NWA United States Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Details | |||||||||||
Promotion | National Wrestling Alliance (2022–present) | ||||||||||
Date established | August 28, 2022 | ||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Vacant | ||||||||||
|
The NWA United States Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship contested in the National Wrestling Alliance. This version is the eleventh version of the championship.
On July 19, 2022, the NWA announced that the United States Tag Team Championship would be revived after five years of inactivity, and new champions would be determined in a 12 team battle royal on Night 2 of NWA 74. [2] All participants except for the final team were announced on NWA programming (Powerrr and USA) in the weeks leading up to NWA 74. The final team was revealed after the first eleven teams had entered the ring for the match.
The original belts have a similar design to a version of the titles from Championship Wrestling from Florida. On the October 29, 2022 edition of NWA USA, NWA President Billy Corgan unveiled new belts, bearing a similar design of the Detroit version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. But The Fixers' Wrecking Ball Legursky refused to swap the title belts with Corgan. On January 31, 2023 when the Fixers were defeated by The Country Gentleman for the championship, the title belts were finally swapped out.
As of April18, 2024, there have been four reigns between four teams, and eight wrestlers. The Fixers (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) were the inaugural champions. The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrew)'s reign is the longest at 271 days, while Daisy Kill and Talos' reign is the shortest at 62 days.
The most recent champions were The Immortals (JR Kratos and Odinson) are the current champions in their first reign. They defeated Daisy Kill and Talos on October 28, 2023 in Cleveland, Ohio at Samhain, but vacated the titles on April 2, 2024 at Hard Times 4 in order to challenge for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
No. | Overall reign number |
---|---|
Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | The Fixers (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) | August 28, 2022 | NWA 74th Anniversary Show Night 2 | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 156 | This match was a battle royal involving 12 teams to determine the inaugural champions. | [1] |
2 | The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrew) | January 31, 2023 | NWA Powerrr | Knoxville, TN | 1 | 208 | [3] | |
3 | Daisy Kill and Talos | August 27, 2023 | NWA 75th Anniversary Show Night 2 | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 62 | [4] | |
4 | The Immortals (JR Kratos and Odinson) | October 28, 2023 | Samhain | Cleveland, OH | 1 | 173 | [5] | |
— | Vacated | April 2, 2024 | Hard Times 4 | Dothan, AL | — | — | Aired on tape delay on April 16, 2024 as a special episode of NWA Powerrr . The Immortals (Odinson and Kratos) vacated the titles in order to challenge for the NWA World Tag Team Championship at the aforementioned Hard Times event. | [6] |
As of April18, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champions |
¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct. |
Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Fixers (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) | 1 | 156 |
2 | The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrew) | 1 | 271 |
3 | Daisy Kill and Talos † | 1 | 62 |
4 | The Immortals (JR Kratos and Odinson) | 1 | 172 |
Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jay Bradley | 1 | 156 |
Wrecking Ball Legursky | 1 | 156 | |
3 | AJ Cazana | 1 | 271 |
Anthony Andrew | 1 | 271 | |
5 | Daisy Kill | 1 | 62 |
Talos | 1 | 62 | |
7 | JR Kratos | 1 | 172 |
Odinson | 1 | 172 | |
The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling promotion and governing body owned by Billy Corgan and operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc.
The NWA World Television Championship is a world television championship owned and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The inaugural champion was Ricky Starks. The current champion is Max the Impaler, who is in their first reign.
Marshé Rockett is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he performs under the ring name Carnage as a member of Blunt Force Trauma, and is currently one-half of the NWA World Tag Team Champions. He is known for his time with Impact Wrestling.
When Our Shadows Fall was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It took take place on June 6, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia at GPB Studios, and aired exclusively on FITE TV
Hard Times 2 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It took place on December 4, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia, at the GPB Studios. It is the second event in the Hard Times chronology.
The Fifth Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was a professional wrestling tag team tournament produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The event took place on March 19 and 20, 2022, at the Nashville Fairgrounds in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the fifth iteration of the event, and the first to be held since 2019; the 2020 event had been planned, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and no event was scheduled in 2021 because of the lingering pandemic.
Strictly Business were a villainous professional wrestling stable currently in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), consisting of Chris Adonis, Thom Latimer and Kamille.
Alwayz Ready was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance. It took place on June 11, 2022 at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The NWA 74th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) held on August 27 and 28, 2022, at the Chase's Khorassan Ballroom in St. Louis, Missouri.
J. R. Kratos is an American professional wrestler, currently appearing for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is a former NWA United States Tag Team Champion and a former NWA World Tag Team Champion. He also makes sporadic appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
Hard Times 3 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It took place on November 12, 2022 at the Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center in Chalmette, Louisiana. It was the third event in the Hard Times chronology.
Jordan Leonard is an American professional wrestler, and bodybuilder, known under his ring name, Jordan Clearwater. He is currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) where he is a former NWA World Television Champion.
Pretty Empowered is a professional wrestling stable currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) consisting of Ella Envy and sisters Kenzie Paige and Kylie Paige. Kenzie is the current NWA World Women's Champion, in her first reign. Kenzie is also a former NWA World Women's Television Champion. As a stable, the group are 3-time NWA World Women's Tag Team Champions.
Kenzie Paige Henry, known by her ring name Kenzie Paige, is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) where she is the leader of Pretty Empowered. She is the inaugural NWA World Women's Television Champion, a former NWA World Women's Tag Team Champion and the current NWA World Women's Champion, in her first reign.
Madison Hardin better known by the ring name Ella Envy, is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) where she is a three-time NWA World Women's Tag Team Champion as a member of Pretty Empowered.
Nuff Said was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It took place on February 11, 2023, in Tampa, Florida. The name of the event was based on current NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Tyrus, who uses it as his catchphrase, and had a show by the same name on the Fox News streaming network Fox Nation.
The 2023 iteration of the Crockett Cup was a two-day professional wrestling tag team tournament produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The event took place on June 3 and 4, 2023, at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the United States. It was the sixth iteration of the Crockett Cup.
The NWA 75th Anniversary Show was a two-day professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It was held on August 26 and 27, 2023, at the Chase's Khorassan Ballroom in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 13th event under the NWA Anniversary Show chronology.
NWA Samhain was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It was held on October 28, 2023, at TempleLive at Cleveland Masonic in Cleveland, Ohio.