Championshipname: | NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) |
Promotion: | Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling |
Created: | 1951 |
Mostreigns: | George Becker and Johnny Weaver (7 reigns)(as individual) George Becker (23 reigns) |
Longestreign: | George Becker and Johnny Weaver (days) |
Shortestreign: | Leo Garibaldi and Chick Garibaldi (6 days) |
Retired: | 1969 |
The NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) was the Mid-Atlantic territory version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship and was defended between 1953 until 1968 when it became the NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship. It is one of the earliest titles to be defended in the Carolinas, most often in Lenoir, Greensboro and Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] [2]
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1 | September 25, 1951 | ||||||||
Title history is unrecorded. | |||||||||
The Smith Brothers | 1 | November 11, 1951 | |||||||
Title history is unrecorded. | |||||||||
The Smith Brothers | 2 | December 5, 1953 | |||||||
The Becker Brothers | 1 | March 1954 | |||||||
The Smith Brothers | 3 | March 8, 1954 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
The Curtis Brothers | 1 | May 29, 1954? | Lenoir, North Carolina? | ||||||
The Smith Brothers | 4 | June 5, 1954? | Lenoir, North Carolina? | ||||||
Mr. Moto and Kinji Shibuya | 1 | July 19, 1954 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
The Becker Brothers | 2 | October 18, 1954 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
George Becker and Jack Witzig | 1 | November 25, 1954 | |||||||
Vacated | January 13, 1955 | ||||||||
Title history is unrecorded. A championship match was held in Lenoir, North Carolina, between George Becker and Tex Riley vs. Al Kashey and Dave Jones on February 26 and March 5, 1955. It is unknown which team held the title. | |||||||||
The Dusek Family | 1 | July 2, 1955 | Lexington, North Carolina | ||||||
George Becker and Jack Witzig | 2 | July 27, 1955 | Asheville, North Carolina | ||||||
Title held up in Lexington, North Carolina after a match against Babe Zaharias and Hombre Montana on October 22, 1955. | |||||||||
George Becker and Jack Witzig | 3 | October 29, 1955 | Lexington, North Carolina | ||||||
Title held up in Lexington, NC after a match against Mike Gallagher and Doc Gallagher ends as no contest on March 3, 1956, and the rematch on March 10, 1956, also ends as a no contest. | |||||||||
George Becker and Jack Witzig | 4 | March 17, 1956 | Lexington, North Carolina | ||||||
Mr. Moto and Kinji Shibuya | 2 | May 7, 1956 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||||||
Leo and Chick Garibaldi | 1 | June 20, 1956 | Asheville, North Carolina | ||||||
Tiny Mills and Jim Austeri | 1 | June 26, 1956 | Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||
George Becker and Jack Witzig | 5 | September 17, 1956 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Jim Austeri and Ali Bey | 1 | December 8, 1956 | Lexington, North Carolina | ||||||
The Flying Scotts | 1 | March 18, 1957 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
The Dusek Family | 2 | May 20, 1957 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Ivan Bornov and Karol Fozoff | 1 | June 1957 | |||||||
The Flying Scotts | 2 | July 6, 1957 | |||||||
Title history is unrecorded. | |||||||||
George Becker and Dick Steinborn | 1 | July 27, 1957 | |||||||
Title history is unrecorded. | |||||||||
The Gallagher Brothers | 1 | September 21, 1957 | |||||||
George Becker and Dick Steinborn | 2 | September 30, 1957 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
1 | March 31, 1958 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |||||||
George Becker and Mike Clancy | 1 | May 26, 1958 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Frank Jares and Hans Schnabel | 1 | June 21, 1958 | |||||||
George Becker and Mike Clancy | 2 | July 5, 1958 | Hickory, North Carolina | ||||||
The Von Erichs | 1 | October 13, 1958 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
George Becker and Mike Clancy | 3 | October 27, 1958 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
The Smith Brothers | 5 | January 26, 1959 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
George Becker and Billy Two Rivers | 1 | March 31, 1959 | Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||||
The Torres Brothers | 1 | April 6, 1959 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Mr. Moto and Duke Keomuka | 2 | July 6, 1959 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
1 | August 24, 1959 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |||||||
George Becker and Enrique Torres | 1 | November 23, 1959 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Larry Hamilton and Great Bolo | 2 | December 19, 1959 | Spartanburg, South Carolina | ||||||
1 | April 11, 1960 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |||||||
Larry Hamilton and Great Bolo | 3 | April 25, 1960 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Title history is unrecorded. | |||||||||
Tosh Togo and Ike Eakins | 1 | September 1960 | |||||||
Ray Villmer and Jack Curtis | 1 | October 30, 1960 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Gypsy Joe and Louis Tillet | 1 | November 21, 1960 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Ray Villmer and Jack Curtis | 2 | December 1960 | |||||||
1 | January 23, 1961 | Charlotte, North Carolina | [3] | ||||||
George Becker and Sandy Scott | 2 | March 27, 1961 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Great Bolo and Mike Paidousis | 1 | April 1, 1961 | |||||||
George Becker and Sandy Scott | 3 | April 9, 1961 | |||||||
Great Bolo and Mike Paidousis | 2 | April 28, 1961 | |||||||
The Von Brauners | 1 | June 26, 1961 | |||||||
Title history is unrecorded. | |||||||||
1 | September 6, 1962 | ||||||||
Ike Eakins and Pancho Villa | 1 | September 17, 1962 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Don Curtis and Joe Scarpa | 2 | September 24, 1962 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Title Vacated in November 1962 when the team leaves territory. | |||||||||
Title history is unrecorded | |||||||||
Ray Andrews and Eric Pomeroy | 1 | June 8, 1963 | |||||||
The Canadian Wrecking Crew | 1 | July 30, 1963 | Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||||
Ray Andrews and Eric Pomeroy | 2 | August 6, 1963 | Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||||
1 | October 26, 1963 | ||||||||
Johnny Weaver and “Cowboy” Bob Ellis | 1 | December 2, 1963 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Title Vacant in 1964 when Ellis leaves the area. | |||||||||
1 | May 1965 | ||||||||
Bronko Lubich and Aldo Bogni | 1 | May 24, 1965 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
George Becker and Johnny Weaver | 1 | September 9, 1965 | |||||||
Bronko Lubich and Aldo Bogni | 2 | February 2, 1966 | Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||||
George Becker and Johnny Weaver | 2 | November 3, 1966 | Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
1 | February 14, 1967 | Tampa, Florida | |||||||
Infernos | 1 | July 20, 1967 | Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
Title held up as of August 1967. | |||||||||
P.Y. Chung and Haru Sasaki | 1 | August 15, 1967 | Columbia, South Carolina | ||||||
George Becker and Johnny Weaver | 3 | August 22, 1967 | Columbia, South Carolina | ||||||
1 | September 1967 | ||||||||
Title held up as of September 21, 1967. | |||||||||
Larry Hamilton and Pampero Firpo | 2 | September 21, 1967 | Norfolk, Virginia | ||||||
George Becker and Johnny Weaver | 4 | September 28, 1967 | Norfolk, Virginia | ||||||
Title held up after a match against Larry Hamilton and Pampero Firpo on June 29, 1967, in Lynchburg, Virginia. | |||||||||
George Becker and Johnny Weaver | 5 | October 6, 1967 | Lynchburg, Virginia | ||||||
Title held up after a match against Gene Anderson and Lars Anderson on March 5, 1968, in High Point, North Carolina. | |||||||||
George Becker and Johnny Weaver | 6 | April 4, 1968 | Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
Anderson family | 1 | January 13, 1969 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
George Becker and Johnny Weaver | 7 | January 20, 1969 | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||