NWF World Tag Team Championship
| NWF World Tag Team Championship | |||||||||
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| Promotion | National Wrestling Federation International Wrestling Association | ||||||||
| Date established | 1970 | ||||||||
| Date retired | 1974 and 1977 | ||||||||
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The NWF World Tag Team Championship was the top tag team championship in the National Wrestling Federation from 1970 to 1974, the entire life of the promotion.[1][2]
Title history
[edit]| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| NWF World Tag Team Championship | ||||||||||
| 1 | The Outlaws (Dick Murdoch and Dusty Rhodes) |
March 12, 1970 | NWF show | Cleveland, Ohio | 1 | 170 | Defeated Ben Justice and The Stomper in a tournament final. | [3] | ||
| 2 | Johnny Powers and Chief White Owl | August 29, 1970 | NWF show | Akron, Ohio | 1 | [Note 1] | [3] | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from August 29, 1970 to January 7, 1971. | ||||||||||
| 3 | The Fabulous Fargos (Don and Johnny) |
January 7, 1971 | NWF show | Cleveland, Ohio | 1 | [Note 2] | Defeated Chief White Owl and Luis Martinez. | [3] | ||
| 4 | The Mongols (Bepo and Geeto) |
June 1971 (NLT) | NWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 3] | [3] | |||
| 5 | Kurt von Hess and Eric the Red | July 22, 1971 | NWF show | Cleveland, Ohio | 1 | [Note 4] | Won a tournament. | [3] | ||
| 6 | Chief White Owl (2) and Luis Martinez | August 1971 (NLT) | NWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 5] | [3] | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from August 1971 (NLT) to January 19, 1972. | ||||||||||
| 7 | Mitsu Arakawa and Yoshino Sato | January 19, 1972 | NWF show | Buffalo, New York | 1 | [Note 6] | Defeated Dominic DeNucci and Tony Parisi in a tournament final. | [3][4] | ||
| 8 | Dominic DeNucci and Tony Parisi | March 1972 (NLT) | NWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 7] | [3] | |||
| 9 | The Fabulous Fargos (Don and Johnny) |
May 11, 1972 | NWF show | Cleveland, Ohio | 2 | [Note 8] | [3][5] | |||
| 10 | Dominic DeNucci and Tony Parisi | May 1972 (NLT) | NWF show | N/A | 2 | [Note 9] | [3] | |||
| 11 | The Fabulous Fargos (Don and Johnny) |
May 24, 1972 | NWF show | Buffalo, New York | 3 | [Note 10] | [3] | |||
| 12 | Wahoo McDaniel and Chief White Owl (3) | August 1972 (NLT) | NWF show | Cleveland, Ohio | 1 | [Note 11] | Sometime after August 14, 1972. | [3] | ||
| Championship history is unrecorded from August 1972 (NLT) to September 15, 1972 (NLT). | ||||||||||
| 13 | The Fabulous Fargos (Don and Johnny) |
September 15, 1972 (NLT) | NWF show | N/A | 4 | [Note 12] | Still champion on November 2, 1972. | [3] | ||
| Championship history is unrecorded from September 15, 1972 (NLT) to December 1972 (NLT). | ||||||||||
| 14 | Luis Martinez (2) and Tony Parisi (3) | December 1972 (NLT) | NWF show | Cincinnati, Ohio | 1 | [Note 13] | [3] | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from December 1972 (NLT) to May 2, 1973. | ||||||||||
| 15 | Johnny Powers (2) and Jacques Rougeau | May 2, 1973 | NWF show | Buffalo, New York | 1 | [Note 14] | Defeated The Love Brothers (Hartford and Reginald Love) in a tournament final. | [3] | ||
| Championship history is unrecorded from May 2, 1973 to May 1973 (NLT). | ||||||||||
| 16 | Geeto Mongol (2) and J.B. Psycho | May 1973 (NLT) | NWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 15] | [3] | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from May 1973 (NLT) to June 30, 1973 (NLT). | ||||||||||
| 17 | Fred Curry and Luis Martinez (3) | June 30, 1973 (NLT) | NWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 16] | [3] | |||
| 18 | Kurt Von Hess (2) and Karl Von Schotz | May 1974 (NLT) | NWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 17] | Also held NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version). | [3] | ||
| — | Vacated | 1974 | — | — | — | — | Championship abandoned when the NWF closed | [3] | ||
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| 19 | The Mongols (Geeto (3) and Bolo) |
February 1975 | NWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 18] | [3] | |||
| — | Vacated | April 1975 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated after a match against Dino Bravo and Gino Brito in April 1975. | [3] | ||
| 20 | The Mongols (Geeto (4) and Bolo) |
April 21, 1975 | NWF show | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 2 | 155 | Defeated Soul Patrol (Thunderbolt Patterson and Ernie Ladd) | [3] | ||
| vacated | September 23, 1975 | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated up after a match against held up after a match against Victor Rivera and Dino Bravo on September 23, 1975 ends with a double pinfall. Mongols billed champions on September 25, 1975; still champions as of October 13, 1975. | [3] | |||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from September 23, 1975 to December 16, 1975. | ||||||||||
| 21 | Johnny Powers (3) and Nelson Royal | December 16, 1975 | NWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 19] | No longer listed as champions in February 1976. | [3] | ||
| 22 | Kurt Von Hess (3) and Karl von Stroheim | March 19, 1976 (NLT) | NWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 20] | Sometime after January 21, 1976, possibly a phantom switch or defeat Pez Whatley and Bruiser Banks for the vacant title. | [3] | ||
| 23 | Bulldog Brower and Mighty Igor | August 11, 1976 | NWF show | Hickory, North Carolina | 1 | [Note 21] | [3] | |||
| 24 | Hartford Love and Dizzy McShane | September 10, 1976 (NLT) | NWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 22] | Sometime after August 29, 1976. | [3] | ||
| 25 | Bulldog Brower (2) and Johnny Powers (4) | September 19, 1976 | NWF show | N/A | 1 | 125 | [3] | |||
| 26 | Rip Tyler and Buzz Tyler | January 22, 1977 | NWF show | Gastonia, North Carolina | 1 | 91 | [3] | |||
| 27 | Johnny Powers (5) and Nick DeCarlo | April 23, 1977 | NWF show | Gastonia, North Carolina | 1 | [Note 23] | [3] | |||
| — | Deactivated | 1977 | — | — | — | — | Promotion closed, championship abandoned | [3] | ||
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ The date the championship was won and lost are uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 131 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost are uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 174 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost are uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 22 and 195 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost are uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 39 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost are uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 181 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and −294 days.
- ^ The exact date that the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 31 and 71 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 11 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 29 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was lost is unknown, which means that the championship reign lasted between 69 and 98 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 114 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 48 and 152 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 228 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 28 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 59 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 60 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 335 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 32 and 88 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 1 and 94 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 145 and 238 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 1 and 30 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 1 and 30 days.
- ^ The exact date that the championship was abandoned is unknown, which means that the reign lasted between 34 and 252 days.
References
[edit]- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Tanabe, Hisaharu. "N.W.F. North American Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "NWF World Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (January 19, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/19): Ric Flair wins WWF title in 1992 Royal Rumble". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (May 11, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 11): Von Erichs vs. Verne & Don Leo Jonathan, Shane Douglas vs 2 Cold Scorpio". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 21, 2020.