From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

IWA World Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Date established1966
Date retired1971
Statistics
First champion(s) Larry Hennig and Harley Race
Most reignsTeam: Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy (5)
Individual: Mario Milano (10)

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

Wrestlers: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Larry Hennig and Harley Race 1 June 1966 ? Awarded the title.
Dominic DeNucci and Mark Lewin 1 1 July 1966 Sydney [3]
Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy 1 15 July 1966 Sydney, New South Wales
Mark Lewin (2) and Bearcat Wright 1 29 July 1966 Sydney
Brute Bernard (2) and Skull Murphy (2) 2 August 1966 ?
The Flying Scots
( George and Sandy Scott) 		1 22 October 1966 Melbourne
Art Nelson and Ray Stevens 1 19 November 1966 Melbourne
The Flying Scots
( George and Sandy Scott) 		2 December 1966 Melbourne, Victoria
Karl and Kurt Von Stroheim 1 June 1967 United States Possibly fictitious title change.
Red Bastien and Mario Milano 1 28 July 1967 Sydney, New South Wales
Killer Kowalski and Skull Murphy (3) 1 25 August 1967 Sydney, New South Wales
Red Bastien (2) and Mario Milano (2) 2 September 1967 Melbourne, Victoria
Killer Kowalski (2) and Skull Murphy (4) 2 6 October 1967 Sydney, New South Wales
Red Bastien (3) and Mario Milano (3) 3 13 October 1967 Sydney, New South Wales
Art Nelson (2) and Pat Patterson 1 25 December 1967 San Francisco, California Possibly fictitious title change.
Mario Milano (4) and Billy White Wolf 1 February 1968 Perth, Western Australia Took place no later than this date.
Brute Bernard (3) and Skull Murphy (5) 3 22 March 1968 Sydney
Mario Milano (5) and Antonio Pugliese 1 April 1968 Adelaide, South Australia
Killer Karl Kox and Skull Murphy (6) 1 May 1968 Brisbane, Queensland
Dominic DeNucci (2) and Antonio Pugliese (2) 1 May 1968 ?
Killer Kowalski (3) and Bill Miller 1 June 1968 Adelaide, South Australia
Dominic DeNucci (3) and Mario Milano (6) 1 July 1968 Adelaide, South Australia Took place no later than this date.
Ciclón Negro and Baron Mikel Scicluna 1 6 July 1968 Sydney, New South Wales
The Assassins
( Jody Hamilton and Tom Renesto) 		1 30 August 1968 Sydney, New South Wales
The Flying Scots
( George and Sandy Scott) 		3 11 October 1968 Sydney, New South Wales
Skull Murphy (7) and Toru Tanaka 1 November 1968 ?
Brute Bernard (4) and Skull Murphy (8) 4 January 1969 ?
Don Leo Jonathan and Antonio Pugliese (3) 1 21 February 1969 Sydney, New South Wales
Mario Milano (7) and The Spoiler 1 7 March 1969 Sydney, New South Wales [4]
Don Leo Jonathan (2) and Antonio Pugliese (4) 2 March 1969 Melbourne, Victoria
Mario Milano (8) and Waldo Von Erich 1 4 April 1969 Sydney, New South Wales
The Spoiler (2) and Waldo Von Erich (2) 1 April 1969 ? Milano gave up his half of the title.
Tex McKenzie and Billy White Wolf (2) 1 25 April 1969 Sydney, New South Wales
The Spoiler (3) and Waldo Von Erich (3) 2 24 May 1969 Sydney, New South Wales
WCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969.
Lars Anderson and Dick Murdoch 1 October 1969 ? Awarded the title.
Brute Bernard (5) and Skull Murphy (9) 5 5 December 1969 Sydney, New South Wales
Spiros Arion and Mario Milano (9) 1 19 December 1969 Sydney, New South Wales
Buddy Austin and King Curtis Iaukea 1 26 December 1969 Sydney, New South Wales
Swede Hanson and Rip Hawk 1 April 1970 Hobart, Tasmania Possibly fictitious title change.
Mark Lewin (3) and Antonio Pugliese (5) 1 15 May 1970 Sydney, New South Wales
Von Steigers
( Kurt and Karl Von Steiger) 		1 19 June 1970 Sydney, New South Wales
Spiros Arion (2) and Mark Lewin (4) 1 1970 ?
Von Steigers
( Kurt and Karl Von Steiger) 		2 1970 ?
Mark Lewin (5) and Mario Milano (10) 1 December 1970 ?
The Texas Outlaws
( Dick Murdoch (2) and Dusty Rhodes) 		1 21 January 1971 Sydney, New South Wales
Killer Kowalski (4) and Mark Lewin (6) 1 March 1971 ? Took place no later than this date.
King Curtis Iaukea (2) and Mark Lewin (7) 1 April 1971 ? Defeated Bob Brown and Killer Kowalski.
Mr. Fuji and Tiger Jeet Singh 1 May 1971 ? Took place no later than this date.
King Curtis Iaukea (3) and Mark Lewin (8) 2 June 1971 ? Took place no later than this date.
Von Steigers
( Kurt and Karl Von Steiger) 		3 August 1971 ?
The title was retired in 1971 and replaced with the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "I.W.A. World Tag Team Title (Australia)". Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Pro-Wrestling Title Histories: Australia". Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved 30 December 2008. W.C.W. was a members [ sic] of National Wrestling Alliance after 69/08.
  3. ^ Hoops, Brian (1 July 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. ^ Hoops, Brian (7 March 2020). "Daily Pro Wrestling history (03/07): Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=IWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship_(Australia)&oldid=1172611328"