WCW World Tag Team Championship 

WCW World Tag Team Championship
The WCW World Tag Team Championship belt 1997 - 2001
The WCW World Tag Team Championship belt 1997 - 2001
Details
Promotion World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment
Date introduced January 29, 1975
Date retired November 18, 2001
Other name(s)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic)
  • WCW Tag Team Championship
Past design(s)

The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in World Championship Wrestling. It was the original world tag team title of WCW and remained active until it was unified with the WWF Tag Team Championship.

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History

The WCW Tag Team Championship was originally known as the NWA World Tag Team Championship of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling run by Jim Crockett Promotions. Following the title's introduction in 1975, the Minnesota Wrecking Crew became the inaugural champions on January 29. The title was renamed the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) World Tag Team Championship in 1991 when Ted Turner bought Jim Crockett Promotions and became World Championship Wrestling. Despite the title's name in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance did not recognize its own NWA World Tag Team Championship until 1992 when Terry Gordy and Steve Williams won a tournament for the title.2 As a result of Gordy and Williams being the WCW World Tag Team Champions when they became the inaugural official NWA World Tag Team Champions, both titles were defended together until WCW left the NWA in September 1993. On January 17, 2008, the NWA withdrew its recognition of every WCW World Tag Team Champion linked to the NWA World Tag Team Championship.[1]

In March 2001, the World Wrestling Federation purchased WCW. Soon after, "The Invasion" took place in which the WCW/ECW Alliance was ultimately dismantled. During this time, the title was referred to as the WCW Tag Team Championship. At Survivor Series 2001, the title was unified with WWF Tag Team Championship in a Steel cage match. The WCW Tag Team Champions, the Dudley Boyz, defeated the WWF Tag Team Champions, the Hardy Boyz, and were named the last WCW Tag Team Champions while becoming the new WWF Tag Team Champions.

See also

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. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 

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