EWF Tag Team Championship
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The EWF Tag Team Championship is the tag team
professional wrestling
title
in the Southern California
-based Empire Wrestling Federation
independent
promotion
. It was established in 1996, when John Black and Johnny Love, The Ghetto Boyz, were declared the first champions. There have been a total of 25 recognized champion teams who have had a combined 36 official reigns.
Tag team
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Championship (professional wrestling)
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in the Southern California
Southern California
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-based Empire Wrestling Federation
Empire Wrestling Federation
The Empire Wrestling Federation is an independent wrestling promotion based in San Bernardino, California. It is owned and operated by Jesse Hernandez). The EWF is also tied to Hernandez's wrestling school, The School Of Hard Knocks. The EWF is the longest running promotion in Southern California,...
independent
Independent circuit
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promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
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. It was established in 1996, when John Black and Johnny Love, The Ghetto Boyz, were declared the first champions. There have been a total of 25 recognized champion teams who have had a combined 36 official reigns.
Title history
| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| The Ghetto Boyz |
1 | December 6, 1996 | San Bernardino, California San Bernardino, California San Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States... |
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| Cruising With Danger |
1 | April 16, 1997 | San Bernardino, California | |
| The title was vacated on October 10, 1997. | ||||
| Johnny Love and Eddie Williams | 1 | March 15, 1998 | Hemet, California Hemet, California Hemet is a city in the San Jacinto Valley in Riverside County, California, United States. It covers a total area of , about half of the valley, which it shares with the neighboring city of San Jacinto. The population was 78,657 at the 2010 census.... |
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| The Wrecking Crew |
1 | August 2, 1998 | Rialto, California Rialto, California -2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Rialto had a population of 99,171. The population density was 4,434.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Rialto was 43,592 White, 16,236 African American, 1,062 Native American, 2,258 Asian, 361 Pacific Islander, 30,993 from other... |
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| Knightmare and Krazy K.C. | 1 | November 8, 1998 | Lancaster, California Lancaster, California Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the high desert, near the Kern County line. Lancaster currently ranks as the 30th largest city in California, and the 148th largest city in the United States. Lancaster is the principal city within the Antelope Valley... |
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| The Wrecking Crew | 2 | December 13, 1998 | San Jacinto, California San Jacinto, California San Jacinto is a city in Riverside County, California, U.S.A. It was named after Saint Hyacinth and is located at the north end of the San Jacinto Valley, with Hemet to its south. The mountains associated with the valley are the San Jacinto Mountains. The population was 44,199 at the 2010... |
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| Bad Influence |
1 | April 17, 1999 | Colton, California Colton, California Colton is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The city is located in the Inland Empire region of the state and is approximately 57 miles east of Los Angeles. The population of Colton is 52,154 according to the 2010 census, up from 47,662 at the 2000 census.Colton is the... |
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| The title were vacated on July 18, 1997 when Galaxy was injured. | ||||
| Los Cubanitos Havana Pitbulls The Havana Pitbulls were a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Rocky Romero and Ricky Reyes. Working most notably for Ring of Honor as a member of The Rottweilers, they have also worked for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Empire Wrestling Federation, Ultimate Pro Wrestling, and Liberty States... |
1 | September 6, 1999 | Colton, California | |
| Los Cubanitos were stripped of the title on December 4, 1999. | ||||
| Red Tornado and Sun Warrior | 1 | February 26, 2000 | Parker, Arizona Parker, Arizona Parker is a town in and the county seat of La Paz County, Arizona, United States, on the Colorado River in Parker Valley. The population was 3,140 at the 2000 census.-History:... |
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| The title were vacated on April 8, 2000 when Sun Warrior left the promotion. | ||||
| Aggravated Assault |
1 | June 25, 2000 | San Bernardino, California | |
| Los Cubanitos | 2 | April 29, 2001 | San Bernardino, California | |
| Aggravated Assault | 2 | June 14, 2001 | Pahrump, Nevada Pahrump, Nevada -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 24,631 people, 10,153 households, and 7,127 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 82.7 people per square mile . There were 11,651 housing units at an average density of 39.1 per square mile... |
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| Los Cubanitos | 3 | February 16, 2002 | San Bernardino, California | |
| Los Cubanitos were stripped of the title on July 1, 2002 for injuring their opponents. | ||||
| Threat & Desire Shelly Martinez Shelly Leonor Martinez is a Mexican American model, actress, professional wrestler and valet. She is known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand under the ring name Ariel and for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Salinas as valet to The Latin American... |
1 | July 19, 2002 | Covina, California | |
| P.H.A.T. |
1 | August 16, 2002 | Covina, California | |
| The Haystacks Brothers |
1 | November 15, 2002 | Covina, California | |
| Bo Cooper and Jason King | 1 | January 24, 2003 | Covina, California | |
| Los Chivos |
1 | May 25, 2003 | Covina, California | |
| The Havana Pitbulls Havana Pitbulls The Havana Pitbulls were a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Rocky Romero and Ricky Reyes. Working most notably for Ring of Honor as a member of The Rottweilers, they have also worked for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Empire Wrestling Federation, Ultimate Pro Wrestling, and Liberty States... |
4 | September 26, 2003 | ||
| The West Coast Ryders |
4 | January 23, 2004 | Covina, California | |
| Bino Gambino Bino Gambino Daniel Greenberg is an American former professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Bino Bambino. He is best known for his tenure in Empire Wrestling Federation, and has worked for several independent wrestling promotions on the west coast of the United States, most notably for Pro... and Rudy Luna |
1 | April 23, 2004 | Covina, California | |
| Los Chivos | 2 | July 23, 2004 | Covina, California | |
| The Havana Pitbulls | 5 | April 22, 2005 | ||
| Los Cubanitos were stripped of the title on May 25, 2005. | ||||
| Los Chivos | 3 | July 22, 2005 | Covina, California | |
| Dan Kobrick and Guerrero Negro | 1 | November 25, 2005 | Covina, California | |
| Los Chivos | 4 | December 23, 2005 | Covina, California | |
| La Ola del Mal |
1 | August 11, 2006 | Covina, California | |
| The Iron Express |
1 | September 8, 2006 | Covina, California | |
| TNT |
1 | April 27, 2007 | Covina, California | |
| Aggravated Assault | 3 | August 24, 2007 | Covina, California | |
| La Ola del Mal | 2 | November 11, 2007 | San Bernardino, California | |
| Famous for Fearless |
1 | June 27, 2008 | Covina, California | |
| The Young Bucks The Young Bucks The Young Bucks is an American professional wrestling tag team, consisting of real life brothers Matt and Nick Massie from Southern California... |
1 | January 10, 2009 | Covina, California | |
| The A-List |
1 | June 26, 2009 | Covina, California | |
| SoCal Crazy & Espiritu Infernal | 1 | December 27, 2009 | Rowland Heights, California | |
| Anchors Away | 1 | April 23, 2009 | Covina, California | |
| SoCal Crazy & Espiritu Infernal | 2 | May 21, 2010 | Covina, California | |
| Los Luchas Los Luchas Los Luchas is a Mexican professional wrestling tag team that consists of Phoenix Star and Zokre. They are best known for their reign as NWA World Tag Team Champions and their tenure in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .-History:... |
1 | September 3, 2010 | Covina, California | |
| The Family |
1 | September 23, 2011 | Covina, California | |