NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship
| NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship | |||||||||
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| Promotion | 50th State Big Time Wrestling | ||||||||
| Date established | June 8, 1952 | ||||||||
| Date retired | March 31, 2007 | ||||||||
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The NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team title of 50th State Big Time Wrestling and was defended between 1952 and 1979 when it was phased out. The title was later revived by the current incarnation of NWA Hawaii in 2000. It is the earliest regional tag team title in to be defended in the Pacific coast of the United States, along with the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship, and was originally defended in Honolulu, Hawaii. As of 2007, it is defended in Kalihi, Kaneohe and Wahiawa, Hawaii.[1][2]
Title history
[edit]| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| 1 | Lucky Simunovich and Bobby Bruns | June 8, 1952 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 154 | First champions; vacant in October 1952 for not defending title. | |||
| 2 | Lucky Simunovich (2) and Gino Garibaldi | November 9, 1952 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | N/A | Defeated Bob Langevin and Tom Rice for the title. | |||
| 3 | Lucky Simunovich (3) and Bobby Bruns | December 1952 | BTW show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 4 | Bobby Bruns (3) and Rikidōzan | February 1953 | BTW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 5 | Tom Rice and Al Kashey | March 1, 1953 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 35 | ||||
| 6 | Bobby Bruns (4) and Bobby Managoff | April 5, 1953 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 175 | ||||
| 7 | Bud Curtis and Tommy O'Toole | September 27, 1953 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 105 | Defeated Bruns and Jack Witzig; vacant in December 1953. | |||
| 8 | Bobby Bruns (5) and Luther Lindsey | January 10, 1954 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | N/A | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from January 10, 1954 to August 1954. | ||||||||||
| 9 | Bobby Bruns (6) and John Paul Henning | August 1954 | BTW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 10 | Lou Newman and Hans Schnabel | October 10, 1954 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 49 | ||||
| 11 | Roger Mackay and Don Beitleman | November 28, 1954 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 84 | ||||
| 12 | Bobby Bruns (7) and Lucky Simunovich (4) | February 20, 1955 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 2 | 56 | ||||
| 13 | Rikidōzan (2) and Azumafuji | April 17, 1955 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | N/A | ||||
| May 8, 1955 | N/A | N/A | Rikidōzan is suspended for unmasking the Zebra Kid. | |||||||
| 14 | Johnny Barend and Sandor Kovacs | September 1955 | BTW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 15 | Lord James Blears and Gene Kiniski | December 4, 1955 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 147 | ||||
| 16 | Great Togo and Tosh Togo | April 29, 1956 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 98 | ||||
| 17 | Billy Varga and Sam Steamboat | August 5, 1956 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 266 | Defeated Tosh Togo and Ed Gardenia. | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from 1957 to April 28, 1957. | ||||||||||
| 18 | Lord Athol Layton and Tom Rice (2) | April 28, 1957 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 553 | Defeat Al Lolotai and Lucky Simunovich. | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from April 28, 1957 to November 2, 1958. | ||||||||||
| 19 | Lord James Blears (2) and Joe Blanchard | November 2, 1958 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | N/A | Defeated Murder Incorporated (Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills). | |||
| 20 | Murder Incorporated (Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills) |
January 1959 | BTW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 21 | Rikidōzan (3) and Koukichi Endoh | January 10, 1959 | BTW show | Utsunomiya, Japan | 1 | 95 | ||||
| 22 | Lord James Blears (3) and Joe Blanchard | April 15, 1959 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 23 | Lord James Blears (4) and Jerry Gordet | December 1959 | BTW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 24 | Hard Boiled Haggerty and Bill Savage | January 27, 1960 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 42 | ||||
| 25 | Lord James Blears (5) and Herb Freeman | March 9, 1960 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 35 | ||||
| 26 | Hard Boiled Haggerty (2) and Butcher Vachon | April 13, 1960 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 28 | ||||
| 27 | Nick Kozak and Jerry Gordet (2) | May 11, 1960 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 98 | ||||
| 28 | Shoulders Newman and Hans Schnabel (2) | August 17, 1960 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 42 | ||||
| 29 | Utica Panther and Bill Wright | September 28, 1960 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 35 | ||||
| 30 | Shoulders Newman (2) and Tim Rice (3) | November 2, 1960 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 238 | ||||
| 31 | Neff Maiava and Billy White Wolf | June 28, 1961 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | N/A | Defeated Shoulders Newman and Ted Travis when Rice leaves the area. | |||
| 32 | Shoulders Newman (3) and Ted Travis | July 19, 1961 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 113 | [3] | |||
| 33 | Lord James Blears (6) and Neff Maiava (2) | November 9, 1961 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 34 | Shoulders Newman (3) and Ted Travis | November 9, 1961 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 2 | 13 | ||||
| 35 | Lord James Blears (7) and Neff Maiava (3) | November 22, 1961 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 2 | 659 | ||||
| 36 | Curtis Iaukea and Tosh Togo (2) | September 12, 1963 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | −209 | ||||
| 37 | Lord James Blears (8) and Neff Maiava (4) | February 15, 1963 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 3 | 167 | ||||
| 38 | Curtis Iaukea (2) and Cowboy Cassidy | August 1, 1963 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 286 | ||||
| 39 | Robert Duranton and Shag Thomas | May 13, 1964 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 65 | [4] | |||
| 40 | Mr. Moto and Nikita Mulkovich | July 17, 1964 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 12 | [5] | |||
| 41 | Lord James Blears (9) and Neff Maiava (5) | July 29, 1964 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 3 | 162 | [6] | |||
| 42 | Curtis Iaukea (3) and Mr. Fujiwara | January 7, 1965 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 141 | ||||
| 43 | Alberto and Enrique Torres | May 28, 1965 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 61 | [7] | |||
| 44 | Luther Lindsay and Bearcat Wright | July 28, 1965 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 160 | ||||
| 45 | Ripper Collins and Johnny Barend (2) | January 4, 1966 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 302 | ||||
| 46 | Neff Maiava (6) and Pampero Firpo | November 2, 1966 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 91 | ||||
| 47 | Johnny Barend (3) and Hans Mortier | February 1, 1967 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 91 | ||||
| 48 | Curtis Iaukea (4) and Ripper Collins (2) | May 3, 1967 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 83 | [8] | |||
| 49 | Johnny Barend (4) and Jim Hady | July 25, 1967 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 155 | ||||
| 50 | Ripper Collins (3) and Johnny Barend (5) | December 27, 1967 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 2 | 56 | Barend and Collins split up; According to Hawaii Wrestling Review, the title is vacant during this time. | |||
| 51 | Jim Hady (2) and Missing Link | February 21, 1968 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 23 | ||||
| 52 | Curtis Iaukea (5) and Ripper Collins (4) | March 15, 1968 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 2 | 68 | ||||
| 53 | Jim Hady (3) and Peter Maivia | May 22, 1968 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 13 | ||||
| 54 | Curtis Iaukea (6) and Ripper Collins (5) | June 4, 1968 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 3 | 22 | ||||
| 55 | Peter Maivia (2) and Billy White Wolf (2) | June 26, 1968 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 21 | ||||
| 56 | Johnny Barend (6) and Magnificent Maurice | July 17, 1968 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 91 | [5] | |||
| 57 | Jim Hady (4) and Billy White Wolf (3) | October 16, 1968 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 21 | ||||
| 58 | Ripper Collins (6) and "Crazy" Luke Graham | November 6, 1968 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 126 | ||||
| 59 | Nick Bockwinkel and Bobby Shane | March 12, 1969 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 35 | ||||
| 60 | Ripper Collins (7) and Buddy Austin | April 16, 1969 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 119 | ||||
| 61 | Pedro Morales and Ed Francis | August 13, 1969 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 28 | ||||
| 62 | Kurt Von Steiger and Karl Von Steiger | September 10, 1969 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 21 | ||||
| 63 | Pedro Morales and Ed Francis | October 1, 1969 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 64 | The Von Steigers (Kurt Von Steiger and Karl Von Steiger) |
October 1969 | BTW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 65 | Curtis Iaukea (7) and Ripper Collins (8) | October 22, 1969 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 4 | N/A | ||||
| 66 | Ripper Collins (9) and Johnny Barend (7) | N//A | BTW show | N/A | 3 | N/A | ||||
| 67 | Pedro Morales (3) and Bing Ki Lee | March 4, 1970 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 119 | [9] | |||
| 68 | Billy Robinson and Johnny Barend (8) | July 1, 1970 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 119 | [10] | |||
| 69 | Billy Robinson and Ed Francis | October 28, 1970 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 76 | ||||
| 70 | Ripper Collins (10) and Mad Dog Mayne | January 12, 1971 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 155 | [11] | |||
| 71 | Suni War Cloud and Steven Little Bear | June 16, 1971 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 72 | Ripper Collins (11) and Mad Dog Mayne | June 26, 1971 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 2 | 25 | ||||
| 73 | Sam Steamboat (2) and Bearcat Wright (2) | July 21, 1971 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 80 | ||||
| 74 | Sweet Daddy Siki and Mad Dog Mayne | October 9, 1971 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | N/A | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from October 9, 1971 to 1973. | ||||||||||
| 75 | Sam Steamboat (3) and Peter Maivia (3) | N//A | BTW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 76 | Ripper Collins (12) and Ed Francis | July 25, 1973 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 63 | ||||
| 77 | Sam Steamboat (4) and Peter Maivia (4) | September 26, 1973 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 2 | 63 | ||||
| 78 | Ripper Collins (13) and Johnny Valentine | November 28, 1973 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | N/A | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from November 28, 1973 to 1977. | ||||||||||
| 79 | Sam Steamboat (5) and Billy White Wolf (4) | July 1977 | BTW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | Defeat Steve Strong and Steve Lawler.[3] | |||
| 80 | Steve Strong and Jesse Ventura | July 28, 1977 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 81 | John Tolos and Bill Francis | November 1977 | BTW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 82 | Steve Strong and Chris Markoff | January 1978 | BTW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 83 | Russ and Bill Francis | April 26, 1978 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 21 | ||||
| 84 | "Big" John Studd and "Playboy" Buddy Rose | May 17, 1978 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 28 | ||||
| 85 | Steve Strong and John Tolos (2) | June 14, 1978 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 63 | ||||
| 86 | Mr. Fuji (2) and Karl Von Steiger (3) | August 16, 1978 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 112 | ||||
| 87 | Mando Guerrero and Samoa | December 6, 1978 | BTW show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 88 | Ripper Collins (14) and Whipper Billy Watson | N//A | BTW show | N/A | N/A | |||||
| 89 | Tama Samoa and Ati-Tago | N//A | BTW show | N/A | N/A | |||||
| — | Deactivated | N//A | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NWA Hawaii | ||||||||||
| 90 | Akua and Kaimana | October 27, 2000 | NWA Hawaii show | Kalihi, Hawaii | 1 | 141 | First champions upon being awarded the reinstated title. | |||
| 91 | Team Titan | March 17, 2001 | NWA Hawaii show | Kaneohe, Hawaii | 1 | 77 | ||||
| 92 | East Coast Connection (Joe Wolfen and Sick Dog) |
June 2, 2001 | NWA Hawaii show | Kaneohe, Hawaii | 1 | 126 | ||||
| 93 | Men of Steele KC Adams and Mike Taylor |
October 6, 2001 | NWA Hawaii show | Kaneohe, Hawaii | 120 | |||||
| 94 | Tiki and Bruiser | February 3, 2002 | NWA Hawaii show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 62 | ||||
| 95 | East Coast Connection (Joe Wolfen and Sick Dog) |
April 6, 2002 | NWA Hawaii show | Kaneohe, Hawaii | 2 | 168 | ||||
| 96 | Tiki and Bruiser | September 21, 2002 | NWA Hawaii show | Waikiki, Hawaii | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 97 | East Coast Connection (Joe Wolfen and Sick Dog) |
September 22, 2002 | NWA Hawaii show | Waikiki, Hawaii | 3 | 251 | Stripped on May 22, 2003 when the team splits up. | |||
| 98 | The Hawaiian Power Company (Tiki and Kapu) |
May 31, 2003 | NWA Hawaii show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 170 | Defeated the Iraqi Regime (Al-Ahmed Mohammed and Dumas Shiite) for the titles. | |||
| 99 | Iraqi Regime (Al-Ahmed Mohammed and Dumas Shiite) |
November 17, 2003 | NWA Hawaii show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 397 | |||||
| 100 | 808 Reckin Kru (Big Daddy Frank and Biggie Mack) |
December 18, 2004 | NWA Hawaii show | Kaneohe, Hawaii | 1 | 126 | ||||
| 101 | J.T. Wolfen and Kaimana | April 23, 2005 | NWA Hawaii show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 14 | ||||
| 102 | Kris Kavanaugh and Cholo | May 7, 2005 | NWA Hawaii show | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | 1 | 91 | Defeated Hawaiian Blood (Kaimana and Kaniala), substituting for Wolfen. | |||
| 103 | J.T. Wolfen and Kaimana | August 6, 2005 | NWA Hawaii show | Wahiawa, Hawaii | 2 | 104 | ||||
| 104 | The Nightmarchers (Ahuna and Kaniala) |
November 18, 2005 | NWA Hawaii show | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | 253 | Defeated Wolfen and J Lo, substituting for Kaimana. They also held HCW Kekaulike Heritage Title which was officially unified with the NWA Hawaii titles on May 19, 2006. Titles are later vacated on July 8, 2006. | |||
| 105 | 939 Connection (Ricky Thunder and Jody Lopez) |
July 29, 2006 | NWA Hawaii show | Wahiawa, Hawaii | 1 | N/A | Defeated Hawaiian Blood (Kaimana and Kaniala) in 6-team one-night tournament final | |||
| — | March 31, 2007 | — | — | Thunder was injured | ||||||
References
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- ^ "N.W.A. Hawaii Tag Team Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
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