WWWF United States Tag Team Championship
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WWWF United States Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||
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Date established | July 1958 | ||||||||||||
Date retired | July 29, 1967 | ||||||||||||
Promotion | World Wide Wrestling Federation | ||||||||||||
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The WWWF United States Tag Team Championship was the first version of the main tag team title in the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1963 until 1967. Originally, the WWF was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance operating out of the Northeast and was called the Capitol Wrestling Corporation. The championship began as Capitol Wrestling's territorial version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship from 1958 until 1963.[1]
Contents
Title history
Names
Name | Years |
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NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Northeast version) | July 1958 – April 1963 |
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship | April 1963 – July 30, 1967 |
Reigns
No. | Team | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
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1 | Mark Lewin and Don Curtis | 1 | July 1958 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Kansas City, MO | House show | Defeated Hans Schmidt and Dick the Bruiser in a tournament final |
2 | The Grahams (Jerry Graham and Eddie Graham) |
1 | September 4, 1958 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | |
3 | Mark Lewin and Don Curtis | 2 | December 11, 1958 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | |
4 | The Grahams (Jerry Graham and Eddie Graham) |
2 | May 27, 1959 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bridgeport, CT | House show | |
– | Vacated | – | August 1959 | – | – | – | Titles vacated when Eddie leaves the promotion |
5 | Jerry Graham (3) and Johnny Valentine | 1 | November 14, 1959 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | West Hempstead, NY | House show | Defeated Mark Lewin and Don Curtis to win the vacant titles |
6 | The Grahams (Jerry Graham (4) and Eddie Graham (3)) |
3 | March 1960 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | New Haven, CT | House show | Eddie returned and took Valentine's title |
7 | The Bastiens (Red Bastien and Lou Bastien) |
1 | April 2, 1960 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | New Haven, CT | House show | |
8 | The Grahams (Jerry Graham (5) and Eddie Graham (4)) |
4 | April 16, 1960 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | New Haven, CT | House show | |
9 | The Bastiens (Red Bastien and Lou Bastien) |
2 | April 23, 1960 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Chicago, Illinois | House show | |
10 | The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) |
1 | July 21, 1960 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | |
11 | The Bastiens (Red Bastien and Lou Bastien) |
3 | August 8, 1960 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | |
12 | The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) |
2 | August 24, 1960 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bridgeport, CT | House show | |
13 | Johnny Valentine (2) and Buddy Rogers | 1 | November 19, 1960 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Teaneck, New Jersey | House show | |
14 | The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) |
3 | November 28, 1960 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | Defeated Johnny Valentine and Chief Big Heart to win the titles |
15 | Johnny Valentine (3) and Bob Ellis | 1 | January 11, 1962 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | |
16 | Buddy Rogers (2) and Johnny Barend | 1 | July 5, 1962 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | |
17 | Buddy Austin and Great Scott | 1 | March 7, 1963 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | Title was renamed WWWF United States Tag Team Championship in April 1963 |
18 | Skull Murphy and Brute Bernard | 1 | May 16, 1963 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | |
19 | Killer Kowalski and Gorilla Monsoon | 1 | November 14, 1963 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | |
20 | The Tolos (John Tolos and Chris Tolos) |
1 | December 28, 1963 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Teaneck, New Jersey | House show | |
21 | Don McClarity and Vittorio Apollo | 1 | February 1964 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | New Haven, CT | House show | |
22 | Dr. Jerry Graham (6) and Luke Graham | 1 | March 20, 1964 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | New Haven, CT | House show | |
23 | Gene Kiniski and Waldo Von Erich | 1 | February 4, 1965 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | |
24 | Gorilla Monsoon (2) and Bill Watts | 1 | April 8, 1965 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | |
25 | Dan Miller and Dr. Bill Miller | 1 | August 5, 1965 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | |
26 | Antonio Pugliese and Johnny Valentine (4) | 1 | February 21, 1966 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | New York, New York | House show | |
27 | Baron Mikel Scicluna and Smasher Sloan | 1 | September 22, 1966 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | |
28 | Spiros Arion and Tony Parisi (2) | 1 | December 8, 1966 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Washington, D.C. | House show | This was a Two Out Of Three Falls Tag Team Match. Arion and Parisi were given the belts by heel-turned Valentine when Parisi was injured in the second fall after winning the first fall. |
29 | Spiros Arion (2) and Arnold Skaaland | 1 | June 1967 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Atlantic City, New Jersey | House show | Pugliese leaves WWWF and Skaaland was awarded his half of the title |
30 | Sicilians (Lou Albano and Tony Altimore) |
1 | July 10, 1967 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Atlantic City, New Jersey | House show | Defeated Skaaland and Chuck Richards to win the title |
31 | Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion (3) | 1 | July 24, 1967 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Atlantic City, New Jersey | House show | |
– | Deactivated | July 29, 1967 | – | – | – | Sammartino is already WWWF champion and is unable to defend both his singles title and the tag team title. |
List of combined reigns
By team
By wrestler
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Jerry Graham/Dr. Jerry Graham | 6 | 632 |
2 | Al Costello | 3 | 514 |
Roy Heffernan | 3 | 514 | |
4 | Johnny Valentine | 4 | 505 |
5 | Antonio Pugliese/Tony Parisi | 2 | 388 |
6 | Luke Graham | 1 | 321 |
7 | Buddy Rogers | 2 | 254 |
8 | Johnny Barend | 1 | 245 |
9 | Mark Lewin | 2 | 232 |
Don Curtis | 2 | 232 | |
11 | Spiros Arion | 3 | 219 |
12 | Eddie Graham | 4 | 203 |
13 | Dan Miller | 1 | 200 |
Dr. Bill Miller | 1 | 200 | |
15 | Skull Murphy | 1 | 182 |
Brute Bernard | 1 | 182 | |
17 | Bob Ellis | 1 | 175 |
18 | Gorilla Monsoon | 2 | 163 |
19 | Red Bastien | 3 | 119 |
Lou Bastien | 3 | 119 | |
Bill Watts | 1 | 119 | |
22 | Baron Mikel Scicluna | 1 | 77 |
Smasher Sloan | 1 | 77 | |
24 | Buddy Austin | 1 | 70 |
Great Scott | 1 | 70 | |
26 | Gene Kiniski | 1 | 63 |
Waldo Von Erich | 1 | 63 | |
28 | Don McClarity | 1 | 48 |
Vittorio Apollo | 1 | 48 | |
30 | Killer Kowalski | 1 | 44 |
31 | Arnold Skaaland | 1 | 39 |
32 | John Tolos | 1 | 35 |
Chris Tolos | 1 | 35 | |
34 | Lou Albano | 1 | 14 |
Tony Altimore | 1 | 14 | |
36 | Bruno Sammartino | 1 | 5 |
See also
- National Wrestling Alliance
- WWE
- WWF International Tag Team Championship
- World Tag Team Championship (WWE)
References
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