NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship | |||||||
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Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||||||
Date established | 1972 | ||||||
Date retired | December 1978 | ||||||
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The NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship was the top tag team professional wrestling title in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from 1972 through the promotion's 1978 closure.[1]
WCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969,[2] but still recognized the IWA World Tag Team Championship as its world title. In 1971, that title was abandoned and this title was established as WCW's new top tag team title.
24 different teams held the championship, combining for 29 individual title reigns.[1]
Symbol | Meaning |
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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 |
No. | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref(s). |
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1 | Jimmy Golden and Dennis McCord | 1 | 2 December 1972 | [Note 1] | Melbourne | Live event | Defeated Brute Bernard and Gary Hart in the finals of a seven-team tournament. | [3] |
2 | Don Carson and Dick Dunn | 1 | January 1973 | [Note 2] | N/A | Live event | Awarded the title after Golden was injured in the United States. | |
3 | The Medics (Bob Griffin and Dale Lewis) |
1 | 2 March 1973 | 7 | Sydney | Live event | ||
4 | Don Carson and Dick Dunn | 2 | 9 March 1973 | 21 | Sydney | Live event | ||
5 | Ron Miller and Larry O'Dea | 1 | 30 March 1973 | 44 | Sydney | Live event | ||
6 | Hiro Tojo and Waldo Von Erich | 1 | 13 May 1973 | [Note 3] | Sydney | Live event | [4] | |
7 | Spiros Arion and Mark Lewin | 1 | July 1973 | [Note 4] | N/A | Live event | ||
8 | Hiro Tojo (2) and Hito Tojo | 1 | 19 October 1973 | 112 | Sydney | Live event | ||
9 | Ron MIller and Larry O'Dea | 2 | 8 February 1974 | [Note 5] | Sydney | Live event | ||
— | Vacated | — | 1974 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship was vacated after Ron Miller was injured by Ciclón Negro and Waldo Von Erich. | |
10 | Pat Barett and Tony Kontellis | 1 | 5 April 1974 | 14 | Sydney | Live event | Won a tournament. | |
11 | The Original Mr. Wrestling and Bobby Shane | 1 | 19 April 1974 | 77 | Sydney | Live event | ||
12 | Ron Miller and Larry O'Dea | 3 | 5 July 1974 | 308 | Sydney | Live event | ||
13 | The Missouri Mauler and Steve Rackman | 1 | 9 May 1975 | 23 | Sydney | Live event | ||
14 | Bobby Hart and Larry O'Dea (4) | 1 | 1 June 1975 | 61 | Sydney | Live event | [5] | |
15 | Skandor Akbar and George Gouliovas | 1 | 1 August 1975 | [Note 6] | Sydney | Live event | ||
— | Vacated | — | 1975 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship was vacated after Skandor Akbar was injured by The Great Mephisto. | |
16 | Johnny Gray and Ron Miller (4) | 1 | December 1975 | [Note 7] | Melbourne | Live event | Won a tournament. | |
17 | Les Roberts and Hiro Tojo (3) | 1 | March 1976 | [Note 8] | N/A | Live event | ||
18 | Johnny Gray (2) and Kevin Martin | 1 | May 1976 (nlt) | [Note 9] | Brisbane | Live event | ||
19 | Larry O'Dea (5) and Ed Wiskoski | 1 | September 1976 | [Note 10] | N/A | Live event | ||
20 | Rick Martel and Larry O'Dea (6) | 1 | 18 February 1977 | [Note 11] | Sydney | Live event | Defeated Masa Saito and Ed Wiskoski. | |
21 | Butcher Brannigan and Bugsy McGraw | 1 | 1977 | [Note 12] | N/A | Live event | ||
22 | Ron Miller (5) and Larry O'Dea (7) | 4 | 2 May 1977 | 46 | Sydney | Live event | ||
23 | Butcher Brannigan (2) and Killer Karl Krupp | 1 | 17 June 1977 | 107 | Sydney | Live event | ||
24 | Bugsy McGraw (2) and Mario Milano | 1 | 2 October 1977 | [Note 13] | Sydney | Live event | ||
— | Vacated | — | 1977/1978 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship was vacated after Mario Milano was injured by Bruiser Brody. | |
25 | Bobby Hart and Larry O'Dea (8) | 2 | 3 March 1978 | [Note 14] | Sydney | Live event | ||
— | Vacated | — | April 1978 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated when Bobby Hart left the country. | |
26 | Butcher Brannigan (2) and Les Roberts (2) | 1 | August 1978 | [Note 15] | Papua New Guinea | Live event | Won a tournament; possibly fictitious. | |
27 | Mario Milano (2) and Larry O'Dea (9) | 1 | 1 October 1978 | 26 | Sydney | Live event | ||
28 | Ox Baker and Butcher Brannigan (3) | 1 | 27 October 1978 | 42 | Sydney | Live event | ||
29 | André the Giant and Ron Miller (6) | 1 | 8 December 1978 | [Note 16] | Sydney | Live event | ||
— | Abandoned | — | December 1978 | — | N/A | N/A | World Championship Wrestling closed. |