| Champion |
Won From |
Date |
| Chasyn Rance & Mister Saint Laurent |
n/a |
4/18/08 |
Defeated Kirby Mack & T.J. Mack to win the vacant titles. |
The Heartbreak Express
(Phil Davis & Sean Davis) |
n/a |
10/6/07 |
Won a tournament to win the vacant titles by defeating Sonny Roselli & Larry Huntley in the finals. Lose the titles to Frankie DeFalco & Jake Milliman on 2/8/08 but the titles are later returned to them after it is ruled that DeFalco & Milliman should have been disqualified during the match. Later stripped of the titles for no-showing a title defense. |
| Ric Converse & Xsiris |
Jonnie Stewart & Ricky Landell |
3/23/07 |
Jonnie Stewart was subbing for Steve Corino who was in Australia. Stripped of the titles on 6/13/07, Jonnie Stewart & Ricky Landell are awarded the titles and Marcus Bagwell & The Patriot beat them for the titles on the same day but the titles changes are later overturned and the titles vacated once again. |
| Steve Corino & Ricky Landell |
TJ Mack & Kirby Mack |
6/14/06 |
| TJ Mack & Kirby Mack |
Buddha & JT Wolfen |
6/14/06 |
| Buddha & JT Wolfen |
n/a |
12/10/05 |
| Defeated Amazing N8
Mattson & Ricky Landell to win the vacant titles. |
| The Henchmen (Buddha
& Venom) |
n/a |
July 2004 |
| Awarded the titles.
Later vacated the titles so they could be put up for grabs in a tournament. |
| Model's Inc. (GQ
Gallo & Charming Chad) |
Navajo Warrior & Evan Karagias |
3/26/04 |
| Evan Karagias was
subbing for Ghostwalker. Model's Inc. vacate the titles when Charming
Chad signs a WWE contract. |
| Native Blood (Navajo
Warrior & Ghostwalker) |
Corporate Stooges |
9/1/01 |
| Corporate Stooges
(Jonnie Stewart & Tony Denucci) |
n/a |
9/1/01 |
| Awarded titles by
AWA President Dale Gagne after he deems Heaven & Hell unfit to defend the
titles. |
| Heaven & Hell [2] |
The Golden Lion & The Iron
Sheik |
10/9/99 |
| The Iron Sheik was
subbing for the injured Jonnie Stewart. |
| The Golden Boys
(Jonnie Stewart & The Golden Lion) |
Heaven & Hell |
9/6/99 |
| Heaven & Hell |
n/a |
6/27/99 |
| Defeated The
Bushwackers to win the vacant titles. |
| The Trooper & DJ Peterson |
Destruction Crew |
8/11/90 |
| The Promotion
closed in 1991. |
| Destruction Crew
(Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos) |
n/a |
10/1/89 |
| Destruction Crew
(Wayne Bloom and Mike Enos) defeated Greg Gagne and Paul Diamond in a
tournament final to win the titles. |
| Olympians (Ken Patera
& Brad Rheingans) |
Badd Company |
3/25/89 |
| The titles were
vacated on Spetember 18, 1989 when Ken Patera was injured by the Destruction
Crew (Wayne Bloom and Mike Enos). |
| Badd Company (Paul
Diamond & Pat Tanaka) |
Marty Jannetty & Shawn
Michaels |
3/19/88 |
| Marty Jannetty & Shawn
Michaels [2] |
Randy Rose & Dennis Condrey |
12/27/87 |
| Randy Rose & Dennis Condrey |
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee |
10/30/87 |
| Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee [2] |
Hector Guerrero & Dr. D |
10/26/87 |
| Hector Guerrero & Dr. D |
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee |
10/19/87 |
| Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee |
Soldat Ustinov & Doug Somers |
10/11/87 |
| Soldat Ustinov & Doug Somers |
n/a |
October 1987 |
| Boris Zhukov jumped
to the WWF. Doug Somers takes his place as AWA World Tag Team
Champion. |
| Soldat Ustinov & Boris Zhukov |
Marty Jannetty & Shawn
Michaels |
5/25/87 |
| Marty Jannetty & Shawn
Michaels |
Buddy Rose & Doug Somers |
1/27/87 |
| Buddy Rose & Doug Somers |
Curt Hennig & Scott Hall |
5/17/86 |
| Curt Hennig & Scott Hall |
Jim Garvin & Steve Regal |
1/18/86 |
| Jim Garvin & Steve Regal |
The Road Warriors |
9/29/85 |
| The Road Warriors
(Hawk & Animal) |
Crusher Lisowski & Baron Von
Rashke |
8/25/84 |
| Crusher Lisowski & Baron Von
Rashke |
Shiek's Army |
5/6/84 |
| Shiek's Army (Jerry
Blackwell & Ken Patera) |
High Flyers |
6/26/83 |
| High Flyers [2] |
East-West Connection |
6/14/81 |
| East-West Connection
(Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura) |
n/a |
7/20/80 |
| East-West
Connection (Adrian Adonis and Jesse Ventura) were awarded the titles after
Verne Gagne no-showed for a title defense. |
| Verne Gagne & Maurice Vachon |
Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens |
6/6/79 |
| Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens |
n/a |
9/23/78 |
| The titles were
awarded to Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens when Jim Brunzell was injured playing
softball. |
| High Flyers (Jim
Brunzell & Greg Gagne) |
Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum |
7/7/77 |
| Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum |
Crusher Lisowski & Dick The
Bruiser |
7/23/76 |
| Crusher Lisowski & Dick The
Bruiser [5] |
Nick Bockwinkle & Ray Stevens |
8/16/75 |
| Nick Bockwinkle & Ray Stevens
[3] |
Crusher Lisowski & Bill
Robinson |
10/24/74 |
| Crusher Lisowski & Bill
Robinson |
Nick Bockwinkle & Ray Stevens |
7/21/74 |
| Nick Bockwinkle & Ray Stevens
[2] |
Verne Gagne & Bill Robinson |
1/6/73 |
| Bill Robinson and
Geoff Portz defeated Nick Bockwinkle and Ray Stevens on October 12, 1973 in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, but the titles were returned as Geoff Portz was
subsituting for Red Bastien. |
| Verne Gagne & Bill Robinson |
Nick Bockwinkle & Ray Stevens |
12/30/72 |
| Nick Bockwinkle & Ray Stevens |
Reb Bastien & Crusher Lisowski |
1/20/71 |
| Reb Bastien & Crusher Lisowski |
n/a |
August 1971 |
| Hercules Cortez was
killed in an auto accident on July 23, 1971 near Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Red
Bastein chose Crusher Lisowski as his new partner. |
| Reb Bastien & Hercules Cortez |
Maurice Vachon & Paul Vachon |
5/15/71 |
| Maurice Vachon & Paul Vachon |
Crusher Lisowski & Dick The
Bruiser |
8/30/69 |
| Crusher Lisowski & Dick The
Bruiser [4] |
Mitsu Arakawa & Tor Kamata |
12/28/68 |
| Mitsu Arakawa & Tor Kamata |
Pat O'Conner & Wilbur Snyder |
12/2/67 |
| Pat O'Conner & Wilbur Snyder |
Harley Race & Chris Markoff |
11/10/67 |
| Harley Race & Chris Markoff |
n/a |
October 1967 |
| Larry Hennig's leg
was broken in a match against Verne Gagne in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Harley Race chose Chris Markoff as his new partner. |
| Harley Race & Larry Hennig [4] |
Verne Gagne & Don Leo
Johnathan |
1967 |
| Verne Gagne & Don Leo
Johnathan |
Harley Race & Larry Hennig |
3/15/67 |
| Harley Race & Larry Hennig [3] |
Crusher Lisowski & Dick The
Bruiser |
1/6/67 |
| Crusher Lisowski & Dick The
Bruiser [3] |
Harley Race & Larry Hennig |
5/28/66 |
| Harley Race & Larry Hennig [2] |
Crusher Lisowski & Verne Gagne |
8/7/65 |
| Crusher Lisowski & Verne Gagne |
Harley Race & Larry Hennig |
7/24/65 |
| Harley Race & Larry Hennig |
Crusher Lisowski & Dick The
Bruiser |
1/30/65 |
| Crusher Lisowski & Dick The
Bruiser [2] |
Verne Gagne & Moose Evans |
2/23/64 |
| Verne Gagne & Moose Evans |
Crusher Lisowski & Dick The
Bruiser |
2/9/64 |
| Crusher Lisowski & Dick The
Bruiser |
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol
Kalmikoff |
8/20/63 |
| Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol
Kalmikoff [5] |
Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn |
1/1/63 |
| Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn |
Art Neilson & Stan Neilson |
12/16/62 |
| Art Neilson & Stan Neilson |
Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski |
April 1962 |
| Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski |
Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman |
2/13/62 |
| Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman |
n/a |
1/15/62 |
| Lary Hennig & Duke
Hoffman defeated Ivan Kalimikoff and Nikita Kalimikoff in a 9-team
tournament final to win the titles. |
| Bob Geigel & Boris Malenko |
Dale Lewis & Bobby Graham |
11/23/61 |
| The titles were
vacated in January of 1962 when Boris Malenko was injured. |
| Dale Lewis & Bobby Graham |
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob
Geigel |
11/16/61 |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob
Geigel |
n/a |
7/26/61 |
| Hard Boiled
Haggerty defeated Gene Kiniski for the titles and chose Bob Geigel as his
tag team partner. |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene
Kiniski [2] |
Wilbur Snyder & Leo Nomellini |
6/19/61 |
| Hard Boiled
Haggerty and Gene Kiniski split up on August 8, 1961 when Haggerty's
interference in a cage match between Gene Kiniski and Verne Gagne backfired. |
| Wilbur Snyder & Leo Nomellini |
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene
Kiniski |
5/23/61 |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene
Kiniski |
n/a |
3/18/61 |
| Len Montana's leg
was broken in a match against Verne Gagne and Leo Nomellini. Hard Boiled
Haggerty chose Gene Kiniski as his new partner. |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len
Montana |
Murder Inc. |
10/4/60 |
| Murder Inc. [2] |
n/a |
August 1960 |
| The titles were
returned to Murder Inc. when Leo Nomellini returned to playing football with
the San Francisco 49ers. They were recognized as the first AWA World Tag
Team Champions in August of 1960 when the AWA stopped recognizing NWA World
Tag Team Champions. |
| Verne Gagne & Leo Nomellini
[2] |
Murder Inc. |
7/19/60 |
| Murder Inc. (Tiny
Mills & Stan Kowalski) |
n/a |
3/5/60 |
| Murder Inc. (Tiny
Mills and Stan Kowalski) claimed they were International Tag Team Champions
since 1959. Started to claim as World Tag Team Champions on March 5, 1960.
The Minneapolis promotion withdrew from the NWA and formed the American
Wrestling Association in May 1960, but continued tobe recognized in the NWA
as World Champions. |
| Butch Levy & Leo Nomellini |
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol
Kalmikoff |
7/14/59 |
| The titles were
vacated when Leo Nomellini returned to football in 1959. |
| Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol
Kalmikoff [4] |
n/a |
June 1959 |
| The titles were
awarded to Ivan Kalimikoff and Karol Kalimikoff when Verne Gagne went on
tour. |
| Verne Gagne & Butch Levy |
Karol Kalmikoff & Baron
Gattoni |
4/28/59 |
| Karol Kalmikoff & Baron
Gattoni |
n/a |
April 1959 |
| Ivan Kalimikoff
suffered a back injury. Karol Kalmikoff chose Baron Gattoni as his new
partner. |
| Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol
Kalmikoff [3] |
Crusher Lisowski & Stan
Lisowski |
3/5/59 |
| Crusher Lisowski & Stan
Lisowski [2] |
Herb Freeman & Seymour Freeman |
1/22/59 |
| Herb Freeman & Seymour Freeman |
Crusher Lisowski & Stan
Lisowski |
1/15/59 |
| Crusher Lisowski & Stan
Lisowski |
n/a |
November 1958 |
| Crusher Lisowski
and Stan Lisowski wins a tournament for the titles. |
| Fritz Von Erich & Hans Hermann |
Doc Gallagher & Mike Gallagher |
7/1/58 |
| The titles were
vacated in 1958. |
| Doc Gallagher & Mike Gallagher
[3] |
Verne Gagne & Leo Nomellini |
1958 |
| Verne Gagne & Leo Nomellini |
Doc Gallagher & Mike Gallagher |
5/15/58 |
| Doc Gallagher & Mike Gallagher
[2] |
n/a |
4/29/58 |
| The titles were
returned to the Gallaghers because of questions over guest referee, Ilio
DiPaolo. |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty & Kinji
Shibuya |
Doc Gallagher & Mike Gallagher |
4/22/58 |
| Doc Gallagher & Mike Gallagher |
Verne Gagne & Bronco Nagurski |
3/22/58 |
| Verne Gagne & Bronco Nagurski |
Atomic Blonds |
12/26/57 |
| Atomic Blonds (Chet
Wallich & Johnny Valentine) |
Joe Brunetti & Guy Brunetti |
12/10/57 |
| Joe Brunetti & Guy Brunetti
[2] |
Mitsu Arakawa & Kinji Shibuya |
11/26/57 |
| Mitsu Arakawa & Kinji Shibuya |
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol
Kalmikoff |
8/13/57 |
| Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol
Kalmikoff [2] |
Joe Brunetti & Guy Brunetti |
6/6/57 |
| Joe Brunetti & Guy Brunetti |
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol
Kalmikoff |
2/26/57 |
| Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol
Kalmikoff |
n/a |
1/8/57 |
| Ivan Kalimikoff and
Karol Kalimikoff defeated Fritz Von Erich and Karl Von Schober in a
tournament final to win the titles. |
