WWA International Television Tag Team Championship
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The WWA International Television Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in the Los Angeles
-based World Wrestling Association
from the promotion's formation in 1954 until 1964 when it was unified with the WWA World Tag Team Championship
.
Los Angeles, California
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-based World Wrestling Association
World Wrestling Association (Los Angeles)
World Wrestling Association was a professional wrestling promotion based in Los Angeles. The promotion was established in 1959 originally as the North American Wrestling Alliance...
from the promotion's formation in 1954 until 1964 when it was unified with the WWA World 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....
.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilbur Snyder Wilbur Snyder Wilbur Snyder was an American football player and professional wrestler.-Wrestling career:Snyder's wrestling debut occurred during the 1953 offseason. He was trained by Sandor Szabo and Warren Bockwinkel in Southern California. In 1954, Snyder retired from football completely to pursue a full-time... & Sandor Szabo |
1 | January 25, 1954 | Hollywood, California | |
| Lord James Blears & Lord Athol Layton | 1 | March 8, 1954 | Hollywood, California | |
| Wilbur Snyder & Sandor Szabo | 2 | 1954 | ||
| the Great Bolo The Great Bolo The Great Bolo was the ring name of professional wrestler Al Lovelock, who wore a mask when he wrestled as the Great Bolo. Lovelock was active in the 1950s and 1960s and was primarily known for his work in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida... & Tom Rice |
1 | April 19, 1954 | Hollywood, California | |
| Wilbur Snyder & Bobo Brazil Bobo Brazil Houston Harris was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Bobo Brazil. He is credited with breaking down barriers of racial segregation in professional wrestling... |
1 | May 12, 1954 | Hollywood, California | |
| Lord James Blears & Lord Athol Layton | 2 | July 19, 1954 | Hollywood, California | |
| Wilbur Snyder & Bobo Brazil | 2 | September 6, 1954 | Hollywood, California | |
| 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... & John Tolos |
1 | October 13, 1954 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Lord James Blears & Joe Pazanadak | 1 | November 22, 1954 | Hollywood, California | |
| Bobo Brazil & Sandor Szabo | 1 | November 29, 1954 | Hollywood, California | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Don Leo Jonathan Don Leo Jonathan Don Heaton , also known as Don Leo Jonathan, is an American former professional wrestler.-Professional wrestling career:... & Lord Carlton |
1 | May 7, 1956 | Hollywood, California | |
| Lee Henning & Tom Rice | 1 | May 14, 1956 | Hollywood, California | |
| Rito Romero Rito Romero Rito Romero Loza was a successful luchador who wrestled in Mexico and in the NWA territories of Texas and Los Angeles. He appeared in several films in his native country along with a number of other luchadors... & Chief War Cloud |
1 | June 4, 1956 | Hollywood, California | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Bobo Brazil & Primo Carnera Primo Carnera Primo Carnera was an Italian boxer, nicknamed the Ambling Alp, who became the world heavyweight champion.-Biography:... |
1 | November 28, 1956 | Hollywood, California | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Seymour Koenig & Sammy Berg | 1 | September 1957 | ||
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Seymour Koenig & Herb Freeman | 1 | June 11, 1958 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Wild Red Berry & Tosh Togo | 1 | September 1958 | ||
| Sandor Szabo & Billy Darnell Billy Darnell Billy Darnell was an American professional wrestler and major star of the 1940s and 1950s, with his career spanning over twenty years with championships in the National Wrestling Alliance and World Wide Wrestling Federation.-Early life:Darnell was born in Camden, New Jersey... |
1 | September 1958 | ||
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Frank Jares & Matt Murphy | 1 | January 1959 | ||
| Enrique Romero & Luis Martinez | 1 | February 18, 1959 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Eric Pederson & Henry Lenz | 1 | May 6, 1959 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Billy Varga & Hardy Kruskamp | 1 | May 27, 1959 | ||
| Title history is unrecorded, however Billy Varga & Hardy Kruskamp were still defending the championship as of December 16, 1959. | ||||
| Sandor Szabo & Edouard Carpentier Édouard Carpentier Édouard Ignacz Weiczorkiewicz was a Québécois professional wrestler better known by his ring name Édouard Carpentier. In a career that spanned from the 1950s into the 1970s, he garnered several world championships.-Early life:... |
1 | June 1, 1960 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Stan Holek Stan Holek Stan Holek was an Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, Stan Lisowski and Stan Neilson. He became known for being part of two famous "brother" tag teams, the Lisowskis and the Neilsons .-Professional wrestling career:Holek originally got into wrestling after his older... & The Preacher |
1 | December 3, 1960 | San Bernarino, California | |
| Nick Bockwinkel 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... & Lord James Blears |
1 | December 23, 1960 | Long Beach, California | |
| Stan Holek & The Preacher | 2 | January 1961 | ||
| Nick Bockwinkel & Edouard Carpentier | 1 | January 4, 1961 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Mike Sharpe Mike Sharpe Michael "Mike" Sharpe is a Canadian professional wrestler better known as Iron Mike Sharpe.-Career:Sharpe comes from a family legacy of wrestling, as his father and uncle were a successful tag team in the 1950s, recognized as champions from San Francisco to Japan. He grew up in California, but... & Zebra Kid |
1 | May 12, 1961 | Long Beach, California | |
| Alberto 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.... & Ramon Torres |
1 | June 21, 1961 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Freddie Blassie Fred Blassie Frederick Kenneth Blassman , better known as "Classy" Freddie Blassie, was an American professional wrestling villain and manager born in St. Louis, Missouri. Renowned as "The Fashion Plate of Professional Wrestling" , Blassie was a master at antagonizing the crowd, and inspired legendary animosity... & Mr. Moto Tor Kamata McRonald Kamaka was an American/Canadian professional wrestler known by the ring name Tor Kamata. He won several Heavyweight and Tag Team championships, including one World Tag Team title. He was a classic "bad guy" wrestler... |
1 | September 1961 | ||
| Lou Thesz Lou Thesz Aloysius Martin "Lou" Thesz was a United States professional wrestler and 18-time world heavyweight champion, most notably holding the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times. Combined, he held the NWA Championship for 10 years, three months and nine days , longer than anyone else in history... & Sailor Art Thomas Sailor Art Thomas Sailor Art Thomas was a bodybuilder working as a professional wrestler.Arthur "Sailor Art" Thomas was born in Gurdon, Arkansas, as the son of Alfred and Jessie Thomas. Early in his life he moved to Wisconsin... |
1 | November 22, 1961 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Hans Herman & Jess Ortega | 1 | December 1961 | ||
| Freddie Blassie & Mr. Moto | 2 | January 1962 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Billy Varga & Mario LaPentero | 1 | March 15, 1962 | Long Beach, California | |
| Dick Garza & Eric Rommel | 1 | July 4, 1962 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Sir Alan Garfield & Karl Von Schober | 1 | September 26, 1962 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Haystack Calhoun & Abe Jacobs Abe Jacobs Abe Jacobs is a retired New Zealand professional wrestler. He was one of the first men to follow fellow New Zealander Pat O'Connor to the United States where, like O'Connor, Jacobs became a major star in the National Wrestling Alliance during the "Golden Age of Wrestling"... |
1 | October 31, 1962 | Los Angeles, California | |
| The Destroyer Dick Beyer Dick Beyer is a retired professional wrestler who is best known by his ring names, The Destroyer or Doctor X.-Early life:... & Dan Moukian |
1 | December 19, 1962 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Bearcat Wright Bearcat Wright Edward "Bearcat" Wright was an African-American professional wrestler who became popular in the late 1950s and 1960s. He wrestled during the time of Bobo Brazil, and despite racial tension in the United States became wildly popular as both a heel and a babyface... & Mr. Moto |
1 | July 19, 1963 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Freddie Blassie & Don Leo Jonathan | 1 | September 24, 1963 | Long Beach, California | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Mr. Moto & Kintaro Ohki Kintaro Ohki Kintarō Ōki was arguably the greatest South Korean professional wrestler of all time, also known professionally as Kim Il or KIM Il during his career in the Japan Wrestling Association, All Japan Pro Wrestling and International Pro... |
1 | December 21, 1963 | ||
| Art & Stan Neilson | 1 | January 9, 1964 | North Hollywood, California | |
| Edouard Carpentier & Ernie Ladd Ernie Ladd Ernest "Ernie" Ladd , nicknamed "The Big Cat" was an American collegiate and professional football player and a professional wrestler.-Pro Football career:... |
1 | February 1, 1964 | San Bernardino, California | |
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.... |
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