From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

AWA Southern Tag Team Championship

Professional wrestling tag team championship

Summary

Professional wrestling tag team championship

Field	Value
championshipname	AWA Southern Tag Team Championship
image	AWA Southern Tag Team Championship.png
caption	The last version of the championship belt
promotion	NWA Mid-America (1945–1977)
Continental Wrestling Association (1977–1988)
created	November 1945
mostreigns	Team: The Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane and Steve Keirn) (15 reigns)
individual: Tojo Yamamoto (23 reigns)
firstchamp	Garza Lozano and Jack Purdin
longestreign	Jackie Fargo and Sonny Fargo
(196 days)
shortestreign	Al Greene and Frank Martinez
(Less than 1 day)
titleretired	February 1, 1988

Continental Wrestling Association (1977–1988) individual: Tojo Yamamoto (23 reigns) (196 days) (Less than 1 day)

NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America) The AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. It was originally named the **NWA Southern Tag Team Championship ''(Mid-America version)''''' from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed (as was the Southern Heavyweight Championship, also previously an NWA title) the **AWA Southern Tag Team Championship''' due to a partnership with the American Wrestling Association. The title existed until 1988 when it was replaced with the Continental Wrestling Association Tag Team Championship.

The title was also referred to as the Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship to avoid confusion with the various other versions of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship in Championship Wrestling from Florida (1960–1970), Georgia Championship Wrestling (1951–1968), Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (1955–1966), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1953–1969), and Southern Championship Wrestling (1981–1982).

Reigns

|| ref=

Team reigns by combined length

;Key

Symbol	Meaning
¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.

Rank	Team	# of reigns

( and )	15
and	2
and	5

(Al and Don Greene)	12
	5	331
Dante and Mephisto	9
	2

( and )	9
Mitsu Hirai and	2
	3	176
Bearcat Brown and	5	176
and	7
and	5
and	5	152

(Tony Gonzales and Donald Lortie)	6
and Lester Welch	5	140

(Billy Garrett and Jim Starr)	9

(Wayne Farris and Larry Latham)	2
	2	112
and Sweet Brown Sugar	4
and Roughhouse Fargo / Sonny Fargo / Masked Rebel	5	110
and	1	104
and	4	103
and	1	103

(Corsica Jean and Corsica Joe)	6

(Jonathan Boyd and Rip Morgan / Bigfoot)	5
and Jim White	8	97

(Assassin #1 and Assassin #2)	5
and	8	108

(Spike and Basher)	1	91
and The Red Shadow	8
and	1
and	1	84
and	3	84
and Jean Louie	2
and Tiny Mills	1	83

(David and Jerry Novak)	5
and	3	82
	1	77

(Don Bass and Roger Smith)	2	77
and	3

(Frank Morrell and Eddie Sullivan)	6
and Lester Welch	1	73
and Tommy Seigler	1	72
and	3	70

(, and )	4	65
and Chief Thundercloud	1	63
and	2	63
and Bearcat Brown	2	63
and Dirty Rhodes	1	63
and	1	62
and	1	62
and	3	62
	2
and	2	59

(Afa and Sika)	2	59

(Ron Gibson and Stan Pulaski)	2	56
and Jimmy Valiant	1	56
and The Spoiler	2	56

(Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels)	2	56
The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs
(Mike Davis and Tommy Lane)	5

( and )	3	53
and Frank Martinez	3
and	2	51
and Sweet Brown Sugar	1	51
and Eric Pomeroy	1

(Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts)	3	49

(Eddie Sullivan and Mighty Yankee 3)	2	49
and	1	49
and Tommy Gilbert	2	49

( and )	2	49
and	1	49
and	3	47
and	3	47

(Jonathan Boyd and Luke Williams)	2
	1	45
and Don Greene	1	44
and Flame	1	43
and	1
and Goliath	1
and	4

(Tony Anthony and Len Denton)	1	42
Big Bad John and	2
Chief Little Bear and Mack York	1

(Karl and Kurt Von Brauner)	3
and Eddie Marlin	5	41

(Tom Andrews and Jim Starr)	2	39
and	1
Badd Company
(Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka)	1	37
and Duke Myers	2
and Mr. Onita	3	36
Masked Bat and Finis Hall	1	36
and Roughhouse Fargo	1	35
and Jack Hart	1	35
and Tommy Gilbert	1	35
and Scorpion	1	35
and	1
and David Schultz	1
Gorgeous George Jr. and	1	35
	1	34

(Elijah Akeem and Kareem Muhammad)	3	34
and	2
and	2

( and Bobby Hart)	1	30
and Sputnik Monroe	3
and	1	28
and	1	28
and Al Greene	1	28
and El Mongol	1
and Soul Train Jones	1	28
and	2	28
and Toru Tanaka	1	27

(Danny Davis and Ken Wayne)	1
and	1
and	1	23
and		23
and Terry Sawyer	1	22
and	3	22
and Mr. Wrestling	1	22
and Bobby Mayne	1	21
and	1	21
and	1
and Jim Garvin	1	21
and David Schultz	1	21
and Pat Tanaka	1	21
and Mongolian Stomper	1	21
and Toru Tanaka	1	21
and Sheik Ali Hassan	1	21
and Bearcat Brown	1	21
and	2	21
(Rex and Spot)	1	21
Bearcat Brown and Tommy Gilbert	2

( and Randy Fargo)	1
and	1	20
and Bearcat Brown	1
and Karl Von Steiger	2	19
and Pat Barrett	2	18
and	1
and	1	17

(Tom Andrews and Jim Starr)	1	16
and	1	16
and	1	16
and David Schultz	1	15
and Mike Clancy	1
and Tosh Togo	1	14
and Chris Belkas	1	14
and	1	14
and	1	14
and	1	14
and	1
and	1	14
and	1	14
and Bearcat Brown	1	14
and	2
and Rick Rude	1	14

(Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags)	2	14

( and )	2	14
The Angel and Sonny King	1	14
and Guy Mitchell	1	13
and	1	13
and Steve Regal	1	13
and Billy Robinson	3
and Jimmy Valiant	1	13
	1
and	2
and	1	10
and Treach Phillips	1
Gypsy Joe Dorsetti and Skull Murphy	2	9
Ken Lucas and	1
and Scorpion	1	9
and	1	8
and Lester Welch	2	8
and	1	8
and	1	8
Ron and Terry Garvin	1	7
and	1	7
	1	7
and Jim Mitchell	1	7
	1	7

(Joey Cagle and Rocky Sortor)	1
and	1	7
and The Great Yamaha	1
and	1
and	1	7
and Sir Clements	1	7
and	1	7
and	1
and	1	7
and Johnny Marlin	1
and Playboy Frazier	1	7
and Terry Taylor	1	7
and Roughhouse Fargo	1	7
Bearcat Brown and Les Thatcher	1	7
and Buddy Fuller	1	6

(Mike and Pat Kelly)	1	5
and	3	5
Great Bolo and Joe McCarthy	1	5

(Don and )	2
and Ivan Kowalski	2	3
	2	3
and Cousin Junior	1	2
and Eddie Graham	2	2
and	1
Corsica Joe and Chin Lee	1
	1
and Jack Witzig	1
and Buddy Knox	1
and Carlos Rodriguez Cortez	1
and Red Roberts	1

(Frank Dalton and Jack Dalton)	1
	1
and Rex Mobley	1
	1
and	1
and Red Roberts	1
and	1
and Bad Boy Hines	1
and Tomayo Soto	1
and Jack Welch	1
and	1
and	1
and Bob Ramstead	1
and	1

(Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes)	1
and Jimmy Golden	1
and	1
Golden Hawk and Johnny Kostas	1
and	1

Individual reigns by combined length

;Key

Symbol	Meaning
¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.

Rank	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days
	35
	19
	30
	22
	19
	20
	3
	18
	7	443
	15
	22
	7
	5
	14
	15
	5	331
Bearcat Brown	13
Dante	9
Mephisto	9
	16
	3
	3
	12	236
	9
	10	210
	5
	12
	13
	6	185
	2
	3	176
	3	176
	4	175
	12
	8
	6
	6
	6
	7
	6
	6
	4
	12
	3
	9
	8
	6
	3	119
	4	112
	3
	4	105
	6	103
Corsica Joe	6
Corsica Jean	6
	5
	8
	2
	8	97
	5
	5
	7
	9
	6
Basher	1	91
Spike	1	91
	1
	4	86
	8
	1
	1
	2
	3	84
	1	83
	1	83
	5
	5
	1	77
	1	77
	2	77
	11
	10
	6
	1	72
	1	72
	3
	1	65
	4	65
	1	63
	1	63
	2	63
Chief Thundercloud	1	63
	1	62
	2	62
Blue Inferno 1	2
Blue Inferno 2	2
	2	59
	2	59
	2	58
	5
	2	56
	2	56
	2	56
	6
	2	56
	3	55
	5
	5
	3
	1
	2
	3	49
	3	49
Mighty Yankee 3	2	49
	2	48
	2
	1	45
	1	45
	2
	1	43
Flame	1	43
	1
	1	42
	1	42
Big Bad John	2
Chief Little Bear	1
Goliath	1
	3
	3
	2	41
	1
	1	37
	1	36
	3	36
	2
	3	36
Masked Bat	1	36
	1	35
	1
	1	35
	1	35
Gorgeous George Jr.	1	35
	1	34
	1	34
	3	34
	3	34
George Barnes	2
	1	30
	1	30
	1	30
	3
	2	28
	1	28
	1
	1
	2	28
	1	28
	1
	1
	2
	1	22
Mongolian Stomper	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	2	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1	21
	1
	2	19
	2	19
	2
	2	18
	1	17
	1	14
	1
	3	14
	2	14
	2	14
	1	14
	1	14
	1	14
	1	14
	1	13
	3
	1	13
	1	13
	1	13
	1
	1
	1	10
	1
	1
Skull Murphy	2	9
	Gypsy Joe Dorsetti	2	9
	Ken Lucas	1
Scorpion	1	9
	2
	1
	1	7
	1	7
	1	7
	1
	1
	1	7
	1
	1
	1	7
	1	7
	1	7
	1	7
	1	7
Ron Garvin	1	7
Sir Clements	1	7
	1	5
	1	5
	1	5
Great Bolo	1	5
	3
	2
	2	3
	2	3
	2	3
Cousin Junior	1	2
	2	2
	2
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	Corsica Joe	1
	1
Golden Hawk	1
	1
	1

Footnotes

References

Royal Duncan & Gary Will. (2006). "Wrestling Title Histories". Archeus Communications.
Hoops, Brian. (July 12, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 12): Gagne, Bruiser and Crusher, Ladd wins Americas title, 1992 Bash with Sting vs. Vader". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
Hoops, Brian. (April 17, 2020). "Daily pro wrestling (04/17): WCW Spring Stampede 1994". [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]].
Hoops, Brian. (February 22, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/22): Sting Defeated Hogan to win vacant WCW title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
Hoops, Brian. (February 12, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 12): Christian Cage wins gold in TNA". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
Hoops, Brian. (May 13, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 13): Rick Martel wins AWA gold, Kurt Angle wins TNA title, Nash and Hall beat one man to win tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
Hoops, Brian. (January 16, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/16): Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton win WCW Tag Team Titles". [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
F4W Staff. (May 26, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 26): Dick the Bruiser and Crusher beat Larry Hennig and Harley Race in a nine fall death match, Tiger Mask wins WWF Jr. Heavyweight gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
Hoops, Brian. (January 18, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/18): Ivan Koloff defeats Bruno Sammartino for WWWF title". [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Hoops, Brian. (February 28, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/27): NXT takes over". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
Hoops, Brian. (January 19, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/19): Ric Flair wins WWF title in 1992 Royal Rumble". [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
(March 30, 1970). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1970". Pro Wrestling History.
(June 28, 1971). "Mid-South Coliseum 1971 - June 28, 1971". Pro Wrestling History.
(October 11, 1971). "Mid-South Coliseum 1971 - October 11, 1971". Pro Wrestling History.
(October 25, 1971). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1971". Pro Wrestling History.
(October 25, 1971). "Mid-South Coliseum 1971 - October 25, 1971". Pro Wrestling History.
(November 8, 1971). "Mid-South Coliseum 1971 - November 8, 1971". Pro Wrestling History.
(March 27, 1972). "Mid-South Coliseum 1972 - March 27, 1972". Pro Wrestling History.
(April 10, 1972). "Mid-South Coliseum 1972 - April 10, 1972". Pro Wrestling History.
(June 19, 1972). "Mid-South Coliseum 1972 - June 19, 1972". Pro Wrestling History.
(November 6, 1972). "Mid-South Coliseum 1972 - November 6, 1972". Pro Wrestling History.
(December 25, 1972). "Mid-South Coliseum 1972 - December 25, 1972". Pro Wrestling History.
(June 18, 1973). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1973". Pro Wrestling History.
(September 17, 1973). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1973". Pro Wrestling History.
Hoops, Brian. (January 12, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/12): The Outsiders win WCW Tag team titles". [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Hoops, Brian. (March 7, 2020). "Daily Pro Wrestling history (03/07): Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba". [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]].
Hoops, Brian. (March 22, 2020). "Daily pro wrestling history (03/22): Dutch Mantel wins Southern title from Jerry Lawler". [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]].
F4W Staff. (May 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history: Low Ki Vs. Dewitt, Punk wins OVW title, Mutoh wins IWGP belt, Bret wins NA title, Dibiase and Dr. Death, Sheik, Watts, Fargos". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
Hoops, Brian. (January 24, 2020). "Pro wrestling history (01/24): WWF Royal Rumble 1999". [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]].
Hoops, Brian. (February 7, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 7): Bobby Roode and Austin Aries wins tag gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
(March 14, 1977). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1977". Pro Wrestling History.
Hoops, Brian. (August 15, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history: IWGP Champ wins 1-G, Orton beats Benoit". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
Hoops, Brian. (February 19, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (02/19): Kurt Angle vs. Undertaker at No Way Out 2006". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
(October 9, 1978). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1978". Pro Wrestling History.
(January 21, 1979). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1979". Pro Wrestling History.
Hoops, Brian. (February 26, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/26): Verne Gagne wins AWA title on his birthday". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
F4W Staff. (May 7, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 7): Jeff Jarrett ends David Arquette's WCW title reign, Nick Bockwinkel Vs. Ray Stevens". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
(April 7, 1980). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1980". Pro Wrestling History.
Hoops, Brian. (May 25, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 25): Rockers last match in AWA, Tiger Mask wins NWA Jr. Heavyweight gold, Russian amateur wrestler beats Vader". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
Hoops, Brian. (June 2, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (June 2): Hogan beats Inoki to win 1st IWGP tourney, HTM's Intercontinental title reign begins". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
Hoops, Brian. (July 28, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 28): Lou Thesz wrestles the husband of the world's greatest all-time female athlete". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
Hoops, Brian. (November 24, 2019). "Daily Pro Wrestling history (11/24): The First Starcade". [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]].
(March 8, 1982). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1982". Pro Wrestling History.
(January 31, 1984). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1984". Pro Wrestling History.
Hoops, Brian. (February 14, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 14): Austin vs. McMahon at St. Valentine's Day Massacre". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
(March 26, 1984). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1984". Pro Wrestling History.
(October 8, 1984). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1984". Pro Wrestling History.
(January 14, 1985). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1985". Pro Wrestling History.
(June 17, 1985). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1985". Pro Wrestling History.
(January 13, 1986). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1986". Pro Wrestling History.
Hoops, Brian. (January 13, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/13): TNA Genesis 2013". [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
(November 10, 1986). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1986". Pro Wrestling History.
Hoops, Brian. (January 20, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/20): HHH returns, wins 2002 Royal Rumble". [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
(June 8, 1987). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1987". Pro Wrestling History.
(July 11, 1987). "Southern Tag Title Tournament 1987". Pro Wrestling History.

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

american-wrestling-association-championships continental-wrestling-association-championships nwa-mid-america-championships tag-team-wrestling-championships regional-professional-wrestling-championships

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about AWA Southern Tag Team Championship — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report