No. | Won By | Won From | Location | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills (Murder Inc.) | N/A* | N/A | 8/60 |
2. | Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana | Murder Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | 10/4/60 |
3. | Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder | Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski*(2) | Minneapolis, MN | 5/23/61 |
4. | Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski | Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder | St. Paul, MN | 7/19/61 |
5. | Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel | N/A*(3) | St. Paul, MN | 9/26/61 |
6. | Pat Kennedy & Dale Lewis | Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel | Rochester, MN | 11/16/61 |
7. | Bob Geigel & Otto Von Krupp | Pat Kennedy & Dale Lewis | Rochester, MN | 11/23/61 |
8. | Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman | Ivan & Nikita Kalmikoff*(4) | St. Paul, MN | 1/15/62 |
9. | Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski | Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman | Minneapolis, MN | 2/13/62 |
10. | Art & Stan Neilson | Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski | Cincinnati, OH | 4/62 |
11. | Mr. High & Mr. Low | Art & Stan Neilson | St. Paul, MN | 12/16/62 |
12. | Ivan & Karol Karmikoff | Mr. High & Mr. Low | Minneapolis, MN | 1/1/63 |
13. | The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser | Ivan & Karol Karmikoff | Minneapolis, MN | 8/20/63 |
14. | Moose Evans & Verne Gagne | The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser | Minneapolis, MN | 2/9/64 |
15. | The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser | Moose Evans & Verne Gagne | St. Paul, MN | 2/23/64 |
16. | Larry Hennig & Harley Race | The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser | Minneapolis, MN | 1/30/65 |
17. | The Crusher & Verne Gagne | Larry Hennig & Harley Race | Minneapolis, MN | 7/24/65 |
18. | Larry Hennig & Harley Race | The Crusher & Verne Gagne | Minneapolis, MN | 8/7/65 |
19. | The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser | Larry Hennig & Harley Race | Minneapolis, MN | 5/28/66 |
20. | Larry Hennig & Harley Race | The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser | Chicago, IL | 1/6/67 |
21. | Pat O'Connor & Wilbur Snyder | Harley Race & Chris Markoff*(5) | Chicago, IL | 11/10/67 |
22. | Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto | Pat O'Connor & Wilbur Snyder | Chicago, IL | 12/2/67 |
23. | The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser | Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto | Chicago, IL | 12/28/68 |
24. | Butcher & Mad Dog Vachon | The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser | Chicago, IL | 8/30/69 |
25. | Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez | Butcher & Mad Dog Vachon | Milwaukee, WI | 5/15/71 |
26. | Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens | Red Bastien & The Crusher*(6) | Denver, CO | 1/20/72 |
27. | Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson | Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens | Minneapolis, MN | 12/30/72 |
28. | Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens | Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson | St. Paul, MN | 1/6/73 |
29. | The Crusher & Billy Robinson | Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens | Green Bay, WI | 7/21/74 |
30. | Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens | The Crusher & Billy Robinson | Winnipeg, MB | 10/24/74 |
31. | The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser | Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens | Chicago, IL | 8/16/75 |
32. | Bobby Duncum & Blackjack Lanza | The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser | Chicago, IL | 7/23/76 |
33. | Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne (The High Flyers) | Bobby Duncum & Blackjack Lanza | Winnipeg, MB | 7/7/77 |
34. | Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens | N/A*(7) | N/A | 9/23/78 |
35. | Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon | Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens | Winnipeg, MB | 6/6/79 |
36. | Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura (The East-West Connection) | Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon | Denver, CO | 7/20/80 |
37. | The High Flyers | The East-West Connection | Green Bay, WI | 6/14/81 |
38. | Jerry Blackwell & Ken Patera (The Sheiks) | The High Flyers | Minneapolis, MN | 6/26/83 |
39. | The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke | The Sheiks | Green Bay, WI | 5/6/84 |
40. | Animal & Hawk (The Road Warriors) | The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke | Las Vegas, NV | 8/25/84 |
41. | Jimmy Garvin & Steve Regal | The Road Warriors | St. Paul, MN | 9/29/85 |
42. | Scott Hall & Curt Hennig | Jimmy Garvin & Steve Regal | Albuquerque, NM | 1/18/86 |
43. | Buddy Rose & Doug Somers | Scott Hall & Curt Hennig | Hammond, IN | 5/17/86 |
44. | Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty (The Midnight Rockers) | Buddy Rose & Doug Somers | St. Paul, MN | 1/27/87 |
45. | Soldat Ustinov & Boris Zhukov | The Midnight Rockers | Lake Tahoe, NV | 5/25/87 |
46. | Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler | Soldat Ustinov & Doug Somers*(8) | Memphis, TN | 10/11/87 |
47. | Dr. D & Hector Guerrero | Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler | Memphis, TN | 10/19/87 |
48. | Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler | Dr. D & Hector Guerrero | Memphis, TN | 10/26/87 |
49. | Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose (The Midnight Express) | Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler | Whitewater, WI | 10/30/87 |
50. | The Midnight Rockers | The Midnight Express | Las Vegas, NV | 12/27/87 |
51. | Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka (Badd Company) | The Midnight Rockers | Las Vegas, NV | 3/19/88 |
52. | Ken Patera & Brad Rheingans (The Olympians) | Badd Company | Rochester, MN | 3/25/89 |
53. | Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos (The Destruction Crew) | Paul Diamond & Greg Gagne*(9) | Rochester, MN | 10/1/89 |
54. | DJ Peterson & The Trooper | The Destruction Crew | Rochester, MN | 8/11/90 |
*(1)Kowalski and Mills were recognized as the first tag team champions after the AWA split from the NWA.
*(2)When Montana broke his leg, Kiniski replaced him on his team.
*(3)Haggerty and Kiniski split up as a team, and Haggerty won a match that gave him control of the titles and the right to pick a new partner.
*(4)Krupp broke his leg and the titles were vacated. This was the tournament final to crown the new champions.
*(5)When Hennig was injured, Markoff replaced him on his team.
*(6)Cortez died in a car accident, and Bastien picked the Crusher to be his new partner.
*(7)The titles were vacated and awarded to Patterson and Bockwinkel when Brunzell was injured.
*(8)Zhukov left the promotion and Somers replaced him on his team.
*(9)The titles were vacated due to an injury to Patera. This was the tournament final to crown new champions.
Title Defenses:
40. The Road Warriors
---beat Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy via ref stoppage, SuperClash: 9/28/85
41. Jimmy Garvin & Steve Regal
---N/A
42. Curt Hennig & Scott Hall
---pinned Bill & Scott Irwin, WrestleRock: 4/20/86
---pinned Konga the Barbarian & Boris Zhukov, Rage in a Cage: 4/28/86