The American Wrestling Association (AWA) World Tag Team Championship was a
professional wrestling world tag team championship in the
American Wrestling Association
The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 until 1991. It was owned and founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo. The territory was originally part o ...
from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991.
History
When the
NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club operated by
Verne Gagne withdrew from the
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotion and former professional wrestling governing body operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc.
Founded in 1948, the NWA ...
in May 1960, Stan Kowalski and
Tiny Mills were the recognized champions of the
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version). 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
United States from the beginning until the late 1980s, when the AWA's talent roster was depleted by the
World Wrestling Federation and
Jim Crockett Promotions. 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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American Wrestling Association championships
Tag team wrestling championships
World professional wrestling championships