NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship
Professional wrestling tag team championship
NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship | |||||||
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Promotion | NWA Mid-America and Southeast Championship Wrestling | ||||||
Date established | October 24, 1967 | ||||||
Date retired | May 1977 | ||||||
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The NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship was a secondary tag team title promoted as the name indicates mainly in the Tennessee region from 1967 until 1977, first by Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling and occasionally NWA Mid-America from 1967 to 1974 then by its successor Southeast Championship Wrestling from 1974 to 1977 when it was abandoned. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen wrestler "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[1]
Title history
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||||||
1 | Lester Welch and Buddy Fuller | October 24, 1967 | Mid-Am Show | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | Won a tournament to become the first Tennessee Tag Team Champions. | ||||
2 | Mario Galento and Alex Perez | November 7, 1967 | Mid-Am Show | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 148 | |||||
3 | Frank Dalton and Jack Dalton | April 3, 1968 | Mid-Am Show | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | [Note 1] | |||||
4 | Les Thatcher and Dennis Hall | 1969 | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 3] | |||||
5 | Ron and Don Wright | June 1969 (NLT) | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 4] | |||||
6 | Les Thatcher (2) and Whitey Caldwell | June 20, 1969 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 49 | |||||
6.5 | vacated | August 8, 1969 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Titles held up following a match against Ron and Don Wright[2] | [3] | |||
7 | Ron and Don Wright | August 15, 1969 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 70 | Wins Rematch | ||||
8 | Don Greene and Johnny Walker | October 24, 1969 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 8 | |||||
— | Vacated | November 8, 1969 | — | — | — | — | Vacant when Walker is under contract to tour Japan[2] | [3] | |||
9 | Les Thatcher (3) and Whitey Caldwell | November 29, 1969 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 20 | Defeats The Spoilers in a tournament final | ||||
10 | Frank Morrell and Tony Russo | December 19, 1969 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 28 | |||||
11 | Whitey Caldwell (3) and Johnny Walker (2) | January 16, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 6 | |||||
12 | The Spoilers (Spoiler #1 and #Spoiler 2) | January 22, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 1 | 15 | Defeat Ron and Don Wright for the titles[2] | ||||
13 | Ron and Don Wright | February 6, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 3 | 63 | Ron and Don Wright became co-champions with The Avengers after their match on March 13, 1970 with two referees ending in a split decision | ||||
14 | The Avengers (Avenger #1 and Avenger #2) | April 10, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 5] | Defeat Ron and Don Wright to become the undisputed champions | ||||
15 | Ron Wright (4) and Frank Morrell (2) | May 17, 1970 NLT | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 6] | |||||
16 | Whitey Caldwell (4) and Frankie Cain | June 5, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 28 | |||||
17 | Ron Wright (5) and Frank Morrell (3) | July 3, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | [Note 7] | |||||
18 | Les Thatcher (4) and Whitey Caldwell (5) | November 13, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 3 | [Note 8] | |||||
19 | The Heavenly Bodies (Don (2) and Al Greene) | December 23, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | [Note 9] | Billed as having "defeated the Scott brothers Wednesday at Jackson" (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 70/12/27); the actual Jackson card has the Greenes facing Tojo Yamamoto and Jerry Jarrett for Southern Title.[2] | ||||
20 | Ron Wright (6) and Don Wright | January 8, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 4 | [Note 10] | |||||
21 | The Untouchables (Karl Von Stroheim and Frank Martinez) | May 2, 1971 NLT | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | [Note 11] | |||||
21 | Len Rossi and Bearcat Brown | June 4, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 56 | |||||
22 | Ron Wright (7) and Don Wright | July 30, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 5 | 35 | Ron defeated Rossi on July 16 for one half of the titles and Don defeated Brown on July 30 for the other half of the titles | ||||
23 | The Alaskans | September 3, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | |||||
24 | Ron Wright (8) and Whitey Caldwell (6) | September 17, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 35 | |||||
25 | Whitey Caldwell (7) and Bearcat Brown (2) | October 8, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | Defeat Ron and Don Wright after Wright and Caldwell split up | ||||
— | Vacated | October 15, 1971 | — | — | — | — | Vacant following a match against The Von Brauners[2] | [3] | |||
26 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) | October 22, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | Wins rematch | ||||
27 | The Avengers (Avenger #1 and Avenger #2) | November 12, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 70 | |||||
28 | The Heavenly Bodies (Don (3) and Al Greene) | January 21, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 35 | |||||
29 | Ron Wright (9) and Jack Donovan | February 25, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 63 | |||||
30 | Robert Fuller and Roy Lee Welch | April 28, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | [Note 12] | |||||
31 | The Heavenly Bodies (Don (4) and Al Greene) | May 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 3 | [Note 13] | |||||
32 | The Australians (Larry O'Day and Ron Miller) | May 19, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | |||||
32 | Ron Wright (10) and Jack Donovan | June 2, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 14 | |||||
— | Vacated | June 16, 1972 | — | — | — | — | Vacant after Donovan turned on Wright in a tag match between Ron and Don Wright and Jack Donovan vs. Whitey Caldwell, Larry O'Day, and Ron Miller | ||||
33 | Ron Wright (11) and Don Wright | June 30, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 6 | 1 | Defeated Jack Donovan and Whitey Caldwell[2] | ||||
34 | Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert | July 1, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | [4] | ||||
35 | Ron Wright (12) and Don Wright | July 15, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 7 | 7 | |||||
36 | Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert | July 22, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 2 | 7 | |||||
37 | Ron Wright (13) and Don Wright | July 29, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 8 | [Note 14] | |||||
Championship history is unrecorded from July 29, 1972 to October 4, 1972. | |||||||||||
38 | Don Wright (9) and Sam Bass | October 4, 1972 NLT | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 15] | |||||
39 | Jerry Lawler and Jim White | November 10, 1972 NLT | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 16] | |||||
40 | Tommy Gilbert (3) and Bearcat Brown (3) | December 8, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 28 | |||||
41 | Ron Wright (14) and Don Wright (10) | January 5, 1973 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 9 | 7 | |||||
42 | Tommy Gilbert (4) and Ed Wolfe | January 12, 1973 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | [Note 17] | |||||
43 | Ron Wright (15) and Don Wright (11) | March 24, 1973 NLT | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 10 | [Note 18] | |||||
44 | The Continental Warriors (Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente) | May 1973 NLT | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 19] | |||||
45 | Ron Wright (16) and Don Wright (12) | July 1973 NLT | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 11 | [Note 20] | |||||
46 | The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell (4) and Eddie Sullivan) | November 2, 1973 NLT | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 21] | |||||
47 | Mike Paidousis and Rocky Smith | November 5, 1973 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | [Note 22] | |||||
48 | Frank Monte and Nick deCarlo | March 3, 1974 NLT | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 23] | |||||
49 | The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell (5) and Eddie Sullivan) | March 8, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 14 | |||||
50 | Don Greene (5) and Dennis Hall (4) | March 22, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | [Note 24] | Defeated the Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jerry Novak) to win the championship | ||||
51 | The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell (6) and Eddie Sullivan) | April 12, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 3 | [Note 25] | Mighty Yankees and Don Greene and Steve Kovacs became co-champions on April 19 after a double pin | ||||
52 | Don Greene (6) and Steve Kovacs | April 26, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | |||||
53 | The Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jacob Novak) | May 3, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 49 | |||||
54 | Steve Kovacs (2) and Jimmy Kent | June 21, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 35 | |||||
55 | Ron Wright (17) and Don Wright (13) | July 26, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 12 | [Note 26] | |||||
56 | The Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jacob Novak) | August 11, 1974 NLT | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 2 | 40 | |||||
57 | Ron Wright (18) and Don Wright (14) | September 20, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 13 | 35 | |||||
58 | Ron and Terry Garvin | October 25, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | |||||
59 | Ron Wright (19) and Tommy Gilbert (4) | November 15, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | |||||
60 | Dutch Mantell and John Foley | December 6, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 35 | |||||
61 | Les Thatcher (5) and Nelson Royal | January 10, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 35 | |||||
62 | Dutch Mantell and John Foley | February 14, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 37 | |||||
63 | Les Thatcher (6) and Nelson Royal | March 23, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | [Note 27] | |||||
64 | Ron and Don Bass | April 1975 | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 28] | |||||
65 | Ron Wright (20) and Nelson Royal | April 1975 | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 29] | |||||
66 | Ron and Don Bass | May 1975 | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 2 | [Note 30] | |||||
67 | Jerry Jarrett and George Gulas | May 7, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | [Note 31] | Defeated Ron and Don Wright to win the champiohnship | [5] | |||
68 | Jimmy Golden (2) and Ricky Gibson | May 31, 1975 NLT | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | [Note 32] | |||||
69 | Ron Fuller and The Assassin | June 27, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 49 | |||||
70 | The Assassin (2) and Rock Hunter | August 15, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | Assassin defeated Fuller for control of the titles and selected Rock Hunter as his new partner | ||||
71 | Ron (21) and Don Wright (15) | September 1975 NLT | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 14 | [Note 33] | |||||
72 | The Assassin (3) and Rock Hunter | October 3, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | [Note 34] | |||||
40 | Norvell Austin and Butch Malone | December 27, 1975 NLT | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 35] | |||||
Championship history is unrecorded from December 27, 1975 to April 1977. | |||||||||||
41 | Danny Little Bear and Chief Thundercloud | April 1977 NLT | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 36] | |||||
42 | Luke Graham and Ripper Collins | May 2, 1977 | Mid-Am Show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | [Note 37] | |||||
43 | Don Greene (2) and Joey Rossi | May 1977 NLT | Mid-Am Show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 38] | |||||
— | Deactivated | 1977 | — | — | — | — | The Championship was abandoned. |
See also
- Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling / Southeast Championship Wrestling
- NWA Mid-America
- National Wrestling Alliance
Footnotes
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 273 days.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 180 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 19 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 37 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 19 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 133 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 40 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 16 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 114 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 33 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 8 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 9 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 67 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 37 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 313 days and 131 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 71 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 68 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 91 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 123 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 3 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 118 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 5 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 21 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 14 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 16 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 9 days and 38 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 29 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 35 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 5 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 54 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 27 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 62 days and 183 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 85 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 606 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 2 days and 517 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 29 days.
- ^ The date the championship was abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 242 days.
References
- General reference
- Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "Tennessee: NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4 ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
- "NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
- Specific references
- ^ Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f "NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com.
- ^ a b c June 20, 1969
- ^ Hoops, Brian (July 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ F4W Staff (May 7, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 7): Jeff Jarrett ends David Arquette's WCW title reign, Nick Bockwinkel Vs. Ray Stevens". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
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