The CWA World Tag Team Championship was a major professional wrestling tag team title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association. It lasted from 1980 through 1983.
| CWA World Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||||
| Promotion | Continental Wrestling Association | ||||||||||||
| Date established | July 28, 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | November 28, 1983 | ||||||||||||
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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 | Jerry Jarrett and Tojo Yamamoto | July 14, 1980 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | Defeated Austin Idol and Dutch Mantel in a tournament final to become the first champions. | [1][2] |
| 2 | Austin Idol and Dutch Mantel | August 4, 1980 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 220 | [1][2] | |
| 3 | Bill Dundee and Tommy Rich | March 12, 1981 | House show | Lexington, Kentucky | 1 | [Note 1] | [1][2] | |
| 4 | The Rock 'n Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) |
1981 | House show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 1] | [1][2] | |
| — | Deactivated | 1981 | — | — | — | — | [1][2] | |
| 5 | The Assassins (Don Bass and Roger Smith) |
July 18, 1983 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | Billed as champions upon arrival in the CWA. | [1][2] |
| 6 | Austin Idol (2) and Jerry Lawler | August 8, 1983 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | [1][2] | |
| 7 | The Assassins (Don Bass and Roger Smith) |
August 15, 1983 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 43 | [1][2] | |
| 8 | The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) |
September 27, 1983 | House show | [Note 2] | 1 | 27 | [1][2] | |
| 9 | The Assassins (Don Bass and Roger Smith) |
October 24, 1983 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 5 | [1][2] | |
| 10 | Ken Raper and Robert Reed | October 29, 1983 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 2 | [1][2] | |
| 11 | The Assassins (Don Bass and Roger Smith) |
October 31, 1983 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 4 | 7 | [1][2] | |
| 12 | The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) |
November 7, 1983 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 7 | [1][2] | |
| 13 | The Midnight Express (Norvell Austin and Dennis Condrey) |
November 14, 1983 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | [1][2] | |
| 14 | Austin Idol (3) and Dutch Mantel | November 21, 1983 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 7 | [1][2] | |
| — | Deactivated | November 28, 1983 | — | — | — | — | Idol and Mantel split up, championship not referred to after this date. | [1][2] |
Footnotes edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). "(Memphis) Tennessee: CWA World Tag Team Title [Lawler and Jarrett]". Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 194. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "CWA World Tag Team Title". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved March 30, 2017.