PWF World Tag Team Championship
| PWF World Tag Team Championship | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Promotion | All Japan Pro Wrestling Pacific Wrestling Federation |
The Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in All Japan Pro Wrestling, created in 1984. It was unified with the NWA International Tag Team Championship in 1988, to create the World Tag Team Championship, or Double Cup.[1]
Title history
[edit]- Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
| No. | The overall championship reign |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. |
| Event | The event in which the championship changed hands |
| N/A | The specific information is not known |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| [Note #] | Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details. |
| # | Team | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chōjū Konbi (Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen) |
1 | April 25, 1984 | [Note 1] | Yokohama, Japan | House show | Defeated Giant Baba and Dory Funk, Jr. in a tournament final. | |
| 2 | Ted DiBiase and Stan Hansen (2) | 1 | August 1985 | [Note 2] | N/A | N/A | DiBiase was selected as Hansen's replacement partner after Brody left for New Japan Pro-Wrestling on March 21, 1985. | |
| 3 | Tiger Mask II and Jumbo Tsuruta | 1 | July 3, 1987 | 8 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | ||
| 4 | Ted DiBiase (2) and Stan Hansen (3) | 2 | July 11, 1987 | [Note 3] | Yonago, Japan | House show | ||
| - | Vacated | - | July 1987 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated when DiBiase leaves for the World Wrestling Federation. | |
| 5 | Stan Hansen (4) and Austin Idol | 1 | August 1987 | [Note 4] | N/A | N/A | Hansen and Idol were awarded the titles. | |
| 6 | Ryūgenhō (Ashura Hara and Genichiro Tenryu) |
1 | September 3, 1987 | 275 | Nagoya, Japan | House show | [2] | |
| 7 | Gorin Konbi (Jumbo Tsuruta (2) and Yoshiaki Yatsu) |
1 | June 4, 1988 | 6 | Sapporo, Japan | House show | Tsuruta and Yatsu won the NWA International Tag Team Championship on June 10, defeating The Road Warriors. | |
| - | Unified | - | June 10, 1988 | N/A | N/A | N/A | The NWA International Tag Team Championship and PWF World Tag Team Championship were unified and made into the World Tag Team Championship. | [3] |
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ The exact date that Ted Dibiase replaced Bruiser Brody is uncertain, which means that their reign lasted between 493 and 463 days.
- ^ The exact date that Dibiase replaced Bruiser Brody is uncertain, which means that their reign lasted between 671 and 701 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, putting the reign at between 1 and 19 days.
- ^ The exact date Hansen and Idol were awarded the championship is uncertain, which puts their title reign at between 3 and 33 days.
References
[edit]- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (September 3, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (SEPT. 3): RIC FLAIR VS. TERRY FUNK TEXAS DEATH MATCH, GREAT MUTA VS. STING, TED DIBIASE AND STAN HANSEN WINS AJPW TAG TITLES". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ F4W Staff (June 10, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (JUNE 10): HARLEY RACE BEATS RIC FLAIR FOR NWA TITLE, JERRY BLACKWELL TURNS BABYFACE". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
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