NWA International Tag Team Championship

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This was a regional NWA championship based in Japan. For the version of this title that was promoted in NWA All Star Wrestling in Canada, see NWA International Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version).

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NWA International Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion Japan Wrestling Association (1966-1973)
Western States Sports (1973-1975)
All Japan Pro Wrestling (1975-1988)
Western States Sports
Date established1959
Date retiredJune 10, 1988
Statistics
First champion(s) The Fabulous Kangaroos
(Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)
Final champion(s) Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu
Most reignsTeam: Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta (6 reigns)
Individual: Giant Baba (12 reigns)
Shortest reign "Killer" Karl Krupp and Fritz Von Erich, Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu (<1 day)

The NWA International Tag Team Championship was a National Wrestling Alliance-sanctioned title contested in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Western States Sports. Prior to being used in AJPW, the title was defended in the Japan Wrestling Association (JWA). The title lasted from 1962 through 1988. It is now part of the World Tag Team Championship, also known as the "Double Cup". [1]

Title history

Key
No.The overall championship reign
ReignThe reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/AThe specific information is not known
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
No.ChampionsReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotesRef(s)
1 The Fabulous Kangaroos
(Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)
11962 [Note 1] N/AN/ARecognized as first champions; may have held the title as early as 1959. 
2The Flying Scotts
( George Scott and Sandy Scott)
1January 1963 [Note 1] N/A Live event   
3 Karl and Kurt Von Stroheim 1July 1964 [Note 2] Texas Live event   
4 Bull and Fred Curry 1July 20, 1964 [Note 3] Fort Worth, Texas Live event   
5 Karl and Kurt Von Stroheim 2February 1966 [Note 4] Texas, United States Live event   
6 Fritz Von Goehring and Mike Padosis1September 1966 [Note 5] Texas, United States Live event   
7 Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura1November 5, 1966335 Tokyo, Japan Live event Established the title in Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance. 
8 Tarzan Tyler and Bill Watts 1October 6, 196725 Fukushima, Japan Live event   
9 Giant Baba (2) and Antonio Inoki 1October 31, 196769 Osaka, Japan Live event   
Vacated January 8, 1968N/AN/ATitle held up when Inoki no-shows a scheduled defense against Crusher Lisowski and Dr. Bill Miller in Hiroshima, Japan due to heavy snow. 
10 Giant Baba (3) and Antonio Inoki 2February 3, 1968341 Tokyo, Japan Live event Defeated Crusher Lisowski and Bill Miller in rematch to win the held up title. 
11 Danny Hodge and Wilbur Snyder 1January 9, 196926 Hiroshima, Japan Live event   
12 Giant Baba (4) and Antonio Inoki 3February 4, 1969188 Sapporo, Japan Live event   
13 Dick the Bruiser and Crusher Lisowski 1August 11, 19692Sapporo, Japan Live event   
14 Giant Baba (5) and Antonio Inoki 4August 13, 1969846Osaka, Japan Live event   
15The Funks
( Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk)
1December 7, 1971164 Los Angeles, California Live event   
16 Giant Baba (6) and Seiji Sakaguchi 1May 19, 1972111Tokyo, Japan Live event   
Vacated September 7, 1972N/AN/ABaba left the JWA to found All Japan Pro Wrestling. 
17 Kintarō Ōki and Seiji Sakaguchi (2)1December 2, 197282Tokyo, Japan Live event Defeated Bobo Brazil and Gene Kiniski to win the vacant title. 
18 Killer Karl Krupp and Johnny Valentine 1February 22, 197312Osaka, Japan Live event   [2]
19Kintarō Ōki (2) and Umanosuke Ueda 1March 6, 197343 Nagoya, Japan Live event   
20 Killer Karl Krupp (2) and Fritz Von Erich 1April 18, 1973 [Note 6] Yaizu, Japan Live event   
21 Killer Karl Krupp (3) and Karl Von Steiger 1April 1973 [Note 7] N/AN/AThe JWA closed on April 20, 1973. Von Erich forfeited his half of the title and Krupp chose Karl von Steiger as his new partner to defend the title in Western States Sports. 
22The Funks
( Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk)
2May 26, 197392 Amarillo, Texas Live event   
23 Killer Karl Kox and Ciclon Negro 1August 26, 1973 [Note 8] Lubbock, Texas Live event   
24The Funks
( Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk)
3October 1973 [Note 9] Texas Live event   
25 Giant Baba (7) and Jumbo Tsuruta 1February 5, 1975631 San Antonio, Texas Live event Returned to All Japan Pro Wrestling with the championship 
26Kintarō Ōki (3) and Kim Duk 1October 28, 197642Tokyo, Japan Live event   
27 Giant Baba (8) and Jumbo Tsuruta 2December 9, 1976333Tokyo, Japan Live event   
28Kintarō Ōki (4) and Kim Duk2November 7, 1977185 Seoul, South Korea Live event   
29 Giant Baba (9) and Jumbo Tsuruta 3May 11, 1978519Tokyo, Japan Live event   [3]
30 Abdullah the Butcher and Ray Candy 1October 12, 19797Tokyo, Japan Live event   
31 Giant Baba (10) and Jumbo Tsuruta 4October 19, 19791,271Tokyo, Japan Live event   
32 Ron Bass and Stan Hansen 1April 12, 19835 Matsuyama, Japan Live event   
33 Giant Baba (11) and Jumbo Tsuruta 5April 17, 1983100 Nagasaki, Japan Live event   [4]
34 Tiger Jeet Singh and Umanosuke Ueda (2)1July 26, 19836 Fukuoka, Japan Live event   
35 Giant Baba (12) and Jumbo Tsuruta 6August 1, 1983 [Note 10] Tokyo, Japan Live event   
Vacated May 1984N/AN/ABaba was injured 
36 Genichiro Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta (7)1September 3, 1984520Hiroshima, Japan Live event Defeated Jerry Blackwell and Bruiser Brody to win the vacant title. [5]
37 Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu 1February 5, 1986365Sapporo, Japan Live event   
38 Genichiro Tenryu (2) and Jumbo Tsuruta (8)2February 5, 198735Sapporo, Japan Live event   
39 The Road Warriors
(Animal and Hawk)
1March 12, 1987456Tokyo, Japan Live event   
40 Jumbo Tsuruta (9) and Yoshiaki Yatsu (2)1June 10, 19880Tokyo, Japan Live event   [6]
UnifiedJune 10, 1988N/AN/AUnified with the PWF Tag Team Championship to form the World Tag Team Championship, also known as the "Double Cup".

List of combined reigns

By Team

RankTeam# Of ReignsCombined Days
1 Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta 63,127
2 Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki 41,444
3 Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk 3749
4 Genichiro Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta 2555
5Flying Scotts
(George Scott and Sandy Scott
1547
6 Bull Curry and Fred Curry 1529
7The Road Warriors
(Animal and Hawk)
1456
8The Fabulous Kangoroos
(Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)
1365
Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu 1365
9 Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura1335
10Karl and Kurt Von Stroheim2263
11 Kintarō Ōki and Kim Duk2227
12 Giant Baba and Seiji Sakaguchi 1111
13 Kintarō Ōki and Seiji Sakaguchi 182
14 Fritz Von Goehring and Mike Padosis166
15 Kintarō Ōki and Umanosuke Ueda 143
16 Tarzan Tyler and Bill Watts 125
17 Danny Hodge and Wilbur Snyder 126
17 "Killer" Karl Krupp and Johnny Valentine 112
"Killer" Karl Krupp and Karl Von Steiger 112
19 Abdullah the Butcher and Ray Candy 17
20 Tiger Jeet Singh and Umanosuke Ueda 16
21 "Killer" Karl Kox and Ciclon Negro 15
Ron Bass and Stan Hansen 15
23 Dick the Bruiser and Crusher Lisowski 12
24 "Killer" Karl Krupp and Fritz Von Erich 10
Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu 10

By wrestler

RankTeam# Of ReignsCombined Days
1 Giant Baba 125,017
2 Jumbo Tsuruta 93,662
3 Antonio Inoki 41,444
4 Dory Funk Jr 3749
Terry Funk 3749
5 Genichiro Tenryu 2555
6 George Scott 1547
Sandy Scott 1547
7 Bull Curry 1529
Fred Curry 1529
8 Animal 1456
Hawk 1456
9 Al Costello 1365
Roy Heffernan 1365
Riki Choshu 1365
Yoshiaki Yatsu 2365
10 Kintarō Ōki 4352
11Michiaki Yoshimura1335
12Karl Von Stroheim2263
Kurt Von Stroheim2263
13Kim Duk2227
14 Seiji Sakaguchi 2193
15 Fritz Von Goehring 166
Mike Padosis166
16 Umanosuke Ueda 249
17 Danny Hodge 126
Wilbur Snyder 126
18 Tarzan Tyler 125
Bill Watts 125
19 "Killer" Karl Krupp 323
20 Johnny Valentine 112
21 Abdullah the Butcher 17
Ray Candy 17
22 Tiger Jeet Singh 16
23 "Killer" Karl Kox 15
Ciclon Negro 15
Ron Bass 15
Stan Hansen 15
24 Dick the Bruiser 12
Crusher Lisowski 12
25 Fritz Von Erich 10

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  2. The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 19 days.
  3. The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 72 days.
  4. The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 71 days.
  5. The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 766 days and 795 days.
  6. The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 12 days.
  7. The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 11 days.
  8. The exact date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 36 days and 66 days.
  9. The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 462 days and 492 days.
  10. The exact date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 274 and 304 days.

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