NWA World Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version)

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NWA World Tag Team Championship
(Vancouver version)
Details
PromotionNWA All-Star Wrestling[1][2]
Date establishedJune 1966[1][2]
Date retired1968
Statistics
First champion(s)Tony Borne and John Tolos[1][2]
Most reignsAs a team: Don Jardine and Dutch Savage/John and Chris Tolos (2 reigns)[1][2]
Individual: John Tolos (3 reigns)[1][2]
Longest reignJohn and Chris Tolos (203 days)[1][2]
Shortest reignThe Assassins (0-27 days)[1][2]

The Vancouver version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship for tag teams that was used by NWA All-Star Wrestling from 1966 to 1968.[1][2] When the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was created in 1948, the board of directors decided to allow each NWA member to create its own local version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship.[3] As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively, but instead is determined by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[4]

The first team to hold the championship was the Tolos brothers (Chris Tolos and John Tolos). Records indicate that they were presented as champions in June 1966, but records are unclear on how they won the belts. The title was used for just under two years before being abandoned in favor of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship.[1][2][5] The Tolos brothers and the team of Don Jardine and Dutch Savage were the only teams to hold the championship twice, and John Tolos the only wrestler to hold the championship three times. The Tolos brothers' second reign, from March 13 to October 3, 1967, is the longest at 203 days. Don Leo Jonathan and Dominic DeNucci held the title for just 21 days, the shortest confirmed reign of any champion.[1][2]

Title history[edit]

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 Tony Borne and John Tolos June 1966 NWA All-Star show [Note 1] 1 [Note 2] Records are unclear on how Borne and Tolos won the championship. [1][2]
2 Don Jardine and Dutch Savage October 3, 1966 NWA All-Star show Vancouver, British Columbia 1 84   [1][2]
3 Don Leo Jonathan and Dominic DeNucci December 26, 1966 NWA All-Star show Vancouver, British Columbia 1 21   [1][2]
4 John (2) and Chris Tolos January 16, 1967 NWA All-Star show Vancouver, British Columbia 1 21 Also won NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship [1][2][6]
5 Don Jardine and Dutch Savage February 6, 1967 NWA All-Star show Vancouver, British Columbia 2 35 Jardine and Savage only won the NWA World Tag Team Championship [1][2]
6 John (3) and Chris Tolos March 13, 1967 NWA All-Star show Vancouver, British Columbia 2 203   [1][2]
7 Abdullah the Butcher and Dr. Jerry Graham October 2, 1967 NWA All-Star show Vancouver, British Columbia 1 63   [1][2]
8 The Assassins
(Assassin #1 and Assassin #2) 		December 4, 1967 NWA All-Star show Vancouver, British Columbia 1 [Note 3] Also won NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship [1][2]
— Deactivated 1968 — — — — Championship was defended as recently as May 1968[7] but was later abandoned by NWA All-Star Wrestling in favor of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship [1][2]

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 # of reigns Combined days
1 John and Chris Tolos 2 224
2 Don Jardine and Dutch Savage 2 119
3 Tony Borne and John Tolos 1 95¤[Note 2]
4 Abdullah the Butcher and Dr. Jerry Graham 1 63
5 Don Leo Jonathan and Dominic DeNucci 1 21
6 The Assassins
(Assassin #1 and Assassin #2)		 1 ¤[Note 3]

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 # of reigns Combined days
1 John Tolos 3 319¤[Note 2]
2 Chris Tolos 2 224
3 Don Jardine 2 119
Dutch Savage 2 119
5 Tony Borne 1 95¤[Note 2]
6 Abdullah the Butcher 1 63
Dr. Jerry Graham 1 63
8 Dominic DeNucci 1 21
Don Leo Jonathan 1 21
8 Assassin #1 1 ¤[Note 3]
Assassin #2 1 ¤[Note 3]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ The location of the match was not captured as part of the documentation.
  2. ^ a b c d The exact date in June that Borne and Tolos became champions is uncertain, which means that this reign lasted between 95 days and 124 days.
  3. ^ a b c d The exact date in 1968 that the championship was abandoned is uncertain, which means that this reign lasted between 0 days and 179 days.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "(Vancouver) British Columbia: NWA World Tag Team Title [Kovac and Kiniski]". Wrestling title histories: Professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "World Tag Team Title [British Columbia]". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  3. ^ Hornbaker, Tim (2007). "The Origins of a Wrestling Monopoly". National Wrestling Alliance, The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-741-3.
  4. ^ Mazer, Sharon (February 1, 1998). Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 18–19. ISBN 1-57806-021-4. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  5. ^ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "(Vancouver) British Columbia: NWA Canada Tag Team Title [Kovac and Kiniski]". Wrestling title histories: Professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  6. ^ Hoops, Brian (January 16, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/16): Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton win WCW Tag Team Titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  7. ^ NWA All-Star Wrestling results from May 27, 1968, Port Alberni, BC at Newspapers.com
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