NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship | |||||||
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Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||||||
Date established | 1972 | ||||||
Date retired | December 1978 | ||||||
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The NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship was the top tag team professional wrestling title in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from 1972 through the promotion's 1978 closure. [1]
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24 different teams held the championship, combining for 29 individual title reigns. [1]
Symbol | Meaning |
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No. | The overall championship reign |
Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. |
Event | The event in which the championship changed hands |
N/A | The specific information is not known |
— | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
No. | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref(s). |
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1 | Jimmy Golden and Dennis McCord | 1 | 2 December 1972 | [Note 1] | Melbourne | Live event | Defeated Brute Bernard and Gary Hart in the finals of a seven-team tournament. | [3] |
2 | Don Carson and Dick Dunn | 1 | January 1973 | [Note 2] | N/A | Live event | Awarded the title after Golden was injured in the United States. | |
3 | The Medics (Bob Griffin and Dale Lewis) | 1 | 2 March 1973 | 7 | Sydney | Live event | ||
4 | Don Carson and Dick Dunn | 2 | 9 March 1973 | 21 | Sydney | Live event | ||
5 | Ron Miller and Larry O'Dea | 1 | 30 March 1973 | 44 | Sydney | Live event | ||
6 | Hiro Tojo and Waldo Von Erich | 1 | 13 May 1973 | [Note 3] | Sydney | Live event | [4] | |
7 | Spiros Arion and Mark Lewin | 1 | July 1973 | [Note 4] | N/A | Live event | ||
8 | Hiro Tojo (2) and Hito Tojo | 1 | 19 October 1973 | 112 | Sydney | Live event | ||
9 | Ron MIller and Larry O'Dea | 2 | 8 February 1974 | [Note 5] | Sydney | Live event | ||
— | Vacated | — | 1974 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship was vacated after Ron Miller was injured by Ciclón Negro and Waldo Von Erich. | |
10 | Pat Barett and Tony Kontellis | 1 | 5 April 1974 | 14 | Sydney | Live event | Won a tournament. | |
11 | The Original Mr. Wrestling and Bobby Shane | 1 | 19 April 1974 | 77 | Sydney | Live event | ||
12 | Ron Miller and Larry O'Dea | 3 | 5 July 1974 | 308 | Sydney | Live event | ||
13 | The Missouri Mauler and Steve Rackman | 1 | 9 May 1975 | 23 | Sydney | Live event | ||
14 | Bobby Hart and Larry O'Dea (4) | 1 | 1 June 1975 | 61 | Sydney | Live event | [5] | |
15 | Skandor Akbar and George Gouliovas | 1 | 1 August 1975 | [Note 6] | Sydney | Live event | ||
— | Vacated | — | 1975 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship was vacated after Skandor Akbar was injured by The Great Mephisto. | |
16 | Johnny Gray and Ron Miller (4) | 1 | December 1975 | [Note 7] | Melbourne | Live event | Won a tournament. | |
17 | Les Roberts and Hiro Tojo (3) | 1 | March 1976 | [Note 8] | N/A | Live event | ||
18 | Johnny Gray (2) and Kevin Martin | 1 | May 1976(nlt) | [Note 9] | Brisbane | Live event | ||
19 | Larry O'Dea (5) and Ed Wiskoski | 1 | September 1976 | [Note 10] | N/A | Live event | ||
20 | Rick Martel and Larry O'Dea (6) | 1 | 18 February 1977 | [Note 11] | Sydney | Live event | Defeated Masa Saito and Ed Wiskoski. | |
21 | Butcher Brannigan and Bugsy McGraw | 1 | 1977 | [Note 12] | N/A | Live event | ||
22 | Ron Miller (5) and Larry O'Dea (7) | 4 | 2 May 1977 | 46 | Sydney | Live event | ||
23 | Butcher Brannigan (2) and Killer Karl Krupp | 1 | 17 June 1977 | 107 | Sydney | Live event | ||
24 | Bugsy McGraw (2) and Mario Milano | 1 | 2 October 1977 | [Note 13] | Sydney | Live event | ||
— | Vacated | — | 1977/1978 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship was vacated after Mario Milano was injured by Bruiser Brody. | |
25 | Bobby Hart and Larry O'Dea (8) | 2 | 3 March 1978 | [Note 14] | Sydney | Live event | ||
— | Vacated | — | April 1978 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated when Bobby Hart left the country. | |
26 | Butcher Brannigan (2) and Les Roberts (2) | 1 | August 1978 | [Note 15] | Papua New Guinea | Live event | Won a tournament; possibly fictitious. | |
27 | Mario Milano (2) and Larry O'Dea (9) | 1 | 1 October 1978 | 26 | Sydney | Live event | ||
28 | Ox Baker and Butcher Brannigan (3) | 1 | 27 October 1978 | 42 | Sydney | Live event | ||
29 | André the Giant and Ron Miller (6) | 1 | 8 December 1978 | [Note 16] | Sydney | Live event | ||
— | Abandoned | — | December 1978 | — | N/A | N/A | World Championship Wrestling closed. |
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