AWA Southern Tag Team Championship explained

Championshipname:	AWA Southern Tag Team Championship
Promotion:	NWA Mid-America (1945 - 1977) Continental Wrestling Association(1977 - 1988)
Created:	November 1945
Mostreigns:	Team: The Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane and Steve Keirn) (15 reigns) individual: Tojo Yamamoto (23 reigns)
Firstchamp:	Garza Lozano and Jack Purdin
Longestreign:	Jackie Fargo and Sonny Fargo (196 days)
Shortestreign:	Al Greene and Frank Martinez (Less than 1 day)
Pastnames:	NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America)
Titleretired:	February 1, 1988

The AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed (as was the Southern Heavyweight Championship, also previously an NWA title) the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship due to a partnership with the American Wrestling Association. The title existed until 1988 when it was replaced with the Continental Wrestling Association Tag Team Championship.

The title was also referred to as the Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship to avoid confusion with the various other versions of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship in Championship Wrestling from Florida (1960–1970), Georgia Championship Wrestling (1951–1968), Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (1955–1966), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1953–1969), and Southern Championship Wrestling (1981–1982).^[1]

Reigns

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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
scope=row	1	(and)	15
scope=row	2	and	2
scope=row	3	and	5
scope=row	4	(Al and Don Greene)	12
scope=row	5		5	331
scope=row	6	Dante and Mephisto	9
scope=row	7		2
scope=row	8	(and)	9
scope=row	9	Mitsu Hirai and	2
scope=row rowspan=2	10		3	176
Bearcat Brown and	5	176
scope=row	12	and	7
scope=row rowspan=2	13	and	5
and	5	152
scope=row	15	(Tony Gonzales and Donald Lortie)	6
scope=row	16	and Lester Welch	5	140
scope=row	17	(Billy Garrett and Jim Starr)	9
scope=row	18	(Wayne Farris and Larry Latham)	2
scope=row	19		2	112
scope=row	20		4
scope=row	21	and Roughhouse Fargo / Sonny Fargo / Masked Rebel	5	110
scope=row	22	and	1	104
scope=row rowspan=2	23	and	4	103
and	1	103
scope=row	25	(Corsica Jean and Corsica Joe)	6
scope=row	26	(Jonathan Boyd and Rip Morgan / Bigfoot)	5
scope=row	27		8	97
scope=row	28	(Assassin #1 and Assassin #2)	5
scope=row rowspan=2	29	and	8	108
(Spike and Basher)	1	91
scope=row rowspan=2	31	and The Red Shadow	8
and	1
scope=row rowspan=3	33	and	1	84
and	3	84
and Jean Louie	2
scope=row	36		1	83
scope=row rowspan=2	37	(David and Jerry Novak)	5
and	3	82
scope=row rowspan=2	39		1	77
(Don Bass and Roger Smith)	2	77
scope=row	41	and	3
scope=row	42	(Frank Morrell and Eddie Sullivan)	6
scope=row	43	and Lester Welch	1	73
scope=row	44	and Tommy Seigler	1	72
scope=row	45	and	3	70
scope=row	46	(and)	4	65
scope=row rowspan=4	47	and Chief Thundercloud	1	63
and	2	63
and Bearcat Brown	2	63
and Dirty Rhodes	1	63
scope=row rowspan=3	51	and	1	62
and	1	62
and	3	62
scope=row	54		2
scope=row rowspan=2	55	and	2	59
(Afa and Sika)	2	59
scope=row rowspan=4	57	(Ron Gibson and Stan Pulaski)	2	56
	1	56
and The Spoiler	2	56
(Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels)	2	56
scope=row	61	The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs (Mike Davis and Tommy Lane)	5
scope=row	62	(and)	3	53
scope=row	63	and Frank Martinez	3
scope=row rowspan=2	64	and	2	51
	1	51
scope=row rowspan=7	66	and Eric Pomeroy	1
	3	49
	2	49
and	1	49
	2	49
(and)	2	49
and	1	49
scope=row rowspan=3	71	and	3	47
and	3	47
(Jonathan Boyd and Luke Williams)	2
scope=row	73		1	45
scope=row	74	and Don Greene	1	44
scope=row rowspan=2	75	and Flame	1	43
and	1
scope=row rowspan=5	77	and Goliath	1
and	4
(Tony Anthony and Len Denton)	1	42
Big Bad John and	2
Chief Little Bear and Mack York	1
scope=row rowspan=2	82	(Karl and Kurt Von Brauner)	3
	5	41
scope=row	84	(Tom Andrews and Jim Starr)	2	39
scope=row	85	and	1
scope=row	86	Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka)	1	37
scope=row rowspan=3	87	and Duke Myers	2
	3	36
Masked Bat and Finis Hall	1	36
scope=row rowspan=7	90	and Roughhouse Fargo	1	35
	1	35
	1	35
	1	35
and	1
and David Schultz	1
Gorgeous George Jr. and	1	35
scope=row rowspan=2	97		1	34
(Elijah Akeem and Kareem Muhammad)	3	34
scope=row	100	and	2
scope=row	101	and	2
scope=row	102	(and Bobby Hart)	1	30
scope=row	103		3
scope=row rowspan=6	104	and	1	28
and	1	28
	1	28
	1
	1	28
and	2	28
scope=row	109		1	27
scope=row	110	(Danny Davis and Ken Wayne)	1
scope=row	111	and	1
scope=row rowspan=2	112	and	1	23
and		23
scope=row rowspan=3	114	and Terry Sawyer	1	22
and	3	22
and Mr. Wrestling	1	22
scope=row rowspan=14	117	and Bobby Mayne	1	21
and	1	21
and	1
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
and Sheik Ali Hassan	1	21
and Bearcat Brown	1	21
and	2	21
(Rex and Spot)	1	21
	2
(and Randy Fargo)	1
scope=row rowspan=2	131	and	1	20
and Bearcat Brown	1
scope=row	133		2	19
scope=row	134		2	18
scope=row rowspan=3	135	and	1
and	1	17
scope=row rowspan=3	138		1	16
and	1	16
and	1	16
scope=row rowspan=2	141		1	15
scope=row rowspan=15	143	and Mike Clancy	1
	1	14
and Chris Belkas	1	14
and	1	14
and	1	14
and	1	14
and	1
and	1	14
and	1	14
and Bearcat Brown	1	14
and	2
	1	14
(Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags)	2	14
(and)	2	14
The Angel and Sonny King	1	14
scope=row rowspan=5	157	and Guy Mitchell	1	13
and	1	13
	1	13
	3
	1	13
scope=row rowspan=2	162		1
and	2
scope=row rowspan=2	164	and	1	10
and Treach Phillips	1
scope=row rowspan=3	166	Gypsy Joe Dorsetti and Skull Murphy	2	9
Ken Lucas and	1
and Scorpion	1	9
scope=row rowspan=4	169	and	1	8
and Lester Welch	2	8
and	1	8
and	1	8
scope=row rowspan=19	173		1	7
and	1	7
	1	7
and Jim Mitchell	1	7
	1	7
(Joey Cagle and Rocky Sortor)	1
and	1	7
and The Great Yamaha	1
and	1
and	1	7
and Sir Clements	1	7
and	1	7
and	1
and	1	7
and Johnny Marlin	1
	1	7
	1	7
and Roughhouse Fargo	1	7
	1	7
scope=row	192	and Buddy Fuller	1	6
scope=row rowspan=3	193	(Mike and Pat Kelly)	1	5
and	3	5
Great Bolo and Joe McCarthy	1	5
scope=row rowspan=3	196	(Don and)	2
and Ivan Kowalski	2	3
	2	3
scope=row rowspan=3	199		1	2
	2	2
and	1
scope=row rowspan=25	202	Corsica Joe and Chin Lee	1
	1
and Jack Witzig	1
and Buddy Knox	1
and Carlos Rodriguez Cortez	1
and Red Roberts	1
(Frank Dalton and Jack Dalton)	1
	1
and Rex Mobley	1
	1
and	1
and Red Roberts	1
and	1
and Bad Boy Hines	1
and Tomayo Soto	1
and Jack Welch	1
and	1
and	1
and Bob Ramstead	1
and	1
(Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes)	1
	1
and	1
Golden Hawk and Johnny Kostas	1
and	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
scope=row	1		35
scope=row	2		19
scope=row	3		30
scope=row	4		22
scope=row	5		19
scope=row	6		20
scope=row	7		3
scope=row	8		18
scope=row	9		7	443
scope=row	10		15
scope=row	11		22
scope=row	12		7
scope=row	13		5
scope=row	14		14
scope=row	15		15
scope=row	16		5	331
scope=row	17	Bearcat Brown	13
scope=row rowspan=2	18	Dante	9
Mephisto	9
scope=row	20		16
scope=row	21		3
scope=row	22		3
scope=row	23		12	236
scope=row	24		9
scope=row	25		10	210
scope=row	26		5
scope=row rowspan=2	27		12
	13
scope=row	29		6	185
scope=row	30		2
scope=row rowspan=2	31		3	176
	3	176
scope=row	33		4	175
scope=row	34		12
scope=row	35		8
scope=row	36		6
scope=row	37		6
scope=row rowspan=2	38		6
	7
scope=row rowspan=2	40		6
	6
scope=row	42		4
scope=row	43		12
scope=row	44		3
scope=row	45		9
scope=row	46		8
scope=row	47		6
scope=row	48		3	119
scope=row	49		4	112
scope=row rowspan=2	50		3
	4	105
scope=row	51		6	103
scope=row rowspan=2	52		6
Corsica Jean	6
scope=row	54		5
scope=row	55		8
scope=row	56		2
scope=row	57		8	97
scope=row rowspan=2	58		5
	5
scope=row	60		7
scope=row	61		9
scope=row rowspan=3	62		6
Basher	1	91
Spike	1	91
scope=row	65		1
scope=row	66		4	86
scope=row rowspan=3	67		8
	1
	1
scope=row rowspan=2	70		2
	3	84
scope=row rowspan=2	72		1	83
	1	83
scope=row rowspan=2	74		5
	5
scope=row rowspan=4	76		1	77
	1	77
	2	77
	11
scope=row	80		10
scope=row	81		6
scope=row rowspan=2	82		1	72
	1	72
scope=row	84		3
scope=row rowspan=2	85		1	65
	4	65
scope=row rowspan=4	87		1	63
	1	63
	2	63
Chief Thundercloud	1	63
scope=row rowspan=2	91		1	62
	2	62
scope=row rowspan=2	93	Blue Inferno 1	2
Blue Inferno 2	2
scope=row rowspan=2	95		2	59
	2	59
scope=row	97		2	58
scope=row	98		5
scope=row rowspan=5	99		2	56
	2	56
	2	56
	6
	2	56
scope=row rowspan=3	104		3	55
	5
	5
scope=row	107		3
scope=row rowspan=5	108		1
	2
	3	49
	3	49
Mighty Yankee 3	2	49
scope=row	113		2	48
scope=row	114		2
scope=row rowspan=2	115		1	45
	1	45
scope=row	117		2
scope=row rowspan=2	118		1	43
Flame	1	43
scope=row rowspan=6	120		1
	1	42
	1	42
Big Bad John	2
Chief Little Bear	1
Goliath	1
scope=row rowspan=3	126		3
	3
	2	41
scope=row	129		1
scope=row	130		1	37
scope=row rowspan=5	131		1	36
	3	36
	2
	3	36
Masked Bat	1	36
scope=row rowspan=5	136		1	35
	1
	1	35
	1	35
Gorgeous George Jr.	1	35
scope=row rowspan=4	141		1	34
	1	34
	3	34
	3	34
scope=row	145		2
scope=row rowspan=3	146		1	30
	1	30
	1	30
scope=row	149		3
scope=row rowspan=6	150		2	28
	1	28
	1
	1
	2	28
	1	28
scope=row rowspan=2	156		1
	1
scope=row rowspan=2	158		2
	1	22
scope=row rowspan=12	160		1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	2	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
scope=row	172		1
scope=row rowspan=2	173		2	19
	2	19
scope=row rowspan=2	175		2
	2	18
scope=row	177		1	17
scope=row rowspan=9	178		1	14
	1
	3	14
	2	14
	2	14
	1	14
	1	14
	1	14
	1	14
scope=row rowspan=5	187		1	13
	3
	1	13
	1	13
	1	13
scope=row rowspan=2	192		1
	1
scope=row rowspan=3	194		1	10
	1
	1
scope=row rowspan=4	197	Skull Murphy	2	9
Gypsy Joe Dorsetti	2	9
	1
Scorpion	1	9
scope=row	201		2
scope=row rowspan=16	202		1
	1	7
	1	7
	1	7
	1
	1
	1	7
	1
	1
	1	7
	1	7
	1	7
	1	7
	1	7
	1	7
Sir Clements	1	7
scope=row rowspan=4	218		1	5
	1	5
	1	5
Great Bolo	1	5
scope=row	222		3
scope=row rowspan=4	223		2
	2	3
	2	3
	2	3
scope=row rowspan=3	227		1	2
	2	2
	2
scope=row rowspan=26	230		1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
Golden Hawk	1
	1
	1

See also

• NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) – the version of the title used in Championship Wrestling from Florida
• NWA Southern Tag Team Championship – the NWA board-controlled version of the title

External links

• NWA/AWA Southern Tag Team Championship history – Wrestling-Titles.com
• 1983, 1984
• 1985, 1986
• 1987 Mid-South Coliseum event results – ProWrestlingHistory.com

Notes and References

1. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . (Memphis, Nashville) Tennessee: Southern Tag Team Title [Roy Welsch & Nick Gulas, Jerry Jarrett from 1977] . 185–189. Archeus Communications . 2006 . 0-9698161-5-4.
2. Web site: Daily pro wrestling history (03/22): Dutch Mantel wins Southern title from Jerry Lawler . March 22, 2020 . March 22, 2020 . . Brian . Hoops.