NWA World Tag Team Championship (Central States version) | |||||||||
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Promotion | Heart of America Sports Attractions Central States Wrestling | ||||||||
Date established | No later than May 26, 1950 | ||||||||
Date retired | 1979 | ||||||||
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The Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was the main professional wrestling championship for tag teams in Heart of America Sports Attractions, later known as Central States Wrestling (CSW) from 1951 to 1959, then again from 1962 to 1963 and then finally from 1973 to 1979. [1] [2] CSW was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), whose bylaws allowed any of their members, referred to as NWA territories, to create their own version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship that would be promoted within their territory. [3] The Central States version was primarily defended in CSW's home town of Kansas City and during their shows across Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. [1] [2] As it was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers. The title was awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport. [4] In 1957 there were at least 13 different versions of the NWA World Tag Team Championship being promoted in various NWA territories across the United States. [Championships]
The Battling Duseks (Emil Dusek and Joe Dusek) were the first NWA World Tag Team Champions in the Hearts of America promotion. Records do not indicate if the Duseks won a tournament or were simply awarded the championship by the promoters prior to being presented as champions on May 26, 1950. Joe and Ernie Dusek would later hold the championship as well as the combination of Emil and Ernie holding the championship twice before the championship was abandoned in 1960. [1] [2] From 1960 to 1962 the championship was inactive and instead the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship was recognized as the main tag team championship in the territory. [5] On October 10, 1962 Pat O'Connor and Sonny Myers defeated Bob Geigel and Lee Hennig to win the NWA World Tag Team Champions as the promoters brought the championship back. [1] [2] The second era of the championship lasted for around two years until it was abandoned in lieu of the newly created NWA North American Tag Team Championship around 1963. [6] In 1973 CSW abandoned the North American championship and brought the NWA World Tag Team Championship back. Great Togo and Tokyo Joe defeated Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones to win the vacant championship. [1] [2] In 1979 Central States Wrestling once again abandoned the championship to permanently adopt the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship as their top tag team championship. [5] Bob Brown and Bob Sweetan were the last holders of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. [1] [2]
Ernie and Joe Dusek teamed up to win a total of five tag team championships, the most of any team, followed by Emil and Ernie teaming up for a total of three championships as a unit. Ernie and Joe Dusek both held the championship a total of seven times, the most individual reigns. [1] [2] The longest reign of any of the three championships eras belongs to Ernie and Joe Dusek, who held the championship for at least 545 days from late 1956 to June 27, 1958. Due to lack of specific dates for many of the early championship changes it is impossible to clearly determine who had the shortest reign of any champion. [1] [2] The shortest confirmed reign was an eight-day reign for the team of Larry Hamilton and Sonny Myers from October 25 to November 2, 1956. [1] [2]
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 | The Battling Duseks (Emil Dusek and Joe Dusek) | May 26, 1950(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 2] | Records are unclear on how the Duseks became the first champions | [1] [2] [7] | ||
— | N/A | — | — | |||||||
2 | Dennis Clary and Ron Etchison | April 10, 1951(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 3] | [1] [2] | |||
— | N/A | — | — | |||||||
3 | The Battling Duseks (Emil Dusek and Joe Dusek) | December 28, 1951(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 1] | 2 | [Note 4] | [1] [2] [7] | |||
4 | Babe and Chris Zaharias | February 1, 1952 | N/A | N/A | 1 | [Note 2] | ||||
5 | Bobby and George Becker | November 1952(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 5] | [1] [2] | |||
6 | The Battling Duseks (Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek (3)) | November 27, 1952 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | [Note 6] | [1] [2] [7] | |||
7 | Bobby and George Becker | December 5, 1952(NLT) | N/A | N/A | 2 | [Note 7] | ||||
8 | The Battling Duseks (Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek (4)) | December 6, 1952 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | [Note 2] | Still billed as champions on December 7, 1953 | [1] [2] [7] | ||
— | N/A | — | — | |||||||
9 | Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilson | March 23, 1954(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 2] | [1] [2] | |||
— | N/A | — | — | |||||||
10 | Lou Newman and Hans Schnabel | April 10, 1955(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 2] | In St Joseph, Missouri the team was reported as having defeated Lisowksi and Neilson for the "United States" Tag Team Championship | [1] [2] | ||
— | N/A | — | — | |||||||
11 | Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilson | October 1955(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 1] | 2 | [Note 8] | [1] [2] | |||
12 | Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangaro | October 1955 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 2] | Still billed as champions on January 27, 1956 | [1] [2] | ||
— | N/A | — | — | |||||||
13 | The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) | August 5, 1956(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 2] | [1] [2] | |||
— | N/A | — | — | |||||||
14 | The Battling Duseks (Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek (5)) | October 18, 1956(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 1] | 3 | [Note 9] | [1] [2] [7] | |||
15 | Larry Hamilton and Sonny Myers | October 25, 1956 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 8 | [1] [2] | |||
16 | The Battling Duseks (Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek (6)) | November 2, 1956 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 4 | 14 | [1] [2] [7] | |||
17 | Larry Hamilton and Sonny Myers | November 16, 1956 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 2 | [Note 10] | [1] [2] | |||
18 | The Battling Duseks (Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek (7)) | December 29, 1956(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 1] | 5 | [Note 11] | [1] [2] [7] | |||
19 | Sonny Myers and Thor Hagen | June 27, 1958 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | [Note 12] | [1] [2] [7] | |||
20 | The Battling Duseks (Emil Dusek (3) and Ernie Dusek (6)) | January 1959 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 13] | [1] [2] [7] | |||
21 | The Flying Scotts ( George and Sandy Scott ) | May 13, 1960 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | 28 | [1] [2] [7] [8] | |||
22 | The Battling Duseks (Emil Dusek (4) and Ernie Dusek (7)) | June 10, 1960 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 2 | [Note 14] | [1] [2] [9] | |||
— | Deactivated | 1960 | — | — | — | — | Championship inactive | [1] [2] | ||
Replaced by the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship | ||||||||||
23 | Pat O'Connor and Sonny Myers | October 18, 1962 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | [Note 15] | Defeated Bob Geigel and Lee Henning. | [1] [2] [10] | ||
24 | Al and Tiny Mills | April 1963 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 16] | Records unclear if they defeated O'Connor and Myers or a different team to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
25 | Steve Bolus and Steve Kovacs | April 10, 1963 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | [Note 17] | [1] [2] | |||
26 | The Medics (Nelson Royal and Pedro Gordy) | June 1963 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 18] | [1] [2] | |||
27 | Pat O'Connor (2) and Tiny Mills (2) | July 4, 1963 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | [Note 19] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Deactivated | 1963 | — | — | — | — | Championship inactive | [1] [2] | ||
Replaced by the NWA North American Tag Team Championship | ||||||||||
28 | Great Togo and Tokyo Joe | March 8, 1973 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 20] | Defeated Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
39 | Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones | 1973 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 21] | [1] [2] | |||
30 | Great Togo and Tokyo Joe | 1973 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 2 | [Note 22] | [1] [2] | |||
31 | Mike George and Jim Brunzell | October 25, 1973 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | 84 | [1] [2] | |||
32 | Roger Kirby and Lord Alfred Hayes | January 17, 1974 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | [Note 23] | [1] [2] [11] [12] | |||
33 | Mike George and Jim Brunzell | 1974 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 2 | [Note 24] | [1] [2] | |||
34 | Bob Brown and Lord Alfred Hayes (2) | February 28, 1974 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | [Note 25] | [1] [2] [13] | |||
35 | Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones | June 1974 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 2 | [Note 26] | [1] [2] | |||
36 | The Interns (Intern #1 and Intern #2) | June 13, 1974 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 21 | [1] [2] | |||
37 | Bob Geigel (3) and Pat O'Connor (3) | July 4, 1974 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 14 | [1] [2] | |||
38 | The Interns (Intern #1 and Intern #2) | July 18, 1974 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | 42 | [1] [2] | |||
39 | Pat O'Connor (4) and Omar Atlas | August 29, 1974 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 53 | [1] [2] | |||
40 | The Interns (Intern #1 and Intern #2) | October 21, 1974 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 3 | 81 | [1] [2] | |||
41 | Mike George (3) and Jerry Oates | January 10, 1975 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | 73 | [1] [2] | |||
42 | Yasu Fuji and Oki Shikina | March 24, 1975 | CSW show | Topeka, Kansas | 1 | 63 | [1] [2] | |||
43 | Jerry and Ted Oates | May 26, 1975 | CSW show | Wichita, Kansas | 1 | [Note 27] | [1] [2] | |||
44 | Jerry Oates (2) and Danny Little Bear | 1975 | N/A | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 28] | Ted gave his half to Danny. | [1] [2] | ||
— | Vacated | 1975 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated, for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] | ||
45 | Ken Mantell and Ron Bass | November 1975 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 29] | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | [1] [2] | ||
46 | Bob Geigel (4) and Akio Sato | February 18, 1976 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | [Note 30] | [1] [2] [14] | |||
— | Vacated | 1976 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated, for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] | ||
47 | Tank Patton and Super Intern (4) [Note 31] | June 19, 1976 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | [Note 32] | Defeated Akio Sato and Pat O'Connor. | [1] [2] | ||
— | Vacated | 1976 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated, for undocumented reason. | [1] [2] | ||
48 | Black Gordman and Goliath | July 29, 1976 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 63 | Defeated Pat O'Connor and Super Intern in tournament final. | [1] [2] | ||
49 | Maurice Vachon and Baron von Raschke | September 30, 1976 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 21 | [1] [2] [15] | |||
50 | Mike George (4) and Super Intern (5) | October 21, 1976 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | [Note 33] | [1] [2] | |||
51 | Pat O'Connor (5) and Harley Race | December 16, 1976(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 34] | [16] | |||
52 | Bob Brown (2) and Mitsuo Hata | December 17, 1976 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 35] | [16] | |||
53 | Pat O'Connor (6) and Harley Race | January 1977 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 2 | [Note 36] | [16] | |||
54 | Bob Brown (3) and Mitsuo Hata | January 16, 1977 | CSW show | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 2 | 40 | [16] | |||
55 | Ted Oates (4) and Akio Sato (2) | February 25, 1977 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | [Note 37] | [16] | |||
56 | Bobby Jaggers and Randy Tyler | May 6, 1977(NLT) | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | [Note 38] | [16] | |||
57 | Jerry Blackwell and Buck Robley | October 21, 1977(NLT) | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 39] | Records are unclear as to whom they defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
58 | Mike George (5) and Scott Casey | December 1, 1977 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 126 | [1] [2] | |||
59 | Bob Brown (4) and Alexis Smirnoff | April 6, 1978 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 18 | [1] [2] | |||
60 | Kevin Sullivan and Ken Lucas | April 24, 1978 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | [Note 40] | [1] [2] | |||
61 | Blue Yankee and Buck Robley | 1978 | CSW show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 41] | [1] [2] | |||
62 | Ron Starr and Tom Andrews | July 27, 1978 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 49 | [1] [2] | |||
63 | Jesse Ventura and Tank Patton (2) | September 14, 1978 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 30 | [1] [2] | |||
64 | Bob Brown (5) and Bob Sweetan | October 14, 1978 | CSW show | Des Moines, Iowa | 1 | [Note 42] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Deactivated | 1979 | — | — | — | — | Permanently replaced by the NWA Central 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 Battling Duseks ( Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek ) | 5 | 567¤ |
2 | Sonny Myers and Thor Hagen | 1 | 188¤ |
3 | Roger Kirby and Lord Alfred Hayes | 1 | 165¤ |
4 | The Interns (Intern #1 and Intern #2) | 1 | 144 |
5 | Mike George and Scott Casey | 1 | 126 |
6 | The Battling Duseks ( Emil Dusek and Ernie Dusek ) | 3 | 103¤ |
7 | Bob Brown and Lord Alfred Hayes | 1 | 93¤ |
8 | Mike George and Jim Brunzell | 2 | 85¤ |
9 | Ken Mantell and Ron Bass | 1 | 80¤ |
10 | Bob Brown and Bob Sweetan | 1 | 79¤ |
11 | Mike George and Jerry Oates | 1 | 73 |
12 | Mike George and Super Intern | 1 | 72 |
13 | Yasu Fuji and Oki Shikina | 1 | 63 |
Black Gordman and Goliath | 1 | 63 | |
15 | Pat O'Connor and Omar Atlas | 1 | 53 |
Pat O'Connor and Sonny Myers | 1 | 53¤ | |
17 | Steve Bolus and Steve Kovacs | 1 | 52¤ |
18 | Ron Starr and Tom Andrews | 1 | 49 |
19 | Jesse Ventura and Tank Patton | 1 | 30 |
20 | George and Sandy Scott | 1 | 28 |
21 | Maurice Vachon and Baron Von Raschke | 1 | 21 |
22 | Bob Brown and Alexis Smirnoff | 1 | 18 |
23 | Bob Geigel and Pat O'Connor | 1 | 14 |
24 | The Medics ( Nelson Royal and Pedro Gordy) | 1 | 3¤ |
25 | Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones | 2 | 2¤ |
Great Togo and Tokyo Joe | 2 | 2¤ | |
Bobby and George Becker | 2 | 2¤ | |
28 | Al and Tiny Mills | 1 | 1¤ |
Jerry and Ted Oates | 1 | 1¤ | |
Jerry Oates and Danny Little Bear | 1 | 1¤ | |
Bob Geigel and Akio Sato | 1 | 1¤ | |
Jerry Blackwell and Buck Robley | 1 | 1¤ | |
Kevin Sullivan and Ken Lucas | 1 | 1¤ | |
Pat O'Connor and Tiny Mills | 1 | 1¤ | |
Blue Yankee and Buck Robley | 1 | 1¤ | |
Tank Patton and Super Intern | 1 | 1¤ | |
Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilson | 2 | 1¤ | |
Dennis Clary and Ron Etchison | 1 | 1¤ | |
39 | The Battling Duseks ( Emil Dusek and Joe Dusek ) | 2 | ¤ |
Babe and Chris Zaharias | 1 | ¤ | |
Lou Newman and Hans Schnabel | 1 | ¤ | |
Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangaro | 1 | ¤ | |
The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) | 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 | Ernie Dusek | 7 | 670¤ |
2 | Joe Dusek | 7 | 567¤ |
3 | Mike George | 3 | 271 |
4 | Lord Alfred Hayes | 2 | 258¤ |
5 | Sonny Myers | 2 | 241¤ |
6 | Intern #2 / Super Intern | 3 | 217¤ |
7 | Bob Brown | 3 | 190¤ |
8 | Thor Hagen | 1 | 188¤ |
9 | Roger Kirby | 1 | 165¤ |
10 | Intern#2 | 1 | 144 |
11 | Scott Casey | 1 | 126 |
12 | Pat O'Connor | 3 | 120¤ |
13 | Emil Dusek | 3 | 104¤ |
14 | Mike George and Jim Brunzell | 2 | 85¤ |
Jim Brunzell | 2 | 85¤ | |
16 | Ken Mantell | 1 | 80¤ |
Ron Bass | 1 | 80¤ | |
18 | Bob Sweetan | 1 | 79¤ |
19 | Jerry Oates | 3 | 75¤ |
20 | Yasu Fuji | 1 | 63 |
Oki Shikina | 1 | 63 | |
Black Gordman | 1 | 63 | |
Goliath | 1 | 63 | |
24 | Omar Atlas | 1 | 53 |
25 | Steve Bolus | 1 | 52¤ |
Steve Kovacs | 1 | 52¤ | |
27 | Tom Andrews | 1 | 49 |
Ron Starr | 1 | 49 | |
29 | Tank Patton | 2 | 31¤ |
30 | Jesse Ventura | 1 | 30 |
31 | George Scott | 1 | 28 |
Sandy Scott | 1 | 28 | |
33 | Baron Von Raschke | 1 | 21 |
Maurice Vachon | 1 | 21 | |
35 | Alexis Smirnoff | 1 | 18 |
36 | Bob Geigel | 4 | 16¤ |
37 | Al Mills | 4 | 4¤ |
38 | Pedro Gordy) | 1 | 3¤ |
Nelson Royal | 1 | 3¤ | |
39 | Great Togo | 2 | 2¤ |
Rufus R. Jones | 2 | 2¤ | |
Buck Robley | 2 | 2¤ | |
Tokyo Joe|Tokyo Joe | 2 | 2¤ | |
Bobby Becker | 2 | 2¤ | |
George Becker | 2 | 2¤ | |
46 | Jerry Blackwell | 1 | 1¤ |
Blue Yankee | 1 | 1¤ | |
Danny Little Bear | 1 | 1¤ | |
Ken Lucas | 1 | 1¤ | |
Ted Oates | 1 | 1¤ | |
Akio Sato | 1 | 1¤ | |
Kevin Sullivan | 1 | 1¤ | |
Reggie Lisowski | 2 | 1¤ | |
Art Neilson | 2 | 1¤ | |
Dennis Clary | 1 | 1¤ | |
Ron Etchison | 1 | 1¤ | |
53 | |||
Babe Zaharias | 1 | ¤ | |
Chris Zaharias | 1 | ¤ | |
Lou Newman | 1 | ¤ | |
Hans Schnabel | 1 | ¤ | |
Guy Brunetti | 1 | ¤ | |
Joe Tangaro | 1 | ¤ | |
Ivan Kalmikoff | 1 | ¤ | |
Karol Kalmikoff | 1 | ¤ |
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The NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship was a secondary tag team title promoted as the name indicates mainly in the Tennessee region from 1967 until 1977, first by Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling and occasionally NWA Mid-America from 1967 to 1974 then by its successor Southeast Championship Wrestling from 1974 to 1977 when it was abandoned. 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 wrestler "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
The NWA Central States Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team championship for the Heart of America Sports Attractions / Central States Wrestling promotion from 1979 until the promotion ceased to exist in 1988. The Central States Tag Team Championship had originally existed for a brief period of time in 1961, but its glory days date from 1979 to 1988, where it replaced the Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. Because the championship 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 championship is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
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, Kanasas 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.
The Alabama version of the NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship existed from 1971 until 1977. It was defended primarily in Alabama under the banner of NWA Tri-State Wrestling, and at times in Tennessee for NWA Mid-America. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it is 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.
The Mid-America version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s NWA Mid-America territory from 1962 until 1976. The title was intended solely for tag teams in tag team matches, not individuals, and was the secondary tag team championship in NWA Mid-America, with the Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship being the primary championship. The promotion also had a third tag team championship at its peak, a testament to the popularity of tag team wrestling in the territory, as they promoted the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship as well. The championship was established around March 6, 1962, when Yoshinosato and Taro Sakuro were named champions upon arrival by NWA Mid-America instead of holding a tournament to establish the championship. With a number of NWA territories active at the time this version of the United States Tag Team Championship was one of at least six championships that shared the same name under the NWA's supervision. The team of Dennis Condrey and Phil Hickerson, also known as "The Bicentennial Kings", held the championship the most times, five in total including the last reign when the titles were abandoned in 1976. 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 wrestler "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
The Amarillo 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. 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. 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.
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.
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