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 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.
| UWF Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
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Title history
edit| 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 | [1] | |
| 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 | [Note 1] | ||
| 15 | The Samoans (Afa and Sika) |
June 1981 | MSW show | N/A | 1 | [Note 2] | ||
| 16 | Junkyard Dog (6) and Dick Murdoch | June 1981 | MSW show | N/A | 3 | [Note 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 | [2] | |
| 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 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 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 | [3] | |
| 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 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. | [4] |
| 45 | Terry Taylor (2) and Chris Adams | February 7, 1987 | UWF show | Ft. Worth, Texas | 1 | 64 | [5] | |
| 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 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
editReferences
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.