NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version) | |||||||||
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Promotion | Maple Leaf Wrestling | ||||||||
Date established | June 8, 1961 | ||||||||
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The Toronto version of the NWA International Tag Team Championship was the top tag team professional wrestling championship in the Canadian promotion Maple Leaf Wrestling from 1961 through 1977. The title replaced the original top tag championship in Maple Leaf Wrestling, the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship, which was abandoned in favor of the international title. [1] [2]
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Man Mountain Campbell and Stan Stasiak | June 8, 1961 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 91 | Defeated Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff in a tournament final to become the first champions. | |
2 | Cyclone and Hurricane Smith | September 7, 1961 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 91 | ||
3 | Chris and John Tolos | December 7, 1961 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 21 | ||
4 | Whipper Billy Watson and Yukon Eric | December 28, 1961 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 7 | ||
5 | Chris and John Tolos | January 4, 1962 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 2 | 14 | ||
6 | Bill Soloweyko and Whipper Billy Watson (2) | January 18, 1962 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 56 | [3] | |
7 | Chris and John Tolos | March 15, 1962 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 3 | 7 | ||
8 | Billy Red Lyons and Whipper Billy Watson (3) | March 22, 1962 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 13 | [4] | |
9 | Bulldog Brower and Sweet Daddy Siki | April 4, 1962 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 176 | ||
10 | Bruno Sammartino and Whipper Billy Watson (4) | September 27, 1962 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 154 | ||
11 | Bulldog Brower (2) and Johnny Valentine | February 28, 1963 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 147 | [5] | |
12 | John Paul Henning and Art Thomas | July 25, 1963 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 84 | ||
13 | Bulldog Brower (3) and Dr. Jerry Graham | October 17, 1963 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 49 | ||
14 | Jim Hady and Johnny Valentine (2) | December 5, 1963 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | N/A | ||
15 | Fred Atkins and Professor Hiro | June 9, 1964(NLT) | MLW show | Hamilton.ON | 1 | N/A | ||
16 | Johnny Valentine (3) and Whipper Billy Watson (5) | August 13, 1964 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 35 | ||
17 | Fred Atkins and Professor Hiro | September 17, 1964 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 2 | 22 | ||
18 | Johnny Valentine (4) and Whipper Billy Watson (6) | October 9, 1964 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 2 | 457 | The title was inactive for all of 1965. | |
19 | The Masked Yankees (Moose Evans and Giant Evans) | January 9, 1966 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 182 | ||
20 | Bulldog Brower (4) and Whipper Billy Watson (7) | July 10, 1966 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 21 | ||
21 | Fred Atkins (3) and Tiger Jeet Singh | July 31, 1966 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | N/A | ||
22 | Bulldog Brower (5) and Whipper Billy Watson (8) | December 1966(NLT) | MLW show | N/A | 2 | N/A | The title was inactive for a majority of 1967. Brower and Watson were billed as champions after. | |
23 | Bull Curry and Tiger Jeet Singh (2) | May 26, 1968 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 91 | [6] | |
24 | Mark Lewin and Whipper Billy Watson (9) | August 25, 1968 | MLW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
— | Vacated | 1968 | — | — | — | — | Championship was inactive | |
25 | The Love Brothers (Hartford and Reginald Love) | March 17, 1974 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 98 | Defeated Jacques Rougeau, Sr. and Raymond Rougeau when the title was reactivated. | |
26 | The Crusaders (Billy Red Lyons (2) and Dewey Robertson) | June 23, 1974 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 77 | ||
27 | The Love Brothers (Hartford and Reginald Love) | September 8, 1974 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 2 | 112 | ||
28 | The Crusaders (Billy Red Lyons (3) and Dewey Robertson) | December 29, 1974 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 2 | 161 | ||
29 | The Kelly Twins (Mike and Pat Kelly) | June 8, 1975 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 77 | ||
30 | The Crusaders (Billy Red Lyons (4) and Dewey Robertson) | August 24, 1975 | MLW show | Toronto, ON | 3 | N/A | ||
— | Deactivated | September 1977 | — | — | — | — |
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