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 of ...
from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991.
History
When the
NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club operated by
Verne Gagne
Laverne Clarence Gagne (February 26, 1926 – April 27, 2015) was an American amateur and professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer, and wrestling promoter. He was the owner and promoter of the Minneapolis-based American Wrestl ...
withdrew from the
National Wrestling Alliance in May 1960, Stan Kowalski and
Tiny Mills
Henry Mittlestadt (1911–1987), best known by his ring name, Tiny Mills, was a Canadian professional wrestler born in Camrose, Alberta. He often teamed with his brother Al Mills as the tag team Murder Incorporated (Murder Inc.). Later on Stan "K ...
were the recognized champions of the
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version)
From January 8, 1957, through August 1960 the NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club promoted the Minneapolis version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship as the main professional wrestling championship for tag teams on their shows held in a ...
. 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