TCW Tag Team Championship

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TCW Tag Team Championship
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Promotion Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling
Date establishedMarch 3, 2001
Date retiredJuly 27, 2002
Statistics
First champion(s) Scott Anton and Erik Watts
Final champion(s) Jorge Estrada and Sonny Siaki

The TCW Tag Team Championship was the primary professional wrestling tag team title of Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling. It was originally won by Scott Anton and Erik Watts who defeated Glacier and Jorge Estrada, coincidentally opponents for the TCW Heavyweight Championship, in Dothan, Alabama, on March 3, 2001. Unlike the singles titles, the tag team titles changed hands very often when the promotion toured outside the state of Georgia, as far away as Alabama and Tennessee. [1]

Title history

Wrestlers:Times:Date:Location:Notes:
Scott Anton and Erik Watts [2] 1March 3, 2001 Dothan, Alabama Defeat Glacier and Jorge Estrada to become the first champions. [1]
Glacier and Jorge Estrada [3] 1April 21, 2001 Cleveland, Tennessee [1]
The Public Enemy
Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) [4] [5] 		1July 7, 2001Dothan, AlabamaPublic Enemy also held the MECW Tag Team Championship at the time of the match. [1]
Title is vacated in August 2001 when The Public Enemy leave the promotion to return to Main Event Championship Wrestling. [1]
Southside Trash
(Randy Harris and David Parrish)		1September 15, 2001 Carrollton, Georgia Defeated Jorge Estrada and Sonny Siaki to win the vacant titles. [1]
Glacier (2) and "Big" Ron Studd 1March 1, 2002Carrollton, Georgia [1] [6]
Title is vacated in 2002.
Jorge Estrada (2) and Sonny Siaki [7] 1July 27, 2002Carrollton, GeorgiaDefeated the Dobbins Brothers (Chad and Jason Dobbins) at the VFW Fairgrounds to win vacant title. [1]

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