The New Zealand version of the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship defended in the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated All Star Pro Wrestling from 1981 to 1984. The titles were awarded to Steve Rickard and Mark Lewin on October 8, 1981, and were last held by Mark and Chris Youngblood in late-1984 before the titles were retired. There were 7 officially recognized teams and 16 individual champions in the titles 3-year history.[1]
| Australasian Tag Team Championship | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||
| Date established | 1981 | ||||
| Date retired | 1984 | ||||
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Title history
edit| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
Reigns
edit| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Rickard and Mark Lewin | 1 | October 8, 1981 | 210 | N/A | Live event | Awarded titles. | [1][2] |
| 2 | King Kamaka and Baron Von Krupp | 1 | May 6, 1982 | 21 | Auckland | Live event | [1][3][4] | |
| 3 | Steve Rickard and Mark Lewin | 2 | May 27, 1982 | 84 | Auckland | Live event | [1][2] | |
| 4 | King Kamaka (2) and Ox Baker | 1 | August 19, 1982 | 42 | Auckland | Live event | [1] | |
| 5 | Mark Lewin (3) and Al Perez | 1 | September 30, 1982 | 21 | Auckland | Live event | [1][2] | |
| 6 | King Kamaka (3) and General Hiro | 1 | October 21, 1982 | N/A | Auckland | Live event | [1][5] | |
| — | N/A | — | 1982-1983 | — | N/A | N/A | Title history is unrecorded. | [1] |
| 7 | Larry O'Day and Ripper Collins | 1 | 1983 | N/A | N/A | N/A | [1] | |
| — | N/A | — | 1983-1984 | — | N/A | N/A | Title history is unrecorded. | [1] |
| 8 | Mark and Chris Youngblood | 1 | 1984 | N/A | N/A | N/A | [1] | |
| — | Deactivated | — | N/A | — | N/A | N/A | The titles are retired in the mid-1980s. | [1] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Australasian Tag Team Title (New Zealand)". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ a b c "Mark Lewin". Bios. Oklafan.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ Martinez, Ryan (2010-05-06). "This Day In History: Kerry Von Erich Wins The NWA Title, Zbyszko And Kowalski Win World Titles, Insurrextion And More". PWInsider.com. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ F4W Staff (May 6, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 6): Verne Gagne Vs. Danny Hodge, 1st Annual Von Erich Parade of Champions show". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Woodward, Buck (2009-10-21). "This Day In History: Bret Hart Signs A 20-Year Contract With The WWF, All Japan's First Show, Final Tag Reign For Los Guerreros Ends And More". PWInsider.com. Retrieved 8 July 2010.