NWA World Tag Team Championship (Central States version)

NWA World Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion Central States Wrestling
Date established June 1958
Date retired 1979

The Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1958 to 1960, 1962 to 1963 and then from 1973 until 1979 which was promoted by Central States Wrestling. It was defended primarily in the Kansas City territory that included Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[1]

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
# The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/A The specific information has not been found
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
+ Indicates that the number of days held by this individual changes everyday.
(nlt) Indicates that a title change took place "no later than" a certain date. Often because the date of a title change is not found but a date of a title defense by the champions is found.
# Tag team name
Wrestlers		 Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 The Battling Duseks
(Emil Dusek and Ernie Dusek)		 1 June 1958 [Note 1] [Note 2] Live event Records not clear on who the Duseks defeated to become the inaugural champions[2]
2 Sonny Myers and Thor Hagen 1 June 27, 1958 [Note 3] St. Joseph, Missouri Live event [2]
3 The Battling Duseks
(Emil Dusek and Ernie Dusek)		 2 January 1959 [Note 4] [Note 2] Live event [2]
4 George and Sandy Scott 1 May 13, 1960 28 St. Joseph, Missouri Live event [2]
5 The Battling Duseks
(Emil Dusek and Ernie Dusek)		 3 June 10, 1960 [Note 5] St. Joseph, Missouri  
— Vacated N/A 1960 N/A N/A N/A Championship inactive
Replaced by the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship
6 Pat O'Connor and Sonny Myers 1 October 18, 1962 [Note 6] Kansas City, Kansas Live event Defeated Bob Geigel and Lee Henning.[3]
7 Al and Tiny Mills 1 April 1963 [Note 7] [Note 2] Live event Records unclear if they defeated O'Connor and Myers or a different team to win the championship
8 Steve Bolus and Steve Kovacs 1 April 10, 1963 [Note 8] Kansas City, Kansas Live event  
9 The Medics
(Nelson Royal and Pedro Gordy)		 1 June 1963 [Note 9] [Note 2] Live event  
10 Pat O'Connor (2) and Tiny Mills (2) 1 July 4, 1963 [Note 10] Kansas City, Kansas Live event  
— Vacated N/A 1963 N/A N/A N/A Championship inactive
Replaced by the NWA North American Tag Team Championship
11 Great Togo and Tokyo Joe 1 March 8, 1973 [Note 11] [Note 2] Live event Defeated Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones to win the championship
12 Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones 1 1973 [Note 12] [Note 2] Live event  
13 Great Togo and Tokyo Joe 2 1973 [Note 13] [Note 2] Live event  
14 Mike George and Jim Brunzell 1 October 25, 1973 84 [Note 2] Live event  
15 Roger Kirby and Lord Alfred Hayes 1 January 17, 1974 [Note 14] Kansas City, Kansas Live event [4]
16 Mike George and Jim Brunzell 2 1974 [Note 15] [Note 2] Live event  
17 "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Lord Alfred Hayes (2) 1 February 28, 1974 [Note 16] Kansas City, Kansas Live event  
18 Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones 2 June 1974 [Note 17] [Note 2] Live event  
19 The Interns
(Intern #1 and Intern #2)		 1 June 13, 1974 21 Kansas City, Kansas Live event  
20 Bob Geigel (3) and Pat O'Connor (3) 1 July 4, 1974 14 Kansas City, Kansas Live event  
21 The Interns
(Intern #1 and Intern #2)		 2 July 18, 1974 42 Kansas City, Kansas Live event  
22 Pat O'Connor (4) and Omar Atlas 1 August 29, 1974 53 Kansas City, Kansas Live event  
23 The Interns
(Intern #1 and Intern #2)		 3 October 21, 1974 81 [Note 2] Live event  
24 Mike George (3) and Jerry Oates 1 January 10, 1975 73 [Note 2] Live event  
25 Yasu Fuji and Oki Shikina 1 March 24, 1975 63 Topeka, Kansas Live event  
26 Jerry and Ted Oates 1 May 26, 1975 [Note 18] Wichita, Kansas Live event  
27 Jerry Oates (2) and Danny Little Bear 1 1975 [Note 19] [Note 2] N/A Ted gave his half to Danny.
— Vacated N/A 1975 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated, reason not found documented
28 Ken Mantell and Ron Bass 1 November 1975 [Note 20] [Note 2] Live event Records unclear as to whom they defeated.
29 Bob Geigel (4) and Akio Sato 1 February 19, 1976 [Note 21] St. Joseph, Missouri Live event  
— Vacated N/A 1976 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated, reason not found documented
30 Tank Patton and Super Intern (4)[Note 22] 1 June 19, 1976 [Note 23] St. Joseph, Missouri Live event Defeated Akio Sato and Pat O'Connor.
— Vacated N/A 1976 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated, reason not found documented
31 Black Gordman and El Goliath 1 July 29, 1976 63 Kansas City, Kansas Live event Defeated Pat O'Connor and Super Intern in tournament final.
32 "Mad Dog" Maurice Vachon and Baron von Raschke 1 September 30, 1976 21 Kansas City, Kansas Live event [5]
33 Mike George (4) and Super Intern (5) 1 October 21, 1976 [Note 24] Kansas City, Kansas Live event  
34 Jerry Blackwell and Buck Robley 1 1977 [Note 25] [Note 2] Live event Records are unclear as to whom they defeated to win the championship
35 Mike George (5) and Scott Casey 1 December 1, 1977 126 Kansas City, Kansas Live event  
36 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (2) and Alexis Smirnoff 1 April 6, 1978 18 Kansas City, Kansas Live event  
37 Kevin Sullivan and Ken Lucas 1 April 24, 1978 [Note 26] Kansas City, Kansas Live event  
38 Buck Robley and Blue Yankee 1 1978 [Note 27] [Note 2] Live event  
39 Ron Starr and Tom Andrews 1 July 27, 1978 49 Kansas City, Kansas Live event  
40 Tank Patton (2) and Jesse Ventura 1 September 14, 1978 30 Kansas City, Kansas Live event  
41 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (3) and Bob Sweetan 1 October 14, 1978 [Note 28] Des Moines, Iowa Live event  
— Championship retired N/A 1979 N/A N/A N/A Permanently replaced by the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 26 days
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  3. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 188 days and 218 days
  4. ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 102 days and 132 days
  5. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 204 days
  6. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 165 days and 173 days
  7. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 9 days
  8. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 52 days and 82 days
  9. ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 3 days and 33 days
  10. ↑ The records of the championship history past this point have not been found documented. The championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 180 days
  11. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 229 days
  12. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 229 days
  13. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 227 days
  14. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and −1,785 days
  15. ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 41 days
  16. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 93 days and 104 days
  17. ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 12 days
  18. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 219 days
  19. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 218 days
  20. ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 81 days and 110 days
  21. ↑ The date the championship was vacated has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 851 days
  22. ↑ Previously worked as Intern #2
  23. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 37 days
  24. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 72 days and 405 days
  25. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 334 days
  26. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 93 days
  27. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 93 days
  28. ↑ The date the championship abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 79 days and 443 days

References

General references
Specific references
  1. ↑ Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson (2005). "The Dusek Riot Squad". The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams. ECW Press. pp. 34–39. ISBN 978-1-5502-2683-6.
  3. ↑ Oliver, Greg. "Sonny Myers Dead at 83". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson (2007). "Roger Kirtby". the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame - The Heels. ECW Press. pp. 198–201. ISBN 1-55022-759-9.
  5. ↑ Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson (2007). "Mad Dog Vachon". the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame - The Heels. ECW Press. pp. 33–36. ISBN 1-55022-759-9.

See also

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