NWA World Tag Team Championship
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The NWA World Tag Team Championship is the main tag team championship in the National Wrestling Alliance.
This version of the championship was created in 1992 when the board of directors of the NWA (then a governing body of wrestling promotions, not the singular promotion it is today) decided to create a board-controlled version of the title and had World Championship Wrestling host a tournament to decide the first champions. Prior to this, various NWA members each sanctioned their own regional versions of an NWA World Tag Team Championship during the Territory Era of professional wrestling between the 1950s and 1991. Some versions of the championship were also recognized in other NWA member promotions that did not sanction their own version of an NWA World Tag Team title.
These were the versions of the NWA World Tag Team Championship that were promoted during given periods in specific regions by their NWA-affiliated promotions, along with the fate of each title:
- Amarillo/West Texas (Western States Sports, 1955-1969; replaced with the NWA Western States Tag Team Championship)
- Buffalo/Ohio (Buffalo Athletic Club, 1956-1970; renamed the National Wrestling Federation World Tag Team Championship)
- Chicago (Fred Kohler Enterprises, 1953-1960; title retired)
- Dallas/East Texas (Southwest Sports, 1957-1966/Big Time Wrestling, 1981-1982; title retired)
- Detroit (Big Time Wrestling, 1964-1980; promotion closed)
- Florida (Championship Wrestling from Florida, 1961-1969; replaced with the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship)
- Georgia (ABC Booking, 1954-1969; title retired)
- Hawaii (Mid-Pacific Promotions, 1952-1956/Polynesian Pacific Wrestling, 1981-1983; replaced with the NWA Polynesian Pacific Tag Team Championship)
- Indianapolis (NWA Indianapolis, 1949-1960; renamed American Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Championship)
- Iowa/Nebraska (NWA Iowa/NWA Nebraska, 1949-1958; title retired)
- Kansas City/Central States (Central States Wrestling, 1951-1960, 1962-1963 and 1973-1979; replaced with the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship)
- Los Angeles (NWA Los Angeles, 1949-1957/NWA Hollywood Wrestling, 1979-1982; promotion closed)
- Memphis (Gulas-Welch Enterprises, 1957-1977; title retired)
- Mid-Atlantic (Jim Crockett Promotions, 1975-1988/World Championship Wrestling, 1988-1991; renamed WCW World Tag Team Championship)
- Minneapolis (Minneapolis Boxing & Wrestling Club, 1957-1960; renamed AWA World Tag Team Championship)
- Montreal (Canadian Athletic Promotions, 1954; title retired)
- Northeast (NWA Capitol Wrestling, 1957-1961; title retired)
- San Francisco (NWA San Francisco, 1950-1961/Big Time Wrestling, 1968-1979; title retired)
- Utah/Idaho (Salt Lake Wrestling Club, 1955-1959; title retired)
- Vancouver (NWA All-Star Wrestling, 1966-1968; title retired)
Championship history
Note: Only officially recognized championship reigns are listed here.
| Champion | Reign | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Miracle Violence Connection (Terry Gordy & Steve Williams) | 1 | July 12, 1992 | Albany, Georgia | Gordy & Williams, the reigning WCW World Tag Team Champions, defeat Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes in a tournament final at the Great American Bash PPV to become the first champions; from this point until the withdrawal of WCW from the NWA, the NWA and WCW titles are jointly defended |
| Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes (Dustin Runnels) | 1 | September 21, 1992 | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Rick Steamboat (Richard Blood) & Shane Douglas (Troy Martin) | 1 | November 18, 1992 | Macon, Georgia | |
| The Hollywood Blonds (Brian Pillman & Steve Austin) | 1 | March 2, 1993 | Macon, Georgia | |
| The Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson & Paul Roma) | 1 | August 18, 1993 | Daytona Beach, Florida | Defeat Steve Austin & Lord Steven Regal, who replaced Brian Pillman after Pillman injured his ankle prior to the match |
| Vacant | September 1, 1993 | N/A | The Four Horsemen are stripped of recognition as champions by the NWA shortly after WCW withdraws from the NWA on this date, leaving them with only the WCW World Tag Team title | |
| The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Rick Morton) | 1 | April 11, 1995 | Dallas, Texas | Defeat Dick Murdoch & Randy Rhodes in a tournament final |
| Vacant | June 26, 1995 | Memphis, Tennessee | The title is held up after a match against PG-13 at a United States Wrestling Association event | |
| The Rock 'n' Roll Express | 2 | July 3, 1995 | Memphis, Tennessee | Defeat PG-13 in a rematch for the vacant title |
| Vacant | August 4, 1995 | N/A | The title is vacated after Rick Morton is suspended from NWA affiliate Smoky Mountain Wrestling | |
| Mr. Gannosuke (Masashi Honda) & Tarzan Goto (Seiji Goto) | 1 | December 9, 1995 | Saitama, Japan | Defeat Cactus Jack & Tiger Jeet Singh in a tournament final |
| Vacant | August 20, 1996 | N/A | Gannosuke & Goto vacate the title when they leave NWA affiliate IWA Japan | |
| The Andersons (C.W. & Pat Anderson) | 1 | September 14, 1996 | Goldston, North Carolina | Defeat The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) to win the vacant title |
| Vacant | October 8, 1997 | N/A | The title is vacated when the NWA reaches an agreement with the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) to have the title defended in the WWF | |
| The Rock 'n' Roll Express | 3 | January 12, 1998 | State College, Pennsylvania | Awarded title |
| The Headbangers (Mosh & Thrasher) | 1 | February 17, 1998 | Waco, Texas | First time the title changed hands under WWF control |
| The Midnight Express (Bart Gunn & Bob Holly) | 1 | March 30, 1998 | Albany, New York | |
| The Border Patrol (Agent Gunn & Agent Maxx) | 1 | August 14, 1998 | Greenville, North Carolina | The title changes hands at an NWA show after the NWA's working agreement with the WWF ends |
| Barry Windham & Tully Blanchard | 1 | September 12, 1998 | Lincolnton, North Carolina | |
| The Border Patrol | 2 | October 10, 1998 | Cameron, North Carolina | |
| The Brotherhood (Eric Sbraccia & Knuckles Nelson) | 1 | October 24, 1998 | Cherry Hill, New Jersey | Win a four corners match also involving Team Extreme (Kit Carson & Khris Germany) and Tom Prichard & Tully Blanchard at the NWA 50th Anniversary Show |
| Vacant | March 3, 1999 | N/A | The title is vacated after The Brotherhood are unable to appear for a title match against Team Extreme in North Richland, Texas on February 26 due to heavy snow | |
| The Brotherhood (Knuckles Nelson & Rick Fuller) | 1 | June 10, 1999 | Dallas, Texas | Defeat Team Extreme for the vacant title |
| Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge & Rocco Rock) | 1 | June 17, 1999 | Bolton, Massachusetts | |
| The Brotherhood (Dukes Dalton & Knuckles Nelson) | 1 | June 19, 1999 | Dorchester, Massachusetts | |
| Team Extreme (Kit Carson & Khris Germany) | 1 | September 25, 1999 | Charlotte, North Carolina | This was at the NWA 51st Anniversary Show |
| Murder Inc. (Jimmy James & Kevin Northcutt) | 1 | November 26, 1999 | North Richland Hills, Texas | |
| Team Extreme | 2 | December 17, 1999 | North Richland Hills, Texas | |
| xXx (Curtis Thompson & Drake Dawson) | 1 | March 4, 2000 | Cornelia, Georgia | |
| The Main Event (Reno Riggins & Steven Dunn) | 1 | April 7, 2000 | Eskan, Saudi Arabia | |
| The Rock 'n' Roll Express | 4 | April 12, 2000 | Waegwan, South Korea | Defeat Steven Dunn & Jackie Fulton, subbing for Reno Riggins |
| Big Bubba Pain (Andru Bain) & L.A. Stephens (Larry Stevens) | 1 | April 17, 2000 | Osan, South Korea | |
| xXx | 2 | April 19, 2000 | Okinawa, Japan | |
| Bad Attitude (David Young & Rick Michaels) | 1 | August 15, 2000 | Tampa, Florida | Defeat Curtis Thompson & Jeff Justice, subbing for Drake Dawson |
| The Bad Street Boys (Christian York & Joey Matthews) | 1 | February 3, 2001 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Bad Attitude | 2 | February 17, 2001 | Cornelia, Georgia | |
| Dan Factor & David Flair (David Fliehr) | 1 | March 22, 2001 | Athens, Georgia | |
| Bad Attitude | 3 | March 23, 2001 | Toccoa, Georgia | |
| The Heavenly Bodies (Chris Nelson & Vito DeNucci) | 1 | April 24, 2001 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Glacier (Ray Lloyd) & Jason Sugarman | 1 | December 28, 2001 | DeLand, Florida | |
| The Heavenly Bodies | 2 | December 29, 2001 | Live Oak, Florida | |
| Disturbing Behavior (Jeff Daniels & Tim Renesto) | 1 | January 26, 2002 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| The Heavenly Bodies | 3 | April 17, 2002 | Winter Haven, Florida | |
| The Shane Twins (Mike & Todd Shane) | 1 | June 8, 2002 | Lima, Peru | |
| Vacant | June 28, 2002 | N/A | The Shane Twins vacate the title at the request of NWA Total Nonstop Action, which has been given control of the title by the NWA | |
| A.J. Styles (Allen Jones) & Jerry Lynn (Jeremy Lynn) | 1 | July 3, 2002 | Nashville, Tennessee | Defeat The Rainbow Express (Lenny Lane & Bruce) in a tournament final |
| Vacant | August 14, 2002 | Nashville, Tennessee | Styles & Lynn are stripped of the title by TNA booker Vince Russo after a match against Jeff Jarrett & Ron Killings ends in a double-pin finish | |
| America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm) | 1 | September 18, 2002 | Nashville, Tennessee | Defeat Ron Harris & Brian Lee for the vacant title after Chris Harris and Lee become the final two wrestlers in a battle royal to choose partners for the title match |
| The Disciples of the New Church (Brian Lee & Slash) | 1 | November 13, 2002 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| America's Most Wanted | 2 | January 8, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Triple X (Christopher Daniels, Low Ki & Elix Skipper) | 1 | January 22, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee | Low Ki & Skipper defeat America's Most Wanted, but all three members of Triple X are recognized as champions under the Freebird Rule (which allows any two members of a three-man team to defend tag team championships they hold at any given time) |
| Vacant | February 5, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee | Triple X are stripped of the title after a match against the Disciples of the New Church ends in a double-pin finish | |
| Triple X | 2 | March 12, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee | Christopher Daniels & Low Ki defeat America's Most Wanted for the vacant title |
| The Amazing Red (Jonathan Figueroa) & Jerry Lynn | 1 | April 16, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee | Red & Lynn defeat Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper |
| Triple X | 3 | May 7, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee | Christopher Daniels wins a handicap match against Red & Lynn by disqualification |
| America's Most Wanted | 3 | June 25, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee | Defeat Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper in a steel cage match |
| The New York Connection (Glenn Gilberti, Johnny Swinger & Simon Diamond) | 1 | August 27, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee | Swinger & Diamond defeat American's Most Wanted, but all three members of the New York Connection are recognized as champions under the Freebird Rule |
| 3Live Kru (B.G. James, Konnan & Ron Killings) | 1 | November 26, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee | Defeat the New York Connection in a six-man tag team match; 3Live Kru defend the title under the Freebird Rule |
| Red Shirt Security (Joe Legend & Kevin Northcutt) | 1 | January 28, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee | Defeat B.G. James & Ron Killings |
| Abyss (Chris Parks) & A.J. Styles | 1 | February 4, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Vacant | March 3, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee | Abyss & Styles are stripped of the title by Vince Russo for failure to defend it | |
| Dallas (Lance Hoyt) & Kid Kash (David Cash) | 1 | March 31, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee | Defeat Triple X (Christopher Daniels & Low Ki) in a tournament final |
| D-Lo Brown (Accie Connor) & Apolo (Germán Figueroa) | 1 | April 14, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee | Win the title by disqualification |
| Dallas & Kid Kash | 2 | April 21, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee | Win the title by disqualification |
| America's Most Wanted | 4 | June 3, 2004 | Orlando, Florida | |
| The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens) | 1 | July 7, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Chris Harris & Elix Skipper | 1 | September 8, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Christopher Daniels (Daniel Covell) & James Storm (James Cox) | 1 | September 21, 2004 | Orlando, Florida | |
| Team Canada (Bobby Roode & Eric Young) | 1 | October 12, 2004 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 3Live Kru | 2 | November 7, 2004 | Orlando, Florida | B.G. James & Konnan defeat Team Canada at the Victory Road PPV |
| Team Canada | 2 | December 5, 2004 | Orlando, Florida | Team Canada defeat B.G James & Ron Killings at the Turning Point PPV |
| America's Most Wanted | 5 | January 16, 2005 | Orlando, Florida | |
| The Naturals | 2 | April 26, 2005 | Orlando, Florida | |
| Vacant | October 5, 2005 | Springfield, Tennessee | The title is held up after a macth against Eric Young & Cassidy Riley | |
| The Naturals | 3 | October 8, 2005 | Nashville, Tennessee | Defeat Eric Young & Cassidy Riley in a street fight match at the NWA 57th Anniversary Show |
| America's Most Wanted | 6 | October 11, 2005 | Orlando, Florida | |
| A.J. Styles & Christopher Daniels | 1 | June 18, 2006 | Orlando, Florida | |
| The Latin American Xchange (Hotstuff Hernandez & Homicide) | 1 | August 14, 2006 | Orlando, Florida | Win the title in a "Border Brawl" match |
| A.J. Styles & Christopher Daniels | 2 | September 24, 2006 | Orlando, Florida | This was an "Ultimate X" match at the No Surrender PPV |
| The Latin American Xchange | 2 | October 22, 2006 | Plymouth Township, Michigan | This was a "Six Sides of Steel" (steel cage) match at the Bound for Glory PPV |
| Team 3D (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) | 1 | April 15, 2007 | St. Charles, Missouri | This was an Electrified Six Sides of Steel match at the Lockdown PPV |
| Vacant | May 13, 2007 | Charlotte, North Carolina | The NWA withdraws recognition of Team 3D as champions after TNA Wrestling and the NWA end their working agreement; Team 3D gain recognition as the first TNA World Tag Team Champions on May 17, 2007 | |
| The Real American Heroes (Joey Ryan & Karl Anderson) | 1 | July 8, 2007 | McAllen, Texas | Defeat Billy Kidman & Sean Waltman and Incognito & Sicodelico Jr. in a three-way tag match for the vacant title |
| Los Luchas (Phoenix Star & Zokre) | 1 | February 10, 2008 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| The Skullkrushers (Keith Walker & Rasche Brown) | 1 | October 4, 2008 | Robstown, Texas | |
| The Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis & Kory Chavis) | 1 | November 20, 2010 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| The Usual Suspects (A.J. Steele & Murder One) | 1 | May 1, 2011 | Warner Robins, Georgia | |
| The Dark City Fight Club | 2 | May 15, 2011 | Warner Robins, Georgia | |
| The Kingz of the Underground (Ryan Genesis & Scot Summers) | 1 | December 15, 2012 | San Antonio, Texas | Defeat Kory Chavis & Lance Hoyt, subbing for Jon Davis |
| Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer) | 1 | April 20, 2013 | Houston, Texas | This was a title vs. title match; Smith & Archer's New Japan IWGP Tag Team Championship was also on the line |
| The IronGodz (Jax Dane & Rob Conway) | 1 | November 9, 2013 | Osaka, Japan | This was a three-way tag team match also involving Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima); the IronGodz won the first fall of the match to win the NWA title while KES regained the IWGP title from Tencozy in the second fall; Conway, then the reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion, became the first wrestler to hold both championships simultaneously with the IronGodz' win in this match |
| Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) | 1 | April 6, 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Killer Elite Squad | 2 | October 13, 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| The Heatseekers (Elliott Russell & Sigmon) | 1 | October 10, 2015 | Dyersburg, Tennessee | Defeat KES and The Illuminati (Chase Owens & Chris Richards) in a three-way tag match |
| The Iron Empire (Rob Conway & Matt Riviera) | 1 | December 4, 2015 | Robinsonville, Mississippi | |
| The Heatseekers | 2 | September 9, 2016 | Ripley, Tennessee | |
| The Iron Empire | 2 | September 10, 2016 | Dyersburg, Tennessee | |
| The Heatseekers | 3 | December 9, 2016 | Ripley, Tennessee | |
| The Iron Empire | 3 | January 6, 2017 | Ripley, Tennessee | |
| Kazushi Miyamoto & Rob Terry | 1 | February 23, 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| The Heatseekers | 4 | June 17, 2017 | Dyersburg, Tennessee | |
| Vacant | September 30, 2017 | N/A | The title is vacated when the NWA terminates its contracts with its licensees after Billy Corgan and his company Lightning One purchase the NWA | |
| Villain Enterprises (Brody King & PCO) | 1 | April 27, 2019 | Concord, North Carolina | Defeat the Wild Cards for the vacant title in the final of the 2019 Crockett Cup tournament |
| The Wild Cards (Royce Isaacs & Thomas Latimer) | 1 | September 7, 2019 | Villa Park, Illinois | |
| The Rock 'n' Roll Express | 5 | October 1, 2019 | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Eli Drake (Shaun Ricker) & James Storm | 1 | January 24, 2020 | Atlanta, Georgia | This was a three-way tag team match also involving the Wild Cards at the NWA's Hard Times PPV |
| Aron Stevens (Aron Haddad) & JR Kratos | 1 | November 10, 2020 | Long Beach, California | |
| La Rebelión (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf 450) | 1 | August 29, 2021 | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| The Commonwealth Connection (Doug Williams & Harry Smith) | 1 | June 11, 2022 | Knoxville, Tennessee | |
| Vacant | August 27, 2022 | St. Louis, Missouri | Harry Smith is unable to defend the title due to illness | |
| La Rebelión | 2 | August 27, 2021 | St. Louis, Missouri | Defeat Hawx Aerie (Luke Hawx & PJ Hawx) for the vacant title at Night Two of the NWA 74th Anniversary Show |
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