NWA World Tag Team Championship (Salt Lake Wrestling Club version) | |||||||
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Promotion | Salt Lake Wrestling Club [1] [2] Northwest Tri-State Wrestling [1] [2] | ||||||
Date established | No later than December 29, 1955 [1] [2] | ||||||
Date retired | 1959 [1] [2] | ||||||
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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. [3] 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. [4]
The team of Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangaro were the first recognized champions in the Utah/Idaho region, being introduced as champions no later than December 29, 1955. Records are unclear as to how they won the championship. [1] [2] The championship was active until 1959 with at least 28 different championship reigns. In 1959 the team of Chico Garcia and Chet Wallick became the final champions, as the championship was abandoned when the Salt Lake Wrestling Club was going out of business. Brunetti and Tangaro ended up holding the championship three times, tied with Frank Jares and Great Sasaki for most championships as a team. The Bat held the championship four times, with four different partners, more than any other wrestler. [1] [2] Brunetti and Tangaro's third championship reign lasted at least 95 days, the longest of any reign. Brunetti and Tangaro's three reigns combined to be at least 237 days long. Due to lack of dates for some championship changes it is impossible to determine who held the championship for the shortest period of time; Bill Melby and Blue Avenger's 14 day reign from November 21 to December 10, 1956, is the shortest confirmed reign, but the possibility exists that a shorter reign actually happened. [1] [2]
Key
Symbol | Meaning |
No. | The overall championship reign |
Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. |
Event | The event in which the championship changed hands |
N/A | The specific information is not known |
— | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
[Note #] | Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details. |
Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation in that time period. | |
(nlt) | Indicates that a title change took place "no later than" the date listed. [Note 1] |
No. | Champions | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1 | Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangaro | 1 | December 29, 1955(NLT) | [Note 2] | [Note 3] | Live event | Records are unclear on how Brunetti and Tangaro became champions | [1] [2] |
2 | Yvon Quimet and Roy Shire | 1 | May 12, 1956 | [Note 4] | Ogden, Utah | Live event | Still listed as champions on July 9, 1956 | [1] [2] |
3 | Kit Fox and Roger McKay | 1 | October 5, 1956(NLT) | [Note 5] | [Note 3] | Live event | Still listed as champions on November 5, 1956 | [1] [2] |
4 | Yvon Quimet and Roy Shire | 2 | December 1956(NLT) | [Note 6] | Spokane, Washington | Live event | [1] [2] | |
5 | Frank Jares and Great Sasaki | 1 | December 10, 1956 | 11 | Idaho Falls, Idaho | Live event | [1] [2] | |
6 | Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangaro | 2 | December 21, 1956 | 7 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Live event | [1] [2] | |
7 | Frank Jares and Great Sasaki | 2 | December 28, 1956 | 1 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Live event | [1] [2] | |
8 | Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangaro | 3 | December 29, 1956 | [Note 7] | Ogden, Utah | Live event | [1] [2] | |
8 | Frank Jares and Great Sasaki | 3 | January 6, 1957(NLT) | [Note 8] | [Note 3] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
— | Vacated | — | January 7, 1957(NLT) | N/A | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated when the Great Sasaki returns to Japan | [1] [2] |
9 | Vern Taft and Cliff Thiede | 1 | January 7, 1957 | [Note 9] | Idaho Falls, Idaho | Live event | Defeated Frank Jares and Yvon Quimet in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant championship. Still listed as champions on February 15, 1957 | [1] [2] |
10 | Johnny and Jesse James | 1 | March 1957(NLT) | [Note 10] | [Note 3] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
11 | Tosh Togo and Great Sasaki | 1 | March 20, 1957 | 7 | Ogden, Utah | Live event | [1] [2] | |
12 | Johnny and Jesse James | 2 | March 27, 1957 | [Note 11] | Ogden, Utah | Live event | [1] [2] | |
13 | Tosh Togo and Great Sasaki | 2 | April 25, 1957(NLT) | [Note 12] | [Note 3] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
14 | Henry Lenz and Stretch Parks | 1 | May 20, 1957 | 46 | Idaho Falls, Idaho | Live event | [1] [2] | |
15 | Rocky Monroe and The Bat | 1 | July 5, 1957 | [Note 13] | Salt Lake City, Utah | Live event | Still listed as champions on August 26, 1957 | [1] [2] |
16 | The Bat (2) and Eric the Great | 1 | November 19, 1957(NLT) | [Note 14] | [Note 3] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
17 | Tony Borne and Rey Urbano | 1 | February 8, 1958(NLT) | [Note 15] | [Note 3] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
18 | Tony Borne and Paul DeGalles | 1 | March 11, 1958(NLT) | [Note 16] | [Note 3] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
19 | Gino Angelo and Tony Silipini | 1 | March 14, 1958 | 91 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Live event | [1] [2] | |
20 | Mitsu Arakawa and The Bat (3) | 1 | June 13, 1958 | 46 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Live event | [1] [2] | |
21 | Lou Newman and Reggie Siki | 1 | July 29, 1958 | 48 | Twin Falls, Idaho | Live event | Championship change was repeated in Idaho Falls on August 4, 1958 | [1] [2] |
22 | Oni Wiki Wiki and Prince Maiava | 1 | September 15, 1958 | 32 | Idaho Falls, Idaho | Live event | [1] [2] | |
23 | Lou Newman and Ox Anderson | 1 | October 17, 1958 | 35 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Live event | [1] [2] | |
24 | Bill Melby and Blue Avenger | 1 | November 21, 1958 | 14 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Live event | [1] [2] | |
25 | Mighty Milo and Lou Newman | 1 | December 5, 1958 | [Note 17] | Salt Lake City, Utah | Live event | [1] [2] | |
26 | Tony Borne (2) and The Bat (4) | 1 | April 16, 1959(NLT) | [Note 18] | [Note 3] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
— | Vacated | — | April 21, 1959 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Championship held up after a match against Bill Melby and Kit Fox ended inconclusively. | [1] [2] |
27 | Bill Melby and Kit Fox | 1 | May 22, 1959(NLT) | [Note 19] | [Note 3] | Live event | Could have been awarded the championship after The Bat and Tony Borne break up. | [1] [2] |
28 | Chico Garcia and Chet Wallick | 1 | June 2, 1959 | [Note 20] | Twin Falls, Idaho | Live event | The championship match was possibly repeated on June 11 in Idaho Falls. Still listed as champions as of July 1, 1959 | [1] [2] |
— | Abandoned | — | 1959 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Championship was no longer defended in the territory. | [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 | Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangaro | 3 | 237¤ |
2 | Gino Angelo and Tony Silipini | 1 | 91 |
3 | Lou Newman and Reggie Siki | 1 | 48 |
4 | Henry Lenz and Stretch Parks | 1 | 46¤ |
Mitsu Arakawa and The Bat | 1 | 46 | |
6 | Lou Newman and Ox Anderson | 1 | 35 |
7 | Oni Wiki Wiki and Prince Maiava | 1 | 32 |
Tosh Togo and Great Sasaki | 2 | 32¤ | |
9 | Frank Jares and Great Sasaki | 3 | 14¤ |
Bill Melby and Blue Avenger | 1 | 14 | |
11 | Bill Melby and Kit Fox | 1 | 11¤ |
12 | Yvon Quimet and Roy Shire | 2 | 10¤ |
13 | Tony Borne and The Bat | 1 | 5¤ |
14 | Tony Borne and Paul DeGalles | 1 | 3¤ |
15 | Johnny and Jesse James | 2 | 2¤ |
16 | The Bat and Eric the Great | 1 | 1¤ |
Kit Fox and Roger McKay | 1 | 1¤ | |
Chico Garcia and Chet Wallick | 1 | 1¤ | |
Rocky Monroe and The Bat | 1 | 1¤ | |
Vern Taft and Cliff Thiede | 1 | 1¤ | |
Tony Borne and Rey Urbano | 1 | 1¤ | |
Mighty Milo and Lou Newman | 1 | 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 | Guy Brunetti | 3 | 237¤ |
Joe Tangaro | 3 | 237¤ | |
3 | Gino Angelo | 1 | 91 |
Tony Silipini | 1 | 91 | |
5 | Lou Newman | 2 | 83 |
6 | The Bat | 4 | 53¤ |
7 | Reggie Siki | 1 | 48 |
8 | Henry Lenz | 1 | 46¤ |
Stretch Parks | 1 | 46¤ | |
Mitsu Arakawa | 1 | 46 | |
11 | Ox Anderson | 1 | 35 |
12 | Oni Wiki Wiki | 1 | 32 |
Prince Maiava | 1 | 32 | |
Tosh Togo | 2 | 32¤ | |
Great Sasaki | 2 | 32¤ | |
16 | Bill Melby | 2 | 25¤ |
17 | Frank Jares | 3 | 14¤ |
Blue Avenger | 1 | 14 | |
Great Sasaki | 3 | 14¤ | |
20 | Kit Fox | 2 | 12¤ |
21 | Yvon Quimet | 2 | 10¤ |
Roy Shire | 2 | 10¤ | |
23 | Tony Borne | 3 | 9¤ |
24 | Paul DeGalles | 1 | 3¤ |
25 | Jesse James | 2 | 2¤ |
Johnny James | 2 | 2¤ | |
27 | Chico Garcia | 1 | 1¤ |
Roger McKay | 1 | 1¤ | |
Rocky Monroe | 1 | 1¤ | |
Lou Newman | 1 | 1¤ | |
Vern Taft | 1 | 1¤ | |
Cliff Thiede | 1 | 1¤ | |
Rey Urbano | 1 | 1¤ | |
Chet Wallick | 1 | 1¤ | |
Eric the Great | 1 | 1¤ | |
Mighty Milo | 1 | 1¤ |
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