NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago version)

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NWA World Tag Team Championship
(Chicago version)
Details
Promotion Fred Kohler Enterprises
Date established1953 [1] [2]
Date retiredAugust 1960 [1] [2]
Statistics
First champions Lord James Blears and Lord Athol Layton [1] [2]
Most reignsNicolai and Boris Volkoff (4 reigns)
Longest reign Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilson (371 days)
Shortest reign [Note 1]

The Chicago version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Chicago-based Fred Kohler Enterprises, a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). [1] [2] The championship was for two-man tag teams only. While the NWA Board of Directors mandated that there would only be one NWA World Heavyweight Championship, they did not regulate the use of championships labeled "NWA World Tag Team Championship", allowing any member that so desired to create their own local version. [3] As a result, as many as 13 different, regional versions were active in 1957, the highest number of active NWA World Tag Team Championships in existence at the same time. [Championships]

Contents

The championship was introduced in 1953 when the promoters awarded the championship to Lord James Blears and Lord Athol Layton. The championship was promoted from 1953 until 1960 when Fred Kohler left the NWA to help form the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and thus the AWA World Tag Team Championship became the top tag team championship in the Chicago area. [1] [2] The Chicago promotion would later be bought by Dick Afflis, who merged it with his Indianapolis-based territory. The last NWA World Tag Team Championship was won by the Shires brothers, Roy and Ray, on April 9, 1960. The Volkoffs, Boris and Nicoli, held the championship four times, the record for the Chicago version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. Art Neilson and Reggie Lisowski held the championship for 371 days, the longest individual reign in the championship's seven-year history. Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively, but instead determined by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. [1] [2] The title is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport. [4]

Title history

Key
No.The overall championship reign
ReignThe reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/AThe specific information is not known
—Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
 Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation in that time period.
No.ChampionsReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotesRef(s)
1 Lord James Blears and Lord Athol Layton 11953 [Note 2] N/AN/AAwarded [1] [2]
2Bill Melby and Billy Darnell1July 25, 195384 Chicago, Illinois live event Defeated Blears and Martino Angelo who substituted Layton who had suffered an injury. [1] [2]
3 Ben and Mike Sharpe 1October 17, 1953 [Note 3] Chicago, Illinois live event [1] [2]
— Vacated —1953N/AN/AN/AVacated when the Sharpe brothers stop working for the company [1] [2]
4Bill Melby and Billy Darnell21954 [Note 4] live event [Note 5] Melby and Darnell were awarded the championship. [1] [2]
5 Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilson 1February 13, 1954371 live event [Note 5] Defeated Melby and Jack Witzig who substituted for an injured Darnell [1] [2]
6 Pat O'Connor and Roy McClarity1March 19, 1955 [Note 6] Moline, Illinois live event [1] [2]
7Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangara1February 1956 [Note 7] live event [Note 5] [1] [2]
8 Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas1February 18, 1956 [Note 8] Moline, Illinois live event [1] [2]
9 Reggie and Stan Lisowski1March 1956 [Note 9] live event [Note 5] [1] [2]
— Vacated —1956N/AN/AN/AChampionship vacated for undocumented reasons [1] [2]
10 Bobby Bruns and Roy McClarity1November 3, 1956 [Note 10] live event Des Moines, Iowa Won the championship in a match against Nicolai and Boris Volkoff [1] [2]
— Vacated —November 1956N/AN/AN/AChampionship vacated for undocumented reasons [1] [2]
11Nicolai and Boris Volkoff1November 24, 1956 [Note 11] Milwaukee, Wisconsin live event Won the vacant championship in a match against Reggie and Stan Lisowski [1] [2] [5]
12 Reggie and Stan Lisowski2December 1956 [Note 12] [Note 5] live event [1] [2]
13Nicolai and Boris Volkoff2December 15, 1956161 Milwaukee, Wisconsin live event [1] [2]
14 Verne Gagne and Édouard Carpentier 1May 25, 1957 [Note 13] Milwaukee, Wisconsin live event [1] [2] [6]
15Nicolai and Boris Volkoff3June 1957 [Note 14] [Note 5] live event [1] [2]
16 Reggie and Stan Lisowski3June 29, 1957238 Chicago, Illinois live event [1] [2]
17Nicolai and Boris Volkoff4February 22, 1958266 Chicago, Illinois live event [1] [2] [7]
18 Jackie and Don Fargo 1November 15, 1958 [Note 15] Chicago, Illinois live event [1] [2]
— Vacated —1959N/AN/AN/AChampionship vacated for undocumented reasons [1] [2]
19 Roy and Ray Shire 1August 6, 1959189 Indianapolis, Indiana live event defeated Angelo Poffo and Dick Afflis in a tournament final [1] [2]
20 Gene Kiniski and Dick Afflis 1February 11, 196058 [Note 5] live event [1] [2]
21 Roy and Ray Shire 2April 9, 1960 [Note 16] [Note 5] live event [1] [2]
—Retired—August 1960N/AN/AN/AChampionship retired when promoter Fred Kohler left the NWA to help for the American Wrestling Association, replacing the championship with the AWA World Tag Team Championship [1] [2]

Team reigns by combined length

Key

SymbolMeaning
¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
RankTeamNo. of reignsCombined days
1Nicolai and Boris Volkoff4435¤
2Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilson1371
3Roy and Ray Shire2333¤
4Pat O'Connor and Roy McClarity1319¤
5Reggie and Stan Lisowski3117¤
6Bill Melby and Billy Darnell285¤
7Gene Kiniski and Dick Afflis158
8Jackie and Don Fargo147¤
9Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas112¤
10Verne Gagne and Édouard Carpentier17¤
11Ben and Mike Sharpe11¤
Bobby Bruns and Roy McClarity11¤
Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangara11¤
Lord James Blears and Lord Athol Layton11¤

Individual reigns by combined length

Key

SymbolMeaning
¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days
1Reggie Lisowski4488¤
2Boris Volkoff4435¤
Nicolai Volkoff4435¤
4Art Neilson1371¤
5Ray Shire2333¤
Roy Shire2333¤
7Pat O'Connor1319¤
Roy McClarity1319¤
9Stan Lisowski3117¤
10Bill Melby285¤
Billy Darnell285¤
12Dick Afflis158
Gene Kiniski158
14Don Fargo147¤
Jackie Fargo147¤
16Danny Plechas112¤
Mike DiBiase112¤
18Édouard Carpentier17¤
Verne Gagne17¤
20Ben Sharpe11¤
Bobby Bruns11¤
Guy Brunetti11¤
Joe Tangara11¤
Lord Athol Layton11¤
Lord James Blears11¤
Mike Sharpe11¤
Roy McClarity11¤

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Several reigns have unknown length, it is impossible to determine who had the shortest
  2. ↑ The exact date Blears and Layton were awarded the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 205 days.
  3. ↑ The exact date the Sharp brothers left the company is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 75 days.
  4. ↑ The exact date Melby and Darnell were awarded the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 43 days.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The location of the match was not captured as part of the documentation.
  6. ↑ The exact date O'Connor and McClarity lost the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 319 and 325 days.
  7. ↑ The exact date Brunetti and Tangara won the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 17 days.
  8. ↑ The exact date Dibiase and Plechas won the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 12 and 42 days.
  9. ↑ The exact date the championship was is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 246 days.
  10. ↑ The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 21 days.
  11. ↑ The exact date The Volkoffs lost the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 7 and 20 days.
  12. ↑ The exact date the Lisowskis lost the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 15 days.
  13. ↑ The exact date Gagne and Carpentier lost the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 7 and 34 days.
  14. ↑ The exact date the Volkoffs won the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 29 days.
  15. ↑ The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 47 and 263 days.
  16. ↑ The exact date the championship was abandoned is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 114 and 144 days.

Concurrent championships

Sources for 13 simultaneous NWA World Tag Team Championships

References

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