NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship

NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionNWA Mid-America and Southeast Championship Wrestling
Date establishedOctober 24, 1967
Date retiredMay 1977
Statistics
First champion(s)Lester Welch and Buddy Fuller
Most reignsRon and Don Wright (10 reigns)

The NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship was a secondary tag team title promoted as the name indicates mainly in the Tennessee region from 1967 until 1977, first by Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling and occasionally NWA Mid-America from 1967 to 1974 then by its successor Southeast Championship Wrestling from 1974 to 1977 when it was abandoned. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen wrestler "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[1]

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Lester Welch and Buddy Fuller October 24, 1967 Mid-Am Show Nashville, Tennessee 1 14 Won a tournament to become the first Tennessee Tag Team Champions.
2 Mario Galento and Alex Perez November 7, 1967 Mid-Am Show Nashville, Tennessee 1 148
3 Frank Dalton and Jack Dalton April 3, 1968 Mid-Am Show Nashville, Tennessee 1 [Note 1]
4 Les Thatcher and Dennis Hall 1969 Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 3]
5 Ron and Don Wright June 1969 (NLT) Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 4]
6 Les Thatcher (2) and Whitey Caldwell June 20, 1969 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 49
6.5 vacated August 8, 1969 N/A N/A N/A N/A Titles held up following a match against Ron and Don Wright[2] [3]
7 Ron and Don Wright August 15, 1969 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 70 Wins Rematch
8 Don Greene and Johnny Walker October 24, 1969 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 8
— Vacated November 8, 1969 — — — — Vacant when Walker is under contract to tour Japan[2] [3]
9 Les Thatcher (3) and Whitey Caldwell November 29, 1969 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 20 Defeats The Spoilers in a tournament final
10 Frank Morrell and Tony Russo December 19, 1969 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 28
11 Whitey Caldwell (3) and Johnny Walker (2) January 16, 1970 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 6
12 The Spoilers
(Spoiler #1 and #Spoiler 2) 		January 22, 1970 Mid-Am Show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 15 Defeat Ron and Don Wright for the titles[2]
13 Ron and Don Wright February 6, 1970 Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 3 63 Ron and Don Wright became co-champions with The Avengers after their match on March 13, 1970 with two referees ending in a split decision
14 The Avengers
(Avenger #1 and Avenger #2) 		April 10, 1970 Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 5] Defeat Ron and Don Wright to become the undisputed champions
15 Ron Wright (4) and Frank Morrell (2) May 17, 1970 NLT Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 6]
16 Whitey Caldwell (4) and Frankie Cain June 5, 1970 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 28
17 Ron Wright (5) and Frank Morrell (3) July 3, 1970 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 [Note 7]
18 Les Thatcher (4) and Whitey Caldwell (5) November 13, 1970 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 3 [Note 8]
19 The Heavenly Bodies
(Don (2) and Al Greene) 		December 23, 1970 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 [Note 9] Billed as having "defeated the Scott brothers Wednesday at Jackson" (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 70/12/27); the actual Jackson card has the Greenes facing Tojo Yamamoto and Jerry Jarrett for Southern Title.[2]
20 Ron Wright (6) and Don Wright January 8, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 4 [Note 10]
21 The Untouchables
(Karl Von Stroheim and Frank Martinez) 		May 2, 1971 NLT Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 [Note 11]
21 Len Rossi and Bearcat Brown June 4, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 56
22 Ron Wright (7) and Don Wright July 30, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 5 35 Ron defeated Rossi on July 16 for one half of the titles and Don defeated Brown on July 30 for the other half of the titles
23 The Alaskans September 3, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 14
24 Ron Wright (8) and Whitey Caldwell (6) September 17, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 35
25 Whitey Caldwell (7) and Bearcat Brown (2) October 8, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 7 Defeat Ron and Don Wright after Wright and Caldwell split up
— Vacated October 15, 1971 — — — — Vacant following a match against The Von Brauners[2] [3]
26 The Von Brauners
(Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) 		October 22, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 21 Wins rematch
27 The Avengers
(Avenger #1 and Avenger #2) 		November 12, 1971 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 70
28 The Heavenly Bodies
(Don (3) and Al Greene) 		January 21, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 35
29 Ron Wright (9) and Jack Donovan February 25, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 63
30 Robert Fuller and Roy Lee Welch April 28, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 [Note 12]
31 The Heavenly Bodies
(Don (4) and Al Greene) 		May 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 3 [Note 13]
32 The Australians
(Larry O'Day and Ron Miller) 		May 19, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 14
32 Ron Wright (10) and Jack Donovan June 2, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 14
— Vacated June 16, 1972 — — — — Vacant after Donovan turned on Wright in a tag match between Ron and Don Wright and Jack Donovan vs. Whitey Caldwell, Larry O'Day, and Ron Miller
33 Ron Wright (11) and Don Wright June 30, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 6 1 Defeated Jack Donovan and Whitey Caldwell[2]
34 Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert July 1, 1972 Mid-Am Show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 14 [4]
35 Ron Wright (12) and Don Wright July 15, 1972 Mid-Am Show Chattanooga, Tennessee 7 7
36 Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert July 22, 1972 Mid-Am Show Chattanooga, Tennessee 2 7
37 Ron Wright (13) and Don Wright July 29, 1972 Mid-Am Show Chattanooga, Tennessee 8 [Note 14]
Championship history is unrecorded from July 29, 1972 to October 4, 1972.
38 Don Wright (9) and Sam Bass October 4, 1972 NLT Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 15]
39 Jerry Lawler and Jim White November 10, 1972 NLT Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 16]
40 Tommy Gilbert (3) and Bearcat Brown (3) December 8, 1972 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 28
41 Ron Wright (14) and Don Wright (10) January 5, 1973 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 9 7
42 Tommy Gilbert (4) and Ed Wolfe January 12, 1973 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 [Note 17]
43 Ron Wright (15) and Don Wright (11) March 24, 1973 NLT Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 10 [Note 18]
44 The Continental Warriors
(Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente) 		May 1973 NLT Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 19]
45 Ron Wright (16) and Don Wright (12) July 1973 NLT Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 11 [Note 20]
46 The Mighty Yankees
(Frank Morrell (4) and Eddie Sullivan) 		November 2, 1973 NLT Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 21]
47 Mike Paidousis and Rocky Smith November 5, 1973 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 [Note 22]
48 Frank Monte and Nick deCarlo March 3, 1974 NLT Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 23]
49 The Mighty Yankees
(Frank Morrell (5) and Eddie Sullivan) 		March 8, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 14
50 Don Greene (5) and Dennis Hall (4) March 22, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 [Note 24] Defeated the Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jerry Novak) to win the championship
51 The Mighty Yankees
(Frank Morrell (6) and Eddie Sullivan) 		April 12, 1974 Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 3 [Note 25] Mighty Yankees and Don Greene and Steve Kovacs became co-champions on April 19 after a double pin
52 Don Greene (6) and Steve Kovacs April 26, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 7
53 The Bounty Hunters
(David Novak and Jacob Novak) 		May 3, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 49
54 Steve Kovacs (2) and Jimmy Kent June 21, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 35
55 Ron Wright (17) and Don Wright (13) July 26, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 12 [Note 26]
56 The Bounty Hunters
(David Novak and Jacob Novak) 		August 11, 1974 NLT Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 2 40
57 Ron Wright (18) and Don Wright (14) September 20, 1974 Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 13 35
58 Ron and Terry Garvin October 25, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 21
59 Ron Wright (19) and Tommy Gilbert (4) November 15, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 21
60 Dutch Mantell and John Foley December 6, 1974 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 35
61 Les Thatcher (5) and Nelson Royal January 10, 1975 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 35
62 Dutch Mantell and John Foley February 14, 1975 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 37
63 Les Thatcher (6) and Nelson Royal March 23, 1975 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 [Note 27]
64 Ron and Don Bass April 1975 Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 28]
65 Ron Wright (20) and Nelson Royal April 1975 Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 29]
66 Ron and Don Bass May 1975 Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 2 [Note 30]
67 Jerry Jarrett and George Gulas May 7, 1975 Mid-Am Show Nashville, Tennessee 1 [Note 31] Defeated Ron and Don Wright to win the champiohnship [5]
68 Jimmy Golden (2) and Ricky Gibson May 31, 1975 NLT Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 [Note 32]
69 Ron Fuller and The Assassin June 27, 1975 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 49
70 The Assassin (2) and Rock Hunter August 15, 1975 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 21 Assassin defeated Fuller for control of the titles and selected Rock Hunter as his new partner
71 Ron (21) and Don Wright (15) September 1975 NLT Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 14 [Note 33]
72 The Assassin (3) and Rock Hunter October 3, 1975 Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 2 [Note 34]
40 Norvell Austin and Butch Malone December 27, 1975 NLT Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 35]
Championship history is unrecorded from December 27, 1975 to April 1977.
41 Danny Little Bear and Chief Thundercloud April 1977 NLT Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 36]
42 Luke Graham and Ripper Collins May 2, 1977 Mid-Am Show Memphis, Tennessee 1 [Note 37]
43 Don Greene (2) and Joey Rossi May 1977 NLT Mid-Am Show [Note 2] 1 [Note 38]
— Deactivated 1977 — — — — The Championship was abandoned.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 273 days.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  3. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 180 days.
  4. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 19 days.
  5. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 37 days.
  6. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 19 days.
  7. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 133 days.
  8. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 40 days.
  9. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 16 days.
  10. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 114 days.
  11. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 33 days.
  12. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 8 days.
  13. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 9 days.
  14. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 67 days.
  15. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 37 days.
  16. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 313 days and 131 days.
  17. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 71 days.
  18. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 68 days.
  19. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 91 days.
  20. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 123 days.
  21. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 3 days.
  22. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 118 days.
  23. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 5 days.
  24. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 21 days.
  25. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 14 days.
  26. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 16 days.
  27. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 9 days and 38 days.
  28. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 29 days.
  29. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 35 days.
  30. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 5 days.
  31. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 54 days.
  32. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 27 days.
  33. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 62 days and 183 days.
  34. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 85 days.
  35. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 606 days.
  36. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 2 days and 517 days.
  37. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 29 days.
  38. ^ The date the championship was abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 242 days.

References

General reference
  • Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "Tennessee: NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4 ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
  • "NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
Specific references
  1. ^ Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com.
  3. ^ a b c June 20, 1969
  4. ^ Hoops, Brian (July 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  5. ^ F4W Staff (May 7, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 7): Jeff Jarrett ends David Arquette's WCW title reign, Nick Bockwinkel Vs. Ray Stevens". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)