NWA_United_States_Tag_Team_Title_(Mid-American_Version)

NWA United States Tag Team Championship <i>(Mid-America version)</i>

NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)

Professional wrestling tag team championship

The Mid-America version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s NWA Mid-America territory from 1962 until 1976. The title was intended solely for tag teams in tag team matches, not individuals, and was the secondary tag team championship in NWA Mid-America, with the Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship being the primary championship. The promotion also had a third tag team championship at its peak, a testament to the popularity of tag team wrestling in the territory, as they promoted the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship as well. The championship was established around March 6, 1962, when Yoshinosato and Taro Sakuro were named champions upon arrival by NWA Mid-America instead of holding a tournament to establish the championship. With a number of NWA territories active at the time this version of the United States Tag Team Championship was one of at least six championships that shared the same name under the NWA's supervision.[3][4][5][6][7] The team of Dennis Condrey and Phil Hickerson, also known as "The Bicentennial Kings", held the championship the most times, five in total including the last reign when the titles were abandoned in 1976. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen wrestler "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[8]

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Footnotes

  1. [N 1]
    The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 2,010 days.
  2. [N 2]
    The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  3. [N 3]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 1,095 days.
  4. [N 4]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 364 days.
  5. [N 5]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 364 days.
  6. [N 6]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 364 days.
  7. [N 7]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 484 days.
  8. [N 8]
    The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 2 days and 31 days.
  9. [N 9]
    The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 75 days and 105 days.
  10. [N 10]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 25 days.
  11. [N 11]
    The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 68 days.
  12. [N 12]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 16 days.
  13. [N 13]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 1,492 days.
  14. [N 14]
    The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 15 days and 28 days.
  15. [N 15]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 7 days and 65 days.
  16. [N 16]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 26 days.
  17. [N 17]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 16 days.
  18. [N 18]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 23 days.
  19. [N 19]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 8 days.
  20. [N 20]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 12 days and 42 days.
  21. [N 21]
    The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 40 days.
  22. [N 22]
    The date the championship was abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 12 days and 258 days.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Tennessee: U.S. Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 194. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. [2]
    "NWA United States Tag Team Title (Mid-America)". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  3. [3]
    Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "United States: 19th century and widely defended titles - NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 23. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
  4. [4]
    Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "Florida: NWA U.S. Tag Team title". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 157–163. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
  5. [5]
    Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "Louisiana/Oklahoma: NWA U.S. Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 232. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
  6. [6]
    Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "United States: 19th century and widely defended titles - NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 21. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
  7. [7]
    Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "New Jersey: NWA U.S: Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 53. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
  8. [8]
    Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
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