NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship
| NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | NWA Mid-Atlantic | ||||||||||
| Date established | June 1968 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Vacant | ||||||||||
| Date won | February 27, 2016 | ||||||||||
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The NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship was a tag team title defended in the National Wrestling Alliance's NWA Mid-Atlantic territory. The championship was originally created in the summer of 1968 and was originally named the NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship. During this time, the title was the primary tag team championship that was defended in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling owned by Jim Crockett, Sr. and later by his son, Jim Crockett, Jr. While the current Mid-Atlantic promotion operates primarily out of the same area as the Crockett promotion, they aren't the same, as Jim Crockett, Jr. sold his territory to Ted Turner in November 1988. This promotion would then be renamed World Championship Wrestling. The title was relegated to serve as the secondary tag team championship in Crockett's territory after Mid-Atlantic created its own territorial version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship in January 1975 and was used until sometime in 1985 when it was abandoned.[1] In 2000, the title was revived for the Mid-Atlantic territory.
Title history[edit]
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship | ||||||||||
| 1 | Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson | June 2, 1968 | MACW show | Washington, DC | 1 | N/A | Title Awarded and defeat Édouard Carpentier and Miguel Perez in a fictitious match. | |||
| 2 | Johnny Weaver and George Becker | May 1, 1969 | MACW show | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 1 | 292 | ||||
| 3 | Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson | February 17, 1970 | MACW show | Raleigh, North Carolina | 2 | 28 | ||||
| 4 | Johnny Weaver and George Becker | March 17, 1970 | MACW show | Raleigh, North Carolina | 2 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | The Andersons (Gene and Ole Anderson) |
March 26, 1970 | MACW show | Greensboro, North Carolina | 1 | 180 | ||||
| 6 | Paul Jones and Nelson Royal | September 22, 1970 | MACW show | Raleigh, North Carolina | 1 | 78 | ||||
| 7 | Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson | December 9, 1970 | MACW show | Raleigh, North Carolina | 3 | 176 | ||||
| 8 | Johnny Weaver and George Becker | June 3, 1971 | MACW show | Greensboro, North Carolina | 3 | 114 | ||||
| 9 | Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson | September 25, 1971 | MACW show | Hampton, Virginia | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | Johnny Weaver and George Becker | September 27, 1971 | MACW show | Fayetteville, North Carolina | 4 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | Larry Hamilton and Brute Bernard | October 12, 1971 | MACW show | Raleigh, North Carolina | 1 | 171 | ||||
| 12 | Johnny Weaver (5) and Art Neilson | March 31, 1972 | MACW show | Greensboro, North Carolina | 1 | 220 | ||||
| 13 | The Andersons (Gene and Ole Anderson) |
November 6, 1972 | MACW show | Charlotte, North Carolina | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 14 | Johnny Weaver (6) and Art Neilson (2) | November 13, 1972 | MACW show | Charlotte, North Carolina | 2 | 110 | ||||
| 15 | The Andersons (Gene and Ole Anderson) |
March 3, 1973 | MACW show | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 3 | 87 | ||||
| 16 | Jerry Brisco and Thunderbolt Patterson | May 29, 1973 | MACW show | High Point, North Carolina | 1 | 37 | ||||
| 17 | The Andersons (Gene and Ole Anderson) |
July 5, 1973 | MACW show | Greensboro, North Carolina | 4 | 89 | ||||
| 18 | Sandy Scott and Nelson Royal (2) | October 2, 1973 | MACW show | Raleigh, North Carolina | 1 | N/A | ||||
| NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship | ||||||||||
| 19 | Brute Bernard and Jay York | November 26, 1973 | MACW show | Raleigh, North Carolina | 1 | 30 | Brute and York managed by Beauregarde. | |||
| 20 | The Andersons (Gene and Ole Anderson) |
December 26, 1973 | MACW show | Columbia, South Carolina | 5 | 103 | ||||
| 21 | Paul Jones (2) and Bob Bruggers | April 8, 1974 | MACW show | Fayetteville, North Carolina | 1 | 87 | ||||
| 22 | Rip Hawk (5) and Ric Flair | July 4, 1974 | MACW show | Greensboro, North Carolina | 1 | 155 | ||||
| 23 | Paul Jones (3) and Tiger Conway Jr. | December 6, 1974 | MACW show | Charleston, South Carolina | 1 | 76 | Defeat Flair and Brute Bernard, subbing for Hawk. | |||
| 24 | The Andersons (Gene and Ole Anderson) |
February 20, 1975 | MACW show | Greensboro, North Carolina | 6 | 0 | Won the title vs. title match. | |||
| — | February 20, 1975 | — | — | The Andersons are the reigning NWA World Tag Team Champions (Mid-Atlantic version) and title is inactive until September 22, 1976 when the tournament to crown new champions starts. | ||||||
| 25 | Dino Bravo and Tim Woods | November 3, 1976 | MACW show | Raleigh, North Carolina | 1 | 75 | Defeat Sgt. Jacques Goulet and Mike "The Judge" DuBois in tournament final. | |||
| 26 | The Hollywood Blonds (Buddy Roberts and Jerry Brown) |
January 17, 1977 | MACW show | Greenville, South Carolina | 1 | 83 | [2] | |||
| 27 | Dino Bravo (2) and Tiger Conway, Jr. (2) | April 10, 1977 | MACW show | Charlotte, North Carolina | 1 | 87 | ||||
| 28 | Greg Valentine and Ric Flair (2) | July 6, 1977 | MACW show | Anderson, South Carolina | 1 | 47 | Awarded. | |||
| 29 | Paul Jones (4) and Ricky Steamboat | August 22, 1977 | MACW show | Greensboro, North Carolina | 1 | 434 | Steamboat and Jones win NWA World Tag Team Champions (Mid-Atlantic version) on April 23, 1978 and hold the titles concurrently. | |||
| 30 | Ric Flair (3) and Big John Studd | October 30, 1978 | MACW show | Greenville, South Carolina | 1 | 6 | [3] | |||
| 31 | Paul Jones (5) and Ricky Steamboat (2) | November 5, 1978 | MACW show | Greensboro, North Carolina | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 32 | Big John Studd (2) and Ken Patera | January 2, 1979 | MACW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 33 | Paul Jones (6) and Ricky Steamboat (3) | April 26, 1979 | MACW show | N/A | 3 | N/A | ||||
| — | Vacated | August 8, 1979 | — | — | — | — | When Jones turns on Steamboat. | |||
| 34 | Ricky Steamboat (4) and Dino Bravo (3) | October 20, 1979 | MACW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | Bravo is actually wrestling in the AWA at this time. | |||
| 35 | Masked Superstar and Masked Superstar 2 (3) | March 26, 1980 | MACW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | Vacated | April 30, 1980 | — | — | — | — | When Masked Superstar #2 is unmasked and leaves the area. | |||
| 36 | Matt Borne and Buzz Sawyer | June 2, 1980 | MACW show | Greenville, South Carolina | 1 | 118 | Defeat The Iron Sheik and Jimmy Snuka in tournament final.[4] | |||
| 37 | The Sheepherders (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) |
September 28, 1980 | MACW show | Charlotte, North Carolina | 1 | 75 | ||||
| 38 | Dewey Robertson and George Wells | December 12, 1980 | MACW show | Richmond, Virginia | 1 | 57 | ||||
| 39 | Genichiro Tenryu and Mr. Fuji | February 7, 1981 | MACW show | Greensboro, North Carolina | 1 | N/A | [5] | |||
| 40 | Dewey Robertson and Johnny Weaver (7) | May 25, 1981 | MACW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 41 | The Imperial Russians (Chris Markoff and Nikolai Volkoff) |
June 27, 1981 | MACW show | Charlotte, North Carolina | 1 | 153 | ||||
| 42 | Jay Youngblood and Johnny Weaver (8) | November 27, 1981 | MACW show | Appalachia, Virginia | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 43 | Ox Baker and Carl Fergie | December 2, 1981 | MACW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 44 | Jay Youngblood (2) and Porkchop Cash | January 29, 1982 | MACW show | Charleston, South Carolina | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 45 | Don Kernodle and Pvt. Jim Nelson | May 22, 1982 | MACW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 46 | Porkchop Cash (2) and Iceman Parsons | June 1, 1982 | MACW show | N/A | 1 | 16 | ||||
| 47 | Don Kernodle and Jim Nelson | June 17, 1982 | MACW show | Roanoke, Virginia | 2 | 66 | ||||
| 48 | Ricky Steamboat (5) and Jay Youngblood (3) | August 22, 1982 | MACW show | Toronto | 1 | 202 | ||||
| — | Vacated | March 12, 1983 | — | — | — | — | Upon winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship. | |||
| 49 | One Man Gang and Kelly Kiniski | May 23, 1983 | MACW show | Greenville, South Carolina | 1 | 58 | Defeat Mike Rotunda and Rufus R. Jones in tournament final. | |||
| 50 | Rufus R. Jones and Bugsy McGraw | July 20, 1983 | MACW show | Emporia, Virginia | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | Vacated | August 2, 1983 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 51 | Long Riders (Ron Bass and Black Bart) |
August 25, 1984 | MACW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| March 23, 1985 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
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| 52 | Triple X (Drake Dawson and Curtis Thompson) |
September 11, 1999 | MACW show | Elizabeth City, North Carolina | 1 | 367 | Reigning Northern Continental Tag Team champions; awarded Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Title around March 17, 2000. | |||
| — | Vacated | September 12, 2000 | — | — | — | — | When Dawson leaves NWA to become pit crew member for a NASCAR Winston Cup team. Title vacated as of September 5, 2002. | |||
| 53 | The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Rick Nelson) |
December 7, 2002 | MACW show | Asheville, North Carolina | 1 | N/A | Defeat the Road Warrior Hawk and Mad Maxx. | |||
| — | Vacated | December 2, 2004 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 54 | Dusty Rhodes and Buff Bagwell | January 22, 2005 | MACW show | Seoul, South Korea | 1 | N/A | Defeat Terry Taylor and Rikki Nelson. | |||
| — | August 20, 2005 | — | — | |||||||
| 55 | Rick Steiner and Terry Taylor | September 24, 2005 | MACW show | Concord, North Carolina | 1 | N/A | Defeat Tommy Gunn and Ricky Morton. | |||
| — | November 8, 2006 | — | — | |||||||
| 56 | The Steiner Brothers (Rick (2) and Scott) |
December 9, 2006 | MACW show | Easley, South Carolina | 1 | 45 | Defeat Chris Hamrick and Rikki Nelson. | |||
| — | January 23, 2007 | — | — | |||||||
| 57 | Buff Bagwell (2) and Rick Nelson (2) | May 2, 2009 | MACW show | Shelby, North Carolina | 1 | 259 | Defeat Reid Flair and David Flair. | |||
| 58 | The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) |
January 16, 2010 | MACW show | Caldwell, North Carolina | 1 | 105 | ||||
| 59 | Buff Bagwell (3) and Rick Nelson (3) | May 1, 2010 | MACW show | Anderson, South Carolina | 2 | 140 | ||||
| 60 | The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) |
September 18, 2010 | MACW show | Maiden, North Carolina | 2 | 49 | ||||
| 61 | Brad Armstrong and Ricky Morton (3) | November 6, 2010 | MACW show | Taylorsville, North Carolina | 1 | N/A | Brad Armstrong replaces Robert Gibson to defeats Chris Hamrick and Jeff Lewis, still champions as of December 4, 2010. | |||
| — | Vacated | April 8, 2012 | — | — | — | — | MACW leaves the NWA in 2012. Title vacated as of October 1, 2012. No Championship by Ricky Nelson or the old MACW is sanctioned or recognized by the NWA after this date | |||
| N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| 63 | The Legion of KAOS (Damien Wayne and Lance Erickson) |
November 2, 2013 | MACW show | Kingsport, Tennessee | 1 | 252 | Defeat C&C Wrestle Factory (Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander) to win vacant title. | |||
| — | Vacated | July 12, 2014 | MACW show | Carolina Beach, North Carolina | — | — | When Legion Of Kaos split up to pursue singles careers. | |||
| 64 | The Brutes (Mark James and Jimmy Parker) |
June 20, 2015 | MACW show | Louisburg, North Carolina | 1 | 252 | Defeated The A.H.L. and The Cabellero's in a 3-way for the vacant titles at NWA R.A.G.E. XII. | |||
| 65 | The Sound and The Fury (Will Huckaby and Joe Black) |
February 27, 2016 | MACW show | Williamston, North Carolina | 1 | 408 | Defeated The Brutes (Jimmy Parker and Mark James) and 1st Generation (Victor Andrews and James Anthony) in a Triple Threat at "Onslaught".[6] | |||
| — | Deactivated | April 10, 2017 | — | — | — | — | ||||
See also[edit]
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