The NWA United States Tag Team Championship is a name used for several secondary tag team championship used by various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) members since 1958. There are eleven different versions of the NWA United States Tag Team Championships have been promoted in various regions across the United States, starting with the Midwest Wrestling Association version in 1950, to the NWA Lightning One version that is active today.
39-634: The Florida version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship was a major professional wrestling tag team championship . The title was defended sporadically in the National Wrestling Alliance affiliated Championship Wrestling from Florida from 1961 to 1962, 1978 to 1980, and then 1983 until 1986. While its name suggests it was defended throughout the United States, the title
78-620: A tournament to become champions Championship history is unrecorded from 1969 to 1969. 6 The Mighty Yankees ( Mighty Yankee 1 and Mighty Yankee 2 ) 1969 Live event 1 7 Les Thatcher and Dennis Hall 1969 Live event Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 8 The Mighty Yankees ( Mighty Yankee 1 and Mighty Yankee 2 ) 1969 Live event 2 Championship history
117-598: Is unrecorded from December 1975 to January 10, 1976 . 33 The Wild Samoans ( Afa and Sika ) January 10, 1976 Live event 1 98 Still Champions on February 5, 1976 34 The Bicentennial Kings ( Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey ) April 17, 1976 Live event 5 Still Champions on April 29, 1976 — Deactivated 1976 — — — — Footnotes [ edit ] ^ The date
156-468: Is unrecorded from January 27, 1971 to February 28, 1975 . 19 Dutch Mantell and John Foley February 28, 1975 Live event 1 Still Champions on March 14, 1975 20 Les Thatcher and Nelson Royal March 28, 1975 (NLT) Live event 1 Still champions on April 4, 1975 Championship history
195-402: Is unrecorded from July 12, 1962 to 1967. 4 Les Thatcher and Roger Kirby 1967 Live event 1 Championship history is unrecorded from 1967 to 1969. 5 Les Thatcher and Bearcat Brown 1969 Live event Nashville, Tennessee 1 Won
234-2209: Is unrecorded from March 28, 1975 to May 5, 1975 . 21 Ron Bass and Don Bass May 5, 1975 Live event 1 Championship history is unrecorded from May 5, 1975 to May 1975 . 22 Rocket Monroe and Randy Tyler May 1975 Live event 1 23 Jackie Fargo and George Gulas May 17, 1975 Live event Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 9 24 Karl Von Steiger and Otto Von Heller May 26, 1975 Live event Nashville, Tennessee 1 82 25 Tojo Yamamoto and Tommy Rich August 16, 1975 Live event Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 26 The Bicentennial Kings ( Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey ) September 1975 Live event 1 27 Robert Fuller and Ron Fuller September 9, 1975 Live event Memphis, Tennessee 1 27 28 The Bicentennial Kings ( Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey ) October 6, 1975 Live event 2 21 29 Jackie Fargo and Don Carson October 27, 1975 Live event Birmingham, Alabama 1 18 30 The Bicentennial Kings ( Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey ) November 14, 1975 Live event 3 5 31 Jackie Fargo and Jerry Lawler November 19, 1975 Live event Nashville, Tennessee 1 32 The Bicentennial Kings ( Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey ) December 1975 Live event 4 Championship history
273-846: Is unrecorded from May 18, 1970 to August 1970 . 12 Ron Wright and Frank Morrell August 1970 Live event 1 13 Al Greene and Frank Martinez August 26, 1970 Live event Nashville, Tennessee 1 14 Greene defeated Morrell on behalf of the team 14 Johnny Walker and Oni Maiva September 9, 1970 Live event Nashville, Tennessee 1 14 15 The Continental Warriors (Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente) September 23, 1970 Live event Nashville, Tennessee 2 Still champions on October 2, 1970 Championship history
312-545: Is unrecorded from September 23, 1970 to November 1970 . 16 Dennis Hall and Mighty Atlas November 1970 Live event 1 17 Big Bad John and Pepe Lopez November 17, 1970 Live event 1 71 18 Len Rossi and Bearcat Brown January 27, 1971 Live event Nashville, Tennessee 1 Championship history
351-568: Is unrecorded from 1969 to April 1970 . 9 The Interns ( Intern #1 and Intern #2 ) April 1970 Live event 1 10 The Continental Warriors (Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente) May 2, 1970 Live event Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 16 The Interns ( Intern #1 and Intern #2 ) May 18, 1970 Live event 2 Championship history
390-555: The Florida version of the U.S. tag team championship . The Fabulous Kangaroos ( Al Costello and Roy Heffernan ) were the first Florida based U.S. tag team champions as they were awarded the championship prior to their debut in the territory. The Florida version of the championship was the longest promoted U.S. championship as it was actively promoted from 1961 until 1986 where the CWF promotion closed. In 1962 two additional versions of
429-646: The NWA United States Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s NWA Mid-America territory from 1962 until 1976. The title was intended solely for tag teams in tag team matches , not individuals, and was the secondary tag team championship in NWA Mid-America, with the Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship being
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#1732790163775468-603: The Board allowed each promotion to create and promote whatever championship they wanted to. In 1949 the first of many NWA World Tag Team Championships was created in the Los Angeles territory . In the 1950s tag team wrestling became more popular across the US, which lead to the introduction of various "second tier" championships promoted locally as the "American Tag Team Championship" or the "National Tag Team Championship". In 1950
507-798: The Bruiser in the finals of a tournament to determine the first champions. In 1963, the CWC version was renamed the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship when CWC seceded from the NWA and was rebranded as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now known as WWE ). A third U.S. tag team championship was introduced in Florida in 1961 as Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) introduced
546-595: The Gulf Coast version to the then-reigning NWA Tri-State United States Tag Team Champions Bob Sweetan and Siegfried Stanke to unify the two championships. the following year the Dallas, Texas-based Big Time Wrestling introduced the Texas version of the championship as Al Costello and Karl Von Brauner (known as "The Internationals") won a tournament to become the first Texas based U.S. Tag Team Champions. In 1967
585-887: The Midwest Wrestling Association, the NWA member promoting in and around Ohio, introducing Jack Kennedy and Lucky Simunovich as the American Tag Team Championship, only to later bill the same championship as both the National Tag Team Championship and the United States Tag Team Championship between 1950 and 1963 where the promotion closed. In 1958, Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC) out of New York introduced their own NWA United States Tag Team Championship when Mark Lewin and Don Curtis defeated Hans Schmidt and Dick
624-738: The NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) Professional wrestling tag team championship NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) [REDACTED] Details Promotion NWA Mid-America Date established March 6, 1962 Date retired 1976 Statistics First champion(s) Yoshinosato and Taru Sakuro Most reigns The Bicentennial Kings ( Dennis Condrey and Phil Hickerson ; 5 reigns) The Mid-America version of
663-684: The NWA United States Tag Team Championship. The most well known version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship was the Jim Crockett Promotions version that later became known as the WCW United States Tag Team Championship . As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after
702-528: The NWA is reviving the United States Tag Team Championship after nearly five years of inactivity. The Fixers won a twelve-team battle royal to become the new champions on August 28, 2022. The first set of NWA United States Tag Team Championship belts were similar to the old belts from Championship Wrestling from Florida but in October 2022 Corgan introduced a new design which is similar to the Detroit version of
741-455: The U.S. Tag Team Championship , holding a 10-team tag team tournament. Krusher Kruschev and Ivan Koloff defeated The Kansas Jayhawks ( Dutch Mantell and Bobby Jaggers ) to become the inaugural champions. Later JCP would be sold to Ted Turner and become known as World Championship Wrestling , which led to the championship being given the WCW prefix. By the late 1980s the NWA was no longer
780-434: The championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen wrestler "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport. Title history [ edit ] Key No. Overall reign number Reign Reign number for
819-5044: The championship was abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 12 days and 258 days. See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] United States portal List of National Wrestling Alliance championships References [ edit ] ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Tennessee: U.S. Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications. p. 194. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 . ^ "NWA United States Tag Team Title (Mid-America)" . wrestling-titles.com . Retrieved April 23, 2015 . ^ Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "United States: 19th century and widely defended titles - NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 23. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1 . ^ Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "Florida: NWA U.S. Tag Team title". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 157–163. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1 . ^ Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "Louisiana/Oklahoma: NWA U.S. Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 232. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1 . ^ Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "United States: 19th century and widely defended titles - NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 21. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1 . ^ Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "New Jersey: NWA U.S: Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 53. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1 . ^ Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works" . How Stuff Works . Retrieved April 5, 2009 . v t e Continental Wrestling Association and United States Wrestling Association Championships Continental Wrestling Association CWA Heavyweight Championship CWA Tag Team Championship CWA Southwestern Heavyweight Championship CWA Super Heavyweight Championship CWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship CWA World Heavyweight Championship CWA World Tag Team Championship NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship NWA United States Tag Team Championship NWA Six-Man Tag Team Championship CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship CWA/AWA International Tag Team Championship AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship AWA Southern Tag Team Championship United States Wrestling Association USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship USWA Tag Team Championship USWA Texas Heavyweight Championship USWA Television Championship USWA Women's Championship USWA Junior Heavyweight Championship USWA Middleweight Championship v t e NWA Mid-America Champions Buddy Rogers Mighty Atlas Tor Yamata Len Rossi Tony Charles Don Kent Jackie Fargo Luke Graham Harley Race Magnificent Zulu Dick Steinborn Bill Dundee Bob Armstrong Big Bad John Tommy Rich Ken Lucas The Executioner Lanny Poffo Randy Savage Dutch Mantel Don Fargo Whipper Watson Jr. Moondog Spot Jeff Jarrett Carl Fergie v t e NWA United States Tag Team Championship versions Active NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Lightning One version) (2022-present) Inactive versions Midwest Wrestling Association version (1950-1963) Capitol Wrestling Corporation version (1958-1963) Championship Wrestling from Florida version (1961-1986) NWA Mid-America version (1962-1976) NWA Tri-State version (1962-1980) Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling version (1965-1974) Big Time Wrestling version (1966-1967) Jim Crockett Promotions version (1986-1990) NWA Jersey version (1996-2000) NWA United States Tag Team Championship ( Tennessee version ) (2014-2017) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NWA_United_States_Tag_Team_Championship_(Mid-America_version)&oldid=1165871636 " Categories : National Wrestling Alliance championships NWA Mid-America championships Tag team wrestling championships United States professional wrestling championships Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
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#1732790163775858-482: The championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 2,010 days. ^ The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 1,095 days. ^ The date
897-602: The championship was renamed the "NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship" and then abandoned in 1981 when McGuirk sold his promotion to Bill Watts, becoming Mid-South Wrestling. The Dirty Daltons (Jack Dalton and Jim Dalton) were the first Gulf Coast U.S. Tag Team Champions when Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (GCCW) introduced it as a secondary championship in the promotion after the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship . On April 15, 1974 then-reigning champions Bob Kelly and Rocket Monroe lost
936-683: The championship was renamed the NWA American Tag Team Championship instead and would later become the World Class Championship Wrestling World Tag Team Championship. In 1986 the Charlotte, North Carolina based Jim Crockett Promotions began expanding their territory as it absorbed several NWA territories that had been struggling financially. As part of the expansion JCP introduced their version of
975-474: The championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 1,492 days. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 15 days and 28 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 7 days and 65 days. ^ The date
1014-468: The championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 25 days. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 68 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 16 days. ^ The date
1053-476: The championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 26 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 16 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 23 days. ^ The date
1092-479: The championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 364 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 364 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 364 days. ^ The date
1131-466: The championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 484 days. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 2 days and 31 days. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 75 days and 105 days. ^ The date
1170-478: The championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 8 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 12 days and 42 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 40 days. ^ The date
1209-661: The championship were introduced, the NWA Mid-America version and the NWA Tri-State version. The Mid-America version was created by promoter Nick Gulas and defended in the Tennessee/Alabama promotion NWA Mid-America , starting with the Japanese duo of Yoshinosato and Taru Sakuro being billed as champions when they arrived in NWA Mid-America. There were at least 34 different reigns in the history of
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1248-540: The championship, ending with The Bicentennial Kings ( Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey ) as champions in 1976 where the championship was abandoned. The Tri-Star version was created by promoters Leroy McGuirk , Jack Curtis and Aurelian Smith and promoted in the NWA Tri-State territory that covered Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. Jan Madrid and Louie Tillet are credited with being the first champions, but records are unclear on how they became champions. In 1980
1287-441: The championship. With a number of NWA territories active at the time this version of the United States Tag Team Championship was one of at least six championships that shared the same name under the NWA's supervision. The team of Dennis Condrey and Phil Hickerson , also known as "The Bicentennial Kings", held the championship the most times, five in total including the last reign when the titles were abandoned in 1976. Because
1326-598: The chosen team wins a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport. The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was founded in 1948 after six professional wrestling promoters decided to join together and form a governing body to oversee the various members, later referred to as the NWA territories . The NWA Board of Directors agreed to all recognize one over all NWA World Heavyweight Championship and one NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship across all promotions. Beyond those two championships
1365-514: The most recent NWA U.S. Tag Team Championship that was defended in and around the Tennessee area. It would later also be promoted by NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling . The first champions were The Lords of KAOS ( Damien Wayne and Lance Erickson) who won the championship by defeating Jason Kinkaid and Charles Alexander in the finals of a tournament. On July 19, 2022, Billy Corgan announced that
1404-477: The powerful organization it had been between 1948 and the mid-1980s, becoming a conglomerate of smaller promotions. In 1996 NWA Jersey introduced their NWA United States Tag Team Championship when Yar and Wolf (also known as The Lost Boys ) won a three-way match for the new championship. The last recorded defense of the New Jersey version happened in 2000. In 2014 NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling introduced
1443-511: The primary championship. The promotion also had a third tag team championship at its peak, a testament to the popularity of tag team wrestling in the territory, as they promoted the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship as well. The championship was established around March 6, 1962, when Yoshinosato and Taro Sakuro were named champions upon arrival by NWA Mid-America instead of holding a tournament to establish
1482-845: 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. Date Event Location Reign Days 1 Yoshinosato and Taro Sakuro March 6, 1962 N/A 1 84 Billed as champions upon arrival. 2 Lester Welch and Danny Hodge May 29, 1962 Live event Nashville, Tennessee 1 32 3 Bad Boy Hines and Billy Boy Hines June 30, 1962 Live event Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 Still champions on July 12, 1962. Championship history
1521-436: Was actually a regional championship that was only defended throughout the Florida territory. The 1978-80 version of the United States Tag Team Championship belt inspired the current design for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship , upon reactivation in 2022. NWA United States Tag Team Championship The NWA's bylaws allowed any NWA member, also known as NWA territories , to create and control their own version of
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