NWA World Tag Team Championship
The NWA World Tag Team Championship belt (1995 – Present)
Details
Current champion(s)	The Skullkrushers (Rasche Brown & Keith Walker)
Date won	October 4, 2008
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Brand	NWA Wrestling
Date established	July 12, 1992
Other name(s)	NWA Tag Team Championship
Statistics Most reigns (as team) America's Most Wanted (6 reigns) (as individuals) Chris Harris, James Storm (7 reigns) First champion(s) Rock 'n' Roll Express Longest reign The Skullkrushers (Rasche Brown & Keith Walker) (415 Days) Shortest reign David Flair and Dan Factor and Glacier and Jason Sugarman (1 day)

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Tag Team Championship is the professional wrestling world tag team championship within the NWA framework.

[edit] History

The National Wrestling Alliance did not officially recognize any set of World Tag Team Champions until 1992, while the various NWA affiliates promoted their own "World Tag Team Championships", many of which were not eligible for World Title status considering they were rarely defended outside of the region they were created in. The following are the variations that existed at one point or another^[1]:

• San Francisco (1950-1979)
• Chicago (1953-1960)
• Georgia (1954-1969)
• Minneapolis (1957-1960)
• Texas (1957-1982)
• Mid-America (1957-1977)
• Central States (1958-1963, 1973-1979)
• Los Angeles (late 1950s, 1979-1982)
• Florida (1961-1969)
• Detroit (1964-1980)
• Vancouver (1966-1967)
• Mid Atlantic (1975-1991)

In the mid-1980s, Jim Crockett Promotions became the flag bearer for the NWA and began to openly refer to their Mid Atlantic version as the NWA World Tag Team Championship. In 1988, Jim Crockett Promotions was transformed into World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the title was renamed the WCW World Tag Team Championship.

In July 1992, the NWA held a tournament to crown an officially sanctioned NWA World Tag Team Championship. The tournament was held by WCW, whose World Tag Team Championship by that time was the only existing claim within the NWA and which had the most widely available television broadcasting. The tournament was won by Terry Gordy & Steve Williams. Gordy & Williams also won the WCW World Tag Team Championship in a non-tournament match on July 5, prior to the NWA tournament final and the two sets of titles remained united until September 1993, when WCW withdrew from the NWA, vacating the NWA World Tag Team Championship.

The NWA title belts were paid for by WCW and after the withdrawal from the NWA, the belts were continued to be used for the WCW World Tag Team Championship. The NWA had to pay for new belts, which were later used in TNA until TNA and the NWA split on May 13, 2007. As of January 17, 2008 the NWA withdrew its recognition of every tag team champion in WCW.^[2]:

[edit] Reigns

The current champions are The Skullkrushers (Rasche Brown & Keith Walker), who are in their first reign, and are the longest reigning champions in the title's history. They defeated Los Luchas (Phoenix Star & Zokre) on October 4, 2008 in Robstown, Texas.

[edit] See also

• National Wrestling Alliance
• World Championship Wrestling
• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

[edit] References

1. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
2. ^ http://nwawrestling.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=103

[edit] External links

• Official NWA World Tag Team Title History
• Wrestling-Titles.com - NWA World Tag Team Title History