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NWA World Tag Team Championship

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NWA World Tag Team Championship
The NWA World Tag Team Championship belt
(1995 – Present)
Tournament information

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Tag Team Championship is the premier tag team title within the NWA framework.

History

The National Wrestling Alliance did not officially recognize any set of World Tag Team Champions until 1992, while the various NWA affiliates promoted their own "World Tag Team Championships", many of which were not eligible for World Title status considering they were rarely defended outside of the region they were created in. The following are the variations that existed at one point or another[1]:

In the mid-1980s, Jim Crockett Promotions became the flag bearer for the NWA and began to openly refer to their Mid Atlantic version as the NWA World Tag Team Championship. In 1988, Jim Crockett Promotions was transformed into World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the title was renamed the WCW World Tag Team Championship.

In July 1992, the NWA held a tournament to crown an officially sanctioned NWA World Tag Team Championship. The tournament was held by WCW, whose World Tag Team Championship by that time was the only existing claim within the NWA and which had the most widely available television broadcasting. The tournament was won by Terry Gordy & Steve Williams. Gordy & Williams also won the WCW World Tag Team Championship in an non-tournament match on July 5, prior to the NWA tournament final and the two sets of titles remained united until September 1993, when WCW withdrew from the NWA, vacating the NWA World Tag Team Championship.

The NWA title belts were created by WCW and after the withdrawal from the NWA, the belts were continued to be used for the WCW World Tag Team Championship. The NWA had to create new belts, which were later used in TNA until TNA and the NWA split on May 13, 2007. As of January 17, 2008 the NWA withdrew its recognition of every tag team champion in WCW.[2]:

Reigns

Main article: List of NWA World Tag Team Champions

The current champions are The Skullkrushers (Rasche Brown & Keith Walker), who are in their first reign. They defeated Los Luchas (Phoenix Star & Zokre) on October 4, 2008 in Robstown, Texas.

See also

References

  1. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)
  2. ^ http://nwawrestling.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=103
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