NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship

NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship
Details
Date established	October 24, 1967
Date retired	May 1977
Promotion	NWA Mid-America and Southeast Championship Wrestling
Statistics First champion(s) Lester Welch and Buddy Fuller Most reigns Ron and Don Wright (10 reigns)

The NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship was a secondary tag team title promoted as the name indicates mainly in the Tennessee region from 1967 until 1977, first by Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling and occasionally NWA Mid-America from 1967 to 1974 then by its successor Southeast Championship Wrestling from 1974 to 1977 when it was abandoned. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen wrestler "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.^[1]

Title history

Key

Symbol	Meaning
#	The overall championship reign
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
—	Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
	Indicates periods of unknown lineage

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
1	Lester Welch and Buddy Fuller	1	October 24, 1967	14	Nashville, Tennessee	House show	Won a tournament to become the first Tennessee Tag Team Champions.
2	Mario Galento and Alex Perez	1	November 7, 1967	[Note 1]	Nashville, Tennessee	House show
3	Les Thatcher and Dennis Hall	1	1969	[Note 2]	[Note 3]	House show
4	Ron and Don Wright	1	June 1969 (NLT)	[Note 4]	[Note 3]	House show
5	Les Thatcher (2) and Whitey Caldwell	1	June 20, 1969	[Note 5]	Knoxville, Tennessee	House show
6	Ron and Don Wright	2	October 1969 (NLT)	[Note 6]	[Note 3]	House show
7	The Spoilers (Spoiler #1 and #Spoiler 2)	1	January 22, 1970	[Note 7]	Chattanooga, Tennessee	House show
8	Ron and Don Wright	3	January 1971 NLT	[Note 8]	[Note 3]	House show
9	The Untouchables (Karl Von Stroheim and Frank Martinez)	1	May 28, 1971 NLT	[Note 9]	[Note 3]	House show
10	The Alaskans	1	September 17, 1971 NLT	[Note 10]	[Note 3]	House show
11	The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner)	1	November 1971 NLT	[Note 11]	[Note 3]	House show
12	The Avengers (Avenger #1 and Avenger #2)	1	January 1972 NLT	[Note 12]	[Note 3]	House show
13	The Heavenly Bodies (Don and Al Greene)	1	January 21, 1972	40	Knoxville, Tennessee	House show
14	Ron Wright (4) and Jack Donovan	1	February 25, 1972	[Note 13]	Knoxville, Tennessee	House show
15	The Australians (Larry O'Day and Ron Miller)	1	May 19, 1972	[Note 14]	Knoxville, Tennessee	House show	Defeated Don Wright and Al Greene to win the championship
16	Ron (5) and Don Wright	4	June 1972 NLT	[Note 15]	[Note 3]	House show
17	Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert	1	July 1, 1972	14	Chattanooga, Tennessee	House show
18	Ron (6) and Don Wright	5	July 15, 1972	7	Chattanooga, Tennessee	House show
19	Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert	2	July 22, 1972	7	Chattanooga, Tennessee	House show
20	Ron (7) and Don Wright	6	July 29, 1972	[Note 16]	Chattanooga, Tennessee	House show
21	Jerry Lawler and Jim White	1	November 1972 NLT	[Note 17]	[Note 3]	House show
22	Tommy Gilbert (2) and Bearcat Brown	1	December 8, 1972	[Note 18]	Knoxville, Tennessee	House show
23	Ron (8) and Don Wright	7	January 5, 1973	[Note 19]	Knoxville, Tennessee	House show
24	The Continental Warriors (Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente)	1	May 1973 NLT	[Note 20]	[Note 3]	House show
25	Ron (9) and Don Wright	8	July 1973 NLT	[Note 21]	[Note 3]	House show
26	Ron (10) and Don Wright	9	September 20, 1974	[Note 22]	Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Tennessee	House show	Defeated the Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jerry Novak) to win the championship
27	Ron and Terry Garvin	1	October 25, 1974	[Note 23]	Knoxville, Tennessee	House show
28	Ron Wright (11) and Tommy Gilbert (3)	1	November 1974	[Note 24]	[Note 3]	House show
29	Dutch Mantell and John Foley	1	December 1974	[Note 25]	[Note 3]	House show
30	Les Thatcher (3) and Nelson Royal	1	January 1975	[Note 26]	[Note 3]	House show
31	Dutch Mantell and John Foley	2	February 1975	[Note 27]	[Note 3]	House show
32	Les Thatcher (4) and Nelson Royal	2	March 23, 1975	[Note 28]	Knoxville, Tennessee	House show
33	Ron and Don Bass	1	April 1975	[Note 29]	[Note 3]	House show
34	Ron Wright (12) and Nelson Royal	1	April 1975	[Note 30]	[Note 3]	House show
35	Ron and Don Bass	2	May 1975	[Note 31]	[Note 3]	House show
36	Jerry Jarrett and George Gulas	1	May 7, 1975	[Note 32]	Nashville, Tennessee	House show	Defeated Ron and Don Wright to win the champiohnship
37	Jimmy Golden (2) and Ricky Gibson	1	June 1975 NLT	[Note 33]	[Note 3]	House show
38	Ron Fuller and The Assassin	1	July 1975 NLT	[Note 34]	[Note 3]	House show
39	Ron (13) and Don Wright	10	September 1975 NLT	[Note 35]	[Note 3]	House show
40	Norvell Austin and Butch Malone	1	December 1975 NLT	[Note 36]	[Note 3]	House show
41	Danny Little Bear and Chief Thundercloud	1	April 1977 NLT	[Note 37]	[Note 3]	House show
42	Luke Graham and Ripper Collins	1	May 2, 1977	[Note 38]	Memphis, Tennessee	House show
43	Don Greene (2) and Joey Rossi	1	May 1977 NLT	[Note 39]	[Note 3]	House show
—	Abandoned	N/A	1977	N/A	N/A	N/A	The Championship was abandoned.

See also

• Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling / Southeast Championship Wrestling
• NWA Mid-America
• National Wrestling Alliance

Footnotes

1. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 601 days.
2. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 180 days.
3. The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
4. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 19 days.
5. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 133 days.
6. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 83 days and 113 days.
7. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 8 days.
8. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and −21,431 days.
9. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 235 days.
10. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 184 days.
11. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 31 days and 246 days.
12. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 20 days.
13. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 83 days.
14. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 43 days.
15. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 42 days.
16. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 125 days.
17. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 313 days and 131 days.
18. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 28 days.
19. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 146 days.
20. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 91 days.
21. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 505 days.
22. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 35 days.
23. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 7 days and 37 days.
24. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 60 days.
25. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 61 days.
26. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 days and 58 days.
27. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 23 days and 50 days.
28. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 9 days and 38 days.
29. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 29 days.
30. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 35 days.
31. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 5 days.
32. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 54 days.
33. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 83 days.
34. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 144 days.
35. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 61 days and 183 days.
36. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 606 days.
37. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 2 days and 517 days.
38. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 29 days.
39. The date the championship was abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 242 days.

References

General reference

• Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "Tennessee: NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4 ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
• "NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved April 20, 2015.

Specific references

1. Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved April 5, 2009.