WWA World Tag Team Championship
| WWA World Tag Team Championship | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||||
| Promotion | World Wrestling Association | ||||||
| Date established | 1964 | ||||||
| Date retired | 1991 | ||||||
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The WWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team title in the Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association from the promotion's formation in 1964 until the late 1980s when the promotion closed.[1]
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilbur Snyder & Dick the Bruiser | 1 | April 25, 1964 | First champions. | |
| Nicoli Volkoff & Angelo Poffo | 1 | July 31, 1964 | Won the title via countout. | |
| Wilbur Snyder & Dick the Bruiser | 2 | September 4, 1964 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| The Von Brauners (Kurt Von Brauner & Karl Von Brauner) |
1 | October 1964 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Nicoli Volkoff (2) & Boris Volkoff | 1 | May 17, 1965 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| The Assassins (Guy Mitchell & Joe Tomasso) |
1 | July 17, 1965 | Indianapolis, Indiana | [2] |
| Wilbur Snyder (3) & Moose Cholak | 1 | December 25, 1965 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Assassins (Guy Mitchell & Joe Tomasso) |
2 | March 3, 1966 | Fort Wayne, Indiana | Lose to Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder on March 26, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois but continue to be recognized in other WWA towns (WWA started working with AWA and AWA titles are recognized in Chicago thereafter). |
| Wilbur Snyder (4) & Dick the Bruiser | 3 | June 11, 1966 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Assassins (Guy Mitchell & Joe Tomasso) |
3 | June 25, 1966 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Wilbur Snyder (5) & Luis Martínez | 1 | July 23, 1966 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Devil's Duo (Angelo Poffo (2) & Chris Markoff) |
1 | September 1966 | Lafayette, Indiana | Sometime after September 3, 1966. |
| Dick the Bruiser (4) & The Crusher | 1 | January 21, 1967 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Devil's Duo (Angelo Poffo (3) & Chris Markoff) |
2 | February 18, 1967 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Dick the Bruiser (5) & The Crusher (2) | 2 | July 15, 1967 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto | 1 | October 13, 1967 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Held up | June 15, 1968 | Indianapolis, Indiana | After a match against Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher. | |
| Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto | 2 | July 26, 196 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Wins a Rematch. |
| Wilbur Snyder (6) & Pat O'Connor | 1 | September 15, 1968 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto | 3 | October 26, 1968 | Elkhart, Indiana | |
| Dick the Bruiser (6) & The Crusher (3) | 3 | December 28, 1968 | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Chain Gang (Jack Dillinger & Frank Dillinger) |
1 | June 20, 1969 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Vacant | September 13, 1969 | Chicago, Illinois | After Frank Dillinger is shot. | |
| Chain Gang (Jack Dillinger (2) & Jim Dillinger) |
2 | November 27, 1969 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Defeated Dick the Bruiser & Moose Cholak for the titles. |
| Dick the Bruiser (7) & Bill Miller | 1 | June 26, 1970 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello & Don Kent) |
1 | July 17, 1970 | Indianapolis, Indiana | [2] |
| Wilbur Snyder (7) & Moose Cholak (2) | 2 | December 26, 1970 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Held up | February 23, 1971 | Indianapolis, Indiana | After a match against Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent. | |
| Wilbur Snyder (8) & Moose Cholak (3) | 3 | March 27, 1970 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Win the rematch. |
| Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello & Don Kent) |
2 | June 18, 1971 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Wilbur Snyder (9) & Paul Christy | 1 | August 21, 1971 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| The Blackjacks (Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan) |
1 | November 6, 1971 | Detroit, Michigan | Repeated in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 18, 1971. |
| Dick the Bruiser (8) & The Crusher (4) | 4 | December 9, 1972 | Chicago, Illinois | Repeated in Chicago, Illinois on December 9, 1972. |
| Baron Von Raschke & Ernie Ladd | 1 | February 24, 1973 | Detroit, Michigan | Repeated in Indianapolis, Indianapolis on March 7, 1973. |
| Dick the Bruiser (9) & Bruno Sammartino | 1 | July 21, 1973 | Detroit, Michigan | |
| Held up | Indianapolis, Indiana | After a match between champions Raschke & Ladd and Bruiser & Sammartino. On September 22, 1973 in Indianapolis, Indiana Dick The Bruiser defeats Raschke & Ladd on September for himself and Sammartino. | ||
| Jimmy & Johnny Valiant | 1 | January 5, 1974 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Held up | January 25, 1974 | After a match against Dick the Bruiser & Bruno Sammartino. | ||
| Jimmy & Johnny Valiant | 2 | February 7, 1974 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Defeat Bruiser & Sammartino in rematch.[3] |
| Wilbur Snyder (10) & Pepper Gomez | 1 | May 4, 1974 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Legionnaires (Sgt. Jacques Goulet & Pvt. Don Fargo) |
1 | September 21, 1974 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| The New Legionnaires (Sgt. Jacques Goulet (2) & Soldier Zarinoff Lebeouf) |
1 | April 1975 | ||
| Dick the Bruiser (10) & The Crusher (5) | 5 | September 20, 1975 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Ox Baker & Chuck O'Connor | 1 | March 13, 1976 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Dick the Bruiser (11) & The Crusher (6) | 6 | May 1, 1976 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Bounty Hunters (David Novak & Jerry Novak) |
1 | August 14, 1976 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Moose Cholak (3) & Paul Christy (2) | 1 | February 12, 1977 | Indianapolis, Indiana | [4] |
| Jimmy & Johnny Valiant | 3 | June 18, 1977 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Wilbur Snyder (11) & Dominic Denucci | 1 | March 4, 1978 | Indianapolis, Indiana | [5] |
| Jimmy & Johnny Valiant | 4 | July 22, 1978 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Wilbur Snyder (12) & Pepper Gomez (2) | 2 | December 2, 1978 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Roger Kirby & Igor Volkoff | 1 | April 1, 1979 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Vacant | May 1979 | When Volkoff leaves the area. | ||
| Roger Kirby (2) & Paul Christy (3) | 1 | June 9, 1979 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Dick the Bruiser (12) & Spike Huber | 1 | October 7, 1979 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Roger Kirby (3) & Jerry Valiant (Guy Mitchell) (4) | 1 | April 27, 1980 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Wilbur Snyder (13) & Spike Huber (2) | 1 | August 16, 1980 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Kelly Twins (Pat & Mike Kelly) |
1 | June 13, 1980 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Wilbur Snyder (14) & Spike Huber (3) | 2 | February 2, 1982 | Peoria, Illinois | |
| Held up | May 1, 1982 | Springfield, Illinois | After a match against Sheik Ali Hassan & Abdullah the Great. | |
| Sheik Ali Hassan & Abdullah the Great | 1 | June 5, 1982 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Win the rematch. |
| Spike Huber (4) & Steve Regal | 1 | July 1982 | Peoria, Illinois | |
| New York Dolls (Rick McGraw & Dream Machine) |
1 | September 25, 1982 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Spike Huber (5) & Steve Regal (2) | 2 | December 1982 | Awarded when the working agreement between WWA and CWA ends. | |
| Jerry Valiant (5) & Abdullah the Great (2) | 1 | June 1983 | ||
| Dick the Bruiser (13) & Jeff Van Kamp | 1 | January 7, 1984 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Wild Warriors (Mad Maxx & Super Maxx) |
1 | September 1984 | ||
| Dick the Bruiser (14) & Bobby Colt | 1 | March 1985 | ||
| Wild Hoggs (J.R. Hogg & King Harley Hogg) |
1 | March 1985 | ||
| Chris Carter & Stormy Granzig | 1 | July 1985 | ||
| Don Kent (3) & Jerry Graham, Jr. | 1 | July 1985 | ||
| Chris Carter (2) & Bobo Brazil | 1 | |||
| Don Kent (4) & Jerry Graham, Jr. (2) | 2 | |||
| Chris Carter (3) & Calypso Jim | 1 | 1986 | ||
| Polynesian Wildman & Prince Mama Mohammad | 1 | 1986 | ||
| Vacant | When Mohammad was injured by Dick the Bruiser. | |||
| Chris Carter (4) & Denny Kass | 1 | 1986 | Defeated Polynesian Wildman & Golden Lion for the title. | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Chris Carter (5) & Mohammad Saad | 1 | |||
| Scott Rechsteiner & Jerry Graham, Jr. (3) | 1 | October 4, 1987 | ||
| Don Kent (5) & Chris Carter (6) | 1 | December 6, 1987 | Toledo, Ohio | |
| Vacant | December 1987 | When Kent and Carter split. | ||
| Chris Carter (7) & Calypso Jim (2) | 2 | February 14, 1988 | Toledo, Ohio | Defeated Don Kent & Jerry Graham, Jr. for the title. |
| Motor City Hitmen (Al Snow & Mikey Doyle) |
1 | April 16, 1988 | Toledo, Ohio | |
| Dick The Bruiser (15) & Calypso Jim (3) | 1 | 1989 | ||
| The Golden Lion & The Russian Brute | 1 | May 21, 1989 | Fort Wayne, Indiana | Defeated Dick The Bruiser and Calypso Jim. |
All talent went to other wrestling organizations. | ||||
References
- ↑ "W.W.A. World Tag Team Title (Indianapolis)". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
- 1 2 Hoops, Brian (July 17, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history, Kangaroos, Gagne vs. Kiniski in Hawaii, Gordy wins Triple Crown, Hogan wins WCW title from Flair at Bash at the Beach, famous Punk vs. Cena Chicago bout". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (February 7, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 7): Bobby Roode & Austin Aries wins tag gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (February 12, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 12): Christian Cage wins gold in TNA". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (March 4, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/04): ROH 10th Anniversary Show". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
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