IPW:UK Tag Team Championship
Encyclopedia
The British Tag Team Championship (also referred to as the Unified British Tag Team Championship due to its lineage) is a professional wrestling
tag team
championship
owned and copyrighted by International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
and Real Quality Wrestling
. The IPW:UK title was established in 2005 and the RQW title was established in 2007. The titles merged in 2008.
in 2005. The knockout tournament took place over two nights. Similarly the RQW Tag Team Championship was decided with a knockout tournament but this took place over a series of events in 2007. As RQW moved further towards being an umbrella organisation than an outright promotion, the belts were unified at IPW:UK's Royale Rewards. Although the two belts were unified under the new name of British Tag Team Championship, the lineage continues from the IPW:UK belt.
, which was held on July 16 and July 17, 2005 in Orpington
, Kent
. The final of the Weekend of Champions tournament saw the team of Ashe and Kris Linnell crowned the first champions.
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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...
championship
Championship (professional wrestling)
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owned and copyrighted by International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom is a British professional wrestling promotion. Daniel Edler is the majority owner, chairman and founder of the company. The company was established in 2004 and since their foundation they have held monthly shows in Orpington, Kent...
and Real Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling is a British professional wrestling organisation. Len Davies is the Owner and chairman of the company and their sister company, Spectrum Multimedia. The company began as an independent promotion, but soon became an umbrella promotion in 2007 with the self-stated aim to...
. The IPW:UK title was established in 2005 and the RQW title was established in 2007. The titles merged in 2008.
History
The IPW:UK Tag Team Championship was established at Weekend of Champions along with their Heavyweight beltIPW:UK Championship
The International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom Unified British Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned and copyrighted by International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom. The title was established in 2005 and is the highest ranked championship in the company...
in 2005. The knockout tournament took place over two nights. Similarly the RQW Tag Team Championship was decided with a knockout tournament but this took place over a series of events in 2007. As RQW moved further towards being an umbrella organisation than an outright promotion, the belts were unified at IPW:UK's Royale Rewards. Although the two belts were unified under the new name of British Tag Team Championship, the lineage continues from the IPW:UK belt.
RQW Brackets
The tournament to crown the first tag team champions of RQW began in January 2007 until their annual Summer Brawl in August where the inaugural champions were crowned.RQW Tag Team Championship History
As of , .| # | Wrestler (s) | Reign (s) | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
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| Jack Storm and Dave Moralez |
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Summer Brawl 2007 | Team Charming won the titles in the tournament final. | ||||
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Royale Rewards | Unified with IPW:UK Tag Team Championship |
IPW:UK Brackets
The first IPW:UK tag team champions were decided in the IPW:UK Weekend of Champions tournamentProfessional wrestling tournament
On various occasions in professional wrestling a single-elimination tournament of varying match types are held, often to determine a championship or number-one contendership therein...
, which was held on July 16 and July 17, 2005 in Orpington
Orpington
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, Kent
Kent
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. The final of the Weekend of Champions tournament saw the team of Ashe and Kris Linnell crowned the first champions.
IPW:UK Tag Team Title History
As of , .| # | Wrestler (s) | Reign (s) | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
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| Ashe and Kris Linell |
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Zack Sabre Jr
Zack Sabre, Jr., is a British professional wrestler. Zack is a former NWA United Kingdom Junior Heavyweight Championship and a product of the NWA-UK Hammerlock training school. He started training with NWA-UK Hammerlock at the age of 14, under the guidance of Jon Ryan and Andre Baker...
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Marty Scurll
Marty Scurll is an English professional wrestler from Ely, Cambridgeshire. He regularly wrestles for the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom, All Star Wrestling, Premier Promotions, Live Wrestling Entertainment and many more. Alongside Zack Sabre, Jr...
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Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles east of Gillingham in England, beside the Roman Watling Street off a creek in the Swale, a channel separating the Isle of Sheppey from mainland Kent...
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Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
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