NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship

Statistics
Most reigns	The Interns (5 reigns)

NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion	NWA Mid-America (1957–1981)
Date established	1972
Date retired	1980
Statistics
Most reigns	The Interns (5 reigns)

The NWA Mid-America tag-team championship was a tag-team title promoted by the NWA Mid-America promotion that ran more or less exclusively in Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky, United States, from the 1940s until 1980. Originally the NWA Mid-America promoted their version of the NWA World Tag-Team titles but when they became defunct in 1977 the "Mid-America" title became the main title for the promotion.^[1]

Title history

Key
No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Notes	Ref.
1	Len Rossi and Tony Charles	April 1972 (NLT)	House show	N/A	1
2	The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner)	April 1972	House show	N/A	1
3	Len Rossi and Tony Charles	April 29, 1972	House show	N/A	2
4	The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner)	May 1972	House show	N/A	2
5	Don and Al Greene	May 1972	House show	N/A	1
6	Len Rossi (3) and Bearcat Brown	July 1, 1972	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1			^[2]
	Championship history is unrecorded from July 1, 1972 to July 1972.
7	Great Fuji and Steve Kyle	July 1972	House show	N/A	1
	Championship history is unrecorded from July 1972 to July 1972.
8	The Interns Tom Andrews and Jim Starr	July 1972	House show	N/A	1
9	Tojo Yamamoto and Bill Dromo	August 8, 1972	House show	Birmingham, Alabama	1
10	The Interns Tom Andrews and Jim Starr	August 14, 1972	House show	Birmingham, Alabama	2
11	Tojo Yamamoto and Bill Dromo	August 21, 1972	House show	Birmingham, Alabama	2
12	The Interns Tom Andrews and Jim Starr	August 28, 1972	House show	Birmingham, Alabama	3
—	Vacated	November 1972 (NLT)	—	—	—	—
13	Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente	November 10, 1972	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1		Defeat Jim White and Jerry Lawler in tournament final.
14	Ken Luchas and Frankie Laine	November 1972	House show	Birmingham, Alabama	1
15	Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente	December 1972	House show	N/A	2
16	Tommy Gilbert and Tojo Yamamoto (3)	December 1972	House show	N/A	1
17	Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente	January 1973	House show	N/A	3
18	Tommy Gilbert and Eddie Marlin	March 14, 1973	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1
19	Terry Garvin and Duke Myers	April 30, 1973	House show	Birmingham, Alabama	1
20	Bearcat Brown (2) and Joey Rossi	June 6, 1973	House show	N/A	1	Nashville, Tennessee
21	The Bounty Hunters	June 1973	House show	N/A	1
22	Terry Garvin and Duke Myers	June 1973	House show	N/A	2
23	Tojo Yamamoto (3) and Jackie Fargo	July 2, 1973	House show	Birmingham, Alabama	1
24	Terry Garvin and Duke Myers	July 1973 (NLT)	House show	N/A	3
25	Joey Rossi and Bearcat Brown (3)	July 1973 (NLT)	House show	N/A	2
26	Terry Garvin (4) and Ron Garvin	August 1973 (NLT)	House show	N/A	1
27	Joey Rossi and Don Greene	August 4, 1973	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1
28	Tojo Yamamoto (5) and Johnny Marlin	August 8, 1973	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1
29	Terry Garvin (5) and Ron Garvin	September 5, 1973	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	2			^[3]
30	Tojo Yamamoto (6) and Jackie Fargo	December 1973 (NLT)	House show	N/A	2
31	The Interns Tom Andrews and Jim Starr	December 15, 1973	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	4
32	Don Greene and Bearcat Brown (4)	December 29, 1973	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1
33	The Interns Tom Andrews and Jim Starr	January 12, 1974	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	5
34	Lorenzo Parente (4) and Bill Dromo (3)	July 1, 1972	House show	N/A	1			^[2]
35	Frank and Charles Morrell	February 20, 1974	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1
36	Frank Monte and Nick DeCarlo	March 1974 (NLT)	House show	N/A	1
37	Don Kent and Chris Gallagher	August 1974 (NLT)	House show	N/A	1
38	Steve Kovacs and Ricky Gibson	August 24, 1974	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1
39	Don Kent and Chris Gallagher	August 1974	House show	N/A	2
40	and Blue Scorpion	September 30, 1974	House show	Birmingham, Alabama	1		Defeated Ricky Fields and Johnny Fields for the titles
41	Jackie Fargo (3) and George Gulas	October 1974 (NLT)	House show	N/A	1
42	Don Kent (3) and Count Drummer	November 6, 1974	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1
43	Jackie Fargo (4) and George Gulas	November 20, 1974	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	2
44	Rocket Monroe and Randy Tyler	January 1, 1975	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1		Won the as the Masked Godfathers
45	Jackie Fargo (5) and George Gulas	May 5, 1975	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	3
46	Ron Wright and Don Wright	May 16, 1974 (NLT)	House show	N/A	1
47	George Gulas (4) and Jerry Jarrett	May 17, 1975	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1
48	Karl Von Steiger and Otto Von Heller	May 26, 1975	House show	N/A	1		Defeated Gulas and Jackie Fargo for the titles	^[4]
	Championship history is unrecorded from May 26, 1975 to November 1976.
49	Bill Ash and David Schultz	November 1976 (NLT)	House show	N/A	1
50	George Gulas (4) and Gorgeous George Jr.	November 1976 (NLT)	House show	N/A	1
	Championship history is unrecorded from November 1976 to November 1976.
51	Bicentenial Kings (Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey)	November 1976 (NLT)	House show	N/A	1
52	Ricky Gibson and Bill Dundee	December 26, 1976	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1		Defeated Condrey and the Excutioner for the titles
53	The Samoans Tio and Tapu	January 2, 1977	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1
54	Pez Whatley and Ray Candy	June 1977 (NLT)	House show	N/A	1
55	The Samoans Tio and Tapu	July 1977	House show	N/A	2
56	Pez Whatley and Ray Candy	August 6, 1977	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	2
—	Vacated		—	—	—	—	Ray Candy left the territory
57	George Gulas (5) and Tojo Yamamoto (7)	August 24, 1977	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1		Won 3-team tournament over Angelo Poffo and Lanny Poffo and The Samoans
—	Vacated	December 1972 (NLT)	—	—	—	—	George Gulas was injured
58	Gypsy Joe and Leroy Rochester	December 25, 1977	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1		Won a tournament to become champions
59	Lanny Poffo and Bobby Eaton	January 1978	House show	Huntsville, Alabama	1
60	Gypsy Joe (2) and Dutch Mantell	February 1978 (NLT)	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1
61	Gypsy Joe (3) and Buzz Tyler	February 22, 1978	House show	N/A	1		Dutch Mantell gave up his half of the title.
62	George Gulas (6) and Tojo Yamamoto (8)	April 1978 (NLT)	House show	N/A	2
—	Vacated	August 1978 (NLT)	—	—	—	—	Gulas and Yamamoto split up
63	Ken Lucas (2) and Dutch Mantell (2)	August 12, 1978	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1		Won a tournament to become champions
64	Gypsy Joe (4) and Tojo Yamamoto (9)	September 30, 1978	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1
65	The Jet Set George Gulas (7) and Bobby Eaton (2)	December 16, 1978	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1
66	The Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy	January 7, 1979	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1
67	Bobby Eaton (3) and Mexican Angel	February 1979	House show	N/A	1
68	The Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy	February 1979	House show	N/A	2
69	Gypsy Joe (5) and Tom Renesto Jr.	July 4, 1979	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1
70	Tojo Yamamoto (10) and Great Togo	July 25, 1979	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1
71	The Jet Set George Gulas (8) and Bobby Eaton (4)	September 8, 1979	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	2
—	Vacated	December 1979 (NLT)	—	—	—	—	George Gulas and Bobby Eaton split up
72	Jim Dalton and Butch Malone	December 1, 1979	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1		Won a tournament to become champions
73	George Gulas (9) and Ken Lucas	December 8, 1979	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1
74	The Blond Bombers Larry Latham and Wayne Farris	December 15, 1979	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1
75	The Jet Set George Gulas (10) and Bobby Eaton (5)	January 27, 1980	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	3
76	The Blond Bombers Larry Latham and Wayne Farris	February 16, 1980	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	2
77	Rocky Brewer and Pat Rose	March 5, 1980	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1			^[5]
78	Tojo Yamamoto (11) and Gypsy Joe (6)	March 19, 1980	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1
79	Rocky Brewer (2) and George Gulas (11)	March 22, 1980	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1
80	Tojo Yamamoto (12) and Gypsy Joe (7)	May 1980	House show	N/A	2
81	Rocky Brewer and George Gulas (12)	May 28, 1980	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	2			^[6]
82	The Blond Bombers Larry Latham and Wayne Farris	July 1980	House show	N/A	3
83	Don Fargo and Robert Gibson	September 3, 1980	House show	Nashville, Tennessee	1			^[7]
84	The Manchurians	September 13, 1980	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1
85	Ken Luchas (3) and Ricky Morton	September 21, 1980	House show	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1
—	Deactivated	October 1980	—	—	—	—	Abandoned when Nick Gulas' promotion closes

References

↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
1 2 Hoops, Brian (July 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
↑ Hoops, Brian (September 5, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history: Gagne vs. Crusher loser leaves town, Von Erichs vs. Freebirds, Young Bucks vs. Machine Guns". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
↑ F4W Staff (May 26, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 26): Dick the Bruiser and Crusher beat Larry Hennig and Harley Race in a nine fall death match, Tiger Mask wins WWF Jr. Heavyweight gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
↑ Hoops, Brian (March 5, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/05): The Hardy Boyz win WWF tag team gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
↑ F4W Staff (May 28, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (MAY 28): HULK HOGAN VS. NICK BOCKWINKEL, BRUNO VS. SUPERSTAR GRAHAM DOUBLE DQ". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
↑ Hoops, Brian (September 3, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (SEPT. 3): RIC FLAIR VS. TERRY FUNK TEXAS DEATH MATCH, GREAT MUTA VS. STING, TED DIBIASE AND STAN HANSEN WINS AJPW TAG TITLES". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.

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[1] Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

[F4W0701-2] 1 2 Hoops, Brian (July 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.

[F4W0905-3] Hoops, Brian (September 5, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history: Gagne vs. Crusher loser leaves town, Von Erichs vs. Freebirds, Young Bucks vs. Machine Guns". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 16, 2017.

[F4W0526-4] F4W Staff (May 26, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 26): Dick the Bruiser and Crusher beat Larry Hennig and Harley Race in a nine fall death match, Tiger Mask wins WWF Jr. Heavyweight gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.

[F4W0219-5] Hoops, Brian (March 5, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/05): The Hardy Boyz win WWF tag team gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved March 5, 2017.

[F4W0528-6] F4W Staff (May 28, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (MAY 28): HULK HOGAN VS. NICK BOCKWINKEL, BRUNO VS. SUPERSTAR GRAHAM DOUBLE DQ". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.

[F4W0903-7] Hoops, Brian (September 3, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (SEPT. 3): RIC FLAIR VS. TERRY FUNK TEXAS DEATH MATCH, GREAT MUTA VS. STING, TED DIBIASE AND STAN HANSEN WINS AJPW TAG TITLES". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.