WWWF United States Tag Team Championship

Details

Date established

July 1958

Date retired

July 29, 1967

Promotion

World Wide Wrestling Federation

Other name(s)

NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Northeast)

Statistics
First champion(s)	Mark Lewin and Don Curtis
Final champion(s)	Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion
Most reigns	(as team) The Grahams (4) (as individual) Dr. Jerry Graham (6)
Longest reign	The Fabulous Kangaroos (409 days)
Shortest reign	Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion (5 days)

The WWWF United States Tag Team Championship was the first version of the main tag team title in the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1963 until 1967. Originally, the WWF was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance operating out of the Northeast and was called the Capitol Wrestling Corporation. The championship began as Capitol Wrestling's territorial version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship from 1958 until 1963.^[1]

Title history

Names

Name	Years
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Northeast version)	July 1958 – April 1963
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship	April 1963 – July 30, 1967

Reigns

No.	Team	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	Mark Lewin and Don Curtis	1	July 1958	65	Kansas City, MO	House show	Defeated Hans Schmidt and Dick the Bruiser in a tournament final
2	The Grahams (Jerry Graham and Eddie Graham)	1	September 4, 1958	98	Washington, D.C.	House show
3	Mark Lewin and Don Curtis	2	December 11, 1958	167	Washington, D.C.	House show
4	The Grahams (Jerry Graham and Eddie Graham)	2	May 27, 1959	66	Bridgeport, CT	House show
–	Vacated	–	August 1959	–	–	–	Titles vacated when Eddie leaves the promotion
5	Jerry Graham (3) and Johnny Valentine	1	November 14, 1959	108	West Hempstead, NY	House show	Defeated Mark Lewin and Don Curtis to win the vacant titles
6	The Grahams (Jerry Graham (4) and Eddie Graham (3))	3	March 1960	32	New Haven, CT	House show	Eddie returned and took Valentine's title
7	The Bastiens (Red Bastien and Lou Bastien)	1	April 2, 1960	14	New Haven, CT	House show
8	The Grahams (Jerry Graham (5) and Eddie Graham (4))	4	April 16, 1960	7	New Haven, CT	House show
9	The Bastiens (Red Bastien and Lou Bastien)	2	April 23, 1960	89	Chicago, Illinois	House show
10	The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)	1	July 21, 1960	18	Washington, D.C.	House show
11	The Bastiens (Red Bastien and Lou Bastien)	3	August 8, 1960	16	Washington, D.C.	House show
12	The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)	2	August 24, 1960	87	Bridgeport, CT	House show
13	Johnny Valentine (2) and Buddy Rogers	1	November 19, 1960	9	Teaneck, New Jersey	House show
14	The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)	3	November 28, 1960	409	Washington, D.C.	House show	Defeated Johnny Valentine and Chief Big Heart to win the titles
15	Johnny Valentine (3) and Bob Ellis	1	January 11, 1962	175	Washington, D.C.	House show
16	Buddy Rogers (2) and Johnny Barend	1	July 5, 1962	245	Washington, D.C.	House show
17	Buddy Austin and Great Scott	1	March 7, 1963	70	Washington, D.C.	House show	Title was renamed WWWF United States Tag Team Championship in April 1963
18	Skull Murphy and Brute Bernard	1	May 16, 1963	182	Washington, D.C.	House show
19	Killer Kowalski and Gorilla Monsoon	1	November 14, 1963	44	Washington, D.C.	House show
20	The Tolos (John Tolos and Chris Tolos)	1	December 28, 1963	35	Teaneck, New Jersey	House show
21	Don McClarity and Vittorio Apollo	1	February 1964	48	New Haven, CT	House show
22	Dr. Jerry Graham (6) and Luke Graham	1	March 20, 1964	321	New Haven, CT	House show
23	Gene Kiniski and Waldo Von Erich	1	February 4, 1965	63	Washington, D.C.	House show
24	Gorilla Monsoon (2) and Bill Watts	1	April 8, 1965	119	Washington, D.C.	House show
25	Dan Miller and Dr. Bill Miller	1	August 5, 1965	200	Washington, D.C.	House show
26	Antonio Pugliese and Johnny Valentine (4)	1	February 21, 1966	213	New York, New York	House show
27	Baron Mikel Scicluna and Smasher Sloan	1	September 22, 1966	77	Washington, D.C.	House show
28	Spiros Arion and Tony Parisi (2)	1	December 8, 1966	175	Washington, D.C.	House show	This was a Two Out Of Three Falls Tag Team Match. Arion and Parisi were given the belts by heel-turned Valentine when Parisi was injured in the second fall after winning the first fall.
29	Spiros Arion (2) and Arnold Skaaland	1	June 1967	39	Atlantic City, New Jersey	House show	Pugliese leaves WWWF and Skaaland was awarded his half of the title
30	Sicilians (Lou Albano and Tony Altimore)	1	July 10, 1967	14	Atlantic City, New Jersey	House show	Defeated Skaaland and Chuck Richards to win the title
31	Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion (3)	1	July 24, 1967	5	Atlantic City, New Jersey	House show
–	Deactivated		July 29, 1967	–	–	–	Sammartino is already WWWF champion and is unable to defend both his singles title and the tag team title.

List of combined reigns

By team

Rank	Team	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)	3	514
2	Dr. Jerry Graham and Luke Graham	1	321
3	Buddy Rogers and Johnny Barend	1	245
4	Mark Lewin and Don Curtis	2	232
5	Antonio Pugliese and Johnny Valentine	1	213
6	The Grahams (Jerry Graham and Eddie Graham)	4	203
7	Dan Miller and Dr. Bill Miller	1	200
8	Skull Murphy and Brute Bernard	1	182
9	Johnny Valentine and Bob Ellis	1	175
9	Spiro Arion and Tony Parisi	1	175
11	The Bastiens (Red Bastien and Lou Bastien)	3	119
11	Gorilla Monsoon and Bill Watts	1	119
13	Jerry Graham and Johnny Valentine	1	108
14	Baron Mikel Scicluna and Smasher Sloan	1	77
15	Buddy Austin and Great Scott	1	70
16	Gene Kiniski and Waldo Von Erich	1	63
17	Don McClarity and Vittorio Apollo	1	48
18	Killer Kowalski and Gorilla Monsoon	1	44
19	Spiros Arion and Arnold Skaaland	1	39
20	The Tolos (John Tolos and Chris Tolos)	1	35
21	Sicilians (Lou Albano and Tony Altimore)	1	14
22	Johnny Valentine and Buddy Rogers	1	9
23	Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion	1	5

By wrestler

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Jerry Graham/Dr. Jerry Graham	6	632
2	Al Costello	3	514
2	Roy Heffernan	3	514
4	Johnny Valentine	4	505
5	Antonio Pugliese/Tony Parisi	2	388
6	Luke Graham	1	321
7	Buddy Rogers	2	254
8	Johnny Barend	1	245
9	Mark Lewin	2	232
9	Don Curtis	2	232
11	Spiros Arion	3	219
12	Eddie Graham	4	203
13	Dan Miller	1	200
13	Dr. Bill Miller	1	200
15	Skull Murphy	1	182
15	Brute Bernard	1	182
17	Bob Ellis	1	175
18	Gorilla Monsoon	2	163
19	Red Bastien	3	119
	Lou Bastien	3	119
	Bill Watts	1	119
22	Baron Mikel Scicluna	1	77
22	Smasher Sloan	1	77
24	Buddy Austin	1	70
24	Great Scott	1	70
26	Gene Kiniski	1	63
26	Waldo Von Erich	1	63
28	Don McClarity	1	48
28	Vittorio Apollo	1	48
30	Killer Kowalski	1	44
31	Arnold Skaaland	1	39
32	John Tolos	1	35
32	Chris Tolos	1	35
34	Lou Albano	1	14
34	Tony Altimore	1	14
36	Bruno Sammartino	1	5

References

↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

External links

WWWF United States Tag Team Title History

Former championships in WWE

World	World Martial Arts Heavyweight (reigns) (1978–1985) WCW/World (reigns) (2001) ECW (reigns) (2006–2010) World Heavyweight (reigns) (2002–2013)

Secondary	United States (reigns) (1970–1975) North American Heavyweight (reigns) (1979–1981) International Heavyweight (reigns) (1959–1963, 1982–1985) Canadian (reigns) (1985–1986) European (reigns) (1997–2002)

Tag Team	United States Tag Team (reigns) (1963–1967) International Tag Team (reigns) (1969–1985) Women's Tag Team (reigns) (1983–1989) Intercontinental Tag Team (reigns) (1991) WCW Tag Team (reigns) (2001) World Tag Team (reigns) (1971–2010)

Divisional	Junior Heavyweight (reigns) (1967–1985) Light Heavyweight (reigns) (1981–2001) Cruiserweight (reigns) (2001–2008) Women's (reigns) (1956–2010) Divas (reigns) (2008–2016)

Other	Million Dollar (reigns) (1989–1992, 1995–1996, 2010) Hardcore (reigns) (1998–2002)

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