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40-486: Professional wrestling tag team championship NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship Details Promotion NWA Mid-America and Southeast Championship Wrestling Date established October 24, 1967 Date retired May 1977 Statistics First champion(s) Lester Welch and Buddy Fuller Most reigns Ron and Don Wright (10 reigns) The NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship

80-497: A host of other teams were regulars. In the mid-1970s, the territory was split as Memphis promoter Jerry Jarrett broke away from the Mid-America territory due to disagreements over how Gulas was promoting his son George Gulas , pushing him as one of the top names in the promotion despite not being very talented in the ring. Many of the wrestlers in the promotion were upset at Nick Gulas for over-booking his son George Gulas in

120-1291: A match against The Von Brauners 26 The Von Brauners ( Kurt and Karl Von Brauner ) October 22, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 21 Wins rematch 27 The Avengers ( Avenger #1 and Avenger #2 ) November 12, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 70 28 The Heavenly Bodies (Don (3) and Al Greene ) January 21, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 35 29 Ron Wright (9) and Jack Donovan February 25, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 63 30 Robert Fuller and Roy Lee Welch April 28, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 31 The Heavenly Bodies (Don (4) and Al Greene ) May 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 3 32 The Australians ( Larry O'Day and Ron Miller ) May 19, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 14 32 Ron Wright (10) and Jack Donovan June 2, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 14 — Vacated June 16, 1972 — — — — Vacant after Donovan turned on Wright in

160-578: A match against Ron and Don Wright 7 Ron and Don Wright August 15, 1969 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 70 Wins Rematch 8 Don Greene and Johnny Walker October 24, 1969 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 8 — Vacated November 8, 1969 — — — — Vacant when Walker is under contract to tour Japan 9 Les Thatcher (3) and Whitey Caldwell November 29, 1969 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 20 Defeats The Spoilers in

200-726: A promoter working out of Birmingham, Alabama to expand their promotion into Alabama as well as occasional shows in Mississippi , Ohio , West Virginia , Missouri , Georgia and North Carolina . In 1949, The group joined the National Wrestling Alliance , a national sanctioning body that divided the US into territories. The promotion became known as the NWA Mid-America. In 1953, they added Knoxville, Tennessee to their territory as promoter John Cazana joined

240-826: A tag match between Ron and Don Wright and Jack Donovan vs. Whitey Caldwell, Larry O'Day, and Ron Miller 33 Ron Wright (11) and Don Wright June 30, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 6 1 Defeated Jack Donovan and Whitey Caldwell 34 Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert July 1, 1972 Mid-Am Show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 14 35 Ron Wright (12) and Don Wright July 15, 1972 Mid-Am Show Chattanooga, Tennessee 7 7 36 Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert July 22, 1972 Mid-Am Show Chattanooga, Tennessee 2 7 37 Ron Wright (13) and Don Wright July 29, 1972 Mid-Am Show Chattanooga, Tennessee 8 Championship history

280-465: A tournament final 10 Frank Morrell and Tony Russo December 19, 1969 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 28 11 Whitey Caldwell (3) and Johnny Walker (2) January 16, 1970 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 6 12 The Spoilers ( Spoiler #1 and #Spoiler 2) January 22, 1970 Mid-Am Show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 15 Defeat Ron and Don Wright for

320-743: A tournament to become the first Tennessee Tag Team Champions. 2 Mario Galento and Alex Perez November 7, 1967 Mid-Am Show Nashville, Tennessee 1 148 3 Frank Dalton and Jack Dalton April 3, 1968 Mid-Am Show Nashville, Tennessee 1 4 Les Thatcher and Dennis Hall 1969 Mid-Am Show 1 5 Ron and Don Wright June 1969 (NLT) Mid-Am Show 1 6 Les Thatcher (2) and Whitey Caldwell June 20, 1969 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 49 6.5 vacated August 8, 1969 N/A N/A N/A N/A Titles held up following

360-482: Is unrecorded from December 27, 1975 to April 1977 . 41 Danny Little Bear and Chief Thundercloud April 1977 NLT Mid-Am Show 1 42 Luke Graham and Ripper Collins May 2, 1977 Mid-Am Show Memphis, Tennessee 1 43 Don Greene (2) and Joey Rossi May 1977 NLT Mid-Am Show 1 — Deactivated 1977 — — — — The Championship

400-1727: Is unrecorded from July 29, 1972 to October 4, 1972 . 38 Don Wright (9) and Sam Bass October 4, 1972 NLT Mid-Am Show 1 39 Jerry Lawler and Jim White November 10, 1972 NLT Mid-Am Show 1 40 Tommy Gilbert (3) and Bearcat Brown (3) December 8, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 28 41 Ron Wright (14) and Don Wright (10) January 5, 1973 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 9 7 42 Tommy Gilbert (4) and Ed Wolfe January 12, 1973 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 43 Ron Wright (15) and Don Wright (11) March 24, 1973 NLT Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 10 44 The Continental Warriors ( Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente ) May 1973 NLT Mid-Am Show 1 45 Ron Wright (16) and Don Wright (12) July 1973 NLT Mid-Am Show 11 46 The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell (4) and Eddie Sullivan) November 2, 1973 NLT Mid-Am Show 1 47 Mike Paidousis and Rocky Smith November 5, 1973 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 48 Frank Monte and Nick deCarlo March 3, 1974 NLT Mid-Am Show 1 49 The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell (5) and Eddie Sullivan) March 8, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 14 50 Don Greene (5) and Dennis Hall (4) March 22, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 Defeated

440-562: The NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship . This also meant that a host of well known tag teams either worked in NWA Mid-America on a regular basis or passed through the territory at one point, teams such as The Von Brauners , The Interns, The Infernos, The Bounty Hunters, Tojo Yamamoto and Jerry Jarrett , The Heavenly Bodies (Don and Al Green), Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente , The Fabulous Kangaroos , Jerry Lawler and Jim White , The Fabulous Fargos, and

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480-798: The 1940s, wrestler and promoter Roy Welch started promoting shows on a regular basis in and around Memphis, Tennessee and would later be joined by Nick Gulas who had been promoting shows in Florida between 1945 and 1947 before joining with Welch to create the Gulas Welch Enterprises Inc. company in the mid 1940s as they began promoting shows primarily in Memphis and Nashville with occasional shows in Chattanooga , Jackson , Louisville, Kentucky , Lexington, Kentucky , Bowling Green, Kentucky . They also worked with Joe Gunther,

520-2434: The Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jerry Novak) to win the championship 51 The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell (6) and Eddie Sullivan) April 12, 1974 Mid-Am Show 3 Mighty Yankees and Don Greene and Steve Kovacs became co-champions on April 19 after a double pin 52 Don Greene (6) and Steve Kovacs April 26, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 7 53 The Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jacob Novak) May 3, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 49 54 Steve Kovacs (2) and Jimmy Kent June 21, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 35 55 Ron Wright (17) and Don Wright (13) July 26, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 12 56 The Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jacob Novak) August 11, 1974 NLT Mid-Am Show 2 40 57 Ron Wright (18) and Don Wright (14) September 20, 1974 Mid-Am Show 13 35 58 Ron and Terry Garvin October 25, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 21 59 Ron Wright (19) and Tommy Gilbert (4) November 15, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 21 60 Dutch Mantell and John Foley December 6, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 35 61 Les Thatcher (5) and Nelson Royal January 10, 1975 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 35 62 Dutch Mantell and John Foley February 14, 1975 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 37 63 Les Thatcher (6) and Nelson Royal March 23, 1975 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 64 Ron and Don Bass April 1975 Mid-Am Show 1 65 Ron Wright (20) and Nelson Royal April 1975 Mid-Am Show 1 66 Ron and Don Bass May 1975 Mid-Am Show 2 67 Jerry Jarrett and George Gulas May 7, 1975 Mid-Am Show Nashville, Tennessee 1 Defeated Ron and Don Wright to win

560-482: The CWA. These are the results of the last known NWA Mid-America show held on September 13, 1980. Vacant (professional wrestling) Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses. In

600-865: The Scott brothers Wednesday at Jackson" (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 70/12/27); the actual Jackson card has the Greenes facing Tojo Yamamoto and Jerry Jarrett for Southern Title. 20 Ron Wright (6) and Don Wright January 8, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 4 21 The Untouchables (Karl Von Stroheim and Frank Martinez) May 2, 1971 NLT Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 21 Len Rossi and Bearcat Brown June 4, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 56 22 Ron Wright (7) and Don Wright July 30, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 5 35 Ron defeated Rossi on July 16 for one half of

640-497: The champiohnship 68 Jimmy Golden (2) and Ricky Gibson May 31, 1975 NLT Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 69 Ron Fuller and The Assassin June 27, 1975 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 49 70 The Assassin (2) and Rock Hunter August 15, 1975 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 21 Assassin defeated Fuller for control of

680-4477: The championship was abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 242 days. References [ edit ] General reference Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "Tennessee: NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4 ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN   0-9698161-1-1 . "NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title" . Wrestling-titles.com . Retrieved April 20, 2015 . Specific references ^ Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works" . How Stuff Works . Retrieved April 5, 2009 . ^ "NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title" . Wrestling-Titles.com . ^ June 20, 1969 ^ Hoops, Brian (July 1, 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 February 11, 2017 . ^ F4W Staff (May 7, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 7): Jeff Jarrett ends David Arquette's WCW title reign, Nick Bockwinkel Vs. Ray Stevens" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved February 10, 2017 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link ) 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 Gulf Coast / Southeastern Championship / Continental Championship / Continental Wrestling Federation championships GCCW NWA World Heavyweight Championship NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA World Tag Team Championship NWA United States Tag Team Championship NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA Southern Tag Team Championship NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship NWA Southeast Alabama Heavyweight Championship NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Championship NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Championship NWA Mississippi Tag Team Championship NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship SCW CCW NWA World Heavyweight Championship AWA World Heavyweight Championship NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship NWA Southeastern Continental Heavyweight Championship NWA Southeastern Television Championship NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship NWA Southeastern Continental Tag Team Championship NWA Southern Tag Team Championship NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA Southeastern Alabama Heavyweight Championship NWA Southeastern Tennessee Heavyweight Championship NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship CWF AWA World Heavyweight Championship CWF Heavyweight Championship CWF Tag Team Championship United States Junior Heavyweight Championship Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NWA_Tennessee_Tag_Team_Championship&oldid=1206620585 " Categories : National Wrestling Alliance championships Professional wrestling in Tennessee Continental Championship Wrestling championships NWA Mid-America championships Tag team wrestling championships National Wrestling Alliance state wrestling championships 1967 establishments in Tennessee 1970s disestablishments in Tennessee Hidden categories: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata NWA Mid-America In

720-462: The championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 16 days. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 9 days and 38 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 29 days. ^ The date

760-455: The championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 606 days. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 2 days and 517 days. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 29 days. ^ The date

800-456: The championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 67 days. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 37 days. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 313 days and 131 days. ^ The date

840-477: The championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 123 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 3 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 118 days. ^ The date

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880-472: The championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 27 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 62 days and 183 days. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 85 days. ^ The date

920-458: The championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 33 days. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 8 days. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 9 days. ^ The date

960-467: The championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 35 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 5 days. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 54 days. ^ The date

1000-477: 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 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 114 days. ^ The date

1040-459: The championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 5 days. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 21 days. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 14 days. ^ The date

1080-476: The championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 71 days. ^ The date the championship was won and 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 91 days. ^ The date

1120-459: The championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 37 days. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 19 days. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 133 days. ^ The date

1160-665: 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 the specific champion Days Number of days held No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref. Date Event Location Reign Days 1 Lester Welch and Buddy Fuller October 24, 1967 Mid-Am Show Nashville, Tennessee 1 14 Won

1200-407: The extremely profitable Memphis half of the territory. At this point Roy Welch retired from promotion, leaving Nick Gulas as the man in charge of a dwindling territory. With Gulas' insistence on pushing his son and Jarrett's Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) becoming very popular led to a drop in ticket sales and by 1981, Gulas closed the promotion and sold the territory and its championships to

1240-662: The group. The group recognized a number of NWA "World" Championships that were shared across the territories as well as promoting their own NWA branded championships that were mainly defended in the Mid-America territory. Over the years tag team wrestling became very popular in the Mid-America territory leading to seven different tag team championships being recognized at the same time in the 1970s by NWA Mid-America: NWA World Tag Team Championship , NWA United States Tag Team Championship , NWA Southern Tag Team Championship , NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship , NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship , NWA Kentucky Tag Team Championship and

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1280-401: 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 180 days. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 19 days. ^ The date

1320-502: The past, professional wrestlers used such terms in the presence of fans so as not to reveal the worked nature of the business. Into the 21st century, widespread discussion on the Internet has popularized these terms. Many of the terms refer to the financial aspects of professional wrestling in addition to in-ring terms. Also road agent , producer and coach . Also juicing , gigging , getting color , and running

1360-439: The razor . Also booker and booking . Also going broadway . Also bury and buried . Also championship advantage . Also forbidden door . Also getting the heat . Also lackey or heavy Also babyface , blue-eye (England), or técnico (Mexico). Also playing Ricky Morton . Also hope spot . Also cross-promotion . Also persona . Also jobber to

1400-406: The titles 13 Ron and Don Wright February 6, 1970 Mid-Am Show 3 63 Ron and Don Wright became co-champions with The Avengers after their match on March 13, 1970 with two referees ending in a split decision 14 The Avengers ( Avenger #1 and Avenger #2 ) April 10, 1970 Mid-Am Show 1 Defeat Ron and Don Wright to become

1440-623: The titles and Don defeated Brown on July 30 for the other half of the titles 23 The Alaskans September 3, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 14 24 Ron Wright (8) and Whitey Caldwell (6) September 17, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 35 25 Whitey Caldwell (7) and Bearcat Brown (2) October 8, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 7 Defeat Ron and Don Wright after Wright and Caldwell split up — Vacated October 15, 1971 — — — — Vacant following

1480-449: The titles and selected Rock Hunter as his new partner 71 Ron (21) and Don Wright (15) September 1975 NLT Mid-Am Show 14 72 The Assassin (3) and Rock Hunter October 3, 1975 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 40 Norvell Austin and Butch Malone December 27, 1975 NLT Mid-Am Show 1 Championship history

1520-756: The undisputed champions 15 Ron Wright (4) and Frank Morrell (2) May 17, 1970 NLT Mid-Am Show 1 16 Whitey Caldwell (4) and Frankie Cain June 5, 1970 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 28 17 Ron Wright (5) and Frank Morrell (3) July 3, 1970 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 18 Les Thatcher (4) and Whitey Caldwell (5) November 13, 1970 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 3 19 The Heavenly Bodies (Don (2) and Al Greene ) December 23, 1970 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 Billed as having "defeated

1560-492: Was a secondary tag team title promoted as the name indicates mainly in the Tennessee region from 1967 until 1977, first by Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling and occasionally NWA Mid-America from 1967 to 1974 then by its successor Southeast Championship Wrestling from 1974 to 1977 when it was abandoned. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by

1600-462: Was abandoned. See also [ edit ] Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling / Southeast Championship Wrestling NWA Mid-America National Wrestling Alliance Footnotes [ edit ] ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 273 days. ^ The location of

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