The CWA Tag Team Championship was a major professional wrestling tag team title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association. It lasted from 1988 through 1990, when it was abandoned and replaced with the United States Wrestling Association Tag Team Championship.[1]
| CWA Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Continental Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
| Date established | February 1, 1988 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | 1990 | ||||||||||
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Title history
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Max Pain and Gary Young | February 1, 1988 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 28 | Defeated Manny Fernandez and Jeff Jarrett in a tournament final to become the first champions | [1] |
| 2 | The Bruise Brothers (Don and Ron) |
February 29, 1988 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | ||
| 3 | Max Pain and Gary Young | March 7, 1988 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 21 | [2] | |
| 4 | The Bruise Brothers (Don and Ron) |
March 28, 1988 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 42 | ||
| 5 | The Cuban Choir Boys | May 9, 1988 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | ||
| 6 | Scott Steiner and Billy Travis | May 30, 1988 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | ||
| 7 | Don Bass and Gary Young (2) | June 6, 1988 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | ||
| 8 | Scott Steiner and Billy Travis | June 27, 1988 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 49 | ||
| 9 | The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs (Mike Davis and Tommy Lane) |
August 15, 1988 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 66 | [1] | |
| — | Vacated | October 20, 1988 | House show | Lewisburg, Tennessee | — | — | Championship held up after a match against Bill Dundee and Todd Morton | |
| 10 | Cactus Jack and Gary Young (4) | October 24, 1988 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | Defeated Bill Dundee and Todd Morton in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | |
| 11 | Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden | November 7, 1988 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 103 | ||
| 12 | Jed Grundy and Scott Steiner (3) | February 18, 1989 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | ||
| 13 | Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden | February 25, 1989 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | |||
| — | Vacated | March 1989 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Golden left the promotion. | |
| 14 | John Paul and Tracy Smothers | March 13, 1989 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 52 | Defeated Robert Fuller and Action Jackson in a tournament final to win the vacant championship | |
| 15 | Robert Fuller (3) and Brian Lee | May 4, 1989 | House show | Morristown, Tennessee | 1 | 32 | ||
| 16 | Action Jackson and Billy Travis (3) | June 5, 1989 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 28 | ||
| — | Vacated | July 3, 1989 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Championship held up after Jackson and Travis and Wildside fight to a no contest | [3] |
| 17 | Wildside (Chris Champion and Mark Starr) |
July 10, 1989 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 63 | Defeated Jackson and Travis in a rematch to win the held up title | |
| 18 | The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) |
September 11, 1989 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | |||
| — | Vacated | November 1989 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated when Gibson left the promotion. | |
| 18 | The Grappler (Kevin Dillinger) and Brian Lee | December 4, 1989 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | Defeated the teams of The New York Brawler and Mike Davis, Ricky and Todd Morton and King Cobra and Frankie Lancaster in a four-team elimination match to win the vacant championship | ||
| — | 1990 | — | — | Title abandoned and replaced with the USWA Tag Team Championship | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Championship Wrestling Association Tag Team Title". Wrestling Titles. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (March 7, 2020). "Daily Pro Wrestling history (03/07): Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- ^ "Mid-South Coliseum 1989 (Jarrett)". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2008-02-15.