IWA World Tag Team Championship (Australia)
| IWA World Tag Team Championship | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||||||
| Date established | 1966 | ||||||
| Date retired | 1971 | ||||||
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The IWA World Tag Team Championship was the top tag team professional wrestling title in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from 1966 through 1971.[1]
Although a part of WCW, the championship carried the IWA initials, for the International Wrestling Alliance, WCW's sanctioning body for its championships.
WCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969,[2] but still recognized this title as its world title. In 1971, the title was abandoned and the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship was established as WCW's new top tag team title.
37 different teams held the championship, combining for 50 individual title reigns.[1]
Title history
[edit]| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Hennig and Harley Race | 1 | June 1966 | ? | Awarded the title. |
| Dominic DeNucci and Mark Lewin | 1 | 1 July 1966 | Sydney | [3] |
| Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy | 1 | 15 July 1966 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Mark Lewin (2) and Bearcat Wright | 1 | 29 July 1966 | Sydney | |
| Brute Bernard (2) and Skull Murphy (2) | 2 | August 1966 | ? | |
| The Flying Scots (George and Sandy Scott) |
1 | 22 October 1966 | Melbourne | |
| Art Nelson and Ray Stevens | 1 | 19 November 1966 | Melbourne | |
| The Flying Scots (George and Sandy Scott) |
2 | December 1966 | Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Karl and Kurt Von Stroheim | 1 | June 1967 | United States | Possibly fictitious title change. |
| Red Bastien and Mario Milano | 1 | 28 July 1967 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Killer Kowalski and Skull Murphy (3) | 1 | 25 August 1967 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Red Bastien (2) and Mario Milano (2) | 2 | September 1967 | Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Killer Kowalski (2) and Skull Murphy (4) | 2 | 6 October 1967 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Red Bastien (3) and Mario Milano (3) | 3 | 13 October 1967 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Art Nelson (2) and Pat Patterson | 1 | 25 December 1967 | San Francisco, California | Possibly fictitious title change. |
| Mario Milano (4) and Billy White Wolf | 1 | February 1968 | Perth, Western Australia | Took place no later than this date. |
| Brute Bernard (3) and Skull Murphy (5) | 3 | 22 March 1968 | Sydney | |
| Mario Milano (5) and Antonio Pugliese | 1 | April 1968 | Adelaide, South Australia | |
| Killer Karl Kox and Skull Murphy (6) | 1 | May 1968 | Brisbane, Queensland | |
| Dominic DeNucci (2) and Antonio Pugliese (2) | 1 | May 1968 | ? | |
| Killer Kowalski (3) and Bill Miller | 1 | June 1968 | Adelaide, South Australia | |
| Dominic DeNucci (3) and Mario Milano (6) | 1 | July 1968 | Adelaide, South Australia | Took place no later than this date. |
| Ciclón Negro and Baron Mikel Scicluna | 1 | 6 July 1968 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| The Assassins (Jody Hamilton and Tom Renesto) |
1 | 30 August 1968 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| The Flying Scots (George and Sandy Scott) |
3 | 11 October 1968 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Skull Murphy (7) and Toru Tanaka | 1 | November 1968 | ? | |
| Brute Bernard (4) and Skull Murphy (8) | 4 | January 1969 | ? | |
| Don Leo Jonathan and Antonio Pugliese (3) | 1 | 21 February 1969 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Mario Milano (7) and The Spoiler | 1 | 7 March 1969 | Sydney, New South Wales | [4] |
| Don Leo Jonathan (2) and Antonio Pugliese (4) | 2 | March 1969 | Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Mario Milano (8) and Waldo Von Erich | 1 | 4 April 1969 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| The Spoiler (2) and Waldo Von Erich (2) | 1 | April 1969 | ? | Milano gave up his half of the title. |
| Tex McKenzie and Billy White Wolf (2) | 1 | 25 April 1969 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| The Spoiler (3) and Waldo Von Erich (3) | 2 | 24 May 1969 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| WCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969. | ||||
| Lars Anderson and Dick Murdoch | 1 | October 1969 | ? | Awarded the title. |
| Brute Bernard (5) and Skull Murphy (9) | 5 | 5 December 1969 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Spiros Arion and Mario Milano (9) | 1 | 19 December 1969 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Buddy Austin and King Curtis Iaukea | 1 | 26 December 1969 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Swede Hanson and Rip Hawk | 1 | April 1970 | Hobart, Tasmania | Possibly fictitious title change. |
| Mark Lewin (3) and Antonio Pugliese (5) | 1 | 15 May 1970 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Von Steigers (Kurt and Karl Von Steiger) |
1 | 19 June 1970 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Spiros Arion (2) and Mark Lewin (4) | 1 | 1970 | ? | |
| Von Steigers (Kurt and Karl Von Steiger) |
2 | 1970 | ? | |
| Mark Lewin (5) and Mario Milano (10) | 1 | December 1970 | ? | |
| The Texas Outlaws (Dick Murdoch (2) and Dusty Rhodes) |
1 | 21 January 1971 | Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Killer Kowalski (4) and Mark Lewin (6) | 1 | March 1971 | ? | Took place no later than this date. |
| King Curtis Iaukea (2) and Mark Lewin (7) | 1 | April 1971 | ? | Defeated Bob Brown and Killer Kowalski. |
| Mr. Fuji and Tiger Jeet Singh | 1 | May 1971 | ? | Took place no later than this date. |
| King Curtis Iaukea (3) and Mark Lewin (8) | 2 | June 1971 | ? | Took place no later than this date. |
| Von Steigers (Kurt and Karl Von Steiger) |
3 | August 1971 | ? | |
| The title was retired in 1971 and replaced with the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship. | ||||
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "I.W.A. World Tag Team Title (Australia)". Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ "Pro-Wrestling Title Histories: Australia". Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
W.C.W. was a members [sic] of National Wrestling Alliance after 69/08.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (1 July 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (7 March 2020). "Daily Pro Wrestling history (03/07): Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
