SCW Tag Team Championship (Steel City Wrestling)

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SCW Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion Steel City Wrestling
Date establishedSeptember 24, 1994
Date retired2000
Statistics
First champion(s) Lou Marconi and Derek Stone
Final champion(s)The Dope Show (Lord Zoltan and Shirley Doe)
Longest reignThe Dope Show(218)
Shortest reign Frank Stalletto and Stevie Richards (<1)

The SCW Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship promoted by Steel City Wrestling (SCW). The title was the main tag team championship of the SCW promotion. It was the first-ever championship established in SCW, having been introduced in 1994, in the finals of a tournament.

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The inaugural champions were Lou Marconi and Derek Stone, who defeated Beauty & The Beast (Frank Stalletto and Futureshock) in a tournament final on September 24, 1994, to become the first SCW Tag Team Champions. No team won the title more than once. At 406 days, reign is the longest in the title's history, while the team of Frank Stalletto and Stevie Richards' first reign was the shortest, at less than one day. Overall, there were 11 reigns among 11 teams, with three vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

Key
SymbolMeaning
No.The overall championship reign
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/AThe specific information has not been found
—Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
No.ChampionsReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotesRef(s)
1 Lou Marconi and Derek Stone1September 24, 1994[[79]] Munhall, Pennsylvania Live event Defeated Frank Stalletto and Futureshock in a tournament final to become the first SCW Tag Team Champions.
2Beauty & The Beast
(Frank Stalletto and Futureshock)		1December 12, 199495 Parkersburg, West Virginia Live event [1] [2]
3Black & Blue
(Lou Marconi (2) and Black Cat)		1March 17, 1995218 Plum, Pennsylvania Live event  
4 Frank Stalletto (2) and Stevie Richards 1October 21, 1995<1 Connellsville, Pennsylvania Live event   [1] [2] [3]
— Vacated 1October 21, 1995N/AN/AN/AChampionship vacated when Richards and Raven attacked Stalletto immediately after winning the title. [3]
5Frank Stalletto (3) and Lou Marconi (3)1November 11, 1995162 St. Mary's, Pennsylvania Live event Defeated Stevie Richards and Brian Rollins to win the vacant championship. [1] [2] [4] [5]
6Stevie Richards (2) and The Blue Meanie 1April 21, 1996N/A Edgewood, Pennsylvania Deaf Wrestlefest (1996)   [6] [7] [8] [9]
— Vacated 1May 1997N/AN/AN/AChampionship vacated when Stevie Richards was injured.
7 Cactus Jack and The Blue Meanie (2)1February 8, 1998N/A Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event Defeated Frank Stalletto and Lou Marconi to win the vacant championship. [8] [9] [10]
— Vacated 1November 1998N/AN/AN/AChampionship vacated after Cactus Jack left SCW
8 Super Nova and The Blue Meanie (3)1November 22, 199828 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event Defeated High Society (Cueball Carmichael and Jimmy Cicero) to win the vacant championship. [8] [9] [11]
9 The Bad Street Boys
(Joey Matthews and Christian York)		1December 20, 1998[[102]] Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event Defeated The Blue Meanie and Julio Sanchez (substituting for an injured Super Nova). [12] [13]
10Lou Marconi (4) and Dennis Gregory1April 1, 1999N/A Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event   [14]
— Vacated 1N/AN/AN/AN/AChampionship vacated after Lou Marconi left SCW
11The Dope Show
(Lord Zoltan and Shirley Doe)		1November 21, 1999N/A White Oak, Pennsylvania Live event Defeated Powerhouse Hughes and Seth James to win the vacant championship.
— Deactivated —2000—N/AN/ASCW closed during the summer of 2000, and the championship was retired.

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