NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)
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The San Francisco, California
version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship
existed from 1950 until 1961, and then from 1968 until 1979.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship
NWA World Tag Team Championship
The National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Championship is the professional wrestling world tag team championship within the NWA framework.-History:...
existed from 1950 until 1961, and then from 1968 until 1979.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Eckert & Hard Boiled Haggerty | 1 | April 4, 1950 | ? | Defeated Ronnie Etchison & Larry Moquin |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 1 | May 9, 1950 | ? | |
| Ray Eckert & Frederick von Schacht | 1 | May 29, 1950 | ? | |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 2 | June 13, 1950 | ? | |
| Frederick von Schacht & Tom Rice | 1 | July 7, 1950 | ? | |
| Sandor Szabo & Primo Carnera Primo Carnera Primo Carnera was an Italian boxer, nicknamed the Ambling Alp, who became the world heavyweight champion.-Biography:... |
1 | 1950 or January 1951 | ? | Records unclear as to whom they defeated |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 3 | January 30, 1951 | ? | |
| Vacated | 1951 | Title vacant | ||
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 4 | May 22, 1951 | ? | Defeat Killer Kowalski Killer Kowalski Władek "Killer" Kowalski was a Canadian professional wrestler. Kowalski wrestled for numerous promotions during his career, including the NWA and WWF, and was a known heel wrestler... & Sandor Szabo |
| Sandor Szabo & Ron Etchison | 1 | February 22, 1952 | Oakland, CA | |
| Ben & MikeSharpe | 5 | March 1, 1952 | ? | |
| Leo Nomellini Leo Nomellini Leo Joseph Nomellini was a Hall of Fame American football player with the San Francisco 49ers. He was born at Lucca in Italy. He was a two-time All-American at the University of Minnesota and the 49ers' first-ever NFL draft choice in 1950.Nomellini played every 49ers game for 14 seasons, 174... & Hombre Montana |
1 | March 14, 1952 | Oakland, CA | |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 6 | March 18, 1952 | ? | |
| Ray Eckert & Fred Atkins | 1 | December 16, 1952 | ? | |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 7 | December 30, 1952 | ? | |
| Leo Nomellini & Enrique Torres Enrique Torres Enrique Torres was a Mexican-American professional wrestler, the oldest three Torres brothers in wrestling, and a major star in the late 1940s and 1950s.-Personal Background:... |
1 | May 6, 1953 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Held Up | May 1953 | Title held up after match against Sharpe brothers | ||
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 8 | 1953 | ? | Win rematch |
| Leo Nomellini & Rocky Brown | 1 | May 11, 1954 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Vacated | July 1954 | Nomellini returns to San Francisco 49ers San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and... |
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| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 9 | February 15, 1955 | ? | Defeated Leo Nomellini & Hombre Montana |
| Gene Kiniski Gene Kiniski Eugene Nicholas "Gene" Kiniski was a Canadian professional wrestler and the father of wrestlers Nick Kiniski and Kelly Kiniski. "Canada's Greatest Athlete" as he billed himself for promotional purposes was born outside of Edmonton, Alberta... & Lord James Blears |
1 | May 7, 1955 | ? | |
| Enrique Torres & Johnny Barend Johnny Barend "Handsome" Johnny Barend , was an American professional wrestler.Barend started wrestling as an amateur at the age of eight. After graduating Jefferson High in Rochester in 1944, he served his country during World War II, and wrestled in the Navy. He was trained to wrestle professionally by Ed Don... |
1 | July 28, 1955 | Richmond, CA | |
| Gene Kiniski & Lord James Blears | 2 | August 9, 1955 | ? | |
| Ronnie Etchison & Ray Stern Ray Stern Ray "Thunder" Stern, born Walter Bookbinder, was an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and entrepreneur.... |
1 | October 25, 1955 | ? | |
| Gene Kiniski & Lord James Blears | 3 | November 1955 | ? | |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 10 | November 29, 1955 | ? | |
| Rikidōzan Rikidozan , better known as Rikidōzan , was a Korean Japanese professional wrestler, known as the "Father of Puroresu" and one of the most influential men in wrestling history. Initially, he had moved from his native country Korea to Japan to become a sumo wrestler... & Koukichi Endo |
1 | May 4, 1956 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 11 | May 19, 1956 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| Enrique Torres & Bobo Brazil | 1 | July 13, 1956 | Oakland, CA | |
| Bill & Ed Miller | 1 | August 14, 1956 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 12 | October 23, 1956 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Enrique Torres & Ronnie Etchison | 1 | December 22, 1956 | Fresno, CA | |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 13 | December 29, 1956 | Fresno, CA | |
| Emil and Ernie Dusek The Dusek Family The Dusek family is a professional wrestling family. The Dusek Family name is really Hason. The Dusek family started with four brothers Ernie, Emil, Joe, and Rudy Dusek. The other two members are Wally and Frank Dusek. Both men are not Dusek by blood their last names are Santen. Wally is the father... |
1 | January 1957 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Paul & Adrien Baillergeon | 1 | February 1957 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Ben Sharpe & Lord James Blears | 1 | April 16, 1957 | ? | |
| Leo Nomellini & Enrique Torres | 2 | 1957 | ? | |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 14 | May 9, 1957 | Stockton, CA | |
| Enrique Torres & Bobo Brazil | 2 | May 28, 1957 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 15 | July 1957 | ? | |
| Ramon Torres & Tex McKenzie | 1 | September 21, 1957 | Fresno, CA | |
| Omaya Kato & Karl von Schober | 1 | November 1957 | ? | |
| Ramon Torres & Ciclon Anaya | 1 | December 13, 1957 | Oakland, CA | |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 16 | January 9, 1958 | Stockton, CA | |
| Ramon Torres & Ciclon Anaya | 2 | January 10, 1958 | Oakland, CA | |
| Hans Hermann & Art Neilson | 1 | February 18, 1958 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Ramon Torres & Dick Warren Nick Bockwinkel Nicholas Warren Francis "Nick" Bockwinkel is a retired American professional wrestler. He mainly competed in the American Wrestling Association in the United States... |
1 | April 28, 1958 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Hombre Montana & Tiny Mills Tiny Mills Henry Mittlestadt was a Canadian professional wrestler best known by his ring name, Tiny Mills. He often teamed with his brother Al Mills.-Career:... |
1 | June 27, 1958 | San Jose, CA | |
| Ramon Torres & Dick Warren | 2 | July 14, 1958 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Gene Dubuque & Mike Valentino Mikel Scicluna "Baron" Mikel Scicluna was a Maltese-born professional wrestler who gained his fame during the 1960s and 1970s.-Professional wrestling career:... |
1 | August 23, 1958 | Fresno, CA | |
| Ronnie Etchison & "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers | 1 | October 23, 1958 | Oakland, CA | |
| Gene Dubuque & Fritz von Goehring | 1 | November 21, 1958 | Oakland, CA | |
| Ronnie Etchison & Johnny Barend | 1 | 1958 or January 1959 | ? | |
| Ben Sharpe & Red Hangman | 1 | January 10, 1959 | Fresno, CA | |
| Ramon Torres & Great Lothario | 1 | 1959 | ? | |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 17 | August 1959 | ? | Records unclear as to whom they defeated |
| Enrique Torres & Rip Miller | 1 | October 1959 | ? | |
| Ben & Mike Sharpe | 18 | October 16, 1959 | ? | |
| Alberto Torres Alberto Torres Alberto Torres was a politician and a Brazilian social thinker who was concerned about national unity and the organization of the Brazilian society.... & Ron Etchison |
1 | December 1959 | ? | |
| Man Mountain Campbell & Mr. Kleen | 1 | 1960 | ? | |
| Vacated | 1961 | Titles vacant | ||
| Enrique Torres & Reggie Parks | 1 | August 8, 1961 | San Francisco, CA | Defeat Magnificent Maurice & Ed Miller |
| Vacated | 1961 or 1962 | Title abandoned | ||
| Kinji Shibuya Kinji Shibuya Kinji Shibuya was an American professional wrestler and actor.-Professional wrestling career:In 1952, promoter Al Karasick suggested Shibuya try professional wrestling. He was originally given a villainous gimmick of a Japanese bad guy after World War II. He wrestled in the United States and... & Masa Saito Masa Saito is a former Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Saito or . He wrestled for several years in various promotions operated by the National Wrestling Alliance . He later joined the World Wrestling Federation , where he teamed with Mr. Fuji to hold the World Tag Team Championship twice... |
1 | July 13, 1968 | San Francisco, CA | Defeat Pepper Gomez & Pedro Morales |
| Ray Stevens Ray Stevens (wrestler) Carl Ray Stevens , better known as Ray "The Crippler" Stevens or Ray "Blond Bomber" Stevens, was an American professional wrestler. Stevens was a wrestling superstar since the early years of the television era until he retired during the early 1990s... & Pepper Gomez |
1 | October 1969 | ? | |
| Ray Stevens & Peter Maivia Peter Maivia Fanene Leifi Pita Maivia was a American Samoan professional wrestler better known as "High Chief" Peter Maivia. He was head of the famous Samoan wrestling family... |
1 | November 1969 | Gomez gives his half to Maivia due to injury | |
| Pat Patterson & "Superstar" Billy Graham | 1 | January 1971 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Rocky Johnson Rocky Johnson Rocky Johnson is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. Quite popular in his own right in the 1970s and 1980s, he is also known for being the father of actor and professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson... & Pepper Gomez |
1 | September 18, 1971 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Lars Anderson Lawrence Heinemi Larry Heinemi is a retired professional wrestler better known by the name of Lars Anderson. His career spans over a decade of performing in National Wrestling Alliance territories as well as American Wrestling Association .-Career:... & Paul DeMarco |
1 | May 13, 1972 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Pat Patterson & Rocky Johnson | 1 | December 6, 1972 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Kinji Shibuya & Great Mephisto | 1 | April 25, 1973 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Pat Patterson & Rocky Johnson | 2 | May 2, 1973 | Sacramento, CA | |
| The Interns | 1 | August 1, 1973 | ? | |
| Kinji Shibuya & Masa Saito | 2 | September 1973 | ? | May have been fictional |
| Pat Patterson & Rocky Johnson | 3 | November 1973 | ? | |
| Kurt & Karl Von Brauner | 1 | March 6, 1974 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Pat Patterson & Peter Maivia | 1 | June 22, 1974 | San Francisco, CA | |
| The Invaders | 1 | April 1975 | Florida | |
| Pat Patterson & Moondog Mayne | 1 | August 9, 1975 | San Francisco, CA | |
| The Invaders | 2 | August 23, 1975 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Pat Patterson & Pedro Morales Pedro Morales Pedro Morales is a retired Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He began his wrestling career as a teenager in 1959 and continued through to the late 1980s... |
1 | October 29, 1975 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Don Muraco Don Muraco Donald Muraco , better known by his ring name "The Rock" Don Muraco, is a retired American professional wrestler... & Invader #1 |
1 | March 24, 1976 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Pat Patterson & Tony Garea Anthony Garcia Anthony "Tony" Garcia is a retired New Zealand professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Tony Garea, who wrestled for the National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wrestling Federation , spending thirty-two of his thirty-five year career in the promotion... |
1 | May 15, 1976 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Royal Kangaroos The Royal Kangaroos The Royal Kangaroos was a professional wrestling tag team consisting of cousins “Lord” Jonathan Boyd and Norman Frederick Charles III. The duo played off their Australian heritage which included using a boomerang as their weapon of choice... (Jonathan Boyd Jonathan Boyd Jonathan Barry Boyle was an Australian professional wrestler who is known worldwide under the name "Lord" Jonathan Boyd. Initially Boyd competed both in North American and international promotions as part of the Royal Kangaroos with his cousin Norman Frederick Charles III... & Norman Frederick Charles III) |
1 | September 18, 1976 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Jimmy Jimmy Valiant James Harold Fanning is a former professional wrestler and author better known as Jimmy Valiant.-Personal life:... & Johnny Valiant |
1 | December 4, 1976 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Pat Patterson & Pepper Gomez | 1 | February 9, 1977 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Bob Roop Bob Roop Bob Roop is a retired amateur and professional wrestler whose career has spanned high school, college, Army, amateur and professional wrestling. He was an American Heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:... & Alexis Smirnoff |
1 | March 30, 1977 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Pepper Gomez & Al Madril Alberto Madril Alberto Madril is an American retired professional wrestler who most often wrestled as Al Madril, and used the Indian Deathlock as a finishing move.-Career:... |
1 | June 15, 1977 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Vacated | June 1977 | Madril injured | ||
| Kurt & Karl Von Steiger | 1 | July 16, 1977 | San Francisco, CA (win tournament) | |
| Ray Stevens & Moondog Mayne | 1 | November 12, 1977 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Kurt & Karl Von Steiger | 2 | December 7, 1977 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Black Gordman & Goliath | 1 | January 12, 1978 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Dean Ho Dean Higuchi Dean Higuchi is a retired American professional wrestler, known by his ring name Dean Ho, who competed in North American regional promotions including Pacific Northwest Wrestling, the World Wide Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance, specifically the Hawaii-based Big Time... & Moondog Mayne |
1 | February 22, 1978 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Vacated | April 1978 | Title vacant | ||
| Dean Ho & Ron Starr | 1 | September 20, 1978 | Puerto Rico | Win fictitious tournament |
| Ed Wiskoski & Buddy Rose Buddy Rose Paul Perschmann was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Playboy" Buddy Rose.-Career:Paul Perschmann was trained by Verne Gagne and Billy Robinson in the early 1970s... |
1 | October 25, 1978 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Ron Starr & Enrique Vera | 1 | November 23, 1978 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Ed Wiskoski & Buddy Rose | 2 | December 7, 1978 | Sacramento, CA | |
| Ed Wiskoski & Roddy Piper Roddy Piper Roderick George Toombs , better known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler and film actor who is currently signed to WWE. In professional wrestling, he is best known for his work with WWE... |
3/1 | February 1979 | Rose gave his half to Piper | |
| Title Retired | April 1979 | Title abandoned | ||