The NWA Fusion Tag Team Championship are the

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of the

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territory of the

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. The titles were formed in the WWC promotion in 1994 when Thunderstorm (Jimmy Jack Thunder & Matt Storm) defeated Carjacker and Cat Burglar in a tournament final. The title has stayed with the promotion throughout its various name changes and NWA membership being known as the ''WWC'', ''APWA'', ''RCW'' (Richmond Championship Wrestling), and ''NWA New York (State) Tag Team Championship'' before the promotion finally relocated to the

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and became known as NWA Virginia. NWA Virginia was renamed NWA Fusion in mid-2008.

Title history

{, class="wikitable" !Wrestlers !Times !Date !Place !Notes , -style="background: #e3e3e3;" , colspan="5" , ''WWC Tag Team Championship'' , - , Thunderstorm
(Jimmy Jack Thunder & Matt Storm) , 1 , June 1994 , Barnegat, NJ , Defeated Carjacker and Cat Burglar in a tournament final to be crowned first champions , - , Lover's Express
(Overweight Lover & Eric Idol) , 1 , May 1995 , Bayville, NJ , Bouncer was subbing for injured Jimmy Jack Thunder in the match , -style="background: #e3e3e3;" , colspan="5" , Renamed ''APWA Tag Team Championship'' , - , Thunderstorm , 2 , August 1996 , Manhawkin, NJ , , - , Honor Roll
(Slayer & Tommy Logan) , 1 , December 1996 , Manhawkin, NJ , , - , Thunderstorm , 3 , May 1997 , Bayville, NJ , , - , Extremists
(

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) , 1 , August 10, 1997 , Staten Island, NY , , -style="background: #e3e3e3;" , colspan="5" , Renamed ''RCW Tag Team Championship'' , -style="background: #e3e3e3;" , colspan="5" , ''Vacated on March 7, 1998 when the Extremists were stripped due to their NWA-CWA commitments.'' , -style="background: #e3e3e3;" , colspan="5" , Renamed ''NWA New York Tag Team Championship'' , - , Mr. Motion and Jeff Grant , 1 , March 17, 1998 , Staten Island, NY , Defeat Sir Christopher Michaels & American Superstar in a tournament final. , - , Guillotine LeGrande & Kamikaze Kid , 1 , June 12, 1999 , Staten Island, NY , , - , Soul Brothers
(Elvin & Jack Soul) , 1 , November 27, 1999 , Staten Island, NY , The Intruder subbed for the injured Kamikaze Kid in the match. , -style="background: #e3e3e3;" , colspan="5" , ''Vacated on January 29, 2000 when the Soul Brothers no-showed a title defense.'' , - , Big Unit
(Rick Silver & Dave Desire) , 1 , January 29, 2000 , Staten Island, NY , Won vacant titles in a 13-man battle royal. The final two remaining wrestlers were crowned the champions , - , Soul Brothers , 2 , January 29, 2000 ,

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, , -style="background: #e3e3e3;" , colspan="5" , ''Vacated in 2000 when the promotion moved to Virginia.'' , -style="background: #e3e3e3;" , colspan="5" , Renamed ''NWA Virginia Tag Team Championship'' on October 13, 2001. , - , The Untouchables
(Sean Lei and Kory James) , 1 , September 21, 2002 ,

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, Defeated Greg Steel and Idol X to determine the first champions. , -style="background: #e3e3e3;" , colspan="5" , ''Vacated on July 18, 2003 when the titles were stripped from The Untouchables due to Sean Lei's back injury.'' , - , Old School Empire
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& Mike Booth) , 1 , July 18, 2003 , Richmond, VA
(Blackwell Community Ctr) , Defeated The Owens Bros. (Jay and Trey) and The Premiere Players (Dash Bennett and "The Ace" Ryan Spade) for the vacant titles. , - , Scotty Blaze & Frank Parker , 1 , November 13, 2004 , Richmond, VA
(Powhatan Hill Recreation Ctr) , Preston Quinn & Malicious Murphy stood in for the other Old School Empire members. , - , Preston Quinn & Mike Booth (2) , 1 , April 23, 2005 ,

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, Pharaoh filled in for the missing Frank Parker. , - , Phil Brown & Dirty Money , 1 , March 25, 2006 , Saluda, VA , , -style="background: #e3e3e3;" , colspan="5" , ''Vacated on 11/18/06 - Dirty Money going to OVW, Phil Brown also leaves NWA Virginia'' , - , Totally Awesome (Kamikaze Kid & El Sucio) , 1 , February 3, 2007 , Saluda, VA , Defeated Fusion GX, Mike Vaughn & Chris Dramin and HorrorShow & 6D6 to win the vacant titles in a four corners elimination match.
This Kamikaze Kid is not the same wrestler as the one who held this title in 1999. , -style="background: #e3e3e3;" , colspan="5" , Renamed ''NWA Fusion Tag Team Championship'' on October 1, 2008. Titles vacated at that time. , - , Da Nu Bloods (Da Curse & Da Gift) , 2 , February 21, 2009 , Saluda, VA , Defeated Assault & Battery in the tournament finals , - , Assault and Battery ("Diamond" Victor Griff and Carlos Hotness) , 1 , October 17, 2009 ,

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, , - , Preston Quinn and Grail , 2 , February 27, 2010 , Saluda, VA , - , The Geordie Bulldogs (Sean Denny and Marky D) , 1 , October 16, 2010 , King and Queen, VA , 4-way elimination match for the titles where The Bulldogs outlasted Da Nu Bloods, A-1, and Preston Quinn/Larry Horsley (Horsley changed his ring name from "Grail" during the title reign). , - , A-1 ("Number One" Jefferson Early and "The A-Lister" Zak Hilton) , 1 , January 15, 2011 , King and Queen, VA , A-1 was able to pick up the victory after Marky D knocked Sean Denny out, effectively turning heel. , - , Stephon Smith & Larry McHale , 1 , July 16, 2011 , King And Queen, VA , If A-1 won, Larry Horsley and Preston Quinn had to retire. , - , A-1 ("Number One" Jefferson Early and "The A-Lister" Zak Hilton) , 2 , December 10, 2011 , King and Queen, VA , , -style="background: #e3e3e3;" , colspan="5" , The titles were vacated on May 19, 2012, due to A-1 not showing up at the shows 3 months. , - , Brandon Day & "Everything Is Better With" Aden Chambers , 1 , August 18, 2012 , King and Queen, VA , Brandon Day and Aden Chambers beat A-1 in the finals of the Tag Team Championship tournament for the vacant championship. , - , Brandon Day & Ryan Zane , 1 , September 2013 , Awarded , Day chooses Zane as his tag team partner following Aden Chambers' retirement on August 17, 2013. , -

References

NWA Virginia's official website
National Wrestling Alliance championships Regional professional wrestling championships