NWA Central States Tag Team Championship

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NWA Central States Tag Team Championship
The Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels (left) and Marty Jannetty (right)), held the championship in 1985.
Details
PromotionHeart of America Sports Attractions / Central States Wrestling
Date established1961
Date retired1988
Statistics
First champion(s)The Medics (Medic #1 and Medic #2)
Final champion(s)Rick Patterson and Stevie Ray
Most reignsAs a team:
The Batten Twins (4 reigns)
As an individual:
"Bulldog" Bob Brown (9 reigns)
Longest reign"Bulldog" Bob Brown and Marty Jannetty (249 days)
Shortest reign"Bulldog" Bob Brown and Pat O'Connor (3 days)[Note 1]

The NWA Central States Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team championship for the Heart of America Sports Attractions / Central States Wrestling promotion from 1979 until the promotion ceased to exist in 1988. The Central States Tag Team Championship had originally existed for a brief period of time in 1961, but its glory days date from 1979 to 1988, where it replaced the Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[1]

A total of 80 wrestler have combined in 55 different teams have held the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship for a total of 68 reigns. Central States booker "Bulldog" Bob Brown has held the championship the most times, nine times with seven different partners. The Batten Twins (Brad and Bart Batten) is the team to have held the championship the most times as a team with four title reigns to their credit. Bob Brown's combined 528 days is the longest combined reigns of any one person and the Batten Twins 292 days is the longest for any team. The longest individual reign was the team of "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Marty Jannetty who held it for 249 days. Due to gaps in documentation it cannot be verified if the three-day reign of Bob Brown and Pat O'Connor is the shortest reign of any champions.[Note 2]

Title history[edit]

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
A
(Medic #1[Note 3] and Medic #2[Note 4])
January 19, 1961 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 5] Defeated Sonny Myers and John Paul Henning in 8-team tournament final to become first champions. [2]
B Bulldog Austin and Tarzan Kowalski 1961 CSW show N/A 1 [Note 6] [3]
C Bulldog Austin (2) and Don McClarity May 1961 CSW show N/A 1 [Note 7] Tarzan Kowalski left the promotion, forcing them to award the championship to Don McClarity
D Sonny Myers and Bobby Graham July 1961 N/A Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 8]
Deactivated N/A
1 Bryan St. John and Randy Alls February 26, 1979 CSW show Wichita, Kansas 1 [Note 9] Winners of a tournament for the vacant championship. [4]
2 Jerry Brown and Hartford Love March 1979 CSW show [Note 10] 1 [Note 11]
3 Bryan St. John (2) and Bill Irwin May 17, 1979 CSW show Wichita, Kansas 1 [Note 12]
Vacated 1979
4 Jerry Brown (2) and The Turk July 12, 1979 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 30 Defeated "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Gama Singh in tournament final. [5]
5 "Bulldog" Bob Brown August 11, 1979 CSW show Des Moines, Iowa 1 [Note 13]
Vacated 1979 It is not clear why the championship was vacated
6 Bruiser Brody and Ernie Ladd February 3, 1980 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 46 Defeated Ted and Jerry Oates in a tournament final. [6]
7 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (2) and Dick Murdoch March 20, 1980 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 28
8 Takachiho and Pak Song April 17, 1980 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 62
9 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (3) and Pat O'Connor June 18, 1980 CSW show Des Moines, Iowa 1 3
10 Takachiho (2) and Killer Karl Kox June 21, 1980 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 54 [7]
11 Takachiho (3) and Rufus R. Jones August 14, 1980 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 77 Killer Karl Kox left the promotion which awarded the championship to Rufus R. Jones instead.
12 Mike George and Bob Sweetan October 30, 1980 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 14]
13 Jerry Roberts and Bruce Reed 1980 CSW show [Note 10] 1 [Note 15] [8]
14 The Kelly Twins
(Pat and Mike)
January 1981 CSW show [Note 10] 1 [Note 16]
15 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (4) and Terry Taylor April 9, 1981 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 17]
Vacated 1981 Championship was vacated when Terry Taylor left the promotion.
16 Bob Sweetan (2) and Terry Gibbs June 6, 1981 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 82 Defeated the Freebirds (Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes) in a tournament final.
17 Buzz Tyler and J. J. Dillon August 27, 1981 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 18]
18 Rufus R. Jones (2) and Dewey Robertson October 1981 (NLT) CSW show [Note 10] 1 [Note 19] Defeated Bob Sweetan and Jerry Brown in tournament final. [9]
19 Jerry Brown (3) and Ron McFarlane 1981 CSW show [Note 10] 1 [Note 20]
20 Ricky Romero and "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert January 14, 1982 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 11 [10]
21 Roger Kirby and Jerry Valiant January 25, 1982 CSW show Wichita, Kansas 1 [Note 21] [11][12]
22 Dewey Robertson (2) and Steve Regal March 1982 CSW show [Note 10] 1 [Note 22]
23 Roger Kirby and Jerry Valiant March 25, 1982 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 2 [Note 23] [11][12]
24 Dewey Robertson (3) and Steve Regal March 1982 CSW show [Note 10] 2 [Note 24] [9]
25 Jerry Brown (4) and Roger Kirby (3) May 1982 (NLT) CSW show [Note 10] 1 [Note 25] Took place on either May 8 or May 15. [11]
26 Mike George (2) and Mark Romero June 3, 1982 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 26]
27 Dewey Robertson (4) and Hercules Hernandez August 1982 (NLT) CSW show [Note 10] 1 [Note 27]
28 Mike George (3) and Mark Romero August 19, 1982 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 2 42 [9]
29 Dewey Robertson (5) and Hercules Hernandez N/A CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 2 [9]
30 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (5) and Buzz Tyler (2) N/A CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [9]
31 Yasuyuki Fuji and Kim Duk March 3, 1983 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 28]
Vacated May 1983 Championship vacated when Kim Duk left the promotion.
32 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (6) and Buzz Tyler (3) May 26, 1983 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 2 63 Won a tournament for the vacant championship. [13]
33 The Sheiks
(Roger Kirby (4) and Abdullah the Great)
July 28, 1983 CSW show [Note 10] 1 [Note 29] [11]
34 George Wells and Ron Ritchie August 1983 CSW show [Note 10] 1 [Note 30]
35 The Sheiks
(Roger Kirby (5) and Abdullah the Great)
August 1983 CSW show [Note 10] 2 [Note 31] [11]
36 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (7) and Buzz Tyler (4) September 22, 1983 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 3 [Note 32]
Vacated December 1983 Brown was injured by 666. Tyler and King Cobra wrestled Tully Blanchard and Ron Starr for the title on January 5, 1984, but the match ended in a Double disqualification.
37 The Grapplers
(Len Denton and Tony Anthony)
March 29, 1984 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 7 Defeated Ted and Jerry Oates in a tournament final, but the title was held up because Grapplers used a loaded boot during the match.
38 Jerry and Ted Oates April 5, 1984 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 2 7 Defeated the Grapplers in a rematch.
39 The Grapplers
(Len Denton and Tony Anthony)
April 12, 1984 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 2 70 [14]
40 The Uptown Boys
(Marty Jannetty and Tommy Rogers)
N/A CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [14]
41 The Grapplers
(Len Denton and Tony Anthony)
N/A CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 3 [14]
42 The Uptown Boys
(Marty Jannetty and Tommy Rogers)
N/A CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 2 [14]
43 Mr. Pogo and Gypsy Joe October 11, 1984 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 59
44 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (8) and Marty Jannetty (3) December 9, 1984 CSW show Des Moines, Iowa 1 249 [14]
Vacated August 15, 1985 Brown and Jannetty split after Brown refused to tag in during a match against the Batten Twins. [14]
45 The Batten Twins
(Brad and Bart Batten)
November 21, 1985 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 91 Defeated The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton) in a tournament final
Vacated February 20, 1986 Championship held-up after an inconclusive match against Akio Sato and Sheik Abdullah in Kansas City, Kansas.
46 The Batten Twins
(Brad and Bart Batten)
May 1986 (NLT) CSW show [Note 10] 2 [Note 33] Regained the championship by defeating Akio Sato and Sheik Abdullah
47 The Midnight Rockers
(Marty Jannetty (4) and Shawn Michaels)
May 15, 1986 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 7 [14]
48 The Batten Twins
(Brad and Bart Batten)
May 22, 1986 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 3 7 [14]
49 Hacksaw Higgins and J.R. Hogg May 29, 1986 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 17
50 Rufus R. Jones and Mike George (4) June 15, 1986 CSW show Sedalia, Missouri 1 11
51 Bobby Jaggers and Moondog Moretti June 26, 1986 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 35
52 Joe Lightfoot and Billy Two Eagles July 31, 1986 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 42
53 The Thunderfoots
(Thunderfoot 1 and Thunderfoot 2)
September 11, 1986 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 57
54 Todd Champion and Dave Peterson November 7, 1986 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 56
55 The MOD Squad
(Basher and Spike)
January 2, 1987 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 56
56 Rick McCord and Bart Batten (4) February 27, 1987 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 35 [15]
Vacated April 3, 1987 Championship held up after a match against Porkchop Cash and Ken Timbs after Cash used a foreign object to win the match.
57 Porkchop Cash and Ken Timbs April 10, 1987 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 34] Defeated McCord and Batten in rematch for the championship
Vacated May 1987 Championship vacated when Ken Timbs left the area.
58 The Warlord and Karl Kovac June 8, 1987 CSW show Wichita, Kansas 1 [Note 35] Won a tournament for the vacant championship
59 Brad Batten (4) and Bobby Jaggers June 1987 CSW show [Note 10] 1 [Note 36] The team was awarded the championship when the Warlord left to work in Japan and Kovac was fired.
60 The Batten Twins
(Brad (5) and Bart Batten(5))
August 6, 1987 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 4 95 Brad defeated Bobby Jaggers after team splits to claim the title for himself and his brother.
61 Porkchop Cash and Rick McCord November 9, 1987 CSW show Versailles, Missouri 1 17
62 The Montana Cowboys
(Mike Stone and Rick Patterson)
November 26, 1987 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 37]
Vacated January 1988 Championship vacated when Mike Stone left the promotion.
63 "Bulldog" Bob Brown (9) and Cuban Assassin #2 February 6, 1988 CSW show St. Joseph, Missouri 1 40 Defeated Rick Patterson and Steve Ray in tournament final for the championship.
64 Rick Patterson (2) and Stevie Ray March 17, 1988 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 38]
Deactivated 1988 Promotion withdraws from NWA and closes

Team reigns by combined length[edit]

Key
Symbol Meaning
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
Rank Team No. of Reigns Combined Days
1 The Batten Twins
(Brad and Bart Batten)
4 292
2 "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Buzz Tyler 3 260
3 "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Marty Jannetty 1 249
4 The Grapplers'
(Len Denton and Tony Anthony)
3 105
5 Mike George and Mark Romero 2 101
6 Bulldog Austin and Don McClarity 1 91¤
7 The Uptown Boys'
(Marty Jannetty and Tommy Rogers)
2 84
8 Bob Sweetan and Terry Gibbs 1 82
9 Takachiho and Rufus R. Jones 1 77
10 The Kelly Twins
(Pat and Mike)
1 68¤
11 Takachiho and Pak Song 1 62
12 Yasuyuki Fuji and Kim Duk 1 59¤
13 Mr. Pogo and Gypsy Joe 1 59
14 The Thunderfoots'
(Thunderfoot 1 and Thunderfoot 2)
1 57
15 The MOD Squad'
(Basher and Spike)
1 56
16 Todd Champion and Dave Peterson 1 56
17 Takachiho and Killer Karl Kox 1 54
18 Dewey Robertson and Hercules Hernandez 2 53¤
19 Jerry Brown and Hartford Love 1 47¤
20 Bruiser Brody and Ernie Ladd 1 46
21 Joe Lightfoot and Billy Two Eagles 1 42
22 "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Cuban Assassin #2 1 40
23 Brad Batten and Bobby Jaggers 1 37¤
24 Roger Kirby and Jerry Valiant 2 36¤
25 The Montana Cowboys'
(Mike Stone and Rick Patterson)
1 36¤
26 Buzz Tyler and J. J. Dillon 1 35¤
27 Bobby Jaggers and Moondog Moretti 1 35
28 Rick McCord and Bart Batten 1 35
29 Dewey Robertson and Steve Regal 2 32¤
30 Jerry Brown and The Turk 1 30
31 "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Dick Murdoch 1 28
32 The Sheiks'
(Roger Kirby and Abdullah the Great)
2 26¤
33 Porkchop Cash and Ken Timbs 1 21¤
34 Porkchop Cash and Rick McCord 1 17
35 Hacksaw Higgins and J.R. Hogg 1 17
36 Jerry Brown and Ron McFarlane 1 15¤
37 Rick Patterson and Stevie Ray 1 15¤
38 Ricky Romero and "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert 1 11
39 Rufus R. Jones and Mike George 1 11
40 The Midnight Rockers'
(Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels)
1 7
41 Jerry and Ted Oates 1 7
42 Bryan St. John and Randy Alls 1 3¤
43 Jerry Brown and Roger Kirby 1 3¤
44 "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Pat O'Connor 1 3
45 Bulldog Austin and Tarzan Kowalski 1 1¤
46 "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Gama Singh 1 1¤
47 "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Terry Taylor 1 1¤
48 Mike George and Bob Sweetan 1 1¤
49 Rufus R. Jones and Dewey Robertson 1 1¤
50 The Medics
(Medic #1 and Medic #2)
1 1¤
51 Sonny Myers and Bobby Graham 1 1¤
52 Jerry Roberts and Bruce Reed 1 1¤
53 Bryan St. John and Bill Irwin 1 1¤
54 The Warlord and Karl Kovac 1 1¤
55 George Wells and Ron Ritchie 1 1¤

Individual reigns by combined length[edit]

Key
Symbol Meaning
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
Rank Wrestler No. of Reigns Combined Days
1 "Bulldog" Bob Brown 9 582¤
2 Marty Jannetty 4 340
3 Brad Batten 5 329
4 Bart Batten 5 327
5 Buzz Tyler 4 295¤
6 Takachiho 3 193
7 Mike George 4 113¤
8 Tony Anthony 3 105
9 Len Denton 3 105
10 Mark Romero 2 101
11 Jerry Brown 4 95¤
12 Bulldog Austin 2 92¤
13 Don McClarity 1 91¤
14 Rufus R. Jones 3 89¤
15 Dewey Robertson 5 86¤
16 Tommy Rogers 2 84
17 Terry Gibbs 1 82
18 Bob Sweetan 1 82
19 Mike Kelly 1 68¤
20 Pat Kelly 1 68¤
21 Pak Song 1 62
22 Kim Duk 1 59¤
23 Yasuyuki Fuji 1 59¤
24 Gypsy Joe 1 59
25 Mr. Pogo 1 59
26 Thunderfoot 1 1 57
27 Thunderfoot 2 1 57
28 Basher 1 56
29 Todd Champion 1 56
30 Dave Peterson 1 56
31 Spike 1 56
32 Killer Karl Kox 1 54
33 Hercules Hernandez 2 53¤
34 Rick McCord 2 52
35 Rick Patterson 2 51¤
36 Hartford Love 1 47¤
37 Bruiser Brody 1 46
38 Ernie Ladd 1 46
39 Joe Lightfoot 1 42
40 Billy Two Eagles 1 42
41 Cuban Assassin #2 1 40
42 Porkchop Cash 2 38¤
43 Bobby Jaggers 2 72¤
44 Roger Kirby 5 36¤
45 Mike Stone 1 36¤
46 Jerry Valiant 2 36¤
47 J. J. Dillon 1 35¤
48 Moondog Moretti 1 35
49 Steve Regal 2 32¤
50 The Turk 1 30
51 Dick Murdoch 1 28
52 Abdullah the Great 2 26¤
53 Ken Timbs 1 21¤
54 Hacksaw Higgins 1 17
55 J.R. Hogg 1 17
56 Ron McFarlane 1 15¤
57 Stevie Ray 1 15¤
58 "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert 1 11
59 Ricky Romero 1 11
60 Shawn Michaels 1 7
61 Jerry Oates 1 7
62 Ted Oates 1 7
63 Bryan St. John 2 4¤
64 Randy Alls 1 3¤
65 Pat O'Connor 1 3
66 Bobby Graham 1 1¤
67 Bill Irwin 1 1¤
68 Karl Kovac 1 1¤
69 Tarzan Kowalski 1 1¤
70 Medic #1 1 1¤
71 Medic #2 1 1¤
72 Sonny Myers 1 1¤
73 Bruce Reed 1 1¤
74 Ron Ritchie 1 1¤
75 Jerry Roberts 1 1¤
76 Gama Singh 1 1¤
77 Bob Sweetan 1 1¤
78 Terry Taylor 1 1¤
79 The Warlord 1 1¤
80 George Wells 1 1¤

See also[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ This is the shortest confirmed reign.
  2. ^ All the statistics are sourced in the championship table.
  3. ^ Tony Gonzales
  4. ^ Don Lortie
  5. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 131 days
  6. ^ The date the titles were won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 2,322 days
  7. ^ The date the titles were won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 31 days and 91 days
  8. ^ The date the titles were won and the date the championship was abandoned have not been documented, making the length of the reign impossible to calculate.
  9. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 3 days and 33 days
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  11. ^ The date the titles were won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 47 days and 77 days
  12. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 56 days
  13. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 142 days
  14. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 62 days
  15. ^ The date the titles were won or lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 92 days
  16. ^ The date the titles were won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 68 days and 98 days
  17. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 57 days
  18. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 35 days and 65 days
  19. ^ The date the titles were won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 91 days
  20. ^ The date the titles were won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 14 days and 104 days
  21. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 35 days and 58 days
  22. ^ The date the titles were won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 24 days
  23. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 6 days
  24. ^ The date the titles were won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 31 days and 66 days
  25. ^ The date the titles were won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 3 days and 33 days
  26. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 59 days and 76 days
  27. ^ The date the titles were won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 18 days
  28. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 59 days and 82 days
  29. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 4 days and 33 days
  30. ^ The date the titles were won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 30 days
  31. ^ The date the titles were won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 22 days and 51 days
  32. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 70 days and 100 days
  33. ^ The date the titles were won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 13 days
  34. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 21 days and 51 days
  35. ^ The date the titles were won/lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 22 days
  36. ^ The date the titles were won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 37 days and 58 days
  37. ^ The date the titles were lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 36 days and 66 days
  38. ^ The date the titles were abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 15 days and 44 days

References[edit]

General references
  • Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). "Central States Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  • "NWA Central States Tag Team Title history". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
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