NWA United States Tag Team Championship (New Jersey version)

NWA United States Tag Team Championship

A male wrestler dressed casually in a wrestling ring holding a microphone

Ian Rotten, one half of the eighth NWA United States Tag Team Champions with his partner Blaze
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Promotion National Wrestling Alliance
Date established February 3, 1996
Date retired April 7, 2000

The New Jersey version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for in the New Jersey-based National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) promotion. The title was only contestable by tag teams in tag team matches. The title was established on February 3, 1996 by NWA Jersey, in which The Lost Boys (Yar and Wolf) won a Triangle tag team match against The Greek Connection (Gus the Greek and Jimmy Londos) and Bad Attitude (Seek and Destroy). This title is one of at least five championships that share the same name under the NWA's supervision.[1][2][3][4][5] On April 7, 2000, the final champions The Pitbulls (#1 and #2) lost the titles to Chris Candido and Tommy Cairo; however, the NWA reversed the decision and instead of returning the titles to The Pitbulls, the promotion retired the championship for unknown reasons.

Overall, there have been 17 reigns that have occurred in the United States. From the information known, The Misfits (Derek Domino and Harley Lewis)' fourth reign was the longest in the title's history, at 204 days; their and Downward Spiral (Adrian Hall and Twiggy Ramirez)'s first reigns, respectively, were the shortest, at 21 days. In addition to reigns held by wrestlers, there was one vacant reign, in which the title had to be stripped from the champions.

Title history

Symbol Meaning
No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific tag team listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known or applicable
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
No. Wrestler(s)
(Tag team name)		 Reigns Date Days held Location Event Notes
1
Yar and Wolf
(The Lost Boys)
1
February 3, 1996
84
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Eddie Gilbert Memorial show
 The NWA's version of the United States Tag Team Title was revived by their subsidiary NWA Jersey. The Lost Boys (Yar and Wolf) won the titles in a Triangle tag team match against The Greek Connection (Gus the Greek and Jimmy Londos) and Bad Attitude (Seek and Destroy).
2
Seek and Destroy
(Bad Attitude)
1
April 27, 1996
214
Yardville, New Jersey
Live event
3
Adrian Hall and Twiggy Ramirez
(Downward Spinal)
1
November 16, 1996
21
Blackwood, New Jersey
Live event
4
Yar and Wolf
(The Lost Boys)
2
December 7, 1996
91
Mount Holly, New Jersey
Live event
5
Adrian Hall and Twiggy Ramirez
(Downward Spinal)
2
March 8, 1997[6]
35
Paulsboro, New Jersey
Live event
6
Inferno Kid and Ray Odyssey
(The Beach Bullies)
1
April 12, 1997
63
Yardville, New Jersey
Live event
7
Derek Domino and Harley Lewis
(The Misfits)
1
June 14, 1997
98
Vineland, New Jersey
Live event
8
Blaze and Ian Rotten
1
September 20, 1997
104
Bardstown, Kentucky
Live event
—
Vacant
—
January 22, 1998
—
N/A
N/A
 Rotten surrendered the titles to NWA management for unknown reasons.
9
Derek Domino and Harley Lewis
(The Misfits)
2
February 7, 1998
21
Somerdale, New Jersey
Live event
 Defeated Twiggy Ramirez and Devon Storm to win the vacant titles
10
Ace Darling and Devon Storm
1
February 28, 1998
22
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Live event
11
Derek Domino and Harley Lewis
(The Misfits)
3
March 22, 1998
131
Garfield, New Jersey
Live event
12
Steve Corino and Lance Diamond
1
July 31, 1998
22
Mt. Holly, New Jersey
Live event
13
#1 & #2
(The Pit Bulls)
1
August 22, 1998
83
Mt. Holly, New Jersey
Live event
14
Derek Domino and Harley Lewis
(The Misfits)
4
November 13, 1998
204
Hazlet, New Jersey
Live event
15
Doug Gilbert and Buddy Landell
1
June 5, 1999
178
Holmdel, New Jersey
Live event
16
Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock
(The Public Enemy)
1
October 30, 1999
42
North Brunswick, New Jersey
Live event
 Defeated Gilbert and Tommy Rich, who was a substitute for an injured Landell
17
#1 and #2
(The Pitbulls)
2
December 11, 1999
118
West Deptford, New Jersey
Live event
 Chris Candido and Tommy Cairo won the titles on April 7, 2000; however, the NWA reversed the decision and instead of returning the titles to The Pitbulls, the promotion retired the championship for unknown reasons.

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "United States: 19th century & widely defended titles - NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 23. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
  2. ↑ Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "Florida: NWA U.S. Tag Team title". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 157–163. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
  3. ↑ Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "Louisiana/Oklahoma: NWA U.S. Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 232. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
  4. ↑ Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "United States: 19th century & widely defended titles - NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 21. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
  5. ↑ Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "New Jersey: NWA U.S: Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 53. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Daryl. "Arena Reports: New Jersey - NWA at the Hill Theater." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. August 1997: 73+.
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