"United States: 19th century & widely defended titles - NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA". The title was abandoned in 1987 when the CWA was renamed the Championship Wrestling Association, and the. 2012. He adopted the ring name Ole Anderson (a play-on-words referring to the toxic shrub oleander) and became a member of the legendary tag team called the Minnesota Wrecking Crew with his kayfabe brother Gene Anderson after Lars Anderson left the team in the late 1960s. 99. The schism and reformation of the original Midnight Express would pay off back in WCW, as Dennis Condrey and Randy. The championship was generally contested in professional wrestling. They won the AWA World Tag Team Championships twice and only lost three televised matches at the company. - AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Killer Kowalski & The Alaskan in 2 out of 3 falls - Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks - Doug Gilbert beat Mitsu Arakawa (sub Chris Markoff) by DQ - Moose Cholak drew Jack Lanza. Author: Ron Matejko December 31, 2022. 3/8/80 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon defeated Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura Jerry Blackwell no contest The Crusher Super Destroyer Mark III defeated Super. The AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association from 1967 until 1971. HBK has had such a successful career in the WWE that many forgot he once competed for one of the WWE's biggest competitors, the AWA. Winters, Garvin int. History Before the Bees. The feeling in the AWA was Hennig and Hall should both be pushed as singles competitors. - TNA World Tag Team Champions Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) defeated Scott Steiner & Tomko and The Latin American Exchange (Homicide & Hernandez) in a triple threat match to retain the titles - Kurt Angle defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage and Sting in a three-way match to win the title . The AWA tag team champions, Red Bastien and the Crusher, would feud with the newly formed team of Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens. Presidents: Stanley Blackburn (1960s - 1989) Joe Blanchard (1989 ~ 1991) Members of National Wrestling Alliance prior to the formation of AWA. Debra Ann Miceli (February 9, 1964) is a retired American professional wrestler known under her ring names Madusa and Alundra Blayze. Ken was unable to defend the tag team titles so the AWA stripped Patera and Rheingans of the belts on September 18th, 1989. Status: inactive. Dangerously (a. Contents 1 1960 2 1961 3 1962 4 1963 5 1964 6 1965 7 1966 8 1967 9 1968 10 1969 11 1971 12 1972 13 1973 14 1974 15 1975 16 1976 17 1977 18 1979 19 1981 20 1982 21 1983 The American Wrestling Association World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in the American Wrestling Association from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991. 1937 Kansas City, Kansas: - Ali Baba beat Nanjo Singh by DQ - Bill Lee beat Chris Zaharias - Lou Thesz beat Gene Bowman - Walter Podolak beat Eddie Newman -The American Wrestling Association World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in the American Wrestling Association from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991. When the NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club operated by Verne Gagne withdrew from the National. 98 m) Combined. Douglas Duane Somerson (September 22, 1951 – May 16, 2017) was an American professional wrestler known by his ring name "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers. During 1972, he took on the now well-known nickname of "The Crippler" after he dropped the bombs away onto the leg of Dick Beyer, who was working as Doctor X, helplessly tied up in the ropes. Scott Oliver Hall (October 20, 1958 – March 14, 2022) was an American professional wrestler. He is also known by his bodybuilding title, "Mr. - Greg Gagne & Tito Santana beat AWA Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura by DQ - Mad Dog Vachon beat Nick Bockwinkel by DQ - John Studd beat Dino Bravo - Handicap Match:. In 1987, he was replaced by Stan Lane and wandered off. Jackson, Mississippi: - The Junkyard Dog & Mike George defeated The Samoans (Afa & Sika) to win the Mid-South Wrestling Tag Team Title 10-time AWA World Champion, 4-time AWA World Tag Team Champion, 5-time NWA World Tag Team Champion, WWE Hall of Fame (2006), Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (2004) Verne Gagne started out in the 1970s as the AWA World Champion and he was a top contender to the title even after the rise of Nick Bockwinkel. 1. JCP @ Richmond, VA – Coliseum – January 17, 1986 (8,500)Aired February 7, 2005. Bob Orton and Mad Dog Vachon, Jerry Miller and Johnny Valentine, Jr (7 days) [1] [2] The AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association from 1967 until 1971. promotion which was usually referred to as Mid-Southern Wrestling or the Memphis territory. The following is the full list of all the 52 Championship Titles included in WWE 2K18. 2/13/88 – CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (Minot, ND) The Nasty Boys vs. com However, Bockwinkel’s greatest success came when he entered the American Wrestling Association in 1970. The NWA Mid-America territory based out of Tennessee re-introduced the title as the NWA Six. Electricity" Steve Regal, who competed in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance and the. They captured the AWA World Tag Team Championship from Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee, but a pay dispute led the trio to quit the promotion in 1988 while still champions. Memphis, TN. 1988)JCP / AWA @ East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands - April 28, 1986 (5,000) Col. - AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jesse Ventura & Steve Strong - Sam Steamboat beat John Tolos to win North American title - Missing Link Pampero Firpo beat Steve Lawler. including all AWA and WCCW belts and even the one-time-use Champion of Champions and Greatest Royal Rumble belts. Stagger Lee Zambuie Express vs. They dropped the tag titles to Badd Company (Pat Tanaka. Their reign may have lasted even longer if Brunzell didn’t get injured, forcing the duo to vacate in late September 1978 AWA World Tag Team Championship (since xx. The NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and originally promoted in Chicago as the NWA World Three-Man Tag Team Championship. Jesse Ventura & Adrian Adonis AWA • March 22, 1980. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Slaughter had success in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), American Wrestling Association (AWA) and World Wrestling Federation (WWF). AWA World Tag Team Championship Inactive title. 9-03-1985 AWA Championship Wrestling. of Marty Jannetty and future WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels finally dethrone Buddy Rose & Doug Somers to become the tag champions. 1980 - In Winnipeg; AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura, In a Ladder Match Dino Bravo beat Jerry Blackwell, The Crusher & Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan and Steve Olsonoski beat Super Destroyer Mark II. Fredrick Marty Jannetty (February 3, 1960) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as part of the tag team The Rockers with partner Shawn Michaels, and later as a singles competitor. 1999) Promotions: I Believe. ECW World Tag Team Championship; WCW World Tag Team Championship; WCW World Tag Team Championship '91-'96; Money in the Bank Briefcases. While in the WWF, he became a one time WWF Intercontinental Champion and a one time WWF Tag Team. By order. In 1981 they were joined by Norvell Austin. PWI ranked him 49 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" with Greg Gagne. But Jardine saw his greatest successes in the. Pat O’Connor wrestled a little in the 1970s and 80s, but not to the extent he had. August 10, 2004 – World League Wrestling : Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa beat Ace Steel and Jason Bates in 27:31. AWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE HISTORY. Names: AWA World Tag Team Championship (since 27. Baron Von Raschke AWA; Chicago, IL • July 13, 1974. 610 lb (280 kg) Debut. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship due to a. 4 The AWA And WCW Versions Feuded. 08. 2010 The team made their first WWF appearance in 1987 only five days after dropping the AWA Tag Team titles at a house show in St. Paul, MN @ the Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski defeated Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman Doug Gilbert defeated Roy. Curtis Michael "Curt" Hennig (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003), also known by the ring name Mr. He also excelled at Tag-Team wrestling having won 20 Tag Team championships, having held the AWA tag team championship five times and the WWA tag team championship a record 15 times in his career. Revised & Updated. Michael Hegstrand,. George and Robley wrestled a singles match, with George winning, and getting the belts for his team. Donald Delbert Jardine [2] (March 24, 1940 – December 16, 2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his masked gimmick as The Spoiler. 07. 1978. All major promotions have a huge tag team presence with some really interesting championship designs to boot. The WWWF United States Tag Team Championship was the first men's tag team championship to be contested for in WWE, at the time known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). AWA Super Sunday: St. For the next few months, the two teams battled several times with Bastien and Crusher holding on to the AWA tag team titles. They held the WWA World Tag Team Championship in 1984, beating Jeff Van Kamp and legendary Dick the Bruiser for the belts, and toured Japan on multiple occasions, where they earned as much as $3,000 a week. 7 AWA: The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) are the most important tag team unit to ever exist. William Alfred Robinson (18 September 1938 – 3 March 2014) [3] was a British professional and catch wrestler, wrestling instructor and trainer. Have "recently won the tag team title in Memphis" ( Kingsport Times, 52-05-14) or have defeated Masked Marvel & Paul Jones in Atlanta, GA "three. 2008 - 02. Fabulous Ones defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors The Crusher no contest Mr. 1/11/87 – Salt Lake. The Road Warriors debuted in Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1983, and quickly stood out to fans with their unique look and powerhouse style. The Fabulous Freebirds started performing together in 1979 when. Banner won a battle royal to become the new AWA World Women's Champion. It should have been the match that kickstarted one of the greatest runs in wrestling history. The duo originally found success during the mid-to-late 1980s under the moniker of The Midnight Rockers, becoming two-time AWA World Tag Team Champions and winning various regional titles. , Slaughter vs. 99 USD Sale price From $199. The tag team ranks were on fire in the WWA, and the title changed hands often as the years passed. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed member promotions to create their own territorial version of the "NWA World Tag Team Championship" without oversight from the board of directors. In April 1987, Harrell formed another tag team with Soldat Ustinov, winning a tag team tournament. [3] He also played football for the Cornhuskers as a left tackle in 1959 and 1960. On August 29, 1982, Santana and Martel teamed up for the first time. " There are plenty of places The Road Warriors have been the best tag team,. Paul, MN @ the Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski defeated Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman Doug Gilbert defeated Roy Collins 17:10 Dundee and Lawler ventured to the American Wrestling Association together in 1987 and captured the AWA World Tag Team Titles twice. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he achieved his biggest success as one half of the tag team The High Flyers with Jim Brunzell. They captured the AWA World Tag Team Championship from Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee, but a pay dispute led the trio to quit the promotion in 1988 while still champions. The world tag team championship is the name usually given to the primary tag team championships in professional wrestling promotions. The following month, they defeated The Midnight Rockers for the AWA World Tag Team Championship . Tony Schiavone, Eric Bischoff, and Jesse "The Body" Ventura welcome us to the second edition of AWA Championship Wrestling on KSLM-TV, and they hype up an interesting show tonight, seeing Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat battling the English gentleman Sir William Regal in the main event, as well as a tag team match between. . The team would go on to capture the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship in Memphis's CWA in 1982 and utilize the "Freebird Rule", which would allow any of the three members to defend the titles. AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond defeated Chavo Guerrero & Mando Guerrero AWA Women’s Champion Wendi Richter defeated Magnificent Mimi Brad Rheingans defeated Iron Sheik Jay Strongbow Jr defeated Mike Enos Reported Attendance: 1,117. Byers defeated Mildred Burke for the NWA World Women's Championship and continues to be recognized by AWA after it splits from NWA in 1960. The Moondogs AWA Tag Team Champions Ken Patera & Crusher Blackwell vs. Verne Gagne was the AWA world champion but he only wrestled once or twice a week. He was one of the most hated as well as well. The team usually consisted of three wrestlers, although in different situations and points in its history, just two performed under the Freebirds name. He is also known for his gimmick as a loud, violent cowboy who wanted to fight everybody, which he further emphasized by appearing in. The NWA North American Tag Team Championship is an inactive professional wrestling tag team championship that was used and defended in various territories throughout the National Wrestling Alliance . … See moreAWA World Tag Team Championship/Title matches General · Champion history · Title matches · Champion gallery The following title matches feature the AWA World Tag. 1983 - At the Showboat in Las Vegas, Nevada;. Current name: AWA Southern Tag Team Championship. 90. In the. 02!Carlos Toro May 16, 2017 11:30PM. Hard Boiled Haggerty & Lenny Montana: 1960-10-04: Minneapolis,MN: Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski: 1961-03-18 The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the highest ranked championship in the defunct American Wrestling Association (AWA). The Brain Busters. 8 May 1992. Fujiwara for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Titles. The Miracle Violence Connection defeated Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes in a tournament final. AWA WORLD TAG TEAM 24K GOLD Championship Belt. In April 1987, Harrell formed another tag team with Soldat Ustinov, winning a tag team tournament. Killer Karl Krupp International Champion Austin Idol vs. The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. 3. The USWA was founded as an attempt to create a fourth national promotion, alongside Jim Crockett Promotions/WCW, AWA and the WWF (now known as WWE). Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens vs. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:For the wrestler William Regal, who competed in World Championship Wrestling in the 1990s as Lord Steven Regal, see Darren Matthews. Bockwinkel had a lengthy professional wrestling career with matches in 34 consecutive years. Champions - Society X (Outpatient and Soul Killer) Society X defeated the makeshift trident team of Slapshot and Blue Tiger to become the new AWA Tag Team Champions. What a lovely bloodbath, and a guide to hot tag team wrestling. Tag team wrestling was always paramount in the AWA and with teams like The Rockers, The Freebirds and The Road Warriors it's. MEX; Carol Cook & Ruth Boatcallie are billed as NWA world champions in Tennessee and Alabama in 53-09 but lose to Byers & Mull on 53-12-14 in Birmingham, AL. Darrell Olson Soldat Ustinov vs. 2012) American Wrestling Association Superstars Of Wrestling (27. Final champion (s) Team Vision (Chasyn Rance and Mister Saint Laurent) The WSL World Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship in the Wrestling Superstars Live promotion. By the 1980s, Jim Crockett Promotions was, along with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now. Martel and Santana came up. In 1985, she defeated Candi Devine to become the AWA Women's Champion. The main event of the show was The Trooper vs. Founded by promoter Steve Neilson in 2002, it is a Utah-based wrestling promotion that promotes events in the Rocky Mountains and Southwestern. Franke trained under Fred Atkins and debuted in 1974, wrestling under his own name. Answer: Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills. Knoxville, Tennessee: - Ron Fuller beat Don Carson in a Loser Leaves Town match - Great Mephisto beat The Gladiator The Road Warriors Achieve Early Popularity In AWA, WCW, And Japan . 1999) Promotions: I Believe In Wrestling (09. "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers, best known for his AWA Tag Team Championship run in the 1980s, has passed away. AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher defeated Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant in a 2/3 falls match 1 Johnny Valiant pinned Bruiser at 8:03 after Jimmy Valiant hit Bruiser with a foreign object from behind 2 Bruiser pinned Johnny Valiant at 5:07 3 Crusher pinned Jimmy Valiant in 5:43 Pampero Firpo defeated Baron Von. The AWA Midwest. Season 9: Episode 1, 7, Exodus . Brian Knobbs . One AWA tag team was high on Vince McMahon's AWA hit list. AWA World Tag Team Titles Tournament. Bockwinkel defeated McDaniel 3. However, that tag team started in the AWA as the Midnight Rockers, where they won the AWA World Tag Team Championship two times. Although he and Marty Jannetty never (officially) won tag team gold in the WWE, the two were AWA Tag Team Champions on two occasions. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed member promotions to. - Mike George & Bob Sweetan become the first ever Mid-South Tag Team Champions. - Ron Ritchie beat 666 (sub Buddy Landell) - Tully Blanchard (sub Buck Robley) beat Buzz Tyler - King Cobra & Tiger Mask beat Roger Kirby & Scott Farris. Shreveport, Louisiana:. The CWA/AWA International Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association. James Donald Raschke (October 17, 1940) is a retired American professional wrestler best known as Baron von Raschke. Before battling in the WWE, The Rockers and The Nasty Boys competed for the AWA World Tag Team Titles. St. 08. Ricky Morton (63 years old) The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. In 1986, she started wrestling in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) as a face,. The AWA had left the NWA in 1960. He was the older brother of wrestlers Paul and Vivian Vachon, and the uncle of wrestler Luna Vachon. Timer. Within the year, Michaels twice challenged for the WWF Championship and won his first Intercontinental Championship , heralding his arrival as one of the industry's premier singles stars. AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Reddit's largest professional wrestling communityThe reason given was Verne needed a partner that would fight as dirty as AWA tag team champions Ray Stevens and Pat Patterson did. World Championship Wrestling – 1/4/86 – featured an opening clip showing Dusty Rhodes, NWA US Champion Magnum TA, and the Road Warriors brawling with the Horsemen, taped 1/1/86 at the Omni; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with the two announcing Rhodes was the new National Heavyweight Champion and National Tag Team Champion Ole. They faced AWA Tag Team Champions The High Flyers, Greg Gagne and "Jumpin'" Jim Brunzell for the title. Long Riders (St. The NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title defended in the US states of Tennessee and Alabama. 6/27/86 –. making this belt 50 years old. It was for mid-level wrestlers and was mostly defended in the Omaha, Nebraska area. They performed under the name "The Road Warriors" in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the name. Hughes with a torture rack on Killer, and a second rope splash gets three at 13:05. AWA Tag Team Championship. AWA Tag Team Champions Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder defeated Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills 2/3 Roy McClarty drew Jim Hady 30:00 Tony Bailargeon defeated Marquis de Paree Reported Attendance: 635. Stoney Burke. The High Flyers will be honored at the upcoming CAC Reunion with a tag team wrestling award! Greg and Jim share many great stories about their time working together, as well as their thoughts on Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan, Verne Gagne, the AWA’s legacy, and much more! Make sure to check out Jim’s book “MatLands”, which is. The territory was originally part of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), becoming an independent territory in the late 1950s. At that time, there were three major wrestling promotions in the United States. - TNA World Tag Team Champions Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) defeated Scott Steiner & Tomko and The Latin American Exchange. B. A tournament was set up to crown new tag team champions. Irwin is also known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as The Goon in 1996 to 1997. AWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers vs. The first team recognized as champions were Kowalski and Mills, the duo was known collectively as "Murder, Inc. 2/13/88 – CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (Minot, ND) The Nasty Boys vs. Robinson was one of the few wrestlers who was successful in several continents (Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania), winning titles in promotions. , Martel in Zbyszko’s corner, LOD vs. Asia Tag Team Championship. Kokina Maximus. Ice Cold Team Exile Season 8: Episode 39, 41NWA United States Championship Tournament (1979) The NWA United States Championship Tournament was a tournament that took place on September 1, 1979, to crown a new United States Champion after Ric Flair vacated the championship due to winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship four days earlier. Season 9: Episode 3, 6, Exodus . The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 to 1991. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed (as was the Southern Heavyweight Championship, also previously an NWA title) the AWA. She began wrestling in the Portland territory in 1980 and in early 1982 won the NWA World Women’s Tag Team Championship with Sabrina. 11. Jarrett revived it in 1981, making it a part of the Memphis-based. 1968. The High Flyers enjoyed a number of high-profile feuds within the AWA with the likes of Bobby Duncum and. The New Day, Alpha Academy, The Creed Brothers, #DIY, Imperium and Indus Sher are all thirsty for an Undisputed WWE Tag Team Title opportunity. Their rivalry lasted more than a year with the championship trading. Slaughter under the name "General Adnan". The AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. AEW World Tag Team Championship. Originally, WCW was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), which had numerous member promotions. Paul Civic Center: 20,000 Nick Bockwinkel (c) vs. Brunzell was a two-time AWA World Tag Team Champion with Greg Gagne. After debuting in the ring in 1972, Greg Gagne brought his University of Minnesota football teammate Jim Brunzell into the business, with Brunzell learning how to wrestle in Verne Gagne’s training camp alongside future legends The Iron Sheik and Ric Flair. It was created in 1985 from the CWA's. 99 USD. 1960 - xx. In 1965, Stevens teamed up with Pat Patterson to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship. Kevin Kelly & Jerry Saggs Wahoo McDaniel vs. - AWA Tag Team Champions Ken Patera & Jerry Blackwell beat Dick the Bruiser & Gene Kiniski (sub Ted DiBiase) - Dory Funk Jr drew Bob Orton Jr. The Dudley Boyz were the final WCW World Tag Team Champions. The CWA Tag Team Championship was a major professional wrestling tag team title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association. 1/28/69 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher defeated Mitsu. Jim Crockett Promotions. Harley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer. The team defeated Jimmy Garvin and Steve Regal for the AWA World Tag Team Championship on January 18, 1986, in a 58-minute match in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship due to a partnership with the American. 3/3/62 – St. 1/6/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown. HBK has had such a successful career in the WWE that many forgot he once competed for one of the WWE's biggest competitors, the AWA. 1960) Promotions: American Wrestling Association (xx. 9 Wilbur Snyder (4) and Dick the. It was one of the coveted tag team championships in the United States from the beginning until the late 1980s, when the AWA's talent roster was depleted by the World Wrestling. Curt and Scott were short-lived champions as they dropped the tag team titles by countout to Playboy Buddy Rose and Pretty Boy Doug Sommers on May 17 th, 1986 in Hammond, Indiana thanks to interference by Colonel DeBeers. After the tag team dissolved in August 1986, Harrell unsuccessfully challenged AWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Bockwinkel on several occasions. 3 AWA SET Wrestling championship belt ZINC 4mm METAL DUAL LAWYER. Nicholas Warren Francis "Nick" Bockwinkel (December 6, 1934 – November 14, 2015) was an American professional wrestler. Hansen is known for his stiff wrestling style, which he attributes to his poor eyesight. Defeat Jim Garvin & Jim Bryant. February 23, 2012. June 6 - Verne Gagne and Butcher Vachon beat Pat. Ricky Rice & Tom Johnson (JIP) Curt Hennig vs. AWA Championship Title Belts Customized Championship Belt. Irwin debuted in the World Wide Wrestling Federation on March 14, 1978 as one half of the Yukon Lumberjacks, where he was given the ring name "Lumberjack Eric" and his tag team partner, Zarinoff Lebeouf, was given the ring name "Lumberjack Pierre". $455. 9 Mike Rotunda & Barry Windham, WWE Tag Team Championship. The WWE tag team championships date all the way back to 1958. Larry Hennig (June 18, 1936 – December 6, 2018) was an American professional wrestler. It began in late-1981, when Brunzell and Gagne captured the AWA Tag Team Championship and carried over to dozens of rematches. AWA World Tag Team Championship. The team worked for NWA Central States Wrestling, the American. Was: $139. 1954. The Super Destroyers is a professional wrestling Tag team consisting of Doug Stahl and A. August 28, 2004 – ROH: Ace Steel (of the Second City Saints) defeated Roderick Strong (of Generation Next) by. They faced AWA Tag Team Champions The High Flyers, Greg Gagne, and "Jumpin’" Jim Brunzell for the title. Paul Perschmann was trained by Verne Gagne and Billy Robinson in the early 1970s. Zenk. Scott fell prey to a double team by the champs and was beaten in the 3rd fall Sailor Art Thomas (sub Angelo Poffo). 1977) NWA Mid-America Southern Tag Team Championship (xx. Brian Blair was trained by Hiro Matsuda and made his debut in 1977 competing in. AWA Unified World. Dundee and Lawler ventured to the American Wrestling Association together in 1987 and captured the AWA World Tag Team Titles twice. 99. The title. After teaming for more than a year, the two fan favorites defeated Jimmy Garvin and Steve Regal to win the AWA World Tag Team Championship. Paul, Minnesota:When Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens lost the AWA tag team titles to Bruiser and Crusher on July 16th, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, it freed up both Bockwinkel and Stevens to challenge Verne Gagne for the AWA heavyweight championship on a full time basis. May 18, 1960. xx. Founded in 1931, the promotion emerged as a cornerstone of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Scott Hall and Curt Hennig teamed up in the AWA and WCW. 1966 - xx. In the fall of 1989 the Destruction Crew challenged then AWA World Tag Team champions Ken Patera and Brad Rheingans to a "car lifting" contest. Regular price $299. Specific titles include: The NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Florida version) The NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) The NWA Southern Tag Team Championship. 1/9/71 – Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Wilf Caron & Dave CoxIn 1988, The Rock 'n' Roll Express had a brief feud with The Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty) over the AWA World Tag Team Championship. AWA Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski defeated Tiny Mills & Larry Hennig 2/3 Doug Gilbert defeated Nikita Kalmikoff 2/3 Stan Kowalski defeated Larry Hennig 16:00. 00. 1983. The Dangerous Alliance was a professional wrestling stable who was active in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1987 and in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s. Edward Hugh McDaniel (June 19, 1938 – April 18, 2002) was an American Choctaw-Chickasaw professional American football player and professional wrestler better known by his ring name Wahoo McDaniel. The Road Warriors made their TV debut on June 11th, 1983. It. By Ethan Schlabaugh. The Destruction Crew won. He was 65 years old. RELATED: 5 Best WWE Tag Team Champions Of The Golden Era (& 5 Worst) The 1980s would produce such legendary tag teams as the Road Warriors, Fabulous Freebirds, Demolition, Hart Foundation, British Bulldogs, Rock and Roll Express, and many others. In no time they would capture the NWA National Tag Team Championship, a title they would hold three times. AWA Tag Team Champions Quiz - By ostpies. 1999 - xx. The AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. Bob Orton and Mad Dog Vachon, Jerry Miller and Johnny Valentine, Jr (7 days) [1] [2] The AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association from 1967 until 1971. Gordy and Williams were also the reigning WCW World Tag Team Champions, having defeated the Steiner. John Stanley Hansen II (born August 29, 1949), best known as Stan "the Lariat" Hansen, is an American retired professional wrestler. AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond vs. Hughes fights off a double-team from Killer and Bloom. One of the longest-lasting and most prolific styles of professional wrestling is tag team wrestling. Dundee and Lawler ventured to the American Wrestling Association in 1987 and captured the AWA World Tag Team Championship twice. The Big Green Belt was a great addition, too, so how about more. It was owned and founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo. It was a continuation of the earlier ESPN program Pro Wrestling USA, the co-operative venture between the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and several National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliates (most. Numerical. 1972) All-Star Wrestling Omaha (xx. According to the Crusher Lisowski record book published by George Lentz, the finish of the match happened this way. Adonis and Ventura were then awarded the AWA tag team titles by the AWA championship committee. Please remove this tag when this is done. xx. Sabu (sub Jos Leduc) defeated Austin Idol. Held NWA World Heavyweight Championship, won on January 9, 1959 in St. 03. The two men had previously been AWA World Tag Team Champions, but were beaten by NWA World Tag Team Champions Rick and Scott Steiner in the NWA. Hollywood Blonds [3] 1977-09-05. AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell defeated Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan via DQ Ken Patera defeated Hulk Hogan via DQ Wahoo McDaniel defeated Sgt Jacques Goulet Rick Martel (sub Curt Hennig) defeated Tom Lintz. Paul Perschmann (November 27, 1952 – April 28, 2009) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Playboy" Buddy Rose. Vachon started his career as an amateur wrestler, participating in the 1948 Summer. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed (as was the Southern Heavyweight Championship, also previously an NWA title) the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship due to a partnership with the American. Bloom takes a botched spill through the ropes at 12:39. Hurricane and Rosey defeated Conway and Grenier to win the match. 1966. PWF Tag Team Championship (1. 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As a singles wrestler, he held the Southern Heavyweight Championship belt several times from roughly 1975–1985 and also had a successful team with "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel that wreaked havoc in Tennessee. Slaughter held numerous regional titles early in his. USA" (a distinction he earned three times), the nom de guerre the "Black Superman", as well as. The AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. The CWA/AWA International Tag Team Championship (also identified in Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine as the Mid-Southern International Tag Team Championship and the AWA International Tag Team Championship) was a professional wrestling tag team title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association. In 1990 he joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF formerly WWWF, now known as the WWE), where he managed Sgt. $449. Teijo Kahn Derrick Dukes vs. Dusty Rhodes is one of the most accomplished and. 06. The duo was celebrating their second reign as NWA World Tag Team Champions (Minneapolis version) when the AWA succeeded the NWA. A tournament was held to crown new champions a few weeks later. Teaming with Marty Jannetty as The Midnight Rockers, they would become two-time AWA Tag Team Champions in a series of electrifying matches against Buddy Rose and Doug Somers. AWA World Tag Team Championship/Title matches General · Champion history · Title matches · Champion gallery The following title matches feature the AWA World Tag Team Championship . In the AWA, Condrey teamed with former partner Randy Rose under manager Paul E. Bastien was about to deliver his "Atomic Drop" finisher to Stevens when he. Greg was originally dq’ed for tossing Ray over the top rope, but Ray assaulted Greg after the match and earned a via dq of his. 0/64. AWA ceased to recognize June Byers as women's champion after she no-showed a title defense. 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