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. It was created in 1985 from the CWA's partnership with the American Wrestling Association. The title was abandoned in 1987 when the CWA was renamed the Championship Wrestling Association, and the original Continental titles were abandoned or unified with others.[1]
| CWA/AWA International Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | American Wrestling Association Continental Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
| Date established | July 1985 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | September 1986 | ||||||||||
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Title history
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Kenya and Kenyala Kondorie | July 1985 | N/A | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | Billed as champions upon arrival. | |
| — | Vacated | 1986 | — | — | — | — | Vacated for unknown reasons | |
| 2 | Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato | June 1986 | N/A | N/A | 1 | [Note 2] | Billed as champions upon arrival. | |
| — | Vacated | July 1986 | — | — | — | — | Title held up after a match against Jeff Jarrett and Pat Tanaka in July 1986. | |
| 3 | Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato | July 14, 1986 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 42 | Defeated Jarrett and Tanaka in a rematch to win the held up title. | |
| 4 | Jeff Jarrett and Pat Tanaka | August 25, 1986 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | ||
| 5 | Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato | September 1, 1986 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 63 | ||
| 6 | Jeff Jarrett and Paul Diamond | November 3, 1986 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 12 | ||
| 7 | Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato | November 15, 1986 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 4 | 30 | ||
| 8 | Badd Company (Paul Diamond (2) and Pat Tanaka (2)) |
December 15, 1986 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 26 | This was a stretcher match | |
| 9 | The Sheepherders (Luke Williams and Butch Miller) |
January 10, 1987 | House show | N/A | 1 | [Note 3] | ||
| 10 | Badd Company (Paul Diamond (3) and Pat Tanaka (3)) |
January 1987 | House show | N/A | 2 | [Note 4] | ||
| 11 | Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato | February 5, 1987 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 5 | 25 | ||
| 12 | Jimmy Snuka and J. T. Southern | March 2, 1987 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 49 | ||
| 13 | The Mercenaries | April 20, 1987 | House show | N/A | 1 | 7 | Awarded the titles when Snuka leaves the promotion. | |
| 14 | Steve Keirn and Mark Starr | April 27, 1987 | House show | N/A | 1 | 12 | ||
| 15 | Badd Company (Paul Diamond (4) and Pat Tanaka (4)) |
May 9, 1987 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 2 | Defeated Starr in a handicap match. | |
| 16 | Billy Travis and Mark Starr (2) | May 11, 1987 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | [2] | |
| — | Vacated | May 18, 1987 | — | — | — | — | Title held up after a match against Bad Company. | |
| 17 | Badd Company (Paul Diamond (5) and Pat Tanaka (5)) |
May 25, 1987 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 4 | 42 | ||
| 18 | Bill Dundee and Rocky Johnson | July 6, 1987 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | [Note 5] | ||
| — | Deactivated | September 1987 | — | — | — | — | The championship is abandoned | |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ The length of the Kondries title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
- ^ The exact date Goto and Sato arrived as champions is unknown and the date the championship was vacated is also unknown, putting their title reign at between 1 day and 59 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship is not documented, which puts the title reign at between 1 day and 21 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won has not been documented, putting their reign between 5 and 25 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was abandoned has not been documented, which means the title reign lasted between 57 and 86 days.
References
edit- Specific
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (May 11, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 11): Von Erichs vs. Verne & Don Leo Jonathan, Shane Douglas vs 2 Cold Scorpio". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 21, 2020.