WPW Tag Team Championship

WPW Tag Team Championship
Hayden Thiele as one half of the champions
Details
Current champion(s)	"The Wainui Express" Hayden Thiele and Jade Priest
Date won	24 May 2014
Date established	14 April 2007
Promotion	New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling
Statistics First champion(s) The Superlatives Most reigns Company T (2) The Infinite Avalanche (2) Longest reign Company T (301 days) Shortest reign Dan Stirling and CD (<1 days)

WPW Tag Team Championship is the top professional wrestling tag team championship title in the New Zealand promotion New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling. The title was first won by The Superlatives (Jean Miracle and Nick Silver), who won a tournament final at Power Play IV in Lower Hutt, New Zealand to win the titles on 14 April 2007. It was the first title of its kind to be established by a major promotion since the NWA Australasian Tag Team Championship during the early 1980s and remains the oldest currently active tag team championship in New Zealand.

Title history

#	Order in reign history
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event	The event in which the title was won
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Reigns

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
1	The Superlatives (Jean Miracle and Nick Silver)	1	14 April 2007	14	Lower Hutt, New Zealand	Power Play IV (2004)	Defeated CD and Dream Catcher in a tournament final.	[1][2]
2	Company T (Dan Stirling & Rehua)	1	28 April 2007	301	Horowhenua, New Zealand	Kukubash (2007)		[1][3]
3	The Infinite Avalanche (Adam Avalanche and Infinity)	1	23 February 2008	98	Lynfield, New Zealand	Pro Wrestling Summit (2008)	This was an interpromotional show co-hosted by the Australasian Wrestling Federation.	[1][4][5]
4	Company T (Dan Stirling & Rehua)	2	31 May 2008	77	Lower Hutt, New Zealand	Power Play V (2008)		[1][6]
5	The Infinite Avalanche (Adam Avalanche and Infinity)	2	16 August 2008	181	Wainui, New Zealand	Invasion Tour (2008)	Rehua walked out on his tag team partner during the match allowing Dan Stirling to be pinned by Adam Avalanche.	[1][7]
—	Vacated	—	13 February 2009	—	Petone, New Zealand	Bringing Down The House (2009)	The championship is vacated when three of the participants, with the exception of Adam Avalanche, failed to appear. Avalanche attempted to defend the title in a singles match against Axl, however, he was attacked mid-match by Circus of Tragedy who then stole the belts. After previously missing a scheduled title defence at Te Ra O Te Raukura, the NZWPW’s Chief Wrestling Officer (CWO) said he would strip the champions and retire the titles if they did not appear at Bringing Down The House.	[1][8]
6	The Circus of Tragedy (Dreamcatcher and O’Siris)	1	25 February 2009	9	N/A	Live event	One week before Heretaunga Hellfire, "Dreamcatcher" Phil Woodgate announces The Circus of Tragedy have claimed the titles and begin defending them at NZWPW events.	[1][9]
7	Dan Stirling and CD	1	6 March 2009	0	Upper Hutt, New Zealand	Heretaunga Hellfire (2009)	The team is immediately stripped of the titles due to NZWPW rules prohibiting relatives of promoter Martin Stirling from holding the championship, and the belts are returned to The Circus of Tragedy. Stirling is then attacked by his tag team partner, CD, who is upset at losing the titles.	[1][10]
8	The Circus of Tragedy (Dreamcatcher and O’Siris)	2	6 March 2009	48	Upper Hutt, New Zealand	Heretaunga Hellfire (2009)	The titles are returned to The Circus of Tragedy after Dan Stirling and CD are stripped of the championship. They are officially recognized as the tag team champions when the CWO reinstates the titles at Te Araroa on 9 April.	[1][11]
9	Tykade and Ben Mana	1	23 April 2009	92	Taita, New Zealand	Power Play VI (2009)		[1][12]
10	Adam Avalanche^(3) and Ben Mana^(2)	1	24 July 2009	98	Petone, New Zealand	Bringing Down the House (2009)	Won titles when Avalanche revealed his mystery tag team partner was one-half of the tag team champions Ben Mana. After attacking Tykade, Avalanche and Mana walked off with the belts.	[1][13]
11	The Five Star Revolution (Travis Banks and JC Star)	1	30 October 2009	577	Titahi Bay, New Zealand	The Bay Bash (2009)	Adam Avalanche was forced to retire as a result of this match. They had defeated Corey Dallas and Rufguts in a tournament final earlier that night to receive a title shot.	[1][14]
12	Project Mayhem ("Rufguts" Roddy Gunn and Johnny Idol)	1	12 August 2011	288	Levin, New Zealand	Live Pro Wrestling	A four corners elimination match crowned new champions.	[15]
13	The Lost Boys (Mikey Rave & Taylor Adams)	1	26 May 2012	139	Newtown, New Zealand	Newtown Knockout	Tornado Tag	[15][16]
14	The Circus of Tragedy (Axl and Osiris with "Dream Catcher" Phil Woodgate)	3	12 October 2012	302	Petone, New Zealand	Live Pro Wrestling	Axl and Osiris, claiming to be the unofficial NZWPW Tag Team Champions after swiping the belts from the Lost Boys.	[15][16]
15	The 20/20 Experience (Paul Sayers and Chad Howard)	1	10 August 2013	287	Levin, New Zealand	Road to PowerPlay X	In an impromptu title bout made by CWO Rehua, Chad Howard took Scravenge down with a northern lights suplex to claim the NZWPW Tag Team Championships.	[15][17]
16	The Wainui Express (Hayden Thiele & Jade Priest)	1	24 May 2014	658+	Naenae, New Zealand	Live Pro Wrestling		[18]
17	Rodeo Drive (Charlie Roberts, Chad Howard and Bryant)	1	22 August 2015	Template:Age in days 182+	Belmont, New Zealand	Live Professional Wrestling	This match was contested as a 6-man tag match, with James Shaw joining The Wainui Express. Hayden Thiele was injured early, and left Shaw and Priest to defend the titles. Thiele would eventually submit to Chad Howard. Rodeo Drive currently hold the KPW and NZWPW Tag Team titles, defending them via the Freebird Rule.	[15][17]

References

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12. Dunn, David (24 April 2009). "Chris Masters wins at Power Play!". Stories. NZPWI.co.nz. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
13. Dunn, David (25 July 2009). "NZWPW BDTH: Mana screws Tykade!". Stories. NZPWI.co.nz. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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17. Dunn, David (12 August 2013). "NZWPW: Idol takes tainted win in Levin". Stories. NZPWI.co.nz. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
18. NZPWI (24 May 2014). "NZWPW LiveProWrestling is underway in Naenae and we have new tag team champions! Priest & Thiele beat Howard & Sayers.". NZPWI. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

External links

• New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling's official title history page