NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tennessee version)

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NWA United States Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionNWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling [1] and National Wrestling Alliance
Date establishedJanuary 24, 2014 [1]
Other name(s)
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship
    (January 24, 2014-August 19, 2017)
Statistics
First champion(s)Lords of KAOS
(Lance Erikson and Damien Wayne) [1]
Final champion(s)The Ugly Ducklings
(Rob Killjoy, Coach Mikey, and Lance Lude)The Ugly Ducklings
(Rob Killjoy, Coach Mikey, and Lance Lude)
Most reignsAir America (Gavin Daring and Skylar Kruze) (2) [1] and The Heatseekers (Sigmon and Elliott Russell) (2) [1]
Longest reignThe Heatseekers (Sigmon and Elliott Russell) (371 days)
Shortest reignAir America (Gavin Daring and Skylar Kruze) (21 days)

The Innovate Wrestling United States Tag Team Championship was originally a Tennessee version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship . It was a name used for several championships from 1958 - 2000 in various promotions that were members of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). On January 24, 2014, a new NWA United States Tag Team Championship was created as part of the NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling and NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotions. On August 19 at ReGenesis, promoter Tony Givens announced that NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling was leaving the NWA thus the promotion was changing their name to Innovate Wrestling. The titles were retired and replaced with the Innovate Wrestling United States Tag Team Championship.

Contents

Title history

Key
SymbolMeaning
#The overall championship reign
Wrestler name (#)The number represents the number of times the wrestler has held the title individually.
ReignThe reign number for the specific tag team listed.
EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/AThe specific information is not known or applicable
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
#ChampionsReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotesRef(s)
1The Lords of KAOS
(Damien Wayne and Lance Erickson)
1January 24, 2014189 Millersville, Tennessee Live Event Defeat Jason Kincaid and Charles Alexander in tournament final. [1]
Vacated August 1, 2014Millersville, Tennessee Live Event Vacated when Erikson and Wayne decide to pursue singles careers. [1]
2Air America
(Gavin Daring and Skylar Kruze)
1September 20, 201498Kingsport, Tennessee Live Event Defeated the Heatseekers and William Huckaby and Jordan Kage in 3-way final of an 8-team tournament. [1]
3The Heatseekers
(Sigmon and Elliot Russell)
1December 27, 2014167Kingsport, Tennessee Live Event [1]
4The Illuminati
(Chase Owens& Chris Richards)
1June 12, 2016113Kingsport, Tennessee Live Event [1]
5Axton Ray and Skylar Kruze (2)1October 3, 201577Kingsport, Tennessee Live Event Defeat the Illuminati, The Heatseekers and the Agency (Jordan Kage and Toby Farley) in a 4-way match. [1]
6Giants of Gehenna
(Chris Richards (2) and Travis Lee)
1December 19, 2015119Kingsport, Tennessee Live Event [1]
7Air America
(Gavin Daring and Skylar Kruze (3))
2April 16, 201621Kingsport, Tennessee Live Event Defeat Giants of Gehenna, the Heatseekers, the Dixon Line (Joe Keys and Ken Dixon), the Hardliners (Brian Montgomery and Jeff Connelly), and Nick Hammonds and Wild Bill in a scramble match. [1]
8The Heatseekers
(Sigmon and Elliot Russell)
2May 7, 2016371Kingsport, Tennessee Live Event   [1]
9The Ugly Ducklings
Rob Killjoy and Lance Lude)
1May 13, 201798Kingsport, Tennessee Live Event Last champions under the NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling banner due to the promotion changing names on August 19.
RetiredAugust 19, 2017Kingsport, TennesseeReGenesisAt ReGenesis, promoter Tony Givens announced that NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling was leaving the NWA thus the promotion was changing their name to Innovate Wrestling. The title changed to Innovate Wrestling United States Tag Team Championship. The Ugly Ducklings defeat Brotherhood (Myron Reed and Mickey Midas) to become the first United States Tag Team Champions under the Innovate Wrestling banner.

Combined reigns

By team

Indicates the current champion
RankChampionNo. of
reigns
Combined days
1The Heatseekers
(Sigmon and Elliot Russell)
2538
2The Lords of KAOS
(Damien Wayne and Lance Erickson)
1189
3Air America
(Gavin Daring and Skylar Kruze)
2119
4Giants of Gehenna
(Chris Richards and Travis Lee)
1
5The Illuminati
(Chase Owens and Chris Richards)
113
6The Ugly Ducklings
(Rob Killjoy, Coach Mikey, Lance Lude)
98
7Axton Ray and Skylar Kruze77

By wrestler

RankChampionNo. of
reigns
Combined days
1Sigmon2538
Elliott Russell
3Chris Richards2232
4Skylar Kruze196
5 Damien Wayne 1189
Lance Erickson
6Gavin Daring119
Travis Lee
8 Chase Owens 113
9Rob Killjoy98
Coach Mikey
Lance Lude
12Axton Ray77

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