WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship

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WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
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The championship belt
Details
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Date establishedFebruary 17, 1991
Date retiredDecember 4, 1991
Other name
  • NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Statistics
First champions Junkyard Dog, Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich
Final champions The York Foundation (Ricky Morton, Tommy Rich and Terrance Taylor)
Most reigns(as team) all (1)
(as individual) Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich (2)
Longest reignJunkyard Dog, Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich (106 days)
Shortest reignThe York Foundation (Ricky Morton, Tommy Rich and Terrance Taylor) (57 days)

The WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship was a championship contested in World Championship Wrestling throughout 1991. It was considered a revived version of the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship that was used in Jim Crockett Promotions; however, unlike the former version, which was often held by main eventers in between singles title feuds, this title was mostly used to push midcarders. The only men to win the title twice are Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich. It was abandoned in November 1991. [1]

Contents

Months later, on the May 23 and 30 editions of WCW Magazine during WCW Worldwide, announcer Eric Bischoff mentioned that the Six-Man Tag Team Titles would be on the line at Beach Blast 1992, when Dangerous Alliance members Bobby Eaton, Arn Anderson and Steve Austin faced WCW loyalists Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes and Nikita Koloff. The idea to bring back the titles was apparently changed, as the match ended up a standard six-man tag match.

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
 1  Junkyard Dog , Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich  February 17, 1991 House show Atlanta, GA  1 106Defeated Buddy Landel, Dutch Mantel and Dr. X at a house show. [1]
 2  The Fabulous Freebirds
(Badstreet, Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes)
 June 3, 1991  Main Event Birmingham, AL  1 63Aired June 30, 1991 on tape delay. [1]
 3  Big Josh , Dustin Rhodes and Tom Zenk  August 5, 1991  Worldwide St. Joseph, MO  1 64Aired August 24, 1991 on tape delay. [1]
 4  The York Foundation
(Richard Morton (2), Thomas Rich (2) and Terrance Taylor)
 October 8, 1991  Main Event Montgomery, AL  1 57Aired November 10, 1991 on tape delay.
Deactivated December 4, 1991

Combined reigns

By wrestler

¤The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
days
1 Richard Morton/Ricky Morton 2160¤
Thomas Rich/Tommy Rich 2160¤
3 Junkyard Dog 1106
4 Big Josh 164
Dustin Rhodes 164
Tom Zenk 164
7 Badstreet 163
Jimmy Garvin 163
Michael Hayes 163
10 Terrance Taylor 161¤

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Duncan, Royal and Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4. Information also available at Solie's Title Histories.