NWA World Tag Team Championship



During the Classic Era, the NWA World Tag Team Championship was the top title in the Tag Team class of the National Wrestling Alliance.

History
At the start of the Classic Era, the NWA allowed various territories to claim their own version of the World Tag Team Championship. In 1982, a series of tournaments were held with the team of Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen being the last remaining and beginning the Championship lineage.

In 1988, JCP was sold to Turner Broadcasting and would eventually become known as World Championship Wrestling. In 1991, the NWA World Tag Team Championship was rebranded as the WCW Tag Team Championship. At the time of this rebrand, Doom were the Champions.

In 1992, the NWA officially sponsored their own World Tag Team Championship independent of JCP/WCW, but with WCW hosting a tournament to determine the new Champions. The Miracle Violence Connection won the titles and unified them with their WCW Tag Team Championship. Both titles would be defended simultaneously in WCW until September 1993, when WCW finally split from the NWA for good. At the time of this split, Arn Anderson and Paul Roma were the Champions and would still be for WCW.

A new tournament would be held in 1995 and would be the first to not involve JCP/WCW, with the Rock 'n' Roll Express winning it. After being featured briefly in the World Wrestling Federation in 1998, the Championship would be showcased and defended on smaller, independent cards until the Era's destruction in 2001. The final champions of the Era were David Young and Rick Michaels aka Bad Attitude.

List of Champions

 * Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen (1982)
 * Don Kernodle and Sgt Slaughter (1982-83)
 * Jay Youngblood and Ricky Steamboat (1983)(1983)(1983)
 * Jack Brisco and Jerry Brisco (1983)(1983)(1984)
 * Bob Orton Jr and Don Kernodle (1984)
 * Mark Youngblood and Wahoo McDaniel (1984)(1984)
 * Don Kernodle and Ivan Koloff (1984)
 * Dusty Rhodes and Manny Fernandez (1984-85)
 * Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff (1985)(1985)
 * Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson (1985)(1985-86)(1986)(1987)(1995)(1998)(2000)
 * Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey (1986)
 * Manny Fernandez and Rick Rude (1986-87)
 * Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard (1987-88)(1988)
 * Barry Windham and Lex Luger (1988)
 * Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane (1988)
 * Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk (1988-89)
 * Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams (1989)
 * Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes (1989)
 * Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner (1989-90)
 * Butch Reed and Ron Simmons (1990)
 * Steve Williams and Terry Gordy (1992)
 * Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes (1992)
 * Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas (1992-93)
 * Brian Pillman and Steve Austin (1993)
 * Arn Anderson and Paul Roma (1993)
 * Mr Gannosuke and Tarzan Goto (1995-96)
 * CW Anderson and Pat Anderson (1996-97)
 * Headbanger Mosh and Headbanger Thrasher (1998)
 * Bart Gunn and Bob Holly (1998)
 * Agent Gunn and Agent Maxx (1998)(1998)
 * Barry Windham and Tully Blanchard (1998)
 * Eric Sbraccia and Knuckles Nelson (1998-99)
 * Knuckles Nelson and Rick Fuller (1999)
 * Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock (1999)
 * Dukes Dalton and Knuckles Nelson (1999)
 * Kit Carson and Khris Germany (1999)(1999-2000)
 * Jimmy James and Kevin Northcutt (1999)
 * Curtis Thompson and Drake Dawson (2000)(2000)
 * Reno Riggins and Steven Dunn (2000)
 * Bubba Pain and LA Stephens (2000)
 * David Young and Rick Michaels (2000-01)(2001)(2001)
 * Christian York and Joey Matthews (2001)
 * Dan Factor and David Flair (2001)