NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version)
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| Date established | January 8, 1957 | ||||||||
| Date retired | August 1960 | ||||||||
| Promotion | NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club | ||||||||
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The NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1957 until August 1960, when the American Wrestling Association came into existence.[1]
Title history
| Wrestlers: | Reigns together: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
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| Tiny Mills & Al Mills | 1 | June 1953 | ||
| Pat O'Connor & Tony Baillargeon | 1 | June 20, 1953 | St. Paul, MN | |
| Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff | 1 | January 8, 1957 | Minneapolis, MN | Defeat Fritz Von Erich & Karl Von Schober in tournament final. |
| Joe & Guy Brunetti | 1 | February 26, 1957 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff | 2 | June 6, 1957 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Mitsu Arakawa & Kinji Shibuya | 1 | August 13, 1957 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Joe & Guy Brunetti | 2 | November 26, 1957 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Atomic Blonds (Johnny Valentine & Chet Wallick) |
1 | December 10, 1957 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Verne Gagne & Bronko Nagurski | 1 | December 26, 1957 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Doc & Mike Gallagher | 1 | March 22, 1958 | St. Paul, MN | Hard Boiled Haggerty & Kinji Shibuya defeat the Gallaghers on April 22, 1958 but the title is returned a week later due to questionable decisions by referee Ilio DiPaolo. |
| Verne Gagne (2) & Leo Nomellini | 1 | May 15, 1958 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Doc & Mike Gallagher | 2 | 1958 | ||
| Fritz Von Erich & Hans Hermann | 1 | July 1, 1958 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Vacated | 1958 | N/A | Titles vacant. | |
| Reggie & Stan Lisowski | 1 | November 1958 | Win tournament. | |
| Herb & Seymour Freeman | 1 | January 15, 1959 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Reggie & Stan Lisowski | 2 | January 22, 1959 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff | 3 | March 5, 1959 | Minneapolis, MN | On April 1959, Ivan gives his half to Baron Gattoni after being injured. |
| Verne Gagne (3) & Butch Levy | 1 | April 28, 1959 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff | 4 | June 1959 | Awarded because Gagne is on tour. | |
| Butch Levy & Leo Nomellini (2) | 1 | July 14, 1959 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Vacated | 1959 | N/A | Nomelli returns to San Francisco 49ers in 1959. | |
| Murder, Inc. (Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills) | 1 | March 5, 1960 | N/A | Claiming to be International Tag Team champions since 59, they're awarded the titles. The Minneapolis promotion withdraws from NWA and forms American Wrestling Association in May but continues to recognize NWA champions as their champions. |
| Verne Gagne (4) and Leo Nomellini (3) | 2 | July 19, 1960 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Murder Inc. | 2 | August 1960 | Minneapolis, MN | Awarded when Nomellini returns to football. They are soon recognized as the first AWA World Tag Team Champions when AWA stops recognizing NWA champions. |
See also
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA World Tag Team Championship
- American Wrestling Association
- AWA World Tag Team Championship