NWA Louisiana Tag Team Championship explained

NWA Louisiana Tag Team Championship
Created:April 14, 1959
Retired:No later than June 1979
Promotion:NWA Tri-State
Firstchamp:Frankie Kovacs and Gino Angelo
Finalchamp:Bill Watts and Buck Robley
Mostreigns:The Blue Demons (3)
Longestreign:The Assassin and The Angel (175 days)
Shortestreign:Danny Little Bear and Kit Fox (7 days)
Frank Dalton and Danny Little Bear (7 days)
The Blue Demons (7 days)

The NWA Louisiana Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in NWA Tri-State. A secondary title after NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship, and complementing the NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Championship, it was one of many state tag team championships recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance.

Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name, while others used their real name. There have been a total of 31 recognized individual champions and 18 recognized teams, who have had a combined 23 official reigns. The first champions were Frankie Kovacs and Gino Angelo, and the final champions were "Cowboy" Bill Watts and Buck Robley.[1] At 175 days, The Assassin and The Angel's first and only reign was the longest. The teams of Danny Little Bear and Kit Fox, Frank Dalton and Danny Little Bear, and The Blue Demons are tied for the shortest reigns at 7 days each.

The team with the most reigns is The Blue Demons (Blue Demon #1 and Blue Demon #2) with three. Danny Little Bear has the most individual reigns with four. The following is a chronological list of teams that have been Louisiana Tag Team Champions by ring name.

Key

ReignsThe number of times a specific set of wrestlers have won the titles
EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/AThe information is not available.
Wrestler name (#)The number represents the number of times the wrestler has held the title individually
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign

List of top combined reigns

By team

RankTeamNo. of reignsCombined days
1.The Assassin and The Angel1175
2.The Blue Demons3122
3.Frank Dalton and Danny Little Bear268
4.Frankie Kovacs and Al Massey164¤
5.Mickey Sharpe and The Black Panther161¤
6.Danny Little Bear and Kit Fox259
7.Bill Watts and Buck Robley148
8.The Assassins129¤
9.The Dalton Brothers227¤
10.Pretty Boy Collins and Duke Scarbough123
11.Adrien Baillargeon and Tony Jiminez122¤
12.Frankie Kovacs and Gino Angelo121
13.Manuel Perez and Pepe Perez113
14.Gorgeous George Jr. and Haystack Muldoon1
15.Jerry Miller and Jim Osborne1N/A
16.Steven Little Bear and Ray Candy1N/A
17.Seigfried Stanke and Kurt Von Hess1N/A
18.Terry Latham and Ricky Fields1N/A

By wrestler

RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined Days
1. Assassin #1 2 204¤
2. The Angel 1 175
3. Danny Little Bear 4 127
4. Blue Demon #1 3 122
5. Blue Demon #2
6. Frank Dalton 4 95¤
7. Frankie Kovacs 2 85¤
8. Al Massey 1 64¤
9. Mickey Sharpe 61¤
10. The Black Panther
11. Kit Fox 59
12. 48
13. Buck Robley
14. Assassin #2 29¤
15. Jack Dalton 2 27¤
16. Pretty Boy Collins 1 23
17. Duke Scarbough
18. Adrien Baillargeon 22¤
19. Tony Jiminez
20. Gino Angelo 21
21. Pepe Perez 13
22. Gorgeous George Jr.
23. Haystack Muldoon
24. Jerry Miller N/A
25. Jim Osborne
26. Steven Little Bear
27.
28. Seigfried Stanke
29.
30. Terry Latham
31. Ricky Fields

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 35 Years Ago: Assassin #1 Regains Louisiana Tag Belt with the Angel . January 6, 2014 . Cannon, John . GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com . Georgia Wrestling History: Daily Nostalgia .