NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship
Appearance
NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship | |||||||
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Promotion | NWA Mid-America and Southeast Championship Wrestling | ||||||
Date established | October 24, 1967 | ||||||
Date retired | May 1977 | ||||||
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The NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship was a secondary tag team title promoted as the name indicates mainly in the Tennessee region from 1967 until 1977, first by Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling and occasionally NWA Mid-America from 1967 to 1974 then by its successor Southeast Championship Wrestling from 1974 to 1977 when it was abandoned. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen wrestler "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[1]
Title history
- Key
Symbol | Meaning |
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# | The overall championship reign |
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed. |
Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands |
— | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
Indicates periods of unknown lineage |
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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1 | Lester Welch and Buddy Fuller | 1 | October 24, 1967 | 14 | Nashville, Tennessee | House show | Won a tournament to become the first Tennessee Tag Team Champions. | |
2 | Mario Galento and Alex Perez | 1 | November 7, 1967 | 148 | Nashville, Tennessee | House show | ||
3 | Frank Dalton and Jack Dalton | 1 | April 3, 1968 | [Note 1] | Nashville, Tennessee | House show | ||
4 | Les Thatcher and Dennis Hall | 1 | 1969 | [Note 2] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
5 | Ron and Don Wright | 1 | June 1969 (NLT) | [Note 4] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
6 | Les Thatcher (2) and Whitey Caldwell | 1 | June 20, 1969 | 49 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
— | Vacant | N/A | August 8, 1969 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Titles held up following a match against Ron and Don Wright[2] | [3] |
7 | Ron and Don Wright | 2 | August 15, 1969 | 70 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | Wins Rematch | |
8 | Don Greene and Johnny Walker | 1 | October 24, 1969 | 8 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
— | Vacant | N/A | November 8, 1969 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacant when Walker is under contract to tour Japan[4] | [5] |
9 | Les Thatcher (3) and Whitey Caldwell | 2 | November 29, 1969 | 20 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | Defeats The Spoilers in a tournament final | |
10 | Frank Morrell and Tony Russo | 1 | December 19, 1969 | 28 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
11 | Whitey Caldwell (3) and Johnny Walker (2) | 1 | January 16, 1970 | 6 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
12 | The Spoilers (Spoiler #1 and #Spoiler 2) |
1 | January 22, 1970 | 15 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | House show | Defeat Ron and Don Wright for the titles[6] | |
13 | Ron and Don Wright | 3 | February 6, 1970 | 63 | [Note 3] | House show | Ron and Don Wright became co-champions with The Avengers after their match on March 13, 1970 with two referees ending in a split decision | |
14 | The Avengers (Avenger #1 and Avenger #2) |
1 | April 10, 1970 | [Note 5] | [Note 3] | House show | Defeat Ron and Don Wright to became the undisputed champions | |
15 | Ron Wright (4) and Frank Morrell (2) | 1 | May 17, 1970 NLT | [Note 6] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
16 | Whitey Caldwell (4) and Frankie Cain | 1 | June 5, 1970 | 28 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
17 | Ron Wright (5) and Frank Morrell (3) | 2 | July 3, 1970 | [Note 7] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
18 | Les Thatcher (4) and Whitey Caldwell (5) | 3 | November 13, 1970 | [Note 8] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
19 | The Heavenly Bodies (Don (2) and Al Greene) |
1 | December 23, 1970 | [Note 9] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | Billed as having "defeated the Scott brothers Wednesday at Jackson" (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 70/12/27); the actual Jackson card has the Greenes facing Tojo Yamamoto & Jerry Jarrett for Southern Title.[7] | |
20 | Ron Wright (6) and Don Wright | 4 | January 8, 1971 | [Note 10] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
21 | The Untouchables (Karl Von Stroheim and Frank Martinez) |
1 | May 2, 1971 NLT | [Note 11] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
21 | Len Rossi and Bearcat Brown | 1 | June 4, 1971 | 56 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
22 | Ron Wright (7) and Don Wright | 5 | July 30, 1971 | 35 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | Ron defeated Rossi on July 16th for one half of the titles and Don defeated Brown on July 30th for the other half of the titles | |
23 | The Alaskans | 1 | September 3, 1971 | 14 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
24 | Ron Wright (8) and Whitey Caldwell (6) | 1 | September 17, 1971 | 35 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
25 | Whitey Caldwell (7) and Bearcat Brown (2) | 1 | October 8, 1971 | 7 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | Defeat Ron and Don Wright after Wright and Caldwell split up | |
— | Vacant | N/A | October 15, 1971 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacant following a match against The Von Brauners[8] | [9] |
26 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) |
1 | October 22, 1971 | 21 | Knoxville, Tennesse | House show | Wins rematch | |
27 | The Avengers (Avenger #1 and Avenger #2) |
2 | November 12, 1971 | 70 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
28 | The Heavenly Bodies (Don (3) and Al Greene) |
2 | January 21, 1972 | 35 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
29 | Ron Wright (9) and Jack Donovan | 1 | February 25, 1972 | 63 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
30 | Robert Fuller and Roy Lee Welch | 1 | April 28, 1972 | [Note 12] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
31 | The Heavenly Bodies (Don (4) and Al Greene) |
3 | May 1972 | [Note 13] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
32 | The Australians (Larry O'Day and Ron Miller) |
1 | May 19, 1972 | 14 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
32 | Ron Wright (10) and Jack Donovan | 2 | June 2, 1972 | 14 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
— | Vacant | N/A | June 16, 1972 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacant after Donovan turned on Wright in a tag match between Ron and Don Wright & Jack Donovan vs. Whitey Caldwell, Larry O'Day, and Ron Miller | |
33 | Ron Wright (11) and Don Wright | 6 | June 30, 1972 | 1 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | Defeated Jack Donovan and Whitey Caldwell[10] | |
34 | Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert | 1 | July 1, 1972 | 14 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | House show | [11] | |
35 | Ron Wright (12) and Don Wright | 7 | July 15, 1972 | 7 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | House show | ||
36 | Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert | 2 | July 22, 1972 | 7 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | House show | ||
37 | Ron Wright (13) and Don Wright | 8 | July 29, 1972 | [Note 14] | Chattanooga, Tennessee | House show | ||
38 | Don Wright (9) and Sam Bass | 1 | October 4, 1972 NLT | [Note 15] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
39 | Jerry Lawler and Jim White | 1 | November 10, 1972 NLT | [Note 16] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
40 | Tommy Gilbert (3) and Bearcat Brown (3) | 1 | December 8, 1972 | 28 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
41 | Ron Wright (14) and Don Wright (10) | 9 | January 5, 1973 | 7 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
42 | Tommy Gilbert (4) and Ed Wolfe | 1 | January 12, 1973 | [Note 17] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
43 | Ron Wright (15) and Don Wright (11) | 10 | March 24, 1973 NLT | [Note 18] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
44 | The Continental Warriors (Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente) |
1 | May 1973 NLT | [Note 19] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
45 | Ron Wright (16) and Don Wright (12) | 11 | July 1973 NLT | [Note 20] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
46 | The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell (4) and Eddie Sullivan) |
1 | November 2, 1973 NLT | [Note 21] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
47 | Mike Paidousis and Rocky Smith | 1 | November 5, 1973 | [Note 22] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
48 | Frank Monte and Nick deCarlo | 1 | March 3, 1974 NLT | [Note 23] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
49 | The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell (5) and Eddie Sullivan) |
2 | March 8, 1974 | 14 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
50 | Don Greene (5) and Dennis Hall (4) | 1 | March 22, 1974 | [Note 24] | Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | Defeated the Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jerry Novak) to win the championship | |
51 | The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell (6) and Eddie Sullivan) |
3 | April 12, 1974 | [Note 25] | [Note 3] | House show | Mighty Yankees & Don Greene and Steve Kovacs became co-champions on April 19th after a double pin | |
52 | Don Greene (6) and Steve Kovacs | 1 | April 26, 1974 | 7 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
53 | The Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jacob Novak) |
1 | May 3, 1974 | 49 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
54 | Steve Kovacs (2) and Jimmy Kent | 1 | June 21, 1974 | 35 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
55 | Ron Wright (17) and Don Wright (13) | 12 | July 26, 1974 | [Note 26] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
56 | The Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jacob Novak) |
2 | August 11, 1974 NLT | 40 | [Note 3] | House show | ||
57 | Ron Wright (18) and Don Wright (14) | 13 | September 20, 1974 | 35 | [Note 3] | House show | ||
58 | Ron and Terry Garvin | 1 | October 25, 1974 | 21 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
59 | Ron Wright (19) and Tommy Gilbert (4) | 1 | November 15, 1974 | 21 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
60 | Dutch Mantell and John Foley | 1 | December 6, 1974 | 35 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
61 | Les Thatcher (5) and Nelson Royal | 1 | January 10, 1975 | 35 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
62 | Dutch Mantell and John Foley | 2 | February 14, 1975 | 37 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
63 | Les Thatcher (6) and Nelson Royal | 2 | March 23, 1975 | [Note 27] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
64 | Ron and Don Bass | 1 | April 1975 | [Note 28] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
65 | Ron Wright (20) and Nelson Royal | 1 | April 1975 | [Note 29] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
66 | Ron and Don Bass | 2 | May 1975 | [Note 30] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
67 | Jerry Jarrett and George Gulas | 1 | May 7, 1975 | [Note 31] | Nashville, Tennessee | House show | Defeated Ron and Don Wright to win the champiohnship | [12] |
68 | Jimmy Golden (2) and Ricky Gibson | 1 | May 31, 1975 NLT | [Note 32] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
69 | Ron Fuller and The Assassin | 1 | June 27, 1975 | 49 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
70 | The Assassin (2) and Rock Hunter | 1 | August 15, 1975 | 21 | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | Assassin defeated Fuller for control of the titles and selected Rock Hunter as his new partner | |
71 | Ron (21) and Don Wright (15) | 14 | September 1975 NLT | [Note 33] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
72 | The Assassin (3) and Rock Hunter | 2 | October 3, 1975 | [Note 34] | Knoxville, Tennessee | House show | ||
40 | Norvell Austin and Butch Malone | 1 | December 27, 1975 NLT | [Note 35] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
41 | Danny Little Bear and Chief Thundercloud | 1 | April 1977 NLT | [Note 36] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
42 | Luke Graham and Ripper Collins | 1 | May 2, 1977 | [Note 37] | Memphis, Tennessee | House show | ||
43 | Don Greene (2) and Joey Rossi | 1 | May 1977 NLT | [Note 38] | [Note 3] | House show | ||
— | Abandoned | N/A | 1977 | N/A | N/A | N/A | The Championship was abandoned. |
See also
- Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling / Southeast Championship Wrestling
- NWA Mid-America
- National Wrestling Alliance
Footnotes
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 273 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 180 days.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
- ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 19 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 37 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 19 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 133 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 40 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 16 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 114 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 33 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 8 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 9 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 67 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 37 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 313 days and 131 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 71 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 68 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 91 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 123 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 3 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 118 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 5 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 21 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 14 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 16 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 9 days and 38 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 29 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 35 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 5 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 54 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 27 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 62 days and 183 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 85 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 606 days.
- ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 2 days and 517 days.
- ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 29 days.
- ^ The date the championship was abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 242 days.
References
- General reference
- Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "Tennessee: NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4 ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
- "NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
- Specific references
- ^ Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
- ^ http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/tn-t.html
- ^ June 20, 1969
- ^ http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/tn-t.html
- ^ June 20, 1969
- ^ http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/tn-t.html
- ^ http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/tn-t.html
- ^ http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/tn-t.html
- ^ June 20, 1969
- ^ http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/tn-t.html
- ^ Hoops, Brian (July 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ F4W Staff (May 7, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 7): Jeff Jarrett ends David Arquette's WCW title reign, Nick Bockwinkel Vs. Ray Stevens". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
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