| NWA World Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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 The NWA World Tag Team Championship belt (1995 – Present) |
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| Current champion(s) | The Skullkrushers (Rasche Brown & Keith Walker) | ||||||||||
| Date won | October 4, 2008 | ||||||||||
| Promotion | National Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||
| Brand | NWA Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | July 12, 1992 | ||||||||||
| Other name(s) | NWA Tag Team Championship | ||||||||||
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The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Tag Team Championship is the professional wrestling world tag team championship within the NWA framework.
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History
The National Wrestling Alliance did not officially recognize any set of World Tag Team Champions until 1992, while the various NWA affiliates promoted their own "World Tag Team Championships", many of which were not eligible for World Title status considering they were rarely defended outside of the region they were created in. The following are the variations that existed at one point or another[1]:
- San Francisco (1950-1979)
- Chicago (1953-1960)
- Georgia (1954-1969)
- Minneapolis (1957-1960)
- Texas (1957-1982)
- Mid-America (1957-1977)
- Central States (1958-1963, 1973-1979)
- Los Angeles (late 1950s, 1979-1982)
- Florida (1961-1969)
- Detroit (1964-1980)
- Vancouver (1966-1967)
- Mid Atlantic (1975-1991)
In the mid-1980s, Jim Crockett Promotions became the flag bearer for the NWA and began to openly refer to their Mid Atlantic version as the NWA World Tag Team Championship. In 1988, Jim Crockett Promotions was transformed into World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the title was renamed the WCW World Tag Team Championship.
In July 1992, the NWA held a tournament to crown an officially sanctioned NWA World Tag Team Championship. The tournament was held by WCW, whose World Tag Team Championship by that time was the only existing claim within the NWA and which had the most widely available television broadcasting. The tournament was won by Terry Gordy &
The NWA title belts were paid for by WCW and after the withdrawal from the NWA, the belts were continued to be used for the WCW World Tag Team Championship. The NWA had to pay for new belts, which were later used in TNA until TNA and the NWA split on May 13, 2007. As of January 17, 2008 the NWA withdrew its recognition of every tag team champion in WCW.[2]:
Reigns
The current champions are The Skullkrushers (Rasche Brown & Keith Walker), who are in their first reign, and are the longest reigning champions in the title's history. They defeated Los Luchas (Phoenix Star & Zokre) on October 4, 2008 in Robstown, Texas.
See also
References
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ http://nwawrestling.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=103
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