30-625: (Redirected from UWF World Tag Team Championship ) Professional wrestling tag team championship UWF Tag Team Championship Details Promotion Mid-South Wrestling (1979-1986) Universal Wrestling Federation (1986-1987) Date established September 28, 1979 Date retired November 26, 1987 Other name(s) Mid-South Tag Team Championship Statistics First champion(s) Mike George and Bob Sweetan Final champion(s) The Sheepherders ( Butch Miller and Luke Williams ) Most reigns (As
60-703: A feud with Ric Flair for the World Heavyweight Championship. After gaining disqualification and non-title victories in house show matches, JYD defeated Flair by DQ on June 13 at Clash of the Champions XI . JYD was then part of the short-lived Dudes with Attitudes faction along with Sting , Paul Orndorff , and El Gigante . In the fall he feuded with Television Champion Arn Anderson , defeating him in non-title matches in less than 10 seconds on three house shows in September. He finished
90-1654: A match against The Fantastics. 40 Eddie Gilbert (3) and Sting August 31, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 2 27 Won the rematch. 41 The Fantastics ( Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers ) September 27, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 2 29 42 John Tatum and Jack Victory October 26, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 14 43 Bill Irwin and Leroy Brown (3) November 9, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 48 44 Terry Taylor and Jim Duggan (2) December 27, 1986 UWF show Ft. Worth, Texas 1 27 — Vacated January 23, 1987 — — — — Duggan lost loser-leaves-town match to One Man Gang . 45 Terry Taylor (2) and Chris Adams February 7, 1987 UWF show Ft. Worth, Texas 1 64 46 Sting (3) and Rick Steiner April 12, 1987 UWF show Atlanta, Georgia 1 35 47 The Lightning Express ( Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner ) May 17, 1987 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 152 48 The Sheepherders ( Butch Miller and Luke Williams ) October 16, 1987 UWF show Kansas City, Missouri 2 41 — Deactivated November 26, 1987 — — — — Title abandoned due to purchase of UWF by Jim Crockett Promotions Footnotes [ edit ] ^ The exact date that Junkyard Dog and Murdoch lost
120-467: A steel cage dog collar match. Other notable feuds involved Ernie Ladd , Ted DiBiase , Kamala , King Kong Bundy , and Butch Reed . The 1982 feud with DiBiase was particularly notable as DiBiase, once JYD's friend and tag-team partner, turned heel and subsequently won a loser-leaves-town match against JYD with the help of the loaded glove, which was a DiBiase calling card, at the time forcing JYD to leave town for an extended period of time. In 1982, JYD
150-646: A tag team) The Rock 'n' Roll Express , The Samoans , Junkyard Dog and Dick Murdoch (3 times) (As individual) Junkyard Dog (8 times) Longest reign Junkyard Dog and Mr. Olympia (175 days) Shortest reign Junkyard Dog and Dick Murdoch (1 hour) In professional wrestling , the UWF Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship contested in the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and its predecessor, Mid-South Wrestling . The title
180-571: The Fabulous Freebirds where they blinded him with hair cream. At the peak of the feud, his wife gave birth to their first child, which was made part of the storyline. It was explained that JYD could not see his new daughter, something that increased the heat on the Freebirds to the point where they needed police escorts in and out of arenas. The feud ended with the still-blinded JYD and Freebird leader Michael "P.S." Hayes wrestling in
210-509: The Louisiana Superdome and other major venues, becoming "the first black wrestler to be made the undisputed top star of his promotion". WWE author Brian Shields called Junkyard Dog one of the most electrifying and charismatic wrestlers in the country, particularly during his peak in the early 1980s. JYD was most known for his headbutt and upper body strength, the latter of which saw him regularly bodyslam such large wrestlers as
240-806: The NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship with Gypsy Joe . In late-1978, Ritter moved to Stu Hart 's Stampede Wrestling as "Big Daddy Ritter", where he captured the Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship twice. He wrestled for Stampede until August 1979. In April 1979, Ritter toured Japan with International Wrestling Enterprise as part of its Big Challenge Series. Wrestling as "Big Daddy Ritter", his opponents included Isamu Teranishi, Great Kusatsu, and Mighty Inoue . In September 1979, Ritter moved to Mid-South Wrestling , where booker "Cowboy" Bill Watts gave him
270-668: The One Man Gang , Kamala , and King Kong Bundy . The word "thump," which referred to JYD's powerslam, was prominently displayed on his wrestling trunks. Ritter played football at Fayetteville State University , twice earning honorable mention All-American status, and is a member of the Sports Hall of Fame. He graduated with a political science degree. Ritter signed with the Green Bay Packers in April 1976. He
300-647: The World Wrestling Federation as the Junkyard Dog (or JYD ), a nickname he received while working in a wrecking yard . He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004 . Entering the ring with his trademark chain attached to a dog collar, to the music of Queen 's " Another One Bites the Dust ," JYD often headlined cards that drew large crowds and regularly sold out
330-712: The Champions VI in New Orleans. Before the match he was accompanied to the ring by a jazz band. On May 7, 1989, JYD no showed the PPV, Wrestlewar 89 and was promptly fired. A year later at the Capitol Combat PPV, he made a surprise appearance after being hired by then Booker, Ole Anderson. JYD began a main event run in May 1990. On May 20 he defeated Mean Mark Callous in 39 seconds. He quickly became embroiled in
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#1732791561599360-521: The Dog in chicken feathers. The two had a series of matches, many of the bouts were for the prized North American Heavyweight Championship. These matches were also notable for their brutality, which included "ghetto street fights", "dog-collar matches", two-out-of-three pin-fall matches and steel-cage matches. JYD was lured to the WWF at the peak of the feud with Reed. In the summer of 1984, Ritter left Mid-South for
390-757: The Funk Brothers ( Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk ), Adrian Adonis , Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and "Outlaw" Ron Bass . He lost to Rick Rude by disqualification at the inaugural SummerSlam . He left the company in November 1988. Ritter made his debut for the National Wrestling Alliance on December 7, 1988, at the Clash of the Champions IV . He appeared during an altercation between The Russian Assassins and Ivan Koloff , saving
420-599: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 257138379 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:59:21 GMT Junkyard Dog Sylvester Ritter (December 13, 1952 – June 1, 1998) was an American professional wrestler and college football player , best known for his work in Mid-South Wrestling and
450-571: The World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he was a mid-card wrestler but still a heavily over face. JYD debuted on a Georgia Championship Wrestling taping held at the Kiel Auditorium on August 10, 1984, when he defeated Max Blue. While in the WWF, JYD made a habit of interacting with the growing number of young people in attendance, often bringing them into the ring after matches and dancing with them. He wrestled at
480-3504: The championship has not been documented, which means that their reign lasted between 35 and 64 days. ^ The exact date that the Wild Samoans won and lost the championship has not been documented, which means that their reign lasted between 1 day and 29 days. ^ The exact date that Junkyard Dog and Murdoch lost the championship has not been documented, which means that their reign lasted between 26 and 55 days. See also [ edit ] Universal Wrestling Federation NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship GWF Tag Team Championship References [ edit ] ^ Hoops, Brian (November 24, 2019). "Daily Pro Wrestling history (11/24): The First Starcade" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved November 24, 2019 . ^ F4W Staff (May 5, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 5): Bruno Vs. Gorilla in Puerto Rico, 2nd annual Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved February 10, 2017 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link ) ^ F4W Staff (May 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history: Low Ki Vs. Dewitt, Punk wins OVW title, Mutoh wins IWGP belt, Bret wins NA title, Dibiase & Dr. Death, Sheik, Watts, Fargos" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved February 11, 2017 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link ) ^ Hoops, Brian (January 23, 2020). "Pro wrestling history (01/23): Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik for WWF title" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved January 25, 2020 . ^ Hoops, Brian (February 7, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 7): Bobby Roode & Austin Aries wins tag gold" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved February 15, 2017 . v t e NWA Tri-State / Mid-South Wrestling / Universal Wrestling Federation championships NWA Tri-State NWA World Heavyweight Championship NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA Tri State North American Championship NWA United States Tag Team Championship NWA Tri-State Louisiana Championship NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship NWA Tri-State Brass Knuckles Championship NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Championship Mid-South NWA World Heavyweight Championship Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship Mid-South Television Championship Mid-South Tag Team Championship Mid-South Louisiana Championship UWF UWF Heavyweight Championship UWF Television Championship UWF Tag Team Championship Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UWF_Tag_Team_Championship&oldid=1222034868 " Categories : Mid-South Wrestling championships Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts) championships Tag team wrestling championships Hidden categories: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles with hCards Mid-South Wrestling Too Many Requests If you report this error to
510-399: The inaugural WrestleMania I , defeating Intercontinental Champion Greg Valentine by countout, but did not receive the title. Ritter won The Wrestling Classic tournament by defeating Randy Savage by countout in the finals, as well as beating Moondog Spot and The Iron Sheik in earlier rounds getting to the final. JYD's most notable feuds in the company came against King Harley Race ,
540-482: The latter. His first match came shortly after in a television taping in Atlanta against Trent Knight. JYD finished the year winning a $ 50,000 bunkhouse battle royal on December 26, which was held as a dark match after Starrcade '88 went off the air. He spent the first few months of 1989 teaming with Ivan Koloff and then Michael Hayes against The Russian Assassins. On April 2, 1989, JYD defeated Butch Reed at Clash of
570-416: The name and gimmick Junkyard Dog, as he would wear a long chain attached to a dog collar, and white boots. He originally came to the ring pushing a cart filled with junk called the "junk wagon" and lost most of his early matches before his character caught on and became the top face in the company. While on top he feuded with some of the top heels in the company, including a now infamous angle with
600-493: The next few months. In April and again in June, JYD faced former Six-Man Championship partner Ricky Morton, defeating him on each occasion. He also formed another tag-team, this time with The Big Cat . They feuded with The Vegas Connection ( Diamond Dallas Page & Vinnie Vegas ) the rest of the summer. In April 1993 he formed a new tag-team with Jim Neidhart and began a feud with Dick Slater and Paul Orndorff that would last
630-458: The next few months. After defeating Slater on July 28, 1993, he left the promotion. After WCW, JYD went to the independent circuit where he wrestled for NWA Dallas. In 1995 he wrestled for National Wrestling Conference in Las Vegas where he had matches with former WWF stars; The Iron Sheik , Mr. Hughes , and The Honky Tonk Man . Ritter had stayed active in professional wrestling until
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#1732791561599660-642: The time of his death, appearing at Extreme Championship Wrestling 's 1998 Wrestlepalooza event , just one month prior. He was the founder of the Dog Pound stable in an independent Mid-South promotion, based in southern Louisiana . Ritter died on June 1, 1998, at the age of 45, in a single-car accident on Interstate 20 near Forest , Mississippi, as he was returning home from his daughter LaToya's high school graduation in Wadesboro , North Carolina. Among Ritter's last contributions to professional wrestling
690-649: The title until June 3, when they were defeated by The Freebirds in Birmingham, Alabama. He left the promotion in August. After dropping a significant amount of weight to improve his conditioning, Junkyard Dog returned on February 29, 1992, at SuperBrawl II . During a segment where Abdullah the Butcher was attacking Ron Simmons , JYD came out of the crowd to make the save. He found himself wrestling in tag-team matches with Ron Simmons, Barry Windham , or Big Josh for
720-1902: The titles, similar to an angle used in 1980 in Georgia Championship Wrestling for the Georgia tag team titles . 30 The Rock 'n' Roll Express ( Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson ) October 1, 1984 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 2 63 31 Ted DiBiase (4) and Hercules Hernandez December 3, 1984 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 22 32 The Rock 'n' Roll Express ( Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson ) December 25, 1984 MSW Show New Orleans, Louisiana 3 129 33 Ted DiBiase (5) and Steve Williams May 3, 1985 MSW Show Houston, Texas 1 117 34 Al Perez and Wendell Cooley August 28, 1985 MSW Show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 75 Defeat Williams and Bob Sweetan , substituting Ted DiBiase. 35 Eddie Gilbert and The Nightmare November 11, 1985 MSW Show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 45 36 Ted DiBiase (6) and Steve Williams December 26, 1985 MSW Show Biloxi, Mississippi 2 80 Championship renamed "UWF Tag Team Championship" in 1986 37 The Sheepherders ( Butch Miller and Luke Williams ) March 16, 1986 UWF show Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1 14 38 The Fantastics ( Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers ) March 30, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 112 39 Eddie Gilbert (2) and Sting July 20, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 28 — Vacated August 17, 1986 — — — — Held up after
750-496: The year defeating Moondog Rex, The Iron Sheik, and Bill Irwin on the house show circuit. On February 17, 1991, he won his first WCW title, teaming with Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich to defeat Dr. X , Dutch Mantell , and Buddy Landel and gain the WCW Six-Man Tag-Team Championship. He also began a short feud that month with The Master Blaster , winning each encounter. JYD and his partners held
780-793: Was a no disqualification steel cage match in which if Mr. Wrestling II's team lost, Mr. Wrestling II would have to unmask. Magnum T.A pinned a distracted Jim Neidhart to win the titles. Highlights of this match aired on Mid-South TV on December 31st, 1983. 27 The Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey ) March 13, 1984 MSW show Lafayette, Louisiana 1 50 28 The Rock 'n' Roll Express ( Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson ) May 2, 1984 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 21 29 The Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey ) May 23, 1984 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 2 131 Jim Cornette used an "ether rag" on Robert Gibson to win
810-4473: Was established in 1979 as the Mid-South Tag Team Championship , renamed the UWF Tag Team Championship in 1986, and abandoned the following year when the UWF was acquired by Jim Crockett Promotions . Title history [ edit ] Key No. Overall reign number 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. Date Event Location Reign Days 1 Mike George and Bob Sweetan September 28, 1979 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 45 Won battle royal. 2 Bill Watts and Buck Robley November 12, 1979 MSW show N/A 1 25 3 The Fabulous Freebirds ( Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy ) December 7, 1979 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 94 4 Ted DiBiase and Paul Orndorff March 10, 1980 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 12 5 The Fabulous Freebirds ( Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy ) March 22, 1980 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 2 15 6 Junkyard Dog and Buck Robley (2) April 6, 1980 MSW show Monroe, Louisiana 1 64 7 The Fabulous Freebirds ( Terry Gordy (3) and Buddy Roberts ) June 9, 1980 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 102 8 Junkyard Dog (2) and Terry Orndorff September 15, 1980 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 46 9 Ernie Ladd and Leroy Brown October 31, 1980 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 90 10 Junkyard Dog (3) and Killer Karl Kox January 29, 1981 MSW show Biloxi, Mississippi 1 3 11 Ernie Ladd and Leroy Brown February 1, 1981 MSW show Lake Charles, Louisiana 2 57 12 Junkyard Dog (4) and Dick Murdoch March 30, 1981 MSW show N/A 1 0 — Vacated March 30, 1981 — — — — Stripped due to Bill Watts not being an acceptable referee. 13 Super Destroyer and The Grappler April 18, 1981 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 9 Defeated Junkyard Dog and Dick Murdoch. 14 Junkyard Dog (5) and Dick Murdoch April 27, 1981 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 2 15 The Samoans ( Afa and Sika ) June 1981 MSW show N/A 1 16 Junkyard Dog (6) and Dick Murdoch June 1981 MSW show N/A 3 17 The Samoans ( Afa and Sika ) July 26, 1981 MSW show Monroe, Louisiana 2 81 18 Junkyard Dog (7) and Mike George (2) October 15, 1981 MSW show Jackson, Mississippi 1 139 19 The Samoans ( Afa and Sika ) March 3, 1982 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 3 63 20 Junkyard Dog (8) and Mr. Olympia May 5, 1982 MSW show Jackson, Mississippi 1 175 21 The Rat Pack ( Ted DiBiase (2) and Matt Borne ) October 27, 1982 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 136 22 Mr. Wrestling II and Tiger Conway Jr. March 12, 1983 MSW show Houston, Texas 1 26 23 Ted DiBiase (3) and Mr. Olympia (2) April 13, 1983 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 102 24 Magnum T. A. and Hacksaw Jim Duggan July 24, 1983 MSW show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 80 25 Butch Reed and Jim Neidhart October 12, 1983 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 74 26 Magnum T. A. (2) and Mr. Wrestling II (2) December 25, 1983 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 79 This
840-587: Was in fact JYD, they were unable to unmask him to prove their suspicions. Stagger Lee disappeared once the loser-leave-town clause in the JYD-DiBiase match had expired, and JYD returned and reclaimed the North American Heavyweight Championship. The feud with Reed was notable in that Reed, a protégé of JYD, had turned heel. Reed with the help of Buddy Landel attacked the Dog many times. On a couple of occasions, they covered
870-407: Was involved in a cross promotional Match for NWA and AWA against Nick Bockwinkel that aired on NWA Mid South Wrestling and AWA programming which he won by pinfall. A masked man physically resembling JYD, known as "Stagger Lee", subsequently appeared in the region and began to defeat the competition, one by one, including DiBiase. Though DiBiase and the other heels strongly suspected that Stagger Lee
900-601: Was placed on injured reserve after suffering a knee injury during the offseason. He was waived from injured reserve in October 1976. Ritter debuted in 1976. He initially wrestled for NWA Tri-State , the Continental Wrestling Association , and Southeastern Championship Wrestling under his real name. In late-1977, Ritter moved to Nick Gulas 's NWA Mid America promotion and adopted the ring name "Leroy Rochester". In December 1977, he won
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