NWA Shockwave Tag Team Championship

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NWA Shockwave Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion NWA Shockwave
Date establishedOctober 29, 2002
Date retired2006
Other name(s)
CSWF Tag Team Championship
NWA: Cyberspace Tag Team Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)The Equalizers
Final champion(s) The S.A.T.
(won March 26, 2006)
Most reignsN/A
Longest reignThe United Nations (349 days)
Shortest reign Julio Dinero and C.M. Punk (35 days)

The NWA Shockwave Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in NWA Shockwave (NWA-SW) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It was the original title of the CyberSpace Wrestling Federation promotion and was later recognized by the NWA as a regional title. It was introduced as the CSWF Tag Team Championship on October 19, 2002. It was established as an NWA heavyweight championship in 2005 following the promotion's admission into the NWA. The promotion became NWA: Cyberspace, and later NWA Shockwave, with the title remaining active until its retirement in 2006. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

The inaugural champions were The Equalizers (Aaron Morrison and Antonio Thomas), who defeated The Soul Brothers (Elvin and Jack Soul) and The Hardcore Mafia (Bruno and Joey Davino) in a three-way match on October 19, 2002, to become the first CSWF Tag Team Champions. There were 10 officially recognized champions, however no team held the belt more than once. Several then current tag teams from Total Non-Stop Action held the title during its 5-year history America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm), The United Nations (Prince Nana and Sonjay Dutt) and The S.A.T. (Jose and Joel Maximo). At 350 days, The United Nations were the longest reigning champions in the title's history. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Title history

#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event in which the title was won
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

NameYears
CSWF Tag Team Championship2002 2005
NWA: Cyberspace Tag Team Championship2005 2006
NWA Tag Team Championship2006

Reigns

#WrestlersReignDateDays
held
LocationEventNotesRef.
1The Equalizers (Aaron Morrison and Antonio Thomas)1October 19, 2002266 Flemington, New Jersey Halloween Horror (2002)The Equalizers defeated The Soul Brothers and The Hardcore Mafia in a three-way match to become the first CSWF Tag Team Champion. [1] [2] [3]
Vacated July 12, 2003 Rahway, New Jersey Summerbash (2003)The championship is vacated when Aaron Morrison is unable to compete due to injury. [1] [2] [3] [5]
2The United Nations (Prince Nana and Sonjay Dutt)1July 12, 2003350 Rahway, New Jersey Summerbash (2003)Defeated The Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz to win vacant title. [1] [2] [3]
3 America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm)1June 26, 2004224 Wayne, New Jersey Independent's Day (2004)Won a Tag Team Turmoil Tournament that also included The United Nations, Fire and Smoke, The Solution, The Youngbludz, Geneisis and Creed and The Hymalaya Playaz. On January 8, 2005, the title was renamed the NWA: Cyberspace Tag Team Championship when the promotion joins the National Wrestling Alliance. [1] [2] [3] [4]
4The Solution (Papadon and Havok)1February 5, 200585 Wayne SuperBrawl Saturday III (2005) [1] [2] [3] [4] [6]
5 Julio Dinero and C.M. Punk 1May 21, 200535 Wayne Live event [1] [2] [3] [4]
6All Money is Legal (Kayotic Kid and Luda Kash)1June 25, 2005274 Wayne No Gimmicks Needed (2005)Defeated Julio Dinero and Mo Sexy who was substituting for CM Punk. [1] [2] [3] [7]
7 The S.A.T. (Jose Maximo and Joel Maximo)1March 26, 2006250 Dover, New Jersey Disturbing the Peace (2006)This was a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match also involving Grim Reefer and Archadia. [1] [2] [3] [8]
Deactivated December 1, 2006N/AN/AThe titles were retired when the promotion returns from a six-month hiatus following the death of founder Billy Firehawk. [1] [3]

Combined reigns

Rank [N 1] Wrestler# of reignsCombined days
1The United Nations (Prince Nana and Sonjay Dutt)1350
2All Money is Legal (Kayotic Kid and Luda Kash)1274
3The Equalizers (Aaron Morrison and Antonio Thomas)1266
4 America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm)1224
5 The S.A.T. (Jose Maximo and Joel Maximo)1220
6The Solution (Papadon and Havok)1106
7 Julio Dinero and C.M. Punk 135

Footnotes

  1. Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

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