The American Wrestling Association (AWA) World Tag Team Championship was a

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in the

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from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991.

History

When the NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club operated by

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withdrew from the

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in May 1960, Stan Kowalski and

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were the recognized champions of the

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. At the time, the AWA continued to recognize the NWA champions as their World champions. However, by August 1960, and having recently recaptured the NWA Tag Team championships for a second time, Kowalski and Mills were recognized as the first AWA World Tag Team Champions when AWA stopped recognizing NWA champions. As the promotion grew, the AWA World Tag Team Championship became one of the most coveted tag team titles in the

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from the beginning until the late 1980s, when the AWA's talent roster was depleted by the

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and

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. This led to the retirement of the titles when the AWA closed.

Title history

List of top combined reigns

By team

By wrestler

Footnotes

References

External links

AWA World Tag Team Title History
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