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NWA World Tag Team Championship (Central States version)

The Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was the main professional wrestling championship for tag teams in Heart of America Sports Attractions, later known as Central States Wrestling (CSW) from 1951 to 1959, then again from 1962 to 1963 and then finally from 1973 to 1979.[1][2] CSW was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), whose bylaws allowed any of their members, referred to as NWA territories, to create their own version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship that would be promoted within their territory.[3] The Central States version was primarily defended in CSW's home town of Kansas City and during their shows across Missouri, Kansas and Iowa.[1][2] As it was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers. The title was awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[4] In 1957 there were at least 13 different versions of the NWA World Tag Team Championship being promoted in various NWA territories across the United States.[Championships]

NWA World Tag Team Championship
(Central States version)
The Central States championship belt
Details
PromotionHeart of America Sports Attractions
Central States Wrestling
Date establishedNo later than May 26, 1950
Date retired1979
Statistics
First champion(s)The Battling Duseks
(Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek)
Most reignsTeam: The Battling Duseks (Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek; 5 reigns)
Individual: Ernie Dusek, Joe Dusek (7 reigns)
Longest reignErnie and Joe Dusek (at least 545 days)

The Battling Duseks (Emil Dusek and Joe Dusek) were the first NWA World Tag Team Champions in the Hearts of America promotion. Records do not indicate if the Duseks won a tournament or were simply awarded the championship by the promoters prior to being presented as champions on May 26, 1950. Joe and Ernie Dusek would later hold the championship as well as the combination of Emil and Ernie holding the championship twice before the championship was abandoned in 1960.[1][2] From 1960 to 1962 the championship was inactive and instead the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship was recognized as the main tag team championship in the territory.[5] On October 10, 1962 Pat O'Connor and Sonny Myers defeated Bob Geigel and Lee Hennig to win the NWA World Tag Team Champions as the promoters brought the championship back.[1][2] The second era of the championship lasted for around two years until it was abandoned in lieu of the newly created NWA North American Tag Team Championship around 1963.[6] In 1973 CSW abandoned the North American championship and brought the NWA World Tag Team Championship back. Great Togo and Tokyo Joe defeated Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones to win the vacant championship.[1][2] In 1979 Central States Wrestling once again abandoned the championship to permanently adopt the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship as their top tag team championship.[5] Bob Brown and Bob Sweetan were the last holders of the NWA World Tag Team Championship.[1][2]

Ernie and Joe Dusek teamed up to win a total of five tag team championships, the most of any team, followed by Emil and Ernie teaming up for a total of three championships as a unit. Ernie and Joe Dusek both held the championship a total of seven times, the most individual reigns.[1][2] The longest reign of any of the three championships eras belongs to Ernie and Joe Dusek, who held the championship for at least 545 days from late 1956 to June 27, 1958. Due to lack of specific dates for many of the early championship changes it is impossible to clearly determine who had the shortest reign of any champion.[1][2] The shortest confirmed reign was an eight-day reign for the team of Larry Hamilton and Sonny Myers from October 25 to November 2, 1956.[1][2]

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 Battling Duseks
(Emil Dusek and Joe Dusek)
May 26, 1950 (NLT) CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 2] Records are unclear on how the Duseks became the first champions [1][2][7]
N/A
2 Dennis Clary and Ron Etchison April 10, 1951 (NLT) CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 3] [1][2]
N/A
3 The Battling Duseks
(Emil Dusek and Joe Dusek)
December 28, 1951 (NLT) CSW show [Note 1] 2 [Note 4] [1][2][7]
4 Babe and Chris Zaharias February 1, 1952 N/A N/A 1 [Note 2]
5 Bobby and George Becker November 1952 (NLT) CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 5] [1][2]
6 The Battling Duseks
(Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek (3))
November 27, 1952 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 6] [1][2][7]
7 Bobby and George Becker December 5, 1952 (NLT) N/A N/A 2 [Note 7]
8 The Battling Duseks
(Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek (4))
December 6, 1952 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 2 [Note 2] Still billed as champions on December 7, 1953 [1][2][7]
N/A
9 Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilson March 23, 1954 (NLT) CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 2] [1][2]
N/A
10 Lou Newman and Hans Schnabel April 10, 1955 (NLT) CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 2] In St Joseph, Missouri the team was reported as having defeated Lisowksi and Neilson for the "United States" Tag Team Championship [1][2]
N/A
11 Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilson October 1955 (NLT) CSW show [Note 1] 2 [Note 8] [1][2]
12 Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangaro October 1955 CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 2] Still billed as champions on January 27, 1956 [1][2]
N/A
13 The Kalmikoffs
(Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff)
August 5, 1956 (NLT) CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 2] [1][2]
N/A
14 The Battling Duseks
(Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek (5))
October 18, 1956 (NLT) CSW show [Note 1] 3 [Note 9] [1][2][7]
15 Larry Hamilton and Sonny Myers October 25, 1956 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 8 [1][2]
16 The Battling Duseks
(Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek (6))
November 2, 1956 CSW show St. Joseph, Missouri 4 14 [1][2][7]
17 Larry Hamilton and Sonny Myers November 16, 1956 CSW show St. Joseph, Missouri 2 [Note 10] [1][2]
18 The Battling Duseks
(Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek (7))
December 29, 1956 (NLT) CSW show [Note 1] 5 [Note 11] [1][2][7]
19 Sonny Myers and Thor Hagen June 27, 1958 CSW show St. Joseph, Missouri 1 [Note 12] [1][2][7]
20 The Battling Duseks
(Emil Dusek (3) and Ernie Dusek (6))
January 1959 CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 13] [1][2][7]
21 The Flying Scotts
(George and Sandy Scott)
May 13, 1960 CSW show St. Joseph, Missouri 1 28 [1][2][7][8]
22 The Battling Duseks
(Emil Dusek (4) and Ernie Dusek (7))
June 10, 1960 CSW show St. Joseph, Missouri 2 [Note 14] [1][2][9]
Deactivated 1960 Championship inactive [1][2]
Replaced by the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship
23 Pat O'Connor and Sonny Myers October 18, 1962 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 15] Defeated Bob Geigel and Lee Henning. [1][2][10]
24 Al and Tiny Mills April 1963 CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 16] Records unclear if they defeated O'Connor and Myers or a different team to win the championship [1][2]
25 Steve Bolus and Steve Kovacs April 10, 1963 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 17] [1][2]
26 The Medics
(Nelson Royal and Pedro Gordy)
June 1963 CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 18] [1][2]
27 Pat O'Connor (2) and Tiny Mills (2) July 4, 1963 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 19] [1][2]
Deactivated 1963 Championship inactive [1][2]
Replaced by the NWA North American Tag Team Championship
28 Great Togo and Tokyo Joe March 8, 1973 CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 20] Defeated Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones to win the championship [1][2]
39 Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones 1973 CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 21] [1][2]
30 Great Togo and Tokyo Joe 1973 CSW show [Note 1] 2 [Note 22] [1][2]
31 Mike George and Jim Brunzell October 25, 1973 CSW show [Note 1] 1 84 [1][2]
32 Roger Kirby and Lord Alfred Hayes January 17, 1974 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 23] [1][2][11][12]
33 Mike George and Jim Brunzell 1974 CSW show [Note 1] 2 [Note 24] [1][2]
34 Bob Brown and Lord Alfred Hayes (2) February 28, 1974 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 25] [1][2][13]
35 Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones June 1974 CSW show [Note 1] 2 [Note 26] [1][2]
36 The Interns
(Intern #1 and Intern #2)
June 13, 1974 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 21 [1][2]
37 Bob Geigel (3) and Pat O'Connor (3) July 4, 1974 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 14 [1][2]
38 The Interns
(Intern #1 and Intern #2)
July 18, 1974 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 2 42 [1][2]
39 Pat O'Connor (4) and Omar Atlas August 29, 1974 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 53 [1][2]
40 The Interns
(Intern #1 and Intern #2)
October 21, 1974 CSW show [Note 1] 3 81 [1][2]
41 Mike George (3) and Jerry Oates January 10, 1975 CSW show [Note 1] 1 73 [1][2]
42 Yasu Fuji and Oki Shikina March 24, 1975 CSW show Topeka, Kansas 1 63 [1][2]
43 Jerry and Ted Oates May 26, 1975 CSW show Wichita, Kansas 1 [Note 27] [1][2]
44 Jerry Oates (2) and Danny Little Bear 1975 N/A [Note 1] 1 [Note 28] Ted gave his half to Danny. [1][2]
Vacated 1975 Championship vacated, for undocumented reasons [1][2]
45 Ken Mantell and Ron Bass November 1975 CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 29] Records unclear as to whom they defeated. [1][2]
46 Bob Geigel (4) and Akio Sato February 18, 1976 CSW show St. Joseph, Missouri 1 [Note 30] [1][2][14]
Vacated 1976 Championship vacated, for undocumented reasons [1][2]
47 Tank Patton and Super Intern (4)[Note 31] June 19, 1976 CSW show St. Joseph, Missouri 1 [Note 32] Defeated Akio Sato and Pat O'Connor. [1][2]
Vacated 1976 Championship vacated, for undocumented reason. [1][2]
48 Black Gordman and Goliath July 29, 1976 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 63 Defeated Pat O'Connor and Super Intern in tournament final. [1][2]
49 Maurice Vachon and Baron von Raschke September 30, 1976 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 21 [1][2][15]
50 Mike George (4) and Super Intern (5) October 21, 1976 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 33] [1][2]
51 Pat O'Connor (5) and Harley Race December 16, 1976 (NLT) CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 34] [16]
52 Bob Brown (2) and Mitsuo Hata December 17, 1976 CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 35] [16]
53 Pat O'Connor (6) and Harley Race January 1977 CSW show [Note 1] 2 [Note 36] [16]
54 Bob Brown (3) and Mitsuo Hata January 16, 1977 CSW show Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2 40 [16]
55 Ted Oates (4) and Akio Sato (2) February 25, 1977 CSW show St. Joseph, Missouri 1 [Note 37] [16]
56 Bobby Jaggers and Randy Tyler May 6, 1977 (NLT) CSW show St. Joseph, Missouri 1 [Note 38] [16]
57 Jerry Blackwell and Buck Robley October 21, 1977 (NLT) CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 39] Records are unclear as to whom they defeated to win the championship [1][2]
58 Mike George (5) and Scott Casey December 1, 1977 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 126 [1][2]
59 Bob Brown (4) and Alexis Smirnoff April 6, 1978 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 18 [1][2]
60 Kevin Sullivan and Ken Lucas April 24, 1978 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 [Note 40] [1][2]
61 Blue Yankee and Buck Robley 1978 CSW show [Note 1] 1 [Note 41] [1][2]
62 Ron Starr and Tom Andrews July 27, 1978 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 49 [1][2]
63 Jesse Ventura and Tank Patton (2) September 14, 1978 CSW show Kansas City, Kansas 1 30 [1][2]
64 Bob Brown (5) and Bob Sweetan October 14, 1978 CSW show Des Moines, Iowa 1 [Note 42] [1][2]
Deactivated 1979 Permanently replaced by the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship [1][2]

Team reigns by combined length

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Key

Symbol Meaning
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
Rank Team No. of reigns Combined days
1 The Battling Duseks (Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek) 5 567¤
2 Sonny Myers and Thor Hagen 1 188¤
3 Roger Kirby and Lord Alfred Hayes 1 165¤
4 The Interns (Intern #1 and Intern #2) 1 144
5 Mike George and Scott Casey 1 126
6 The Battling Duseks (Emil Dusek and Ernie Dusek) 3 103¤
7 Bob Brown and Lord Alfred Hayes 1 93¤
8 Mike George and Jim Brunzell 2 85¤
9 Ken Mantell and Ron Bass 1 80¤
10 Bob Brown and Bob Sweetan 1 79¤
11 Mike George and Jerry Oates 1 73
12 Mike George and Super Intern 1 72
13 Yasu Fuji and Oki Shikina 1 63
Black Gordman and Goliath 1 63
15 Pat O'Connor and Omar Atlas 1 53
Pat O'Connor and Sonny Myers 1 53¤
17 Steve Bolus and Steve Kovacs 1 52¤
18 Ron Starr and Tom Andrews 1 49
19 Jesse Ventura and Tank Patton 1 30
20 George and Sandy Scott 1 28
21 Maurice Vachon and Baron Von Raschke 1 21
22 Bob Brown and Alexis Smirnoff 1 18
23 Bob Geigel and Pat O'Connor 1 14
24 The Medics (Nelson Royal and Pedro Gordy) 1
25 Bob Geigel and Rufus R. Jones 2
Great Togo and Tokyo Joe 2
Bobby and George Becker 2
28 Al and Tiny Mills 1
Jerry and Ted Oates 1
Jerry Oates and Danny Little Bear 1
Bob Geigel and Akio Sato 1
Jerry Blackwell and Buck Robley 1
Kevin Sullivan and Ken Lucas 1
Pat O'Connor and Tiny Mills 1
Blue Yankee and Buck Robley 1
Tank Patton and Super Intern 1
Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilson 2
Dennis Clary and Ron Etchison 1
39 The Battling Duseks (Emil Dusek and Joe Dusek) 2 ¤
Babe and Chris Zaharias 1 ¤
Lou Newman and Hans Schnabel 1 ¤
Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangaro 1 ¤
The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) 1 ¤

Individual reigns by combined length

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Key

Symbol Meaning
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1 Ernie Dusek 7 670¤
2 Joe Dusek 7 567¤
3 Mike George 3 271
4 Lord Alfred Hayes 2 258¤
5 Sonny Myers 2 241¤
6 Intern #2 / Super Intern 3 217¤
7 Bob Brown 3 190¤
8 Thor Hagen 1 188¤
9 Roger Kirby 1 165¤
10 Intern#2 1 144
11 Scott Casey 1 126
12 Pat O'Connor 3 120¤
13 Emil Dusek 3 104¤
14 Mike George and Jim Brunzell 2 85¤
Jim Brunzell 2 85¤
16 Ken Mantell 1 80¤
Ron Bass 1 80¤
18 Bob Sweetan 1 79¤
19 Jerry Oates 3 75¤
20 Yasu Fuji 1 63
Oki Shikina 1 63
Black Gordman 1 63
Goliath 1 63
24 Omar Atlas 1 53
25 Steve Bolus 1 52¤
Steve Kovacs 1 52¤
27 Tom Andrews 1 49
Ron Starr 1 49
29 Tank Patton 2 31¤
30 Jesse Ventura 1 30
31 George Scott 1 28
Sandy Scott 1 28
33 Baron Von Raschke 1 21
Maurice Vachon 1 21
35 Alexis Smirnoff 1 18
36 Bob Geigel 4 16¤
37 Al Mills 4
38 Pedro Gordy) 1
Nelson Royal 1
39 Great Togo 2
Rufus R. Jones 2
Buck Robley 2
Tokyo Joe|Tokyo Joe 2
Bobby Becker 2
George Becker 2
46 Jerry Blackwell 1
Blue Yankee 1
Danny Little Bear 1
Ken Lucas 1
Ted Oates 1
Akio Sato 1
Kevin Sullivan 1
Reggie Lisowski 2
Art Neilson 2
Dennis Clary 1
Ron Etchison 1
53
Babe Zaharias 1 ¤
Chris Zaharias 1 ¤
Lou Newman 1 ¤
Hans Schnabel 1 ¤
Guy Brunetti 1 ¤
Joe Tangaro 1 ¤
Ivan Kalmikoff 1 ¤
Karol Kalmikoff 1 ¤

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g The length of this reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  3. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 262 days
  4. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted at least 35 days
  5. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 27 days
  6. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 8 days
  7. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 8 days
  8. ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 30 days
  9. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted at least 7 days
  10. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 43 days
  11. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted at least 545 days
  12. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 188 days and 218 days
  13. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 102 days and 132 days
  14. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 204 days
  15. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 165 days and 173 days
  16. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 9 days
  17. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 52 days and 81 days
  18. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 4 days and 33 days
  19. ^ The records of the championship history past this point have not been found documented. The championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 180 days
  20. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 229 days
  21. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 229 days
  22. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 227 days
  23. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 40 days
  24. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 41 days
  25. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 93 days and 104 days
  26. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 12 days
  27. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 219 days
  28. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 218 days
  29. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 80 days and 109 days
  30. ^ The date the championship was vacated has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 852 days
  31. ^ Previously worked as Intern #2
  32. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 37 days
  33. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 72 days and 405 days
  34. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 days and 55 days
  35. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 15 days and 28 days
  36. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 days and 15 days
  37. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 days and 70 days
  38. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 days and 168 days
  39. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 208 days
  40. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 93 days
  41. ^ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 93 days
  42. ^ The date the championship abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 79 days and 443 days

Concurrent championships

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Sources for 13 simultaneous NWA World Tag Team Championships

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