Thursday, January 5, 2012

AWA World Heavyweight Tag Team Champions 1960 - 1991

Murder Inc.: Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski 60/08
Awarded NWA World Tag Team Title when Leo Nomellini, who has held the title with Verne Gagne, returns to San Francisco 49ers; recognized as the first AWA World Tag Team champions in 60/08 when AWA stops recognizing NWA champions.
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana 60/10/04 Minneapolis,MN
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski 61/03/18 St. Paul, MN
Montana's leg broken in a match against Verne Gagne & Leo Nomellini; Haggerty chooses Kinski as new partner.
Wilbur Snyder & Leo Nomellini 61/05/23 Minneapolis, MN
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski [2] 61/07/19 St. Paul, MN
Team split up on 61/08/08 when Haggerty's interference in a cage match between Kiniski and Verne Gagne backfires.
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel 61/06/26 St. Paul, MN
Haggerty defeats Kiniski and chooses Geigel as partner.
Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy (Bobby Graham) 61/11/16 Rochester, MN
Bob Geigel & Otto Von Krupp (Boris Malenko) 61/11/23 Rochester, MN
Vacant in January,'62 when Krupp is injured.
Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman 62/01/15 St. Paul, MN
Defeat Ivan Kalmikoff & Nikita Kalmikoff in 9-team tournament final
Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski 62/02/13 Minneapolis, MN
Art Neilson & Stan Neilson 62/04 Cincinnati, OH *
Mr. High & Mr. Low (Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn) 62/12/16 St. Paul, MN
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff 63/01/01 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Dick the Bruiser 63/08/20 Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne & Moose Evans 64/02/09 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Dick the Bruiser [2] 64/02/23 St. Paul, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race 65/01/31 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Verne Gagne 65/07/24 Minneapolis, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race [2] 65/08/07 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Dick the Bruiser [3] 66/05/28 Minneapolis, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race [3] 67/01/06 Chicago, IL
Verne Gagne & Don Leo Jonathan defeat Hennig & Race on 67/03/28 in Winnipeg, MB but the title is returned to Hennig & Race when the decision is reversed.
Harley Race & Chris Markoff 67/11/01
Hennig's leg is broken by Verne Gagne in Winnipeg, MB; Race chooses new partner.
Pat O'Connor & Wilbur Snyder 67/11/03 Chicago, IL
Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto (Tor Kamata) 67/12/02 Chicago, IL
Crusher Lisowski & Dick the Bruiser [4] 68/12/28 Chicago, IL
Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 69/08/30 Chicago, IL
Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger # 71/02/23 Portland, OR
Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon # 71/03/18 Salem, OR
Win by DQ; above changes on Oregon are not recognized by AWA.
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez 71/05/15 Milwaukee, WI
Red Bastien & Crusher Lisowski 71/08
Cortez killed in an auto accident on 71/07/23 near St, Cloud, MN; Bastien chooses Crusher as new partner.
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 72/01/20 Denver, CO
Bill Robinson & Ed Francis 72/11/15 Honolulu, HI
Stripped in 72/12 for failure to defend the title; title returned to Bockwinkel & Stevens.
Verne Gagne & Bill Robinson 72/12/30 Minneapolis, MN
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens [2] 73/01/06 St. Paul, MN
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeat Bockwinkel & Stevens on 73/10/12 in Minneapolis, MN, but title returned as Portz subbing for Red Bastien.
Crusher Lisowski & Wahoo McDaniel 74/05/17 Denver, CO
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens [3] 74/06/12 Denver, CO
Crusher Lisowski & Bill Robinson 74/07/21 Green Bay, WI
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens [4] 74/10/24 Winnipeg, MB
Dusty Rhodes & Ivan Putski defeat Bockwinkel & Stevens on 75/05/01 in Winnipeg, MB, but title returned as Putski subbing for Billy Graham.
Crusher & Dick the Bruiser [5] 75/08/16 Chicago, IL
Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum 76/07/23 Chicago, IL
High Flyers: Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne defeat Lanza & Duncum on 76/10/07 in Winnipeg, MB but the title is returned to Lanza & Duncum when the decision is reversed; Verne Gagne & Ray Stevens defeat Lanza & Duncum on 77/06/24 in Minneapolis, MN but the title is returned to Lanza & Duncum when the decision is reversed.
High Flyers: Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne 77/07/07 Winnipeg, MB
Pat Petterson & Ray Stevens 78/09/23
Awarded after Brunzell is injured playing softball.
Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon 79/06/06 Winnipeg, MB
Stan Hansen & Bobby Duncum 79/08/15 Winnipeg, MB
Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon [2] 79
East-West Connection: Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura 80/07/20 Denver, CO
Win by forfeit when Gagne no-shows scheduled defence.
High Flyers [2] 81/06/14 Green Bay, WI
Sheiks: Jerry Blackwell & Ken Patera 83/06/26 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Baron Von Raschke 84/05/06 Green Bay, WI
Road Warriors: Hawk & Animal 84/08/25 Las Vegas, NV
Jim Garvin & Steve Regal 85/09/29 St. Paul, MN
Curt Hennig & Scott Hall 86/01/18 Albuquerque, NM
Buddy Rose & Doug Somers 86/05/17 Hammond, IN
Midnight Rockers: Marty Janetty & Shawn Michaels 87/01/27 St. Paul, MN
Soldat Ustinov & Boris Zhukov 87/05/25 Lake Tahoe, NV
Soldat Ustinov & Doug Somers 87/10
Zhukov jumps to the WWF.
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee 87/10/11 Memphis, TN
Hector Guerrero & Dr. D 87/10/19 Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee [2] 87/10/26 Memphis, TN
Original Midnight Express: Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose 87/10/30 Whitewater, WI
Midnight Rockers [2] 87/12/27 Las Vegas, NV
Held up after a match against Rock'n'Roll Express: Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson on 88/02/15 in Memphis, TN.
Midnight Rockers [3] 88/02/22 Memphis, TN
Defeat Rock'n'Roll Express in rematch.
Badd Company: Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka 88/03/19 Las Vegas, NV
Olympians: Ken Patera & Brad Rheingans 89/03/25 Rochester, MN
Vacant on 89/09/18 when Patera is injured by Destruction Crew (Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos).
Destruction Crew: Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos 89/10/01 Rochester, MN
Defeat Greg Gagne & Paul Diamond in tournament final.
The Trooper & D.J. Peterson 90/08/11 Rochester, MN
Promotion closes in 91.

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