NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Florida version)

The Florida version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a top tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance's Florida territory, Championship Wrestling from Florida. It existed from 1960 until 1971, when the title was abandoned.

NWA Southern Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionChampionship Wrestling from Florida
Date establishedApril 1960
Date retiredFebruary 1971
Statistics
First champion(s)The Mighty Yankees (Moose Evans and Giant Evans)
Final champion(s)José Lothario and Dory Funk
Most reignsAs tag team: José Lothario and Joe Scarpa (3 times)
As individual: José Lothario (4 times)
Longest reignBuddy Fuller and Lester Welch (210 days)
Shortest reignEddie Graham and Lester Welch (20 days)

Title history

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Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 The Mighty Yankees
(Moose Evans and Giant Evans
April 1960 (NLT) CWF show N/A 1 [Note 1]    
2 Don Curtis and Eddie Graham May 10, 1960 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 [Note 1]    
Championship history is unrecorded from May 10, 1960 to March 1964.
3 Don Curtis and Bob Ellis March 1964 (NLT) CWF show N/A 1 [Note 1]    
Championship history is unrecorded from March 1964 to April 1965.
4 The Corsicans
(Corsica Jean and Corsica Joe)
April 1965 (NLT) CWF show N/A 1 [Note 1]    
Championship history is unrecorded from April 1965 to February 1967.
5 George Becker and Johnny Weaver February 1967 (NLT) CWF show N/A 1 [Note 1]    
6 Black Jack Daniels and Stan Kowalski February 14, 1967 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 27    
7 Don Curtis (3) and José Lothario March 13, 1967 CWF show Orlando, Florida 1 21    
8 Rocket Monroe and Sputnik Monroe April 3, 1967 CWF show Orlando, Florida 1 22   [1]
9 Buddy Fuller and Lester Welch April 25, 1967 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 210    
10 Aldo Bogni and Bronko Lubich November 21, 1967 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 91    
11 Eddie Graham (2) and Lester Welch (2) February 20, 1968 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 20    
12 Aldo Bogni and Bronko Lubich March 11, 1968 CWF show West Palm Beach, Florida 2 43    
13 José Lothario (2) and Joe Scarpa April 23, 1968 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 105    
14 Boris Malenko and Johnny Valentine August 6, 1968 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 25    
15 José Lothario (3) and Joe Scarpa August 31, 1968 CWF show Tampa, Florida 2 24    
16 The Blue Infernos
September 24, 1968 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 14    
17 José Lothario (4) and Joe Scarpa October 8, 1968 CWF show Tampa, Florida 3 21    
18 Louie Tillet and Tarzan Tyler October 29, 1968 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 85    
19 The Medics
(Billy Garrett and Jim Starr)
January 22, 1969 CWF show Miami, Florida 1 [Note 1]    
Championship history is unrecorded from January 22, 1969 to January 1969.
Deactivated January 1969 Championship not used
20 Buddy Fuller (2) and Bob Roop February 1970 N/A N/A 1 [Note 2] Fuller and Roop were awarded the championship  
21 Dante and The Great Mephisto February 10, 1970 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 [Note 1]   [2]
Championship history is unrecorded from February 10, 1970 to February 9, 1971.
22 José Lothario (5) and Dory Funk February 9, 1971 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 [Note 3] Defeated The Medics to win the championship  
Deactivated February 1971 Championship was abandoned

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  2. ^ The exact date Fuller and Roop were awarded the championship is uncertain, which means that their reign lasted between 1 and 10 days.
  3. ^ The exact date the championship was abandoned is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 and 19 days.

References

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  1. ^ F4W Staff (April 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling title change history: Gotch Vs. Hackenschmidt, Inoki Vs. Hansen, GUerrero Vs. Jericho". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Hoops, Brian (February 10, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling history (02/10): Masa SAito wins AWA gold at the Tokyo Donme". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.