The WWA International Television Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in the

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-based

Worldwide Wrestling Associates NWA Hollywood Wrestling (sometimes referred to as NWA Los Angeles) was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Los Angeles, California in the United States that promoted professional wrestling matches throughout Southern California. It ...

from the title's formation in 1954 (as the NWA International Television Tag Team Championship, renamed as a North American Wrestling Alliance title with that promotion's formation in 1958 and then as a WWA title in 1961 when the promotion was renamed) until 1964, when it was replaced with the

WWA World Tag Team Championship The WWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team title in the Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association The World Wrestling Association (WWA) (Asociación Mundial de Lucha Libre in Spanish) is a lucha libre promotion based i ...

Title history

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Wilbur Snyder Wilbur Snyder (September 15, 1929 – December 25, 1991) was an American American football, football player and professional wrestler. Wrestling career Snyder's wrestling debut occurred during football's 1953 off-season. He was trained by Sandor ...

and Sandor Szabo , 1 , January 25, 1954 ,

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Lord James Blears Lord Blears (born James Ranicar Blears, August 13, 1923 – March 3, 2016) was a British-American professional wrestler, ring announcer, promoter, actor, mariner, and surfing personality. Early life Blears was born in Tyldesley, Lancashire, E ...

and

Lord Athol Layton Allan Layton (August 20, 1919 – January 18, 1984) known by his ring name Lord Athol Layton, was an English-Australian professional wrestler, amateur boxer, and professional wrestling commentator, best remembered as being a major wrestling att ...

, 1 , March 8, 1954 , Hollywood, California , , - , Wilbur Snyder ⁽²⁾ and Sandor Szabo ⁽²⁾ , 2 , c. April 1954 , , , - ,

The Great Bolo Al Lovelock is an American retired professional wrestler best known by the ring name The Great Bolo. Lovelock was active in the 1950s and 1960s and was primarily known for his work in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. Lovelock was the first to ...

and Tom Rice , 1 , April 5, 1954 , Hollywood, California , , - , Wilbur Snyder ⁽³⁾ and

Bobo Brazil Houston Harris (July 10, 1924 – January 20, 1998) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Bobo Brazil. Credited with breaking down barriers of racial segregation in professional wrestling, Harris is considered one o ...

, 1 , June 3, 1954 , Hollywood, California , , - , Lord James Blears and Lord Athol Layton , 2 , c. August 1954 , Hollywood, California , , - , Vacant , , , , , - , Wilbur Snyder ⁽⁴⁾ and Bobo Brazil ⁽²⁾ , 2 , September 6, 1954 , Hollywood, California , , - ,

Gene Kiniski Eugene Nicholas Kiniski (November 23, 1928 – April 14, 2010) was a Canadian athlete who played football for the Edmonton Eskimos and then became a three-time professional wrestling world heavyweight champion. "Canada's Greatest Athlete", as he b ...

and

John Tolos John Tolos, nicknamed "The Golden Greek", (September 18, 1930 – May 28, 2009) was a Canadian professional wrestler, and professional wrestling manager. Professional wrestling career Tolos was born on September 18, 1930, in Hamilton, Ontario ...

, 1 , October 13, 1954 ,

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, , - , Lord James Blears ⁽³⁾ and Joe Pazandak , 1 , November 22, 1954 , Hollywood, California , , - , Bobo Brazil ⁽³⁾ and Sandor Szabo ⁽³⁾ , 1 , November 29, 1954 , Hollywood, California , , - , Great Bolo ⁽²⁾ and Tom Rice ⁽²⁾ , 2 , January 19, 1955 , Los Angeles, California , , - , Bill Melby and

Johnny Barend John R. Barend (March 27, 1929 – September 20, 2011), better known as "Handsome" Johnny Barend, was an American professional wrestler. Early life Born in 1929 in Rochester, New York, Barend started wrestling as an amateur at the age of eight. ...

, 1 , February 7, 1955 , Hollywood, California , , - , Tom Rice ⁽³⁾ and Juan Humberto , 1 , March 7, 1955 , Hollywood, California , , - ,

Tosh Togo , better known as Harold Sakata, was an American Olympic weightlifter, professional wrestler, and film actor of Japanese descent. He won a silver medal for the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London in weightlifting, and later b ...

and

Great Togo (January 11, 1946 – November 28, 2016) was a Japanese professional wrestler. He was an executive director of Pro Wrestling Noah. Sumo career In July 1961, Haruka Eigen began wrestling as a sumo. He was part of the Tatsunami stable. He quit su ...

, 1 , June 2, 1955 , , , - style="background:#aaa;" , colspan=5 , , - , Lee Henning and Tom Rice ⁽⁴⁾ , 1 , March 3, 1956 , Hollywood, California , , - ,

Don Leo Jonathan Don Heaton (April 29, 1931 – October 13, 2018), also known as Don Leo Jonathan, was an American-Canadian professional wrestler. Professional wrestling career Jonathan, nicknamed "The Mormon Giant" was a second generation star (his father was f ...

and Lord Leslie Carlton , 1 , May 7, 1956 , Hollywood, California , , - , Lee Henning ⁽²⁾ and Tom Rice ⁽⁵⁾ , 2 , May 14, 1956 , Hollywood, California , , - ,

Rito Romero Rito Romero Loza (May 19, 1927 - January 18, 2001) was a successful luchador who wrestled in Mexico and in the NWA territories of Texas and Los Angeles. He appeared in several films in his native country along with a number of other luchadors. H ...

and Chief War Cloud , 1 , June 4, 1956 , Hollywood, California , , - style="background:#aaa;" , colspan=5 , , - , Lord James Blears ⁽⁴⁾ and Sandor Kovacs , 1 , July 21, 1956 , , , - , Rito Romero ⁽²⁾ and

Ray Stern Ray "Thunder" Stern, born Walter Bookbinder, (January 12, 1933 – March 6, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and entrepreneur. Biography At age 13 he joined the Merchant Marines using the name Paul Davis and discovered ...

, 1 , September 15, 1956 , , , - , Lord James Blears ⁽⁵⁾ and Lord Leslie Carlton ⁽²⁾ , 1 , November 24, 1956 , , , - , Bobo Brazil ⁽⁴⁾ and

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, 1 , November 28, 1956 , Hollywood, California , , - style="background:#aaa;" , colspan=5 , , - , Lord James Blears ⁽⁶⁾ and Lord Leslie Carlton ⁽³⁾ , 2 , March 1957 , , , - ,

Gene Stanlee Eugene Stanley Zygowicz (January 1, 1917 – September 23, 2005) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Mr. America" Gene Stanlee. Early life Zygowicz was born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents, Victoria and Paul Zy ...

and Sandor Szabo ⁽⁴⁾ , 1 , March 9, 1957 ,

San Bernardino, California San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 cen ...

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Ilio DiPaolo Ilio DiPaolo (November 7, 1926 – May 10, 1995), was an Italian professional wrestler and restaurateur who lived in the Buffalo, New York area. Professional wrestling career DiPaolo was born in Italy and lived there until he moved to Venezuela in ...

and Tex Mckenzie , 1 , 1957 , , , - style="background: #f2f2f2;" , colspan="5" style="text-align:center;", , - , Hans Hermann and

Mr. Moto Mr. Moto is a fictional Japanese secret agent created by the American author John P. Marquand. He appeared in six novels by Marquand published between 1935 and 1957. Marquand initially created the character for the ''Saturday Evening Post'', whi ...

, 1 , July 6, 1957 , San Bernardino, California , , - , Seymour Koenig and Sammy Berg , 1 , September 1957 , , , - style="background:#aaa;" , colspan=5 , , - , Hans Hermann ⁽²⁾ and Hans Schmidt , 1 , November 2, 1957 , , , - ,

Wild Red Berry Ralph L. Berry (November 20, 1906 – July 21, 1973), better known by the ring name "Wild" Red Berry, was an American professional wrestler. Berry was a nine-time NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion and an important smaller wrestler of the 19 ...

and

Bob Orton Robert Keith Orton Sr. (July 21, 1929 – July 16, 2006) was an American professional wrestler. The patriarch of the Orton wrestling family, his two sons Bob Orton Jr. and Barry Orton, and grandson Randy Orton, have all wrestled professionall ...

, 1 , February 15, 1958 , , , - , Pepper Gomez and Charro Azteca , 1 , February 22, 1958 , San Bernardino, California , , - , Wild Red Berry ⁽²⁾ and Bob Orton ⁽²⁾ , 2 , March 1, 1958 , San Bernardino, California , , - , Lord James Blears ⁽⁷⁾ and Henry Lenz , 1 , March 1958 , , , - , Seymour Koenig ⁽²⁾ and Herb Freeman , 1 , June 11, 1958 , Los Angeles, California , , - , Rito Romero ⁽³⁾ and Suni War Cloud , 1 , June 1958 , , , - , Seymour Koenig ⁽³⁾ and Herb Freeman ⁽²⁾ , 2 , June 1958 , , , - style="background:#aaa;" , colspan=5 , , - , Wild Red Berry ⁽³⁾ and Tosh Togo ⁽²⁾ , 1 , September 1958 , , , - , Sandor Szabo ⁽⁵⁾ and

Billy Darnell Billy Darnell (February 25, 1926 – September 7, 2007) was an American professional wrestler and major star of the 1940s and 1950s, with his career spanning over twenty years with championships in the National Wrestling Alliance and World W ...

, 1 , September 1958 , , , - style="background:#aaa;" , colspan=5 , , - , Frank Jares and Matt Murphy , 1 , November 22, 1958 , , , - , Enrique Romero and Luis Martínez , 1 , February 7, 1959 , Los Angeles, California , , - , Hans Hermann ⁽³⁾ and Hardy Kruskamp , 1 , March 21, 1959 , San Bernardino, California , , - , Enrique Romero and Luis Martinez , 2 , March 29, 1959 , San Bernardino, California , , - , Eric Pederson and Henry Lenz ⁽²⁾ , 1 , April 6, 1959 , Los Angeles, California , , - style="background:#aaa;" , colspan=5 , , - ,

Billy Varga William Joe Varga (January 10, 1919 – January 11, 2013), billed as Count Billy Varga, was an American professional wrestler and actor. He was born to Rose and Joe Varga; his father was a professional wrestler in Europe known as Count Joseph V ...

and Hardy Kruskamp ⁽²⁾ , 1 , May 29, 1959 , , , - ,

The Fabulous Kangaroos :''This team is not to be mistaken for the similarly named team The Royal Kangaroos of Jonathan Boyd and Norman Frederick Charles III'' The Fabulous Kangaroos were a professional wrestling tag team who existed in various forms from 1957 until 19 ...

, 1 , August 22, 1959 , , , - style="background:#aaa;" , colspan=5 , , - , Billy Varga ⁽²⁾ and Hardy Kruskamp ⁽³⁾ , 2 , November 19, 1959 , , , - , Sandor Szabo ⁽⁶⁾ and Edouard Carpentier , 1 , December 16, 1959 , Los Angeles, California , , - , The Fabulous Kangaroos
, 2 , June 15, 1960 , Los Angeles, California , , - ,

Dick Hutton Richard Heron Avis Hutton (October 4, 1923 – November 24, 2003) was an American amateur and professional wrestler. He was a three-time NCAA champion and, as a professional, held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, making him a one-time worl ...

and

Sam Steamboat Samuel K. Mokuahi (May 4, 1934 – May 2, 2006) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Sammy Steamboat. Early life Mokuahi grew up in Honolulu, attending President Theodore Roosevelt High School, where he pla ...

, 1 , July 16, 1960 , Los Angeles, California` , , - ,

Stan Holek Stan Holek (April 4, 1933 – November 28, 2015) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, Stan Lisowski and Stan Neilson. He became known for being part of two famous "brother" tag teams, the Lisowskis (with Reggie Lis ...

and The Preacher , 1 , August 20, 1960 , San Bernardino, California , , - , Sandor Szabo ⁽⁷⁾ and Edouard Carpentier ⁽²⁾ , 2 , October 19, 1960 , Los Angeles, California , , - , Stan Holek and The Preacher , 2 , December 3, 1960 , San Bernardino, California , , - ,

Nick Bockwinkel Nicholas Warren Francis "Nick" Bockwinkel (December 6, 1934 – November 14, 2015) was an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the 1970s and 1980s. Bockwinkel ...

and Lord James Blears ⁽⁸⁾ , 1 , December 23, 1960 ,

Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporate ...

, , - , Stan Holek and The Preacher , 3 , December 31, 1960 , , , - , Nick Bockwinkel ⁽²⁾ and Edouard Carpentier ⁽³⁾ , 1 , January 4, 1961 , Los Angeles, California , , - ,

Mike Sharpe Michael Sharpe (October 28, 1951 – January 17, 2016) was a Canadian professional wrestler better known as "Iron" Mike Sharpe. A second-generation wrestler whose father and uncle ( Mike and Ben Sharpe) also competed in the profession, Sharpe w ...

and Zebra Kid , 1 , May 12, 1961 , Long Beach, California , , - , The Torres Brothers
, 1 , June 29, 1961 ,

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, , - ,

Freddie Blassie Frederick Kenneth Blassman (February 8, 1918 – June 2, 2003) was an American professional wrestler and manager, known by the ring name "Classy" Freddie Blassie. Renowned as "The Hollywood Fashion Plate","Classy" Freddie Blassie with Keith Elliot ...

and Mr. Moto ⁽²⁾ , 1 , November 9, 1961 , Bakersfield, California , , - ,

Lou Thesz Aloysius Martin "Lou" Thesz (April 24, 1916 – April 28, 2002) was an American professional wrestler. He was a three-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion and held the title for a combined total of 10 years, three months and nine days (3,749 ...

and

Sailor Art Thomas Arthur Thomas (January 30, 1924 – March 20, 2003), better known as Sailor Art Thomas or Seaman Art Thomas, was an American Merchant Mariner, bodybuilder, and professional wrestler. A former WWA World Heavyweight Champion, Thomas was posthumous ...

, 1 , November 22, 1961 , Los Angeles, California , , - style="background:#aaa;" , colspan=5 , , - , Hans Hermann ⁽⁴⁾ and Jess Ortega , 1 , December 1961 , , , - , Freddie Blassie ⁽²⁾ and Mr. Moto ⁽³⁾ , 2 , January 17, 1962 , Los Angeles, California , , - , Vacant , , February 1962 , , , - , Billy Varga ⁽³⁾ and Mario LaPentero , 1 , March 15, 1962 , Long Beach, California , , - , Dick Garza and Eric Rommel , 1 , July 4, 1962 , Los Angeles, California , , - , Sir Alan Garfield and Karl Von Schober , 1 , September 26, 1962 , Los Angeles, California , , - ,

Haystack Calhoun William Dee Calhoun (August 3, 1934 – December 7, 1989) was an American professional wrestler, who used the professional name "Haystack" or "Haystacks" Calhoun. Early life Born on August 3, 1934, William Dee Calhoun grew up on a farm i ...

and

Abe Jacobs Abe Jacobs (born June 18, 1928) is a New Zealand retired professional wrestler. He was one of the first men to follow fellow New Zealander Pat O'Connor to the United States where, like O'Connor, Jacobs became a major star in the National Wres ...

, 1 , October 31, 1962 , Los Angeles, California , , - , The Destroyer and

Don Manoukian Donald J. Manoukian (June 9, 1934 – September 23, 2014) was an American football guard and professional wrestler of Armenian descent from Reno, Nevada. American football career An alumnus of Reno High School and Stanford University (class of 1 ...

, 1 , December 19, 1962 , Los Angeles, California , , - style="background:#cdc;" , colspan="5" style="text-align:center;", WWA United States Tag Team Championship , - ,

Bearcat Wright Edward M. Wright (January 13, 1932 – August 28, 1982) was an American professional wrestler who became popular in the late 1950s and 1960s. Despite racial tension in the United States, he became wildly popular as a babyface. Wrestling in either ...

and Mr. Moto ⁽⁴⁾ , 1 , July 19, 1963 , Los Angeles, California , , - , Freddie Blassie ⁽³⁾ and Don Leo Jonathan ⁽²⁾ , 1 , September 28, 1963 , Long Beach, California , {{small, , colspan=5 , , - , Bearcat Wright ⁽²⁾ and

Red Bastien Rolland "Red" Bastien (January 27, 1931 – August 11, 2012) was an American professional wrestler best known for his time in Capital Wrestling Corporation where he was a 3 time WWWF United States Tagteam champion with his kayfabe brother, ...

, 1 , November 21 , 1963 , Los Angeles, California , , - , Mr. Moto ⁽⁵⁾ and

Kintaro Ohki Kim Il (Korean: 김일; Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) ref ...

, 1 , December 10, 1963 , Long Beach, California , , - , The Neilson Brothers
{{small, (Art Neilson and Stan Neilson Stan Holek ⁽⁴⁾) , 1 , January 9, 1964 , North Hollywood, California , {{small, Repeated in San Bernardino, California on January 11, 1964. , - , Edouard Carpentier ⁽⁴⁾ and

Ernie Ladd Ernest Ladd (November 28, 1938 – March 10, 2007), nicknamed "The Big Cat", was an American professional football player and professional wrestler. A standout athlete in high school, Ladd attended Grambling State University on a basketball sch ...

, 1 , February 1, 1964 , San Bernardino, California , , - , colspan=5, {{center, Permanently replaced by the

References

{{Reflist Tag team wrestling championships NWA Hollywood Wrestling championships