NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version)
This version of the NWA North American Tag Team Championship was a major tag team championship that was primarily defended in the National Wrestling Alliance affiliated New Japan Pro-Wrestling and NWA Hollywood Wrestling.[1] The title essentially served as New Japan's primary tag team title though it was also occasionally defended and recognized in the Los Angeles area. This title was the second NWA sanctioned title to be named the North American Tag Team Championship and was retired April 23, 1981.
NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan) | |||||||||||
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Promotion | NWA Hollywood Wrestling New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||
Date established | August, 1973 | ||||||||||
Date retired | April 23, 1981 | ||||||||||
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Title history
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Johnny Powers and Pat Patterson | August 1973 | N/A | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | Powers and Patterson were recognized in Los Angeles and New Japan as champions. | |
2 | Kurt Von Hess and Karl Von Schotz | May 1974 | Unknown | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | ||
3 | Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi | August 16, 1974 | Toukon Series 1974 | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 350 | ||
— | Vacated | August 1, 1975 | — | — | — | — | Championship is vacated after the champions wrestled to a no contest with the Hollywood Blonds. | |
4 | The Hollywood Blonds (Dale Roberrts and Jerry Brown) |
September 22, 1975 | Toukon Series 1975 | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 10 | ||
5 | Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi | October 2, 1975 | Toukon Series 1975 | Osaka, Japan | 2 | [Note 1] | ||
— | Vacated | January 1976 | — | — | — | — | Inoki vacated the title to focus on mixed martial arts competition. | |
6 | Seiji Sakaguchi (3) and Strong Kobayashi | February 5, 1976 | New Year Golden Series 1976 | Sapporo, Japan | 1 | 363 | Defeated Tiger Jeet Singh and Voodoo Mulumba in tournament finals to be crowned new champions. | |
7 | Tiger Jeet Singh and Umanosuke Ueda | February 2, 1977 | New Year Golden Series 1977 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 176 | ||
8 | Seiji Sakaguchi (4) and Strong Kobayashi | July 28, 1977 | Asia Champion Series | Fukuoka, Japan | 2 | 616 | [2] | |
9 | Hiro Matsuda and Masa Saito | April 5, 1979 | Big Fight Series | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 71 | ||
10 | Seiji Sakaguchi (5) and Riki Choshu | June 15, 1979 | NWA Hollywood | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 678 | ||
— | Deactivated | April 23, 1981 | — | — | — | — | Championship abandoned for undocumented reasons |
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See also
Footnotes
- The length of the reign is too uncertain to calculate.
References
- "N.W.A. North American Tag Team Title (Los Angeles/Japan)". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
- 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. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
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