SCW Tag Team Championship (Georgia)

The SCW Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until early-1990 when SCW was closed.

SCW Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionSouthern Championship Wrestling
Date established1988
Date retired1990

The inaugural champions were "Wildfire" Tommy Rich and Ted Oates, who defeated Bob Orton, Jr. and "Dirty" Dick Slater in a tournament final in 1988 to become the first SCW Tag Team Champions. Thunder & Lightning (Steve Lawler and Dino Minelli) holds the record for most reigns, with two. At 68 days, Thunder & Lightning's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Overall, there have been 12 reigns shared between 11 wrestlers, with one vacancy, and 1 deactivation.

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 Tommy Rich and Ted Oates 1988 SCW show Macon, Georgia 1 N/A Rich and Oates defeated Bob Orton, Jr. and Dick Slater to become the first SCW Tag Team Champions.
2 Zebra Warriors 1988 SCW show N/A 1 N/A
3 Tommy Rich (2) and Steve Prichard July 22, 1988 SCW show Columbus, Georgia 1 N/A
4 Tommy Rich (3) and Joey Maggs 1988 SCW show N/A 1 N/A
5 Doug Somers and Joel Deaton 1988 SCW show N/A 1 N/A
6 Ranger Ross and Joey Maggs (2) 1988 SCW show N/A 1 N/A
7 Thunder & Lightning
(Steve Lawler and Dino Minelli)		 October 23, 1988 SCW show Alpharetta, Georgia 1 68 [1][2]
8 Ranger Ross (2) and Mr. Wrestling II December 30, 1988 SCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 N/A
9 Thunder & Lightning
(Steve Lawler and Dino Minelli)		 1989 SCW show N/A 2 N/A [1]
10 Georgia Power
(The Nightmare and Jimmy Powell)}		 1989 SCW show N/A 1 N/A
11 Mr. Atlanta and Mike Golden 1989 SCW show N/A 1 N/A
— Vacated N/A SCW show — — —
12 Billy Starr and Kareem Muhammad January 28, 1990 SCW show Griffin, Georgia 1 N/A Starr and Muhammad defeated Georgia Power (The Nightmare and Jimmy Powell) to win the vacant title.
— Deactivated 1990 — — — — SCW closed in early-1990 and Starr and Muhammad were the final champions in SCW as a company.

References
General
  • Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(Georgia) SCW Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific
  1. "Biography". Steve The Brawler Lawler's Bio. SteveTheBrawlerLawler.com. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  2. Wills, Dave; Mark Danger (June 1, 2010). "The Dave & Danger Show: Steve "The Brawler" Lawler". Georgia Wrestling History Radio Network. The Dave Danger Show. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
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