List of NWA World Tag Team Champions
The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling World Tag Team championship contested in various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliates. The NWA did not officially recognize any tag team champions until 1992 while various affiliates had previously had their own Tag Team championships.
Title history
- Promotions
(WCW) | Indicates that the championship was promoted by World Championship Wrestling at this point in time and retroactively not recognized by the NWA. |
(WWF) | Indicates that the championship was promoted by the World Wrestling Federation at this point in time. |
(TNA) | Indicates that the championship was promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at this point in time. |
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
National Wrestling Alliance/World Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||
† | Terry Gordy and Steve Williams (WCW) | July 12, 1992 | The Great American Bash (1992) | Albany, Georgia | 1 | 71 | Defeated Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes in a tournament final. Gordy and Williams were also the reigning WCW World Tag Team Champions; from then until the withdrawal of WCW from the NWA, the WCW and NWA World Tag Team Championships are defended together. | [1] | ||
† | Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes (WCW) | September 21, 1992 | Saturday Night | Atlanta, Georgia | 1 | 58 | The match aired on tape delay on October 3, 1992. | |||
† | Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas (WCW) | November 18, 1992 | Clash of the Champions XXI | Macon, Georgia | 1 | 104 | ||||
† | The Hollywood Blonds (Steve Austin and Brian Pillman) (WCW) |
March 2, 1993 | Power Hour | Macon, Georgia | 1 | 169 | The match aired on tape delay on March 27, 1993. | |||
† | Four Horsemen Arn Anderson and Paul Roma (WCW) |
August 18, 1993 | Clash of the Champions XXIV | Daytona Beach, Florida | 1 | 14 | Defeated Austin and Lord Steven Regal, who was subbing for Pillman. | [2] | ||
— | Vacated | September 1, 1993 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated after WCW withdrew from the NWA. | |||
National Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||
1 | The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) |
April 11, 1995 | Live event | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 76 | Defeated Dick Murdoch and Randy Rhodes in an eight-team tournament final. | |||
— | Vacated | June 26, 1995 | USWA live event | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Title held up after match with PG-13 (J.C. Ice and Wolfie D). | |||
2 | The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) |
July 3, 1995 | USWA live event | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 32 | Defeated PG-13 in rematch. | |||
— | Vacated | August 4, 1995 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to the team splitting up, due to Ricky Morton's suspension from NWA affiliate Smoky Mountain Wrestling. | |||
3 | Tarzan Goto and Mr. Gannosuke | December 9, 1995 | Live event | Saitama, Japan | 1 | 236 | Defeated Cactus Jack and Tiger Jeet Singh in a tournament final. | |||
— | Vacated | August 1996 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated when Goto and Gannosuke leave NWA affiliate IWA Japan. | |||
4 | The Andersons (Pat Anderson and C. W. Anderson) |
September 14, 1996 | Live event | Goldston, North Carolina | 1 | 109 | Defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers). | |||
— | Vacated | 1997 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to agreement with the World Wrestling Federation to have the belts defended in that promotion; Pat and C.W. Anderson were not a part of the WWF at the time. | |||
5 | The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) |
January 12, 1998 | State College, Pennsylvania | 3 | 36 | Title awarded. | ||||
6 | The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) (WWF) |
February 17, 1998 | Raw Is War | Waco, Texas | 1 | 41 | First time the championship changed hands on a World Wrestling Federation television program. Aired on tape delay on February 23, 1998. The match was contested under WWF rules. | [3] | ||
7 | The New Midnight Express (Bodacious Bart and Bombastic Bob) (WWF) |
March 30, 1998 | Raw Is War | Albany, New York | 1 | 137 | ||||
8 | The Border Patrol (Agent Gunn and Agent Maxx) |
August 14, 1998 | Live event | Greenville, North Carolina | 1 | 29 | ||||
9 | Barry Windham (2) and Tully Blanchard | September 12, 1998 | Live event | Lincolnton, North Carolina | 1 | 28 | ||||
10 | The Border Patrol (Agent Gunn and Agent Maxx) |
October 10, 1998 | Live event | Cameron, North Carolina | 2 | 14 | ||||
11 | The Brotherhood (Knuckles Nelson (2) and Rick Fuller) |
October 24, 1998 | 50th Anniversary Show | Cherry Hill, New Jersey | 1 | 130 | Defeated The Border Patrol, Team Extreme (Kit Carson and Khris Germany) and Tully Blanchard and Tom Prichard in a four corners match. | |||
— | Vacated | March 3, 1999 | — | — | — | — | Title held up for failing to defend the titles on February 26, 1999. | |||
12 | The Brotherhood (Eric Sbraccia and Knuckles Nelson (3)) |
June 10, 1999 | Live event | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 7 | Defeated Team Extreme. | |||
13 | The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) |
June 17, 1999 | Live event | Bolton, Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | ||||
14 | The Brotherhood (Knuckles Nelson (3) and Dukes Dalton) |
June 19, 1999 | Live event | Dorchester, Massachusetts | 1 | 98 | ||||
15 | Team Extreme (Kit Carson and Khris Germany) |
September 25, 1999 | 51st Anniversary Show | Charlotte, North Carolina | 1 | 62 | ||||
16 | Murder, Inc. (Kevin Northcutt and Jimmy James) |
November 26, 1999 | Live event | North Richland Hills, Texas | 1 | 21 | ||||
17 | Team Extreme (Kit Carson and Khris Germany) |
December 17, 1999 | Live event | North Richland Hills, Texas | 2 | 78 | ||||
18 | xXx (Curtis Thompson and Drake Dawson) |
March 4, 2000 | Live event | Cornelia, Georgia | 1 | 34 | ||||
19 | The Main Event (Reno Riggins and Steven Dunn) |
April 7, 2000 | Live event | Eskan, Saudi Arabia | 1 | 5 | ||||
20 | The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) |
April 12, 2000 | Live event | Waegwan, South Korea | 4 | 5 | Defeated Dunn and Jackie Fulton, who was subbing for Riggins. | |||
21 | L.A. Stephens and Big Bubba Pain | April 17, 2000 | Live event | Osan, South Korea | 1 | 2 | ||||
xXx (Curtis Thompson and Drake Dawson) |
April 19, 2000 | Live event | Okinawa, Japan | 2 | 118 | |||||
23 | Bad Attitude (David Young and Rick Michaels) |
August 15, 2000 | Live event | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 172 | Defeated Thompson and Jeff Justice, who was subbing for Dawson. | |||
24 | The Bad Street Boys (Joey Matthews and Christian York) |
February 3, 2001 | Live event | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | ||||
25 | Bad Attitude (David Young and Rick Michaels) |
February 17, 2001 | Live event | Cornelia, Georgia | 2 | 33 | ||||
26 | David Flair and Dan Factor | March 22, 2001 | Live event | Athens, Georgia | 1 | 1 | ||||
27 | Bad Attitude (David Young and Rick Michaels) |
March 23, 2001 | Live event | Toccoa, Georgia | 3 | 32 | ||||
28 | The Heavenly Bodies (Chris Nelson and Vito DeNucci) |
April 24, 2001 | Live event | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 248 | ||||
29 | Glacier and Jason Sugarman | December 28, 2001 | Live event | DeLand, Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
30 | The Heavenly Bodies (Chris Nelson and Vito DeNucci) |
December 29, 2001 | Live event | Live Oak, Florida | 2 | 28 | ||||
31 | Disturbing Behavior (Tim Renesto and Jeff Daniels) |
January 26, 2002 | Live event | Columbia, Tennessee | 1 | 81 | ||||
32 | The Heavenly Bodies (Chris Nelson and Vito DeNucci) |
April 17, 2002 | Live event | Winter Haven, Florida | 3 | 52 | ||||
33 | The Shane Twins (Mike and Todd) |
June 8, 2002 | Live event | Lima, Peru | 1 | 20 | ||||
— | Vacated | June 28, 2002 | Live event | St. Petersburg, Florida | — | — | The Shanes vacated the titles per request of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which gained full control over the titles. | |||
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ||||||||||
34 | A.J. Styles and Jerry Lynn (TNA) | July 3, 2002 | Weekly PPV #3 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 42 | Defeated the Rainbow Express (Bruce and Lenny Lane) in a tournament final. | [4] | ||
— | Vacated | August 14, 2002 | Weekly PPV #9 | Nashville, Tennessee | — | — | Title stripped by Vince Russo after a double-pin against Jeff Jarrett and Ron Killings. | |||
35 | America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) (TNA) |
September 18, 2002 | Weekly PPV #12 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 56 | Won a Gauntlet for the Gold match. | |||
36 | The Disciples of The New Church (Brian Lee and Slash) (TNA) |
November 13, 2002 | Weekly PPV #21 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 56 | ||||
37 | America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) (TNA) |
January 8, 2003 | Weekly PPV #27 | Nashville, Tennessee | 2 | 14 | ||||
38 | Triple X (Christopher Daniels, Low Ki and Elix Skipper) (TNA) |
January 22, 2003 | Weekly PPV #29 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | Although Low Ki and Skipper won the title, all three members were recognized as champions. | |||
— | Vacated | February 5, 2003 | Weekly PPV #31 | Nashville, Tennessee | — | — | Title stripped after a double-pin against The Disciples of the New Church. | |||
39 | Triple X (Christopher Daniels, Low Ki and Elix Skipper) (TNA) |
March 12, 2003 | Weekly PPV #36 | Nashville, Tennessee | 2 | 35 | Daniels and Low Ki defeated America's Most Wanted. | |||
40 | Jerry Lynn (2) and The Amazing Red (TNA) | April 16, 2003 | Weekly PPV #41 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | Defeated Daniels and Skipper. | |||
41 | Triple X (Christopher Daniels, Low Ki and Elix Skipper) (TNA) |
May 7, 2003 | Weekly PPV #44 | Nashville, Tennessee | 3 | 49 | Daniels won a handicap match by disqualification. | |||
42 | America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) (TNA) |
June 25, 2003 | Weekly PPV #51 | Nashville, Tennessee | 3 | 63 | Defeated Daniels and Skipper in a Steel cage match. | |||
43 | Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger (TNA) | August 27, 2003 | Weekly PPV #60 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 91 | ||||
44 | 3Live Kru (B.G. James, Ron Killings and Konnan) (TNA) |
November 26, 2003 | Weekly PPV #72 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 63 | Defeated Diamond, Swinger and Glenn Gilberti in a six-man tag team match. 3LK defended the titles under the Freebird Rule. | |||
45 | The Red Shirt Security (Kevin Northcutt (2) and Joe Legend) (TNA) |
January 28, 2004 | Weekly PPV #79 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | ||||
46 | A.J. Styles (2) and Abyss (TNA) | February 4, 2004 | Weekly PPV #80 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 28 | ||||
— | Vacated | March 3, 2004 | Weekly PPV #84 | Nashville, Tennessee | — | — | Title stripped by Vince Russo for failure to defend the title. | |||
47 | Kid Kash and Dallas (TNA) | March 31, 2004 | Weekly PPV #88 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | Defeated Triple X (Daniels and Low Ki) in a tournament final. | |||
48 | D'Lo Brown and El Gran Apolo (TNA) | April 14, 2004 | Weekly PPV #90 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | Won by disqualification. | |||
49 | Kid Kash and Dallas (TNA) | April 21, 2004 | Weekly PPV #91 | Nashville, Tennessee | 2 | 43 | Won by disqualification. | |||
50 | America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) (TNA) |
June 4, 2004 | Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 4 | 34 | Aired June 4, 2004 | |||
51 | The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas) (TNA) |
July 7, 2004 | Weekly PPV #102 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 63 | ||||
52 | Chris Harris (5) and Elix Skipper (4) (TNA) | September 8, 2004 | Weekly PPV #111 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 13 | ||||
53 | Christopher Daniels (4) and James Storm (5) (TNA) | September 21, 2004 | Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 21 | Aired September 24, 2004. | |||
54 | Team Canada (Bobby Roode and Eric Young) (TNA) |
October 12, 2004 | Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 26 | Aired October 15, 2004. | |||
55 | 3Live Kru (B.G. James, Ron Killings and Konnan) (TNA) |
November 7, 2004 | Victory Road (2004) | Orlando, Florida | 2 | 28 | Konnan and James won the title | |||
56 | Team Canada (Bobby Roode and Eric Young) (TNA) |
December 5, 2004 | TNA Turning Point (2004) | Orlando, Florida | 2 | 42 | Defeated James and Killings for the title | |||
57 | America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris (6) and James Storm (6)) (TNA) |
January 16, 2005 | Final Resolution (2005) | Orlando, Florida | 5 | 100 | ||||
58 | The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas) (TNA) |
April 26, 2005 | Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 2 | 162 | ||||
— | Vacated | October 5, 2005 | Live event | Springfield, Tennessee | — | — | Title is held up after a match against Eric Young and Cassidy Riley. | |||
59 | The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas) (TNA) |
October 8, 2005 | 57th Anniversary Show | Nashville, Tennessee | 3 | 3 | Defeated Young and Riley in a "Nashville Street Fight". | |||
60 | America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris (7) and James Storm (7)) (TNA) |
October 11, 2005 | Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 6 | 250 | Aired October 22, 2005. | |||
A.J. Styles (3) and Christopher Daniels (5) (TNA) | June 18, 2006 | Slammiversary (2006) | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 64 | |||||
62 | The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (TNA) |
August 14, 2006 | Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 41 | This was a Border Brawl match. Aired August 24, 2006. | |||
63 | A.J. Styles (4) and Christopher Daniels (6) (TNA) | September 24, 2006 | No Surrender (2006) | Orlando, Florida | 2 | 28 | This was an Ultimate X match. | |||
64 | The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (TNA) |
October 22, 2006 | Bound for Glory (2006) | Plymouth Township, Michigan | 2 | 175 | This was a Six Sides of Steel match. | |||
65 | Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) (TNA) |
April 15, 2007 | Lockdown (2007) | Saint Charles, Missouri | 1 | 28 | This was an Electrified Six Sides of Steel match. | |||
— | Vacated | May 13, 2007 | Live event | Charlotte, North Carolina | — | — | Team 3D is stripped of the titles when NWA and TNA sever their business relationship. NWA regains control of the titles while TNA creates the new TNA World Tag Team Championship. | |||
National Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||
66 | The Real American Heroes (Karl Anderson and Joey Ryan) |
July 8, 2007 | Live event | McAllen, Texas | 1 | 217 | Defeated Billy Kidman and Sean Waltman, Incognito and Sicodelico Jr. in a three-way match. | |||
67 | Los Luchas (Phoenix Star and Zokre) |
February 10, 2008 | Live event | Las Vegas, Nevada | 1 | 237 | ||||
68 | The Skullkrushers (Rasche Brown and Keith Walker) |
October 4, 2008 | Live event | Robstown, Texas | 1 | 777 | ||||
69 | The Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis and Kory Chavis) |
November 20, 2010 | Live event | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 1 | 162 | ||||
70 | The Usual Suspects (A.J. Steele and Murder One) |
May 1, 2011 | NWA RPW Memorial Mayhem (2011) | Warner Robins, Georgia | 1 | 14 | ||||
71 | The Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis and Kory Chavis) |
May 15, 2011 | NWA RPW live event | Warner Robins, Georgia | 2 | 580 | ||||
72 | The Kingz of the Underground (Scot Summers and Ryan Genesis) |
December 15, 2012 | NWA BOW December to Remember | San Antonio, Texas | 1 | 126 | Defeated Kory Chavis and Lance Hoyt for the title; Davis was absent for "personal reasons" and had not teamed with Chavis in quite some time but the NWA never stripped the Dark City Fight Club of their championship. | |||
73 | Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer (3)) |
April 20, 2013 | NWA Houston Parade of Champions | Houston, Texas | 1 | 203 | Smith and Archer's IWGP Tag Team Championship was also at stake in this match. | [5] | ||
74 | The IronGodz (Jax Dane and Rob Conway) |
November 9, 2013 | Power Struggle (2013) | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 148 | This was a three-way match, also involving Tencozy. The IronGodz won the first fall of a two-fall match; K.E.S regained the IWGP title in the other. Conway was also the reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion, making him the first wrestler to hold both championships simultaneously. | [6] | ||
75 | Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) |
April 6, 2014 | Invasion Attack 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 190 | [7] | |||
76 | Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. ((2) and Lance Archer (4)) |
October 13, 2014 | King of Pro-Wrestling (2014) | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 362 | [8] | |||
77 | The Heatseekers (Sigmon and Elliott Russell) |
October 10, 2015 | NWA Mid-South Presents Glory Lasts Forever | Dyersburg, Tennessee | 1 | 55 | Defeated K.E.S. and The Illuminati (Chase Owens and Chris Richards) | |||
78 | The Iron Empire (Matt Riviera and Rob Conway (2)) |
December 4, 2015 | NWA Mid-South Presents: Wrestling at the Resorts Casino | Robinsonville, Mississippi | 1 | 280 | ||||
79 | The Heatseekers (Sigmon and Elliott Russell) |
September 9, 2016 | NWA Mid-South | Ripley, Tennessee | 2 | 1 | ||||
80 | The Iron Empire (Matt Riviera and Rob Conway (3)) |
September 10, 2016 | NWA Mid-South | Dyersburg, Tennessee | 2 | 90 | ||||
81 | The Heatseekers (Sigmon and Elliott Russell) |
December 9, 2016 | NWA Mid-South | Ripley, Tennessee | 3 | 28 | ||||
82 | The Iron Empire (Matt Riviera and Rob Conway (4)) |
January 6, 2017 | NWA Mid-South | Ripley, Tennessee | 3 | 48 | [9] | |||
83 | Kazushi Miyamoto and Rob Terry | February 23, 2017 | Diamond Stars Wrestling | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 114 | [10] | |||
84 | The Heatseekers (Sigmon and Elliott Russell) |
June 17, 2017 | NWA Mid-South | Dyersburg, Tennessee | 4 | 105 | [11] | |||
— | Vacated | September 30, 2017 | — | — | — | — | Vacant when NWA terminates the contracts with its licensees |
List of combined reigns
- Key
† | Indicates the current champions |
¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct. |
By team
By wrestler
See also
References
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (July 12, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 12): Gagne, Bruiser and Crusher, Ladd wins Americas title, 1992 Bash with Sting vs. Vader". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (August 18, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (August 18): Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk, Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena at WWE SummerSlam 2014". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (February 17, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (02/17): Sid Vicious wins the WWF title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (July 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 3): Velvet McIntyre beats Moolah for WWF Women's title, Bret Hart Vs. Nick Bockwinkle in 1981". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (2013-04-20). "Show Results - 4/20 NWA Houston Parade of Champions: Caldwell's in-person report on Conway vs. Masters for NWA Title, Hoyt and Archer defend IWGP Tag Titles, three title changes". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ↑ "Power Struggle". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ↑ "Invasion Attack 2014". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-04-06.
- ↑ "King of Pro-Wrestling". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
- ↑ "New NWA World Tag Champs: Iron Empire makes it three!". NWA On Demand. National Wrestling Alliance. January 9, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave (2017-02-23). "Daily Update: Bellator, Balor, WWE adds UK talent to house show tour". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
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