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CWA World Tag Team Championship

The CWA World Tag Team Championship was a major professional wrestling tag team title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association. It lasted from 1980 through 1983.

CWA World Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionContinental Wrestling Association
Date establishedJuly 28, 1980
Date retiredNovember 28, 1983
Statistics
First champion(s)Jerry Jarrett and Tojo Yamamoto
Final champion(s)Austin Idol and Dutch Mantel
Most reigns(as team) The Assassins (4 times)
Longest reignAustin Idol and Dutch Mantel (122 days)
Shortest reignKen Raper and Robert Reed (2 days)

Title history

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Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
 1  Jerry Jarrett and Tojo Yamamoto  July 14, 1980  House show Memphis, Tennessee  1  21 Defeated Austin Idol and Dutch Mantel in a tournament final to become the first champions. [1][2]
 2  Austin Idol and Dutch Mantel  August 4, 1980  House show Memphis, Tennessee  1  220 [1][2]
 3  Bill Dundee and Tommy Rich  March 12, 1981  House show Lexington, Kentucky  1  [Note 1] [1][2]
 4  The Rock 'n Roll Express
(Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) 		 1981  House show [Note 2]  1  [Note 1] [1][2]
— Deactivated  1981 — — — — [1][2]
 5  The Assassins
(Don Bass and Roger Smith) 		 July 18, 1983  House show Memphis, Tennessee  1  21 Billed as champions upon arrival in the CWA. [1][2]
 6  Austin Idol (2) and Jerry Lawler  August 8, 1983  House show Memphis, Tennessee  1  7 [1][2]
 7  The Assassins
(Don Bass and Roger Smith) 		 August 15, 1983  House show Memphis, Tennessee  2  43 [1][2]
 8  The Fabulous Ones
(Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) 		 September 27, 1983  House show [Note 2]  1  27 [1][2]
 9  The Assassins
(Don Bass and Roger Smith) 		 October 24, 1983  House show Memphis, Tennessee  3  5 [1][2]
 10  Ken Raper and Robert Reed  October 29, 1983  House show Memphis, Tennessee  1  2 [1][2]
 11  The Assassins
(Don Bass and Roger Smith) 		 October 31, 1983  House show Memphis, Tennessee  4  7 [1][2]
 12  The Fabulous Ones
(Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) 		 November 7, 1983  House show Memphis, Tennessee  2  7 [1][2]
 13  The Midnight Express
(Norvell Austin and Dennis Condrey) 		 November 14, 1983  House show Memphis, Tennessee  1  7 [1][2]
 14  Austin Idol (3) and Dutch Mantel  November 21, 1983  House show Memphis, Tennessee  2  7 [1][2]
— Deactivated  November 28, 1983 — — — — Idol and Mantel split up, championship not referred to after this date. [1][2]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b The exact length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  2. ^ a b The location of the championship match was not captured as part of the documentation.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). "(Memphis) Tennessee: CWA World Tag Team Title [Lawler and Jarrett]". Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 194. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "CWA World Tag Team Title". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved March 30, 2017.

See also

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