NWA North American Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Heart of America Sports Attractions / Central States Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||
Date retired | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Heart of America Sports Attractions, or "NWA Central States" version of the NWA North American Tag Team Championship was a secondary Tag team championship promoted by the Heart of America Sports Attraction promotion, a National Wrestling Alliance territory based out of Kansas City, Missouri and was defended in Missouri, Kansas and the surrounding states. The Championship was active from 1963 until 1973, originally designed to be a replacement for the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship and after 10 years was replaced with the Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen team "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport. [2]
Documentation shows that a total of 44 individuals formed 39 different teams for a total of 58 Championship reigns, possibly more as there are periods where the championship history was not clearly documented. The first champions were the team of Sonny Myers and Pat O'Connor and the final champions were Great Togo and Tokyo Joe. With Togo and Joe's victory the NWA North American Tag Team Championship was immediately replaced with the Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. Due to the replacement Togo and Joe's reign is the shorted with 0 minutes. The longest team reign was 267 as "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Bob Geigel held the championship from September 22, 1966 until June 16, 1967. Brown and Geigel are the team with the most reigns, five in total and Bob Geigel is the person with the most individual reigns, twelve in total.
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 | Sonny Myers and Pat O'Connor | December 19, 1963 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 63 | Myers and O'Connor defeated The Stomper and Mike Sharpe in tournament final | |||
2 | Bob Geigel and Bill Miller | February 20, 1964 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 92 | ||||
3 | Sonny Myers and Pat O'Connor | May 22, 1964 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | [Note 6] | ||||
Championship history is unrecorded from May 22, 1964 to June 19, 1964. | ||||||||||
4 | Don Slatton and Moose Evans | June 19, 1964(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 7] | 1 | [Note 8] | ||||
Championship history is unrecorded from June 19, 1964 to February 1965. | ||||||||||
— | Vacated | February 1965 | — | N/A | — | — | Championship was vacated for undocumented reasons | |||
5 | Doug Gilbert and Ron Reed | February 19, 1965 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | [Note 9] | Defeated Dutch Savage and Tom Clark to win the vacant championship; also recognized as the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. | |||
6 | Rocky Hamilton and Dutch Savage | March 1965 | CSW show | [Note 7] | 1 | [Note 10] | ||||
7 | Doug Gilbert and Ron Reed | March 25, 1965 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | 63 | ||||
8 | Bob Geigel (2) and Dutch Savage (2) | May 27, 1965 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 46 | ||||
— | Vacated | July 12, 1965 | — | N/A | — | — | Vacated for unknown reasons | |||
9 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Bob Geigel (3) | August 1965 | CSW show | Amarillo, Texas | 1 | [Note 11] | Won tournament; may be held up after a match against Lou Thesz and Bob Ellis in December 1965. | [1] | ||
10 | Bob Ellis and The Stomper | May 19, 1966 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 56 | ||||
11 | Jack Donovan and The Viking | July 14, 1966 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 70 | [3] | |||
12 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Bob Geigel (4) | September 22, 1966 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | 267 | [1] | |||
13 | Ron Etchison and Sonny Myers (3) | June 16, 1967 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | 111 | ||||
14 | Bob Ellis (2) and The Viking (2) | October 5, 1967 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 14 | ||||
15 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Bob Geigel (5) | October 19, 1967 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 3 | 84 | [1] | |||
16 | Ron Etchison (2) and Klondike Bill | January 11, 1968 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 21 | ||||
17 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Bob Geigel (6) | February 1, 1968 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 4 | 98 | [1] | |||
18 | Ron Etchison (3) and Sonny Myers (4) | May 9, 1968 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | 77 | ||||
19 | Roger Kirby and The Viking (3) | July 25, 1968 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 35 | ||||
20 | Ron Etchison (4) and Sonny Myers (5) | August 29, 1968 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 3 | 8 | ||||
21 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Bob Geigel (7) | September 5, 1968 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 5 | 56 | [1] [4] | |||
22 | Terry Martin and Tommy Martin | October 31, 1968 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 7 | ||||
23 | The Outlaws (Dick Murdoch and Dusty Rhodes) | November 7, 1968 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 50 | [5] | |||
24 | Bob Geigel (8) and The Viking (4) | December 27, 1968 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 132 | ||||
25 | K.O. Kox and Dick Murdoch (2) | May 8, 1969 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 35 | ||||
26 | Luke Brown and Tor Kamata | June 12, 1969 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 17 | ||||
27 | K.O. Kox and Dick Murdoch (3) | June 19, 1969 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | [Note 12] | ||||
28 | Luke Brown (2) and Danny Little Bear | June 30, 1969 or July 31, 1969 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | [Note 13] | ||||
— | Vacated | September 19, 1969 | — | N/A | — | — | Championship was vacated when Luke Brown walked out on Danny Little Bear during a match. | |||
29 | Danny Little Bear (2) and Stan Pulaski | September 18, 1969 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 14 | Defeated Tarzan Tyler and The Great Kojika in the finals of a tournament. | [6] | ||
30 | Luke Brown (3) and The Ox | October 2, 1969 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 36 | ||||
31 | Danny Little Bear (3) and The Viking (5) | November 7, 1969 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | 13 | ||||
32 | K.O. Kox (3) and Killer Karl Kox | November 20, 1969 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | [Note 14] | ||||
33 | Bob Geigel (9) and The Stomper (2) | February 16, 1970(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 7] | 1 | [Note 15] | ||||
34 | K.O. Kox (4) and Killer Karl Kox | March 4, 1970(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 7] | 2 | [Note 16] | ||||
35 | Bob Geigel (10) and The Stomper (3) | April 13, 1970 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 2 | 7 | ||||
36 | K.O. Kox (5) and Killer Karl Kox | April 20, 1970 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 3 | [Note 17] | ||||
Championship history is unrecorded from April 20, 1970 to May 15, 1970. | ||||||||||
37 | Harley Race and Baron von Raschke | May 15, 1970(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 7] | 1 | [Note 18] | Records are not clear on who Race and Von Raschke defeated to win the championship | |||
38 | Danny Little Bear (4) and Rufus R. Jones | September 1970 | CSW show | [Note 7] | 1 | [Note 19] | ||||
Championship history is unrecorded from September 1970 to November 27, 1970. | ||||||||||
39 | Rufus R. Jones (2) and The Stomper (4) | November 27, 1970(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 7] | 1 | [Note 20] | ||||
Championship history is unrecorded from November 27, 1970 to December 18, 1970. | ||||||||||
40 | Rock Hunter and Roger Kirby (2) | December 18, 1970(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 7] | 1 | [Note 21] | ||||
Championship history is unrecorded from December 18, 1970 to March 19, 1971. | ||||||||||
41 | John Tolos and Baron Von Heisinger | March 19, 1971(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 7] | 1 | [Note 22] | Defeated Pat O’Conner and Danny Little Bear. | |||
42 | Bob Geigel (11) and The Stomper (5) | April 9, 1971(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 7] | 3 | [Note 23] | ||||
43 | Buddy Austin and Bob Orton | June 1971 | N/A | [Note 7] | 1 | [Note 24] | ||||
44 | Steve Bolus and Rufus R. Jones (3) | August 12, 1971 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | [Note 25] | ||||
45 | Yasu Fuji and Chati Yokouchi | October 15, 1971(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 7] | 1 | [Note 26] | ||||
46 | The Stomper (6) and The Viking (6) | November 19, 1971 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | [Note 27] | ||||
47 | Yasu Fuji and Chati Yokouchi | December 8, 1971(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 7] | 2 | [Note 28] | ||||
48 | Omar Atlas and Danny Little Bear (5) | January 27, 1972 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 14 | ||||
49 | Yasu Fuji and Chati Yokouchi | February 10, 1972 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 3 | 28 | ||||
50 | Omar Atlas and Danny Little Bear (6) | March 9, 1972 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | 2 | ||||
51 | Yasu Fuji and Chati Yokouchi | March 11, 1972 | CSW show | Wichita, Kansas | 4 | 41 | ||||
52 | Danny Little Bear (7) and The Stomper (7) | April 21, 1972 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | 69 | ||||
53 | [[Black Angus Campbell]|Black Angus Campbell]]] and Roger Kirby (3) | June 29, 1972 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 111 | ||||
54 | Rufus R. Jones (4) and The Stomper (8) | October 18, 1972 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 15 | ||||
55 | Roger Kirby (4) and Harley Race (2) | November 2, 1972 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 73 | ||||
56 | Bob Geigel (12) and Rufus R. Jones (5) | February 1, 1973 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 35 | ||||
57 | Great Togo and Tokyo Joe | March 8, 1973 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 0 | ||||
— | March 8, 1973 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | The championship was replaced with NWA World Tag Team Championship with Togo and Tokyo Joe's victory. |
Symbol | Meaning |
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¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Bob Geigel | 5 | 710¤ |
2 | Don Slatton and Moose Evans | 1 | 196¤ |
2 | Ron Etchison and Sonny Myers | 3 | 196 |
4 | Yasu Fuji and Chati Yokouchi | 1 | 154¤ |
5 | Bob Geigel and The Viking | 1 | 132 |
6 | Harley Race and Baron von Raschke | 1 | 113¤ |
7 | Black Angus Campbell and Roger Kirby | 1 | 111 |
8 | Bob Geigel and Bill Miller | 1 | 92 |
9 | Doug Gilbert and Ron Reed | 2 | 77¤ |
10 | Bob Geigel and The Stomper | 3 | 76¤ |
11 | Roger Kirby and Harley Race | 1 | 73 |
12 | Jack Donovan and The Viking | 1 | 70 |
13 | Danny Little Bear and The Stomper | 1 | 69 |
14 | Sonny Myers and Pat O'Connor | 2 | 64¤ |
15 | Bob Ellis and The Stomper | 1 | 56 |
16 | Luke Brown and Danny Little Bear | 1 | 50¤ |
17 | The Outlaws (Dick Murdoch and Dusty Rhodes) | 1 | 50 |
18 | K.O. Kox and Killer Karl Kox | 3 | 49¤ |
19 | Bob Geigel and Dutch Savage | 1 | 46 |
20 | K.O. Kox and Dick Murdoch | 2 | 46¤ |
21 | Buddy Austin and Bob Orton | 1 | 43¤ |
22 | Luke Brown and The Ox | 1 | 36 |
23 | Rufus R. Jones and The Stomper | 2 | 36¤ |
24 | Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones | 1 | 35 |
25 | Roger Kirby and The Viking | 1 | 35 |
26 | Ron Etchison and Klondike Bill | 1 | 21 |
27 | Luke Brown and Tor Kamata | 1 | 17 |
28 | Omar Atlas and Danny Little Bear | 2 | 16 |
29 | Bob Ellis and The Viking | 1 | 14 |
30 | Danny Little Bear and Stan Pulaski | 1 | 14¤ |
31 | Danny Little Bear and The Viking | 1 | 13 |
32 | Terry Martin and Tommy Martin | 1 | 7 |
33 | Danny Little Bear and Rufus R. Jones | 1 | 1¤ |
34 | John Tolos and Baron Von Heisinger | 1 | 1¤ |
35 | Rock Hunter and Roger Kirby | 1 | 1¤ |
36 | Rocky Hamilton and Dutch Savage | 1 | 1¤ |
37 | Steve Bolus and Rufus R. Jones | 1 | 1¤ |
38 | The Stomper and The Viking | 4 | 1¤ |
39 | Great Togo and Tokyo Joe | 1 | 0 |
Symbol | Meaning |
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¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Bob Geigel | 12 | 1,091¤ |
2 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown | 5 | 710¤ |
3 | Ron Etchison | 4 | 582 |
4 | The Viking | 5 | 265¤ |
5 | The Stomper | 11 | 238¤ |
6 | Roger Kirby | 4 | 220¤ |
7 | Sonny Myers | 5 | 217¤ |
8 | Don Slatton | 1 | 196¤ |
9 | Harley Race | 2 | 196¤ |
10 | Moose Evans | 1 | 196¤ |
11 | Danny Little Bear | 7 | 163¤ |
12 | Chati Yokouchi | 1 | 154¤ |
13 | Yasu Fuji | 1 | 154¤ |
14 | Baron von Raschke | 1 | 113¤ |
15 | Black Angus Campbell | 1 | 111 |
16 | Luke Brown | 3 | 103¤ |
17 | Dick Murdoch | 3 | 96¤ |
18 | K.O. Kox | 5 | 95¤ |
19 | Bill Miller | 1 | 92 |
20 | Doug Gilbert | 2 | 77¤ |
21 | Ron Reed | 2 | 77¤ |
22 | Rufus R. Jones | 5 | 73¤ |
23 | Bob Ellis | 2 | 70 |
24 | Jack Donovan | 1 | 70 |
25 | Pat O'Connor | 2 | 64¤ |
26 | Dusty Rhodes | 1 | 50 |
27 | Killer Karl Kox | 3 | 49¤ |
28 | Dutch Savage | 2 | 47¤ |
29 | Bob Orton | 1 | 43¤ |
30 | Buddy Austin | 1 | 43¤ |
31 | The Ox | 1 | 36 |
32 | Klondike Bill | 1 | 21 |
33 | Tor Kamata | 1 | 17 |
34 | Omar Atlas | 2 | 16 |
35 | Stan Pulaski | 1 | 14¤ |
36 | Terry Martin | 1 | 7 |
37 | Tommy Martin | 1 | 7 |
38 | Baron Von Heisinger | 1 | 1¤ |
39 | John Tolos | 1 | 1¤ |
40 | Rock Hunter | 1 | 1¤ |
41 | Rocky Hamilton | 1 | 1¤ |
42 | Steve Bolus | 1 | 1¤ |
43 | Great Togo | 1 | 0 |
44 | Tokyo Joe | 1 | 0 |
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