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AWA World Tag Team Championship
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The American Wrestling Association (AWA) World Tag Team Championship was the tag team title for the American Wrestling Association from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991. It was revived by AWA Superstars in 1996, but has not regained World Title status.
It was one of the coveted tag team titles in the United States from the beginning until the late 1980's, when the AWA's talent roster was depleted by the World Wrestling Federation and Jim Crockett Promotions. Pro Wrestling Illustrated awarded this title with World Title Status during its existence[1].
Contents |
- An (n) indicates that the title change occurred no later than this date.
| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murder, Inc. (Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills) |
1 | August 1960 | Kowalski and Mills were awarded the NWA World Tag Team Championship on March 5, 1960. They were recognized as the first AWA champions when the AWA withdrew from the NWA and recognized its own champions. | |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty and Len Montana | 1 | October 4, 1960 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty and Gene Kiniski | 1 | March 18, 1961 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Montana suffered a broken leg in a match against Verne Gagne and Leo Nomellini and Haggerty chose Kiniski as his new partner. |
| Leo Nomellini and Wilbur Snyder | 1 | May 23, 1961 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty and Gene Kiniski | 2 | July 19, 1961 | St. Paul, Minnesota | |
| Title vacated on August 8, 1961 when Haggerty and Kiniski split up. | ||||
| Bob Geigel and Hard Boiled Haggerty | 1 | September 26, 1961 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Haggerty defeated Kiniski for control of the titles and chose Geigel as his new partner. |
| Pat Kennedy and Dale Lewis | 1 | November 16, 1961 | Rochester, Minnesota | Pat Kennedy was a name used by Bobby "Hercules" Graham during this time period. |
| Bob Geigel and Otto Von Krupp | 1 | November 23, 1961 | Rochester, Minnesota | |
| Title vacated in January 1962 when Von Krupp was injured. | ||||
| Larry Hennig and Duke Hoffman (aka Bob Leipler) | 1 | January 15, 1962 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Defeated Ivan and Nikita Kalmikoff (aka Nikita Mulkovitch) in a tournament final. |
| Bob Geigel and Stan Kowalski | 1 | February 13, 1962 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Art and Stan Neilson | 1 | April 1962 | Cincinnati, Ohio | This was a "phantom" title change, as no match actually took place in Cincinnati. |
| Mr. High and Mr. Low (Doug Gilbert and Dick Steinborn) |
1 | December 16, 1962 | St. Paul, Minnesota | |
| Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff | 1 | January 1, 1963 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser | 1 | August 20, 1963 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Moose Evans and Verne Gagne | 1 | February 9, 1964 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser | 2 | February 23, 1964 | St. Paul, Minnesota | |
| Larry Hennig and Harley Race | 1 | January 30, 1965 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| The Crusher and Verne Gagne | 1 | July 24, 1965 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Larry Hennig and Harley Race | 2 | August 7, 1965 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser | 3 | May 28, 1966 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Larry Hennig and Harley Race | 3 | January 6, 1967 | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Verne Gagne and Don Leo Jonathan | 1 | March 15, 1967 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Title recognition for Gagne & Jonathan was not recognized by the AWA outside of Winnipeg. It was a title switch for rematch purposes only in Winnipeg. |
| Larry Hennig and Harley Race | 4 | 1967 | Title returned to Hennig and Race. | |
| Harley Race and Chris Markoff | 1 | November 1, 1967 | Markoff replaced the injured Larry Hennig, who had his leg broken by Verne Gagne in Winnipeg, Manitoba. | |
| Pat O'Connor and Wilbur Snyder | 1 | November 10, 1967 | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Mitsu Arakawa and Dr. Moto | 1 | December 2, 1967 | Chicago, Illinois | |
| The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser | 4 | December 28, 1968 | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Butcher and Mad Dog Vachon | 1 | August 30, 1969 | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Kurt and Karl Von Steiger | 1 | February 23, 1971 | Portland, Oregon | Recognition for the Von Steigers as champions was only acknowledged in Oregon. |
| Butcher and Mad Dog Vachon | 2 | May 1971 (n) | ||
| Red Bastien and Hercules Cortez | 1 | May 15, 1971 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Red Bastien and The Crusher | 1 | August 1971 | Bastien chose The Crusher as his new partner after Cortez was killed in an automobile accident on July 23, 1971 near St. Cloud, Minnesota. | |
| Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens | 1 | January 20, 1972 | Denver, Colorado | |
| Ed Francis and Billy Robinson | 1 | November 15, 1972 | Honolulu, Hawaii | This title change was recognized only in Hawaii. |
| Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens | 2 | December 1972 | Title returned to Bockwinkel and Stevens when Francis and Robinson fail to defend. | |
| Verne Gagne and Billy Robinson | 1 | December 30, 1972 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens | 3 | January 6, 1973 | St. Paul, Minnesota | |
| The Crusher and Billy Robinson | 1 | July 21, 1974 | Green Bay, Wisconsin | |
| Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens | 4 | October 24, 1974 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser | 5 | August 16, 1975 | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Bobby Duncum and Blackjack Lanza | 1 | July 23, 1976 | Chicago, Illinois | |
| The High Flyers (Jim Brunzell and Greg Gagne) |
1 | July 7, 1977 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Pat Patterson and Ray Stevens | 1 | September 23, 1978 | Awarded the titles when Brunzell was injured in a charity softball game, and unable to defend the championship. | |
| Verne Gagne and Mad Dog Vachon | 1 | June 6, 1979 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| The East-West Connection (Adrian Adonis and Jesse Ventura) |
1 | July 20, 1980 | Denver, Colorado | |
| Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell | 2 | June 14, 1981 | Green Bay, Wisconsin | |
| The Sheiks (Jerry Blackwell and Ken Patera) | 1 | June 26, 1983 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| The Crusher and Baron Von Raschke | 1 | May 6, 1984 | Green Bay, Wisconsin | |
| Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk | 1 | August 25, 1984 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Jimmy Garvin and Steve Regal | 1 | September 29, 1985 | St. Paul, Minnesota | |
| Scott Hall and Curt Hennig | 1 | January 18, 1986 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Buddy Rose and Doug Somers | 1 | May 17, 1986 | Hammond, Indiana | |
| The Midnight Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) |
1 | January 27, 1987 | St. Paul, Minnesota | |
| Boris Zhukov and Soldat Ustinov | 1 | May 25, 1987 | Lake Tahoe, Nevada | |
| Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler | 1 | October 11, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Dr. D. and Hector Guerrero | 1 | October 19, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler | 2 | October 26, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| The Original Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose) |
1 | October 30, 1987 | Whitewater, Wisconsin | |
| The Midnight Rockers | 2 | December 27, 1987 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka) |
1 | March 19, 1988 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| The Olympians (Ken Patera and Brad Rheingans) |
1 | March 25, 1989 | Rochester, Minnesota | |
| Title vacated on September 18, 1989 when Patera was injured. | ||||
| The Destruction Crew (Wayne Bloom and Mike Enos) |
1 | October 1, 1989 | Rochester, Minnesota | Defeated Paul Diamond and Greg Gagne. |
| D.J. Peterson and The Trooper | 1 | August 11, 1990 | Rochester, Minnesota | |
| Title retired in January 1991 when the AWA closed. | ||||
The titles were supposedly revived in 1999 in Dale Gagner's independent promotion AWA Superstars of Wrestling, who relicensed the AWA name. However, World Wrestling Entertainment has sued Gagner for the use of the AWA name, citing trademark infringement, as the WWE owns the AWA tape library, trademarks, and logos. AWA Superstars of Wrestling has claimed lineage for their world tag titles to the classic AWA title and control over the title history, but because there is no connection to the original organizations or individuals involved therein, no continuity in title reigns or even physical belts, and questionable legal use of the AWA name, the claims made by AWA Superstars of Wrestling are in historical dispute and in legal jeopardy.
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.