NWA World Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version)

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NWA World Tag Team Championship
(Vancouver version)
Details
Promotion NWA All-Star Wrestling [1] [2]
Date establishedJune 1966 [1] [2]
Date retired1968
Statistics
First champion(s) Tony Borne and John Tolos [1] [2]
Most reignsAs a team: Don Jardine and Dutch Savage/John and Chris Tolos (2 reigns) [1] [2]
Individual: John Tolos (3 reigns) [1] [2]
Longest reignJohn and Chris Tolos (203 days) [1] [2]
Shortest reign The Assassins (0-27 days) [1] [2]

The Vancouver version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship for tag teams that was used by NWA All-Star Wrestling from 1966 to 1968. [1] [2] When the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was created in 1948, the Board of Directors decided to allow each NWA member to create its own local version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. [3] As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively, but instead is determined 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. [4]

Contents

The first team to hold the championship was the Tolos brothers (Chris Tolos and John Tolos). Records indicate that they were presented as champions in June 1966, but records are unclear on how they won the belts. The title was used for just under two years before being abandoned in favor of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship. [1] [2] [5] The Tolos brothers and the team of Don Jardine and Dutch Savage were the only teams to hold the championship twice, and John Tolos the only wrestler to hold the championship three times. The Tolos brothers' second reign, from March 13 to October 3, 1967, is the longest at 203 days. Don Leo Jonathan and Dominic DeNucci held the title for just 21 days, the shortest confirmed reign of any champion. [1] [2]

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 Tony Borne and John Tolos June 1966NWA All-Star show [Note 1] 1 [Note 2] Records are unclear on how Borne and Tolos won the championship. [1] [2]
2 Don Jardine and Dutch Savage October 3, 1966NWA All-Star showVancouver, British Columbia184  [1] [2]
3 Don Leo Jonathan and Dominic DeNucci December 26, 1966NWA All-Star showVancouver, British Columbia121  [1] [2]
4 John (2) and Chris Tolos January 16, 1967NWA All-Star showVancouver, British Columbia121Also won NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship [1] [2] [6]
5 Don Jardine and Dutch Savage February 6, 1967NWA All-Star showVancouver, British Columbia235Jardine and Savage only won the NWA World Tag Team Championship [1] [2]
6 John (3) and Chris Tolos March 13, 1967NWA All-Star showVancouver, British Columbia2203  [1] [2]
7 Abdullah the Butcher and Dr. Jerry Graham October 2, 1967NWA All-Star showVancouver, British Columbia163  [1] [2]
8 The Assassins
(Assassin #1 and Assassin #2)
December 4, 1967NWA All-Star showVancouver, British Columbia1 [Note 3] Also won NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship [1] [2]
Deactivated1968Championship was defended as recently as May 1968 [7] but was later abandoned by NWA All-Star Wrestling in favor of the NWA Canadian 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.
RankTeam# of reignsCombined days
1 John and Chris Tolos 2224
2 Don Jardine and Dutch Savage 2119
3 Tony Borne and John Tolos 195¤ [Note 2]
4 Abdullah the Butcher and Dr. Jerry Graham 163
5 Don Leo Jonathan and Dominic DeNucci 121
6 The Assassins
(Assassin #1 and Assassin #2)
1¤ [Note 3]

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.
RankWrestler# of reignsCombined days
1 John Tolos 3319¤ [Note 2]
2 Chris Tolos 2224
3 Don Jardine 2119
Dutch Savage 2119
5 Tony Borne 195¤ [Note 2]
6 Abdullah the Butcher 163
Dr. Jerry Graham 163
8 Dominic DeNucci 121
Don Leo Jonathan 121
8 Assassin #1 1¤ [Note 3]
Assassin #2 1¤ [Note 3]

Footnotes

  1. The location of the match was not captured as part of the documentation.
  2. 1 2 3 4 The exact date in June that Borne and Tolos became champions is uncertain, which means that this reign lasted between 95 days and 124 days.
  3. 1 2 3 4 The exact date in 1968 that the championship was abandoned is uncertain, which means that this reign lasted between 0 days and 179 days.

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