UWF Tag Team Championship
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| UWF Tag Team Championship |
| Details |
| Promotion |
Universal Wrestling Federation |
| Date established |
September 28, 1979 |
| Date retired |
November 1987 |
| Other name(s) |
- Mid-South Tag Team Championship
|
| Statistics |
| Most reigns |
(as team)Rock 'N Roll Express, The Samons, Juckyard Dog & Dick Murdoch (3 times)
(as individual) Junkyard Dog(8 times) |
| First champion(s) |
Mike George & Bob Sweetan |
| Longest reign |
Lightning Express (162) |
| Shortest reign |
Junkyard Dog & Dick Murdoch (1 hour) |
|
The UWF Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in the Universal Wrestling Federation from 1986 until the promotion closed in 1987. It was formerly known as the Mid-South Tag Team Championship from 1979 until 1986 when Mid-South Wrestling became the UWF.
[edit] Title history
| Wrestler: |
Times: |
Date: |
Location: |
Notes: |
| Mid-South Tag Team Championship |
| Mike George & Bob Sweetan |
1 |
September 28, 1979 |
Shreveport, LA |
Win battle royal |
| Bill Watts & Buck Robley |
1 |
November 12, 1979 |
? |
| Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy) |
1 |
November 24, 1979 |
Shreveport, LA |
| Junkyard Dog & Buck Robley (2) |
1 |
April 6, 1980 |
Monroe, LA |
| Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy (2) & Buddy Roberts) |
1 |
June 9, 1980 |
New Orleans, LA |
| Junkyard Dog (2) & Terry Orndorff |
1 |
September 1980 |
? |
| Ernie Ladd & Leroy Brown |
1 |
November 1980 |
Shreveport, LA |
| Junkyard Dog (3) & Killer Karl Kox |
January 29, 1981 |
Biloxi, MS |
| Ernie Ladd & Leroy Brown |
2 |
February 1, 1981 |
Lake Charles, LA |
| Junkyard Dog (4) & Dick Murdoch |
1 |
March 30, 1981 |
? |
| Stripped |
|
March 30, 1981 |
|
Stripped due to Bill Watts not being an acceptable referee |
| Super Destroyer & The Grappler |
1 |
April 18, 1981 |
New Orleans, LA |
Defeat Junkyard Dog & Dick Murdoch |
| Junkyard Dog (5) & Dick Murdoch (2) |
2 |
April 27, 1981 |
New Orleans, LA |
| The Samoans (Afa & Sika) |
1 |
June 1981 |
? |
| Junkyard Dog (6) & Dick Murdoch (3) |
3 |
September 1981 |
? |
| The Samoans |
2 |
1981 |
? |
| Junkyard Dog (7) & Mike George (2) |
1 |
October 15, 1981 |
Jackson, MS |
| The Samoans |
3 |
January 1982 |
? |
| Junkyard Dog (8) & Mr. Olympia |
1 |
May 5, 1982 |
Jackson, MS |
| The Rat Pack (Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne) |
1 |
October 27, 1982 |
Shreveport, LA |
| Mr. Wrestling II & Tiger Conway, Jr. |
1 |
March 12, 1983 |
Houston, TX |
| Ted DiBiase (2) & Mr. Olympia (2) |
1 |
April 13, 1983 |
Shreveport, LA |
| Magnum T.A. & Hacksaw Jim Duggan |
1 |
July 24, 1983 |
Tulsa, OK |
| Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart |
1 |
October 12, 1983 |
Shreveport, LA |
| Magnum T.A. (2) & Mr. Wrestling II (2) |
1 |
December 25, 1983 |
New Orleans, LA |
| Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey) |
1 |
March 13, 1984 |
Lafayette, LA |
| Rock 'n Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) |
1 |
May 2, 1984 |
Shreveport, LA |
| Midnight Express |
2 |
May 23, 1984 |
Shreveport, LA |
| Rock 'n Roll Express |
2 |
October 1, 1984 |
New Orleans, LA |
| Ted DiBiase (3) & Hercules Hernandez |
1 |
December 3, 1984 |
New Orleans, LA |
| Rock 'N Roll Express |
3 |
December 25, 1984 |
New Orleans, LA |
| Ted DiBiase (4) & Steve Williams |
1 |
May 3, 1985 |
Houston, TX |
| Al Perez & Wendell Cooley |
1 |
August 28, 1985 |
Shreveport, LA |
Defeat Williams & Bob Sweetan, subbing for Dibiase |
| Eddie Gilbert & The Nightmare |
1 |
November 11, 1985 |
New Orleans, LA |
| Ted DiBiase (5) & Steve Williams (2) |
2 |
December 26, 1985 |
Biloxi, MS |
| Renamed UWF World Tag Team Championship |
| Sheepherders (Butch Miller & Luke Williams) |
1 |
March 16, 1986 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
| The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) |
1 |
March 30, 1986 |
Tulsa, OK |
| Eddie Gilbert & Sting |
1 |
July 20, 1986 |
Tulsa, OK |
| Held Up |
|
August 17, 1986 |
|
Held up after a match against The Fantastics |
| Eddie Gilbert (2) & Sting (2) |
2 |
August 31, 1986 |
Tulsa, OK |
Win rematch |
| The Fantastics |
2 |
September 27, 1986 |
Tulsa, OK |
| John Tatum & Jack Victory |
1 |
October 26, 1986 |
Tulsa, OK |
| Bill Irwin & Leroy Brown |
1 |
November 9, 1986 |
Tulsa, OK |
| Terry Taylor & Hacksaw Jim Duggan (2) |
1 |
December 27, 1986 |
Ft. Worth, TX |
| Vacated |
|
January 23, 1987 |
|
Duggan lost loser-leaves-town match to One Man Gang |
| Terry Taylor (2) & Chris Adams |
1 |
February 7, 1987 |
Ft. Worth, TX |
| Sting (3) & Rick Steiner |
1 |
April 12, 1987 |
Atlanta, GA |
| Lightning Express (Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner) |
1 |
May 17, 1987 |
Tulsa, OK |
| Sheepherders |
2 |
October 16, 1987 |
Kansas City, MO |
| Title retired |
|
November 1987 |
|
Title abandoned due to purchase of UWF by Jim Crockett Promotions |
[edit] See also