WWF International Tag Team Championship
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The WWF International Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship in the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1969 to 1972 and in the renamed World Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro Wrestling for a short time in 1985.
[edit] Title history
| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
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| Rising Suns (Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakawa) |
1 | June 1969 | Japan | |
| Battman (Tony Marino) and Bruno Sammartino | 1 | December 8, 1969 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Tony Marino and Victor Rivera | 1 | December 12, 1969 | New York City, NY | Rivera replaced Sammartino, as Sammartino already held the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship. |
| The Mongols (Bepo and Geto Mongol) |
1 | June 15, 1970 | New York City, NY | |
| Bruno Sammartino (2) and Dominic DeNucci | 1 | June 18, 1971 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| The Mongols (Bepo and Geto Mongol) |
2 | July 2, 1971 | New York City, NY | |
| Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler | 1 | November 12, 1971 | New York City, NY | Also held the WWWF World Tag Team Championship. |
| Bepo Mongol (3) and Johnny De Fazio | 1 | December 18, 1971 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Vacant and inactive | 1972 | Titles were vacated and became inactive when the Pittsburgh promotion was sold to the National Wrestling Federation. |
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| Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura | 1 | May 24, 1985 | Kobe, Japan | Defeated Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis in a tournament final. |
| Abandoned | October 31, 1985 | Titles were abandoned when New Japan ended its partnership with the WWF. |
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[edit] See also
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- New Japan Pro Wrestling
- NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version)
- IWGP Tag Team Championship
[edit] External links
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by NWA North American Tag Team Championship |
NJPW Tag Team Championship 1985 |
Succeeded by IWGP Tag Team Championship |
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