SSW Tag Team Championship

SSW Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionSouthern States Wrestling
Date establishedOctober 1, 1990
Current champion(s)Shawn Cruz and The Mega Destroyer
Date wonJuly 6, 2019
Statistics
First champion(s)Bam Bam Christian and Danny Christian
Most reignsAs a team: Death & Destruction
(Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) (8 reigns)
As individual: Beau James (13 reigns)
Longest reignWayne Rogers and George Hiatt (517 days)
Shortest reignRobbie Cassidy and Tony Givens (<1 day)

The Southern States Wrestling (SSW) Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship in Southern States Wrestling. It was first won by Danny and Bam Bam Christian when they defeated The Russian Assassins in Hampton, Tennessee on October 1, 1990. The title is generally defended in the Southern United States, most often in its home base in East Tennessee, but has been defended in other parts of the country as well. While touring New England in late-1996, the titles changed hands when Scott Sterling & Dan Cooley lost the belts to Justin St. John & Steve Flynn in Revere, Massachusetts on November 23, 1996.[1] There are 30 recognized known teams with a total of 65 title reigns.[2][3]

Title history

Key
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
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 The Christian Brothers
(Bam Bam Christian and Danny Christian) 		October 1, 1990 House show Hampton, Tennessee 1 33 Defeated The Russian Assassins to become the inaugural champions. [1][2][3]
2 Wayne Rogers and George Hiatt November 3, 1990 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 517 [1][2][3]
3 The Regulators
(Stone and Steel) 		April 3, 1992 House show Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 124 [1][2][3]
4 The Young Guns
(Scott Sterling and Jeff Lovin) 		August 5, 1992 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 177 [1][2][3]
5 Death Riders
(Chic White and Tennessee Equalizer) 		January 29, 1993 House show Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 220 [1][2][3]
6 G.Q. Stratus and Jimmy Golden September 6, 1993 House show Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 17 [1][2][3]
7 The Christian Brothers
(Bam Bam Christian and Danny Christian) 		September 23, 1993 House show Fall Branch, Tennessee 2 85 [1][2][3]
8 Death Riders
(Chic White and Tennessee Equalizer) 		December 17, 1993 House show Fall Branch, Tennessee 2 210 [1][2][3]
9 Alex Shane and Eddie Golden July 15, 1994 House show Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 22 [1][2][3]
10 Mike Powers and Alabama Heartthrob August 6, 1994 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 70 [1][2][3]
11 Steve Flynn and Bobby B. September 17, 1994 SSW Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 42 [1][2][3]
12 Beau James and The Hornet October 15, 1994 House show Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 119 [1][2][3]
13 Danny Christian (3) and Eddie Bruiser February 1, 1995 House show Duffield, Virginia 1 2 [1][2][3]
14 Beau James (2) and The War Machine February 3, 1995 House show Duffield, Virginia 1 14 [1][2][3]
15 Danny Christian (4) and Eddie Bruiser February 17, 1995 House show Fall Branch, Tennessee 2 29 [1][2][3]
16 Death Riders
(Chic White and Tennessee Equalizer) 		March 17, 1995 SSW Fall Branch, Tennessee 3 63 [1][2][3]
17 The Young Guns
(Scott Sterling and Jeff Lovin) 		May 19, 1995 House show Fall Branch, Tennessee 2 84 [1][2][3]
18 Death Riders
(Chic White and Tennessee Equalizer) 		August 11, 1995 House show Fall Branch, Tennessee 4 19 [1][2][3]
19 The Young Guns
(Scott Sterling and Jeff Lovin) 		August 30, 1995 House show Tazewell, Tennessee 3 5 [1][2][3]
20 Death & Destruction
(Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) 		September 4, 1995 SSW Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 88 [1][2][3]
21 Beau James (3) and Dan Cooley December 1, 1995 SSW Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 1 [1][2][3]
22 Death & Destruction
(Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) 		December 2, 1995 SSW Princeton, West Virginia 2 7 [1][2][3]
23 Beau James (4) and Ricky Morton December 9, 1995 SSW Ledger, North Carolina 1 27 [1][2][3]
24 Beautiful Blonds
(Eddie Golden (2) and Stan Lee) 		January 5, 1996 SSW Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 42 [1][2][3]
25 Death & Destruction
(Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) 		February 16, 1996 SSW Fall Branch, Tennessee 3 48 [1][2][3]
26 The Fantastic Express
(Ricky Morton (2) and Bobby Fulton) 		April 4, 1996 SSW Johnson City, Tennessee 1 35 [1][2][3]
27 Death & Destruction
(Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) 		May 9, 1996 SSW Johnson City, Tennessee 4 116 [1][2][3]
28 Scott Sterling (4) and Dan Cooley (2) September 2, 1996 House show Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 149 [1][2][3]
29 Death Riders
(Chic White and Tennessee Equalizer) 		October 5, 1996 SSW Fall Branch, Tennessee 5 14 [1][2][3]
30 Scott Sterling (5) and Dan Cooley (3) October 19, 1996 SSW Fall Branch, Tennessee 2 35 [1][2][3]
31 Justin St. John and Steve Flynn (2) November 23, 1996 SSW Revere, Massachusetts 1 41 [1][2][3]
32 Danny Christian (5) and Johnny Thunder January 3, 1997 SSW Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 49 Butch Black substituted Steve Flynn due to Flynn suffering an injury. [1][2][3]
33 Beau James (5) and The War Machine (2) February 21, 1997 House show Wytheville, Virginia 2 133 [1][2][3]
34 Death & Destruction
(Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) 		July 4, 1997 SSW The Famous Final Scene Fall Branch, Tennessee 5 106 [1][2][3]
35 Legends
(Beau James (6) and K. C. Thunder) 		October 18, 1997 SSW Mountain City, Tennessee 1 62 [1][2][3]
36 Death & Destruction
(Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) 		December 19, 1997 SSW Fall Branch, Tennessee 6 100 [1][2][3]
37 Mike Cooper and Super Masked Man March 20, 1998 SSW Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 14 [1][2][3]
38 Chuck Jones and Roger Ham April 3, 1998 SSW Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 14 This was a 2-on-1 handicap match in which Jones defeated Mike Cooper and Super Masked Man alone. He later chose Roger Ham as his tag team partner. [1][2][3]
39 The Brooklyn Bad Boys
(Brooklyn Bad Boy #1 & Brooklyn Bad Boy #2) 		April 17, 1998 SSW Fall Branch, Tennessee 1 267 This was a 2-on-1 handicap match in which Chuck Jones faced The Brooklyn Boys alone. It is uncertain if Ham legitimately held the titles with Jones, but cagematch.net shows Ham's presence in the team. [1][2][3]
40 The Christian Brothers
(Bam Bam Christian (4) and Danny Christian (6)) 		January 9, 1999 House show Mountain City, Tennessee 3 21 [1][2][3]
41 Death & Destruction
(Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) 		January 30, 1999 SSW Little K-Town Showdown Kingsport, Tennessee 7 85 [1][2][3]
42 The Christian Brothers
(Bam Bam Christian (5) and Danny Christian (7)) 		April 25, 1999 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 4 76 [1][2][3]
43 Steve Flynn (3) and K. C. Thunder (2) July 10, 1999 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 40 This was a three-way tag team match also involving Frank Parker and Roger Anderson. [1][2][3]
— Vacated August 19, 1999 SSW Big Orange Brawl Kingsport, Tennessee — — Beau James substituted K. C. Thunder in a title defence against Frank Parker and Roger Anderson. The titles were declared vacated after a controversial ending of the match. [1][2][3]
44 Death & Destruction
(Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) 		October 30, 1999 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 8 33 Defeated The Memphis Bodyguards (Beau James and Bruiser Graham) to win the vacant titles. The length of this reign is uncertain due to some documentations stating that somewhere in November there was a short vacancy of the titles. Cagematch.net recognizes Parker's and Anderson's reign as uninterrupted. [1][2][3][4]
45 The Rock 'n' Roll Express
(Ricky Morton (2) and Ricky Harrison) 		December 2, 1999 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 72 Although Harrison was not part of The Rock 'n' Roll Express, certain documentations present him as part of the team. [1][2][3]
46 Beau James (7) and Buddy Landel February 12, 2000 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 36 [1][2][3]
47 Ricky Harrison (2) and Iron Cross March 9, 2000 House show Saltville, Virginia 1 188 [1][2][3]
48 Legends
(Beau James (8) and K. C. Thunder (3)) 		September 13, 2000 House show Saltville, Virginia 2 17-48 The exact length of this reign is uncertain. [1][2][3]
49 Something Else
(John Noble and Eddie Browning) 		October 2000 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 87-118 The exact length of this reign is uncertain. [1][2][3]
50 Legends
(Beau James (9) and K. C. Thunder (4)) 		January 26, 2001 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 3 53 [1][2][3]
51 The Batten Twins
(Bart Batten and Brad Batten) 		March 20, 2001 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 73 [1][2][3]
52 The High Flyers
(Andy Douglas and Kelly Charles) 		June 1, 2001 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 63 [1][2][3]
53 The Batten Twins
(Bart Batten and Brad Batten) 		August 3, 2001 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 2 85 This was a 2-on-1 handicap match in which Douglas defended the titles alone due to Charles failing to appear. The match was co-hosted by SSW and MECW at the Kingsport Armory. [1][2][3]
54 Steve Flynn (4) and K. C. Thunder (5) October 27, 2001 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 2 258 [1][2][3]
55 Beau James (10) and Brian Overbay July 17, 2002 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 46 Roger Anderson substituted Steve Flynn in this title defence. The show was held at the Civic Auditorium instead of the Armory which was the main venue of the promotion at the time. [1][2][3]
56 Scotty McKeever and Jesse Taylor September 1, 2002 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 58 [1][2][3]
57 Beau James (11) and Brian Overbay (2) October 29, 2002 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 2 30 [1][2][3]
58 The Blond Bombers
(Thorn Baldwin and Tim Baldwin) 		November 28, 2002 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 114 [1][2][3]
— Vacated March 8, 2003 House show Kingsport, Tennessee — — Titles were vacated after Tim Baldwin suffered an injury. [1][2][3]
59 The Batten Twins
(Bart Batten and Brad Batten) 		March 22, 2003 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 3 165 Defeated Beau James and Gator McAllister in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. [1][2][3]
60 The Blond Bombers
(Thorn Baldwin and Tim Baldwin) 		September 3, 2003 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 2 296 The exact length of the reign is uncertain due to cagematch.de stating that the reign began on September 4. [1][2][3]
61 Super Destroyer and Josh Cody June 25, 2004 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 194 [1][2][3]
62 Robbie Cassidy and Tony Givens January 5, 2005 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 17 The exact length of the reign is uncertain due to cagematch.de stating that the reign began on September 18, 2004. [1][2][3]
63 Super Destroyer and Josh Cody January 22, 2005 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 2 41 [1][2][3]
64 Robbie Cassidy and Tony Givens March 4, 2005 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 2 7 [1][2][3]
65 Nick Hammonds and Wayne Adkins March 11, 2005 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 36 [1][2][3]
66 Beau James (12) and Super Destroyer (3) April 9, 2005 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 14 [1][2][3]
67 Legends
(Beau James (13) and K. C. Thunder (6)) 		April 23, 2005 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 4 146 Super Destroyer relinquished one half of the tag titles and was immediately replaced by K. C. Thunder. [1][2][3]
68 Ricky Morton and Wayne Adkins (2) September 16, 2005 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 8 [1][2][3]
69 Jowad Wayne and Wayne Adkins (3) September 24, 2005 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 29 Adkins betrayed Ricky Morton and he chose Jowad Wayne as a new tag team partner. The previous reign was not followed by any vacancy. [1][2][3]
70 Adam York and Thorn (3) October 15, 2005 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 42 Thorn was previously known as Thorn Baldwin. [1][2][3]
— Vacated November 26, 2005 — — — — [1][2][3]
71 KMF Inc.
(Chris Richards and Steve Fury) 		March 3, 2006 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 202 [1][2][3]
72 Robbie Cassidy and Tony Givens September 21, 2006 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 3 156 [1][2][3]
73 Chris Richards (2) and Wayne Adkins (4) February 24, 2007 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 141 [1][2][3]
74 Robbie Cassidy and Tony Givens July 15, 2007 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 4 <1 [1][2][3]
— Vacated July 15, 2007 House show Kingsport, Tennessee — — Titles were vacated under unknown circumstances. [1][2][3]
75 Moe Jenkins and Nick Hammonds (2) 2008 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 N/A The exact lengths of this reign and of the previous vacancy are uncertain. [1][2][3]
76 John Noble (2) and Earl Fields 2009 House show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 N/A The exact length of this reign is uncertain. [1][2][3]
77 Bulldog Mac and Iron Cross (2) November 25, 2010 SSW 19th Annual Thanksgiving Night Extravaganza Kingsport, Tennessee 1 N/A The exact length of this reign is uncertain. [1][2][3]
— Vacated 2011 — — — — Titles were vacated under unknown circumstances. [1][2][3]
78 Jake Booth and Ray Idol April 18, 2014 House show Rogersville, Tennessee 1 N/A The exact length of this reign is uncertain. [1][2][3]
— Vacated N/A — — — — Titles were vacated under unknown circumstances. They were inactive for almost 5 years. [1][2][3]
79 Shawn Cruz and The Mega Destroyer July 6, 2019 SSW Gray, Tennessee 1 2,002+ Defeated Beau James and JR Martin in a tournament final to win the reactivated titles. [1][2][3]

Combined reigns

† Indicates the current champion
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest length is considered.
Rank Team No. of
reigns 		Combined
days
1 Death & Destruction
(Frank Parker and Roger Anderson)		 8 578
2 Death Riders
(Chic White and Tennessee Equalizer)		 5 526
3 Wayne Rogers and George Hiatt 1 517
4 Shawn Cruz and The Mega Destroyer † 1 2,002+
5 The Blond Bombers
(Thorn and Tim Baldwin)		 2 410
6 The Batten Twins
(Bart Batten and Brad Batten)		 3 323
7 Steve Flynn and K. C. Thunder 2 298
8 Legends
(Beau James and K. C. Thunder)		 4 278-309¤
9 The Brooklyn Bad Boys
(Brooklyn Bad Boy #1 & Brooklyn Bad Boy #2)		 1 267
10 The Young Guns
(Scott Sterling and Jeff Lovin)		 3 266
11 Super Destroyer and Josh Cody 2 235
12 The Christian Brothers
(Bam Bam Christian and Danny Christian)		 4 215
13 KMF Inc.
(Chris Richards and Steve Fury)		 1 202
14 Ricky Harrison and Iron Cross 1 188
15 Scott Sterling and Dan Cooley 2 184
16 Robbie Cassidy and Tony Givens 4 180
17 Beau James and The War Machine 2 147
18 Chris Richards and Wayne Adkins 1 141
19 The Regulators
(Stone and Steel)		 1 124
20 Beau James and The Hornet 1 119
21 Something Else
(John Noble and Eddie Browning)		 1 87-118¤
22 Beau James and Brian Overbay 2 76
23 The Rock 'n' Roll Express
(Ricky Morton and Ricky Harrison)		 1 72
24 Mike Powers and Alabama Heartthrob 1 70
25 The High Flyers
(Andy Douglas and Kelly Charles)		 1 63
26 Scotty McKeever and Jesse Taylor 1 58
27 Danny Christian and Johnny Thunder 1 49
28 Adam York and Thorn 1 42
Beautiful Blonds
(Eddie Golden and Stan Lee)		 1 42
Steve Flynn and Bobby B. 1 42
31 Justin St. John and Steve Flynn 1 41
32 Beau James and Buddy Landel 1 36
Nick Hammonds and Wayne Adkins 1 36
34 The Fantastic Express
(Ricky Morton and Bobby Fulton)		 1 35
35 Danny Christian and Eddie Bruiser 2 31
36 Jowad Wayne and Wayne Adkins 1 29
37 Beau James and Ricky Morton 1 27
38 Alex Shane and Eddie Golden 1 22
39 G.Q. Stratus and Jimmy Golden 1 17
40 Beau James and Super Destroyer 1 14
Chuck Jones and Roger Ham 1 14
Mike Cooper and Super Masked Man 1 14
43 Ricky Morton and Wayne Adkins 1 8
44 Beau James and Dan Cooley 1 1

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
days
1 Beau James 13 636-667¤
2 Frank Parker 8 578
Roger Anderson 8 578
4 K. C. Thunder 6 576-607¤
5 Chic White 5 526
Tennessee Equalizer 5 526
7 Wayne Rogers 1 517
George Hiatt 1 517
9 Shawn Cruz † 1 2,002+
The Mega Destroyer † 1 2,002+
11 Thorn Baldwin/Thorn 3 452
12 Scott Sterling 5 450
13 Tim Baldwin 2 410
14 Steve Flynn 4 381
15 Chris Richards 2 343
16 Bart Batten 3 323
Brad Batten 3 323
18 Danny Christian 7 295
19 Brooklyn Bad Boy #1 1 267
Brooklyn Bad Boy #2 1 267
21 Jeff Lovin 3 266
22 Super Destroyer 3 264
23 Ricky Harrison 2 260
24 Josh Cody 2 235
25 Bam Bam Christian 4 215
26 Wayne Adkins 4 214
27 Steve Fury 1 202
28 Iron Cross 2 188¤
29 Dan Cooley 3 185
30 Robbie Cassidy 4 180
Tony Givens 4 180
32 The War Machine 2 147
33 Ricky Morton 4 142
34 Stone 1 124
Steel 1 124
36 The Hornet 1 119
37 John Noble 2 >87-118¤
Eddie Browning 1 87-118¤
39 Brian Overbay 2 76
40 Mike Powers 1 70
Alabama Heartthrob 1 70
42 Eddie Golden 2 64
43 Andy Douglas 1 63
Kelly Charles 1 63
45 Scotty McKeever 1 58
Jesse Taylor 1 58
47 Johnny Thunder 1 49
48 Adam York 1 42
Bobby B. 1 42
Stan Lee 1 42
51 Justin St. John 1 41
52 Nick Hammonds 2 36¤
Buddy Landel 1 36
54 Bobby Fulton 1 35
55 Eddie Bruiser 2 31
56 Jowad Wayne 1 29
57 Alex Shane 1 22
58 G.Q. Stratus 1 17
Jimmy Golden 1 17
60 Chuck Jones 1 14
Mike Cooper 1 14
Roger Ham 1 14
Super Masked Man 1 14
64 Bulldog Mac 1 N/A¤
Earl Fields 1 N/A¤
Jake Booth 1 N/A¤
Moe Jenkins 1 N/A¤
Ray Idol 1 N/A¤

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