USWA World Tag Team Championship
The USWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary professional wrestling tag team championship promoted by the Memphis, Tennessee-based United States Wrestling Association (USWA). The Continental Wrestling Association and World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA) merged in 1989 to form the USWA.[1] In the merger the USWA replaced both the WCWA World Tag Team Championship and the CWA Tag Team Championship with the USWA version.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] The promotion awarded Cactus Jack and Scott Braddock the championship after they won the WCWA championship on August 4, 1989. The USWA closed in 1997, with PG-13 (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) as the final champions. There were a total of 116 reigns in the eight year lifetime of the championship.[lower-alpha 3]
USWA Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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Promotion | United States Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
Date established | August 11, 1989 | ||||||||||
Date retired | November 1997 | ||||||||||
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The final champions, PG-13, holds the record for most championship reigns as they held the belts on 15 different occasions across the years, in addition each member also held the championship with a different partner, making them tied for most overall reigns for an individual.[lower-alpha 3] The Moondogs (Spot and Spike) reign as champions lasted between 123 and 152 days, the longest of any championship team. In April 1992 Moondog Cujo replaced Spike, but records are unclear as to what date the change was made.[lower-alpha 4] The teams of Jim and Ron Harris,[lower-alpha 5] Tommy Rich and Doug Gilbert,[lower-alpha 6] and Flash Flanagan and Nick Dinsmore, all lost the championship on the same show that they won the championship,[lower-alpha 7] tying them for the shortest reign.[4]
As it is a professional wrestling championship, the championship was won not by actual competition, but by kayfabe to a match determined by the bookers and match makers.[lower-alpha 8] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline,[lower-alpha 9] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[lower-alpha 10] or leaving the company.[lower-alpha 11]
Title history
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Cactus Jack and Scott Braddock | August 4, 1989 | USWA show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 7 | Defeated Jeff Jarrett and Matt Borne to win the WCWA World Tag Team Championship; title renamed. | [10] |
2 | Jeff Jarrett and Matt Borne | August 11, 1989 | USWA show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 35 | [10][11] | |
3 | Sheik Braddock (2) and Ron Starr | September 15, 1989 | USWA show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 7 | [10][12] | |
— | Vacated | September 22, 1989 | — | Dallas, Texas | — | — | Held up after a match against Jeff Jarrett and Matt Borne | |
4 | Jeff Jarrett (2) and Matt Borne (2) | September 29, 1989 | USWA show | Dallas, Texas | 2 | [lower-alpha 12] | Jarrett and Borne win rematch. | [10] |
— | Vacated | October 6, 1989 | — | — | — | — | Borne lost a loser-leaves-USWA match. | |
5 | Robert Fuller and Brian Lee | December 1, 1989 | USWA show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 64 | Defeated Jarrett and Borne in an eight team tournament final | [10][13] |
6 | The Southern Rockers (Rex King and Steve Doll) |
February 3, 1990 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 3 | [10] | |
7 | Robert Fuller and Brian Lee | February 6, 1990 | USWA show | Louisville, Kentucky | 2 | 6 | [10] | |
8 | The Southern Rockers (Rex King and Steve Doll) |
February 12, 1990 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 75 | [10][14] | |
9 | The Uptown Posse (Brickhouse Brown and Sweet Daddy Falcone) |
April 28, 1990 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 23 | [10] | |
10 | The Southern Rockers (Rex King and Steve Doll) |
May 21, 1990 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 12 | [10] | |
11 | The Dirty White Boys (Tony Anthony and Tom Burton) |
June 2, 1990 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | Defeated King in a handicap match. | [5][15] |
12 | Rex King (4) and Joey Maggs | June 23, 1990 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 49 | [5] | |
13 | Brian Lee (3) and Don Harris | August 11, 1990 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 16 | [5] | |
— | Vacated | August 27, 1990 | — | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Held up after a match against Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Gaylord. | |
14 | Jeff Jarrett (3) and Jeff Gaylord | September 3, 1990 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | Won rematch; defeated Lee and Chuck Casey. | [5][16] |
15 | Brian Lee (4) and Don Harris | September 10, 1990 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 7 | [5] | |
16 | Jeff Jarrett (4) and Jeff Gaylord (2) | September 17, 1990 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 19 | [5] | |
17 | Tony Anthony (2) and Doug Gilbert | October 6, 1990 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 49 | Joey Maggs was allowed to defend in place of an injured Jeff Jarrett. | [5] |
18 | Jeff Jarrett (5) and Cody Michaels | November 24, 1990 | USWA show | Jonesboro, Arkansas | 1 | 14 | [5][17] | |
19 | Tony Anthony (3) and Doug Gilbert (2) | December 8, 1990 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 30 | [5] | |
20 | The Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane and Steve Keirn) |
January 7, 1991 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | [5] | |
— | Vacated | January 28, 1991 | — | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Held up in a match against Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Lawler. | |
21 | Jeff Jarrett (6) and Jerry Lawler | February 4, 1991 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 50 | Won rematch against The Fabulous Ones. | [5] |
22 | The Texas Hangmen (Killer and Psycho) |
March 26, 1991 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 48 | [5] | |
23 | Jeff Jarrett (7) and Robert Fuller (2) | May 13, 1991 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 56 | Due to a pre-match stipulation, the Texas Hangmen could not compete in the USWA for a 30-day period. | [5][18] |
24 | The Barroom Brawlers (Bonecrusher and Crowbar) |
July 8, 1991 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | [5] | |
25 | Jeff Jarrett (8) and Robert Fuller (3) | July 15, 1991 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 75 | [5] | |
26 | The Texas Outlaws (Bonecrusher and Crowbar) |
September 28, 1991 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 9 | The Barroom Brawlers previously lost a loser leaves town match and came back under the masks. | [5] |
27 | Jeff Jarrett (9) and Robert Fuller (4) | October 7, 1991 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 28 | [5] | |
28 | Doug Masters and Bart Sawyer | November 4, 1991 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | [5] | |
29 | Robert Fuller (5) and Mike Mitchell | November 25, 1991 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 5 | [5] | |
30 | The Moondogs (Spot and Spike) |
November 30, 1991 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | [lower-alpha 13] | Defeated Fuller by disqualification in a handicap match when Jeff Jarrett interfered. | [5] |
31 | The Moondogs (Spot (2) and Cujo) |
April 6, 1992 | USWA show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 14] | Cujo replaced Spike after Spike left the USWA. | [5] |
32 | Jeff Jarrett (10) and Jerry Lawler | June 29, 1992 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 7 | [5] | |
33 | The Moondogs (Spot (3) and Cujo (2)) |
July 6, 1992 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 14 | [5] | |
34 | Jeff Jarrett (11) and Jerry Lawler (3) | July 20, 1992 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 21 | [5] | |
35 | The Moondogs (Spot (4) and Cujo (3)) |
August 10, 1992 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 7 | [5] | |
36 | Jeff Jarrett (12) and Jerry Lawler (4) | August 17, 1992 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 4 | 47 | [5] | |
37 | The Moondogs (Spot (5) and Spike (2)) |
October 3, 1992 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 86 | Defeated Lawler in a handicap match. | [5] |
38 | The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don (3)) | December 28, 1992 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | [5] | |
39 | The Moondogs (Spot (6) and Spike (2)) |
January 11, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 7 | [5] | |
— | Vacated | January 18, 1993 | — | — | — | — | Spike left the USWA. | |
40 | The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don (4)) |
January 25, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 7 | Defeated Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Lawler in a tournament final. | [5] |
41 | The Moondogs (Spot (7) and Splat) |
February 1, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | [5] | |
42 | The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don (5)) |
February 15, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 7 | [5][19] | |
43 | The Moondogs (Spot (8) and Splat) |
February 22, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 14 | [5][20] | |
44 | Brian Christopher and Big Black Dog | March 8, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | [5] | |
45 | The Moondogs (Spot (9) and Splat) |
March 15, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 7 | [5] | |
46 | Brian Christopher (2) and Scotty Flamingo | March 22, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | [5][21] | |
47 | The Moondogs (Spot (10) and Splat (4)) |
March 29, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 4 | 14 | [5] | |
48 | Simply Devine (Rex King and Steve Doll) |
April 12, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 4 | 70 | [5] | |
49 | New Jack and Homeboy | June 21, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | [5] | |
50 | C.W. Bergstrom and Melvin Penrod, Jr. | July 5, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 28 | [5] | |
51 | The Moondogs (Spike (3) and Cujo (4)) |
August 2, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | [5] | |
52 | The Dog Catchers (Dog Catcher #1 and Dog Catcher #2) |
August 16, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 21 | The Dog Catchers were formerly known as Bone Crusher and Crowbar. | [5] |
53 | The Moondogs (Spike (4) and Cujo (5)) |
September 6, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 7 | [5] | |
54 | The Dog Catchers (Dog Catcher #1 and Dog Catcher #2 ) |
September 13, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 4 | 21 | [5] | |
55 | Moondog Spike (5) and Mike Anthony | October 4, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 12 | [5] | |
— | Vacated | October 16, 1993 | — | — | — | — | Anthony was injured by Moondogs Spike and Splat. | |
56 | Jeff Jarrett (13) and Brian Christopher (3) | October 25, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | Defeated Jerry Lawler and Red Knight in tournament final. | [5] |
57 | Koko B. Ware and Rex Hargrove | November 1, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | [5] | |
58 | Jeff Jarrett (14) and Brian Christopher (4) | November 8, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 19 | [5] | |
59 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) |
November 27, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 2 | Defeated Christopher in a handicap match. | [5] |
60 | Jeff Gaylord (2) and Mike Anthony (2) | November 29, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | [5] | |
61 | The War Machines | December 6, 1993 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 9 | [5] | |
62 | Far 2 Wild (Todd Morton and Chris Michaels) |
December 15, 1993 | USWA show | Evansville, IN | 1 | 19 | [5] | |
— | Vacated | January 3, 1994 | — | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Held up after a match against PG-13. | |
63 | Far 2 Wild (Todd Morton and Chris Michaels) |
January 8, 1994 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 2 | Far 2 Wild wins rematch. | [5] |
64 | The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don (6)) |
January 10, 1994 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 4 | 13 | [5] | |
65 | Rock 'N Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) |
January 23, 1994 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 8 | [5][22] | |
66 | The Moondogs (Spot (11) and Rex) |
January 31, 1994 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 75 | [5] | |
— | Vacated | April 16, 1994 | — | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Held up after match against Billy Travis and Don Bass. | |
— | Vacated | April 18, 1994 | — | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Bass and Travis won rematch, however the titles were vacated. | |
67 | Brian Christopher (5) and Eddie Gilbert | April 23, 1994 | USWA show | Jonesboro, Arkansas | 1 | 9 | Defeated The Eliminators in tournament final. | |
68 | The Eliminators (Saturn and Kronus) |
May 2, 1994 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 42 | [5] | |
69 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) |
June 13, 1994 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 56 | [5] | |
— | Vacated | August 8, 1994 | — | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Held up after match against Dante and The Great Mephisto. | |
70 | Dante and The Great Mephisto | August 15, 1994 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | Won rematch. | [5][23] |
71 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) |
August 29, 1994 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 49 | [5] | |
72 | The Phantoms (Tragedy and Sorrow) |
October 17, 1994 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | [5] | |
73 | The Moondogs (Spot (12) and Rex (2)) |
October 24, 1994 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 21 | [5] | |
— | Vacated | November 14, 1994 | — | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Held up after match against Ron and Jim Harris. | |
74 | The Moondogs (Spot (13) and Rex (3)) |
November 21, 1994 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 35 | Won rematch. | [5] |
75 | Beauty and the Beast (Ron (5) and Jim Harris) |
December 26, 1994 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 0 | [5] | |
76 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) |
December 26, 1994 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 4 | 14 | [5] | |
77 | Tommy Rich and Doug Gilbert (3) | January 9, 1995 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 0 | [5] | |
78 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) |
January 9, 1995 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 5 | 5 | [5] | |
79 | Tommy Rich and Doug Gilbert (4) | January 14, 1995 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 58 | [5] | |
80 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) |
March 13, 1995 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 6 | 33 | [5] | |
81 | Brickhouse Brown (2) and The Gambler | April 15, 1995 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 16 | [5] | |
82 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) |
May 1, 1995 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 7 | 56 | [5] | |
— | Vacated | June 26, 1995 | — | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Held up after a match against the Rock 'N Roll Express. | |
83 | Rock 'N Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) |
July 3, 1995 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 7 | Won rematch. | [5][24] |
84 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) |
July 10, 1995 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 8 | 28 | [5] | |
85 | The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) |
August 7, 1995 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | [5] | |
— | Vacated | August 21, 1995 | — | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Held up and later vacated after a match against PG-13. | |
86 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) |
August 28, 1995 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 9 | 61 | Defeated Tracy Smothers and Terry Gordy in tournament final. | [5] |
87 | Tracy Smothers and Jesse James Armstrong | October 28, 1995 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 67 | [5] | |
88 | Tommy Rich and Doug Gilbert (5) | January 3, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 10 | [5] | |
89 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) |
January 13, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 10 | 32 | [5][25] | |
90 | Tracy Smothers and Jesse James Armstrong | February 14, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 3 | [5][26] | |
91 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) |
February 17, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 11 | 11 | [5][27] | |
92 | Tommy Rich and Doug Gilbert (6) | February 28, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 4 | 26 | [5] | |
93 | Cyberpunks (Fire and Ice) |
March 25, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 12 | 54 | PG-13 wearing masks | [5] |
94 | Jerry Lawler (5) and Bill Dundee | May 18, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | [lower-alpha 15] | [5] | |
— | Vacated | June 4, 1996 | — | — | — | — | Dundee lost a 30-day loser leaves town match. | |
95 | Flex Kavana and Bart Sawyer (2) | June 17, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | Defeated Brickhouse Brown and Reggie B. Fine in tournament final. | [5] |
96 | Jerry Lawler (6) and Bill Dundee | July 1, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 7 | [5][28] | |
97 | Flex Kavana and Bart Sawyer (3) | July 8, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 7 | [5] | |
98 | Brickhouse Brown (3) and Reggie B. Fine | July 15, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 31 | [5] | |
99 | The Moondogs (Spot (14) and Rover) |
August 5, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 29 | [5] | |
100 | Bill Dundee (3) and Jamie Dundee (13) | September 3, 1996 | USWA show | Louisville, Kentucky | 1 | 70 | [5][16][6] | |
— | Vacated | October 12, 1996 | — | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Held up after a match against Brian Christopher and Wolfie D. | |
101 | Brian Christopher (6) and Wolfie D (13) | October 21, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 19 | Won rematch. | [6] |
102 | The Harris Brothers (Ron (6) and Don (7)) |
November 9, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 5 | 14 | [6] | |
103 | Flash Flanagan and Steven Dunn (5) | November 23, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 34 | [6][29] | |
— | Vacated | December 27, 1996 | — | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Held up after a match against Mike Samples and Vic the Bruiser. | |
104 | Flash Flanagan and Steven Dunn (6) | January 9, 1997 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 11 | Defeated Mike Samples and Sir Mo. | [6] |
105 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice (14) and Wolfie D (14)) |
January 18, 1997 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 13 | 42 | [6] | |
106 | Billy Travis and Flash Flanagan (3) | March 1, 1997 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | [6] | |
107 | The Truth Commission (Recon and Interrogator) |
March 22, 1997 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | [6][21] | |
108 | Billy Travis and Flash Flanagan (4) | March 29, 1997 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 14 | [6] | |
109 | The Shooting Stars (Troy Haste and Jerry Faith) |
April 12, 1997 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | [6] | |
110 | The Truth Commission (Recon and Interrogator) |
April 19, 1997 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 25 | [6] | |
111 | Steven Dunn (7) and Paul Diamond | May 14, 1997 | USWA show | West Helena, Arkansas | 1 | 14 | [6] | |
112 | The Truth Commission (Recon and Interrogator) |
May 28, 1997 | USWA show | West Helena, Arkansas | 3 | 17 | [6][30] | |
113 | Flash Flanagan (5) and Nick Dinsmore | June 14, 1997 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 0 | [6] | |
— | Vacated | June 14, 1997 | — | Memphis, Tennessee | — | — | Defeated Recon and Tank (substituting for Sniper), however the titles were declared vacant because a substitute cannot defend. | |
114 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice (15) and Wolfie D (15)) |
July 13, 1997 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 14 | 36 | Defeated Flash Flanagan and Steven Dunn. | [6] |
115 | Flash Flanagan (6) and Steven Dunn (8) | August 8, 1997 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 23 | [6] | |
116 | PG-13 (J. C. Ice (16) and Wolfie D (16)) |
August 31, 1997 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 15 | [lower-alpha 16] | [6] | |
— | Deactivated | November 2, 1997 | — | — | — | — | The titles were abandoned when the USWA closed. |
Team reigns by combined length
¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | PG-13 / Cyberpunks (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) | 15 | 541¤ |
2 | The Moondogs (Spot and Spike) | 3 | 216¤ |
3 | Jeff Jarrett and Robert Fuller | 3 | 159 |
4 | The Moondogs (Spot and Rex) | 3 | 131 |
5 | Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Lawler | 4 | 125 |
6 | Tommy Rich and Doug Gilbert | 4 | 94 |
7 | The Southern Rockers (Rex King and Steve Doll) | 3 | 90 |
9 | Tony Anthony and Doug Gilbert | 2 | 79 |
9 | The Moondogs (Spot and Cujo) | 3 | 71¤ |
10 | Bill Dundee and Jamie Dundee | 1 | 70 |
Robert Fuller and Brian Lee | 2 | 70 | |
Simply Devine (Rex King and Steve Doll) | 1 | 70 | |
Tracy Smothers and Jesse James Armstrong | 2 | 70 | |
14 | Flash Flanagan and Steven Dunn | 3 | 68 |
Jeff Jarrett and Matt Borne | 2 | 68¤ | |
16 | Texas Outlaws / Barrom Brawlers / Dog Catchers (Bonecrusher and Crowbar) | 2 | 58 |
17 | The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don) | 5 | 56 |
18 | Rex King and Joey Maggs | 1 | 49 |
The Moondogs (Spot and Splat) | 4 | 49 | |
The Truth Commission (Recon and Interrogator) | 3 | 49 | |
21 | The Texas Hangmen (Killer and Psycho) | 1 | 48 |
22 | The Eliminators (Saturn and Kronus) | 1 | 42 |
23 | Brickhouse Brown and Reggie B. Fine | 1 | 31 |
24 | The Moondogs (Spot and Rover) | 1 | 29 |
25 | C.W. Bergstrom and Melvin Penrod, Jr. | 1 | 28 |
26 | Jeff Jarrett and Brian Christopher | 2 | 26 |
Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Gaylord | 2 | 26 | |
28 | Billy Travis and Flash Flanagan | 2 | 25 |
29 | Brian Lee and Don Harris | 2 | 23 |
The Uptown Posse (Brickhouse Brown and Sweet Daddy Falcone) | 1 | 23 | |
31 | Doug Masters and Bart Sawyer | 1 | 21 |
Far 2 Wild (Todd Morton and Chris Michaels) | 2 | 21 | |
Flex Kavana and Bart Sawyer | 2 | 21 | |
Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee | 2 | 21 | |
The Dirty White Boys (Tony Anthony and Tom Burton) | 1 | 21 | |
The Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane and Steve Keirn) | 1 | 21 | |
The Moondogs (Spike and Cujo) | 2 | 21 | |
38 | Brian Christopher and Wolfie D (13) | 1 | 19 |
39 | Brickhouse Brown and The Gambler | 1 | 16 |
40 | Dante and The Great Mephisto | 1 | 14 |
New Jack and Homeboy | 1 | 14 | |
Rock 'N Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) | 2 | 14 | |
Steven Dunn and Paul Diamond | 1 | 14 | |
The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) | 1 | 14 | |
45 | Moondog Spike and Mike Anthony | 1 | 12 |
46 | Brian Christopher and Eddie Gilbert | 1 | 9 |
The War Machines | 1 | 9 | |
48 | Brian Christopher and Big Black Dog | 1 | 7 |
Brian Christopher and Scotty Flamingo | 1 | 7 | |
Cactus Jack and Scott Braddock | 1 | 7 | |
Jeff Gaylord and Mike Anthony | 1 | 7 | |
Koko B. Ware and Rex Hargrove | 1 | 7 | |
Sheik Braddock and Ron Starr | 1 | 7 | |
The Phantoms (Tragedy and Sorrow) | 1 | 7 | |
The Shooting Stars (Troy Haste and Jerry Faith) | 1 | 7 | |
56 | Robert Fuller and Mike Mitchell | 1 | 5 |
57 | Beauty and the Beast (Ron and Jim Harris) | 1 | 0 |
Flash Flanagan and Nick Dinsmore | 1 | 0 |
Individual reigns by combined length
¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | J. C. Ice | 16 | 611¤ |
2 | Wolfie D | 16 | 560¤ |
4 | Moondog Spot | 14 | 496¤ |
5 | Jeff Jarrett | 13 | 404¤ |
6 | Spike | 6 | 249 |
7 | Steven Dunn / Steve Doll | 8 | 242 |
8 | Robert Fuller | 6 | 234 |
9 | Rex King | 5 | 209 |
10 | Doug Gilbert | 6 | 173 |
11 | Jerry Lawler | 6 | 146 |
12 | Rex | 3 | 131 |
13 | Tony Anthony | 3 | 100 |
14 | Tommy Rich | 4 | 94 |
15 | Brian Lee | 4 | 93 |
Flash Flanagan | 6 | 93 | |
17 | Moondog Cujo | 5 | 92¤ |
18 | Bill Dundee | 3 | 91 |
19 | Don Harris | 7 | 79 |
20 | Brickhouse Brown | 3 | 70 |
Jesse James Armstrong | 2 | 70 | |
Tracy Smothers | 2 | 70 | |
23 | Brian Christopher | 6 | 68 |
Matt Borne | 2 | 68¤ | |
25 | Bonecrusher | 2 | 58 |
Crowbar | 2 | 58 | |
27 | Ron Harris | 6 | 56 |
28 | Interrogator | 3 | 49 |
Joey Maggs | 1 | 49 | |
Recon | 3 | 49 | |
Moondog Splat | 4 | 49 | |
32 | Killer | 1 | 48 |
Psycho | 1 | 48 | |
34 | Kronus | 1 | 42 |
Saturn | 1 | 42 | |
36 | Bart Sawyer | 3 | 41 |
37 | Jeff Gaylord | 3 | 33 |
38 | Reggie B. Fine | 1 | 31 |
39 | Moondog Rover | 1 | 29 |
40 | C.W. Bergstrom | 1 | 28 |
Melvin Penrod Jr. | 1 | 28 | |
42 | Billy Travis | 2 | 25 |
43 | Sweet Daddy Falcone | 1 | 23 |
44 | Chris Michaels | 2 | 21 |
Doug Masters | 1 | 21 | |
Flex Kavana | 2 | 21 | |
Stan Lane | 1 | 21 | |
Steve Keirn | 1 | 21 | |
Todd Morton | 2 | 21 | |
Tom Burton | 1 | 21 | |
51 | The Gambler | 1 | 16 |
52 | Dante | 1 | 14 |
The Great Mephisto | 1 | 14 | |
Homeboy | 1 | 14 | |
Jimmy Del Ray | 1 | 14 | |
New Jack | 1 | 14 | |
Paul Diamond | 1 | 14 | |
Ricky Morton | 2 | 14 | |
Robert Gibson | 2 | 14 | |
Scott Braddock / Sheik Braddock | 2 | 14 | |
Tom Prichard | 1 | 14 | |
61 | Eddie Gilbert | 1 | 9 |
War Machine I | 1 | 9 | |
War Machine II | 1 | 9 | |
64 | Big Black Dog | 1 | 7 |
Cactus Jack | 1 | 7 | |
Jerry Faith | 1 | 7 | |
Koko B. Ware | 1 | 7 | |
Mark Starr | 1 | 7 | |
Mike Anthony | 1 | 7 | |
Rex Hargrove | 1 | 7 | |
Scotty Flamingo | 1 | 7 | |
Sorrow | 1 | 7 | |
Tragedy | 1 | 7 | |
Troy Haste | 1 | 7 | |
74 | Mike Mitchell | 1 | 5 |
75 | Jim Harris | 1 | 0 |
Nick Dinsmore | 1 | 0 |
USWA Tag Team Championship Tournament (1989)
The USWA Tag Team Tournament was a one-night single elimination tag team tournament held in Dallas, Texas on December 1, 1989, for the vacant USWA World Tag Team Championship.[13]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
P.Y. Chu-Hi and Buddy Landel | ||||||||||||||
Jimmy Jack Funk and Dustin Rhodes | ||||||||||||||
Jimmy Jack Funk and Dustin Rhodes | ||||||||||||||
Robert Fuller and Brian Lee | ||||||||||||||
Robert Fuller and Brian Lee | ||||||||||||||
Kerry Von Erich and Bill Dundee | ||||||||||||||
Robert Fuller and Brian Lee | ||||||||||||||
Matt Borne and Jeff Jarrett | ||||||||||||||
Chris Adams and Eric Embry | ||||||||||||||
Gary Young and Billy Joe Travis | ||||||||||||||
Gary Young and Billy Joe Travis | ||||||||||||||
Matt Borne and Jeff Jarrett | ||||||||||||||
Matt Borne and Jeff Jarrett | ||||||||||||||
Sheik Braddock and The Punisher |
Footnotes
- Duncan & Will (2000) pp. 271–273 Chapter: "Texas: WCWA World Tag Team Title [Von Erich]" [2]
- Duncan & Will (2000) pp. 203–204 Chapter: "(Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: CWA Tag Team Title [Lawler, Jarrett]" [3]
- Duncan & Will (2000) pp. 200–202 Chapter: "(Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title" [Lawler, Jarrett][4]
- Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201 "Moondogs [2] 1992/04" [5]
- Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201 "Jimmy Harris & Ron Harris 1994/12/26 Memphis, TN - PG-13 [4] 1994/12/26 Memphis, TN" [5]
- Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201 "Tommy Rich & Doug Gilbert 1995/01/09 Memphis, TN - PG-13 [5] 1995/01/09 Memphis, TN" [5]
- Duncan & Will (2000) p. 202 "Moondogs [2] 1992/04" [6]
- Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"[7]
- Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart"[8]
- Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson"[9]
- Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[5]
- The exact date the championship was vacated has not been documented, which means that the reign lasted between 33 and 62 days.
- The exact date that the Cujo replaced Spike is uncertain, which means that this version of the Moondogs held the championship between 123 and 152 days.
- The exact date that the Cujo replaced Spike is uncertain, which means that this version of the Moondogs held the championship between 60 and 89 days.
- The exact date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 14 and 29 days.
- The exact date that the championship was abandoned has not been documented, which means that this title reign lasted between 62 and 91 days.
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