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The USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship formed in 1988, which consisted of the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship from World Class Championship Wrestling and the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from the American Wrestling Association. Art Crews & Jerry. Harlem Heat, but in. - The French Angel defeated Steve Casey for the Boston AWA World Heavyweight Title . All AWA trademarks, including the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, are now owned by WWE. Gagne's ego was so large by this point he refused to put the younger team over by losing the belts in a sanctioned match. It was created in 1985 from the CWA's. Hollywood Blonds [3] 1977-09-05. If Robley had won, he and Bill Watts would have been the champions)The NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship was a tag team title defended in the National Wrestling Alliance's NWA Mid-Atlantic territory. Won: Defeated Hikaru Shida at All In. Bray Park, Queensland. It was originally established in 1958 for Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC) as a version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship and the. Jim Brunzell defeated Big K via disqualification 15:45. , Bockwinkel/Stevens Int. 'The Silence of the Lambs' Start to Finish. RELATED: 10 Things Wrestling Fans Should Know About Adrian Adonis. The Moondogs AWA Tag Team Champions Ken Patera & Crusher Blackwell vs. JCP @ Richmond, VA – Coliseum – January 17, 1986 (8,500)Aired February 7, 2005. - Scott Hall and Kevin Nash defeated Matt Morgan to win the TNA Tag Team Titles. AWA World Tag Team Championship. Golden Lion and The Russian Brute ( 903 days) The WWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team title in the Indianapolis -based World Wrestling Association from the promotion's formation in 1964 until. 2012. 2/13/88 – CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (Minot, ND) The Nasty Boys vs. Saito Nick Bockwinkel defeated Curt Hennig Billy Robinson drew Steve Regal Jim Garvin defeated Tom Zenk. Douglas Duane Somerson (September 22, 1951 – May 16, 2017) was an American professional wrestler known by his ring name "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers. Text is available under the. Sandy Shore Spring Break 24/7 Season 8: Episode 43 . Somers spent many years in the AWA, but has periodically appeared in numerous other promotions throughout his career, including Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, WWE and WCW. He was best known for his tenures with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under both his real name and ring name, the Diamond Studd, and with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under the ring name Razor Ramon. Martel and Santana briefly formed a tag team and they had several outstanding matches against AWA tag team champions Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell before Santana left the territory. AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Duncum when Gagne pinned Bockwinkel Greg Gagne defeated Ray Stevens on a reverse decision disqualification. The AWA Midwest. Practice. In his obituary, The Washington Post described him as "a professional wrestler whose blue-collar bona fides. HBK has had such a successful career in the WWE that many forgot he once competed for one of the WWE's biggest competitors, the AWA. Soldat Ustinov Ricky Rice vs. It was during. After Sheik Adnan had his arm broken in a tag team match against Mad Dog Vachon and Verne Gagne in Gagne's first of many comebacks, Blackwell was left without a healthy tag team partner. The following is the full list of all the 52 Championship Titles included in WWE 2K18. The Road Warriors / Legion of Doom square off against Sgt. xx. Professional Wrestling Federation. McDaniel was a major star in the American. He was the son of wrestler Larry. Named as the No. Dangerously as the “Original” Midnight Express. History Before the Bees. 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After debuting in the ring in 1972, Greg Gagne brought his University of Minnesota football teammate Jim Brunzell into the business, with Brunzell learning how to wrestle in Verne Gagne’s training camp alongside future legends The Iron Sheik and Ric Flair. PWI Tag Team of the Year award in 1994; PWI ranked them # 53 of the best tag teams of the "PWI Years" in 2003. 2009. Lawler vacated the championship to concentrate on the AWA World Tag Team Championship. Hugh Manatee joined Sober Nation after they had already won the title. All major promotions have a huge tag team presence with some really interesting championship designs to boot. Status: inactive. Bastien was about to deliver his "Atomic Drop" finisher to Stevens when he. The AWA had left the NWA in 1960. AWA World Tag Championship Tournament (1989) was a Special Event and Tournament produced by American Wrestling Association, which took place on October 1, 1989, at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota. 1966 - xx. 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AWA Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski defeated Tiny Mills & Larry Hennig 2/3 Doug Gilbert defeated Nikita Kalmikoff 2/3 Stan Kowalski defeated Larry Hennig 16:00. , Gagne, Zbyszko int. 1937 Kansas City, Kansas: - Ali Baba beat Nanjo Singh by DQ - Bill Lee beat Chris Zaharias - Lou Thesz beat Gene Bowman - Walter Podolak beat Eddie Newman -The American Wrestling Association World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in the American Wrestling Association from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991. Ricky Rice & Tom Johnson (JIP) Curt Hennig vs. $449. Held NWA World Heavyweight Championship, won on January 9, 1959 in St. Most fans fell in love with Michaels when he and Marty Jannetty showed up in WWE as The Rockers. Brian Knobbs . The AWA World Tag Team Championship was the tag team championship for the American Wrestling Association (AWA) from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991. 1960 - xx. Stafford takes time off for personal reasons; Mull may win a tournament to replace her; Daisy Mae & Golden Venus are billed as champions in West Virginia in 53-03. They were also known as The Destruction Crew in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and the Minnesota Wrecking Crew 2 in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Go via DQ Sherri Martel defeated Princess Jasmine via pin. After being denied a pay raise at the AWA, The Rockers signed a contract with the WWE, while they were still AWA Tag Team Champions. 1. In no time they would capture the NWA National Tag Team Championship, a title they would hold three times. The duo was celebrating their second reign as NWA World Tag Team Champions (Minneapolis version) when the AWA succeeded the NWA. In 1996, Dale Gagner, calling himself Dale "Gagne. They captured the AWA World Tag Team Championship from Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee, but a pay dispute led the trio to quit the promotion in 1988 while still champions. International Championship Wrestling was an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Lexington, Kentucky that operated from 1978 until 1984. In 1987, he was replaced by Stan Lane and wandered off. Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times), AWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times), and NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) 12: 1996 — Paul Boesch: Commentating and promoting: Posthumous inductee; promoted the Houston, Texas territory of National Wrestling Alliance: 13: 1996McDaniel and Bruiser defeated Superstar Graham and Ernie Ladd on May 25th, 1973 to earn a shot against AWA tag team champions Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens. The Complete History of the AWA World Tag Team Title Held by some of the greatest names in the history of Wrestling (1960-1991) Updates inc. August 11, 2018. Jerry Lawler defeated AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel via DQ in 32:35. 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AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum defeated Pedro Morales & Peter Maivia when Duncum pinned Maivia at 15:46 Angelo Mosca defeated Jim Brunzell Billy Francis drew Roger Kirby 20:00 Super Destroyer defeated Jan Nelson via pin. Joseph Maurice Régis Vachon (September 14, 1929 − November 21, 2013) was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Mad Dog Vachon. - TNA World Tag Team Champions Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) defeated Scott Steiner & Tomko and The Latin American Exchange. Names: AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship (since xx. Harley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer. Default Timer. 08. Jesse Ventura & Adrian Adonis AWA • March 22, 1980. Notable events. 99. ISBN. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed (as was the Southern Heavyweight Championship, also previously an NWA title) the AWA. She began wrestling in the Portland territory in 1980 and in early 1982 won the NWA World Women’s Tag Team Championship with Sabrina. During their year-long title reign Badd Company would feud heavily with Chavo and Mando Guerrero and the team known as the Top Guns ( Ricky Rice and Derrick Dukes ). Fun fact this video was supposed to be fin. Soldat Ustinov. AWA Tag Team Champions Can you name the AWA World Tag Team Champions from 1960 to 1991? By ostpies. 00 – $ 275. August 28, 2004 – ROH: Ace Steel (of the Second City Saints) defeated Roderick Strong (of Generation Next) by. In mid-1968, Anderson began wrestling for the Carolinas-based Jim Crockett Promotions. 1/22/77 – Davenport TV Roger Kirby defeated Tom Demarco. Francis Huntington (born November 29, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestler. B. AWA Championship Match Verne Gagne vs. World Class Championship Wrestling Pro Wrestling USA: The United States Wrestling. Kansas City, Kansas: - Jim Brunzell. 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Although he and Marty Jannetty never (officially) won tag team gold in the WWE, the two were AWA Tag Team Champions on two occasions. , Garvin vs. Have "recently won the tag team title in Memphis" ( Kingsport Times, 52-05-14) or have defeated Masked Marvel & Paul Jones in Atlanta, GA "three. The CWA Tag Team Championship was a major professional wrestling tag team title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association. AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship. 1981. Theodore James "TJ" Wilson (born July 11, 1980) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler better known by the ring name Tyson Kidd. Fredrick Marty Jannetty (February 3, 1960) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as part of the tag team The Rockers with partner Shawn Michaels, and later as a singles competitor. 1977) Promotions: Continental Wrestling Association (xx. 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Title History AWA world tag team titles defeating Blackjack Lanza and Bobby Duncum (July 7, 1977); AWA world tag team titles defeating Adrian Adonis and Jesse Ventura (June 14, 1981); Career Highlights Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell formed the team The High Flyers in the 1970’s and they enjoyed a number of high-profile feuds in […]The AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. The Dangerous Alliance was a professional wrestling stable who was active in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1987 and in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s. Stoney Burke. Little did anyone know this would be the start of the greatest tag team run in pro wrestling. a. 80 votes, 17 comments. 1966 in Chicago, Illinois but continue to be recognized in other WWA towns (WWA started working with AWA and AWA titles are recognized in Chicago thereafter). The duo, led by “Pretty Boy” (later, “The Brain”) Bobby Heenan, is considered to be perhaps the greatest AWA tag team. Gregory A. Alan Robert Rogowski (September 22, 1942), better known by his ring name of Ole Anderson, is a retired professional wrestler and a promoter. Had working relationships with International Wrestling Enterprise between 1970 and 1981 and with All Japan Pro-Wrestling between 1980 and 1988. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed member promotions to create their own territorial version of the "NWA World Tag Team Championship" without oversight from the board of directors. Greg was originally dq’ed for tossing Ray over the top rope, but Ray assaulted Greg after the match and earned a via dq of his. Knoxville, Tennessee: - Ron Fuller beat Don Carson in a Loser Leaves Town match - Great Mephisto beat The GladiatorThe Road Warriors Achieve Early Popularity In AWA, WCW, And Japan . AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Mad Dog Vachon no contest Superstar Billy Graham Buddy Wolff defeated Ken Patera Chris Taylor defeated Redbeard Munson Reggie Parks drew Tony Rocco Greg Gagne defeated Paul Perschmann. He is currently signed to WWE, where he works as a producer. ). AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match in 31:10. 08. AWA Southern Tag Team Championship. NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) Pro Wrestling Illustrated; Tag Team of the Year (1975, 1977) Ole and Arn. In the late 60s, O’Connor won the AWA and World Wrestling Association Tag Team Titles alongside Wilbur Snyder. AWA World Tag Team Championship Inactive title Overview Detailed Statistics Title Reigns Title Matches By Year Ratings Comments Current name: AWA World Tag Team. Over the course of his ten-year career, Wilkes wrestled for the American Wrestling Association, the Global Wrestling Federation, All Japan Pro. The Road Warriors vs. is a family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. 00 $ 200. Billy Robinson & Frankie Hill AWA All-Star Wrestling • May 20, 1978. 4 The AWA And WCW Versions Feuded. The team would go on to capture the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship in Memphis's CWA in 1982 and utilize the "Freebird Rule", which would allow any of the three members to defend the titles. The team usually consisted of three wrestlers, although in different situations and points in its history, just two performed under the Freebirds name. Verne Gagne and Mad Dog Vachon defeated Ray Stevens and Pat Patterson to become. The Rockers were an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty who teamed from 1985 to 1992. After Sheik Adnan had his arm broken in a tag team match against Mad Dog Vachon and Verne Gagne in Gagne's first of many comebacks, Blackwell was left without a healthy tag team partner. Roy Wayne Farris (born January 25, 1953) is a retired American professional wrestler. Sabu (sub Jos Leduc) defeated Austin Idol. He also excelled at Tag-Team wrestling having won 20 Tag Team championships, having held the AWA tag team championship five times and the WWA tag team championship a record 15 times in his career. The duo originally found success during the mid-to-late 1980s under the moniker of The Midnight Rockers, becoming two-time AWA World Tag Team Champions and winning various regional titles. Reddit's largest professional wrestling communityThe reason given was Verne needed a partner that would fight as dirty as AWA tag team champions Ray Stevens and Pat Patterson did. , Verne int. AWA World Tag Team Championship Inactive title. Nine months later, Hogan would. Darrell Olson Soldat Ustinov vs. In the AWA, Lanza teamed with Bobby Duncum to win the AWA tag team titles while Nick Bockwinkel was World champion, making Heenan the first manager in history to have both the World and tag team champs at the same time. In the AWA, Condrey teamed with former partner Randy Rose under manager Paul E. Tom Zenk vs. Fujiwara for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Titles. 99 USD. He was the father of "Mr. Founded in 1931, the promotion emerged as a cornerstone of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). 1977) NWA Mid-America Southern Tag Team Championship (xx. AWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE HISTORY. 90. AWA TV 6/27/85 (24/7) Verne int. 3/8/80 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon defeated Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura Jerry Blackwell no contest The Crusher Super Destroyer Mark III defeated Super. More About this Item: Plate Material: Brass Plate Thickness: 2-3mm Real Leather Weight: 2 kg. January 8, 1957--August 11, 1990. Mary's. 06. He worked in the World Wrestling Federation, first in 1974 and again from 1984 to 1986. AWA World Tag Team Championship: AWA: August 1960: January 1991: ECW World Tag Team Championship: ECW: August 27, 1994: April 4, 2001: WCW World Tag Team Championship: NWA. On March 26, 2008, Kagetora and. The Fabulous Freebirds - AWA Tag Team Championship: September 28, 1985. They dropped the tag titles to Badd Company (Pat Tanaka. In either a tag team with a younger partner or used as a foe to get a youngster ready for the big time, Parks was a well-respected grappler. AWA World Tag Team Championship; AWA World Women's Championship; C. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Slaughter had success in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), American Wrestling Association (AWA) and World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was a continuation of the earlier ESPN program Pro Wrestling USA, the co-operative venture between the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and several National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliates (most. The NWA United States Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for previously in the United States-based Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP),. June 23, 1989 – AWA War in the Windy City in Chicago, Illinois: Tommy Jammer b Johnny Stewart, Mike George b Rockin’ Randy, Akio Sato b Paul Diamond by DQ, Chavo and Mando and Hector Guerrero b The Texas Hangmen and The Executioner, Wendy Richter b Candi Divine to retain the Women’s title, Ken Patera and Scott Norton b The Destruction. The Flyers successfully defended the title in rematches with the former champions as well as other contenders within the AWA ranks for nearly 15 months before they had to vacate the title. The team defeated Jimmy Garvin and Steve Regal for the AWA World Tag Team Championship on January 18, 1986, in a 58-minute match in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sgt Jacques Goulet Tom Lintz vs. 1948 Minneapolis, Minnesota: - George Gordienko beat Dave Levin - Buddy Rogers beat Ben Morgan 1967 Minneapolis, Minnesota: - "Pretty Boy" Larry Hennig &AWA United States Championship: Ricky Landell: June 13, 2007: AWA Japan Women's Championship: Saki Maemura October 10, 2007: WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship:. Slaughter & Jerry Blackwell in this AWA Wrestling match for the AWA Tag Team Championship. In March, the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) was renamed to World Wrestling Federation (WWF). In the subsequent rematch on March 13th, 1976 in Indianapolis, Ox Baker and Chuck The Monster O'Connor defeated Crusher and Bruiser to capture the held up WWA tag team titles. Instead, Verne’s blunder that night soon led to the downfall of the AWA. ) (with Konnan) and The Boogie Knights. Their rivalry lasted more than a year with the championship trading. Brian Blair was trained by Hiro Matsuda and made his debut in 1977 competing in. Therefore the tag tam champions main evented most AWA cards and were pushed the hardest on television. AWA World Tag Team Wrestling Champions Belt 2mm,4mm,6mm - Tag Team Championship Belt - Tag Team Title Belt Replica - AWA Belt - Custom Belts (7) Sale Price $200. match duration match type title(s) rating; 1: Wendi. By the 1980s, Jim Crockett Promotions was, along with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now. Statistics. INACTIVE xx. 1. In 1990 he joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF formerly WWWF, now known as the WWE), where he managed Sgt. billed weight. 1/10/83 – Memphis, TN @ the Mid South ColiseumThis is for Buddy Rose & Doug Somers’ American Wrestling Association Tag Team Championship. Archeus Communications. Champions - Society X (Outpatient and Soul Killer) Society X defeated the makeshift trident team of Slapshot and Blue Tiger to become the new AWA Tag Team Champions. ECW World Tag Team Championship; WCW World Tag Team Championship; WCW World Tag Team Championship '91-'96; Money in the Bank Briefcases. Several teams of note made their mark during this time. , Slaughter vs. Jannetty is widely known for his tenure as half of tag team The Rockers, in which he partnered with Shawn Michaels. Although he and Marty Jannetty never (officially) won tag team gold in the WWE, the two were AWA Tag Team Champions on two occasions. In an era where the high-flying pretty boy tag teams were the biggest babyfaces in wrestling, they filled that niche nicely for the AWA. xx. Memphis, TN. Features clips the following matches: Jimmy Garvin and St. Jackson, Mississippi: - The Junkyard Dog & Mike George defeated The Samoans (Afa & Sika) to win the Mid-South Wrestling Tag Team Title 10-time AWA World Champion, 4-time AWA World Tag Team Champion, 5-time NWA World Tag Team Champion, WWE Hall of Fame (2006), Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (2004) Verne Gagne started out in the 1970s as the AWA World Champion and he was a top contender to the title even after the rise of Nick Bockwinkel. Security. St. Not letting the disappointment get the best of them they worked in Birmingham and Memphis over the summer becoming AWA Southern Tag Team Champions. In 2010, the titles were unified with SmackDown’s tag-team titles, and since WWE follows the history of the SmackDown titles, the World Tag Team Championship side of the belts was abandoned. AWA Tag Team Champions Quiz - By ostpies. The following champion history features the AWA Tag. , Gagne int. Franke trained under Fred Atkins and debuted in 1974, wrestling under his own name. And they ended their reign as AWA tag champions with a memorable, disputed no-contest match at 1985’s SuperClash against longtime rivals Freebirds Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy, then a loss. To meet Pro Wrestling Wiki' s quality standards, Please upload some images and put them in the article. Percentage. Kokina Maximus. The pair broke out in 1984 as the U. Sabu No Time Limit, No DQ Match: Mid American Champion Randy Savage vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. On November 8th 1975, the lean mean. Status: inactive. It was created in 1985 from the CWA's partnership with the American Wrestling Association. Jarrett revived it in 1981, making it a part of the Memphis-based. Killer Karl Krupp International Champion Austin Idol vs. The team was a quick success. 824K subscribers in the SquaredCircle community. The WWWF United States Tag Team Championships were the first official version of the titles, that. The Crusher defeated Dusty Rhodes via pin in 9:00.