | La Compañía Elíte (Gilbert and Rick Stanley (3)) | 2 | May 2, 2010 | 20 | Las Marías, Puerto Rico | 1ra Ronda Copa Alcalde | Unclear who were previous champions | [62] |
98 | The Faces Of Fear (Spectro and Rainstain) | 2 | May 22, 2010 | 98 | Las Piedras, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated La Compañía Elíte (Gilbert and Rick Stanley) and Barbie Boy and Queen Adonis in 3-way match. | [63] |
99 | The Kongs (Kong I and Kong II) | 1 | August 28, 2010 | 14 | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | [64] | |
100 | The Faces of Fear (Spectro (3) and Rainstain (3)) | 3 | September 11, 2010 | 14 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado (2010) | [65] | |
101 | The Kongs (Kong I (2) and Kong II (2)) | 2 | September 25, 2010 | 7 | Lajas, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated Spectro in a Handicap match. | [66] |
102 | Rick Stanley (4) and Dennis Rivera (5) | 1 | October 2, 2010 | 18 | Añasco, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | [67] | |
103 | Los Ídolos de los Niños (Átomo and Sónico) | 1 | November 20, 2010 | 84 | Lajas, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | [68] | |
104 | Cruzz of Fear (Spectro (4) and Damián) | 1 | February 12, 2011 | 49 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Payback (2011) | [69] | |
105 | Artillería Pesada (Thunder (7) and Lightning (8)) | 7 | April 2, 2011 | 70 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final (2011) | [70] | |
106 | Los Dueños de la Malicia (Dennis Rivera (6) and Noel Rodríguez (4)) | 3 | June 11, 2011 | 56 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | V Copa Jose Miguel Perez | Defeated La Artillería Pesada and Zona 101 (Chicano and Abbad). | [71] |
107 | Zaion and Big Jonathan | 1 | August 6, 2011 | 14 | Ciales, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Chicano didn't arrive on time so Jonathan replaced him. | [72] |
— | Vacated | — | August 20, 2011 | Vega Alta, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Title Stripped by the IWA president Miguel Pérez. | [73] | |
108 | Los Dueños de la Malicia (Dennis Rivera (7) and Noel Rodríguez (5)) | 4 | August 20, 2011 | 161 | Vega Alta, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Title returned by the IWA president Miguel Pérez later Los dueños de la malica defeated Los Fugitivos de la Calle (Niche and Lynx) for the WWC World Tag Team titles on September 24, 2011 in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Also defeated La Milicia (Guevara and Zapata) in a triple title match for the WWC, IWA and EWO World Tag Team titles on November 5, 2011 in Santurce, Puerto Rico to be the Unified Tag Team Champions of the three major companies in Puerto Rico. | [73] |
109 | The New Faces of Fear (Spectro (5) and Destro) | 1 | January 28, 2012 | 0 | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua (2012) | [74] | |
110 | La Milicia (Guevara and Zapata) | 1 | January 28, 2012 | 14 | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua (2012) | La Milicia interfered the match between The New Faces of Fear (Spectro and Destro) and Los Dueños de la Malicia (Dennis Rivera and Noel Rodríguez) to take the titles and proclaim themselves Champions. | [74] |
111 | Los Invasores/La Fuerza Aérea (Shock and Riddix) | 1 | February 11, 2012 | 35 | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | Kaos and Odissey | Defeated La Milicia and Los Perros de la Muerte in a 3-way match. | [75] |
112 | La Milicia (Guevara and Zapata) | 2 | March 17, 2012 | 91 | Santurce, Puerto Rico | Clash of the Titans (2012) | [76] | |
113 | Los Dueños de la Malicia (Dennis Rivera (8) and Noel Rodríguez (6)) | 5 | June 16, 2012 | 0 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||
— | Deactivated | — | June 16, 2012 | — | — | When IWA closed for six years. | ||
114 | Puro Macho (Khriz Diaz and JC Navarro) | 1 | May 18, 2019 | 0 | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | Promised Land | Puro Macho won the IWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament but loss the title against Legio in a Flash Rematch ordered by Dennis Rivera. | |
115 | Legio (Spectro (6) and Vassago) | 1 | May 18, 2019 | 112 | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | Promised Land | Legio won the IWA World Tag Team Championship in a Flash Rematch ordered by Dennis Rivera, against Khriz Diaz and JC Navarro. | |
116 | Puro Macho (Khriz Diaz and JC Navarro) | 2 | September 7, 2019 | 182 | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado (2019) | ||
117 | Los Fugitivos (Niche & Lynx) | 2 | March 7, 2020 | 511 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua (2020) | ||
118 | The Owners of Time (Nick Mercer & Leinord White) | 1 | July 31, 2021 | 110 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | La Gran Amenaza (2021) | ||
119 | Manú & Edrax | 1 | November 18, 2021 | 1 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | ||
120 | The Owners of Time (Nick Mercer & Leinord White) | 2 | November 19, 2021 | 58 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | ||
121 | 5150 (Danny Rivera and Slice Boogie) | 1 | January 16, 2022 | 34 | Manatí, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | ||
122 | Lightning (9) & Mr. Big (2) | 1 | February 19, 2022 | 21 | Manatí, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | ||
123 | The Owners of Time (Nick Mercer & Leinord White) | 3 | March 12, 2022 | 42 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua (2022) | ||
— | Vacated | — | — | — | — | |||
124 | La Artilleria Ilegal (Chicano (10) & Lightning (10) ) (IWE half) | 1 | April 30, 2022 | 0 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final (2022) | Defeated Owners of Time to win the IWE belts. Titles were previously vacant. | |
125 | Drunken Express (Xcellent Martel & Pupe Jackson) (IWA Half) | 1 | April 30, 2022 | 35 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final (2022) | Defeated La Supremacia del Pancracio to win the IWA belts.Titles were previously vacant. | |
126 | La Excelencia Del Pancracio (Jax Di Franco & Gonzalo Leon) (IWA Half) | 1 | June 4, 2022 | 0 | Lajas, Puerto Rico | La Gran Amenaza (2022) | Defeated Drunken Express to win the IWA belts. | |
127 | Faces of Destiny (Nick Mercer & Jay Blake) (IWE Half) | 1 | June 4, 2022 | 14 | Lajas, Puerto Rico | La Gran Amenaza (2022) | Defeated Chicano & Jova El Ilegal to win the IWE belts. | |
128 | Drunken Express (Xcellent Martel & Pupe Jackson) (IWA Half) | 2 | June 18, 2022 | 28 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude El Tour (2022) | Defeated La Supremacia del Pancracio to win the IWA belts. | |
129 | Los Inhumanos (Invader I & Savio Vega) (IWE Half) | 1 | July 16, 2022 | 0 | Vega Alta, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude El Tour (2022) | Defeated Faces of Destiny to win the IWE belts. | |
130 | Dean Rose & Hell Blaze (IWA Half) | 1 | July 16, 2022 | 7 | Vega Alta, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude El Tour (2022) | Defeated Drunken Express on a Handicap Match to win the IWA belts. | |
131 | Drunken Express (Xcellent Martel & Pupe Jackson) (IWA Half) | 3 | July 23, 2022 | 0 | Lajas, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude El Tour (2022) | Defeated Dean Rose & Hell Blaze to win the IWA belts. | |
132 | Faces of Destiny (Nick Mercer & Jay Blake) (IWE Half/Unification) | 2 | July 23, 2022 | 501 | Lajas, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude El Tour (2022) | Defeated Los Inhumanos to win the IWE belts then defeated Drunken Express on November 19 to win the IWA belts and become the undisputed Tag Team Champions. | |
133 | La Industria (El Cuervo & Justin Cotto) | 1 | December 6, 2023 | 129 | Juncos, Puerto Rico | IWA Puerto Rico Christmas In PR 2023 | This was a Tables, ladders, and chairs match. | |
135 | Doom Patrol (Cold, Warant and Krystal) | 1 | April 13, 2024 | 147 | Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final (2024) | Cold and Warant won the titles, but Krystal is also recognized as champion under the freebird rules. Thus becoming the first female in IWA History to be recognized as World Tag Team Champion. | |
136 | La Alianza (Romeo, Manú and Xavier Millet) | 1 | September 7, 2024 | 28+ | Juncos, Puerto Rico |
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Los Fugitivos de la Calle (Niche and Lynx) | 2 | 525 |
2 | La Artillería Pesada (Thunder and Lightning) | 7 | 490 |
3 | Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr and Victor The Bodyguard) | 6 | 355 |
4 | Los Dueños de la Malicia (Dennis Rivera and Noel Rodríguez) | 4 | 343 |
5 | Los Boricuas (Huracán Castillo and Miguel Pérez) | 6 | 269 |
6 | The Owners of Time (Nick Mercer and Leinord White) | 3 | 225 |
7 | The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas) | 1 | 210 |
8 | Puro Macho (JC Navarro and Khris Diaz) | 1 | 182 |
9 | Eric Alexander and Craven | 2 | 178 |
10 | The Faces of Fear (Spectro and Rainstain) | 3 | 133 |
La Revolución Dominicana (Bakano and Joe Bravo and Elí Rodríguez and Balbuena and Diabólico and Diamante) | 1 | 133 | |
11 | Los Árabes (Zaer Arafat and Harrdam Kadafi) | 6 | 125 |
12 | La Cruz Del Diablo (Cruzz and Diabólico) | 3 | 107 |
13 | La Milicia (Guevara and Zapata) | 2 | 105 |
S.O.S (Andy Anderson and Vyzago) | 1 | 105 | |
14 | The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) | 1 | 94 |
15. | Los Boricuas Auténticos (Miguel Pérez, Jr. and Savio Vega) | 2 | 92 |
16. | Los Ídolos de los Niños (Átomo and Sónico) | 1 | 84 |
17. | La Compañía Elíte (Gilbert and Rick Stanley) | 2 | 77 |
18. | Abyss and Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 2 | 76 |
Neo and Montana | 2 | 76 | |
19. | British Militia (Jon Moxley and Hade Vansen) | 1 | 69 |
20. | La Cruz Del Diablo (Diabólico and Draco Lee) | 3 | 68 |
21. | La Revolución Dominicana (El Diabólico and El Diamante) | 1 | 63 |
22. | Val Venis and Ricky Santana | 1 | 56 |
Golden Boy and Alex Montalvo | 1 | 56 | |
Los Rabiosos (Mr. Big and Blitz) | 1 | 56 | |
23. | Los Intocables (Ricky Banderas and Huracán Castillo and Miguel Perez, Jr. and Fidel Sierra and Pain) | 1 | 55 |
Eric Alexander and Andy Anderson | 1 | 55 | |
24. | Cruzz of Fear (Spectro and Damian) | 1 | 50 |
25. | Rick Stanley and Dennis Rivera | 1 | 49 |
26. | Golden Boy and Noriega | 1 | 47 |
27. | Chicano and Slash Venom | 3 | 44 |
28. | Lightning and Anarchy | 1 | 43 |
29. | La Doble R (Richard Rondón and Romeo) | 1 | 38 |
30. | Los Auténticos (Chicano and Dennis Rivera) | 2 | 36 |
31. | Chet Jablonski and Kasey James | 1 | 35 |
Los Invasores/La Fuerza Aérea (Shock and Riddix) | 1 | 35 | |
5150 (Danny "Limelight" Rivera & Slime Boogie) | 1 | 35 | |
32. | Lightning & Mr. Big | 1 | 21 |
La Nueva Generación (Ricky Banderas and Gran Apolo) | 3 | 29 | |
Mr. Big and Cruzz | 1 | 29 | |
33. | The New Corporation (Agente Bruno and Faraón Zaruxx) | 1 | 28 |
Mr. Big and Bad Boy Bradley | 1 | 28 | |
La Zona Ilegal (Chicano and "Jumpin" Jeff Jeffrey) | 1 | 28 | |
La Amenaza Ilegal (Bryan and Chicano) | 1 | 28 | |
34. | Miguel Pérez, Jr. and Apolo | 1 | 27 |
D'Lo Brown and Glamour Boy Shane | 1 | 27 | |
35. | 3Live Kru (Ron Killings & Konnan) | 1 | 23 |
36. | The Kongs (Kong I and Kong II) | 2 | 21 |
The New Corporation (Big Ross McCollough and Tiger Ali Singh) | 1 | 21 | |
Lightning & Mr. Big | 1 | 21 | |
36. | Los Ilegales (Stefano and Chicano) | 1 | 18 |
37. | Bison Smith and Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 1 | 18 |
38. | The New Corporation (Pain and Tiger Ali Singh) | 1 | 14 |
Abyss and Glamour Boy Shane | 1 | 14 | |
SWAT Team (I and II) | 1 | 14 | |
Golden Boy and Super Mark | 1 | 14 | |
Los Aéreos (Hiram Tua and Carlitos) | 1 | 14 | |
Zcion and Big Jonathan | 1 | 14 | |
39. | Los Desertores (Miguel Perez and Slash Venom) | 1 | 12 |
40. | Hermanos del Dolor (Glamour Boy Shane and Ricky Banderas) | 1 | 8 |
41. | Ricky Santana and Sean Hill | 1 | 7 |
Andy Anderson and Headhunter II | 1 | 7 | |
La Cruz Del Diablo (Ricky Banderas and Cruzz) | 1 | 7 | |
42. | Glamour Boy Shane and Kasey James | 1 | 6 |
Los Nuevos Dueños de la Malicia (Rick Stanley and Noel Rodríguez) | 1 | 6 | |
43. | Los Hermanos de la Oscuridad (Vampiro & Ricky Banderas) | 1 | 1 |
Manú & Edrax | 1 | 1 | |
44. | The New Corporation (Pain and "Primetime" Ángel Rodríguez) | 1 | 1> |
Chicano and Craven | 1 | 1> | |
The New Faces of Fear (Spectro and Destro) | 1 | 1> | |
La Artillería Ilegal (Chicano & Lightning) | 1 | 1> |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1. | Lightning | 10 | 554 |
2. | Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 14 | 549 |
3. | Niche | 2 | 525 |
Lynx | 2 | 525 | |
4. | Thunder | 7 | 490 |
5. | Dennis Rivera | 7 | 428 |
6. | Diabólico | 8 | 371 |
7. | Chicky Starr | 6 | 355 |
Victor The Bodyguard | 6 | 355 | |
8. | Noel Rodríguez | 5 | 349 |
9. | Huracán Castillo | 7 | 324 |
10. | Eric Alexander | 3 | 233 |
11. | Leinord White | 3 | 225 |
Nick Mercer | 3 | 225 | |
12. | Chase Stevens | 1 | 210 |
Andy Douglas | 1 | 210 | |
13. | Diamante | 2 | 196 |
14. | Andy Anderson | 7 | 193 |
15. | JC Navarro | 1 | 182 |
Khris Diaz | 1 | 182 | |
16. | Craven | 3 | 178 |
17. | Spectro | 5 | 169 |
18. | Chicano | 10 | 154 |
19. | Cruzz | 5 | 143 |
20. | Mr. Big | 3 | 134 |
21. | |||
Rainstain | 3 | 133 | |
Bakano | 1 | 133 | |
Joe Bravo | 1 | 133 | |
Elí Rodríguez | 1 | 133 | |
Balbuena | 1 | 133 | |
18. | Rick Stanley | 4 | 132 |
22. | Harrdam Kadafi | 6 | 125 |
Zaer Arafat | 6 | 125 | |
23. | Golden Boy | 3 | 117 |
24. | Vyzago | 1 | 105 |
25. | Ricky Banderas | 5 | 99 |
26. | Homicide | 1 | 94 |
Hernandez | 1 | 94 | |
26. | Savio Vega | 2 | 92 |
27. | Abyss | 3 | 90 |
28. | Átomo | 1 | 84 |
Sónico | 1 | 84 | |
29. | Gilbert | 2 | 77 |
30. | Neo | 2 | 76 |
Montana | 2 | 76 | |
31. | Pain | 3 | 69 |
Jon Moxley | 1 | 69 | |
Hade Vansen | 1 | 69 | |
32. | Draco Lee | 3 | 68 |
33. | Ricky Santana | 2 | 63 |
34. | Slash Venom | 4 | 56 |
35. | Gran Apolo | 3 | 56 |
Val Venis | 1 | 56 | |
Alex Montalvo | 1 | 56 | |
Blitz | 1 | 56 | |
36. | Glamour Boy Shane | 4 | 55 |
Fidel Sierra | 1 | 55 | |
37. | Damian | 1 | 50 |
38. | Noriega | 1 | 47 |
39. | Anarchy | 1 | 43 |
40. | Kasey James | 2 | 41 |
41. | Richard Rondón | 1 | 38 |
Romeo | 1 | 38 | |
42. | Tiger Ali Singh | 2 | 35 |
Danny "Limelight" Rivera | 1 | 35 | |
Slime Boogie | 1 | 35 | |
43. | Faraón Zaruxx | 1 | 28 |
Agente Bruno | 1 | 28 | |
Bad Boy Bradley | 1 | 28 | |
"Jumpin" Jeff Jeffrey | 1 | 28 | |
Bryan | 1 | 28 | |
44. | D'Lo Brown | 1 | 27 |
45. | Ron Killings | 1 | 23 |
Konnan | 1 | 23 | |
46. | Kong I | 2 | 21 |
47. | Kong II | 2 | 21 |
48. | Big Ross McCollough | 1 | 21 |
49. | Bison Smith | 1 | 17 |
50. | Stefano | 1 | 18 |
51. | SWAT I | 1 | 14 |
SWAT II | 1 | 14 | |
Super Mark | 1 | 14 | |
Hiram Tua | 1 | 14 | |
Carlitos | 1 | 14 | |
52. | Sean Hill | 1 | 7 |
Headhunter II | 1 | 7 | |
55. | Vampiro | 1 | 1 |
53. | "Primetime" Ángel Rodríguez | 1 | 1> |
Destro | 1 | 1> |
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