Billy Riley [2] Debut. In 1981 they were joined by Norvell Austin. 1991) Blackwell and Kaissey would become top contenders for the AWA tag team championship. xx. - Jack and Jerry Brisco defeated Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship. Hard Boiled Haggerty & Lenny Montana: 1960-10-04: Minneapolis,MN: Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski: 1961-03-18 The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the highest ranked championship in the defunct American Wrestling Association (AWA). Jim Brunzell defeated Big K via disqualification 15:45. The Road Warriors are certainly one of the most decorated tag teams in pro wrestling history. During 1972, he took on the now well-known nickname of "The Crippler" after he dropped the bombs away onto the leg of Dick Beyer, who was working as Doctor X, helplessly tied up in the ropes. 824K subscribers in the SquaredCircle community. The first team recognized as champions were Kowalski and Mills, the duo was known collectively as "Murder, Inc. If Robley had won, he and Bill Watts would have been the champions)The NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship was a tag team title defended in the National Wrestling Alliance's NWA Mid-Atlantic territory. On the June 9th, 1973 card at the Amphitheatre, Bockwinkel and Stevens managed to retain their AWA tag team titles against Wahoo McDaniel and Dick the Bruiser. If the required belt is out of stock In that condition we will ship. 2012. The AWA had left the NWA in 1960. The two spent 119 days as AWA tag champions and were a major tag team force at the company. In 2010, the titles were unified with SmackDown’s tag-team titles, and since WWE follows the history of the SmackDown titles, the World Tag Team Championship side of the belts was abandoned. 1999) Promotions: I Believe. 6 ft 6 in (1. AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell defeated Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan via DQ Ken Patera defeated Hulk Hogan via DQ Wahoo McDaniel defeated Sgt Jacques Goulet Rick Martel (sub Curt Hennig) defeated Tom Lintz. The title. Title History AWA world tag team titles defeating Blackjack Lanza and Bobby Duncum (July 7, 1977); AWA world tag team titles defeating Adrian Adonis and Jesse Ventura (June 14, 1981); Career Highlights Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell formed the team The High Flyers in the 1970’s and they enjoyed a number of high-profile feuds in […]The AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. The team worked for NWA Central States Wrestling, the American. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed (as was the Southern Heavyweight Championship, also previously an NWA title) the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship due to a partnership with the American. Buddy Lane Reported Attendance: 4,832. Their first match on February 15, 1988, ended in controversy, causing the AWA World Tag Team title to be held up. The term. They defeated a ton of 80s wrestling. The NWA Southern Tag Team Championship is any of a group of professional wrestling tag team championship titles in the National Wrestling Alliance . The duo was celebrating their second reign as NWA World Tag Team Champions (Minneapolis version) when the AWA succeeded the NWA. Default Timer. 35 Masked Superstar and Masked Superstar 2 (3) March 26, 1980: MACW show N/A 1 N/A —The Fabulous Freebirds were a professional wrestling tag team who attained fame in the 1980s, performing into the 1990s. They returned to the AWA and battled Condrey & Rose to the tune of a 30-Minute Time Limit Draw in Minneapolis, Minnesota. CWI Tag Team Championship (1 time) North American Wrestling Association / South Atlantic Pro Wrestling. In 1984, Miceli trained with Eddie Sharkey in Minneapolis, Minnesota and began working on the independent circuit for $5 a match. Together, Gagne and Bruznell formed a tag team called The High Flyers, who. - AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco - Superstar Billy Graham beat Bill Watts - Rene Goulet beat George Scott - Reggie Parks beat Lord Blears - Ken Patera beat Johnny Heidman. Art Crews & Jerry. There are eleven different versions of the NWA United States Tag Team Championships have been promoted in various regions across the United States,. By the 1980s, Jim Crockett Promotions was, along with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now. In either a tag team with a younger partner or used as a foe to get a youngster ready for the big time, Parks was a well-respected grappler. He was soon wrestling under the name. Brian Blair was trained by Hiro Matsuda and made his debut in 1977 competing in. The first team recognized as champions were Kowalski and Mills, the duo was known collectively as "Murder, Inc. Anderson defeated Jeff Hardy But their team reportedly started in 1984, while the Roadies debuted in 1983. It. 23. xx. Bockwinkel defeated McDaniel 3. Season 9: Episode 3, 6, Exodus . 1966 in Chicago, Illinois but continue to be recognized in other WWA towns (WWA started working with AWA and AWA titles are recognized in Chicago thereafter). AWA had a vast and deep tag team division so today we'll take a look at the World Tag Team Championship's history. 1/1/84 – Memphis, TN @ the Mid South Coliseum. Irwin is also known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as The Goon in 1996 to 1997. AWA Tag Team Championship/Champion history. The Destruction Crew captured the AWA tag team titles by defeating Greg Gagne and Paul Diamond in the tournament final on October 1st, 1989. Paul Civic Center: 20,000 Nick Bockwinkel (c) vs. The AWA World Heavyweight Championship and the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship were unified to create the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship at. 1/28/69 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher defeated Mitsu. Reginald Lisowski (July 11, 1926 – October 22, 2005) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The Crusher (sometimes Crusher Lisowski to distinguish him from other Crushers, such as Crusher Blackwell). Louis, MO. Title history. 2012. The Road Warriors debuted in Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1983, and quickly stood out to fans with their unique look and powerhouse style. A tournament was set up to crown new tag team champions. 1979. 1977) Promotions: Continental Wrestling Association (xx. Harlem Heat, but in. He is also known for his gimmick as a loud, violent cowboy who wanted to fight everybody, which he further emphasized by appearing in. For their time together, they were WWWF Tag Team Champions three times for over a year combined. The USWA was created through a merger of. All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Since: August 27, 2023. AWA Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski defeated Tiny Mills & Larry Hennig 2/3 Doug Gilbert defeated Nikita Kalmikoff 2/3 Stan Kowalski defeated Larry Hennig 16:00. International Championship Wrestling was an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Lexington, Kentucky that operated from 1978 until 1984. It was one of the coveted tag team championships in the United States from the beginning until the late 1980s, when the AWA's talent roster was depleted by the World Wrestling. Initially, he formed a devastating team with Ray “The Crippler” Stevens and the duo went on to become three-time AWA World Tag Team champions, holding the title belts for a combined 3 1/2 years between 1971-1975. Scott Oliver Hall (October 20, 1958 – March 14, 2022) was an American professional wrestler. The schism and reformation of the original Midnight Express would pay off back in WCW, as Dennis Condrey and Randy. Luke Brown and Jake Smith (151 days) [1] [2] Shortest reign. 1981. It was the original tag team title of the Carolina Wrestling Federation promotion, later used in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (2001–2004) and AWA Superstars (2005–2007) as a regional. . including all AWA and WCCW belts and even the one-time-use Champion of Champions and Greatest Royal Rumble belts. APW Tag Team Championship. 11. AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell defeated Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura when Brunzell pinned Adonis Sheik Adnan defeated Mad Dog Vachon with help from Jerry Blackwell Hulk Hogan defeated Jerry Blackwell COR in 16:00 when Blackwell walked back to the dressing room- Non Title Death Match: Flying Redheads, Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon - Bill Watts beat Blackjack Lanza by DQ - Bodyslam Challenge Match: Man Mountain Mike beat Luke Graham - Larry Hennig beat Billy Howard. [2] [16] The champions defended against such challengers as Buddy Rose and Doug Somers , Nord the Barbarian and Boris Zhukov , and Bill and Scott Irwin . Nine months later, Hogan would. Jim Brunzell had made his debut in the early 70s achieving most fame along with Greg Gagne as “The High Fliers" in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) where the two won the AWA World Tag Team Championship on two occasions. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag. Indiana to team up with Dick the Bruiser against WWA tag team champions Nature Boy Roger Kirby and Golden Boy Paul Christy. This promotion was a. AWA World Tag Team Championship; AWA World Women's Championship; C. Greg did have a successful tag team career with Jumping Jim Brunzell as the High Flyers. 1937 Kansas City, Kansas: - Ali Baba beat Nanjo Singh by DQ - Bill Lee beat Chris Zaharias - Lou Thesz beat Gene Bowman - Walter Podolak beat Eddie Newman -The American Wrestling Association World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in the American Wrestling Association from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991. Names: AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (since 28. ECW World Tag Team Championship; WCW World Tag Team Championship; WCW World Tag Team Championship '91-'96; Money in the Bank Briefcases. Minneapolis, Minnesota: - Crusher & Dick the Bruiser defeated Larry Hennig & Harley. AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship. The USWA was founded as an attempt to create a fourth national promotion, alongside Jim Crockett Promotions/WCW, AWA and the WWF (now known as WWE). On July 15, 1975 in Davenport, Iowa, the AWA World Heavyweight title belt was stolen after aThis would prove to be their final reign at AWA Tag Team Champions, however. McDaniel was a major star in the American. He adopted the ring name Ole Anderson (a play-on-words referring to the toxic shrub oleander) and became a member of the legendary tag team called the Minnesota Wrecking Crew with his kayfabe brother Gene Anderson after Lars Anderson left the team in the late 1960s. Kaissey bought the contract of strongman Ken. It lasted from 1980 through 1983. 1,283 Plays 1,283 Plays 1,283 Plays. In an era where the high-flying pretty boy tag teams were the biggest babyfaces in wrestling, they filled that niche nicely for the AWA. They performed under the name "The Road Warriors" in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and. Season 9: Episode 1, 7, Exodus . Brian Knobbs . 1977. As real-life brothers-in-law, it made sense Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham got along well as a team. Although he and Marty Jannetty never (officially) won tag team gold in the WWE, the two were AWA Tag Team Champions on two occasions. Brunzell was a two-time AWA World Tag Team Champion with Greg Gagne. O nce Tito departed, Rick took Santana's spot in the AWA pecking order. It was for mid-level wrestlers and was mostly defended in the Omaha, Nebraska area. Fun fact this video was supposed to be fin. AWA World Tag Team Championship Inactive title Overview Detailed Statistics Title Reigns Title Matches By Year Ratings Comments Current name: AWA World Tag Team. Unit price / per . 03. What a lovely bloodbath, and a guide to hot tag team wrestling. 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Barney William Irwin (born September 17, 1954) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Wild" Bill Irwin. Due to the variations of tag team wrestling, other World Tag Team Championships may exclude the "tag. Kansas City, Kansas: - Jim Brunzell. Steve O. AWA Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski defeated Tiny Mills & Larry Hennig 2/3 Doug Gilbert defeated Nikita Kalmikoff 2/3 Stan Kowalski defeated Larry Hennig 16:00. The final graduate of the Hart Dungeon, Wilson wrestled internationally in several promotions such as Stampede Wrestling between 1995 and 2007, where he won. Together, Gagne and Bruznell formed a tag team called The High Flyers, who ended up capturing the AWA World Tag Team Championship from Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum and held the belts for 443 days. 2008 - 02. Bobby Heenan Baron Von Raschke vs. Greg was originally dq’ed for tossing Ray over the top rope, but Ray assaulted Greg after the match and earned a via dq of his. The following month, they defeated The Midnight Rockers for the AWA World Tag Team Championship. The WWE tag team championships date all the way back to 1958. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship due to a. The AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association from 1967 until 1971. Answer: Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills. It was created in 1999 as the AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Tag Team Championship . Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero (UCW-Zero, formerly known as American Professional Wrestling) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Salt Lake City, Utah. PLAY QUIZ Score. The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels was a tag team specialist when he entered WWE in 1988. The AWA tag team champions, Red Bastien and the Crusher, would feud with the newly formed team of Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens. Originally, WCW was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), which had numerous member promotions. 00. The first such company (that would later become Portland Wrestling) was founded by Herb Owen in. And they ended their reign as AWA tag champions with a memorable, disputed no-contest match at 1985’s SuperClash against longtime rivals Freebirds Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy, then a loss. The AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association from 1967 until 1971. First champion (s) Heaven and Hell. Defeat Jim Garvin & Jim Bryant. Zenk started wrestling in 1984 in the Pacific Northwest territory where he feuded with Bobby Jaggers and also appeared in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) during the mid 1980s. The team usually consisted of three wrestlers, although in different situations and points in its history, just two performed under the Freebirds name. Sheik Adnan Baron Von Raschke vs. Hulk Hogan for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship 3. Their reign as AWA World Tag Team Champions finally ended in December 1972 when they lost to the "dream team" of Billy Robinson and Verne Gagne. Race wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). PWI ranked him 180 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. Paul, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski via disqualification Jim Hady beat Larry Hennig Joe Scarpello beat Paul DeMarco Nick. Zurkov, Slaughter int. After debuting in the ring in 1972, Greg Gagne brought his University of Minnesota football teammate Jim Brunzell into the business, with Brunzell learning how to wrestle in Verne Gagne’s training camp alongside future legends The Iron Sheik and Ric Flair. Names: AWA World Tag Team Championship (since xx. Overview; Detailed; Statistics; Title Reigns; Title Matches By Year; Ratings; Comments; Current name: AWA World Tag Team Championship. Bray Park, Queensland. This group disbanded in 1983, but later the same year. 1999 - xx. Bastien was about to deliver his "Atomic Drop" finisher to Stevens when he. 6/6/61 – Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder defeated Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene. The Miracle Violence Connection defeated Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes in a tournament final. AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond defeated Chavo Guerrero & Mando Guerrero AWA Women’s Champion Wendi Richter defeated Magnificent Mimi Brad Rheingans defeated Iron Sheik Jay Strongbow Jr defeated Mike Enos Reported Attendance: 1,117. A tournament was held to crown new champions a few weeks later. August 11, 2018. In no time they would capture the NWA National Tag Team Championship, a title they would hold three times. He worked in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the mid-1980s as part of a tag team with "Playboy" Buddy Rose, managed by Sherri Martel, and twice held the AWA. New AWA World Tag Team Heavyweight Wrestling Championship Replica Title Belt Brass 2m,4mm,6mm Plates Adult Size - AWA Belt - Tag Team Belts (60) Sale Price $136. 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World Championship Wrestling – 1/4/86 – featured an opening clip showing Dusty Rhodes, NWA US Champion Magnum TA, and the Road Warriors brawling with the Horsemen, taped 1/1/86 at the Omni; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with the two announcing Rhodes was the new National Heavyweight Champion and National Tag Team Champion Ole. Popular Quizzes Today. On November 8th 1975, the lean mean. Dundee and Lawler ventured to the American Wrestling Association together in 1987 and captured the AWA World Tag Team Titles twice. AWA ceased to recognize June Byers as women's champion after she no-showed a title defense. The CWA was the name of the "governing body" for the Championship Wrestling, Inc. 4 The AWA And WCW Versions Feuded. Champions - Society X (Outpatient and Soul Killer) Society X defeated the makeshift trident team of Slapshot and Blue Tiger to become the new AWA Tag Team Champions. The team defends under the Freebird Rule. Give Quiz Kudos. 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Within the year, Michaels twice challenged for the WWF Championship and won his first Intercontinental Championship , heralding his arrival as one of the industry's premier singles stars. Hollywood Blonds [2] 1977-08-22. In the AWA, Lanza teamed with Bobby Duncum to win the AWA tag team titles while Nick Bockwinkel was World champion, making Heenan the first manager in history to have both the World and tag team champs at the same time. Hughes with a torture rack on Killer, and a second rope splash gets three at 13:05. Kevin Kelly & Jerry Saggs Wahoo McDaniel vs. Not letting the disappointment get the best of them they worked in Birmingham and Memphis over the summer becoming AWA Southern Tag Team Champions. - AWA Tag Team Champions Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee beat Hector Guerrero & Dr. Raymond Louis Heenan (November 1, 1944 – September 17, 2017) was an American professional wrestling manager, color commentator, and wrestler. During the late 60s and early 70s, the American Wrestling Association was known primarily as a tag team territory. Somers spent many years in the AWA, but has periodically appeared in numerous other promotions throughout his career, including Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, WWE and WCW. The term "world tag team championship" can apply to any world tag team championship in general or to a specific one in particular, though this often creates confusion over which tag team championship is being referenced when the term is used. AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon vs. 06. Comments. Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times), AWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times), and NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) 12: 1996 — Paul Boesch: Commentating and promoting: Posthumous inductee; promoted the Houston, Texas territory of National Wrestling Alliance: 13: 1996McDaniel and Bruiser defeated Superstar Graham and Ernie Ladd on May 25th, 1973 to earn a shot against AWA tag team champions Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens. AWA Southern Tag Team Championship. 1995. Held up after the match against the Exterminators on 77-08-29 in Memphis, TN ends as a draw; Austin & Barrett are still billed as champions in Louisville, KY against the Blonds on 77-08-30. On November 27th, 1965 at the Armory in St Paul, Minnesota, Crusher and Bob Ellis came extremely close to defeating Handsome Harley Race and Pretty Boy Larry Hennig for the. fandom. Current name: AWA World Tag Team Championship. Comments. February 23, 2012. This belt is a high-quality replica of the original belt and has a similar appearance to the belt you have seen in AWA events. 06. 08. 2008 - 02. Tom Zenk vs. He was the son of wrestler Larry. 610 lb (280 kg) Debut. - NWA US Tag Team Championship Tournament Semi Finals: Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:For the wrestler William Regal, who competed in World Championship Wrestling in the 1990s as Lord Steven Regal, see Darren Matthews. 11. Crusher and Bruiser. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the 1970s and 1980s. - AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jesse Ventura & Steve Strong - Sam Steamboat beat John Tolos to win North American title - Missing Link Pampero Firpo beat Steve Lawler. In either a tag team with a younger partner or used as a foe to get a youngster ready for the big time, Parks was a well-respected grappler. Petrucci. Luke Brown and Jake Smith (151 days) [1] [2] Shortest reign. Names: AWA World Tag Team Championship (since 27. , Verne int. It was created in 1985 from the CWA's. More About this Item: Plate Material: Brass Plate Thickness: 2-3mm Real Leather Weight: 2 kg. Bockwinkel had a lengthy professional wrestling career with matches in 34 consecutive years.