The SCW Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until early-1990 when SCW was closed.
| SCW Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Southern Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | 1988 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | 1990 | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
The inaugural champions were "Wildfire" Tommy Rich and Ted Oates, who defeated Bob Orton, Jr. and "Dirty" Dick Slater in a tournament final in 1988 to become the first SCW Tag Team Champions. Thunder & Lightning (Steve Lawler and Dino Minelli) holds the record for most reigns, with two. At 68 days, Thunder & Lightning's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Overall, there have been 12 reigns shared between 11 wrestlers, with one vacancy, and 1 deactivation.
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 | Tommy Rich and Ted Oates | 1988 | SCW show | Macon, Georgia | 1 | N/A | Rich and Oates defeated Bob Orton, Jr. and Dick Slater to become the first SCW Tag Team Champions. | |
| 2 | Zebra Warriors | 1988 | SCW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 3 | Tommy Rich (2) and Steve Prichard | July 22, 1988 | SCW show | Columbus, Georgia | 1 | N/A | ||
| 4 | Tommy Rich (3) and Joey Maggs | 1988 | SCW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 5 | Doug Somers and Joel Deaton | 1988 | SCW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 6 | Ranger Ross and Joey Maggs (2) | 1988 | SCW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 7 | Thunder & Lightning (Steve Lawler and Dino Minelli) |
October 23, 1988 | SCW show | Alpharetta, Georgia | 1 | 68 | [1][2] | |
| 8 | Ranger Ross (2) and Mr. Wrestling II | December 30, 1988 | SCW show | Atlanta, Georgia | 1 | N/A | ||
| 9 | Thunder & Lightning (Steve Lawler and Dino Minelli) |
1989 | SCW show | N/A | 2 | N/A | [1] | |
| 10 | Georgia Power (The Nightmare and Jimmy Powell)} |
1989 | SCW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 11 | Mr. Atlanta and Mike Golden | 1989 | SCW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | Vacated | N/A | SCW show | — | — | — | ||
| 12 | Billy Starr and Kareem Muhammad | January 28, 1990 | SCW show | Griffin, Georgia | 1 | N/A | Starr and Muhammad defeated Georgia Power (The Nightmare and Jimmy Powell) to win the vacant title. | |
| — | Deactivated | 1990 | — | — | — | — | SCW closed in early-1990 and Starr and Muhammad were the final champions in SCW as a company. | |
References edit
- General
- Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(Georgia) SCW Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- Specific
- ^ a b "Biography". Steve The Brawler Lawler's Bio. SteveTheBrawlerLawler.com. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ Wills, Dave; Mark Danger (June 1, 2010). "The Dave & Danger Show: Steve "The Brawler" Lawler". Georgia Wrestling History Radio Network. The Dave Danger Show. Retrieved October 13, 2011.