WCW United States Tag Team Championship

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WCW United States Tag Team Championship
Data
owner NWA (1986–1990)
WCW (1991–1992)
Introduced September 28, 1986
Discontinued June 25, 1992
Former names

NWA United States Tag Team Championship (until January 1991)

The WCW United States Tag Team Championship was an American wrestling title that was continued by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) under the banner of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and later World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The championship was introduced in 1986 as the NWA United States Tag Team Championship and renamed in 1991. He was discontinued on June 25, 1992. As usual in wrestling , the title was awarded as part of a storyline .

history

1986 promoter Jim Crockett Jr. introduced the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. The title was a merger of the two NWA tag team titles NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship and NWA National Tag Team Championship , both of which were discontinued. The title was only allowed to be held by a male tag team and could only be defended in tag team matches (in contrast to the ECW World Tag Team Championship, for example ). A tournament was held to determine the first champions. The first two title holders were thus on September 28, 1986 Krusher Khruschev and Ivan Koloff .

In 1988, Crockett sold Jim Crockett Promotions to Ted Turner , who renamed the promotion World Championship Wrestling. Until January 1991 the title was continued under its old name until a rebranding was carried out in January 1991. The then current champions, the Steiner Brothers ( Rick and Scott Steiner ) became the last champions under the old title and the first champions after the rebranding as the WCW United States Tag Team Championship. The title continued until July 31, 1992, when it was canceled in favor of the WCW World Tag Team Championship , with The Barbarian and Dick Slater becoming the last titleholders .

List of title holders

# Champions No. Days Date of title win place event comment
(NWA) WCW United States Tag Team Championship
1 Krusher Khruschev and Ivan Koloff 1 72 September 28, 1986 Atlanta , GA Houseshow Won a tournament final against the Kansas Jayhawks (Dutch Mantel and Bobby Jaggers)
2 Ron Garvin and Barry Windham 1 95 December 9, 1986 Spartanburg , SC NWA Pro Wrestling Aired December 13, 1986.
3 Dick Murdoch and Ivan Koloff (2) 1 21st March 14, 1987 Atlanta , GA World Championship Wrestling
- vacant - - April 4th 1987 N / A Murdoch had brainbustered with Nikita Koloff and was suspended. As a result, both “lost” the title.
4th The Midnight Express
(Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) 		1 346 May 16, 1987 Atlanta , GA World Championship Wrestling Won a tournament final against Ron Garvin and Barry Windham .
4th The Fantastics
( Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers ) 		1 75 April 26, 1988 Chattanooga , TN World wide wrestling Aired May 14, 1988.
6th The Midnight Express
(Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) 		2 62 July 10, 1988 Baltimore , MD The Great American Bash
- vacant - - September 10, 1988 N / A N / A The NWA declared the titles vacant after Eaton and Lane won the NWA World Tag Team Championship .
7th The Fantastics
( Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers ) 		2 19th April 26, 1988 Chattanooga , TN Clash of the Champions IV: A Season's Beatings Won a tournament final against Eddie Gilbert and Ron Simmons .
8th Kevin Sullivan and Steve Williams 1 64 December 26, 1988 Norfolk , VA Starcade
9 Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner 1 ?? February 28, 1989 Columbia , SC World wide wrestling Aired March 18, 1989.
- vacant - - May 1989 N / A N / A The team broke up so that Rick and his brother Scott Steiner could found the Steiner Brothers . The title was then discontinued for almost a year.
10 Brian Pillman and The Z-Man 1 96 February 12, 1990 Rainsville , AL World wide wrestling Aired February 24, 1990. Beat The Fabulous Freebirds in a tournament final.
11 The Midnight Express
(Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) 		3 97 May 19, 1990 Washington, DC Capital Combat: Return of the Robocop
12 Steiner Brothers
( Rick (2) and Scott Steiner ) 		1 225 August 24, 1990 East Rutherford , NJ Houseshow During her reign, the title was renamed the WCW United States Tag Team Championship.
- vacant - - April 6, 1991 N / A World wide wrestling The Steiner Brothers won the WCW World Tag Team Championship .
13 The Fabulous Freebirds
( Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes ) 		1 85 May 19, 1991 St. Petersburg , FL SuperBrawl Won against The Young Pistols (Tracey Smothers and Steve Armstrong)
14th The Patriots
( Todd Champion and Firebreaker Chip (3)) 		1 85 August 12, 1990 Gainesville , GA World Championship Wrestling Aired September 7, 1991.
15th The Young Pistols
( Tracey Smothers and Steve Armstrong ) 		1 70 5th November 1990 Gainesville , GA WCW Main Event Aired December 15, 1991.
16 Big Josh and Ron Simmons 1 34 January 14, 1992 Columbus , GA WCW Main Event Aired February 16, 1992
17th Terry Taylor and Greg Valentine 1 90 17th February 1992 Rock Hill , SC World Championship Wrestling Aired February 29, 1991.
18th The Fabulous Freebirds
( Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes ) 		2 34 17th May 1992 Jacksonville , FL WrestleWar
19th Dick Slater and The Barbarian 1 36 June 25, 1992 Kansas City , MO WCW Main Event Aired July 12, 1992.
- Disabled - - - July 31, 1992 - WCW focused on the NWA and WCW World Tag Team Titles, which at that time were merged into the WCW World Tag Team Championship.

statistics

As a team

rank Tag team number Days in total
1 Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane
( The Midnight Express ) 		3 505
2 Rick and Scott
( The Steiner Brothers ) 		1 225
3 Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes
( The Fabulous Freebirds ) 		2 124
4th Brian Pillman and The Z-Man 1 096
5 Ron Garvin and Barry Windham 1 095
6th Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers
( The Fantastics ) 		2 094
7th Terry Taylor and Greg Valentine 1 090
8th Todd Champion and Firebreaker Chip
(The Patriots) 		1 085
9 Krusher Khruschev and Ivan Koloff 1 072
10 Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers
(The Young Pistols) 		1 070
11 Kevin Sullivan and Steve Williams 1 064
12 Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner 1 062 (max.)
13 The Barbarian and Dick Slater 1 036
14th Big Josh and Ron Simmons 1 034
15th Dick Murdoch and Ivan Koloff 1 021st

Single wrestler

rank Wrestlers number Days in total
1 Bobby Eaton 3 505
Stan Lane 3 505
3 Rick Steiner 2 287 (max.)
4th Scott Steiner 1 225
5 Jimmy Garvin 2 124
Michael Hayes 2 124
7th Brian Pillman 1 096
The Z-Man 1 096
9 Ron Garvin 1 095
Barry Windham 1 095
11 Bobby Fulton 2 094
Tommy Rogers 2 094
13 Ivan Koloff 2 093
Terry Taylor 1 090
Greg Valentine 1 090
16 Todd Champion 1 085
Firebreaker chip 1 085
18th Krusher Khruschev 1 072
19th Steve Armstrong 1 070
Tracy Smothers 1 070
21st Kevin Sullivan 1 064
"Dr. Death" Steve Williams 1 064
23 Eddie Gilbert 1 064 (max.)
24 The Barbarian 1 036
Dick Slater 1 036
26th Big Josh 1 034
Ron Simmons 1 034
28 Dick Murdoch 1 021st

literature

  • Gary Will and Royal Duncan: Wrestling Title Histories . 3. Edition. Archeus Communications, 1994, ISBN 0-9698161-1-1 , United States: 19th century & widely defended titles - NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA, S. 23 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Scott Beekman: Ringside: a history of professional wrestling in America . Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006, ISBN 0-275-98401-X , pp. 129-132.
  2. ↑ not officially stated