NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) | |||||||||
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Promotion | NWA San Francisco (1950–1961) [1] [2] Big Time Wrestling (1961–1979) [3] [4] | ||||||||
Date established | April 4, 1950 (NWA: SF version) [1] [2] June 1961 (BTW version) [3] [4] | ||||||||
Date retired | 1961 (NWA: SF version) [1] [2] April 1979 (BTW version) [3] [4] | ||||||||
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The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) member NWA San Francisco promoted a professional wrestling tag team championship under the name NWA World Tag Team Championship from 1950 until 1961 in and around their local territory until it closed. [1] [2] When San Francisco based Big Time Wrestling became a member of the NWA in 1968 they began promoting their version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship as part of their shows until the championship was abandoned in 1979. [3] [4] The NWA rules allowed each individual member to promote a championship under that name, which meant there were several NWA World Tag Team Championships promoted across North America at some point between 1950 and 1982, with two different versions being promoted in San Francisco, although not at the same time. [1] [3] At one point in 1957 no less than 13 different versions of the NWA World Tag Team Championship were recognized across the United States. [Championships] At least 21 different regional branches of the NWA World Tag Team Championship have identified as being active at some point between 1950 and 1991. In 1992 the NWA Board of Directors sanctioned one main NWA World Tag Team Championship under their control. [5] As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via legitimate competition; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or on occasion awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. [6]
Ray Eckert and Hard Boiled Haggerty are recognized as the first holders of the NWA San Francisco version of the championship, said to have defeated the team of Ron Etchison and Larry Moquin, although no direct record of the match has been found; it was only mentioned on television. [1] Due to gaps in documentation from the era not all championship changes have been record with specific dates, only the general period of time that they happened. [1] [2] Due to this it is impossible to say which team held the championship for the shortest period of time although it is unlikely to be shorter than the one-day reign of Mike and Ben Sharpe from January 9 to 10, 1958. The Sharpe Brothers' eighth reign lasted at least 131 days, the longest known reign of any champions. The Sharpe Brothers also hold the record for most reigns, a total of 18, 15 more than any other team. [1] [2] In 1957 the San Francisco version of the championship was one of thirteen NWA World Tag Team Championships being promoted in the United States throughout the NWA territories. [Championships] The NWA: San Francisco version of the championship was abandoned in when promoter Joe Malcevicz closed his promotion in 1962. [7]
In 1961 Roy Shire started a rival wrestling promotion in San Francisco called Big Time Wrestling, in direct competition with NWA: San Francisco. Shires' promotion created its own World Tag Team Championship in 1961, with Guy and Joe Brunetti as its first champions. [3] [4] Initially Shire was associated with the American Wrestling Alliance, but in 1968 he became a member of the NWA. At that point the Big Time Wrestling tag team championship was given the NWA suffix. [3] [4] Big Time Wrestling abandoned the tag team championship in 1979 and two years later the promotion closed. [8] While it is possible that there were shorter reigns, the seven-day reign of the Great Mephisto and Kinji Shibuya in April 1973 is the shortest documented title reign. The Blonde Bombers's (Ray Stevens and Pat Patterson) reign that started in April 1965 was the longest reign on record, a total of 623 days. [3] [4]
No. | The overall championship reign |
Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. |
Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands |
N/A | The 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. | Champions | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1 | Ray Eckert and Hard Boiled Haggerty | 1 | April 4, 1950 | 35 | [Note 1] | Live event | Defeated Ronnie Etchison and Larry Moquin | [1] [2] |
2 | Ben and Mike Sharpe | 1 | May 9, 1950 | 20 | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
3 | Ray Eckert (2) and Frederick Von Schacht | 1 | May 29, 1950 | 15 | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
4 | Ben and Mike Sharpe | 2 | June 13, 1950 | 24 | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
5 | Tom Rice and Frederick Von Schacht (2) | 1 | July 7, 1950 | [Note 2] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
6 | Primo Carnera and Sándor Szabó (2) | 1 | January 1951(NLT) | [Note 3] | [Note 1] | Live event | Records are unclear as to whom they defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] |
7 | Ben and Mike Sharpe | 3 | January 30, 1951 | [Note 4] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
— | Vacated | — | 1951 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] |
8 | Ben and Mike Sharpe | 4 | May 22, 1951 | 276 | [Note 1] | Live event | Defeated Killer Kowalski and Sándor Szabó to win the vacant championship | [1] [2] |
9 | Ron Etchison and Sándor Szabó | 1 | February 22, 1952 | 8 | Oakland, California | Live event | [1] [2] [9] | |
10 | Ben and Mike Sharpe | 5 | March 1, 1952 | 13 | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
11 | Hombre Montana (2) and Leo Nomellini | 1 | March 14, 1952 | 4 | Oakland, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
12 | Ben and Mike Sharpe | 6 | March 18, 1952 | 273 | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
13 | Fred Atkins and Ray Eckert (3) | 1 | December 16, 1952 | 14 | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
14 | Ben and Mike Sharpe | 7 | December 30, 1952 | 127 | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
15 | Leo Nomellini (2) and Enrique Torres | 1 | May 6, 1953 | [Note 5] | San Francisco, California | Live event | [1] [2] [10] | |
— | Held up | — | May 1953 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship held up after a match against Ben and Mike Sharpe ended without a winner | [1] [2] |
15 | Ben and Mike Sharpe | 8 | 1953 | [Note 6] | [Note 1] | Live event | Won the rematch against Nomelini and Torres. | [1] [2] |
16 | Rocky Brown and Leo Nomellini (3) | 1 | May 11, 1954 | [Note 7] | San Francisco, California | Live event | [1] [2] [11] | |
— | Vacated | — | July 1954 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated when Nomellini resumes playing for the San Francisco 49ers | [1] [2] |
17 | Ben and Mike Sharpe | 9 | February 15, 1955 | 81 | [Note 1] | Live event | Defeated Leo Nomellini and Hombre Montana to win the vacant championship | [1] [2] |
18 | Lord James Blears and Gene Kiniski | 1 | May 7, 1955 | 82 | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] [12] | |
19 | Johnny Barend and Enrique Torres (2) | 1 | July 28, 1955 | 12 | Richmond, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
20 | Lord James Blears and Gene Kiniski | 2 | August 9, 1955 | 77 | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
21 | Ronnie Etchison and Ray Stern | 1 | October 25, 1955 | [Note 8] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
22 | Lord James Blears and Gene Kiniski | 3 | November 1955 | [Note 9] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
23 | Ben and Mike Sharpe | 10 | November 29, 1955 | 157 | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
24 | Koukichi Endo and Rikidōzan | 1 | May 4, 1956 | 15 | Osaka, Japan | Live event | [1] [2] | |
25 | Ben and Mike Sharpe | 11 | May 19, 1956 | 55 | Sapporo, Japan | Live event | [1] [2] | |
26 | Bobo Brazil and Enrique Torres (3) | 1 | July 13, 1956 | 32 | Oakland, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
27 | Bill and Ed Miller | 1 | August 14, 1956 | 70 | San Francisco, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
28 | Ben and Mike Sharpe | 12 | October 23, 1956 | 60 | San Francisco, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
29 | Ronnie Etchison (2) and Enrique Torres (4) | 1 | December 22, 1956 | 7 | Fresno, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
30 | Ben and Mike Sharpe | 13 | December 29, 1956 | [Note 10] | Fresno, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
31 | Emil and Ernie Dusek | 1 | January 1957 | [Note 11] | San Francisco, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
32 | Adrien and Paul Baillargeon | 1 | February 1957 | [Note 12] | San Francisco, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
33 | Blears (4) and Ben Sharpe (14) | 1 | April 16, 1957 | [Note 13] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
34 | Leo Nomellini (4) and Enrique Torres (5) | 2 | 1957 | [Note 14] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
35 | Ben (15) and Mike Sharpe | 14 | May 9, 1957 | 19 | Stockton, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
36 | Bobo Brazil and Enrique Torres (6) | 2 | May 28, 1957 | [Note 15] | San Francisco, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
37 | Ben (16) and Mike Sharpe | 15 | July 1957 | [Note 16] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
38 | Tex McKenzie and Ramon Torres | 1 | September 21, 1957 | [Note 17] | Fresno, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
39 | Omaya Kato and Karl Von Schober | 1 | November 1957 | [Note 18] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
40 | Ciclon Anaya and Ramon Torres (2) | 1 | December 13, 1957 | 27 | Oakland, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
41 | Ben (17) and Mike Sharpe | 16 | January 9, 1958 | 1 | Stockton, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
42 | Ciclon Anaya and Ramon Torres (3) | 2 | January 10, 1958 | 39 | Oakland, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
43 | Hans Hermann and Art Neilson | 1 | February 18, 1958 | 69 | San Francisco, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
44 | Ramon Torres (4) and Dick Warren | 1 | April 28, 1958 | 60 | Sacramento, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
45 | Hombre Montana and Tiny Mills | 1 | June 27, 1958 | 17 | San Jose, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
46 | Ramon Torres (5) and Dick Warren | 2 | July 14, 1958 | 40 | Sacramento, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
47 | Gene Dubuque and Mike Valentino | 1 | August 23, 1958 | 61 | Fresno, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
48 | Ronnie Etchison (3) and Buddy Rogers | 1 | October 23, 1958 | 29 | Oakland, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
49 | Gene Dubuque (2) and Fritz Von Goehring | 1 | November 21, 1958 | [Note 19] | Oakland, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
50 | Johnny Barend (2) and Ronnie Etchison (4) | 1 | January 1959(NLT) | [Note 20] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
51 | Red Hangman and Ben Sharpe (18) | 1 | January 10, 1959 | [Note 21] | Fresno, California | Live event | [1] [2] | |
52 | Great Lothario and Ramon Torres (6) | 1 | 1959 | [Note 22] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
53 | Ben (19) and Mike Sharpe | 17 | August 1959 | [Note 23] | [Note 1] | Live event | Records are unclear as to whom they defeated to win the championship. | [1] [2] |
54 | Rip Miller and Enrique Torres (7) | 1 | October 1959 | [Note 24] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
55 | Ben (20) and Mike Sharpe | 18 | October 16, 1959 | [Note 25] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
56 | Ron Etchison (2) and Alberto Torres | 1 | December 1959 | [Note 26] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
57 | Man Mountain Campbell and Mr. Kleen | 1 | 1960 | [Note 27] | [Note 1] | Live event | [1] [2] | |
— | Vacated | — | 1961 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] |
58 | Reggie Parks and Enrique Torres (8) | 1 | August 8, 1961 | [Note 28] | San Francisco, California | Live event | Defeated Magnificent Maurice and Ed Miller to win the championship | [1] [2] |
— | Deactivated | — | 1961 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship was abandoned when the NWA San Francisco promotion closed. | [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 Sharpe Brothers (Ben and Mike Sharpe ) | 19 | 1370¤ |
2 | The Blond Bombers ( Ray Stevens and Pat Patterson ) | 2 | 700 |
3 | Pepper Gomez and Pedro Morales | 2 | 434 |
4 | Peter Maivia and Ray Stevens | 1 | 397¤ |
5 | Mitsu Arakawa and Kinji Shibuya | 1 | 364 |
6 | Rocky Johnson and Pat Patterson | 3 | 327¤ |
7 | Peter Maivia and Pat Patterson | 1 | 283¤ |
8 | Pepper Gomez and Rocky Johnson | 1 | 238 |
9 | Superstar Billy Graham and Pat Patterson | 1 | 230¤ |
10 | Lars Anderson and Paul DeMarco | 1 | 207 |
11 | Art and Stan Nielsen | 1 | 182 |
12 | The Invaders (Invader #1 and Invader #2) | 2 | 168¤ |
13 | Lord James Blears and Gene Kiniski | 3 | 160 |
14 | Nick Bockwinkel and Wilbur Snyder | 1 | 157 |
15 | Pedro Morales and Pat Patterson | 1 | 147 |
16 | The Von Steigers (Kurt and Karl Von Steiger) | 2 | 145 |
17 | Guy and Joe Brunetti | 1 | 134¤ |
18 | Reggie Parks and Enrique Torres | 1 | 134¤ |
19 | Tony Garea and Pat Patterson | 1 | 126 |
20 | Dan Manoukian and Ray Stevens | 1 | 117¤ |
21 | Masa Saito and Kinji Shibuya | 2 | 112¤ |
22 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) | 1 | 108 |
23 | Ramon Torres and Dick Warren | 2 | 100 |
24 | Buddy Rose and Ed Wiskoski | 2 | 85¤ |
25 | Bob Roop and Alexis Smirnoff | 1 | 77 |
26 | The Royal Kangaroos ( Jonathan Boyd and Norman Frederick Charles III ) | 1 | 77 |
27 | Bobo Brazil and Enrique Torres | 2 | 72¤ |
28 | Bill and Ed Miller | 1 | 70 |
29 | Hans Hermann and Art Neilson | 1 | 69 |
30 | Valiant Brothers (Jimmy and Johnny Valiant) | 1 | 67 |
31 | Ciclon Anaya and Ramon Torres | 2 | 66 |
32 | Gene Dubuque and Mike Valentino | 1 | 61 |
33 | Invader #1 and Don Muraco | 1 | 52 |
34 | Rocky Brown and Leo Nomellini | 1 | 51¤ |
35 | Pepper Gomez and Pat Patterson | 1 | 49 |
36 | Adrien and Paul Baillergeon | 1 | 47 |
37 | Pepper Gomez and Jose Lothario | 1 | 46¤ |
38 | Black Gordman and Goliath | 1 | 41 |
39 | Gene Dubuque and Fritz Von Goehring | 1 | 41¤ |
Tex McKenzie and Ramon Torres | 1 | 41¤ | |
40 | Dean Ho and Moondog Mayne | 1 | 38¤ |
42 | Dean Ho and Ron Starr | 1 | 35 |
Ray Eckert and Hard Boiled Haggerty | 1 | 35 | |
44 | Roddy Piper and Ed Wiskoski | 1 | 32¤ |
45 | The Interns (Intern #1 and Intern #2) | 1 | 31¤ |
46 | Ronnie Etchison and Buddy Rogers | 1 | 29 |
47 | Great Sasaki and Kinji Shibuya | 1 | 28 |
48 | Moondog Mayne and Ray Stevens | 1 | 25 |
49 | Ciclon Negro and The Mongolian Stomper | 1 | 21 |
The Destroyer and Billy Red Lyons | 1 | 21 | |
51 | Hombre Montana and Tiny Mills | 1 | 17 |
52 | Koukichi Endo and Rikidōzan | 1 | 15 |
Ray Eckert and Frederick Von Schacht | 1 | 15 | |
54 | Fred Atkins and Ray Eckert | 1 | 14 |
Moondog Mayne and Pat Patterson | 1 | 14 | |
Ron Starr and Enrique Vera | 1 | 14 | |
57 | Omaya Kato and Karl Von Schober | 1 | 13¤ |
58 | Johnny Barend and Enrique Torres | 1 | 12 |
59 | Ron Etchison and Sándor Szabó (wrestler) | 1 | 8 |
60 | Great Mephisto and Kinji Shibuya | 1 | 7 |
Ron Etchison and Enrique Torres | 1 | 7 | |
Ron Etchison and Ray Stern | 1 | 7¤ | |
63 | Hombre Montana and Leo Nomellini | 1 | 4 |
64 | Leo Nomellini and Enrique Torres | 2 | 2¤ |
65 | Johnny Barend and Ronnie Etchison | 1 | 1¤ |
Lord James Blears and Ben Sharpe | 1 | 1¤ | |
Primo Carnera and Sándor Szabó | 1 | 1¤ | |
Emil and Ernie Dusek | 1 | 1¤ | |
Ron Etchison and Alberto Torres | 1 | 1¤ | |
Pepper Gomez and Al Madril | 1 | 1¤ | |
Pepper Gomez and Peter Maivia | 1 | 1¤ | |
Great Lothario and Ramon Torres | 1 | 1¤ | |
Man Mountain Campbell and Mr. Kleen | 1 | 1¤ | |
Rip Miller and Enrique Torres | 1 | 1¤ | |
Red Hangman and Ben Sharpe | 1 | 1¤ | |
Tom Rice and Frederick Von Schacht | 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 | Pat Patterson | 11 | 1,876¤ |
2 | Ben Sharpe | 21 | 1372¤ |
3 | Mike Sharpe | 19 | 1370¤ |
4 | Ray Stevens | 5 | 1,239¤ |
5 | Pepper Gomez | 7 | 769¤ |
6 | Peter Maivia | 3 | 681¤ |
7 | Pedro Morales | 3 | 581 |
8 | Rocky Johnson | 4 | 565¤ |
9 | Kinji Shibuya | 5 | 511¤ |
10 | Mitsu Arakawa | 1 | 364 |
11 | Enrique Torres | 8 | 288¤ |
12 | Art Neilson | 2 | 251 |
13 | "Superstar" Billy Graham | 1 | 230¤ |
14 | Invader #1 | 3 | 220¤ |
15 | Ramon Torres | 6 | 208¤ |
16 | Paul DeMarco | 1 | 207 |
Lars Anderson | 1 | 207 | |
18 | Stan Nielsen | 1 | 182 |
19 | Invader #2 | 2 | 168¤ |
20 | Lord James Blears | 4 | 161¤ |
21 | Gene Kiniski | 3 | 160 |
22 | Nick Bockwinkel | 1 | 157 |
Wilbur Snyder | 1 | 157 | |
24 | Karl Von Steiger | 2 | 145 |
Kurt Von Steiger | 2 | 145 | |
26 | Guy Brunetti | 1 | 134¤ |
Joe Brunetti | 1 | 134¤ | |
Reggie Parks | 1 | 134¤ | |
29 | Tony Garea | 1 | 126 |
30 | Dan Manoukian | 1 | 117¤ |
Ed Wiskoski | 3 | 117¤ | |
32 | Masa Saito | 2 | 112¤ |
33 | Karl Von Brauner | 1 | 108 |
Kurt Von Brauner | 1 | 108 | |
34 | Gene Dubuque | 2 | 102¤ |
35 | Dick Warren | 2 | 100 |
36 | Buddy Rose | 3 | 85¤ |
37 | Alexis Smirnoff | 1 | 77 |
Bob Roop | 1 | 77 | |
Jonathan Boyd | 1 | 77 | |
Moondog Mayne | 3 | 77¤ | |
Norman Frederick Charles III | 1 | 77 | |
42 | Bobo Brazil | 2 | 72¤ |
43 | Bill Miller | 1 | 70 |
Ed Miller | 1 | 70 | |
45 | Hans Hermann | 1 | 69 |
46 | Jimmy Valiant | 1 | 67 |
Johnny Valiant | 1 | 67 | |
48 | Ciclon Anaya | 2 | 66 |
49 | Ray Eckert | 3 | 64 |
50 | Mike Valentino | 1 | 61 |
51 | Leo Nomellini | 4 | 57¤ |
52 | Ron Etchison | 6 | 53 |
53 | Don Muraco | 1 | 52 |
54 | Rocky Brown | 1 | 51¤ |
55 | Ron Starr | 3 | 49 |
56 | Adrien Baillergeon | 1 | 47 |
Paul Baillergeon | 1 | 47 | |
57 | Jose Lothario | 1 | 46¤ |
58 | Tex McKenzie | 1 | 41¤ |
Fritz Von Goehring | 1 | 41¤ | |
Black Gordman | 1 | 41 | |
Goliath | 1 | 41 | |
62 | Dean Ho | 1 | 38¤ |
63 | Dean Ho | 1 | 35 |
Hard Boiled Haggerty | 1 | 35 | |
65 | Roddy Piper | 1 | 32¤ |
66 | Intern #1 | 1 | 31¤ |
Intern #2 | 1 | 31¤ | |
68 | Buddy Rogers | 1 | 29 |
69 | Great Sasaki | 1 | 28 |
70 | Billy Red Lyons | 1 | 21 |
The Destroyer | 1 | 21 | |
The Mongolian Stomper | 1 | 21 | |
Ciclon Negro | 1 | 21 | |
Hombre Montana | 2 | 21 | |
75 | Tiny Mills | 1 | 17 |
76 | Frederick Von Schacht | 2 | 16¤ |
77 | Rikidōzan | 1 | 15 |
Koukichi Endo | 1 | 15 | |
79 | Fred Atkins | 1 | 14 |
Enrique Vera | 1 | 14 | |
81 | Omaya Kato | 1 | 13¤ |
Karl Von Schober | 1 | 13¤ | |
Johnny Barend | 2 | 13¤ | |
84 | Sándor Szabó | 2 | 9¤ |
85 | Ray Stern | 1 | 7¤ |
Great Mephisto | 1 | 7 | |
87 | Great Lothario | 1 | 1¤ |
Rip Miller | 1 | 1¤ | |
Tom Rice | 1 | 1¤ | |
Al Madril | 1 | 1¤ | |
Alberto Torres | 1 | 1¤ | |
Emil Dusek | 1 | 1¤ | |
Ernie Dusek | 1 | 1¤ | |
Primo Carnera | 1 | 1¤ | |
Man Mountain Campbell | 1 | 1¤ | |
Mr. Kleen | 1 | 1¤ | |
Red Hangman | 1 | 1¤ |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
The Von Steigers (Kurt and Karl Von Steiger | W | ||||||||||
Jimmy Golden and Don Jackson | [16] | The Von Steigers | W | ||||||||
Moondog Mayne and Peter Maivia | W | Moondog Mayne and Peter Maivia | [16] | ||||||||
Hiro Ota and Mr. X | [16] | The Von Steigers | W | ||||||||
Bob Roop and Keith Franks | W | Jimmy Golden and Kevin Sullivan | [16] | ||||||||
Pepper Gomez and Chavo Guerrero | [16] | Bob Roop and Keith Franks | [16] | ||||||||
Bye | Jimmy Golden and Kevin Sullivan | W | |||||||||
Bye | [16] |
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From January 8, 1957, through August 1960 the NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club promoted the Minneapolis version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship as the main professional wrestling championship for tag teams on their shows held in and around Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) from its formation in 1948, but left the group in 1960 to help form the American Wrestling Association (AWA). The NWA Board of Directors allowed each member, referred to as a NWA territory, to create and control its own individual "NWA World Tag Team Championship" to be defended within its territory. At one point in 1957, no less than 13 different versions of the NWA World Tag Team Championship were recognized across the United States.[Championships] As with all professional wrestling championships, this championship was not contested for in competitive matches, but in matches with predetermined outcomes to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
The Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was a regional professional wrestling championship for tag teams that was used in the National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) NWA Mid-America professional wrestling promotion from 1957 until 1977.[G1][G2] The championship, promoted by Nick Gulas, was one of many NWA World Tag Team Championships in existence in the period between 1949 and 1992, each of which was a regional championship restricted to an NWA territory and not a true "world" championship. At one point in 1957 there were at least 13 different, concurrently promoted NWA World Tag Team Championships across the United States.[Championships] The Mid-America version was in use for 20 years, the second longest of any of the NWA World Tag Team Championships of that era, only behind the Central States version. Being a professional wrestling championship, the NWA World Tag Team Championship was not won or lost in competitive matches, but determined by the decision of the bookers of NWA Mid-America.
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. 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. The Central States version was primarily defended in CSW's home town of Kansas City and during their shows across Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. 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. 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 NWA World Brass Knuckles Championship was a short-lived title promoted by National Wrestling Alliance NWA Mid-America territory from 1978 until 1981. The championship was used in specialty matches in which the combatants would wear brass knuckles. There were other such championships used in a number of NWA territories throughout the United States of America, including versions in the Florida territory, Amarillo, New England, the Mid-Atlantic region and in NWA Tri-State. 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 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, Kansas 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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