WCWA World Tag Team Championship
| WCWA World Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Date established | January 1967 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | 1989 | ||||||||||
| Promotion | World Class Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
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The WCWA World Tag Team Championship was the major tag team title in World Class Championship Wrestling. It started out as the NWA American Tag Team Championship in 1966 when the promotion was known as NWA Big Time Wrestling. Big Time Wrestling became World Class Championship Wrestling in 1981, and the title was then also referred to as the WCCW American Tag Team Championship, with the two names used interchangeably, as WCCW was a still a member of the National Wrestling Alliance. In 1986, WCCW left the NWA and became the World Class Wrestling Association, and the title was renamed the WCWA World Tag Team Championship. In late 1989, the title were renamed the USWA Tag Team Championship and the WCWA folded shortly after.[1][2][3] The title lineage continued on in the United States Wrestling Association.[4]
Title history
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
(n) signifies that a title change happened no later than the date listed.
| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWA American Tag Team Championship | ||||
| The Dusek Family (Ernie Dusek & Emil Dusek) |
1 | December 6, 1942 | Houston, Texas. | Billed as “team match champions of the nation”. |
| The Internationals (Al Costello and Karl Von Brauner) |
1 | January 1967 (n) | Won a tournament to become the first champions. | |
| The Von Erichs (Fritz Von Erich and Waldo Von Erich) |
1 | February 21, 1967 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Brute Bernard and Mike Paidousis | 1 | August 8, 1967 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Von Erichs (Fritz Von Erich and Waldo Von Erich) |
2 | September 11, 1967 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Brute Bernard and Mike Paidousis | 2 | October 3, 1967 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Gary Hart and The Spoiler #1 | 1 | October 23, 1967 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Billy Red Lyons and Fritz Von Erich (3) | 1 | January 30, 1968 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Spoilers (Spoiler #1 (2) and Spoiler #2) |
1 | April 22, 1968 | Fort Worth, Texas | Spoiler #2 lost a match to Apollo on May 17, 1968 and unmasked as Smasher Sloan. |
| Fritz Von Erich (4) & Grizzly Smith | 1 | May 14, 1968 | Dallas, TX | |
| The Spoilers (Spoiler #1 (3) and Spoiler #2 (2)) |
2 | May 28, 1968 (n) | Spoiler #2 has unmasked as Smasher Sloan on May 17, 1968 after losing a match to Apollo. | |
| Gary Hart (2) and The Spoiler (4) | 2 | July 19, 1968 | Sloan gave his half of the title to Hart and left the area. | |
| Grizzly Smith (2) and Fritz Von Erich (5) | 2 | July 23, 1968 | Houston, Texas | |
| Gary Hart (3) and The Spoiler (5) | 3 | September 10, 1968 | Dallas, Texas | Jardine starts wrestling without mask in October 1968. |
| Dan Miller and Fritz Von Erich (6) | 1 | December 17, 1968 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Fred Curry and Fritz Von Erich (7) | 1 | March 1969 (n) | Miller was injured by Johnny Valentine and replaced by Curry. | |
| Title vacated in 1969 after Curry was also injured by Johnny Valentine. | ||||
| Wahoo McDaniel and Thunderbolt Patterson | 1 | June 27, 1969 | Houston, Texas | Won a tournament. |
| Dusty Rhodes and Baron von Raschke | 1 | 1969 (n) | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Wahoo McDaniel and Thunderbolt Patterson | 2 | August 1969 (n) | ||
| Title vacated in 1969. | ||||
| Boris Malenko and Lord Charles Montagne | 1 | September 30, 1969 (n) | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| Wahoo McDaniel (3) & Antonio Pugiliese | 1 | January 20, 1970 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Killer Karl Kox & Great Malenko | 1 | March 16, 1970 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Title vacated in 1970. | ||||
| Killer Karl Kox (2) and Mike York | 1 | September 2, 1970 | Defeat Wahoo McDaniel & Mr. Wrestling in tournament final; still champions as of October 8, 1970. | |
| The Outlaws (Dick Murdoch and Dusty Rhodes (2)) |
1 | December 14, 1970 (n) | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| George Scott and Tim Woods | 1 | December 15, 1970 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Chris Markoff and Bronko Lubich | 1 | January 28, 1971 (n) | ||
| Johnny Valentine & Wahoo McDaniel (4) | 1 | June 25, 1971 | Houston, Texas | |
| Thunderbolt Patterson (3) & Toru Tanaka | 1 | July 19, 1971 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Thunderbolt Patterson (4) and Johnny Valentine (2) | 1 | November 4, 1971 | Corpus Christi, Texas | Tanaka gave his half of the title to Valentine. |
| Dean Ho and Fritz Von Erich (8) | 1 | January 25, 1972 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Red Bastien & Dean Ho (2) | 1 | February 28, 1972 (n) | ||
| Brute Bernard (3) and Missouri Mauler | 1 | 1972 (n) | ||
| Mark Lewin and The Spoiler (6) | 1 | 1973 | ||
| Jose Lothario and Ivan Putski | 1 | March 1973 (n) | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| Black Gordman and Goliath | 1 | August 8, 1973 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Jose Lothario (2) and Mil Máscaras | 1 | 1973 | ||
| Title vacated in January 1974 | ||||
| The Blackjacks (Blackjack Lanza and Blackjack Mulligan) |
1 | January 22, 1974 | Houston, Texas | Defeat Samoans Afa & Sika in fictitious tournament final. |
| Tex McKenzie and Ken Patera | 1 | July 22, 1974 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| The Blackjacks | 2 | 1974 | ||
| Tex McKenzie (2) and Johnny Valentine (3) | 1 | September 23, 1974 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Title vacated in 1974 and became inactive. | ||||
| The Von Erichs (David and Kevin Von Erich) |
1 | October 15, 1978 | Dallas, Texas | Defeated Dory Funk, Jr. & Terry Funk. |
| Mark Lewin (2) and The Spoiler (7) | 2 | February 19, 1979 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| El Halcón and Jose Lothario (3) | 1 | June 1, 1979 | Houston, Texas | |
| Gino Hernandez and El Gran Markus | 1 | July 20, 1979 | Houston, Texas | |
| El Halcón (2) and Jose Lothario (4) | 2 | August 24, 1979 | Houston, Texas | |
| Gino Hernandez & El Gran Markus | 2 | November 1979 | ||
| Jose Lothario (5) & Tiger Conway Jr. | 1 | November 16, 1979 | Houston, Texas | |
| Gino Hernandez and El Gran Markus | 3 | December 14, 1979 | Houston, Texas | |
| El Halcón (3) and Jose Lothario (6) | 3 | December 28, 1979 | Houston, Texas | |
| Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada | 1 | January 11, 1980 | Houston, Texas | |
| Tiger Conway, Jr. (2) and Jose Lothario (7) | 1 | March 14, 1980 | Houston, Texas | |
| Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada | 2 | June 23, 1980 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Title held up on June 24, 1980 after a match against Kerry and Kevin Von Erich in Amarillo, Texas. | ||||
| Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada | 3 | July 1, 1980 | Amarillo, Texas | Defeated Kevin and Kerry Von Erich in a rematch. |
| El Halcón (4) and Kevin Von Erich (2) | 1 | August 1, 1980 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Gino Hernandez (3) and Gary Young | 1 | October 1980 | Houston, Texas | Defeat Von Erich & Sweet Brown Sugar. |
| Bruiser Brody and Kerry Von Erich | 1 | January 11, 1981 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Title vacated in May 1981 when Brody left the area. | ||||
| Brian Blair and Al Madril | 1 | June 1981 | Won a tournament. | |
| Killer Tim Brooks and Armand Hussein | 1 | September 1981 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Record Unrecorded | ||||
| The Great Kabuki and Chan Chung | 1 | October 24, 1981 (NLT) | Unknown | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. |
| Terry Orndorff and Kerry Von Erich (2) | 1 | October 25, 1981 | Dallas, Texas | [5][6] |
| Record Unrecorded | ||||
| Al Madril (2) and Kerry Von Erich (3) | 1 | 1982 | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| King Kong Bundy and Bugsy McGraw | 1 | April 11, 1982 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Von Erichs (Kerry (4) and Kevin Von Erich (3)) |
1 | July 5, 1982 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| King Kong Bundy (2) and Bill Irwin | 1 | September 12, 1982 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes) |
1 | November 26, 1982 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Bruiser Brody (2) and Kerry Von Erich (5) | 2 | June 17, 1983 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Title vacated in 1983 when Brody was injured. | ||||
| Bulldog Brower and Roddy Piper | 1 | October 1983 | Detroit, Michigan | Won a tournament. |
| The Super Destroyers Super Destroyer #1 and Super Destroyer #2) |
1 | October 1983 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Brian Adias and King Parsons | 1 | December 25, 1983 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Super Destroyers | 2 | January 30, 1984 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Rock 'N Soul (King Parsons (2) and Buck Zumhofe) |
1 | May 6, 1984 | Irving, Texas | |
| The Super Destroyers | 3 | May 19, 1984 | San Antonio, Texas | Rock 'N Soul unmasked The Super Destroyers after the match, revealing them to be Bill and Scott Irwin. |
| Rock 'N Soul (King Parsons (3) and Buck Zumhofe (2) ) |
2 | July 4, 1984 | Fort Worth, Texas | Parsons defeated Bill Irwin in a singles match. |
| The Long Riders (Bill and Scott Irwin) |
4 | September 28, 1984 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) |
1 | October 22, 1984 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton) |
1 | January 11, 1985 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Title held up on March 8, 1985 in Dallas, Texas due to interference from Midnight Express manager Jim Cornette. | ||||
| The Fantastics | 2 | May 6, 1985 | Irving, Texas | Defeated The Midnight Express in a 2-ring match despite one of the Midnight Express pinning one of the Fantastics. The count by referee Rick Hazzard ended at 3 just before a count by referee David Manning with a Fantastic pinning the other Midnight Express member started. This match appears on "The Triumphs and Tragedies of World Class Championship Wrestling" DVD from WWE Home Video. |
| Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez (4) | 1 | June 24, 1985 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Title held up after a match against Kerry and Kevin Von Erich, on September 13, 1985 in Dallas, Texas, results in a double disqualification. | ||||
| The Von Erichs (Kerry (6) and Kevin Von Erich (4)) |
2 | September 20, 1985 | Dallas, Texas | Defeated Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez in a rematch. |
| Title held up after a match against Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez, on October 18, 1985 in Dallas, Texas. | ||||
| Chris Adams (2) and Gino Hernandez (5) | 2 | November 28, 1985 | Dallas, Texas | Defeated Kerry and Kevin Von Erich in a rematch. |
| Title vacated in 1986 when Adams and Hernandez split. WCCW left the NWA in the second half of the year, becoming the World Class Wrestling Association. | ||||
| WCWA World Tag Team Championship | ||||
| Matt Borne and Buzz Sawyer | 1 | September 1, 1986 | Fort Worth, Texas | Defeated Chris Adams and Lance Von Erich in a tournament final to become the first WCWA World Tag Team Champions. |
| Dingo Warrior and Lance Von Erich | 1 | November 17, 1986 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Brian Adias (2) and Al Madril (3) | 1 | December 1, 1986 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| The Fantastics | 3 | March 4, 1987 | Lubbock, Texas | |
| Title held up after a match against The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs (Mike Davis and Tommy Lane) on April 6, 1987 in Fort Worth, Texas. | ||||
| The Fantastics | 4 | May 4, 1987 | Lubbock, Texas | Defeated The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs in a rematch. |
| Eric Embry and Frank Lancaster | 1 | June 26, 1987 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Simpson Brothers (Shaun Simpson and Steve Simpson) |
1 | August 7, 1987 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Brian Adias (3) and Frank Lancaster (2) | 1 | September 12, 1987 | Fort Worth, Texas | Defeated Shaun Simpson and Skip Young. |
| The Von Erichs (Kerry (7) and Kevin Von Erich (5)) |
3 | October 20, 1987 | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Iceman Parsons (4) and Terry Taylor | 1 | 1988 | ||
| The Von Erichs (Kerry (8) and Kevin Von Erich (6)) |
4 | July 1, 1988 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Samoan Swat Team (Fatu and Samu) |
1 | August 12, 1988 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Steve Cox and Michael Hayes (2) | 1 | September 16, 1988 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Samoan Swat Team | 2 | September 19, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Steve Cox and Michael Hayes (3) | 2 | October 15, 1988 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Samoan Swat Team | 3 | October 17, 1988 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| The Von Erichs (Kerry (9) and Kevin Von Erich (7)) |
5 | February 1989 | Title awarded when The Samoan Swat Team left the promotion. | |
| Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden | 1 | February 17, 1989 | Dallas, Texas | Won the title by disqualification. |
| Jeff Jarrett and Kerry Von Erich (10) | 1 | March 12, 1989 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Cactus Jack and Super Zodiac II (2) | 1 | May 19, 1989 | Dallas, Texas | Super Zodiac II formerly known as Gary Young. |
| Jeff Jarrett (2) and Mil Máscaras (2) | 1 | June 9, 1989 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Robert Fuller (2) and Brian Lee | 1 | June 23, 1989 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Matt Borne (2) and Jeff Jarrett (3) | 1 | June 30, 1989 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Scott Braddock and Cactus Jack (2) | 1 | August 4, 1989 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Title renamed the USWA Tag Team Championship in late 1989, with the WCWA closing shortly thereafter. | ||||
See also
- National Wrestling Alliance
- World Class Championship Wrestling
- United States Wrestling Association
- USWA Tag Team Championship
References
- ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ "N.W.A. American Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
- ↑ "W.C.W.A. Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
- ↑ "U.S.W.A. Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
- ↑ "Wrestling Star Wars". Pro Wrestling History. October 25, 1981.
- ↑ "Historical Cards: Wrestling Star Wars (October 25, 1981. Dallas, Texas)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts (Kappa Publications). p. 172. 2007 Edition.
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