The Alberta Tag Team Championship was created in 1954. The inaugural champions were Bob Mike and Seelie Samara, who defeated Jim Henry and Frank Marconi on 5 March 1954 in what was billed as the final bout of a tournament.[1][2]
The Alberta Tag Team Championship was one of two tag team championships contested in Stampede Wrestling during the mid-1950s, with the other being the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (which was also created in 1954). On several occasions, the same tag team held the two championships concurrently.
There are two gaps in the recorded lineage of the Alberta Tag Team Championship: from 2 August 1954 to March 1955, and again between 27 May 1955 and 5 April 1956. It is unknown whether the championship continued to be defended and change hands over these periods without a record being maintained or rather whether it was quietly abandoned and subsequently resurrected.
The final champions were John Foti and John Paul Henning, who won the championship on 14 December 1956, and were billed as champions until at least 30 May 1957.[7] The championship was abandoned that year. In February 1958, the NWA International Tag Team Championship was introduced in its place.
^ ab"Baillargeon, Samara win Championship". Calgary Herald (via Newspapers.com). 24 April 1954. p. 38. Retrieved 2 June 2019. Jean Baillargeon and Selie Samara won the Alberta tag team championship from Jim "Goon" Henry and Frank Marconi [...] It was a one hour match for the best of three falls.
^ ab"Sjoberg, Von Erich take tag team laurels". Calgary Herald (via Newspapers.com). 7 May 1955. p. 38. Retrieved 2 June 2019. Lou Sjoberg and Fritz Von Erich defeated Earl McCready and Sky Hi Lee to win the best-of-three fall main event and also capture the Alberta Tag Team championship at Victoria Pavilion Friday night.
