NWA World Tag Team Championship (Florida version) explained

Championshipname:	NWA World Tag Team Championship (Florida version)
Promotion:	Championship Wrestling from Florida
Created:	January 1961
Firstchamp:	The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner)
Longestreign:	The Von Brauners
Titleretired:	1969

The Florida version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary professional wrestling championship for tag teams in Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) that was used between 1961 and 1969. When the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was created in 1948, the board of directors decided to allow each NWA member to create its own local version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship.^[1] As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively, but instead determined by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.^[2]

CWF, the NWA's Florida territory, introduced their version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship in January 1961 when they introduced the Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) as the NWA World Tag Team Champions. Records are unclear on how the Von Brauners became champions; it is possible that they were simply billed as champions upon arrival.^{[3] [4]} In 1969 CWF abandoned the NWA World Tag Team Championship, with the Masked Infernos as the last champions.^{[3] [4]} CWF later used the NWA North American Tag Team Championship, NWA Southern Tag Team Championship, NWA United States Tag Team Championship, and NWA Florida Global Tag Team Championship.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

The Von Brauners hold the record for most championship reigns, six in total, as well as the longest combined reigns, with at least 540 days. The Von Brauners' first reign, and the first reign of the championship, lasted at least 196 days, the longest individual reign. Eddie Graham held the championship on seven occasions with various partners. The shortest individual reign lasted nine days as Eddie Graham and Jose Lothario held it from October 25 to November 3, 1966.^{[3] [4]}

Team reigns by combined length

Key

data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	Rank	Team	data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	of reigns	data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	Combined days
1	(Kurt and Karl Von Brauner)	6
2	and	3	235
3	(Frankie Cain and Rocky Smith)	4	159
4	and	4
5	and Rocket Monroe	2	84
6		2	81
7	(Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)	1	63
8	and	1	60
9		1	56
(Medic #1 and Medic #2)	1	56
11	and Ike Eakins	1	54
12	and Russian Crusher	1	44
13		2
14		2
15	and Maurice Lapoine	1	40
16	and Abe Jacobs	1	37
Torres Brothers (Alberto Torres and Ramón Torres)	1
and Tim Tyler	1	37
17	and Lorenzo Parente	1	28
Paul DeMarco and	1	28
(Assassin #1 and Assassin #2)	2
19	Dick Steinborn	1
20	and Ron Etchison	1	21
21	and	2
22	and	1	15
and Dick Steinborn	1	15
24	and	1	14
25	and	2
26		1	12
27	and	1	9
28		1

Individual reigns by combined length

Key

data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	Rank	Wrestler	data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	of reigns	data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	Combined days
1		6
	6
3		7
4		5	270
5		4	159
	4	159
7		5
8		4
9		2	84
	2	84
11		2	81
	2	81
13		4
14		1	63
	1	63
16		3
17		1	60
	1	60
19		2	56
	1	56
	2	56
	1	56
Medic #1	1	56
Medic #2	1	56
25		1	54
25		2	52
25		1	44
Russian Crusher	1	44
27		2
	2
29		4
	2
31		1	40
	1	40
33		1	37
	1	37

Notes and References

1. Book: Hornbaker, Tim . National Wrestling Alliance, The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling . ECW Press . 2007 . 978-1-55022-741-3. The Origins of a Wrestling Monopoly.
2. Book: Mazer. Sharon. Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle. February 1, 1998. University Press of Mississippi. 1-57806-021-4. 18–19. June 19, 2016.
3. Book: Royal . Duncan . Gary . Will . Wrestling title histories: Professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . Pennsylvania . 2000 . Archeus Communications . 0-9698161-5-4 . (Miami) Florida: NWA World Tag Team Title [Luttrell].
4. Web site: National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Title [Florida] ]. Wrestling-Titles . February 21, 2017.
5. Web site: NWA North American Tag Team Title . March 11, 2017 . Wrestling-Titles.
6. Web site: NWA SOuthern Tag Team Title [Florida] ]. March 11, 2017 . Wrestling-Titles.
7. Web site: NWA United States Tag Team Title [Florida] ]. March 11, 2017 . Wrestling-Titles.
8. Web site: NWA Global Tag Team Title . March 11, 2017 . Wrestling-Titles.