Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas
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The Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas is a professional wrestling tag team title contested in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based Chikara promotion. The current "campeones" are the team of Icarus and Gran Akuma, collectivly known as Team F.I.S.T.
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[edit] History
The Chikara Campeonatos De Parejas was introduced in February of 2006. The creation of the titles was the foundation of that year's Tag World Grand Prix tag team tournament, scheduled to be the final TWGP for the promotion. The titles were to be awarded to the winning team of the tournament. The eventual winners were the team of Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli, the Kings Of Wrestling who defeated Milano Collection AT and Skayde, Team dragondoor in the finals of the tournament to be crowned the first Chikara Campeones de Parejas. The Kings defended the belts a total of three times. Their first defense took place on May 27, 2006 at Chikara's Aniversario Epsilon show in Barnesville, PA, where they defeated the team of MIYAWAKI & Yoshiaki Yago. Their second defense took place on September 22, 2006 at the "Once In A Lifetime" show in Reading ,PA, defeating Darin Corbin & Ryan Cruz, the North Star Express. Their third and final defense was on November 17, 2006 at Chikara's "Brick" show in Reading, where they ended up losing the titles to the team of Icarus & Gran Akuma, Team F.I.S.T. Team F.I.S.T. made their first defense of the titles on the March 23, 2007 show "Best Imitation of Myself", retaining over the team of Shane Storm and Jigsaw. The duo of Icarus and Akuma are currently scheduled to defend the titles against Cheech and Cloudy on Chikara's April 22 2007 show "Rey De Voladores" .
[edit] Earning a Title Shot
This title, when compared to other titles is unorthodox due to the nature of how a team earns a title shot. Usually a title shot is earned by winning a tournament, a #1 contenders match, or by simply being awarded a title shot. A team becomes eligible to challenge for the Campeonatos de Parejas as soon as they rack up 3 points. Teams rack up points by winning tag team matches, as soon as they get the 3 points, they can challenge the reigning Campeones for the titles. Per Lucha Libre tradition, the actual title defense will be Campeones Vs. Retadores in 2 out of 3 falls.
[edit] Title history
| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings of Wrestling (Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero) | 1 | February 26, 2006 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Defeated Milano Collection A.T. and Skayde in the finals of the Tag World Grand Prix 2006 tournament to become the first champions. |
| Team F.I.S.T. (Gran Akuma and Icarus) | 1 | November 17, 2006 | Reading, Pennsylvania |
[edit] Trivia
- The reigning Campeones of Team F.I.S.T. collected 3 points by winning a one night tag team tournament at Chikara's "From Zero To Hero (and Castagnoli)" show in Barnesville. They defeated the teams of the Silver Bullets, Incoherence (Delirious and Hallowicked), and Up In Smoke (Cheech & Cloudy) to become eligible to challenge the Kings of Wrestling for the titles.
- The Kings Of Wrestling held the Campeonatos for around 9 months, and held it at one point along with the Ring Of Honor and Combat Zone Wrestling tag belts.
