Women's World Tag Team Championship
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The Women's World Tag Team Championship was the first original women's professional wrestling Women's World Tag Team Championship professional wrestling title[1]
History
Recognized as the first original Women's World Tag Team Championship created in the 1952 with its first champion being June Byers & Millie Stafford.
Title history
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage. An (n) next to a date indicates that a title change occurred no later than the date listed.
| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June Byers and Millie Stafford | 1 | 1952 (n) | Mexico City, Mexico | In a tournament Byers & Stafford win the NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship title from Ella Waldek & Mae Young |
| June Byers and Mary Jane Mull | 1 | December 1953 (n) | Stafford had taken time off due to personal reasons, and Mull won a tournament to replace her. | |
| The title was vacated after Byers had won the NWA World Women's title from Mildred Burke in Atlanta, Georgia on August 20, 1954. | ||||
| Penny Banner and Lorraine Johnson | 1 | 1955 | Ohio | Records are unclear as to whom they defeated. |
| The Fabulous Moolah and Toni Rose | 1 | May 1970 (n) | Records are unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| Donna Christantello and Kathy O'Day | 1 | May 15, 1970 | Los Angeles, California | |
| The Fabulous Moolah and Toni Rose | 2 | June 5, 1970 | Bakersfield, California | |
| Donna Christantello and Toni Rose | 1 | November 1970 (n) | Records are unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| Joyce Grable and Vicki Williams | 1 | October 15, 1973 | New York City, New York | |
| Donna Christantello and Toni Rose | 2 | October 1975 (n) | Boston, Massachusetts | |
| Joyce Grable and Vicki Williams | 2 | August 25, 1979 | St. Petersburg, Florida | Defeated The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin). |
| Joyce Grable and Wendi Richter | 1 | Records are unclear as to whom they defeated. | ||
| Princess Victoria and Sabrina | 1 | April 29, 1982 | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Joyce Grable and Wendi Richter | 2 | May 6, 1982 | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Beauty + Talent[2] ( Velvet McIntyre and Princess Victoria ) |
1 | May 13, 1983 | Calgary, Alberta | [3] |
| The title switched to the World Wrestling Federation in 1983 when the WWF withdrew from the NWA and bought the rights to the title. The title became known as the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship.[3] | ||||
See also
- Women's World Championship
- WWF Women's Tag Team Championship
- NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship
- List of early world heavyweight champions in professional wrestling
References
- ↑ http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-wt.html
- ↑ "Official Wrestling". July 1984. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- 1 2 Nevada, Vance (June 30, 2005). "Results for Velvet McIntyre". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
External links
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