NWA International Tag Team Championship
| NWA International Tag Team Championship | |
|---|---|
| Data | |
| owner |
Japan Wrestling Association (1966–1973) All Japan Pro Wrestling (1973–1988) |
| Introduced | 1959 |
| Discontinued | June 10, 1988 |
The NWA International Tag Team Championship was a tag team title approved by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) or its predecessor Japan Wrestling Association (JWA) and Western States Sports . As usual in wrestling, the award of this title follows a previously worked out storyline . The title existed from 1959 to 1988. Then it was combined with the PWF World Tag Team Championship to form the AJPW World Tag Team Championship . Due to the age of the title, there are no reliable records and conflicting information about the history of the title from 1959 to 1963. The same applies to the exact dates from 1962 to 1966.
The Fabulous Kangaroos were considered the first champions, the last held by Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu , who also became the first AJPW World Tag Team Champions by defeating the Road Warriors .
List of title holders
| # | Champions | No. | date | Days | place | event | comment | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Fabulous Kangaroos ( Al Costello and Roy Heffernan ) |
1 | circa 1962 | ?? | N / A | N / A | Considered the first champions; could have received the title as early as 1959. | |
| 2 | George Scott and Sundy Scott | 1 | January 1963 | ?? | - | Houseshow | ||
| 3 | Karl and Kurt Von Stroheim | 1 | July 1964 | ?? | Texas | Houseshow | ||
| 4th | Bull and Fred Curry | 1 | July 20, 1964 | ?? | Fort Worth , Texas | Houseshow | ||
| 5 | Karl and Kurt Von Stroheim | 2 | February 1966 | ?? | Texas | Houseshow | ||
| 6th | Fritz Von Goehring and Mike Padosis | 1 | September 1966 | ?? | Texas | Houseshow | ||
| 7th | Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura | 1 | 5th November 1966 | 335 | Tokyo , Japan | Houseshow | Title came to Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance . | |
| 8th | Tarzan Tyler and Bill Watts | 1 | October 6, 1967 | 25th | Fukushima , Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 9 | Giant Baba (2) and Antonio Inoki | 1 | October 31, 1967 | 69 | Osaka , Japan | Houseshow | ||
| - | vacancy | - | January 8, 1968 | - | - | - | Inoki was unable to appear in time to defend his title against Crusher Lisowski and Bill Miller in Hiroshima , Japan, due to blowing snow . | |
| 10 | Giant Baba (3) and Antonio Inoki | 2 | 3rd February 1968 | 341 | Tokyo, Japan | Houseshow | Defeated Crusher Lisowski and Bill Miller in a rematch. | |
| 11 | Danny Hodge and Wilbur Snyder | 1 | January 9, 1969 | 26th | Hiroshima , Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 12 | Giant Baba (4) and Antonio Inoki | 3 | 4th February 1969 | 188 | Sapporo , Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 13 | Dick the Bruiser and Crusher Lisowski | 1 | 11th August 1969 | 2 | Sapporo, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 14th | Giant Baba (5) and Antonio Inoki | 4th | 13th August 1969 | 846 | Osaka, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 15th | The Funks ( Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk ) |
1 | 7th December 1971 | 164 | Los Angeles , California | Houseshow | ||
| 16 | Giant Baba (6) and Seiji Sakaguchi | 1 | May 19, 1972 | 164 | Tokyo, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| - | vacancy | - | 7th September 1972 | - | - | - | Baba left JWA to start All Japan Pro Wrestling . | |
| 17th | Kintaro Ohki and Seiji Sakaguchi (2) | 1 | 2nd December 1972 | 82 | Tokyo, Japan | Houseshow | Defeated Bobo Brazil and Gene Kiniski . | |
| 18th | Killer Karl Krupp and Johnny Valentine | 1 | February 22, 1973 | 12 | Osaka, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 19th | Kintaro Ohki (2) and Umanosuke Ueda | 1 | March 6, 1973 | 43 | Nagoya , Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 20th | Killer Karl Krupp (2) and Fritz Von Erich | 1 | April 18, 1973 | ?? | Yaizu , Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 21st | Killer Karl Krupp (3) and Karl Von Steiger | 1 | April 1973 | ?? | - | -N / A | Krupp took Von Steiger as a new partner after Von Erich returned his championship. | |
| - | vacancy | - | April 1973 | - | - | - | The JWA disbanded, but Krupp and von Steiger retained the title and returned with it to Amarillo, Texas. With that, the title came to Western States Sports | |
| 22nd | The Funks ( Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk ) |
2 | May 26, 1973 | 92 | Amarillo , Texas | Houseshow | ||
| 23 | Killer Karl Kox and Ciclon Negro | 1 | August 26, 1973 | ?? | Lubbock , Texas | Houseshow | ||
| 24 | The Funks ( Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk ) |
3 | October 1973 | ?? | Texas | Houseshow | ||
| 25th | Giant Baba (7) and Jumbo Tsuruta | 1 | 5th February 1975 | 631 | San Antonio , Texas | Houseshow | Returned to All Japan Pro Wrestling with the belt . | |
| 26th | Kintaro Ohki (3) and Kim Duk | 1 | October 28, 1976 | 42 | Tokyo, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 27 | Giant Baba (8) and Jumbo Tsuruta | 2 | December 9, 1976 | 333 | Tokyo, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 28 | Kintaro Ohki (4) and Kim Duk | 2 | November 7th 1977 | 185 | Seoul , South Korea | Houseshow | ||
| 29 | Giant Baba (9) and Jumbo Tsuruta | 3 | May 11, 1978 | 519 | Tokyo, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 30th | Abdullah the Butcher and Ray Cundy | 1 | October 12, 1979 | 7th | Tokyo, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 31 | Giant Baba (10) and Jumbo Tsuruta | 4th | 19th October 1979 | 1271 | Tokyo, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 32 | Ron Bass and Stan Hansen | 1 | April 12, 1983 | 5 | Matsuyama , Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 33 | Giant Baba (11) and Jumbo Tsuruta | 5 | April 17, 1983 | 100 | Nagasaki , Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 34 | Tiger Jeet Singh and Umanosuke Ueda (2) | 1 | July 26, 1983 | 6th | Fukuoka , Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 35 | Giant Baba (12) and Jumbo Tsuruta | 6th | August 1, 1983 | ?? | Tokyo, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| - | vacancy | - | May 1984} | - | - | - | Baba sustained an injury. | |
| 36 | Genichiro Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta (7) | 1 | 3rd September 1984 | 520 | Hiroshima, Japan | Houseshow | Defeated Jerry Blackwell and Bruiser Brody . | |
| 37 | Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu | 1 | 5th February 1985 | 365 | Sapporo, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 38 | Genichiro Tenryu (2) and Jumbo Tsuruta (8) | 2 | 5th February 1987 | 25th | Tokyo, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 39 |
The Road Warriors ( Animal and Hawk ) |
1 | March 12, 1987 | 456 | Sapporo, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| 40 | Jumbo Tsuruta (9) and Yoshiaki Yatsu (2) | 1 | June 10, 1988 | 0 | Tokyo, Japan | Houseshow | ||
| - | Union | - | June 10, 1988 | - | - | - | Together with the PWF Tag Team Championship , the title became the World Tag Team Championship . |
Title statistics
Teams
| rank | team | number | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta | 6th | 3127 |
| 2. | Giant Baba and Antonio | 4th | 1444 |
| 3. | Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk | 3 | 749 |
| 4th | Genichiro Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta | 2 | 555 |
| 5. | George and Sundy Scott | 1 | 547 |
| 6th | Bull and Fred Curry | 1 | 529 |
| 7th | The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) | 1 | 456 |
| 8th. | The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) | 1 | 365 |
| Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu | 1 | 365 | |
| 9. | Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura | 1 | 335 |
| 10. | Karl and Kurt Von Stroheim | 2 | 263 |
| 11. | Kintaro Ohki and Kim Duk | 2 | 227 |
| 12. | Giant Baba and Seiji Sakaguchi | 1 | 111 |
| 13. | Kintaro Ohki and Seiji Sakaguchi | 1 | 82 |
| 14th | Fritz Von Goehring and Mike Padosis | 1 | 66 |
| 15th | Kintaro Ohki and Umanosuke Ueda | 1 | 43 |
| 16. | Danny Hodge and Wilbur Snyder | 1 | 26th |
| 17th | Killer Karl Krupp and Johnny Valentine | 1 | 12 |
| Killer Karl Krupp and Karl Von Steiger | 1 | 12 | |
| 18th | Abdullah the Butcher and Ray Cundy | 1 | 7th |
| 19th | Tiger Jeet Singh and Umanosuke Ueda | 1 | 6th |
| 20th | Killer Karl Kox and Ciclon Negro | 1 | 5 |
| Ron Bass and Stan Hansen | 1 | 5 | |
| 21st | Dick the Bruiser and Crusher Lisowsk | 1 | 2 |
| 22nd | Killer Karl Krupp and Fritz Von Erich | 1 | 0 |
| Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu | 1 | 0 |
Single wrestler
| Rank | team | # Of Reigns | Combined Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Giant Baba | 12 | 5017 |
| 2. | Jumbo Tsuruta | 9 | 3662 |
| 3. | Antonio Inoki | 4th | 1444 |
| 4th | Dory Funk Jr. | 3 | 749 |
| Terry Funk | 3 | 749 | |
| 5. | Genichiro Tenryu | 2 | 555 |
| 6th | Sandy Scott | 1 | 547 |
| George Scott | 1 | 547 | |
| 7th | Bull curry | 1 | 529 |
| Fred Curry | 1 | 529 | |
| 8th. | Animal | 1 | 456 |
| Hawk | 1 | 456 | |
| 9. | Al Costello | 1 | 365 |
| Roy Heffernan | 1 | 365 | |
| Riki Choshu | 1 | 365 | |
| Yoshiaki Yatsu | 2 | 365 | |
| 10. | Kintaro Ohki | 4th | 352 |
| 11. | Michiaki Yoshimura | 1 | 335 |
| 12. | Karl Von Stroheim | 2 | 263 |
| Kurt Von Stroheim | 2 | 263 | |
| 13. | Kim Duk | 2 | 227 |
| 14th | Seiji Sakaguchi | 2 | 193 |
| 15th | Fritz Von Goehring | 1 | 66 |
| Mike Padosis | 1 | 66 | |
| 16. | Umanosuke Ueda | 2 | 49 |
| 17th | Danny Hodge | 1 | 26th |
| Wilbur Snyder | 1 | 26th | |
| 18th | Tarzan Tyler | 1 | 25th |
| Bill Watts | 1 | 25th | |
| 19th | Killer Karl Krupp | 3 | 23 |
| 20th | Johnny Valentine | 1 | 12 |
| 21st | Abdulla the Butcher | 1 | 7th |
| Ray Candy | 1 | 7th | |
| 22nd | Tiger Jeet Singh | 1 | 6th |
| 23. | Killer Karl Kox | 1 | 5 |
| Ciclon Negro | 1 | 5 | |
| Ron Bass | 1 | 5 | |
| Stan Hansen | 1 | 5 | |
| 24. | Dick the Bruiser | 1 | 2 |
| Crusher Lisovsk | 1 | 2 | |
| 25th | Fritz Von Erich | 1 | 0 |
Web links
- NWA International Tag Team Championship on Wrestling-Titles.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Brian Hoops: Daily pro wrestling history (02/22): Sting defeats Hogan to win vacant WCW title . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ Brian Hoops: On this day in pro wrestling history (Sept. 3): Ric Flair Vs. Terry Funk Texas Death Match, Great Muta Vs. Sting, Ted DiBiase, and Stan Hansen win AJPW Tag titles . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. September 3, 2015. Accessed February 10, 2017.
- ↑ F4W Staff: On this day in pro wrestling history (June 10): Harley Race beats Ric Flair for NWA title, Jerry Blackwell turns babyface . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. June 10, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2017.