The ICW United States Tag Team Championship was the top tag team championship in International Championship Wrestling.[1] Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[2]
| ICW United States Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | International Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | June 14, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Title history
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| 1 | Lanny Poffo and George Weingeroff | June 14, 1979 | ICW show | Salt Lake City, Utah | 1 | 681 | Won a tournament to become the first champions. | |||
| 2 | The Devil's Duo (Jeff Sword and Doug Vines) |
April 25, 1981 | ICW show | Lexington, Kentucky | 1 | 141 | ||||
| 3 | Lanny Poffo and George Weingeroff | May 14, 1981 | ICW show | [Note 2] | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | The Devil's Duo (Jeff Sword and Doug Vines) |
May 19, 1981 | ICW show | [Note 2] | 2 | 27 | ||||
| 5 | Lanny Poffo and George Weingeroff | June 15, 1981 | ICW show | Owenton, Kentucky | 3 | [Note 3] | ||||
| 6 | The Convertible Blondes (Rip Rogers and Ricky Starr) |
July 4, 1981 | ICW show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 4] | ||||
| 7 | Lanny Poffo and George Weingeroff | July 7, 1981 | ICW show | [Note 2] | 4 | [Note 4] | ||||
| 8 | The Devil's Duo (Jeff Sword and Doug Vines) |
October 10, 1981 | ICW show | Symsonia, Kentucky | 3 | [Note 4] | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from October 1981 to December 1981. | ||||||||||
| — | Vacated | December 31, 1981 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated, reason undocumented | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from December 1981 to May 1982. | ||||||||||
| 9 | Rip Rogers and Pez Whatley | May 1982 | ICW show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 4] | ||||
| 10 | Lanny Poffo (5) and Mike Doggendorf | 1982 | ICW show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 4] | ||||
| 11 | Tojo Yamamoto and Gypsy Joe | 1982 | ICW show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 4] | ||||
| 12 | Lanny Poffo (6) and Mike Doggendorf (2) | 1983 | ICW show | [Note 2] | 2 | [Note 4] | ||||
| 13 | Tojo Yamamoto and Gypsy Joe | 1983 | ICW show | [Note 2] | 2 | [Note 4] | ||||
| 14 | Bart Batten and Johnny Wilhoit | 1983 | ICW show | [Note 2] | 1 | [Note 4] | ||||
| — | Deactivated | 1984 | — | — | — | — | Championship abandoned when ICW closed in 1984. | |||
Footnotes
edit- ^ Due to gaps in the championship history it is impossible to determine this.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
- ^ The date that the championship was lost has not been found documented which means the title reign lasted between 1 day and 199 days.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Neither the date the title was won or lost has been documented, making it too uncertain to determine any length for this reign.
References
edit- ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2009.