British Open Tag Team Championship
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The British Tag Team Championship is the top tag team
championship
contested for throughout the British wrestling
circuit. It is currently being contested for in Brian Dixon's All Star Promotions.
Many versions of the British Tag Team Titles exist in the independent circuit
of the United Kingdom
at any given time but the scene is usually dominated by one companies version. When another company becomes dominant the title often manages to unify itself or is brought into that company.
defeated the UK Dream Team (Kid Cool and Dean "2 Xtreme" Allmark
) on 25 February 2006 in Staffordshire to win the titles and were defended as recently as April 2009.
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
championship
Championship (professional wrestling)
A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...
contested for throughout the British wrestling
Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom
Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom spans over 100 years but became popular when the then new Independent Television station - ITV began showing it in 1955 firstly on Saturday afternoons and then also in a late night mid week slot...
circuit. It is currently being contested for in Brian Dixon's All Star Promotions.
Many versions of the British Tag Team Titles exist in the independent circuit
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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at any given time but the scene is usually dominated by one companies version. When another company becomes dominant the title often manages to unify itself or is brought into that company.
Current champions
"Chippendale" Mikey Whiplash and new partner, Robbie DynamiteRobbie Dynamite
Robbie Dynamite is a British professional wrestler. He is the current and five-time British Mid-Heavyweight champion and has also held the British Open Tag Team Championship with Mikey Whiplash.-British Wrestling:...
defeated the UK Dream Team (Kid Cool and Dean "2 Xtreme" Allmark
Dean Allmark
Dean Allmark , is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in All-Star Promotions and his appearance in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
) on 25 February 2006 in Staffordshire to win the titles and were defended as recently as April 2009.
Title history
| Wrestlers: | Reigns: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
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| All Star Wrestling All Star Wrestling All Star Wrestling is a British Professional wrestling promotion also known as All Star Promotions, Superslam Wrestling and Big Time Wrestling and originally known as Wrestling Enterprises , run by Brian Dixon and based in Liverpool, England... |
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| King Ben & Kid McCoy | 1 | 1989 | ||
| The Superflys Ricky Knight & Jimmy Ocean |
1 | 29/03/1990 | Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007... |
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| Liverpool Lads Robbie Brookside Robbie Brookside Robert Edward Brooks , better known by his ring name Robbie Brookside, is a British professional wrestler. He has toured all over the world during his career including such countries as the United States, Japan, Germany, and Mexico... & "Doc" Dean Ian Dean Ian Dean is a retired professional wrestler, best known as Doc Dean.-Career:Dean made his debut at the age of 14 in 1984 for All Star Promotions. He later teamed up with Robbie Brookside to form The Liverpool Lads, a successful tag team in Britain... |
1 | 23/01/1991 | Bath | |
| Task Force Steve Prince & Vic Powers |
1 | 23/01/1993 | Norwich Norwich Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom... |
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| The Superflys Ricky Knight (2) & Jimmy Ocean (2) |
2 | 13/03/1993 | Norwich | |
| Liverpool Lads Robbie Brookside (2) & "Doc" Dean (2) |
2 | 31/03/1995 | Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880... |
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| The Superflys Ricky Knight (3) & Jimmy Ocean (3) |
3 | 1995 | ||
| Power Rangers (Red & Blue) |
1 | 15/06/1995 | Bristol | |
| Belts were vacated when the Power Rangers gimmick was dropped. | ||||
| Marty Jones Marty Jones Marty Jones is a retired English professional wrestler best known for his work in All Star Promotions throughout the 1980s and 90s. Jones was also responsible for training Darren Matthews. Jones was trained by Billy Robinson.... & Peter Collins |
1 | 01/02/1996 | Bristol | Defeat "Liverpool Lads" (Rob Brookside & "Doc" Dean) |
| Belts were vacated sometime later that year. | ||||
| The Superflys Ricky Knight (4) & Jimmy Ocean (4) |
4 | 1996 | ||
| Jimmy Ocean (5) & Canary Kid Hot Stuff - Songs :* "Hot Stuff" , a 2007 song by R&B singer Craig David from Trust Me* "Hot Stuff" from Bad Girls* "Hot Stuff ", a version of the Donna Summer song by the Pussycat Dolls, from PCD... |
1 | ??/08/1998 | Ocean defeats Ricky Knight in a singles match for the titles and chooses Kid as his partner. | |
| Title becomes inactive. | ||||
| The Wrestling Alliance | ||||
| The New Superflys Ricky Knight (5) & Roy Knight Roy Bevis Roy Bevis, better known by his ring name Zebra Kid is a British professional wrestler. Bevis is the son of the well-known wrestler-turned-promoter, Ricky Knight... |
1 | 2001 | ||
| Robbie Brookside (3) & Doug Williams Doug Williams (wrestler) Douglas Clayton Durdle is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Doug Williams. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Douglas Williams... |
1 | 02/02/2002 | Margate Margate -Demography:As of the 2001 UK census, Margate had a population of 40,386.The ethnicity of the town was 97.1% white, 1.0% mixed race, 0.5% black, 0.8% Asian, 0.6% Chinese or other ethnicity.... |
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| Title becomes inactive. | ||||
| All Star Wrestling All Star Wrestling All Star Wrestling is a British Professional wrestling promotion also known as All Star Promotions, Superslam Wrestling and Big Time Wrestling and originally known as Wrestling Enterprises , run by Brian Dixon and based in Liverpool, England... |
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| UK Dream Team Kid Cool & Dean "2 Xtreme" Allmark Dean Allmark Dean Allmark , is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in All-Star Promotions and his appearance in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling... |
1 | 07/06/2005 | Croydon Croydon Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross... |
Defeated "The Chippendales" Mikey Whiplash & Johnny Midnight to be recognized by All-Star. |
| Mikey Whiplash & Robbie Dynamite Robbie Dynamite Robbie Dynamite is a British professional wrestler. He is the current and five-time British Mid-Heavyweight champion and has also held the British Open Tag Team Championship with Mikey Whiplash.-British Wrestling:... |
1 | 25/02/2006 | Staffordshire Staffordshire Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders... |
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See also
- FWA British Tag Team Championship
- RBW British Tag Team ChampionshipRBW British Tag Team ChampionshipThe RBW British Tag Team Championship was one of the official British tag team titles; it was contested for in Revolution British Wrestling. However, the championship's origin was within the United Kingdom Wrestling Alliance, where it was known as the UKWA British Tag Team Championship...
- RQW/IPW:UK Unified British Tag Team Championship