NWA World Tag Team Championship (Amarillo version) | |||||||
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Promotion | NWA Western States Sports | ||||||
Date established | 1955 [1] [2] | ||||||
Date retired | March 1969 [1] [2] | ||||||
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The Amarillo version (or West Texas version) of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was the main tag team professional wrestling championship for the Amarillo, Texas-based Western States Sports promotion, a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Promoters Doc Sarpolis and Dory Funk introduced the championship in 1955 and continued to use it as their main tag team championship until 1969. [1] [2] The NWA Board of Directors dictated that there would be only one NWA World Heavyweight Champion but allowed any NWA member, also known as a NWA territory, to create its own local version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. [3] In 1957 no less than 13 different versions of the NWA World Tag Team Championship were promoted across the United States. [Championships] This even included another version in East Texas, which was used mainly in Houston and Fort Worth at the time. [4] [5]
To start the Amarillo lineage of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. Sarpolis and Funk invited Reggie Lisowski and Art Nelson, the holders of the Chicago version of the championship, to come to Amarillo and defend the championship. [1] [2] By November 1955 Lisowski stopped travelling to Amarillo so Nelson was given Rip Rogers as a partner, [1] [2] creating a separate lineage from the Chicago version as they continued to recognize Lisowski and Nelson as champions. [6] [7] The world tag team championship was actively promoted in and around Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas, from 1955 until March 1969. [1] [2] At that point the promotion abandoned the championship, opting to create the NWA Western States Tag Team Championship as the main tag team championship of the territory. [8] Since the Amarillo version, like all other NWA World Tag Team Championships, were professional wrestling championships, it meant that the championship was not determined by competitive combat, but instead based on a predetermined match result. [9]
The teams of Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr., and Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas, share the record for most reigns as a team, a total of three each. Art Nelson, one-half of the first championship team, held the title a total of eight times with various partners, the most of any individual. [1] [2] The Von Brauners' (Kurt Von Brauner and Karl Von Brauner) first reign lasted 140 days, the longest of any individual reign. The Von Brauners also hold the record for combined reigns as a team with a 166 days total for their two reigns. Individually, Nelson's eight reigns add up to at least 310 days, eclipsing any other wrestler. Due to incomplete records in regard to a number of championship changes, it is impossible to clearly identify the shortest reign; Great Bolo and Tokyo Joe's seven day reign in 1958 is the shortest confirmed reign. [1] [2]
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
1 | Art Nelson and Reggie Lisowski | 1955(nlt) [Note 1] | Live event | N/A [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 3] | Lisowski and Neilson were recognized as the Chicago version of the NWA World Tag Team championship and were recognized in Amarillo. | [1] [2] | ||
2 | Art Nelson(2) and Rip Rogers | November 1955(nlt) [Note 1] | Live event | N/A [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 3] | Reggie Lisowski relinquishes his half of the title to Rogers (Lisowski and Neilson continue to be recognized in Chicago and other territories). Bob Geigel and Dory Funk defeated the champions on April 26, 1956, but results were reversed because Dizzy Davis substituted for Geigel during the match. | [1] [2] | ||
3 | Dizzy Davis and Sonny Myers | June 7, 1956 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 1 | 130 | [1] [2] | |||
4 | Art Nelson(3) and Rip Rogers | October 15, 1956(nlt) [Note 1] | Live event | N/A [Note 2] | 2 | 38 | Nelson and Rogers won the championship sometime after July 12. | [1] [2] | ||
5 | Dory Funk and Bob Geigel | November 22, 1956 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 1 | 88 | This was a three-way tag team match, also involving the team of Bob Orton and John Tolos. | [1] [2] | ||
6 | Dory Funk (2) and Rip Rogers (3) | February 18, 1957 | Live event | N/A [Note 2] | 1 | 31 | Funk chooses Rogers as a new partner after Bob Geigel leaves the territory. | [1] [2] | ||
7 | Great Bolo and Dizzy Davis (2) | March 21, 1957 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 1 | 21 | [1] [2] | |||
8 | Dizzy Davis(3) and Don Curtis | April 11, 1957 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 1 | [Note 4] | Curtis and Davis defeated Great Bolo and Kurt Von Poppenheim to win the championship after Davis was allowed to choose a new tag team partner. | [1] [2] | ||
— | Vacated | June 1957 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated due to an injury to Don Curtis. | [1] [2] | ||
9 | Danny Plechas and Mike DiBiase | June 13, 1957 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 1 | 40 | DiBiase and Plechas defeated Bob Geigel and Dory Funk in a six-team tournament final to win the vacant championship. | [1] [2] | ||
10 | Dizzy Davis(4) and Sonny Myers | July 23, 1957 | Live event | Odessa, TX | 2 | 15 | [1] [2] | |||
11 | Great Bolo(2) and Tokyo Joe | August 7, 1957 | Live event | Wichita Falls, TX | 1 | [Note 5] | [1] [2] | |||
12 | Great Bolo(3) and Art Nelson (4) | September 1957 | Live event | N/A [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 6] | Tokyo Joe was injured and replaced by Nelson before the title defense on September 5th in Amarillo, TX. | [1] [2] | ||
13 | Leo Garibaldi and Sonny Myers (3) | November 14, 1957 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 1 | 28 | [1] [2] | |||
14 | Danny Plechas and Mike DiBiase | December 12, 1957 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 2 | 42 | [1] [2] | |||
— | Vacated | January 23, 1958 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | — | — | The championship was vacated after a match against George Scott and Sandy Scott. | [1] [2] | ||
15 | Danny Plechas and Mike DiBiase | February 6, 1958 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 3 | [Note 7] | DiBiase and Plechas defeated George Scott and Sandy Scott in a rematch to win the vacant championship. | [1] [2] | ||
— | Vacated | April 1958 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after not being defended for 60 days. | [1] [2] | ||
16 | Cyclone Anaya and Ricky Romero | May 8, 1958 | Live event | Lubbock, TX | 1 | 49 | Anaya and Romero defeated Art Nelson and Tokyo Joe in the finals of an eight-team tournament to win the vacant championship. | [1] [2] | ||
17 | Great Bolo(4) and Tokyo Joe | June 26, 1958 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 2 | 7 | [1] [2] | |||
18 | Kurt Von Poppenheim and Mighty Zorro | July 3, 1958 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 1 | 13 | [1] [2] | |||
19 | Art Nelson(5) and Mike DiBiase (4) | July 16, 1958 | Live event | Lubbock, TX | 1 | 84 | [1] [2] | |||
20 | Gory Guerrero and Ricky Romero (2) | October 8, 1958 | Live event | Lubbock, TX | 1 | 22 | [1] [2] | |||
21 | Art Nelson(6) and Danny Plechas (4) | October 30, 1958 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 1 | 76 | [1] [2] | |||
22 | The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) | January 14, 1959 | Live event | Lubbock, TX | 1 | [Note 8] | The Fabulous Kangaroos were still champions as of February 25th. | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from February 25 to before May 1959. | ||||||||||
23 | Gory Guerrero (2) and Sonny Myers (4) | May 1959(nlt) [Note 1] | Live event | N/A [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 3] | [1] [2] | |||
24 | Art Nelson(7) and Doug Donovan | May 27, 1959 | Live event | Lubbock, TX | 1 | 105 | [1] [2] | |||
25 | Gory Guerrero (3) and Gordo Chihuahua | September 9, 1959 | Live event | Lubbock, TX | 1 | [Note 9] | [1] [2] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from September 9 to before October 28, 1959. | ||||||||||
26 | Gory Guerrero (4) and Luis Hernandez | October 28, 1959(nlt) [Note 1] | Live event | N/A [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 3] | [1] [2] | |||
27 | Dory Funk (3) and Dick Hutton | November 25, 1959 | Live event | Lubbock, TX | 1 | 106 | [1] [2] | |||
28 | Alex Perez and Mighty Ortega | March 10, 1960 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 1 | [Note 10] | [1] [2] | |||
29 | Dory Funk (4) and Dick Hutton | May 1960(nlt) [Note 1] | Live event | N/A [Note 2] | 2 | [Note 3] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Vacated | May 1960 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated when Dick Hutton was injured. | [1] [2] | ||
30 | Dory Funk (5) and Bob Geigel | May 25, 1960 | Live event | Lubbock, TX | 2 | 15 | Funk and Geigel defeated Art Nelson and Nick Roberts to win the vacant championship. | [1] [2] | ||
31 | Art Nelson(8) and Nick Roberts | June 9, 1960 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 1 | [Note 11] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Vacated | July 1960 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated when Art Nelson left the company. | [1] [2] | ||
32 | Joe Hamilton and Nick Roberts (2) | July 28, 1960 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 1 | [Note 3] | Hamilton and Roberts defeated Mike DiBiase and Dr. X (Tommy O'Toole) to win the vacant championship. | [1] [2] | ||
— | Vacated | after August 24, 1960 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Hamilton injured his arm and was unable to defend the championship. | [1] [2] | ||
33 | Alex Perez(2) and Pancho Lopez | October 19, 1960 | Live event | Lubbock, TX | 1 | 35 | Lopez and Perez defeated Antone Leone and Tony Morelli to win the vacant championship. | [1] [2] | ||
34 | Gory Guerrero (5) and Pancho Lopez (2) | November 23, 1960 | Live event | N/A [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 3] | Alex Perez gave his share of the title to Guerrero. | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from November 23, 1960 to August 16, 1962. | ||||||||||
35 | Gene Kiniski and Fritz Von Erich | August 16, 1962 | Live event | N/A [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 3] | Kiniski and Von Erich were the reigning holders of Southwest Title, start claiming the world title after defending the title against Dory Funk and Ricky Romero in Amarillo, TX on this day. | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from August 16, 1962 to before March 3, 1963. | ||||||||||
36 | Bob Stanlee and Steve Stanlee | March 3, 1963(nlt) [Note 1] | Live event | N/A [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 3] | [1] [2] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from before March 3, 1963 to August 11, 1964. | ||||||||||
37 | Jose Lothario and Pepper Gomez | August 11, 1964 | Live event | El Paso, TX | 1 | [Note 3] | Gomez and Lothario defeated the Medics for the vacant championship on July 15, 1964 in El Paso, Texas, but the decision is overturned when Medics protest. They defeated the Medics in a rematch to win the championship. | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from August 11, 1964 to before July 1, 1965. | ||||||||||
38 | Eddie Graham (4) and Sam Steamboat | July 1, 1965(nlt) [Note 1] | Live event | N/A [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 3] | Graham was formerly known as Rip Rogers. | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from July 1, 1965 to October 30, 1966. | ||||||||||
39 | Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk | October 30, 1966 | Live event | Albuquerque, NM | 1 | [Note 3] | Funk and Funk Jr. defeated Fritz Von Erich and Waldo Von Erich to win the vacant championship. Still champions as of December 15, 1966. | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from December 15, 1966 to May 1967. | ||||||||||
40 | Harley Race and Larry Hennig | May 1967 | Live event | N/A [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 3] | The AWA World Tag Team Championship were defended in the area between May and June 1967. | [1] [2] | ||
41 | Bearcat Wright and Thunderbolt Patterson | June 28, 1967(nlt) [Note 1] | Live event | Denver, CO | 1 | [Note 3] | [1] [2] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from before June 28 to before September 25, 1967. | ||||||||||
42 | Dr. Blood and The Medic | June 28, 1967(nlt) [Note 1] | Live event | Denver, CO | 1 | [Note 3] | Dr. Blood and The Medic defeated Dory Funk and Thunderbolt Patterson. The championship may also was billed as the North American Tag Team Championship. | [1] [2] | ||
43 | Gory Guerrero (6) and Luis Hernandez | November 6, 1967 | Live event | El Paso, TX | 2 | 9 | [1] [2] | |||
44 | The Von Brauners (Karl Von Brauner and Kurt Von Brauner | November 15, 1967 | Live event | Lubbock, TX | 1 | 140 | [1] [2] | |||
45 | Nick Bockwinkel and Ricky Romero (3) | April 3, 1968 | Live event | Lubbock, TX | 1 | 50 | [1] [2] | |||
46 | The Von Brauners (Karl Von Brauner and Kurt Von Brauner | May 23, 1968 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 2 | 26 | [1] [2] | |||
47 | Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk | June 18, 1968 | Live event | San Angelo, TX | 2 | 100 | [1] [2] | |||
48 | The Infernos (Inferno #1 and Inferno #2) | September 26, 1968 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 1 | 21 | [1] [2] | |||
49 | Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk | October 17, 1968 | Live event | Amarillo, TX | 3 | 48 | [1] [2] | |||
50 | Chati Yokouchi and Mr. Ito | December 4, 1968 | Live event | Lubbock, TX | 1 | [Note 12] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Deactivated | March 1969 | — | — | — | — | The championship was replaced by the NWA Western States Tag Team Championship. | [1] [2] |
Key
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 | The Von Brauners ( Kurt Von Brauner and Karl Von Brauner ) | 2 | 166 |
2 | Dizzy Davis and Sonny Myers | 2 | 145 |
3 | Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas | 3 | 136¤ |
4 | Dory Funk and Dick Hutton | 2 | 106¤ |
5 | Art Nelson and Doug Donovan | 1 | 105 |
6 | Dory Funk and Bob Geigel | 2 | 103 |
7 | Chati Yokouchi and Mr. Ito | 1 | 87¤ |
8 | Mike DiBiase and Art Nelson | 1 | 84 |
9 | Art Nelson and Danny Plechas | 1 | 76 |
10 | Don Curtis and Dizzy Davis | 1 | 73 |
11 | Nick Bockwinkel and Ricky Romero | 1 | 50 |
Ricky Romero and Cyclone Anaya | 1 | 50 | |
13 | Great Bolo and Art Nelson | 1 | 44¤ |
14 | Dr. Blood and The Medic | 1 | 42¤ |
15 | Alex Perez and Pancho Lopez | 1 | 35 |
16 | Leo Garibaldi and Sonny Myers | 1 | 28 |
Gory Guerrero and Luis Hernandez | 1 | 28¤ | |
18 | Joe Hamilton and Nick Roberts | 1 | 27 |
19 | Great Bolo and Tokyo Joe | 1 | 25¤ |
20 | Gory Guerrero and Ricky Romero | 1 | 22 |
21 | Dizzy Davis and Great Bolo | 1 | 21 |
The Infernos (Inferno #1 and Inferno #2) | 1 | 21 | |
23 | Kurt Von Poppenheim and Mighty Zorro | 1 | 13 |
24 | Gory Guerrero and Luis Hernandez | 1 | 9 |
25 | Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk | 3 | 8¤ |
26 | Great Bolo and Tokyo Joe | 1 | 7 |
27 | Nick Roberts and Art Nelson | 1 | 1¤ |
Gory Guerrero and Gordo Chihuahua | 1 | 1¤ | |
Gory Guerrero and Pancho Lopez | 1 | 1¤ | |
Gory Guerrero and Sonny Myers | 1 | 1¤ | |
Larry Hennig and Harley Race | 1 | 1¤ | |
The Fabulous Kangaroos ( Al Costello and Roy Heffernan ) | 1 | 1¤ | |
Mighty Ortega and Alex Perez | 1 | 1¤ | |
34 | Art Nelson and Rip Rogers | 2 | ¤ |
Dory Funk and Rip Rogers | 1 | ¤ | |
Gene Kiniski and Fritz Von Erich | 1 | ¤ | |
Reggie Lisowski and Art Nelson | 1 | ¤ | |
Eddie Graham and Sam Steamboat | 1 | ¤ | |
Thunderbolt Patterson and Bearcat Wright | 1 | ¤ | |
Bob and Steve Stanlee | 1 | ¤ | |
Pepper Gomez and Jose Lothario | 1 | ¤ |
Key
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 | Art Nelson | 8 | 310¤ |
2 | Dizzy Davis | 4 | 239 |
3 | Mike DiBiase | 4 | 220¤ |
4 | Danny Plechas | 4 | 212¤ |
5 | Dory Funk | 5 | 209¤ |
6 | Sonny Myers | 4 | 174¤ |
7 | Karl Von Brauner | 2 | 166 |
Kurt Von Brauner | 2 | 166 | |
9 | Ricky Romero | 3 | 122 |
10 | Dick Hutton | 2 | 106¤ |
11 | Doug Donovan | 1 | 105 |
12 | Bob Geigel | 2 | 103 |
13 | Great Bolo | 4 | 97¤ |
14 | Mr. Ito | 1 | 87¤ |
Chati Yokouchi | 1 | 87¤ | |
16 | Don Curtis | 1 | 73 |
17 | Gory Guerrero | 6 | 62¤ |
18 | Nick Bockwinkel | 1 | 50 |
Cyclone Anaya | 1 | 50 | |
20 | The Medic | 1 | 42¤ |
Dr. Blood | 1 | 42¤ | |
22 | Luis Hernandez | 2 | 37¤ |
23 | Pancho Lopez | 2 | 36¤ |
Alex Perez | 2 | 36¤ | |
25 | Tokyo Joe | 2 | 32¤ |
26 | Leo Garibaldi | 1 | 28 |
Nick Roberts | 2 | 28¤ | |
28 | Joe Hamilton | 1 | 27 |
29 | Inferno #1 | 1 | 21 |
Inferno #2 | 1 | 21 | |
31 | Kurt Von Poppenheim | 1 | 13 |
Mighty Zorro | 1 | 13 | |
33 | Dory Funk Jr. | 3 | 8¤ |
Terry Funk | 3 | 8¤ | |
35 | Gordo Chihuahua | 1 | 1¤ |
Al Costello | 1 | 1¤ | |
Harley Race | 1 | 1¤ | |
Larry Hennig | 1 | 1¤ | |
Roy Heffernan | 1 | 1¤ | |
Mighty Ortega | 1 | 1¤ | |
41 | Bob Stanlee | 1 | ¤ |
Steve Stanlee | 1 | ¤ | |
Bearcat Wright | 1 | ¤ | |
Fritz Von Erich | 1 | ¤ | |
Gene Kiniski | 1 | ¤ | |
Jose Lothario | 1 | ¤ | |
Pepper Gomez | 1 | ¤ | |
Reggie Lisowski | 1 | ¤ | |
Eddie Graham / Rip Rogers | 4 | ¤ | |
Sam Steamboat | 1 | ¤ | |
Thunderbolt Patterson | 1 | ¤ |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
Dory Funk and Bob Geigel | W | ||||||||||
Sonny Myers and Ivan Kolo | [10] | Dory Funk and Bob Geigel | W | ||||||||
Roberto Pico and Rip Rogers | W | Roberto and Ivan Pico | [10] | ||||||||
Rocky Columbo and Ray Piret | [10] | Dory Funk and Bob Geigel | [10] | ||||||||
Mike Dibiase and Danny Plechas | W | Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas | W | ||||||||
Don Curtis and Dizzy Davis | [10] | Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas | W | ||||||||
Bye | [10] | ||||||||||
[10] |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
Cyclone Anaya and Ricky Romero | W | ||||||||||
Danny Savich and Don Evans | [11] | Cyclone Anaya and Ricky Romero | W | ||||||||
Tokyo Joe and Art Nelson | W | Tokyo Joe and Art Nelson | [11] | ||||||||
The Great Bolo and Joe Blanchard | [11] | Cyclone Anaya and Ricky Romero | W | ||||||||
Bob Geigel and Don Curtis | W | Bye | [11] | ||||||||
Bob Orton and Red Berry | [11] | Bob Geigel and Don Curtis | [11] | ||||||||
Bull Curry | W | Bull Curry | Draw | ||||||||
Alex Perez and Frankie Murdoch | [11] |
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Henry Mittlestadt (1911–1987), best known by his ring name, Tiny Mills, was a Canadian professional wrestler born in Camrose, Alberta. He often teamed with his brother Al Mills as the tag team Murder Incorporated. Later on Stan "Krusher" Kowalski would replace Al Mills as part of Murder Incorporated.
The New Jersey version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for in the New Jersey-based National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) promotion. The title was only contestable by tag teams in tag team matches. The title was established on February 3, 1996 by NWA Jersey, in which The Lost Boys won a Triangle tag team match against The Greek Connection and Bad Attitude. This title is one of at least five championships that share the same name under the NWA's supervision. On April 7, 2000, the final champions The Pitbulls lost the titles to Chris Candido and Tommy Cairo; however, the NWA reversed the decision and instead of returning the titles to The Pitbulls, the promotion retired the championship for unknown reasons.
The NWA United States Tag Team Championship is a name used for several secondary tag team championship used by various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) members since 1958. There are eleven different versions of the NWA United States Tag Team Championships have been promoted in various regions across the United States, starting with the Midwest Wrestling Association version in 1950, to the NWA Lightning One version that is active today.
The Buffalo Athletic Club version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was a regional professional wrestling championship for tag teams that existed from 1956 until 1970. The championship was promoted by National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) member the Buffalo Athletic Club under promoters Ed Don George and Bobby Bruins, whose territory covered most of northeast Ohio and portions of Western New York. Many NWA territories used a version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship as the NWA bylaws allowed each territory to use the name. In 1957 no less than 13 different NWA World Tag Team Championships were promoted across the United States.[Championships] In 1970 the Buffalo Athletic Club left the NWA to form an independent wrestling promotion known as the National Wrestling Federation, at which point they replaced the NWA World Tag Team Championship with the NWF World Tag Team Championship. Like all professional wrestling championships, this version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was not won or lost competitively but instead determined by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title was awarded after the chosen team "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
The Indianapolis version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship, which was actively used between 1951 and 1960, was a professional wrestling championship exclusively for two-man tag teams. As a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the NWA Indianapolis territory was entitled to create an NWA World Tag Team Championship that they could promote within the boundaries of their territory, in this case Indiana, making it a "regional" championship despite being labeled a "world championship". Because the use of the championship was not restricted to one overall championship, a large number of different, regional championships bore the name "NWA World Tag Team Championship" between 1949 and 1992. In 1957 as many as 13 different versions were promoted across the United States.[Championships] As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
The Salt Lake Wrestling Club version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship for tag teams that was promoted between 1955 and 1959 in the Salt Lake Wrestling Club territory of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Local promoter Dave Reynolds promoted the championship primarily in Utah, but would occasionally runs shows in Idaho and Washington state. Since the promotion was a member of the NWA, the Salt Lake Wrestling Club was entitled to promote their local version of the championship, as the NWA bylaws did not restrict the use of that championship in the same way they restricted the NWA World Heavyweight Championship to one nationally recognized championship. In 1957 there were no less than 13 distinct versions of the NWA World Tag Team Championship promoted across the United States.[Championships] Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not contested for in legitimate sporting events, but instead determined by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion.
The Iowa/Nebraska version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was a National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) professional wrestling tag team championship that was active between 1953 and 1958. The championship was controlled by the NWA's Iowa booking office under Pinkie George and the Nebraska booking office under Max Clayton. Both George and Clayton were founding members of the NWA in 1948 and served on the Board of Directors that decided to let any NWA member, known as a NWA territory to create a local version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. The Iowa/Nebraska version was one of at least 13 championships bearing that name in 1957.[Championships] As with all professional wrestling championships, this championship was not won or lost competitively but instead based on the decisions of the bookers of a wrestling promotion which determines the outcome of the matches.
Ramon Eduardo Rodriguez, better known by the ring name Ciclón Negro, was a professional wrestler who was originally from Venezuela. He toured the Australia, Canada, Japan, Puerto Rico and the United States. He achieved a good amount of popularity and recognition during the 1970s.