AWA World Tag Team Title History

AWA World Tag Team Title History
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