NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship

NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion NWA Mid-America and Southeast Championship Wrestling
Date established October 24, 1967
Date retired May 1977

The NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship was a secondary tag team title promoted as the name indicates mainly in the Tennessee region from 1967 until 1977, first by Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling and occasionally NWA Mid-America from 1967 to 1974 then by its successor Southeast Championship Wrestling from 1974 to 1977 when it was abandoned. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen wrestler "won" 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
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
  Indicates periods of unknown lineage
# Wrestlers Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Lester Welch and Buddy Fuller 1 October 24, 1967 14 Nashville, Tennessee House show Won a tournament to become the first Tennessee Tag Team Champions.  
2 Mario Galento and Alex Perez 1 November 7, 1967 [Note 1] Nashville, Tennessee House show    
 
3 Les Thatcher and Dennis Hall 1 1969 [Note 2] [Note 3] House show    
 
4 Ron and Don Wright 1 June 1969 (NLT) [Note 4] [Note 3] House show    
5 Les Thatcher (2) and Whitey Caldwell 1 June 20, 1969 [Note 5] Knoxville, Tennessee House show    
 
6 Ron and Don Wright 2 October 1969 (NLT) [Note 6] [Note 3] House show    
7 The Spoilers
(Spoiler #1 and #Spoiler 2)		 1 January 22, 1970 [Note 7] Chattanooga, Tennessee House show    
 
8 Ron and Don Wright 3 January 1971 NLT [Note 8] [Note 3] House show    
 
9 The Untouchables
(Karl Von Stroheim and Frank Martinez)		 1 May 28, 1971 NLT [Note 9] [Note 3] House show    
 
10 The Alaskans 1 September 17, 1971 NLT [Note 10] [Note 3] House show    
 
11 The Von Brauners
(Kurt and Karl Von Brauner)		 1 November 1971 NLT [Note 11] [Note 3] House show    
 
12 The Avengers
(Avenger #1 and Avenger #2)		 1 January 1972 NLT [Note 12] [Note 3] House show    
13 The Heavenly Bodies
(Don and Al Greene)		 1 January 21, 1972 40 Knoxville, Tennessee House show    
14 Ron Wright (4) and Jack Donovan 1 February 25, 1972 [Note 13] Knoxville, Tennessee House show    
 
15 The Australians
(Larry O'Day and Ron Miller)		 1 May 19, 1972 [Note 14] Knoxville, Tennessee House show Defeated Don Wright and Al Greene to win the championship  
 
16 Ron (5) and Don Wright 4 June 1972 NLT [Note 15] [Note 3] House show    
17 Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert 1 July 1, 1972 14 Chattanooga, Tennessee House show    
18 Ron (6) and Don Wright 5 July 15, 1972 7 Chattanooga, Tennessee House show    
19 Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert 2 July 22, 1972 7 Chattanooga, Tennessee House show    
20 Ron (7) and Don Wright 6 July 29, 1972 [Note 16] Chattanooga, Tennessee House show    
 
21 Jerry Lawler and Jim White 1 November 1972 NLT [Note 17] [Note 3] House show    
22 Tommy Gilbert (2) and Bearcat Brown 1 December 8, 1972 [Note 18] Knoxville, Tennessee House show    
 
23 Ron (8) and Don Wright 7 January 5, 1973 [Note 19] Knoxville, Tennessee House show    
24 The Continental Warriors
(Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente)		 1 May 1973 NLT [Note 20] [Note 3] House show    
25 Ron (9) and Don Wright 8 July 1973 NLT [Note 21] [Note 3] House show    
 
26 Ron (10) and Don Wright 9 September 20, 1974 [Note 22] Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Tennessee House show Defeated the Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jerry Novak) to win the championship  
 
27 Ron and Terry Garvin 1 October 25, 1974 [Note 23] Knoxville, Tennessee House show    
28 Ron Wright (11) and Tommy Gilbert (3) 1 November 1974 [Note 24] [Note 3] House show    
 
29 Dutch Mantell and John Foley 1 December 1974 [Note 25] [Note 3] House show    
30 Les Thatcher (3) and Nelson Royal 1 January 1975 [Note 26] [Note 3] House show    
31 Dutch Mantell and John Foley 2 February 1975 [Note 27] [Note 3] House show    
32 Les Thatcher (4) and Nelson Royal 2 March 23, 1975 [Note 28] Knoxville, Tennessee House show    
33 Ron and Don Bass 1 April 1975 [Note 29] [Note 3] House show    
34 Ron Wright (12) and Nelson Royal 1 April 1975 [Note 30] [Note 3] House show    
35 Ron and Don Bass 2 May 1975 [Note 31] [Note 3] House show    
 
36 Jerry Jarrett and George Gulas 1 May 7, 1975 [Note 32] Nashville, Tennessee House show Defeated Ron and Don Wright to win the champiohnship  
 
37 Jimmy Golden (2) and Ricky Gibson 1 June 1975 NLT [Note 33] [Note 3] House show    
 
38 Ron Fuller and The Assassin 1 July 1975 NLT [Note 34] [Note 3] House show    
 
39 Ron (13) and Don Wright 10 September 1975 NLT [Note 35] [Note 3] House show    
 
40 Norvell Austin and Butch Malone 1 December 1975 NLT [Note 36] [Note 3] House show    
 
41 Danny Little Bear and Chief Thundercloud 1 April 1977 NLT [Note 37] [Note 3] House show    
42 Luke Graham and Ripper Collins 1 May 2, 1977 [Note 38] Memphis, Tennessee House show    
 
43 Don Greene (2) and Joey Rossi 1 May 1977 NLT [Note 39] [Note 3] House show    
— Abandoned N/A 1977 N/A N/A N/A The Championship was abandoned.  

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 601 days.
  2. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 180 days.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  4. ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 19 days.
  5. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 133 days.
  6. ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 83 days and 113 days.
  7. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 8 days.
  8. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and −21,431 days.
  9. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 235 days.
  10. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 184 days.
  11. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 31 days and 246 days.
  12. ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 20 days.
  13. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 83 days.
  14. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 43 days.
  15. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 42 days.
  16. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 125 days.
  17. ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 313 days and 131 days.
  18. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 28 days.
  19. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 146 days.
  20. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 91 days.
  21. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 505 days.
  22. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 35 days.
  23. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 7 days and 37 days.
  24. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 60 days.
  25. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 61 days.
  26. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 days and 58 days.
  27. ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 23 days and 50 days.
  28. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 9 days and 38 days.
  29. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 29 days.
  30. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 35 days.
  31. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 5 days.
  32. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 54 days.
  33. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 83 days.
  34. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 144 days.
  35. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 61 days and 183 days.
  36. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 606 days.
  37. ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 2 days and 517 days.
  38. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 29 days.
  39. ↑ The date the championship was abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 242 days.

References

General reference
Specific references
  1. ↑ Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
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