The PLW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship in Power League Wrestling. It is the tag team championship of the PLW promotion, and one of three championship titles.
| PLW Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Power League Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | November 16, 1991 | ||||||||||
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Overall, there have been 35 reigns among 28 teams. The inaugural champions were The Brutal Brigade ("Brutal" Bob Evans and Maniacal Mark), who defeated Darkside (Shawn Williams and Brian Flynn) in a tournament final on November 16, 1991, to become the first PLW Tag Team Champions. The Pillars of Power (Exterminator and Sub-Zero) hold the record for most reigns, with four. At 854 days, Elements of Suicide's (Onyx and Cinna) second reign is the longest in the title's history. Cain and Dave's (Cain the Executioner and Dave Brown) first and only reign was the shortest in the history of the title as they lost the belts back to their opponents on the same night.
Title history
edit- Key
| # | 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
editAs of January 1, 2016
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Brutal Brigade ("Brutal" Bob Evans and Maniacal Mark) |
1 | November 16, 1991 | 30 | Swansea, Massachusetts | Power League Wrestling | Brutal Brigade defeated Darkside (Shawn Williams and Brian Flynn) in a tournament final to become the first PLW Tag Team Champions. Aired in November 1991 on tape delay. | [1][2] |
| 2 | Darkside (Shawn Williams and Brian Flynn) |
1 | December 16, 1991 | 84 | Swansea, Massachusetts | Power League Wrestling | [1][3] | |
| 3 | The Lightning Express (Dutch Davidson and Shane Simons) |
1 | March 9, 1992 | N/A | Swansea, Massachusetts | Power League Wrestling | [4] | |
| 3 | Brian Flynn and The Shadow Warrior | 1 | April 1992 | N/A | Swansea, Massachusetts | Power League Wrestling | [5] | |
| 4 | The Lightning Express | 2 | April 1992 | N/A | El Paso, Texas | Power League Wrestling | ||
| 5 | Maniacal Mark and Scott Z. | 1 | July 1992 | N/A | Swansea, Massachusetts | Power League Wrestling | [6] | |
| — | Vacated | — | 1992 | — | — | Power League Wrestling | The championship is vacated after Scott Z. and Maniacal Mark won tournaments for the vacant Heavyweight and New England championships. | |
| 6 | The Lightning Express | 3 | October 18, 1992 | 59 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island | Power League Wrestling | The Lightning Express defeated The Fall River Wrecking Crew in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | [7] |
| 7 | Fall River Wrecking Crew ("Ruthless" Ryan Amaral and Jay A.) |
1 | December 16, 1992 | 130 | Swansea, Massachusetts | Power League Wrestling | Blue Thunder substituted for Dutch Davidson. | [8] |
| 8 | The S.W.A.T. Team (The Punisher and The Enforcer) |
1 | April 25, 1993 | 168 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island | Power League Wrestling | [9] | |
| 9 | Deadly Alliance (Atomic Mark and H-Bomb) |
1 | October 10, 1993 | 126 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island | Midnight Madness (1993) | [10] | |
| 10 | Cain and Dave (Cain the Executioner and Dave Brown) |
1 | February 13, 1994 | 0 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island | Power League Wrestling | [11] | |
| 11 | Deadly Alliance (Atomic Mark and H-Bomb) |
1 | February 13, 1994 | 98 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island | Power League Wrestling | [12] | |
| 12 | The S.W.A.T. Team | 2 | May 22, 1994 | 84 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island | PowerFest (1994) | Shane Simons was guest referee. | [13] |
| 13 | Destruction Crew (Mayhem and The Devastator) |
1 | August 14, 1994 | 112 | Cranston, Rhode Island | Power League Wrestling | [14] | |
| 14 | Amazin' Jay and Exterminator | 1 | December 4, 1994 | 35 | Cranston, Rhode Island | Power League Wrestling | [15] | |
| 15 | The Flawless Foundation (Max Knight and Scott Thomas) |
1 | January 8, 1995 | 336 | Cranston, Rhode Island | Power League Wrestling | [16] | |
| 16 | The Pillars of Power (Exterminator and Sub-Zero) |
1 | December 10, 1995 | 364 | Providence, Rhode Island | Power-House Brawl (1995) | Exterminator defeated The Flawless Foundation in a handicap match with the help of The Defenseman. Exterminator was allowed keep the title if he chose a partner. He picked Sub-Zero. | [17] |
| 17 | Crush Force (Crusher and Alex Payne) |
1 | December 8, 1996 | 42 | Central Falls, Rhode Island | Power-House Brawl (1996) | Awarded titles via forfeit. | [18] |
| 18 | The Boston Bulldogs (Rip Morrison and Johnny Royal) |
1 | January 19, 1997 | 21 | Warren, Rhode Island | The War In Warren | Awarded titles via forfeit. | [19][20] |
| 19 | The Pillars of Power | 2 | February 9, 1997 | 132 | Central Falls, Rhode Island | Live event | The Pillars of Power won the tag titles outside the ring. The Flawless One, their manager, filed a protest claiming the titles were wrongly taken away. | [21] |
| 20 | Knights of the Realm (The Mighty Bosch and Daedilus Dimmak) |
1 | June 21, 1997 | 155 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island | PowerFest (1997) | This was a Triangle match also involving Fryght (John 3:16 and Vertabreaker). | [22] |
| 21 | The Pillars of Power | 3 | November 23, 1997 | 174 | Warren, Rhode Island | Power-House Brawl (1997) | This was a Triangle match also involving Fryght (John 3:16 and Vertabreaker). | [23][24][25] |
| 22 | Maniacal Mark and Don Juan de Santo | 1 | May 16, 1998 | 265 | Woonsocket, Rhode Island | PowerFest (1998) | [26][27][28][29] | |
| 23 | The Pillars of Power | 4 | February 5, 1999 | 100 | Woonsocket, Rhode Island | Live event | Dr. Heresy substituted for Maniacal Mark. | [30] |
| 24 | Maniacal Mark and Don Juan de Santo | 2 | May 16, 1999 | N/A | Warwick, Rhode Island | PowerFest (1999) | This was a Fatal Four-Way match also involving Knights of the Realm and Amazin' Jay and Vertabreaker. The team broke up when Don Juan de Santo won the PLW Heavyweight Championship. | [31] |
| 25 | The Damned (Mad Dog and Draven) |
1 | March 2000 | N/A | N/A | Power League Wrestling | The Damned were awarded the title after Draven traded the PLW New England Championship to Maniacal Mark in exchange for his half of the PLW Tag Team Championship. | |
| 26 | Elements of Suicide (Onyx and Cinna) |
1 | October 29, 2000 | 287 | Scituate, Rhode Island | Live event | This was a Triple Threat match also involving Frankie Armadillo and Damian Houston. | [32] |
| 27 | Jason the Slasher and The Mighty Moco | 1 | August 12, 2001 | 140 | Cumberland, Rhode Island | Cumberlandfest (2001) | [33] | |
| 28 | Elements of Suicide | 2 | December 30, 2001 | 854 | West Warwick, Rhode Island | Power-House Brawl (2001) | Paul Lauzon substituted for Jason the Slasher. | [34][35][36][37][38][39] |
| 29 | Chris Blackheart and Don Vega | 1 | May 2, 2004 | 770 | Brockton, Massachusetts | PowerFest (2004) | [40] | |
| 30 | Extreme Heat (Kid Pyro and Frank Blaze) |
1 | June 11, 2006 | N/A | Warwick, Rhode Island | PowerFest (2006) | The previous incarnation of Extreme Heat consisted of Kid Pyro and AK Fuego. This pairing defeated Blackheart and Don Vega to win the tag team title. | [41] |
| — | Vacated | — | 2007 | — | — | N/A | When AK Fuego announced he was moving to Florida, Kid Pyro was allowed to replace Fuego with a partner of his choice. Pyro was asked to vacate the titles when he was unable to find a replacement. | |
| 31 | Matt Storm and Mr. Munroe | 1 | May 31, 2009 | 413 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island | PowerFest (2009) | This was a Fatal Four-Way match also involving The Air Devils (Anthony Stone and Brandon Webb), The Baker Boys (Brickhouse and David Baker) and Impact Inc. (Jose Perez and Kevin Karizma). | [42] |
| 32 | The McGraws (Masky, Mini and Uncle Ulysses McGraw) |
1 | July 18, 2010 | 691 | East Providence, Rhode Island | Great Outdoors Tour (2010) | This was a 6-man tag team match also involving T.J. Richter. The championship is subsequently defended under the Freebird rule. | [43] |
| 33 | Matt Storm and T.J. Richter | 1 | June 8, 2012 | 345 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island | PowerFest (2012) | [44][45] | |
| 34 | Anthony Greene and Rob Araujo | 1 | May 19, 2013 | 448 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island | PowerFest (2013) | [46] | |
| 35 | The Glamorous Express (Buddy Romano and Mike Paiva) |
1 | August 10, 2014 | 509 | Cumberland, Rhode Island | Cumberlandfest (2014) | Christian Casanova substituted for Anthony Greene. | [47][48] |
List of combined reigns
editAs of April 22, 2016.
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| (-) | The reign is shorter than one day. |
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onyx and Cinna (Elements of Suicide) |
2 | 1,141 |
| 2 | Exterminator and Sub-Zero (The Pillars of Power) |
4 | 770 |
| 3 | Chris Blackheart and Don Vega | 1 | 770 |
| 4 | Masky, Mini and Uncle Ulysses McGraw (The McGraws) |
1 | 691 |
| 5 | Buddy Romano and Mike Paiva (The Glamorous Express) |
1 | 621+ |
| 6 | Anthony Greene and Rob Araujo | 1 | 448 |
| 7 | Matt Storm and Mr. Munroe | 1 | 413 |
| 8 | Matt Storm and T.J. Richter | 1 | 345 |
| 9 | Max Knight and Scott Thomas (The Flawless Foundation) |
1 | 336 |
| 10 | Maniacal Mark and Don Juan de Santo | 2 | 265 |
| 11 | The Punisher and The Enforcer (The S.W.A.T. Team) |
2 | 252 |
| 12 | Atomic Mark and H-Bomb (The Deadly Alliance) |
2 | 224 |
| 13 | Mad Dog and Draven (The Damned) |
212 | |
| 14 | The Mighty Bosch and Daedilus Dimmak (Knights of the Realm) |
1 | 155 |
| 15 | Jason the Slasher and The Mighty Moco | 1 | 144 |
| 16 | "Ruthless" Ryan Amaral and Jay A. (Fall River Wrecking Crew) |
1 | 130 |
| 17 | Mayhem and The Devastator (Destruction Crew) |
1 | 112 |
| 18 | Shawn Williams and Brian Flynn (Darkside) |
1 | 84 |
| 19 | Dutch Davidson and Shane Simons (The Lightning Express) |
2 | 59 |
| 20 | Crusher and Alex Payne (Crush Force) |
1 | 42 |
| 21 | Amazin' Jay and Exterminator | 1 | 35 |
| 22 | "Brutal" Bob Evans and Maniacal Mark (The Brutal Brigade) |
1 | 30 |
| 23 | Rip Morrison and Johnny Royal (The Boston Bulldogs) |
1 | 21 |
| 24 | Cain the Executioner and Dave Brown (Cain and Dave) |
1 | (-) |
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