NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Calgary version)

NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Calgary version)
Details
Date established 1954
Date retired 1959
Promotion Stampede Wrestling

The Calgary version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship was established in 1954 as the original top tag team championship in Stampede Wrestling; it held that status until 1959, when the title was abandoned in favor of Stampede's then-newly created International Tag Team Championship.

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
[Note #] Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.
(NLT) "No Later Than"
(NET) "No Earlier Than"
  Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented, could have been inactive
# Team Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 The Flying Scotts
(George and Sandy Scott)
1 1954 [Note 1] N/A House show    
2 Chico Garcia and Roberto Pico 1 July 16, 1954 7 N/A House show    
3 The Flying Scotts
(George and Sandy Scott)
2 July 23, 1954 39 N/A House show    
4 Al and Tiny Mills 1 August 31, 1954 63 Edmonton, Alberta House show    
5 Tex McKenzie and Ilio DiPaolo 1 November 2, 1954 14 Edmonton, Alberta House show    
6 Al and Tiny Mills 2 November 16, 1954 [Note 2] Edmonton, Alberta House show    
- Vacated - November 25, 1954 (NET) N/A N/A N/A Vacated for undocumented reasons  
                 
7 Jim Wright and Roberto Pico (2) 1 February 8, 1956 21 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan House show Defeated Ray Villmer and Herb Freeman in tournament final.  
8 Luther Lindsay and Ray Villmer 1 February 29, 1956 [Note 3] Saskatoon, Saskatchewan House show Still champions as of May 9, 1956.  
9 Fritz Von Erich and Lou Sjoberg 1 June 16, 1956 (NLT) [Note 4] N/A House show Defended against Alberta Tag Team Champions George and Sandy Scott on this day.  
10 Gene Kiniski and Dick Hutton 1 July 9, 1956 [Note 5] N/A House show    
                 
11 The Kalmikoffs
(Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff)
1 March 24, 1958 [Note 6] Edmonton, Alberta House show Defeated Guy and Joe Brunetti to win the vacant titles.  
12 The Flying Scotts
(George and Sandy Scott)
3 1958 [Note 7] N/A House show    
13 Chico Garcia (2) and Chet Wallick 1 January 13, 1959 35 Edmonton, Alberta House show    
14 Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon 1 February 17, 1959 9 Edmonton, Alberta House show    
15 The Flying Scotts
(George and Sandy Scott)
4 February 26, 1959 [Note 8] N/A House show    
16 Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon 2 March 1959 [Note 9] N/A House show    
17 Shag Thomas and Mighty Ursus 1 March 10, 1959 [Note 10] Edmonton, Alberta House show    
18 Charro Azteca and Chet Wallick(2) 1 May 1959 [Note 11] N/A House show    
19 Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon 3 May 12, 1959 [Note 12] Edmonton, Alberta House show    
- Title abandoned 1959 - N/A N/A N/A Title abandoned and replaced with the Stampede International Tag Team Championship.  

Footnotes

  1. The exact date the championship was created is uncertain, which means that the first title reign lasted between 1 and 196 days.
  2. The exact date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted at least 3,059 days.
  3. The exact date that Lindsay and Villmer lost the championship is uncertain, which means that the title reign lasted between 1 day and 111 days
  4. The exact date Von Erich and Sjoberg won the championship is uncertain, which means that the title reign lasted between 23 and 130 days.
  5. The length of their title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  6. The exact date the Kalmikoffs lost the championship is uncertain, which means that their reign lasted between 1 day and 281 days.
  7. The exact date the Flying Scotts won the championship is uncertain, which means that their reign lasted between 1 day and 281 days.
  8. The exact date the Flying Scotts lost the championship is uncertain, which means that their title reign lasted between 3 and 11 days.
  9. The exact date that the Vachons won the championship is uncertain, which means that their title reign lasted between 1 and 9 days.
  10. The exact date that Thomas and Ursus lost the championship is uncertain, which means that the title reign lasted between 52 and 62 days.
  11. The exact date Charro Azteca and Wallick won the championship is uncertain, which means that their title reign lasted between 1 day and 11 days.
  12. The exact date the championship was abandoned is unknown, which means that the title reign lasted between 1 day and 233 days.

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