MEWF Tag Team Championship

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MEWF Unified Tag Team Championship
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The Hollywood Hunks (Lucifer and "Hollywood" Bob Starr) as MEWF Tag Team Champions.
Details
Promotion Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
Date establishedAugust 2, 1991
Date retired2004
Other name(s)
MEWF Tag Team Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Lords of Darkness (Pain and Agony)
Final champion(s)Alex Lunar and Eagle
(won March 28, 2004)
Most reignsDarkside (3)
The Headbangers (3)
Steve Corino and Jimmy Cicero (3)
The Bad Crew (3)
Longest reignCream Team (315 days)
Shortest reignKPA (<1 day)
Suicide and Bruiser (<1 day)

This is a chronological list of MEWF tag team champions. The MEWF Tag Team Championship is the oldest championship title in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation having been established when the Lords of Darkness (Pain and Agony) defeated Cream Team (Dino Casanova and Rip Sawyer) at the MEWF's first show in Pasadena, Maryland on August 2, 1991. The titles were later unified with the MCW Tag Team Championship during Maryland Championship Wrestling's last show on July 16, 2003. [1]

Contents

The championship has been known as:

The tag team title was later revived after Maryland Championship Wrestling began promoting events in the Maryland-area in 2007.

Title history

Wrestlers
(individual reigns):		Reigns
together:		Date:Location:Notes:
Lords of Darkness
(Pain and Agony)		1August 2, 1991 Pasadena, MD Defeated Cream Team (Dino Casanova and Rip Sawyer) [1]
Cream Team
(Dino Casanova and Rip Sawyer)		1December 1, 1991 Dunbolt, MD Defeated Agony and Bubba Monroe who substituted for Pain after being injured. [1]
Vacant1October 11, 1992 Philadelphia, PA The titles are vacated after Cream Team leave the promotion in October 1992. [1]
Leather and Lace
(Rich Carlisle and Adrian Hall)		1October 23, 1992 Essex, MD Defeated Sonic Express (Ricky Blues and Nick Tarantino) [1]
Sonic Express
(Ricky Blues and Nick Tarantino)		1November 14, 1992 Gaithersburg, MD Defeated Carlisle and Riki Lane substituting for an injured Adrian Hall. [1]
The Outrageous Ones
(Riki Lane and Quinn Nash)		1March 6, 1993 Dundalk, MD [1]
The Goodfellows
(Gary Young and Steve Dane)		2August 14, 1993 Baltimore, MD [1]
Hollywood Hunks
(Lucifer and Bob Starr)		1November 1994Unknown [1]
Road Warrior Hawk and Ultimate Comet 1November 11, 1994 Catonsville, MD Title history unrecorded between November 11, 1995 until March 28, 1995. [1]
Mason Dixon
(J.R. Willet and Bulldozer Benton)		1UnknownUnknown [1]
Sweet and Sour
(Rob Knoxious (2) and Johnny Graham)		1March 28, 1995Unknown [1]
Models Inc.
(Michael Sweet and Johnny Handsome)		1April 23, 1995Unknown [1]
Joe Thunder and Mad Dog O'Mally 1July 8, 1995Unknown [1]
Quinn Nash (2) and Adam Flash 1July 9, 1995Unknown [1]
The Bad Crew
(Bad Crew #1 and Bad Crew #2)		1October 5, 1995Unknown [1]
Lucifer (2) and Cat Burglar 3December 3, 1995Unknown [1]
Darkside
(Glen Osbourne and Rockin' Rebel)		1February 25, 1996UnknownDefeated Lucifer in a handicap match. [1]
The Headbangers
(Mosh and Thrasher)		1June 30, 1996Unknown [1]
Darkside2July 27, 1996Unknown [1]
Axl Rotten and Corporal Punishment 1August 16, 1996Unknown [1]
Menace 2 Society
(Adam Flash, Romeo Valentino and Quinn Nash)		1September 13, 1996 New York, NY [1]
The Headbangers2September 14, 1996Philadelphia, PA [1]
Darkside3November 10, 1996New York, NY [1]
The Headbangers3November 16, 1996 Allentown, PA [1]
VacatedFebruary 2, 1997New York, NY [1]
Mark "The Shark" Shrader and Devon Storm 1March 2, 1997Philadelphia, PADefeated Thomas Rodman and Rebel in a tournament final. [1]
Steve Corino and Jimmy Cicero 1June 29, 1997Allentown, PA
Mark Schrader (2) and Corporal Punishment (2)1July 17, 1997Allentown, PA [1]
Steve Corino and Jimmy Cicero2August 10, 1997Baltimore, MD
The Misfits
(Harley Lewis and Derek Domino)		2September 17, 1997
Steve Corino and Jimmy Cicero3October 18, 1997Baltimore, MD
Joey Matthews and Christian York2October 23, 1997Baltimore, MDDefeated Steve Corino and Jimmy Cicero and Corporal Punishment and Mark Schrader in a 3-way match.
Jimmy Cicero and Julio Sanchez1November 13, 1997
VacatedDecember 22, 1997Title is vacated.
Bad Crew2February 1, 1998Baltimore, MDDefeated Marvelous Inc. (Jimmy Jannetty and Rich Myers) in a tournament final.
Marvelous Inc.
(Jimmy Jannetty and "Ramblin'" Rich Myers)		1April 17, 1998
Bob Starr and Joe Thunder1September 18, 1998Baltimore, MD
Bad Crew3October 10, 1998Baltimore, MD
Max Thrasher and Dino Casanova 1October 1999
Ricky Blues and The New Patriot 1November 13, 1999Hampstead, MD
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly1January 7, 2000Dundalk, MDDefeated Black and Blue for the titles.
Joe Thunder and Mad Dog O'Mailey1January 7, 2000Dundalk, MDJoe Thunder and Mad Dog O'Mailey were awarded the titles after The Good, The Bad And The Ugly split up.
Rayne and Jim Christian1January 7, 2000Dundalk, MDDefeated Max Thrasher and Dino Casanova in a tournament final.
Flexx Wheeler (2) and O-Dogg (9)12000
The Tokyo Terrors
(Keushiro and Watsumi)		1April 29, 2000Middle River, MD
Bob Starr (3) and Lucifer (2)1September 22, 2000Dundalk, MD
Rayne and Buzz Stryker1October 16, 2001 Peoria, IL
The Tokyo Terrors2November 25, 2001Dundalk, MDThis match was held at the Teamsters Union Hall.
Eagle and Stevie Riggs1February 9, 2002Baltimore, MD
Derek Wayne (4) and Derek Frazier1April 7, 2002Dundalk, MD
The KPA
(Joe Thunder and Steve Camry)		1June 9, 2002
Lucifer and Max Thrasher1June 9, 2002
Chad Bowman (1) and Dino Casanova (9)1November 24, 2002Defeated Max Thrasher and Bob Starr, who substituted for Lucifer.
The Holy Rollers
(Earl the Pearl and Rich Meyers)		1January 12, 2003
"Sure Shot" Derek Wayne and "Mad Dog" Buzz Stryker1March 12, 2003Glen Burnie, MD
G-Dawg and The Buck Child1June 8, 2003Northpoint, MD
Buzz Strker and Derek Wayne (4)1July 13, 2003Dundalk, MD
Dope and Sideswype1July 16, 2003Glen Burnie, MDDefeated Chad Bowman and Dino Devine and Buzz Stryker and Derek Wayne in a 3-way tag team match. This match would also unify the MEWF and MCW Tag Team Titles.
Suicide and Bruiser2January 11, 2004Dundalk, MD
The Slackers
(Chad Bowman and Dino Devine)		1January 11, 2004Dundalk, MD
Alex Lunar and Eagle1March 28, 2004Dundalk, MD

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