NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version)
The NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) was the Mid-Atlantic territory version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship and was defended between 1953 until 1968 when it became the NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship. It is one of the earliest titles to be defended in the Carolinas, most often in Lenoir, Greensboro and Charlotte, North Carolina.[1][2]
Title history
| Wrestlers: | Reigns together: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al & John Smith | 1 | December 5, 1953 | ||
| George & Jack Curtis | 1 | May 29, 1954? | Lenoir, North Carolina? | |
| Al & John Smith | 2 | June 5, 1954? | Lenoir, North Carolina? | |
| Mr. Moto & Kinji Shibuya | 1 | July 19, 1954 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| George & Bobby Becker | 1 | October 18, 1954 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| George Becker (2) & Jack Witzig | 1 | November 1954 | Bobby Becker died on November 26, 1954; Witzig was chosen as George Becker's new partner. | |
| Title history is unrecorded. A championship match was held in Lenoir, North Carolina between George Becker & Tex Riley vs. Al Kashey & Dave Jones on February 26 and March 5, 1955. It is unknown which team held the title. | ||||
| Emil and Ernie Dusek | 2 | July 11, 1955 | ||
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| George Becker (3) & Jack Witzig | 2 | September 12, 1955 | ||
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Mr. Moto & Kinji Shibuya | 2 | 1956 | ||
| George Becker (4) & Jack Witzig | 3 | 1956 | ||
| Leo & Chick Garibaldi | 1 | 1956 | ||
| Tiny Mills & Jim Austeri | 1 | July 28, 1956 | Defended sometime between May 12 and July 28, 1956. | |
| George Becker (5) & Jack Witzig | 4 | September 17, 1956 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Jim Austeri & Ali Bey | 1 | December 8, 1956 | Lexington, North Carolina | |
| The Flying Scotts (George & Sandy Scott) |
1 | March 18, 1957 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Ernie & Emil Dusek | 1 | May 20, 1957 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Ivan Bornov & Karol Fozoff | 1 | June 1957 | ||
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| The Flying Scotts (George & Sandy Scott) |
2 | July 1957 | ||
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| George Becker (6) & Dick Steinborn | 1 | August 1957 | ||
| Doc & Mike Gallagher | 1 | September 1957 | ||
| George Becker (7) & Dick Steinborn | 2 | September 30, 1957 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Mr. Moto (3) & Duke Keomuka | 1 | March 31, 1958 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| George Becker (8) & Mike Clancy | 1 | May 26, 1958 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Frank Jares & Hans Schnabel | 1 | June 21, 1958 | Hickory, North Carolina | |
| George Becker (9) & Mike Clancy | 2 | July 5, 1958 | Hickory, North Carolina | |
| Fritz & Waldo Von Erich | 1 | October 13, 1958 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| George Becker (10) & Mike Clancy | 3 | October 27, 1958 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Al & John Smith | 3 | January 26, 1959 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| George Becker (11) & Billy Two Rivers | 1 | April 6, 1959 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Defeated Alberto & Enrique Torres. |
| Mr. Moto (4) & Duke Keomuka | 2 | July 6, 1959 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Larry Hamilton & Great Bolo | 1 | August 24, 1959 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| George Becker (12) & Enrique Torres | 1 | November 23, 1959 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Tosh Togo & Ike Eakins | 1 | September 1960 | ||
| Ray Villmer & Jack Curtis (2) | 1 | October 30, 1960 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Gypsy Joe & Louis Tillet | 1 | November 21, 1960 | ||
| Ray Villmer & Jack Curtis (2) | 2 | 1960 | ||
| Mad Dog & Butcher Vachon | January 23, 1961 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||
| George Becker (13) & Sandy Scott (2) | 2 | March 27, 1961 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| The Von Brauners (Kurt & Karl Von Brauner) | 1 | 1961 | ||
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Swede Hanson & Rip Hawk | 1 | |||
| Johnny Weaver & "Cowboy" Bob Ellis | 1 | December 2, 1963 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Eddie Graham & Sam Steamboat | 1 | May 1965 | ||
| Bronko Lubich & Aldo Bogni | 1 | May 24, 1965 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| George Becker (14) & Johnny Weaver (2) | 1 | September 9, 1965 | Greensboro, North Carolina | |
| Bronko Lubich & Aldo Bogni | 2 | March 17, 1966 | Defended sometime between January 6 and March 17, 1966. | |
| George Becker (15) & Johnny Weaver (3) | 2 | November 3, 1966 | Greensboro, North Carolina | |
| Infernos (Frankie Cain & Rocky Smith) |
1 | July 20, 1967 | Greensboro, North Carolina | |
| George Becker (16) & Johnny Weaver (4) | 3 | 1967 | ||
| Larry Hamilton & Pampero Firpo | 1 | September 1967 | ||
| George Becker (17) & Johnny Weaver (5) | 4 | November 1967 | Title held up after a match against the Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Gene & Lars Anderson) in March 1968. | |
| George Becker (18) & Johnny Weaver (6) | 5 | April 4, 1968 | Greensboro, North Carolina | Defeated the Minnesota Wrecking Crew in a rematch; they later defeated Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on May 1, 1969 to win the NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Title. |
References
- ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "(Carolinas) Charlotte: NWA Southern Tag Team Title [Jim Crockett]". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 114. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ "N.W.A. Southern Tag Team Title (Mid-Atlantic)". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.