APW Tag Team Championship
| APW Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | All Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | November 20, 1996 | ||||||||||
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The APW Tag Team Championships were introduced on November 20, 1996 when Michael Modest and Steve Rizzono became the first to win the titles. They defeated Frank Dalton and Joe Applebaumer in the finals of an eight team tournament to win the titles. The current champions are The Classic Connection (Buddy Royal & Levi Shapiro), who won the titles at "Friday the 13th Part 2" in San Francisco, California on March 13, 2015
On December 14, 2011, All Pro Wrestling announced that they had come to terms with Vendetta Pro Wrestling to recognize the Vendetta Pro Tag-Team Championship, and to have them defended in both Vendetta Pro and in APW as the "Unified" Tag Team Titles.[1] The titles were defended for the first time in APW on January 14, 2011 as champions Greg Hernandez and Jesse Jimenez defended against APW's team of Jody Kristofferson and Dalton Frost. Since then, the APW/Vendetta Pro Unified Tag Team Champions will often wear one Vendetta Pro title belt along with one APW title belt.
This relationship came to an end in 2014 when Vendetta Pro returned to having their own set of tag belts, following this the APW would reinstate the championships.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Days Held: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Modest & Steve Rizzono | 1 | November 20, 1996 | 66 | Hayward, CA | Modest and Rizzono became the first APW Tag Team Champions by defeating Frank Dalton and Joe Applebaumer in the finals of an eight team tournament. |
| Robert Thompson and Donovan Morgan | 1 | January 25, 1997 | 188 | Hayward, CA | |
| Tony Jones & Jay Smooth | 1 | August 1, 1997 | 49 | Hayward, CA | |
| Vic & Dic Grimes | 1 | September 19, 1997 | 62 | Hayward, CA | |
| Vacant | November 20, 1997 | Vic Grimes was suspended. | |||
| Robert Thompson (2) & Chris Cole | 1 | November 22, 1997 | 14 | Hayward, CA | Defeat Michael Modest and Donovan Morgan in tournament final. |
| Tony Jones (2) & Steve Rizzono (2) | 1 | December 6, 1997 | 42 | Hayward, CA | |
| Vacant | January 17, 1998 | Rizzono is fired from APW. | |||
| Michael Modest (2) & Tony Jones (3) | 1 | February 21, 1998 | 22 | Hayward, CA | Defeat Frank Murdoch and Jay Smooth to win the vacant titles. |
| Frank Murdoch & Boom-Boom Commini | 1 | March 15, 1998 | 15 | Pinole, CA | |
| Vacant | March 30, 1998 | Commini is unable to defend the titles. | |||
| Frank (2) & Vic Murdoch (2) | 1 | March 30, 1998 | 92 | Pacifica, CA | Defeated Tony Jones and Ed Moretti to win the vacant titles and Vic Murdoch formerly known as Vic Grimes. |
| Vacant | June 30, 1998 | The Murdoch's failed to defend the titles within the two month title defense period due to Vic Murdoch's (aka Vic Grimes) obligations to the WWF. The status of the title remained in limbo after that. | |||
| Westside Playaz (Boyce LeGrand & Robert Thompson (3)) |
1 | May 6, 2000 | N/A | Pacifica, CA | |
| Vacant | March, 2001 | The Westside Playaz left the promotion. | |||
| Original Westside Playaz Robert Thompson (4) & Tony Jones (4)) |
1 | April 14, 2001 | 56 | Vallejo, CA | Defeated the Ballard Brothers at the Only in California card to win the vacant title. |
| Boyce LeGrand (2) & Mark Smith | 1 | June 9, 2001 | 49 | Vallejo, CA | |
| The Ballard Brothers (Shane & Shannon Ballard) |
1 | July 28, 2001 | 63 | Vallejo, CA | |
| Original Westside Playaz Robert Thompson (5) & Tony Jones (5)) |
2 | September 29, 2001 | 0 | Vallejo, CA | Defeated The Ballard Brothers and Samoa Joe and Keiji Sakoda in a Three Way Tag Team match. |
| Vacant | September 29, 2001 | Vallejo, CA | Thompson and Jones break up after winning the title. | ||
| The Ballard Brothers (Shane & Shannon Ballard) |
2 | March 18, 2002 | N/A | King City, CA | Defeated Samoa Joe and Robert Thompson in a tournament final to win vacant titles. |
| Vacant | |||||
| Billy Blade & Kaden | 1 | December 4, 2004 | 259 | Hayward, CA | Defeats Dana Lee and Lil Cholo to win vacant title. |
| The Mafia (Venis DeMarco & Chris Colione) |
1 | August 20, 2005 | 42 | Hayward, CA | Defeated Billy Blade and Peyton, Kyu Katsuki and The Great Tenshi, and Tiffany and Melissa in a Four Way Elimination match. |
| All Pro Rangers (Kyu Ketsuki & Kid Omega) |
1 | October 1, 2005 | 63 | Bakersfield, CA | |
| The Mafia (Venis DeMarco & Chris Colione) |
2 | December 3, 2005 | 56 | Hayward, CA | Defeated the All Pro Rangers and Team Australia to win the titles. |
| Derek Sanders & Payton | 1 | January 28, 2006 | 14 | Hayward, CA | Sanders teamed with All Pro Rangers to defeat Vennia DeMarco, Chris Colioni, and Kafu in a six man tag team match with the man who gained the pinfall gaining control of the titles. Sanders got the pinfall and gave the second title to Payton (a female manager). |
| Vacant | February 11, 2006 | The titles were handed to the APW general manager Gabriel Ramirez. | |||
| Nathan Rulez & AJ Kirsch | 1 | February 11, 2006 | 476 | Hayward, CA | Won a Tag Team Battle Royal to win the vacant titles by last eliminating The All Pro Rangers. |
| Ground and Pound (Dana Lee & Tito Aquino) |
1 | June 2, 2007 | 70 | Hayward, CA | Defeated Rulez and Kirsch in a 2-Out-of-3 Falls match to win the titles. |
| Bloodline (Gangrel & Billy Blade (2)) |
1 | August 11, 2007 | 147 | Hayward, CA | |
| Boarder Patrol (Derek Sanders (2) & Nathan Rulez (2)) |
1 | January 5, 2008 | N/A | Hayward, CA | |
| Vacant | Titles are held up following Boarder Patrol leaving APW | ||||
| Dos Perfectos (Greg Hernandez & Jesse Jimenez) |
1 | December 14, 2011 | 139 | Hayward, CA | Title Reign officially recognized on December 14th 2011 when APW and Vendetta Pro unified their tag team titles. Original reign started on July 16, 2011 under the Vendetta Pro Banner. |
| SU/KA (Sunami & Kadin Anthony) |
1 | May 11, 2012 | 170 | Santa Maria, CA | |
| The Ballard Brothers (Shane & Shannon Ballard) |
3 | October 27, 2012 | 71 | Santa Maria, CA | Defeated SU/KA in an extremely controversial "Canadian Rules Match", where a competitor must be pinned for a count of five up until five minutes have elapsed, submissions do not count until ten minutes have elapsed, and a ring countout is 20 seconds. All three “rules” came into play. |
| The Suburban Commandos (T-Rent & D-Unit) |
1 | January 5, 2013 | 99 | Hayward, CA | Defeated SU/KA and the defending Champions The Ballard Brothers in a Triangle Tag Team match. |
| Pink Mink, Inc (Matt Carlos & Rik Luxury) |
1 | April 13, 2013 | 196 | Hayward, CA | Defeat SU/KA and Shane Ballard & Shannon Bllard in 3-way match. |
| "Bad Boy" Boyce LeGrande (3) & Mustafa Saed | 1 | October 26, 2013 | 140 | Hayward, CA | Vendetta Pro drops recognition in January 2014; LeGrande & Saed continue to be recognized by APW. |
| The Classic Connection (Buddy Royal & Levi Shapiro) |
1 | March 15, 2014 | 279 | San Francisco, California | |
| "The Mad Tongan" Sione Finau & "The Iron Idol" Idris Jackson | 1 | December 19, 2014 | 84 | San Francisco, CA | Defeated the NRA, the Freaks and the defending Champions The Classic Connection in a 4-Corners Tag Team match. |
| The Classic Connection (Buddy Royal & Levi Shapiro) |
2 | March 13, 2015 | 3573+ | San Francisco, CA |
See also
- All Pro Wrestling
- APW Universal Heavyweight Championship
- APW Worldwide Internet Championship
- APW/Vendetta Pro Unified Tag Team Championship
References
- ^ Duncan, Joseph (December 14, 2012). "Vendetta Pro Wrestling & All Pro Wrestling create Unified Tag Team Championship". Vendetta Pro Wrestling. Retrieved December 13, 2012.