NWA Central States Tag Team Championship
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The NWA Central States Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team championship for the Heart of America Sports Attractions / Central States Wrestling
promotion from 1979 until the promotion ceased to exist in 1988. The Central States Tag Team Championship had originally existed for a brief period of time in 1961, but its glory days date from 1979 to 1988, where it replaced the Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship
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Heart of America Sports Attractions
Heart of America Sports Attractions, also known as the Midwest Wrestling Association, Central States Wrestling and the World Wrestling Alliance, was an American professional wrestling promotion that ran shows mainly in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa...
promotion from 1979 until the promotion ceased to exist in 1988. The Central States Tag Team Championship had originally existed for a brief period of time in 1961, but its glory days date from 1979 to 1988, where it replaced the Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Central States version)
The Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1958 to 1960, 1962 to 1963 and then from 1973 until 1979 which was promoted by Central States Wrestling...
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Title History (1961)
| Wrestler: | Reigns Together: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Medics (#1 & #2) |
1 | 61/01/19 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bulldog Austin & Tarzan Kowalski | 1 | 1961 | ||
| Bulldog Austin & Don McClarity | 1 | May, 1961 | ||
| Sonny Myers & Bobby Graham | 1 | July 1961 | Kansas City, KS | |
Title History (1979–1988)
| Wrestler: | Reigns Together: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan St. John & Randy Alls Randy Rose "Ravishing" Randy Rose is a professional wrestler.-Career:Randy Rose competed in 1981 in Alabama's Southeast Championship Wrestling and formed The Midnight Express with Dennis Condrey and Norvell Austin. They dominated the tag team scene there until Condrey signed with Mid-South Wrestling in 1984... |
1 | February 26, 1979 | Wichita, KS | |
| Jerry Brown & Hartford Love | 1 | March 1979 | ||
| Bryan St. John & Bill Irwin Barney Irwin Barney William Irwin is a professional wrestler best known as Bill Irwin.-Professional wrestling career:Bill Irwin started wrestling in 1979 in the National Wrestling Alliance's Central States territory and in World Class Championship Wrestling... |
1 | May 17, 1979 | Wichita, KS | |
| Vacant | 1979 | |||
| Jerry Brown & The Turk | 1 | July 12, 1979 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown Bob Brown (wrestler) Robert Harold Brown was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Bulldog" Bob Brown.- Early life :... & Gama Singh Gadowar Singh Sahota Gadowar Singh Sahota is a professional wrestler known as Gama Singh. Sahota eventually wound up in Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling in Calgary. Sahota worked Kuwait, Dubai, Oman, Australia, and Hawaii for Vince McMahon and the WWF from 1980-86... |
1 | August 11, 1979 | Des Moines, IA | |
| Vacant | 1979. | |||
| Bruiser Brody Frank Goodish Frank Donald Goodish was an American professional wrestler who earned his greatest fame under the name Bruiser Brody. Goodish was an All-State football and basketball player at Warren High School, Michigan, and played football at West Texas A&M University... & Ernie Ladd Ernie Ladd Ernest "Ernie" Ladd , nicknamed "The Big Cat" was an American collegiate and professional football player and a professional wrestler.-Pro Football career:... |
1 | February 3, 1980 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown & Dick Murdoch Dick Murdoch Hoyt Richard "Dick" Murdoch was an American professional wrestler.-Professional wrestling career:A second-generation wrestler, the son of 1950s Texas wrestler Frankie Hill Murdoch, Dick Murdoch grew up with fellow second-generation wrestlers Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk, watching their fathers... |
1 | March 20, 1980 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Takachiho Akihisa Mera Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera , better known as The Great Kabuki, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He was famous for being the first to blow "Asian mist" in his opponents' faces.-Professional wrestling career:... & Pak Song |
1 | 80/04/17 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown & Pat O'Connor Pat O'Connor (wrestler) Patrick John "Pat" O'Connor , was a professional wrestler from New Zealand. O'Connor was regarded as one of the premier workers of his era... |
1 | June 18, 1980 | Des Moines, IA | |
| Takachiho & Killer Karl Kox Herb Gerwig Herb Gerwig was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name of Killer Karl Kox, who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance as well as international promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling, the International Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling during the... |
1 | June 21, 1980 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown & Rufus R. Jones Carey Lloyd Carey L. Lloyd , also known by his ring name Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones, was an American professional wrestler who competed in the Central States and Mid-Atlantic regional promotions as well as the American Wrestling Association and the National Wrestling Alliance during the 1970s and... |
1 | August 14, 1980 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Mike George & Bob Sweetan | 1 | October 30, 1980 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Jerry Roberts Jacques Rougeau Jacques Rougeau Jr. is a retired French-Canadian professional wrestler from Saint-Sulpice, Quebec, best known for his appearances in the 1980s and 1990s with the World Wrestling Federation under his own name, and as The Mountie. Rougeau has held fifteen championships during his career... & Bruce Reed Butch Reed Butch Reed is an American professional wrestler best known for his stints in the World Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance/World Championship Wrestling.-Career:... |
1 | 1980 | ||
| The Kelly Twins (Pat & Mike) |
1 | January 1981 | ||
| Bob Brown & Terry Taylor Terry Taylor Terry Taylor , is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation... |
1 | April 9, 1981 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Vacant | 1981 | |||
| Bob Sweetan & Terry Gibbs | 1 | June 6 ]], 1981 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Buzz Tyler & James J. Dillon James J. Dillon James J. "J.J." Dillon is a retired American professional wrestler and manager.He is best known for being the strategic leader of the original Four Horsemen that consisted of Nature Boy Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Arn and Ole Anderson. He is most remembered as a manager in pro wrestling... |
1 | August 27, 1981 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Rufus R. Jones & Dewey Robertson Dewey Robertson Byron James John "Dewey" Robertson was a professional wrestler, known best for his ring name The Missing Link.... |
1 | October 1981 | ||
| Jerry Brown & Ron McFarlane | 1 | 1981 | ||
| Ricky Romero & "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert | 1 | January 14, 1982 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Roger Kirby & Jerry Valiant | 1 | January 25, 1982 | Wichita, KS | |
| Dewey Robertson & Steve Regal Steve Regal Steve Regal is a former professional wrestler, better known as "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal, who competed in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance and the American Wrestling Association during the early 1970s and 1980s.-Professional wrestling career:Born in Ft... |
1 | March 1982 | ||
| Roger Kirby & Jerry Valiant | 2 | March 25, 1982 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Dewey Robertson & Steve Regal | 2 | March 1982 | ||
| Roger Kirby & Jerry Brown | 1 | May 1982 | ||
| Mike George & Mark Romero Mark Youngblood Mark Romero is a retired American second generation professional wrestler better known by his ring name Mark Youngblood.-Career:... |
1 | June 3, 1982 | Kansas City, KS. | |
| Dewey Robertson & Hercules Hernandez Ray Fernandez Raymond Fernandez was a professional wrestler who primarily wrestled in Florida and Texas before joining the World Wrestling Federation. He was best known by the ring name Hercules Hernandez or simply Hercules... |
1 | August 1982 | ||
| Mike George & Mark Romero | 2 | August 19, 1982 | Kansas City, KS. | |
| Dewey Robertson & Hercules Hernandez | 2 | September 30, 1982 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown & Buzz Tyler | 1 | November 21, 1982 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Yasu Fuji & Kim Duk | 1 | March 3, 1983 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Vacant | May 1983 | |||
| Bob Brown & Buzz Tyler | 2 | May 26, 1983 | Kansas City, KS | |
| The Sheiks (Roger Kirby & Abdullah the Great) |
1 | July 28, 1983 | ||
| George Wells George Wells (wrestler) George Wells or Welles is a retired American professional wrestler and Canadian Football League football player who competed in North American regional promotions during the early 1970s and 1980s including the Continental Wrestling Association, Pacific Northwest Wrestling, Stampede Wrestling, the... & Ron Ritchie |
1 | August, 1983 | ||
| The Sheiks (Roger Kirby & Abdullah the Great) |
2 | August 1983 | ||
| Bob Brown & Buzz Tyler | 3 | September 22, 1983 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Vacant | December, 1983 | |||
| The Grapplers (Len Denton Len Denton Len Denton is a semi-retired professional wrestler, best known by his ring name The Grappler.While wrestling as The Grappler in Pacific Northwest Wrestling , his gimmick was a loaded boot, and later a loaded mask, which he had started wearing earlier in his career after losing a hair match and... & Tony Anthony Tony Anthony Darrell W. "Tony" Anthony is a semi-retired American professional wrestler best known as Dirty White Boy, who wrestled primarily for independent promotions in the Southeastern United States... ) |
# | March 29, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Jerry Oates & Ted Oates | 2 | April 5, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
| The Grapplers (Len Denton & Tony Anthony) |
1 | April 12, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
| The Uptown Boys (Marty Jannetty Marty Jannetty Frederick Marty Jannetty is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation as part of tag team The Rockers with partner Shawn Michaels, and later as a singles competitor. While in the WWF, he became a one time Intercontinental Champion and a one time... & Tommy Rogers Tommy Lee Jones (wrestler) Tommy Lee Jones was a professional wrestler. He was best known for wrestling in southern United States wrestling promotions as Tommy Lane, one-half of the "Rock 'n' Roll RPMs" with Mike Davis.-Early career:... ) |
1 | June 21, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
| The Grapplers (Len Denton & Tony Anthony) |
2 | July 26, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
| The Uptown Boys (Marty Jannetty & Tommy Rogers) |
2 | August 23, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Mr. Pogo Tetsuo Sekigawa Tetsuo Sekigawa is a Japanese professional wrestler who is very well known for his hardcore matches, competing in his most popular gimmick, Mr. Pogo.-Early years :... & Gypsy Joe Gilberto Melendez Gilberto Melendez is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler better known under the ring name Gypsy Joe. Currently he wrestles for the Southern Wrestling Federation in Tullahoma, Tennessee.-Professional wrestling career:... |
1 | October 11, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown & Marty Jannetty | 1 | December 9, 1984 | Des Moines, IA | |
| Vacant | August 15, 1985 | |||
| The Batten Twins (Brad & Bart) |
1 | November 21, 1985 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Vacant | February 20, 1986 | |||
| The Batten Twins (Brad & Bart) |
2 | May 1986 | ||
| The Midnight Rockers The Rockers The Rockers were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty that teamed from 1985 to 1992. The team worked for Central States Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, Continental Wrestling Federation, Continental Wrestling Association and the World... (Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels Shawn Michaels Michael Shawn Hickenbottom , better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American television host and retired professional wrestler. He presents the Outdoor Channel show MacMillan River Adventures, and is currently signed to WWE, where he has served in an ambassadorial role since December... ) |
1 | May 15, 1986 | Kansas City, KS | |
| The Batten Twins (Brad & Bart) |
3 | May 22, 1986 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Hacksaw Higgins & J.R. Hogg | 1 | May 29, 1986 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Rufus R. Jones & Mike George | 1 | June 15, 1986 | Sedalia, MO | |
| Bobby Jaggers & Moondog Moretti | 1 | June 26, 1986 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Joe Lightfoot & Billy Two Eagles | 1 | July 31, 1986 | Kansas City, KS | |
| The Thunderfoots (Joel Deaton Joseph Jones (wrestler) Joel Lofton Jones better known as Joel Deaton is a professional wrestler. He is most noticed for being one of the members of a tag team in Jim Crockett Promotions known as the Thunderfoots. He was the original Thunderfoot. He was briefly engaged to Delta Burke in early 1987.-Career:Joel Jones was... & Dave Deaton) |
1 | September 11, 1986 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Todd Champion Todd Bradford Todd Bradford is a former professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Todd Champion. He competed in the Southeastern United States, winning titles in several promotions, including World Championship Wrestling .... & Dave Peterson David Peterson (wrestler) David W. Peterson was an American professional wrestler, known by his ringname D.J. Peterson, who competed in North American regional promotions during the 1980s in the Universal Wrestling Federation, the National Wrestling Alliance and the American Wrestling Association during its final days,... |
1 | November 7, 1986 | Kansas City, KS | |
| The MOD Squad The Mod Squad The Mod Squad is a television series that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. This series starred Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III, and Tige Andrews... (Basher & Spike) |
1 | January 2, 1987 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Rick McCord & Bart Batten | 1 | February 27, 1987 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Vacant | ||||
| Porkchop Cash & Ken Timbs Ken Timbs Ken Timbs was an American professional wrestler who, with longtime tag team partner Eric Embry, competed as one half of the Fabulous Blondes in several regional territories including Southwest Championship Wrestling and International World Class Championship Wrestling during the early... |
1 | April 10, 1987 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Vacant | May 1987 | |||
| The Warlord Terry Szopinski Terry Scott Szopinski is an American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name The Warlord and for his tenures in Jim Crockett Promotions and the World Wrestling Federation as one half of the Powers of Pain alongside The Barbarian.-National Wrestling Alliance / Jim Crockett... & Karl Kovac |
1 | June 8, 1987 | Wichita, KS | |
| Brad Batten & Bobby Jaggers | 1 | June 1987 | ||
| The Batten Twins (Brad & Bart) |
4 | August 6, 1987 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Porkchop Cash & Rick McCord | 1 | November 9, 1987 | Versailles, MO | |
| the Montana Cowboys (Mike Stone & Rick Patterson) |
1 | November 26, 1987 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Vacant | January 1988 | |||
| Bob Brown & Cuban Assassin Angel Acevedo Angel Acevedo is an American filmmaker.-Biography:Acevedo attended Hofstra University where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Film Studies and Production and won Best Screenplay for his thesis film Cheesecake... |
1 | February 6, 1988 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Rick Patterson & Stevie Ray | 1 | March 17, 1988 | Kansas City, KS | |
Promotion withdraws from NWA and closes in 1988. |
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See also
- National Wrestling AllianceNational Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
- Central States WrestlingHeart of America Sports AttractionsHeart of America Sports Attractions, also known as the Midwest Wrestling Association, Central States Wrestling and the World Wrestling Alliance, was an American professional wrestling promotion that ran shows mainly in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa...