IWA World Tag Team Championship (Australia) explained

Championshipname:IWA World Tag Team Championship
Created:1966
Titleretired:1971

The IWA World Tag Team Championship was the top tag team professional wrestling title in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from 1966 through 1971.[1]

Although a part of WCW, the championship carried the IWA initials, for the International Wrestling Alliance, WCW's sanctioning body for its championships.

WCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969,[2] but still recognized this title as its world title. In 1971, the title was abandoned and the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship was established as WCW's new top tag team title.

37 different teams held the championship, combining for 50 individual title reigns.[1]

Title history

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Larry Hennig and Harley Race1June 1966?
Dominic DeNucci and Mark Lewin11 July 1966Sydney[3]
Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy115 July 1966Sydney, New South Wales
Mark Lewin and Bearcat Wright129 July 1966Sydney
2August 1966?
The Flying Scots
(George and Sandy Scott)
122 October 1966
Art Nelson and Ray Stevens119 November 1966
The Flying Scots
(George and Sandy Scott)
2December 1966Melbourne, Victoria
Karl and Kurt Von Stroheim1June 1967United States
Red Bastien and Mario Milano128 July 1967Sydney, New South Wales
125 August 1967Sydney, New South Wales
2September 1967Melbourne, Victoria
26 October 1967Sydney, New South Wales
313 October 1967Sydney, New South Wales
Art Nelson and Pat Patterson125 December 1967San Francisco, California
Mario Milano and Billy White Wolf1February 1968Perth, Western Australia
322 March 1968Sydney
Mario Milano and Antonio Pugliese1April 1968
1May 1968
1May 1968?
Killer Kowalski and Bill Miller1June 1968
1July 1968Adelaide, South Australia
Ciclón Negro and Baron Mikel Scicluna16 July 1968Sydney, New South Wales
The Assassins
130 August 1968Sydney, New South Wales
The Flying Scots
(George and Sandy Scott)
311 October 1968Sydney, New South Wales
Skull Murphy and Toru Tanaka1November 1968?
4January 1969?
121 February 1969Sydney, New South Wales
Mario Milano and The Spoiler17 March 1969Sydney, New South Wales [4]
2March 1969Melbourne, Victoria
Mario Milano and Waldo Von Erich14 April 1969Sydney, New South Wales
1April 1969?
125 April 1969Sydney, New South Wales
224 May 1969Sydney, New South Wales
WCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969.
Lars Anderson and Dick Murdoch1October 1969?
55 December 1969Sydney, New South Wales
119 December 1969Sydney, New South Wales
Buddy Austin and King Curtis Iaukea126 December 1969Sydney, New South Wales
Swede Hanson and Rip Hawk1April 1970Hobart, Tasmania
115 May 1970Sydney, New South Wales
Von Steigers
(Kurt and Karl Von Steiger)
119 June 1970Sydney, New South Wales
11970?
Von Steigers
(Kurt and Karl Von Steiger)
21970?
1December 1970?
The Texas Outlaws
121 January 1971Sydney, New South Wales
1March 1971?
1April 1971?
Mr. Fuji and Tiger Jeet Singh1May 1971?
2June 1971?
Von Steigers
(Kurt and Karl Von Steiger)
3August 1971?
The title was retired in 1971 and replaced with the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: I.W.A. World Tag Team Title (Australia) . Puroresu Dojo . 30 December 2008.
  2. Web site: Pro-Wrestling Title Histories: Australia . Puroresu Dojo . 30 December 2008 . W.C.W. was a members of National Wrestling Alliance after 69/08..
  3. Web site: On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles . 1 July 2015 . 11 February 2017 . Brian . Hoops . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
  4. Web site: Daily Pro Wrestling history (03/07): Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba . . Brian . Hoops . March 7, 2020 . March 8, 2020.