NWF World Tag Team Championship

The NWF World Tag Team Championship was the top tag team championship in the National Wrestling Federation from 1970 to 1974, the entire life of the promotion.[1][2]

NWF World Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionNational Wrestling Federation
International Wrestling Association
Date established1970
Date retired1974 and 1977
Other name(s)
  • IWA World Tag Team Championship

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
NWF World Tag Team Championship
1 The Outlaws
(Dick Murdoch and Dusty Rhodes)		 March 12, 1970 NWF show Cleveland, Ohio 1 170 Defeated Ben Justice and The Stomper in a tournament final. [3]
2 Johnny Powers and Chief White Owl August 29, 1970 NWF show Akron, Ohio 1 [Note 1] [3]
Championship history is unrecorded from August 29, 1970 to January 7, 1971.
3 The Fabulous Fargos
(Don and Johnny)		 January 7, 1971 NWF show Cleveland, Ohio 1 [Note 2] Defeated Chief White Owl and Luis Martinez. [3]
4 The Mongols
(Bepo and Geeto)		 June 1971 (NLT) NWF show N/A 1 [Note 3] [3]
5 Kurt von Hess and Eric the Red July 22, 1971 NWF show Cleveland, Ohio 1 [Note 4] Won a tournament. [3]
6 Chief White Owl (2) and Luis Martinez August 1971 (NLT) NWF show N/A 1 [Note 5] [3]
Championship history is unrecorded from August 1971 (NLT) to January 19, 1972.
7 Mitsu Arakawa and Yoshino Sato January 19, 1972 NWF show Buffalo, New York 1 [Note 6] Defeated Dominic DeNucci and Tony Parisi in a tournament final. [3][4]
8 Dominic DeNucci and Tony Parisi March 1972 (NLT) NWF show N/A 1 [Note 7] [3]
9 The Fabulous Fargos
(Don and Johnny)		 May 11, 1972 NWF show Cleveland, Ohio 2 [Note 8] [3][5]
10 Dominic DeNucci and Tony Parisi May 1972 (NLT) NWF show N/A 2 [Note 9] [3]
11 The Fabulous Fargos
(Don and Johnny)		 May 24, 1972 NWF show Buffalo, New York 3 [Note 10] [3]
12 Wahoo McDaniel and Chief White Owl (3) August 1972 (NLT) NWF show Cleveland, Ohio 1 [Note 11] Sometime after August 14, 1972. [3]
Championship history is unrecorded from August 1972 (NLT) to September 15, 1972 (NLT).
13 The Fabulous Fargos
(Don and Johnny)		 September 15, 1972 (NLT) NWF show N/A 4 [Note 12] Still champion on November 2, 1972. [3]
Championship history is unrecorded from September 15, 1972 (NLT) to December 1972 (NLT).
14 Luis Martinez (2) and Tony Parisi (3) December 1972 (NLT) NWF show Cincinnati, Ohio 1 [Note 13] [3]
Championship history is unrecorded from December 1972 (NLT) to May 2, 1973.
15 Johnny Powers (2) and Jacques Rougeau May 2, 1973 NWF show Buffalo, New York 1 [Note 14] Defeated The Love Brothers (Hartford and Reginald Love) in a tournament final. [3]
Championship history is unrecorded from May 2, 1973 to May 1973 (NLT).
16 Geeto Mongol (2) and J.B. Psycho May 1973 (NLT) NWF show N/A 1 [Note 15] [3]
Championship history is unrecorded from May 1973 (NLT) to June 30, 1973 (NLT).
17 Fred Curry and Luis Martinez (3) June 30, 1973 (NLT) NWF show N/A 1 [Note 16] [3]
18 Kurt Von Hess (2) and Karl Von Schotz May 1974 (NLT) NWF show N/A 1 [Note 17] Also held NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version). [3]
— Vacated 1974 — — — — Championship abandoned when the NWF closed [3]
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19 The Mongols
(Geeto (3) and Bolo)		 February 1975 NWF show N/A 1 [Note 18] [3]
— Vacated April 1975 — — — — Championship vacated after a match against Dino Bravo and Gino Brito in April 1975. [3]
20 The Mongols
(Geeto (4) and Bolo)		 April 21, 1975 NWF show Winston-Salem, North Carolina 2 155 Defeated Soul Patrol (Thunderbolt Patterson and Ernie Ladd) [3]
vacated September 23, 1975 N/A N/A Championship vacated up after a match against held up after a match against Victor Rivera and Dino Bravo on September 23, 1975 ends with a double pinfall. Mongols billed champions on September 25, 1975; still champions as of October 13, 1975. [3]
Championship history is unrecorded from September 23, 1975 to December 16, 1975.
21 Johnny Powers (3) and Nelson Royal December 16, 1975 NWF show N/A 1 [Note 19] No longer listed as champions in February 1976. [3]
22 Kurt Von Hess (3) and Karl von Stroheim March 19, 1976 (NLT) NWF show N/A 1 [Note 20] Sometime after January 21, 1976, possibly a phantom switch or defeat Pez Whatley and Bruiser Banks for the vacant title. [3]
23 Bulldog Brower and Mighty Igor August 11, 1976 NWF show Hickory, North Carolina 1 [Note 21] [3]
24 Hartford Love and Dizzy McShane September 10, 1976 (NLT) NWF show N/A 1 [Note 22] Sometime after August 29, 1976. [3]
25 Bulldog Brower (2) and Johnny Powers (4) September 19, 1976 NWF show N/A 1 125 [3]
26 Rip Tyler and Buzz Tyler January 22, 1977 NWF show Gastonia, North Carolina 1 91 [3]
27 Johnny Powers (5) and Nick DeCarlo April 23, 1977 NWF show Gastonia, North Carolina 1 [Note 23] [3]
— Deactivated 1977 — — — — Promotion closed, championship abandoned [3]

Footnotes
  1. The date the championship was won and lost are uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 131 days.
  2. The date the championship was won and lost are uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 174 days.
  3. The date the championship was won and lost are uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 22 and 195 days.
  4. The date the championship was won and lost are uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 39 days.
  5. The date the championship was won and lost are uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 181 days.
  6. The exact date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and −294 days.
  7. The exact date that the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 31 and 71 days.
  8. The exact date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 11 days.
  9. The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 29 days.
  10. The exact date the championship was lost is unknown, which means that the championship reign lasted between 69 and 98 days.
  11. The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 114 days.
  12. The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 48 and 152 days.
  13. The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 228 days.
  14. The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 28 days.
  15. The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 59 days.
  16. The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 60 days.
  17. The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 335 days.
  18. The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 32 and 88 days.
  19. The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 1 and 94 days.
  20. The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 145 and 238 days.
  21. The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 1 and 30 days.
  22. The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 1 and 30 days.
  23. The exact date that the championship was abandoned is unknown, which means that the reign lasted between 34 and 252 days.

References
  1. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. Tanabe, Hisaharu. "N.W.F. North American Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
  3. "NWF World Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  4. Hoops, Brian (January 19, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/19): Ric Flair wins WWF title in 1992 Royal Rumble". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  5. Hoops, Brian (May 11, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 11): Von Erichs vs. Verne & Don Leo Jonathan, Shane Douglas vs 2 Cold Scorpio". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
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