NWA World Tag Team Championship
(Georgia version)
Details
PromotionABC Booking[1][2]
Date establishedMay 1954[1][2]
Date retired1969[1][2]
Statistics
First champion(s)Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilson[1][2]
Most reignsTeam: The Von Brauners/Enrique and Alberto Torres (3 reigns)[1][2]
Individual: Enrique Torres (5 reigns)[1][2]
Longest reignEddie Gosset and Art Neilson (At least 434 days)[1][2]
Shortest reignPaul and Stan Vachon (9 days)[1][2]

Between May 1955 and 1969 the professional wrestling promotion ABC Booking (later known as Georgia Championship Wrestling; GCW) promoted their own regional version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship, a professional wrestling championship for teams of two wrestlers.[1][2] When the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was founded in 1948, its board of directors decided to allow any NWA member, referred to as an NWA territory, to use an NWA World Tag Team Championship within their region, essentially making it a regional championship despite the "World" label applied to it.[3] Since the NWA World Tag Team Championships were professional wrestling championships, they were not won or lost in legitimate competitive matches but decided by booker(s) of a wrestling promotion instead.[4]

The Georgia version of the NWA World Tag Team championship existed for 16 years.[1][2] The fact that the board of directors did not put any limits on who could bill a championship as the NWA World Tag Team Championship led to at least 13 different championships of that name being used across the United States simultaneously at one point in 1957.[Championships] Enrique Torres and Art Neilson are tied for the most championship reigns, 5 each with various partners, while the team of Enrique and his brother Ramon Torres and the team of The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl) hold the record for reigns as a team, three each. Art Neilson and Eddie Gosset's second reign lasted at least 434 days, the longest reign in the championship's history.[1][2]

The first recognized NWA World Tag Team Champions were the team of Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilson. At the time Lisowski and Neilson held the Chicago version of the championship which was brought to the Georgia territory.[1][2][5][6] The Chicago version was used as the starting point of the Georgia lineage, creating a totally separate championship when Bill and Freddie Blassie won the Georgia version in December 1955, while Lisowski and Neilson remained champions in the Chicago region.[5][6] In 1969 ABC Booking stopped using the championship, although they would recognize the Mid-Atlantic version after 1975. Instead the promotion would regularly promote the NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship and the NWA National Tag Team Championship as their primary championships.[7]

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilson May 1954 GCW show Georgia 1 [Note 1] Defended Chicago version in Georgia to establish Georgia version [1][2]
2 Bill and Fred Blassie December 1955 GCW show Georgia 1 [Note 2] [1][2]
3 Jerry Graham and Don McIntyre December 9, 1955 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 [Note 3] [1][2]
4 Bill and Fred Blassie December 1955 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 2 [Note 4] [1][2]
5 Roger Mackay and Jackie Nichols January 6, 1956 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 77 [1][2]
6 Jack O'Brien and Pierre LaSalle March 23, 1956 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 [Note 5] [1][2]
7 Eddie Gosset and Art Neilson July 1956 GCW show Georgia 1 [Note 6] [1][2]
8 Don (2) and Red McIntyre August 1956 GCW show Georgia 1 [Note 7] [1][2]
9 Eddie Gosset and Art Neilson August 24, 1956 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 2 [Note 8] [1][2]
10 Reggie (2) and Stan Lisowski November 1957 GCW show Georgia 1 [Note 9] Records unclear if this truly was the Georgia version of the championship [1][2]
11 Jackie and Don Fargo August 1958 GCW show Georgia 1 [Note 10] Records are unclear as to when they lost titles [1][2]
Championship history is unrecorded from August 1958 to June 1962.
12 Joe Scarpa and Don Curtis June 1962 GCW show Georgia 1 [Note 11] Defended the Florida version in Georgia to restart the Georgia version of the championship [1][2]
13 The Assassins
(Assassin #1 and Assassin #2) 		July 5, 1962 GCW show Jacksonville, Florida 1 [Note 12] [1][2]
14 The Von Brauners
(Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) 		August 1963 GCW show Georgia 1 [Note 13] [1][2]
15 Lenny Montana and Tarzan Tyler 1963 GCW show Georgia 1 [Note 14] [1][2]
16 Chief Big Heart and Chief Little Eagle October 11, 1963 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 [Note 10] [1][2]
Championship history is unrecorded from October 11, 1963 to May 1964.
17 The Von Brauners
(Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) 		May 1964 GCW show Georgia 2 [Note 15] Records are unclear as to whom they defeated [1][2]
18 Ray Gunkel and Lester Welch June 4, 1965 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 [Note 10] [1][2]
— Vacated 1966 — — — — Championship vacated for undocumented reasons [1][2]
19 The Globetrotters
(Al Costello and Louie Tillet) 		February 4, 1966 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 7 Defeated the Mysterious Medics to win the vacant championship [1][2]
20 The Von Brauners
(Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) 		February 11, 1966 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 3 42 [1][2]
21 The Mysterious Medics
(Mysterious Medic #1 and Mysterious Medic #2) 		March 25, 1966 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 77 [1][2]
22 The Infernos
(Inferno #1 and Inferno #2) 		June 10, 1966 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 7 [1][2]
23 Enrique and Alberto Torres June 17, 1966 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 [Note 16] [1][2]
24 The Infernos
(Inferno #1 and Inferno #2) 		June 1966 GCW show Georgia 2 [Note 17] [1][2]
25 Enrique and Alberto Torres August 19, 1966 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 2 [Note 18] [1][2]
26 Enrique (3) and Ramon Torres October 1966 N/A N/A 1 [Note 19] Alberto lost a loser leaves town match to Butcher Vachon on October 7, 1966 with Ramon replacing him as championship at some point afterwards. [1][2]
27 Maurice and Paul Vachon January 13, 1967 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 21 [1][2][8]
28 Enrique (4) and Ramon Torres February 3, 1967 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 2 84 [1][2]
29 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
(Gene and Lars Anderson) 		April 28, 1967 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 [Note 20] [1][2]
— Vacated 1967 — — — — Championship vacated for undocumented reasons [1][2]
30 Enrique (5) and Ramon Torres November 1967 GCW show Georgia 3 [Note 21] [1][2]
31 Paul and Stan Vachon January 19, 1968 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 0 [1][2]
32 Buddy Fuller and Ray Gunkel (2) January 19, 1968 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 336 [1][2][9]
33 The Assassins
(Assassin #1 and Assassin #2) 		December 20, 1968 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 2 70 [1][2]
— Vacated February 28, 1969 — — — — Championship held up after match with Ray Gunkel and Buddy Fuller [1][2]
34 Buddy Fuller and Ray Gunkel (3) March 28, 1969 GCW show Atlanta, Georgia 2 [Note 22] Won the rematch. [1][2]
— Deactivated 1969 — — — — The Championship was abandoned [1][2]

Team reigns by combined length

Key

Symbol Meaning
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
Rank Team No. of reigns Combined days
1 Eddie Gosset and Art Neilson 2 435¤
2 Buddy Fuller and Ray Gunkel 2 337¤
3 Reggie and Stan Lisowski 1 244¤
4 Enrique and Ramon Torres 3 237¤
5 Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilson 1 184¤
6 Jack O'Brien and Pierre LaSalle 1 100¤
7 The Assassins (Assassin #1 and Assassin #2) 2 97¤
8 The Mysterious Medics (Mysterious Medic #1 and Mysterious Medic #2) 1 77
Roger Mackay and Jackie Nichols 1 77
10 The Infernos (Inferno #1 and Inferno #2) 2 57¤
11 The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) 3 48¤
12 Enrique and Alberto Torres 2 44¤
13 Maurice and Paul Vachon 1 21
14 Joe Scarpa and Don Curtis 1 14¤
15 Bill and Fred Blassie 2 8¤
16 The Globetrotters (Al Costello and Louie Tillet) 1 7
17 Don and Red McIntyre 1 1¤
Lenny Montana and Tarzan Tyler 1 1¤
Jerry Graham and Don McIntyre 1 1¤
20 Paul and Stan Vachon 1 0
21 Jackie and Don Fargo 1 ¤
Ray Gunkel and Lester Welch 1 ¤
Chief Big Heart and Chief Little Eagle 1 ¤

Individual reigns by combined length

Key

Symbol Meaning
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1 Art Neilson 5 619¤
2 Buddy Fuller 2 337¤
Ray Gunkel 3 337¤
4 Enrique Torres 5 281¤
5 Lisowski|Reggie Lisowski 1 244¤
Stan Lisowski 1 244¤
7 Ramon Torres 3 237¤
8 Reggie Lisowski 1 244¤
9 Pierre LaSalle 1 100¤
Jack O'Brien 1 100¤
11 Assassin #1 2 97¤
Assassin #2 2 97¤
13 Jackie Nichols 1 77
Roger Mackay 1 77
Mysterious Medic #1 1 77
Mysterious Medic #2 1 77
17 Inferno #1 2 57¤
Inferno #2 2 57¤
19 Karl Von Brauner 3 48¤
Kurt Von Brauner 3 48¤
21 Alberto Torres 2 44¤
22 Maurice Vachon 1 21
Paul Vachon 2 21
Don Curtis 1 21
25 Joe Scarpa 1 14¤
26 Bill Blassie 2 8¤
Fred Blassie 2 8¤
28 Louie Tillet 1 7
Al Costello 1 7
30 Don, McIntyre 1 1¤
Lenny Montana 1 1¤
Don McIntyre 1 1¤
Red McIntyre 1 1¤
Jerry Graham 1 1¤
Tarzan Tyler 1 1¤
36 Stan Vachon 1 0
37 Don Fargo 1 ¤
Jackie Fargo 1 ¤
Lester Welch 1 ¤
Chief Big Heart 1 ¤
Chief Little Eagle 1 ¤

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ The exact date that the championship was won and lost is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 184 and 190 days.
  2. ^ The exact date that the championship was won is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 8 days.
  3. ^ The exact date that the championship was lost is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 22 days.
  4. ^ The exact date that the championship was won is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 7 and 28 days.
  5. ^ The exact date that the championship was lost is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 100 and 129 days.
  6. ^ The exact date that the championship was won and lost is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 53 days.
  7. ^ The exact date that the championship was won is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 24 days.
  8. ^ The exact date that the championship was lost is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 434 and 463 days.
  9. ^ The exact date that the championship was won and lost is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 244 and 303 days.
  10. ^ a b c The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  11. ^ The exact date that the championship was won is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 14 and 34 days.
  12. ^ The exact date that the championship was lost is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 27 and 57 days.
  13. ^ The exact date that the championship was won and lost is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 70 days.
  14. ^ The exact date that the championship was won and lost is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 70 days.
  15. ^ The exact date that the championship was won is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 5 and 34 days.
  16. ^ The exact date that the championship was lost is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 13 days.
  17. ^ The exact date that the championship was won is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 50 and 79 days.
  18. ^ The exact date that the championship was lost is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 43 and 42 days.
  19. ^ The exact date that the championship was won is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 74 and 104 days.
  20. ^ The exact date that the championship was vacated is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 216 days.
  21. ^ The exact date that the championship was won is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 79 and 50 days.
  22. ^ The exact date that the championship was abandoned is undocumented, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 278 days.

Concurrent championships

Sources for 13 simultaneous NWA World Tag Team Championships

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