CWA Tag Team Championship
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The CWA Tag Team Championship was a major professional wrestling
tag team
title
defended in the Continental Wrestling Association
. It lasted from 1988 through 1990, when it was abandoned and replaced with the United States Wrestling Association
Tag Team Championship
.
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
title
Championship (professional wrestling)
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defended in the Continental Wrestling Association
Continental Wrestling Association
The Continental Wrestling Association was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett. The CWA was the name of the "governing body" for the Championship Wrestling, Inc. promotion which was usually referred to as Mid-Southern Wrestling...
. It lasted from 1988 through 1990, when it was abandoned and replaced with the United States Wrestling Association
United States Wrestling Association
The United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded by former CWA owner Jerry Jarrett.-Foundation:...
Tag Team Championship
USWA Tag Team Championship
The USWA World Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship in the Memphis, Tennessee-based professional wrestling promotion, the United States Wrestling Association.The title was originally known as the WCWA World Tag Team Championship....
.
Title history
| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Pain Maxx Payne Darryl Peterson is an American musician, actor and professional wrestler who wrestled in World Championship Wrestling as Maxx Payne and in the World Wrestling Federation as Man Mountain Rock.-Career:... and Gary Young |
1 | February 1, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.... |
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| The Bruise Brothers (Don and Ron Bruise) |
1 | February 29, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Max Pain and Gary Young | 2 | March 7, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| The Bruise Brothers (Don and Ron Bruise) |
2 | March 28, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| The Cuban Choir Boys (Tommy Heggie and Terry Adonis) |
1 | May 9, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Scott Steiner Scott Steiner Scott Carl Rechsteiner is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Scott Steiner. Steiner is perhaps best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling alongside his older brother Rick as the Steiner Brothers and as a member of the New World Order... and Billy Travis |
1 | May 30, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Don Bass and Gary Young (2) | 1 | June 6, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Scott Steiner and Billy Travis | 2 | June 27, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs Rock 'n' Roll RPMs The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs were a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Tommy Lane and Mike Davis, that competed in several professional wrestling promotions throughout the Southern United States. They were known for their bright colored tights and hanging bandanas. Allen Martin was later... (Mike Davis Mike Davis (wrestler) Michael Davis was an American professional wrestler best known as one half of the tag team Rock 'n' Roll RPMs with Tommy Lane which lasted several years. The RPM's were one of the most well-known heel tag teams throughout the southern United States in promotions such as World Class Championship... and Tommy Lane Tommy Lee Jones (wrestler) Tommy Lee Jones was a professional wrestler. He was best known for wrestling in southern United States wrestling promotions as Tommy Lane, one-half of the "Rock 'n' Roll RPMs" with Mike Davis.-Early career:... ) |
1 | August 15, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Title vacated | October 20, 1988 | Lewisburg, Tennessee Lewisburg, Tennessee Lewisburg is a city in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 10,413 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Marshall County... |
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| Cactus Jack Mick Foley Michael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr. is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, author, comedian, actor, voice actor and former color commentator. He has worked for many wrestling promotions, including WWE, WCW, ECW and TNA. He is often referred to as "The Hardcore Legend", a nickname he... and Gary Young (4) |
1 | October 24, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Robert Fuller Robert Fuller Robert Welch is a professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring names Robert Fuller and Col. Robert Parker. Robert and his brother Ron co-owned Continental Championship Wrestling for a time.-Career:... and Jimmy Golden Jimmy Golden James "Jimmy" Golden is an American professional wrestler, who is better known as Bunkhouse Buck.Golden has many relatives in wrestling: his cousins are Robert & Ron Fuller, his father is Billy Golden and his uncle is Buddy Fuller and his nephew is Eddie Golden. His grandfather is Roy Welch... |
1 | November 7, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Jed Grundy and Scott Steiner (3) | 1 | February 18, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden | 2 | February 25, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Title vacated | March 1989 | |||
| John Paul and Tracy Smothers Tracy Smothers Tracy Smothers is an American professional wrestler.-Early career:Tracy started his career in the Memphis promotion on Saturday morning TV. Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers started teaming as The Southern Boys in Florida Championship Wrestling in 1987 where they feuded with The New Breed... |
1 | March 13, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Robert Fuller (3) and Brian Lee Brian Lee Brian Lee Harris is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Prime Time" Brian Lee... |
1 | May 4, 1989 | Morristown, Tennessee Morristown, Tennessee Morristown is a city in, and the county seat of, Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 29,137 at the 2010 United States Census. It is the principal city of the Morristown, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Grainger, Hamblen and Jefferson counties... |
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| Action Jackson and Billy Travis (3) | 1 | June 5, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Title vacated | July 3, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | ||
| Wildside (Chris Champion Christopher Ashford-Smith Christopher Ashford-Smith is an American professional wrestler better known under the ring names Chris Champion or Yoshi Kwan... and Mark Starr) |
1 | July 10, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Robert Gibson Reuben Kane Robert Gibson is a professional wrestler. He is famous as half of the tag team known as Rock 'N Roll Express, with Ricky Morton.-Early career:Cain started wrestling as Robert Gibson in 1977... and Ricky Morton Ricky Morton Richard Wendell "Ricky" Morton is an American professional wrestler who has worked for such wrestling organizations as Jim Crockett Promotions, the American Wrestling Association, Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and Total Nonstop Action... ) |
1 | September 11, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Title vacated | November 1989 | |||
| The Grappler and Brian Lee | 1 | December 4, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Title abandoned | 1990 | |||
See also
- Continental Wrestling AssociationContinental Wrestling AssociationThe Continental Wrestling Association was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett. The CWA was the name of the "governing body" for the Championship Wrestling, Inc. promotion which was usually referred to as Mid-Southern Wrestling...
- United States Wrestling AssociationUnited States Wrestling AssociationThe United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded by former CWA owner Jerry Jarrett.-Foundation:...
- USWA Tag Team ChampionshipUSWA Tag Team ChampionshipThe USWA World Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship in the Memphis, Tennessee-based professional wrestling promotion, the United States Wrestling Association.The title was originally known as the WCWA World Tag Team Championship....