NZWPW New Zealand Tag Team Championship is the top professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 tag team

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 title

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...

 in the New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...

 New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling

New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling

New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling is a professional wrestling promotion based in Wellington, New Zealand.-Formation:WPW started in October 2003 by martial arts trainer, Martin Stirling...

. The title was first won by The Superlatives (Jean Miracle and Nick Silver), who won a tournament final at Power Play IV in Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Lower Hutt

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 to win the titles on 14 April 2007. It was the first title of its kind to be established by a major promotion since the NWA Australasian Tag Team Championship

NWA Australasian Tag Team Championship

The New Zealand version of the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship defended in the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated All Star Pro Wrestling from 1981 to 1984. The titles were awarded to Steve Rickard and Mark Lewin on October 8, 1981, and...

 during the early 1980s and remains the oldest currently active tag team championship in New Zealand.

Title history

#	Order in reign history
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event	The event in which the title was won
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Reigns

As of , .

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
							Defeated CD and Dream Catcher in a tournament final.
							This was an interpromotional show co-hosted by the Australasian Wrestling Federation.
							Rehua walked out on his tag team partner during the match allowing Dan Stirling to be pinned by Adam Avalanche.
							The championship is vacated when three of the participants, with the exception of Adam Avalanche, failed to appear. Avalanche attempted to defend the title in a singles match against Axl, however, he was attacked mid-match by Circus of Tragedy who then stole the belts. After previously missing a scheduled title defence at Te Ra O Te Raukura, the NZWPW’s Chief Wrestling Officer (CWO) said he would strip the champions and retire the titles if they did not appear at Bringing Down The House.
					N/A		One week before Heretaunga Hellfire, "Dreamcatcher" Phil Woodgate announces The Circus of Tragedy have claimed the titles and begin defending them at NZWPW events.
							The team is immediately stripped of the titles due to NZWPW rules prohibiting relatives of promoter Martin Stirling from holding the championship, and the belts are returned to The Circus of Tragedy. Stirling is then attacked by his tag team partner, CD, who is upset at losing the titles.
							The titles are returned to The Circus of Tragedy after Dan Stirling and CD are stripped of the championship. They are officially recognized as the tag team champions when the CWO reinstates the titles at Te Araroa on 9 April.
							Won titles when Avalanche revealed his mystery tag team partner was one-half of the tag team champions Ben Mana. After attacking Tykade, Avalanche and Mana walked off with the belts.
							Adam Avalanche was forced to retire as a result of this match. They had defeated Corey Dallas and Rufguts in a tournament final earlier that night to receive a title shot.
				+			A four corners elimination match crowned new champions.

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List of combined reigns

As of , .

†	Indicates the current champions
¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily
<1	Indicates that the combined total is less than one day.

Rank	Wrestler(s)	# Of Reigns	Combined Days
	tyle="background-color:#FFE6BD"	Travis Banks and JC Star†		+

External links

• New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling's official title history page