NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version)

NWA World Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club
Date established January 8, 1957
Date retired August 1960

The NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1957 until August 1960, when the American Wrestling Association came into existence and it was replaced by the AWA World Tag Team Championship.[1]

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
[Note #] Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.
  Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation in that time period.
# Wrestlers
(Tag team name)		 Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Tiny Mills and Al Mills 1 June 1953 [Note 1] [Note 2] House show Records are unclear on who they defeated to win the championship [1]
2 Tony Baillargeon and Pat O'Connor 1 June 20, 1953 [Note 3] St. Paul, Minnesota House show   [1]
                 
3 Kalmikoffs, TheThe Kalmikoffs
(Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff)		 1 January 8, 1957 49 Minneapolis, Minnesota House show Defeated Fritz Von Erich and Karl Von Schober in a tournament final. [1]
4 Joe and Guy Brunetti 1 February 26, 1957 100 Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1]
5 Kalmikoffs, TheThe Kalmikoffs
(Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff)		 2 June 6, 1957 68 Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1]
6 Mitsu Arakawa and Kinji Shibuya 1 August 13, 1957 105 Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1]
7 Joe and Guy Brunetti 2 November 26, 1957 14 Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1]
8 Atomic Blonds
(Johnny Valentine and Chet Wallick)		 1 December 10, 1957 16 Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1]
9 Verne Gagne and Bronko Nagurski 1 December 26, 1957 86 Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1]
10 Gallagher Brothers
(Doc and Mike Gallagher)		 1 March 22, 1958 54 St. Paul, Minnesota House show Hard Boiled Haggerty and Kinji Shibuya defeat the Gallaghers on April 22, 1958 but the title was returned a week later due to questionable decisions by referee Ilio DiPaolo. [1]
11 Verne Gagne (2) and Leo Nomellini 1 May 15, 1958 [Note 4] Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1]
12 Gallagher Brothers
(Doc and Mike Gallagher)		 2 1958 [Note 5] [Note 2] House show   [1]
13 Hans Hermann and Fritz Von Erich 1 July 1, 1958 [Note 6] Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1]
— Vacated N/A 1958 N/A N/A N/A TItle vacated for undocumented reasons [1]
14 Reggie and Stan Lisowski 1 November 1958 [Note 7] [Note 2] House show Won a tournament [1]
15 Herb and Seymour Freeman 1 January 15, 1959 7 Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1]
16 Reggie and Stan Lisowski 2 January 22, 1959 42 Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1]
17 Kalmikoffs, TheThe Kalmikoffs
(Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff)		 3 March 5, 1959 54 Minneapolis, Minnesota House show In April 1959, Ivan gave his half to Baron Gattoni after being injured. [1]
18 Verne Gagne (3) and Butch Levy 1 April 28, 1959 [Note 8] Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1]
19 Kalmikoffs, TheThe Kalmikoffs
(Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff)		 4 June 1959 [Note 9] [Note 2] House show Awarded because Verne Gagne was on tour outside the territory. [1]
20 Butch Levy (2) and Leo Nomellini (2) 1 July 14, 1959 [Note 10] Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1]
— Vacated N/A 1959 N/A N/A N/A Nomelli returned to play for the San Francisco 49ers in 1959. [1]
21 Murder, Inc.
(Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills (2))		 1 March 5, 1960 193 N/A N/A Claiming to be International Tag Team champions since 59, they were awarded the titles. The Minneapolis promotion withdraws from NWA and forms American Wrestling Association in May but continues to recognize NWA champions as their champions. [1]
22 Verne Gagne (4) and Leo Nomellini (3) 2 July 19, 1960 [Note 11] Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1]
23 Murder, Inc.
(Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills (3))		 2 August 1960 [Note 12] Minneapolis, Minnesota House show Awarded when Nomellini returns to football. They are soon recognized as the first AWA World Tag Team Champions when AWA stops recognizing NWA champions. [1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 20 days.
  2. 1 2 3 4 The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  3. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 1,297 days.
  4. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and −318 days.
  5. ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 46 days.
  6. ↑ The date the championship was vacated has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 151 days.
  7. ↑ The date the championship won lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 46 days and 75 days.
  8. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 85 days and 115 days.
  9. ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 3 days and 43 days.
  10. ↑ The date the championship was vacated has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 170 days.
  11. ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 13 days and 43 days.
  12. ↑ The exact date the AWA stopped promoting the NWA Tag Team Championship is unclear, leaving length of the reign too uncertain to calculate.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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