NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship
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The NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship was the main tag team championship in Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling
or NWA Gulf Coast. The Gulf Coast tag team championship is the successor for GCCW's version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship that was promoted in the Tennessee
, Alabama
, Florida
and Mississippi
region from 1955 until 1967 where it was replaced by the "NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship. The Gulf Coast Tag Team championship was promoted from 1967 until 1978 where Southeast Championship Wrestling
took control of the title renaming in back to the "NWA Southern Tag Team Championship" and promoted it in its "Southern Division" in 1978 and 1979. In 1980 the Southern Division was abandoned and the Northern Division of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship became the main title of SECW.
means "No later than"
The following teams are also credited with holding the NWA Southern Tag Team championship but no specific time period has been documented.
Continental Championship Wrestling
Continental Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based out of Knoxville, Tennessee from 1974 until 1988 and Dothan, Alabama from 1978 to 1990, managed by Ron Fuller. When Fuller sold the promotion to David Woods, it changed name to the Continental Wrestling Federation...
or NWA Gulf Coast. The Gulf Coast tag team championship is the successor for GCCW's version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship that was promoted in the Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
and Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
region from 1955 until 1967 where it was replaced by the "NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship. The Gulf Coast Tag Team championship was promoted from 1967 until 1978 where Southeast Championship Wrestling
Continental Championship Wrestling
Continental Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based out of Knoxville, Tennessee from 1974 until 1988 and Dothan, Alabama from 1978 to 1990, managed by Ron Fuller. When Fuller sold the promotion to David Woods, it changed name to the Continental Wrestling Federation...
took control of the title renaming in back to the "NWA Southern Tag Team Championship" and promoted it in its "Southern Division" in 1978 and 1979. In 1980 the Southern Division was abandoned and the Northern Division of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship became the main title of SECW.
Title history
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NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast Version)
Wrestlers: | Together: | Date: | Location: | Notes: | |
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NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast Version) | |||||
Lee Fields and Herb Welch | 1 | January 4, 1955 | Mobile, AL | ||
Red Roberts and Mario Galento | 1 | February 8, 1955 | Mobile, AL | ||
Jack Curtis and George Curtis | 1 | May 24, 1955 | Mobile, AL | ||
Red Roberts and Mario Galento | 2 | July 5, 1955 | Mobile, AL | ||
Don Fields and Lee Fields | 1 | November 16, 1955 | Mobile, AL | ||
Tennessee/Mid-America version is defended between 56 and 59. | |||||
John Smith and Tosh Togo | 1 | October 28, 1959 | Mobile, AL | ||
Don Fields and Bobby Fields | 1 | November 11, 1959 | Mobile, AL | ||
Corsica Joe and Corsica Jean | 1 | January 6, 1960 | Mobile, AL | ||
Don Fields and Bobby Fields | 2 | January 27, 1960 | Mobile, AL | ||
Great Bolo and Joe McCarthy | 1 | April 20, 1960 | Mobile, AL | ||
Don Fields and Bobby Fields | 3 | April 27, 1960 | Mobile, AL | ||
Title inactive | |||||
The Mysterious Medics | 1 | February 22, 1961 | |||
Don Fields and Bobby Fields | 4 | April 5, 1961 | Mobile, AL | ||
The Mysterious Medics | 2 | April 12, 1961 | Mobile, AL | ||
Jackie Fargo and Joey Fargo | 1 | April 26, 1961 | Mobile, AL | ||
the Mysterious Medics | 3 | May 3, 1961 | Mobile, AL | ||
Jerry Kozak and Nick Kozak | 1 | June 14, 1961 | Mobile, AL | ||
Billy Hines and Bad Boy Hines | 1 | August 8, 1961 | Pensacola, FL | ||
Don Fields and Bobby Fields | 5 | October 6, 1961 | Dothan, AL | ||
Billy Hines and Bad Boy Hines | 2 | March 2, 1962 | Dothan, AL | ||
the Mysterious Medics | 4 | March 28, 1962 | Mobile, AL | ||
Tex Riley and Gus Taylor | 1 | April 18, 1962 | Mobile, AL | ||
the Mysterious Medics | 5 | April 25, 1962 | Mobile, AL | ||
Jackie Fargo Jackie Fargo Henry Faggart, known by his ringname Jackie Fargo, is a retired American professional wrestler who competed in Southeastern regional promotions and the National Wrestling Alliance during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s... and Jack Donovan |
1 | June 1, 1962 | Dothan, AL | ||
Vacant | June 20, 1962 | ||||
Lee Fields and Greg Peterson | 1 | September 26, 1962 | Awarded | ||
Billy Hines and Bad Boy Hines | 3 | October 26, 1962 | Dothan, AL | ||
the Mysterious Medics | 6 | October 31, 1962 | Mobile, AL | ||
Billy Hines and Bad Boy Hines | 4 | November 7, 1961 | Mobile, AL | ||
Jan Madrid and Jack Curtis Jr. | 1 | January 11, 1963 | Dothan, AL | ||
Don Greene and Al Greene | 1 | January 16, 1963 | Mobile, AL | ||
Lee Fields and Joe Scarpa | 1 | April 10, 1963 | Mobile, AL | ||
Tiger Tomasso and Pancho Villa | 1 | May 1, 1963 | Mobile, AL | ||
Lee Fields and Joe Scarpa | 2 | May 3, 1963 | Dothan, AL | ||
the Mysterious Medics | 7 | December 4, 1963 | Awarded. | ||
Lee Fields and Mario Galento | 1 | March 18, 1964 | Mobile, AL | ||
the Mysterious Medics | 8 | April 1, 1964 | Mobile, AL | ||
Vacant | May 25, 1964 | The Medics leave the territory | |||
Lee Fields and Bobby Fields | 1 | October 19, 1964 | |||
Corscia Joe and Corsica Jean | 2 | October 21, 1964 | Mobile, AL | ||
Vacant | October 28, 1964 | ||||
Terry Garvin Terry Garvin Terry Joyal, better known by his ring name Terry Garvin, was a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with kayfabe brother Ron Garvin, with whom he won several tag team championships in the Southern United States... and Chin Lee |
1 | November 9, 1964 | |||
Adrian and Tony Baillargeon | 1 | November 20, 1964 | Lafayette, LA | ||
Terry Garvin and Chin Lee | 2 | November 27, 1964 | Lafayette, LA | ||
Lee Fields and Bobby Fields | 2 | February 3, 1965 | Mobile, AL | ||
Vacant | April 1, 1965 | Lee Fields retires. | |||
Ken Lucas and Chris Lucas | 1 | August 4, 1965 | Mobile, AL | ||
the Mysterious Medics | 9 | October 27, 1965 | Mobile, AL | ||
Ken Lucas and Chris Lucas | 2 | November 17, 1965 | Mobile, AL | ||
the Mysterious Medics | 10 | November 24, 1965 | Mobile, AL | ||
Ken Lucas and Chris Lucas | 3 | December 17, 1965 | Dothan, AL | ||
Don Carson and Mazie York | 1 | February 11, 1966 | Dothan, AL | ||
Vacant | February 23, 1966 | Don Carson suffers a broken leg. | |||
Ken Lucas and Chris Lucas | 4 | March 26, 1966 | |||
Eduardo Perez and Rocky Montero | 1 | May 4, 1966 | Dothan, AL | ||
Bad Boy Hines and Billy Boy Hines | 5 | May 27, 1966 | Dothan, AL | ||
Ramon Torres and Silento Rodriguez | 1 | June 3, 1966 | Dothan, AL | ||
Ramon Torres and Bobby Fields | 1 | July 20, 1966 | |||
Vacant | August 1, 1966 | ||||
Ken and Chris Lucas | 5 | August 1, 1966 | |||
Don Carson and Maxie York | 1 | September 27, 1966 | Baton Rouge, LA | ||
Abandoned in January 1967 - Replaced with Gulf Coast Tag Team Title. | |||||
NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship
Wrestlers: | Together: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
---|---|---|---|---|
NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship | ||||
Roger Kirby and Dennis Hall | 1 | March 8, 1967 | ||
Don Carson and Ron Carson 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 21, 1967 | Pensacola, FL | |
Roger Kirby and Dennis Hall | 2 | March 30, 1967 | Dothan, AL | |
Don Carson and Ron Carson | 2 | April 7, 1967 | Dothan, AL | |
Roger Kirby and Dennis Hall | 3 | May 12, 1967 | Dothan, AL | |
Don Carson and Ron Carson | 3 | May 19, 1967 | Dothan, AL | |
Ken Lucas and Bobby Fields | 1 | July 5, 1967 | Mobile, AL | |
Rip Tyler and Tim Tyler | 1 | July 17, 1967 | Panama City, FL | |
Ken Lucas and Bobby Fields | 2 | August 14, 1967 | ||
Rip Tyler and Randy Tyler | 1 | October 20, 1967 | Dothan, AL | |
Vacant | November 11, 1967 | Tyler no-shows for the scheduled rematch | ||
Jack Dalton and Frank Dalton | 1 | January 5, 1968 | Dothan, AL | |
Lee Fields and Bobby Fields | 1 | January 12, 1968 | Dothan, AL | |
Chin Lee and Pancho Villa | 1 | February 16, 1968 | Dothan, AL | |
Ken Lucas and Dennis Hall | 1 | March 1, 1968 | Dothan, AL | |
Scorpion and Cobra Kid | 1 | March 15, 1968 | Dothan, AL | |
Lee Fields and Bobby Fields | 2 | March 27, 1968 | Mobile, AL | |
The Interns |
1 | May 25, 1968 | Dothan, AL | |
Ramon Perez and Pepe Perez | 1 | June 12, 1968 | Mobile, AL | |
The Interns |
2 | June 21, 1968 | Dothan, AL | |
Lee Fields and Mario Galento | 1 | July 31, 1968 | Mobile, AL | |
The Interns |
3 | August 14, 1968 | Mobile, AL | |
Bobby Fields and Bob Kelly | 1 | September 4, 1968 | Mobile, AL | |
Bobby Fields and Bob Kelly | 2 | October, 1968 | Defeat the Interns in rematch. | |
The Interns |
4 | October 16, 1968 | Mobile, AL | |
Don Carson and Dick Dunn | 1 | November 8, 1968 | Dothan, AL | |
Rocket Monroe Sputnik Monroe (wrestler) Sputnik Monroe was a professional wrestler from the mid 1940s through the early 1970s. Monroe was a headliner in many territories, and was best known in Memphis, where he and Billy Wicks set an attendance record that lasted until the Monday Night Wars boom period.-Life:Sputnik was born Rosco... and Flash Monroe |
1 | November 22, 1968 | Dothan, AL | |
Don Carson and Dick Dunn | 2 | January 15, 1969 | Mobile, AL | |
Rocket Monroe and Flash Monroe | 2 | January 24, 1969 | Dothan, AL | |
Mitsu Sito and Sugi Sito Sugi Sito Francisco Javier Mar Hernández was a Mexican professional wrestler known as Sugi Sito, nicknamed El Orgullo de Oriente . He was born in León, Guanajuato to a Mexican father and Chinese mother... |
February 21, 1969 | Dothan, AL | ||
Bob Kelly and Ramon Perez | 1 | February 26, 1969 | Mobile, AL | |
Rocket Monroe and Flash Monroe | 3 | March 12, 1969 | Mobile, AL | |
Ken Lucas and Chris Lucas | 1 | May 28, 1969 | Mobile, AL | |
Rocket Monroe and Flash Monroe | 4 | June 18, 1969 | Awarded. | |
Ken Lucas and Don Carson | 1 | July 4, 1969 | Dothan, AL | |
Ken Lucas and Mac MacFarland | 1 | August 1, 1969 | ||
Frank Dalton and Black Hand | 1 | April 20, 1969 | Mobile, AL | |
Ken Lucas and Don Carson | 2 | September 17, 1969 | Mobile, AL | |
Rocket Monroe and Flash Monroe | 5 | October 3, 1969 | Dothan, AL | |
Ken Lucas and Bobby Fields | 3 | October 22, 1969 | Mobile, AL | |
Rocket Monroe and Flash Monroe | 6 | October 29, 1969 | Mobile, AL | |
Dick Dunn and Ken Lucas | 1 | January 16, 1970 | Dothan, AL | |
Rip Tyler and Randy Tyler | 2 | March 5, 1970 | Panama City, FL | |
Don Carson and Rocket Monroe | 1 | May 21, 1970 | Panama City, FL | |
Eddie Sullivan and The Wrestling Pro | 1 | May 25, 1970 | Panama City, FL | |
Vacant and inactive. | ||||
Eddie Sullivan and Dandy Jack Morrell | 1 | January 1, 1971 | Awarded. | |
Ken Lucas and Johnny West | 1 | March 11, 1971 | Hattiesburg, MS | |
Mike Boyette and Frank Dalton | 1 | February 3, 1972 | ||
Ken Lucas and Mike Boyette | 1 | May 21, 1974 | Mobile, AL | |
Ron Bass Ronald Herd Ronald Heard is a former American professional wrestler, best known under the name Ron Bass. His gimmick was a Texan cowboy who entered World Wrestling Federation rings to the sound of a bullwhip.-Career:... and Don Bass |
1 | May 26, 1974 | Pensacola, FL | |
The Wrestling Pro and Mighty Yankee | 1 | August 6, 1974 | Mobile, AL | |
The Mighty Yankees |
1 | August 13, 1974 | Mobile, AL | |
The Wrestling Pro and Duke Miller | 1 | September 10, 1974 | Mobile, AL | |
The Patriots (Bobby Hart & Bob Griffin masked) | 1 | October 6, 1974 | Pensacola, FL | |
Mike Boyette and Bearcat Brown | 1 | November 5, 1974 | Mobile, AL | |
The Hell's Angels | 1 | December 17, 1974 | Mobile, AL | |
Bobby Fields and Bob Kelly | 2 | February 4, 1975 | Mobile, AL | |
The Hell's Angels | 2 | February 21, 1975 | Dothan, AL | |
Terry Lathan and Ron Starr | 1 | March 7, 1975 | Dothan, AL | |
The Mighty Yankees |
2 | May 4, 1975 | Pensacola, FL | |
Rip Tyler and Big Bad John | 1 | May 13, 1975 | Mobile, AL | |
The Mighty Yankees |
3 | June 3, 1975 | Mobile, AL | |
Bounty Hunters | 1 | July 8, 1975 | Mobile, AL | |
Ken Lucas and Nick Kozak | 1 | August 1, 1975 | Dothan, AL | |
The Wrestling Pros | 1 | August 19, 1975 | Dothan, AL | |
British Bulldogs |
1 | November 30, 1975 | Pensacola, FL | |
Lanny Poffo Lanny Poffo Lanny Mark Poffo , better known by his ring name "Leaping" Lanny is an American professional wrestler. Poffo was born in Calgary, Canada, to Angelo Poffo, an Italian American Catholic, and Judy, a Jewish American. He is also the brother of wrestling legend "Macho Man" Randy Savage... and Randy Poffo Randy Savage Randall Mario Poffo , better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler, best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling .Savage held twenty championships during his professional wrestling career and was a... |
1 | January 20, 1976 | Mobile, AL | |
Rip Tyler and Eddie Sullivan | 1 | February 17, 1976 | ||
Ron Bass and Dutch Bass | 1 | March 19, 1976 | Pensacola, FL | |
Bob Kelly and Rip Tyler | 1 | May 18, 1976 | Mobile, AL | |
The Challengers | 1 | June 4, 1976 | Dothan, AL | |
Ken Lucas and Gorgeous George Jr. | 1 | June 11, 1976 | Dothan, AL | |
The Challengers | 2 | June 25, 1976 | Dothan, AL | |
Rip Tyler and Eddie Sullivan | 2 | August 24, 1976 | Mobile, AL | |
Bobby Fields and Ricky Fields | 1 | September 23, 1976 | Panama City, FL | |
The Islanders Wild Samoans The Wild Samoans was the professional wrestling tag team of Afa and Sika in Mid-South Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wrestling Federation . The Samoans held 21 tag team championships around the world.-Gimmick:... |
1 | March 4, 1977 | Dothan, AL | |
Eddie Sullivan and Sonny King | 1 | April 5, 1977 | Mobile, AL | |
The Islanders |
2 | April 6, 1977 | ||
Rip Tyler and Eddie Sullivan | 3 | April 29, 1977 | Dothan, AL | |
The Real Rip Tyler Randy Colley Randy Colley is a retired professional wrestler better known as Moondog Rex.-Professional wrestlling career:Colley competed in the World Wrestling Federation, where in 1981 he won the WWF Tag Team Championship with Moondog King as the Moondogs... and Jim Dalton |
1 | May 17, 1977 | Mobile, AL | |
Vacant in May 1977 | ||||
Rip Tyler and Eddie Sullivan | 4 | May 31, 1977 | ||
The Wrestling Pro and Eddie Sullivan | 2 | June 1, 1977 | ||
Blue Yankee and Billy Spears | 1 | June 21, 1977 | Mobile, AL | |
Blue Yankee and Eddie Sullivan | 1 | July 19, 1977 | Mobile, AL | |
Ken Lucas and Ricky Fields | 1 | August 30, 1977 | Mobile, AL | |
Pat Kelly and Mike Kelly | 1 | October 25, 1977 | Mobile, AL | |
Ken Lucas and The Wrestling Pro | 1 | December 2, 1977 | Dothan, AL | |
Rip Tyler and Eddie Sullivan | 4 | December 9, 1977 | Dothan, AL | |
Promotion is sold to SECW in January 19781; the southern division of Southeastern Tag Team Title is often billed as Gulf Coast Tag Team Title after that date. |
NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Southern Division)
Wrestlers: | Together: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
---|---|---|---|---|
NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Southern Division) | ||||
The Assassins | 1 | 1978 | ||
[...] | ||||
Robert Fuller and Bob Armstrong | 1 | 1978 | ||
Don Carson and Assassin | 1 | 1978 | ||
[...] | ||||
Wild Samoans Wild Samoans The Wild Samoans was the professional wrestling tag team of Afa and Sika in Mid-South Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wrestling Federation . The Samoans held 21 tag team championships around the world.-Gimmick:... |
1 | 1979 | ||
Ricky Fields and Terry Lathan | 1 | May, 1979 | ||
Wild Samoans |
2 | May 1979 | ||
The Dargon Twins | 1 | July 4, 1979 | ||
Billey Spears and The Assassin | 1 | |||
The following teams are also credited with holding the NWA Southern Tag Team championship but no specific time period has been documented.
- Ricky Gibson and Robert GibsonReuben KaneRobert Gibson is a professional wrestler. He is famous as half of the tag team known as Rock 'N Roll Express, with Ricky Morton.-Early career:Cain started wrestling as Robert Gibson in 1977...
- Rip Tyler and Eddie Sullivan
- Ron FullerRon Fuller (wrestler)Ronald Welch is a retired professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring names Ron Fuller and Tennessee Stud. He is the elder brother of Robert Fuller...
and Robert FullerRobert FullerRobert Welch is a professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring names Robert Fuller and Col. Robert Parker. Robert and his brother Ron co-owned Continental Championship Wrestling for a time.-Career:... - Bob ArmstrongBob ArmstrongJoseph Melton James is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Bullet" Bob Armstrong. In the course of his career, which spanned five decades, Armstrong held numerous championships throughout the Southeastern United States...
and Charlie CookCharlie CookCharlie Cook , originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, is an American political analyst who specializes in election forecasts and political trends. He attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He delivers election forecasts and rankings in his own publication, The Cook Political Report,... - Robert Fuller and Terry Gibbs
See also
- Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling / Southeast Championship WrestlingContinental Championship WrestlingContinental Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based out of Knoxville, Tennessee from 1974 until 1988 and Dothan, Alabama from 1978 to 1990, managed by Ron Fuller. When Fuller sold the promotion to David Woods, it changed name to the Continental Wrestling Federation...
- 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...