The Von Brauners are a professional wrestling

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/stable that operated from the 1950s through the 1970s. The teams consisted of Karl Von Brauner (Doug Donovan), Kurt Von Brauner #1 (Jimmy Brawner), Eric Von Brauner (Eric Donovan) and Kurt Von Brauner #2 (Willie Rutgowsky). The chosen [Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Gimmick|gimmick]] was that of a team of evil Germans. With World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 still fresh in the minds of most Americans, this made them one of the most hated teams in the US.

The team of Karl (Doug Donovan) and Kurt #1 (Jimmy Brawner) captured World Tag Team gold 20 times. All the teams captured a total of 35 World Tag Team titles plus 5 regional tag team titles.

Championships and accomplishments

Karl and Kurt Von Brauner #1

• American Wrestling Association
  American Wrestling Association
  The American Wrestling Association was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 to 1991. It was owned and founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo...
  
  
  • AWA World Tag Team Championship (Indiana version) (1 time)

• National Wrestling Alliance
  National Wrestling Alliance
  The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
  
  
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)
    NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)
    The Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1957 until 1977. It was defended primarily in Tennessee and Alabama.-Title history:...
    
     (8 times)
  • NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version)
    NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version)
    The NWA Southern Tag Team Championship was the Mid-Atlantic territory version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship and was defended between 1953 until 1968 when it became the NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship...
    
     (1 time)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Florida version)
    NWA World Tag Team Championship (Florida version)
    The Florida version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1961 until 1969.-Title history:-See also:*National Wrestling Alliance*NWA World Tag Team Championship*Florida Championship Wrestling...
    
     (6 times)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version)
    NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version)
    The Texas version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1957 to 1968, and from 1981 to 1982. This title was recognized by World Class Championship Wrestling and The Funk Dynasty's N.W.A. Western States Sports of Amarillo, TX.-Title history:...
    
     (1 time)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version)
    NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version)
    The Georgia version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1954 until 1969.-Title history:-See also:*National Wrestling Alliance*NWA World Tag Team Championship*Georgia Championship Wrestling...
    
     (3 times)

• World Wrestling Association
  World Wrestling Association (Indianapolis)
  The World Wrestling Association was an Indianapolis-based pro wrestling promotion which was operated by Dick "The Bruiser" Afflis and his business partner Wilbur Snyder. The WWA was affiliated with the larger American Wrestling Association and recognized its champions, though the WWA also had its...
  
  
  • WWA World Tag Team Championship
    WWA World Tag Team Championship
    The WWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team title in the Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association from the promotion's formation in 1964 until the late 1980s when the promotion closed.-Title history:...
    
     (1 time)

Karl and Eric Von Brauner

• National Wrestling Alliance
  National Wrestling Alliance
  The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
  
  
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)
    NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)
    The Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1957 until 1977. It was defended primarily in Tennessee and Alabama.-Title history:...
    
     (2 times)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version)
    NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version)
    The Georgia version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1954 until 1969.-Title history:-See also:*National Wrestling Alliance*NWA World Tag Team Championship*Georgia Championship Wrestling...
    
     (1 time)

Karl and Kurt #2 Von Brauner

• National Wrestling Alliance
  National Wrestling Alliance
  The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
  
  
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)
    NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)
    The Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1957 until 1977. It was defended primarily in Tennessee and Alabama.-Title history:...
    
     (10 times)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version)
    NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version)
    The Texas version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1957 to 1968, and from 1981 to 1982. This title was recognized by World Class Championship Wrestling and The Funk Dynasty's N.W.A. Western States Sports of Amarillo, TX.-Title history:...
    
     (2 times)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Tennessee version) (1 time)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version)
    NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version)
    The Detroit, Michigan version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1964 until 1980, when the Detroit promotion closed.-Title history:...
    
     (1 time)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)
    NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)
    The San Francisco, California version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1950 until 1961, and then from 1968 until 1979.-Title history:...
    
     (1 time)
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version)
    NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version)
    The NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship was a tag team title created in 1962, and contested in the National Wrestling Alliance's Tri-State territory, which was promoted by Leroy McGuirk and Jack Curtis and Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith...
    
     (1 time)
  • NWA Americas Tag Team Championship
    NWA Americas Tag Team Championship
    The NWA Americas Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance's NWA Hollywood Wrestling based out of Los Angeles, California....
    
    (1 time)