CWA Tag Team Championship (New England)

For the Continental Wrestling Association, see CWA Tag Team Championship.
CWA Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionCentury Wrestling Alliance
Date establishedSeptember 23, 1993
Date retiredMarch 10, 2007
Statistics
First champion(s)Double Trouble (Tony and Val Puccio)
Final champion(s)Big Islanders (Makua and Kahoku)

The CWA Tag Team Championship is the primary wrestling tag team title in the Century Wrestling Alliance. Double Trouble (Tony and Val Puccio) were the first team to win the titles by defeating The Interns in Wakefield, Massachusetts on September 23, 1993. The title was renamed as the NWA New England Tag Team Championship when the CWA joined the National Wrestling Alliance and became NWA New England in January 1998.[1][2][3] The tag team title returned to its original name when the CWA withdrew from the NWA on March 10, 2007.[4][5]

Title history

Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
CWA Tag Team Championship
Double Trouble
(Tony and Val Puccio) 		1 September 23, 1993 Wakefield, Massachusetts Defeated The Interns to become the first recognized champions.[1][4]
Ray Odyssey and Vic Steamboat 1 March 25, 1994 Wakefield, Massachusetts Defeated The Interns to become the first recognized champions.[1][4]
Trouble Makers
(Chaos and Mayhem) 		1 July 1994 [1][4]
Title history unrecorded.[4]
Fatal Attractions 1 [1][4]
Title history unrecorded.[4]
Hollywood Kidz
(Flash and Star) 		1 January 1996 [1][4]
Title history unrecorded.[4]
Eric Sbraccia and Sonny C 1 July 1996 [1][4]
Title history unrecorded.[4]
The Public Enemy
(Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) 		1 [1][4]
The Extremists
(Ace Darling and Devon Storm) 		1 July 24, 1996 Worcester, Massachusetts [1][2][4]
The Brotherhood
(Erich Sbraccia and Knuckles Nelson) 		1 October 18, 1997 Lawrence, Massachusetts Title becomes the NWA New England Tag Team Championship on January 24, 1998, after the CWA joined the National Wrestling Alliance.[1][2][4]
Renamed NWA New England Tag Team Championship
House of Pain
(Frank Gulli and Joe Gulli)[1] 		1 September 18[3]
or 19,[5] 1998 		Kingstown, Rhode Island Defeated the New York Posse (Curtis Slamdawg and Jay Kobain)[3] or Trooper Gilmore and Joel Davis[5] for the titles.
Ark Angels
(Damon D'Arcangelo and Phoenix King) 		1 February 19, 1999 Mansfield, Massachusetts [1][3][5]
House of Pain
(Frank Gulli and Joe Gulli) 		2 February 19, 1999 Mansfield, Massachusetts Won in rematch held the same night.[1][3][5]
Ark Angels
(Damon D'Arcangelo and Phoenix King) 		2 March 13, 1999 Southbridge, Massachusetts [1][3][5]
The Brotherhood
(Knuckles Nelson and Dukes Dalton)[5] 		1 August 22, 1999 Somerville, Massachusetts Knuckles Nelson and Dukes Dalton also held the NWA World Tag Team Championship. At the time of the match, Nelson was also the reigning NWA New England Heavyweight Champion.[1][3]
New York Posse
(Curtis Slamdawg and Jay Kobain) 		1 September 22, 1999 Somerville, Massachusetts [1][3][5]
The Brotherhood
(Knuckles Nelson and Dukes Dalton) 		2 October 2, 1999 Thomaston, Connecticut [1][3][5]
Title is declared vacant when The Brotherhood split up in February 2000.[5]
The 2k Club
(Jason Rage, Wagner Bown and Luis Ortiz) 		1 June 22, 2000 Somerville, Massachusetts Defeated Nemesis and Scarecrow and The Millennium Killaz (Muhammad The Butcher and Gino Martino) in a Triangle match[5]
The Millennium Killaz
(Muhammad The Butcher and Gino Martino) 		1 July 20, 2000 Somerville, Massachusetts Defeated The 2K Klub for the titles.[3][5]
The 2k Club
(Jason Rumble and Luis Ortiz)[5] 		1 August 24, 2000 Somerville, Massachusetts Defeated Gino Martino by DQ and were awarded the titles.[3]
Title is vacated in late-2002.[3][5]
The Asylum
(Apocalypse and Armageddon) 		1 November 18, 2000 Somerville, Massachusetts Defeated First Strike (Tiger Fang and Mike Lee) and (Rush and C.J. Brock) to win vacant title.[3][5]
Title is declared vacant on May 6, 2001, when NWA New England Commissioner Vinnie CaPelli strips The Asylum of the titles[5] at NWA New England Spotlite in Melrose, Massachusetts.[3]
Criminally Insane
(Trooper Gilmore and The Outpatient) 		1 July 21, 2001 Wakefield, Massachusetts Defeated Zak Mason and Chris Charisma[5] at the Knights of Columbus Hall during the Summer Sizzler Tour to win the vacant titles.[3]
Trailer Park Trash
("Dirty" Deuce Malone and "The Scrub" Steve Sabo) 		1 September 27, 2001 Woburn, Massachusetts [3][5]
Kappa Tegga Kegga
(Curt Daniels and Andy Jaxx) 		1 June 1, 2002 Woonsocket, Rhode Island [3][5]
The Seven
(Vertabreaker and Apocalypse) 		1 July 13, 2002 Woonsocket, Rhode Island [3][5]
Todd Hanson and Beau Douglas 1 April 6, 2003 Riverside, Rhode Island [3][5]
The Elite
(Sonny Roselli and Larry Huntley) 		1 June 19, 2004 Sanford, Maine Defeated The Beau Douglas and Handsome Johnny to win the title.[3][5]
The Rough Ryders
(Nixx and Raines) 		1 November 19, 2004 Sanford, Maine Defeated The Elite (Roselli and Huntley) and Mark Moment and Paulie Gilmore in a Triple Threat Match[5] at the 2004 Tony Rumble Memorial Show.[3]
The Elite
(Sonny Roselli and Larry Huntley) 		1 October 7, 2005 Springfield, Tennessee Defeated Pierre and Damien and the Big Islanders in a three-way match[5] at the NWA 57th Anniversary Show to win the titles.[3]
5-0
(Trooper Gilmore and Corporal Johnson) 		1 November 25, 2005 Revere, Massachusetts Defeated Larry Huntley and Nick Santone (subbing for Sonny Roselli) and Makua and Eric Egoh in a three-way match[5] at the 2006 Tony Rumble Memorial Show to win the titles.[3]
The Vachon Brothers
(Pierre and Damien Vachon) 		1 May 11, 2006 Fall River, Massachusetts [3][5]
Big Islanders
(Makua and Kahoku) 		1 June 24, 2006 Revere, Massachusetts Title is changed back to its original name after the promotion leaves the NWA on March 10, 2007.[3][5]
Renamed CWA Tag Team Championship

References

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  2. ^ a b c Westcott, Brian (2005). "CWA Tag Team Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Westcott, Brian; Eric Roelfsema (2006). "NWA New England Tag Team Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Puroresu Dojo (2003). "C.W.A./N.W.A. New England Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-24. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
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