The EWF Tag Team Championship is the tag team professional wrestling title in the Southern California-based Empire Wrestling Federation independent promotion. It was established in 1996, when John Black and Johnny Love, The Ghetto Boyz, were declared the first champions. There have been a total of 44 recognized champion teams who have had a combined 65 official reigns.[1]
| EWF Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | Empire Wrestling Federation | ||||||||||
| Date established | December 6, 1996 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Los Compas (Ray Malvado & Flecha Fugaz) | ||||||||||
| Date won | September 23, 2023 | ||||||||||
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Title history
edit| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ghetto Boyz (John Black and Johnny Love) |
1 | December 6, 1996 | San Bernardino, California | Awarded the title. |
| Cruising With Danger (Dick Danger and Eddie Williams) |
1 | April 16, 1997 | San Bernardino, California | |
| The title was vacated on October 10, 1997. | ||||
| Johnny Love and Eddie Williams | 1 | March 15, 1998 | Hemet, California | Awarded the title. |
| The Wrecking Crew (Big Q and Billy D) |
1 | August 2, 1998 | Rialto, California | |
| Knightmare and Krazy K.C. | 1 | November 8, 1998 | Lancaster, California | |
| The Wrecking Crew (Big Q and Billy D) |
2 | December 13, 1998 | San Jacinto, California | |
| Bad Influence (Josh Galaxy and Frankie Kazarian) |
1 | April 17, 1999 | Colton, California | |
| The title were vacated on July 18, 1997 when Galaxy was injured. | ||||
| Los Cubanitos (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero) |
1 | September 6, 1999 | Colton, California | Awarded the title. |
| Los Cubanitos were stripped of the title on December 4, 1999. | ||||
| Red Tornado and Sun Warrior | 1 | February 26, 2000 | Parker, Arizona | Won a three-way match to win the vacant title. |
| The title were vacated on April 8, 2000 when Sun Warrior left the promotion. | ||||
| Aggravated Assault (Malice and Mayhem) |
1 | June 25, 2000 | San Bernardino, California | Awarded the title. |
| Los Cubanitos (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero) |
2 | April 29, 2001 | San Bernardino, California | |
| Aggravated Assault (Malice and Mayhem) |
2 | June 14, 2001 | Pahrump, Nevada | |
| Los Cubanitos (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero) |
3 | February 16, 2002 | San Bernardino, California | |
| Los Cubanitos were stripped of the title on July 1, 2002 for injuring their opponents. | ||||
| Threat and Desire | 1 | July 19, 2002 | Covina, California | Won a battle royal to win the vacant title. |
| P.H.A.T. (Eric Matlock and Devon Willis) |
1 | August 16, 2002 | Covina, California | |
| The Haystacks Brothers (Kyle Haystacks and Lil' Haystacks) |
1 | November 15, 2002 | Covina, California | Defeated Eric Matlock in a handicap match when Devon Willis was unable to attend. |
| Bo Cooper and Jason King | 1 | January 24, 2003 | Covina, California | Defeated Lil' Haystacks and The Graffiti Kid, subbing for Kyle Haystacks. |
| Los Chivos (Enigma de Oro and Kayam) |
1 | May 25, 2003 | Covina, California | |
| The Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero) |
4 | September 26, 2003 | [2] | |
| The West Coast Ryders (Rudy Luna and Under Pressure) |
4 | January 23, 2004 | Covina, California | |
| Bino Gambino and Rudy Luna | 1 | April 23, 2004 | Covina, California | Gambino won a battle royal to become Luna's new partner after Under Pressure left the promotion. |
| Los Chivos (Enigma de Oro and Kayam) |
2 | July 23, 2004 | Covina, California | |
| The Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero) |
5 | April 22, 2005 | [3] | |
| Los Cubanitos were stripped of the title on May 25, 2005. | ||||
| Los Chivos (Enigma de Oro and Kayam) |
3 | July 22, 2005 | Covina, California | Defeated The K.I.D.D. and Vizzion, Mistrust (Dan Korbick and Rudy Luna) and The War Machines (Joe Kimbal and Plague) in a four-way match to win the vacant title at Independent's Day: Night Two. |
| Dan Kobrick and Guerrero Negro | 1 | November 25, 2005 | Covina, California | Won the title at Bloodlust.[4] |
| Los Chivos (Enigma de Oro and Kayam) |
4 | December 23, 2005 | Covina, California | This was a Masks vs. Title match at Holiday Fear.[5] |
| La Ola del Mal (Extreme Loco and Black Metal) |
1 | August 11, 2006 | Covina, California | Won the title at Meltdown 2K6.[6] |
| The Iron Express (Hook Bomberry and Joey Harder) |
1 | September 8, 2006 | Covina, California | Won the title at Cause 4 Concern.[7] |
| TNT (Johnny Dynamite and Brandon Nitro) |
1 | April 27, 2007 | Covina, California | Won the title at Overkill 2.[8] |
| Aggravated Assault (Malice and Mayhem) |
3 | August 24, 2007 | Covina, California | This was a Tables match at No Excuses.[9] |
| La Ola del Mal (Extreme Loco and Black Metal) |
2 | November 11, 2007 | San Bernardino, California | Won the title at Live at the Hudson.[10] |
| Famous for Fearless (T. J. Perkins and Liger Rivera) |
1 | June 27, 2008 | Covina, California | Won the title at Knockdown Dragout 2.[11] |
| The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) |
1 | January 10, 2009 | Covina, California | Won the title at Breakin' in the New Year.[12] |
| The A-List (Jeremy Jaeger and Roger Ruiz) |
1 | June 26, 2009 | Covina, California | Defeated The Young Bucks and The Cutler Brothers (Brandon and Dustin) in a three-way match at Knockdown Dragout 3.[13] |
| SoCal Crazy and Espiritu Infernal | 1 | December 27, 2009 | Rowland Heights, California | |
| Anchors Away | 1 | April 23, 2009 | Covina, California | |
| SoCal Crazy and Espiritu Infernal | 2 | May 21, 2010 | Covina, California | |
| Los Luchas (Phoenix Star and Zokre) |
1 | September 3, 2010 | Covina, California | |
| La Familia (Raunchy Rico and Damian Arsnik) |
1 | September 23, 2011 | Covina, California | |
| The A-List (Roger Ruiz and Jeremey Jaeger) |
2 | January 21, 2012 | San Bernardino, California | |
| Hollywood Underground (Dave the Bruiser and Ein Idol) |
1 | August 3, 2012 | Covina, California | |
| Barroom Saints (D.K. Murphy and Joshua Dunbar) |
1 | November 2, 2012 | Covina, California | |
| Von Dooms (Cyanide and Vintage Dragon) |
1 | December 7, 2012 | Covina, California | Defeat the Barroom Saints, Anchors Away: David E. Jones and Ryan Stone, Andrew Hellman and Mike Maze, Jafar and Muhammed Raccid Najjar, and Nothing But Trouble: Eddie Mattson and Maddix in a gauntlet match. |
| Fallen Empire (Ryan Taylor and Mondo Vega) |
1 | July 13, 2013 | San Bernardino, California | |
| Von Dooms (Cyanide and Vintage Dragon) |
2 | April 4, 2013 | Covina, California | |
| Fallen Empire (Ryan Taylor and Mondo Vega) |
2 | December 6, 2013 | Covina, California | Defeat the Von Dooms, Anchors Away: David E. Jones and Ryan Stone, The Revolution: Che Cabrera and Sasha Darveko, The Mixtape Kings: Jacob Diez and Jerome Robinson, and the A-List: Jeremy Jaeger and Roger Ruiz in a gauntlet match. |
| Anchors Away | 2 | May 16, 2014 | Azusa, California | Defeat Taylor, the Von Dooms: Cyanide and Vintage Dragon, and Los Maravillas: Maravilla Dos and Maravilla Uno in 4-way match. |
| Fallen Empire (Ryan Taylor and Mondo Vega) |
3 | May 18, 2014 | Covina, California | |
| Connected (Tommy Wilson and Tyshaun Prince) |
1 | January 19, 2015 | Covina, California | |
| Congregation of Pain (Archimedes and Juan Roman) |
1 | May 8, 2015 | Covina, California | Defeat the Connected, the Von Dooms: Cyanide and The Vintage Dragon, and the Rebel Renegades: Joe Gamble and Ju Dizz in 4-way match. |
| Adrian Quest and Andy Brown | 1 | September 4, 2015 | Covina, California | |
| HATE (Che Cabrera & Rico Dynamite) |
1 | August 05, 2016 | Covina, California | |
| Super Beetle and Ty Ray | 1 | June 02, 2017 | Covina, California | |
| HATE (Che Cabrera & Rico Dynamite) |
2 | October, 2017 | California | |
| Davion Foreman and Jorel Nelson | 1 | December 01, 2017 | Covina, California | |
| Calder McColl and Dr. Kruger | 1 | April 06, 2018 | Covina, California | |
| True Grit (Hoss Hogg and Jesse James) |
1 | May 04, 2018 | Covina, California | |
| Honesty Is The Best Policy (Archimedes and Honest John) |
1 | March 01, 2019 | Covina, California | |
| Los MexiMachos (MexiMacho I and MexiMacho II) |
1 | May 03, 2019 | Covina, California | |
| Honesty Is The Best Policy (Archimedes and Honest John) |
2 | N/A | Covina, California | |
| The Wolf Zaddies (Che Cabrera and Tito Escondido) |
1 | July 06, 2019 | Covina, California | |
| The titles were vacated on October, 2021 when the wolf zaddies left the promotion during the covid 19 pandemic. | ||||
| Anthony Idol & Raunchy Rico | 1 | October 23, 2021 | San Bernardino, California | |
| Beef Candy (Richie Slade and Flex Mccallion) |
1 | December, 2021 | San Bernardino, California | |
| Los MexiMachos (MexiMacho I and MexiMacho II) |
2 | July 02, 2022 | San Bernardino, California | |
| Los Compas (Ray Malvado and Flecha Fugaz) |
1 | September 23, 2023 | San Bernardino, California | |
References
edit- ^ "EWF Tag Team Title History". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ "Independent Wrestling Results – September 2003". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ "Independent Wrestling Results – April 2005". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
- ^ "EWF Bloodlust results". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ "EWF Holiday Fear results". Empire Wrestling Federation. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ "EWF Meltdown 2K6 results". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ "EWF Cause 4 Concern results". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ "EWF Overkill 2 results". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ "EWF No Excuses results". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ "EWF Live at the Hudson results". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ "Knockdown Dragout 2 results". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 9, 2009). "EWF Breakin' In The New Year '09". CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ^ "Knockdown Dragout 3 results" (in German). Cagematch. Retrieved 2009-06-28.