CWA World Tag Team Championship (Germany)

The CWA World Tag Team Championship was the tag team professional wrestling title in the German professional wrestling promotion the Catch Wrestling Association. It was established in 1988, and lasted until the promotion's 2000 closing.[1][2]

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
[Note #] Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.
# Team Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Tony St. Clair and Mile Zrno 1 June 1988 [Note 1] Linz, Austria House show Defeated Dave Finlay and Mark Rocco to become the first champions.  
2 Dave Finlay and Marty Jones 1 June 23, 1990 −142 Graz, Austria House show    
3 Franz Schumann and Mile Zrno (2) 1 August 3, 1990 383 Vienna, Austria House show    
4 Chris Benoit and David Taylor 1 December 21, 1991 [Note 2] Bremen, Germany House show    
- Vacated - June 1992 N/A N/A N/A Vacated when Taylor was injured and Benoit left the promotion to wrestle in New Japan Pro Wrestling.  
5 Mad Bull Buster and Larry Cameron 1 July 11, 1992 219 Graz, Austria House show Unknown who Buster and Cameron defeated.  
6 David Taylor (2) and Mile Zrno (3) 1 July 18, 1993 −55 Graz, Austria House show    
7 Mad Bull Buster and Larry Cameron 2 October 24, 1993 −11 Hanover, Germany House show    
- Vacated - December 1993 N/A N/A N/A Vacated in December 1993 after Cameron dies on December 13 from injuries suffered in a match occurring two days earlier, during which he collapsed. [2][3]
8 Steve Casey and Tony St. Clair (2) 1 July 9, 1994 −139 Graz, Austria House show Defeated Dave Finlay and John Hawk to win the vacant title.  
9 The Wrecking Crew
(Fury and Rage)		 1 July 23, 1994 −129 Vienna, Austria House show Defeated Dave Finlay and John Hawk to win the vacant title.  
10 Ulf Herman and August Smisl 1 August 16, 1994 324 Vienna, Austria House show Defeated John Hawk, substituting for Rage, and Fury to win the vacant title. Rage had injured his arm on August 13 when the top rope broke during a match.  
11 Cannonball Grizzly and John Hawk 1 November 5, 1995 11 Oldenburg, Germany House show    
12 Tony St. Clair (3) and August Smisl (2) 1 December 16, 1995 2 Bremen, Germany House show    
- Vacated - December 18, 1995 N/A N/A N/A Vacated when Smisl was injured.  
13 Jesse James Armstrong and Cannonball Grizzly (2) 1 July 7, 1996 −126 Graz, Austria House show Unknown who Armstrong and Grizzly defeated.  
14 Ulf Herman (2) and August Smisl (3) 2 August 3, 1996 [Note 3] Vienna, Austria House show    
- Vacated - 1996 N/A N/A N/A Vacated for undocumented reasons.  
15 Wildcat Brookside and Cannonball Grizzly (3) 1 December 21, 1996 [Note 4] Bremen, Germany House show Defeated Tony St. Clair and Mick Tierney to win the vacant title.  
- Vacated - July 1997 N/A N/A N/A Vacated for undocumented reasons  
16 Ulf Herman (3) and Tony St. Clair (4) 1 July 5, 1997 −55 Graz, Austria House show Defeated Robbie Brookside and Mark the Hunter to win the vacant title.  
17 Jean-Pierre Lafitte and Rhino Richards 1 October 11, 1997 −19 Hanover, Germany House show Defeated St. Clair and Christian Eckstein, who was substiting Herman.  
18 Christian Eckstein and Ulf Herman (4) 1 November 22, 1997 [Note 5] Bremen, Germany House show    
- Vacated - October 1998 N/A N/A N/A Vacated when Herman left the promotion.  
19 XL Legend and Rhino Richards (2) 1 October 10, 1998 Hanover, Germany [Note 6] House show Defeated Rico de Cuba and August Smisl to win the vacant title.  
- Vacated - October 1998 N/A N/A N/A Vacated when Rhino Richards left the promotion after signing with Extreme Championship Wrestling.  
20 Black Navy Seal and Ricky Santana 1 November 27, 1999 [Note 7] Bremen, Germany House show Defeated Michael Kovac and Dirk Rotzek to win the vacant title.  
- Retired - 2000 N/A N/A N/A The CWA closed  

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The exact date that the title was won is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 539 and 569 days.
  2. ↑ The exact date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 163 and 192 days.
  3. ↑ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 18 days.
  4. ↑ The exact date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 192 and 166 days.
  5. ↑ The exact date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 283 and 292 days.
  6. ↑ The exact date that the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and −40 days.
  7. ↑ The exact date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 5 and 735 days.

References

  1. ↑ "CWA World Tag Team Championship" (in German). Cagematch.de. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
  2. 1 2 "C.W.A. World Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
  3. ↑ "Larry Cameron profile" (in German). Cagematch.de. Retrieved 2007-11-26.

See also

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