NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Calgary version)
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The Calgary
version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship
was established in 1954 as the original top tag team championship in Stampede Wrestling
; it held that status until 1959, when the title was abandoned in favor of Stampede's then-newly created International Tag Team Championship.
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship
NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship
The NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship is an National Wrestling Alliance-sanctioned tag team professional wrestling championship based mainly in the Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling promotion, although the title has been contested for in the Canadian Wrestling Federation, NWA Green Mountain...
was established in 1954 as the original top tag team championship in Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling is a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta and was for nearly 50 years one of the main promotions in western Canada and the Canadian Prairies...
; it held that status until 1959, when the title was abandoned in favor of Stampede's then-newly created International Tag Team Championship.
Title history
| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Flying Scotts |
1 | 1954 | ||
| Chico Garcia and Roberto Pico | 1 | July 16, 1954 | ||
| The Flying Scotts |
2 | July 23, 1954 | ||
| Al and Tiny Mills Tiny Mills Henry Mittlestadt was a Canadian professional wrestler best known by his ring name, Tiny Mills. He often teamed with his brother Al Mills.-Career:... |
1 | August 31, 1954 | Edmonton, AB Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census... |
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| Tex McKenzie and Ilio DiPaolo Ilio DiPaolo Ilio DiPaolo , was an Italian professional wrestler and restaurateur who lived in the Buffalo, New York area.-Professional wrestling career:... |
1 | November 2, 1954 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Al and Tiny Mills | 2 | November 16, 1954 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Vacated | ||||
| Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff The Kalmikoffs The Kalmikoffs were a professional wrestling group of fictitious soviet brothers. It began as a tag team consisting of Ivan and Karol who were later joined by "brothers" Nikita and Stan ... |
1 | March 24, 1958 | Edmonton, AB | Defeated Guy and Joe Brunetti to win the vacant titles. |
| The Flying Scotts |
3 | 1958 | ||
| Chico(2) Garcia and Chet Wallick | 1 | January 13, 1959 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Mad Dog Maurice Vachon Maurice Vachon is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, best known by his ring name "Mad Dog" Vachon. He is the brother of wrestlers Paul and Vivian Vachon, and the uncle of wrestler Luna Vachon... and Butcher Vachon Paul Vachon Paul "Butcher" Vachon is a former professional wrestler. He is a member of the Vachon wrestling family.-Professional wrestling career:Paul Vachon grew up as one of thirteen children of Ferdinand Vachon, a Montreal police officer... |
1 | February 17, 1959 | Edmonton, AB | |
| The Flying Scotts |
4 | February 26, 1959 | ||
| Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon | 2 | March 1959 | ||
| Shag Thomas and Mighty Ursus | 1 | March 10, 1959 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Charro Azteca and Chet Wallick(2) | 1 | May 1959 | ||
| Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon | 3 | May 12, 1959 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Title abandoned | 1959 | Title abandoned and replaced with the Stampede International Tag Team Championship. | ||