| NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | NWA Tri-State | ||||||||||
| Date established | 1962 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | 1982 | ||||||||||
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The NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship[1] was a tag team title created in 1962, and contested in the National Wrestling Alliance's Tri-State territory, which was promoted by Leroy McGuirk (Arkansas and Oklahoma) and Jack Curtis and Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith (Louisiana). For most of its existence, the title was the Tri-State version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship.[2]
This group of promoters existed until Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling bought out the majority of the Tri-State territory, and also Gil Culkin and George Gulkin's Mississippi territory, in August 1979.[1] After Watts took over, McGuirk took the title to Oklahoma, the only part of the Tri-State territory not owned by Watts. The U.S. Tag Team Championship's name was then changed to the Tri-State Tag Title in 1980.[3]
The title lasted until Tri-State closed in 1982, when Mid-South Wrestling took over Oklahoma from McGuirk.[2]
Silver areas in the title history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) | ||||
| Jan Madrid and Louie Tillet | 1 | 1962 | Records are unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| Alberto and Ramon Torres | 1 | 1962 | ||
| Jack and Jim Dalton | 1 | July 2, 1962 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Jerry Kozak and Bill Watts | 1 | September 2, 1963 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Defeated The Bolos. |
| The title was vacated no later than April 1966. | ||||
| The Assassins (#1 (Tom Renesto) and #2 (Jody Hamilton)) |
1 | May 10, 1966 | Little Rock, Arkansas | Defeated Stan Kowalski and The Great Matsuda in a tournament final. |
| Jack Brisco and Haystacks Calhoun | 1 | 1966 or 1967 | Records are unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| The Assassins | 2 | March 10, 1967 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Defeated Skandor Akbar and Swede Karlson. |
| Jack Brisco and Gorgeous George, Jr. | 1 | May 9, 1967 | Little Rock, Arkansas | |
| Togo Shikuma and Chati Yokouchi | 1 | May 16, 1967 | Little Rock, Arkansas | |
| Skandor Akbar and Danny Hodge | 1 | October 1967 | ||
| Chuck Karbo and Chati Yokouchi | 1 | December 1967 | ||
| Jack Donovan and Ron Reed (Buddy Colt) | 1 | April 1968 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Skandor Akbar and Danny Hodge | 2 | May 4, 1968 | Shreveport, Louisiana | Defeated Chuck Karbo and Chati Yokouchi. |
| Danny Hodge and Lorenzo Parente | 1 | December 3, 1968 | Little Rock, Arkansas | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. |
| Treach Phillips and Karl Von Stroheim | 1 | January 1969 | ||
| Alberto and Ramon Torres | 2 | May 6, 1969 | Little Rock, Arkansas | |
| The Medics[4] (Billy Garrett and Jim Starr) |
1 | October 1969 | Little Rock, Arkansas | |
| Alberto and Ramon Torres | 3 | 1969 | ||
| The Medics | 2 | 1969 | ||
| Tarzan Baxter and Karl Karlson | 1 | November 2, 1969 | Little Rock, Arkansas | |
| Luke Brown and Dutch Savage | 1 | February 1, 1970 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| The title was vacated in April 1970 when Savage left the area. | ||||
| The Hollywood Blonds (Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts) |
1 | May 8, 1970 | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| Luke Brown and Danny Hodge | 1 | May 27, 1970 | Springfield, Missouri | |
| The Hollywood Blonds | 2 | May 29, 1970 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Billy Red Lyons and Bill Watts | 1 | January 1971 | ||
| Karl Von Brauner and Waldo Von Erich | 1 | March 1971 | ||
| The Kentuckians (Luke Brown and Grizzly Smith) |
1 | April 1971 | ||
| The Spoilers[5] (#1 (Don Jardine) and #2 (Buddy Wolff)) |
1 | 1971 | ||
| Tom Jones and Billy Red Lyons | 1 | May 31, 1971 | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| The Continental Warriors (Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente) |
1 | March 21, 1972 | Monroe, Louisiana | |
| Tom Jones and Ken Mantell | 1 | August 21, 1972 | Shreveport, Louisiana | This was a disputed victory. |
| Terry Garvin and Duke Myers | 1 | August 28, 1972 | Monroe, Louisiana | This was a disputed victory. Garvin and Myers defeated The Continental Warriors and Tom Jones and Ken Mantell in a three-team tournament on September 4, 1972 in Shreveport, Louisiana, making them the rightful champions. |
| Yasu Fuji and Chati Yokouchi | 1 | December 1972 | The title change occurred no later than this date. | |
| Bull Bullinski and Dennis Stamp | 1 | February 13, 1973 | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| The Hollywood Blonds | 3 | February 20, 1973 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Eddie Sullivan and Rip Tyler | 1 | 1973 | ||
| Dewey Robertson and Dennis Stamp | 1 | May 1973 | ||
| Alex Perez and El Gran Tapio | 1 | July 1973 | ||
| Kim Duk and Stan Kowalski | 1 | September 1973 | ||
| Luke Brown and Klondike Bill | 1 | January 1974 | ||
| Bob Brown and Siegfried Stanke | 1 | March 1974 | Brown and Stanke also defeated Bob Kelly and Rocket Monroe in March 1974 in Shreveport, Louisiana, unifying the Gulf Coast version of the title. | |
| Chief Thundercloud and Chief White Cloud | 1 | June 1974 | ||
| Steve Lawler and Jim White | 1 | September 1974 | ||
| Johnny Eagles and Terry Lathan | 1 | October 1974 | ||
| Frank Goodish and Stan Hansen | 1 | October 1974 | ||
| Jay Clayton and Danny Hodge | 1 | July 9, 1975 | Fort Smith, Arkansas | |
| Killer Karl Kox and Dick Murdoch | 1 | October 1975 | ||
| The title was vacated in December 1975 when Kox and Murdoch split up. | ||||
| Greg Valentine and Bill Watts | 1 | January 7, 1976 | Defeated The Hollywood Blonds. | |
| Gorgeous George, Jr. and Greg Valentine | 1 | January 1976 | Watts was injured, and Gorgeous George, Jr. replaced him. | |
| The Hollywood Blonds | 4 | March 18, 1976 | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Buck Robley and Bob Slaughter | 1 | March 29, 1976 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Ted DiBiase and Dick Murdoch | 1 | April 28, 1976 | Fort Smith, Arkansas | |
| Killer Karl Kox and Bob Sweetan | 1 | May 11, 1976 | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Killer Karl Kox and Ken Patera | 1 | October 19, 1976 | Defeated Bob Sweetan and Randy Tyler. | |
| Billy Robinson and Bill Watts | 1 | 1976 | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Skandor Akbar and Choi Sun | 1 | January 1977 | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Tony Rocco and Bob Sweetan | 1 | March 16, 1977 | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| The Medics | 3 | March 26, 1977 | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Porkchop Cash and Mike George | 1 | August 16, 1977 | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| The Medics | 4 | August 23, 1977 | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Porkchop Cash and Dr. X | 1 | September 27, 1977 | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Ciclón Negro and Dr. X | 1 | October 27, 1977 | Defeated Ray Candy and Porkchop Cash. | |
| The Brute and Dr. X | 1 | 1977 | ||
| Ray Candy and Steven Little Bear | 1 | February 22, 1978 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| The Assassin and Ernie Ladd | 1 | April 5, 1978 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Ray Candy and Steven Little Bear | 2 | April 23, 1978 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Jerry Brown and Bobby Jaggers | 1 | May 5, 1978 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Mike George and Randy Tyler | 1 | November 18, 1978 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| The title was vacated after a match against Jerry Brown and Bobby Jaggers in December 1978. | ||||
| André the Giant and Dusty Rhodes | 1 | December 25, 1978 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Defeated Stan Hansen and Ernie Ladd in the finals of the 10-team tournament. |
| Dusty Rhodes and The Spoiler | 1 | January 1979 | The Spoiler took the place of André the Giant. | |
| The Angel and The Assassin | 1 | January 25, 1979 | New Orleans, Louisiana | The Spoiler turned on Rhodes. |
| Buck Robley and Bill Watts | 1 | July 21, 1979 | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| The title after Robley was injured by Angelo Mosca on August 17, 1979. | ||||
| Sugar Bear Harris and Oki Shikina | 1 | October 1979 | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| Herb Calvert and Jimmy Garvin | 1 | November 5, 1979 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Steve Lawler and Siegfried Stanke | 1 | December 1979 | ||
| Eddie and Tommy Gilbert | 1 | March 3, 1980 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| The title was renamed during the Gilberts' reign. | ||||
| NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship | ||||
| Ron McFarlane and Doug Somers | 1 | 1980 | ||
| Hector Guerrero and Ron Sexton | 1 | 1980 | ||
| Ron McFarlane and Doug Somers | 2 | 1980 | ||
| Eddie and Tommy Gilbert | 2 | 1980 | ||
| The title was vacated after Tommy Gilbert was injured. | ||||
| Chief Frank Hill and Terry Orndorff | 1 | 1981 | Won a tournament. | |
| The title was held up after a match between Frank Hill & Terry Orndorff and The Akbar Army (Jerry Brown & Ron McFarlane). | ||||
| The Akbar Army (Jerry Brown and Ron McFarlane) |
1 | 1981 | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| Eddie Gilbert and Ricky Morton | 1 | May 16, 1981 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Mike George and Ed Wiskoski | 1 | July 11, 1981 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Eddie Gilbert and Ricky Morton | 2 | July 25, 1981 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Dave and Joel Deaton | 1 | 1981 | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| Eric Embry and Chief Frank Hill | 1 | 1981 | ||
| Porkchop Cash and Doug Somers | 1 | 1981 | ||
| The title was vacated in 1981 after Cash and Somers split up. | ||||
| Turk Ali Bey and El Toro | 1 | 1981 | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| The title was retired in 1982 when NWA Tri-State closed, and the territory was taken over by Mid-South Wrestling. | ||||