UWA Tag Team Championship (Vancouver Version)

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The Vancouver version of the UWA Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in All Star Wrestling from its establishment sometime after All Star disaffiliated from the National Wrestling Alliance in late-1985 until the promotion closed in 1989.

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Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1Rick Davis and Ole OlsenJuly 6, 1985ASW showCloverdale, BC1N/ADefeated Sonny Myers and Tim Patterson for the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship, which was then renamed the UWA Tag Team Championship when All-Star Wrestling left the NWA. [1] [1]
2Dave Gold and Tim PattersonSeptember 9, 1985ASW showCloverdale, BC1N/A [1]
3Rick Davis and Ole OlsenOctober 5, 1985ASW showCloverdale, BC2N/A [1]
Vacated January 1986Vacated when Olsen was injured [1]
4Buddy Austin and Mike StoneMarch 22, 1986ASW showCloverdale, BC1N/ADefeated Rick Davis and Rocky Delaserra. [1]
5Rick Davis (3) and Rocky DelaserraMarch 29, 1986ASW showCloverdale, BC1N/A [1]
6Rick Davis (4) and Mike Stone (2)N/AASW showBritish Columbia1N/A [1]
7The Knight Riders
(Bear and Harley)
N/AASW showBritish Columbia1N/A [1]
8Rick Davis (5) and Pat BradleyN/AASW showBritish Columbia1N/A [1]
9J.R. Bundy and Ivan GorkyN/AASW showBritish Columbia1N/A [1]
10Rick Davis (6) and Billy Two EaglesN/AASW showBritish Columbia1N/A [1]
11Timothy Flowers and Jonathan Sayers1987ASW showBritish Columbia1N/AUnknown whom Flowers and Sayers beat for the title [1]
12Rick Davis (7) and J.R. Bundy (2)May 9, 1987ASW showCloverdale, BC1N/A [1]
13Timothy Flowers (2) and Ivan Gorky (2)June 6, 1987ASW showCloverdale, BC1N/A [1]
14The Frog and Atomic Kid1987ASW showBritish Columbia1N/A [1]
15I-Ton and Dory SinghJanuary 2, 1988ASW showCloverdale, BC1N/A [1]
16Michelle Starr and Ivan Gorky (3)N/AASW showBritish Columbia1N/A [1]
Vacated 1989Vacated for undocumented reasons [1]
17Robotron and OlympianJune 1989ASW showBritish Columbia1N/A [1]
DeactivatedJuly 2, 1989ASW showTitle was abandoned after All-Star Wrestling held its final event in Elk Grove, British Columbia. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "UWA Tag Team title history (Vancouver)". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved June 9, 2019.