WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship

WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship
Details
Date established 1943
Date retired September 2011
Promotion NWA Southwest
Other name(s)
  • NWA Texas Tag Team Championship
  • NWA Southwest Texas Tag Team Championship

The WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship was the secondary tag team championship in World Class Championship Wrestling, originally known as the NWA Texas Tag-Team title until 1981 where they were abandoned.[1] The titles were brought back in 1987 as the WCWA Texas Tag-Team titles but once the WCWA joined the USWA the Texas Tag-Team titles were abandoned once again. The title was revived by NWA Southwest in 1998 and is still defended to this day as the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship.[1][2]

Title history

Silver lines means champion lineage is uncertain at this period in time

NLT means “No later than”

NWA

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
NWA Texas Tag Team Championship
Ellis Bashara & Angelo Cistoldi 1 June 1, 1943 May be for a different title.
Bobby Managoff & Otto Kuss 1 NLT May 1945    
Hans Schnable & Marvin Jones 1 May 14, 1945 Galveston, TX  
Rogers & Otto Kuss (2) 1 May 21, 1945 Galveston, TX  
Title inactive between 1945 and 1950
Rito Romero and Miguel Guzmán 1 March 3, 1950 Dallas, TX Defeat Red Berry & Danny McShain and later defeat Al Lovelock & Danny McShain for the title on March 14, 1950.
Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich 1 November 30, 1950 Galveston, TX  
Killer Kowalski 1 December 11, 1950 Ft. Worth, TX Wins handicap match.
Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich 2 December 12, 1950 Ft. Worth, TX Awarded when Kowalski vacates title.
Al Lovelock & Rito Romero (2) 1 January 1951
Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich 3 January 30, 1951 Dallas, TX
Timothy Geohagen & Big Humphrey 1 May 4, 1951 Houston, TX  
Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich 4 June 1951    
   Titles vacated
Al Lovelock (2) & Sonny Myers 1 June 19, 1951 Dallas, TX Defeat Miguel Guzman & Rito Romero.
Ellis Bashara (2) & Danny Savich (5) 1 October 1951
Babe Zaharias & Chris Zaharias 1 October 9, 1951 Dallas, TX
Miguel Guzman (2) & Rito Romero (3) 2 October 16, 1951 Dallas, TX
Duke Keomuka (5) & Ivan Kalmikoff 1 January 25, 1952 Houston, TX Defeat Rito Romero & Miguel Guzman.
Miguel Guzman (3) & Ray Gunkel 1 February 1, 1952 Houston, TX Win by DQ.
Duke Keomuka (6) & Mr. Moto 1 February 26, 1952 Dallas, TX  
Rito Romero (4) & Miguel Guzman (4) 3 August 15, 1952 Houston, TX  
Duke Keomuka (7) & Danny Savich (6) 5 October 7, 1952 Dallas, TX  
   Titles vacated November 1952
Gory Guerrero & Cyclone Anaya 1 December 1, 1952 Ft. Worth, TX Win tournament.
   Titles vacated December 1952
Ray Gunkel (2) & Ricki Starr 1 January 6, 1953 Still champions as of April 14, 1953.
Rito Romero (5) & Miguel Guzman (5) 4 November 3, 1953
   Titles vacated December 1953
Ray Gunkel (3) & Ricki Starr 2 December 1953 Austin, TX Defeat Duke Keomuka & Kinji Shibuya.
Orville Carlson & Rito Romero (6) 1 March 1954
Ivan Kalmikoff (2) & Karol Krauser 1 March 30, 1954 Dallas, TX
Ray Gunkel (4) & Ricki Starr (3) 3 April 1954 Sometime after April 7, 1954.
Rito Romero (7) & Miguel Guzman (6) 5 April 24, 1954 Houston, TX  
Ivan Kalmikoff (3) & Karol Krauser 2 NLT May 4, 1954    
Rito Romero (8) & Sugi Sito 1 NLT May 1954 San Antonio, TX Sometime between May 12, 1954 and May 18, 1954.
Duke Keomuka (8) & Don Evans 1 August 3, 1954    
Rito Romero (9) & George Drake 1 NLT October 1954    
Roy Shire & The Great Scott 1 October 12, 1954 Dallas, TX  
Rito Romero (10) & Pepe Mendietta 1 November 12, 1954 Houston, TX  
Maurice Vachon & Pierre LaSalle 1 NLT April 1955    
Larry Chene & Raul Zapata 1 May 10, 1955 Austin, TX  
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Stu Gibson 1 June 3, 1955 Houston, TX  
Rito Romero (11) & Pepper Gomez 1 July 28, 1955 Galveston, TX  
Duke Keomuka (9) & Danny Savich (7) 6 October 4, 1955 Dallas, TX  
Ray Gunkel (5) & Wilbur Snyder 1 October 21, 1955 Houston, TX  
Duke Keomuka (10) & Tiny Mills 1 December 12, 1955 Ft. Worth, TX  
Pepper Gomez (2) & Luigi Macera 1 February 7, 1956 Dallas, TX  
Duke Keomuka (11) & Kinji Shibuya 1 February 21, 1956 Dallas, TX  
Ray Gunkel (6) & Prince Maiava 1 March 23, 1956 Houston, TX  
   Titles vacated as of May 15, 1956
Mike DiBiase & Danny Plechas 1 May 29, 1956   Have defeated Pepper Gomez & Luther Lindsey in a controversial finish on May 22, 1956 to claim the title defeat Gomez & Lindsey for an official recognition.
   Titles vacated as of June 4, 1956
Mike DiBiase & Danny Plechas 2 June 12, 1956 Dallas, TX Defeat Don Evans & Duke Keomuka.
   Titles vacated sometime between June 27, 1956 and July 5, 1956
Mike DiBiase & Danny Plechas 3 June 6, 1956 Houston, TX Win 4-team tournament.
Duke Keomuka (12) & Tony Martin 1 July 27, 1956 Houston, TX  
Ray Gunkel (7) & Herb Freeman 1 September 11, 1956 Dallas, TX  
Gene Kelly & Len Crosby 1 September 18, 1956 Dallas, TX  
Ray Gunkel (8) & The Amazing Zuma 1 October 22, 1956 Ft. Worth, TX  
El Medico & Amazing Zuma (2) 1 NLT March 13, 1957
Duke Keomuka (13) & Tokyo Joe 1 NLT April 23, 1957    
Pepper Gomez (3) & El Medico (2) 1 June 21, 1957 Houston, TX  
Ivan the Terrible & Nikita Zolotoff 1 September 20, 1957 Houston, TX  
Duke Keomuka (14) & Mr. Moto (2) 2 October 14, 1957 Ft. Worth, TX  
Pepper Gomez (4) & Bill Melby (2) 1 November 25, 1957 Ft. Worth, TX  
   Titles vacated in December 1957 when Gomez leaves the area.
Danny McShain and Casey McShain 1 January 7, 1958 Dallas, TX Defeat Jesus Cardenas & Enrique Romero in tournament final after the first match on January 7, 1958 is voided by the commissioner due to some controversy.
Enrique Torres & Alberto Torres 1 February 27, 1958 Galveston, TX  
Johnny Valentine & Rip Rogers 1 April 22, 1958 Dallas, TX  
Pepper Gomez (5) & Larry Chene (2) 1 May 23, 1958 Houston, TX  
Duke Keomuka (15) & John Tolos 1 June 24, 1958 Dallas, TX  
Pepper Gomez (6) & El Medico (3) 2 August 8, 1958 Houston, TX  
   Titles vacant on August 22, 1958 when Gomez & Medico win the World Tag Team Championship.
Frank Valois (2) & Andre Bollet 1 January 20, 1959 Dallas, TX Defeat Amazing Zuma & Johnny Walker in tournament final.
Amazing Zuma (3) & Johnny Walker 1 NLT February 1959    
Frank Valois (3) & Andre Bollet 2 March 10, 1959 Dallas, TX  
Chief Big Heart & Little Eagle 1 April 7, 1959 Dallas, TX  
Ben Sharpe & Mike Sharpe 1 April 14, 1959 Dallas, TX
   Titles vacant in May 1959
Corsica Joe & Corsica Jean 1 May 26, 1959 Dallas, TX Defeat Angelo Martinelli & Luis Hernandez.
Nick Kozak & Jerry Kozak 1 September 2, 1959 San Antonio, TX  
Danny McShain (2) & Bad Boy Hines 1 NLT November 1959 Sometime after November 5, 1959.
Cyclone Anaya (2) & Leo Garibaldi 1 December 15, 1959 Dallas, TX
Cyclone Anaya (3) & Pepper Gomez (7) 1 January 6, 1960
   Titles vacated
Tony Borne & Danny McShain (3) 1 July 15, 1960 Houston, TX Defeat Torbellino Blanco & El Gladiator.
Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco 1 NLT September 27, 1960    
Maurice Vachon (2) & Paul Vachon 1 November 8, 1960 Dallas, TX  
Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco 2 November 15, 1960 Dallas, TX  
Danny McShain (4) & Sputnik Monroe 1 NLT December 25, 1960    
Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco 3 December 19, 1960 Houston, TX  
Maurice Vachon (3) & Duke Keomuka (16) 1 December 1960    
Sputnik Monroe (2) & Rocket Monroe 1 January 1, 1961 Ft. Worth, TX  
Pepper Gomez (8) & Hogan Wharton 1 January 20, 1961 Houston, TX Defeat Sputnik Monroe & Jet Monroe.
Tony Borne (2) & Don Manoukian 1 February 17, 1961 Houston, TX  
Pepper Gomez (9) & Dory Dixon 1 February 24, 1961 Houston, TX  
Angelo Poffo & Bronko Lubich 1 May 12, 1961 Houston, TX  
Pepper Gomez (10) & Dory Dixon (2) 2 June 1961 Houston, TX  
   Titles vacant in 1961
Dick Hutton & Sam Steamboat 1 September 18, 1961 Ft. Worth, TX Defeat Duke Keomuka & Kojika Saito in 4-team tournament final.
The Mighty Yankees 1 October 2, 1961 Ft. Worth, TX  
Ricky Romero & Eric Rommel 1 November 1961
Nick Roberts & Stan Kowalski 1 November 16, 1961 Amarillo, TX May be recognized only in Amarillo.
Jack Dalton & Jim Dalton 1 NLT January 11, 1962    
   Titles vacant sometime between January 18, 1962 and January 24, 1962
Alberto Torres (2) & Ramon Torres 1 February 8, 1962 Corpus Christi, TX Defeat Jack Dalton & Jim Dalton in tournament final; still champions as of March 14, 1962.
Ciclon Negro (4) & Dory Dixon (3) 1 May 1962
Jack Dalton & Jim Dalton 2 May 29, 1962 Dallas, TX
Alaskan & Tarzan Tyler 1 September 4, 1962
Nick Kozak & Jerry Kozak 2 June 28, 1963
Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson 1 May 17, 1964
Tony Borne (3) & Argentina Apollo 1 January 6, 1965 San Antonio, TX Win a tag team title in tournament (may not be Texas title).
Nick Kozak (2) & Dory Dixon (4) 1 July 11, 1966 Ft. Worth, TX Defeat Louie Tillet & Zebra Kid in 6-team tournament final.
Wahoo McDaniel & Antonio Pugliese 1 1969    
Killer Karl Kox & Great Malenko 1 March 16, 1970    
Kintaro Ohki & Pak Song 1 December 17, 1970   Defeat Rufus R. Jones & Gorgeous George Jr.
Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 1 July 14, 1972 Houston, TX Defeat Alaskans (Franke Monte & Mike York).
Chris Colt & Bobby Duncum 1 October 6, 1972 Houston, TX  
Black Gordman & Goliath 1 April 21, 1973    
Jose Lothario & Mil Mascaras 1 1973    
Jose Lothario (2) & Ivan Putski 1 1973    
Black Gordman & Goliath 2 May 26, 1973    
Jose Lothario (3) & Ivan Putski (2) 2 July 20, 1973    
Black Gordman & Goliath 3 August 6, 1973    
Jose Lothario (4) & Mil Mascaras 2 November 30, 1973 Houston, TX
Red Bastien (2) & Tex McKenzie 1 1974    
Jose Lothario (5) & Al Madril 1 March 1975
El Gran Marcus & The Baron 1 March 7, 1975 Houston, TX Still champions as of March 28, 1975.
Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan 1 1975    
   Title vacated in 1975
Jose Lothario (6) & Al Madril (2) 2 August 1975    
Stan Hansen & Killer Tim Brooks 1 1976    
Jose Lothario (7) & Rocky Johnson 1 March 3, 1976    
Tony Charles (2) & Les Thornton 1 1977    
Lord Al Hayes & Big O 1 1977    
Jose Lothario (8) & Cien Caras 1 March 15, 1977    
Bruiser Brody & Mike York 1 April 15, 1977 Houston, TX  
Bull Ramos & Captain USA 1 August 19, 1977 Houston, TX
Gino Hernandez & Jimmy Snuka 1 NLT August 1977   Sometime after May 6, 1977.
Jose Lothario (9) & Al Madril (3) 3 NLT February 1978 Possibly on October 21, 1977 in Houston, TX.
Killer Tim Brooks & Leroy Brown 1 March 31, 1978 Houston, TX  
Kevin Von Erich & David Von Erich 1 April 7, 1978 Houston, TX  
Gino Hernandez (2) & Bruiser Brody (2) 1 August 1978 Ft.Worth, TX  
Kevin Von Erich & David Von Erich 2 September 4, 1978 Ft. Worth, TX  
   Titles vacant in October 1978 when the Von Erichs win the NWA American Tag Team Championship.
Mark Lewin & White Knight (Dick Steinborn) 1 October 30, 1978 Ft. Worth, TX Beat Mando Guerrero & Tiger Conway Jr. in tournament final.
Bull Ramos (2) & Tiger Conway Jr. 1 December 17, 1978 Dallas, TX Defeat Lewin & Killer Karl Krupp.
Bill White & El Gran Goliath 1 February 26, 1979 Ft. Worth, TX
David Von Erich (3) & Tiger Conway Jr. (2) 1 March 18, 1979 Dallas, TX
   Vacant
Kerry Von Erich & Bruiser Brody (3) 1 July 23, 1979 Ft. Worth, TX Defeat Mark Lewin & Killer Tim Brooks.
The Spoiler & Mark Lewin (2) 1 September 17, 1979 Ft. Worth, TX  
   Titles vacant in 1979
Kerry Von Erich (2) & Tiger Conway Jr. (3) 1 1980    
Gino Hernandez (3) & Pak Song (2) 1 1980    
Kerry Von Erich (3) & Sweet Brown Sugar 1 August 1, 1980 Houston, TX Defeat Stan Stasiak & Tim Brooks.
   Titles vacant in 1980
Mark Lewin (3) & The White Knight (2) 1 October 30, 1980 Ft. Worth, TX Defeat Mando Guerrero & Tiger Conway Jr. in tournament final.
Killer Tim Brooks (2) & Stan Stasiak 1 1980    
   Titles vacant in 1981 when Stasiak is suspended
Raul Mata & Billy White Cloud 1 January 12, 1981 Ft. Worth, TX Defeat Killer Tim Brooks & Raul Castro.
Titles vacant in 1981 when Raul Mata & Billy White Cloud leave the area; titles inactive.

WCCW

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship
Tony Atlas & Skip Young 1 June 29, 1987 Ft. Worth, TX Defeat Ted Arcidi & Texas Red in tournament final.
John Tatum & Jack Victory 1 January 5, 1988 Ft. Worth, TX Defeats Skip Young when Atlas no-shows
Title held up on January 29, 1988 after a match against the Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) in Dallas, TX.
John Tatum & Jack Victory 2 February 14, 1988 Ft. Worth, TX Tatum & Victory get belts back by high card draw.
Steve Simpson & Shaun Simpson 1 March 20, 1988 Ft. Worth, TX  
John Tatum & Jack Victory 3 April 8, 1988 Ft. Worth, TX  
Steve Simpson & Shaun Simpson 2 July 25, 1988 Temple, TX  
John Tatum (4) & Jimmy Jack Funk 1 September 5, 1988 Ft. Worth, TX  
The Samoan Swat Team
(Fatu & Samu)
1 September 12, 1988 Ft. Worth, TX  
Vacant NLT December 1988 when the Swat Team leaves the federation.
Beauty & The Beast
(Terrence Garvin & The Beast)
1 March 3, 1989 Ft. Worth, TX Defeat Chris Adams & Jeff Jarrett in tournament final.
Steve Simpson & Shaun Simpson 3 April 28, 1989 Ft. Worth, TX  
Titles abandoned in 1989 when WCWA merged with the CWA.

NWA Southwest

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
NWA Texas Tag Team Championship
Gen-X-Crew
(Zane Morris & Ian St. James)
1 July 20, 1998 N. Richland Hills, TX Defeat Iceman Parsons & Chris Young in tournament final when title is revived by NWA Southwest.
Team Extreme
(Khris Germany & Kit Carson)
1 August 7, 1998 N. Richland Hills, TX  
Vacate on 99/02/26, protesting the no-show by NWA World Tag Team champions Brotherhood for title defense.
Moody's Mob
(Bull Schmitt & New Dr. X)
1 March 14, 1999 N. Richland Hills, TX Defeat Blackbird Posse (Chris Young & Larry Green)
Team Extreme 2 June 4, 1999 N. Richland Hills, TX  
Vacate after winning NWA World Tag Team Title on September 25, 1999.
Canyon & Bull Schmidt 1 October 1, 1999 N. Richland Hills, TX Defeat Sterling Studs
Sterling Studs
(Mike Fox & Trent Atkins)
1 November 5, 1999 N. Richland Hills, TX  
The Rebellion
(Kurt Reigns & Tejas)
1 January 1, 2000 N. Richland Hills, TX  
Naughty by Nature
(Rude & Tully)
1 March 24, 2000 N. Richland Hills, TX  
The Rebellion 2 April 7, 2000 Dynersburg, TN  
Salt & Pepper
(Jimmy James & Action Jackson)
1 July 17, 2000 N. Richland Hills, TX  
The Blackbird Posse
(Larry Green & Chris Young)
1 November 17, 2000 N. Richland Hills, TX  
Hell's Crew
(Gravedigger & The Dark Angel)
1 December 12, 2000 N. Richland Hills, TX  
Black Attack
(Al Jackson & Mike Anthony)
1 January 19, 2001 N. Richland Hills, TX  
The Blackbird Posse 2 March 16, 2001 N. Richland Hills, TX  
Black Attack 2 April 13, 2001 N. Richland Hills, TX  
J.P. Black & Mike Thunder 1 September 7, 2001 N. Richland Hills, TX  
Black Attack 3 September 30, 2001 San Antonio, TX  
J.P. Black & Mike Thunder 2 February 8, 2002 N. Richland Hills, TX Defeat Al Jackson & Hellraiser Hark, subbing for Mike Anthony
The Blackbird Posse 3 February 22, 2002 N. Richland Hills, TX  
Justin 2 Fine & B.J. Turner 1 June 21, 2002 N. Richland Hills, TX  
Fine & Turner stripped on June 11, 2003 for failure to make a mandatory title defense.
Texas Trailer Trash
(Harley Johnson & Hugh Rogue)
1 June 28, 2003 Ft. Worth, TX Defeat Re-Gex (Tejas & Mace).
Hallomass
(Joey Corman & Samir)
1 November 22, 2003 Tyler, TX Defeat Texas Trailer Trash and Jeff Brown & Jerry Brown in 3-way match
Vacate on 04/05/10 when the team breaks up to focus on singles competition.
Texas Trailer Trash
(Harley Johnson & Bobby 2 Badd)
1 June 19, 2004 Dallas, TX Defeat NC-17 (Balls Ryder & Damon Logan)
vacant in January, 2006when the team splits.
The Re-Gex
(Mace & Seth Shai)
1 January 28, 2006 Ft. Worth, TX Defeat Jeff Brown & Jerry Brown; stripped in 06/03
Chaz Taylor & Fast Eddie 1 May 12, 2006 Houston, TX Defeated Fu man kru, The Crusaders, and Eddie Lee & Phoenix
The Crusaders:
(Pop'N & Loc)
1 August 25, 2006 Houston, TX  
The Blacktinos:
(D.J. King & Galan Ramirez)
1 February 9, 2007 Cypress, TX  
Chaz Taylor & Mr. Destiny 1 October 12, 2007 Cypress, TX  
The Blacktinos 2 June 13, 2008 Houston, TX  
Texas Regulators:
(Crash & Widowmaker)
1 July 19, 2008 Dallas, TX  
High Society:
(Prince Al Farat & Thomas Trump)
1 October 11, 2008 Dallas, TX  
Team Texas:
(Chaz Taylor & Austin Rhodes)
1 March 21, 2009 Livingston, TX  
The Canadian Sex Pistols:
(Shawn Mills & Cody Jones)
1 August 30, 2009 Amarillo, TX  
The Texas Hearthrobs:
(Shawn Sanders & Bryce Payne)
1 April 10, 2010 Amarillo, TX  
Pretty Flawless:
(Jerome Daniels & Nobe Bryant)
1 June 1, 2010 Whitesboro, TX  
Impeccable:
(Ken Carson & Joey Figueroa)
1 November 12, 2010 Cypress, TX  
Gulf Coast Connection:
(Ben Galvan & Rudy Russo)
1 January 7, 2011 Robstown, TX  
Impeccable:
(Ken Carson & Joey Figueroa)
2 February 11, 2011 Cypress, TX NWA Southwest closes in September 2011.

References

  1. 1 2 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. wrestling-titles.com. "history of the Texas Tag Team title". Retrieved 2007-04-03.
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