WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

(Redirected from WCW Tag Team Championship)

The 'World Championship Wrestling (WCW) World Tag Team Championship' was the major tag team title in World Championship Wrestling from 1991 to 2001.

Contents

History

Trivia

Notes

See also

External links

History

The titles were created for the Mid-Atlantic Wrestling promotion as their version of the 'World Tag Team Championship' and were created in 1975. The titles ultimately became recognized as the 'NWA (Mid-Atlantic) World Tag Team Championship' by Jim Crockett Promotions, Inc. (later World Championship Wrestling) until 1991, when WCW withdrew from the NWA and the titles were renamed the 'WCW World Tag Team Championship'.
It should be pointed out that during this time frame, the NWA did not officially recognize any set of World Tag Team Champions, as the various NWA affiliates promoted their own "World Tag Team Championships". Thus, JCP never "officially" referred to the title as an NWA title. They were merely called "the World Tag Team Championship." It was not until the mid-1980s, when JCP became the virtual flag bearer for the NWA, that the title was openly referred to as the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
The NWA, which began as a brand name for organization founder Pinky George in the early 1940's (before being as the name of the promoter's cooperative in 1948), did not recognize official "NWA World Tag Team Champions" until 1992, when Terry Gordy & Steve Williams won a tournament to capture that honor^[2].
In March 2001, the World Wrestling Federation purchased World Championship Wrestling. Following this, Vince McMahon orchestrated the "Invasion" storyline, in which The Alliance was ultimately dismantled. During the "Invasion", only four WCW championship titles remained active, including the WCW World Tag Team title, which was referred to simply as the 'WCW Tag Team Championship'. On the conclusion of the "Invasion" at Survivor Series 2001, the WCW Tag Team Championship and the WWF Tag Team Championship were unified in a Steel cage match when the WCW Tag Team Champions, The Dudley Boyz, defeated the WWF Tag Team Champions, The Hardy Boyz. As a result, The Dudley Boyz were the last WCW Tag Team Champions.

Trivia

★ Chris Benoit, Mick Foley, and the Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley), are the only individuals to hold the WCW Tag Team Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, and the ECW Tag Team Championship. Benoit and the Dudley Boyz have also held the Smackdown-exclusive WWE Tag Team Championship in addition, and the Dudleyz (now known as Team 3D) have held the NWA and TNA Tag Team Titles as well.

Notes

1. The Fabulous Freebirds had a reign with a negative length of -6 days, since the day they lost was taped before the day they won.
2. Wrestling Title Histories, Royal Duncan & Gary Will, , , Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4

See also

★ World Championship Wrestling

★ List of WCW World Tag Team Champions

★ List of WCW World Tag Team Championship reigns by length

★ World Tag Team Championship

External links

★ Mid-Atlantic Gateway.com - NWA World Tag Team Title History (Mid-Atlantic version) (partial list)

★ Wrestling-Titles.com - NWA World Tag Team Title History (Mid-Atlantic version)

★ Wrestling-Titles.com - WCW World Tag Team Title History