IWCCW Tag Team Championship

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IWCCW Tag Team Championship
T.D. Madison as Tommy Dreamer in 2008
Details
PromotionInternational Championship Wrestling
(1984–January 1991)
International World Class Championship Wrestling
(January 1991–1995)
Date established1984
Date retired1995
Other name(s)
  • ICW Tag Team Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)IWCCW Tag Team Championship
Most reigns(As a Tag Team) The Madison Brothers/The Billion Dollar Babies (3 reigns) (As Individual) Joe Savoldi (3 reigns)
Longest reignThe Masked Russians (639 days+)[Note 1]
Shortest reignThe Billion Dollar Babies/The Equalizers (0 days)

The ICW / IWCCW Tag-Team Championship was the top tag-team championship of

illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[1]

Title history

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
ICW Tag Team Championship
1
Super Médico I
and Black Gordman
December 8, 1984 N/A N/A 1 [Note 2] Super Médico I and Black Gordman were the WWC world tag-team Champions when ICW was founded and recognized as the first tag-team champions to represent ICW.  
2 The New York Rockers
(Joe Savoldi and Al Perez)
January 6, 1985 WWC Live event San Juan, Puerto Rico 1 76    
Vacated
March 23, 1985 Held up after a match against Fidel Sierra and Mexican Angel. This marked the end of the ICW/WWC joint title lineage.  
3 The Masked Russians 1985 ICW show [Note 3] 1 [Note 1] The Masked Russians were the first champions to be recognized as the “ICW Tag-Team Champions”.  
4
Tom Brandi
and Prince Mike Kaluha
June 1, 1987 (NLT) ICW show [Note 3] 1 [Note 4]    
5 The Moondogs
(Spot and Spike)
December 28, 1987 ICW show [Note 3] 1 [Note 5]    
6 Moondog Spike (2) and The Dungeon Master 1988 ICW show [Note 3] 1 [Note 6] The Dungeon Master replaced Moondog Spot when he left ICW.  
7 The S & S Express
(Vic Steamboat and Joe Savoldi (2))
August 20, 1988 (NLT) ICW show Presque Isle, Maine 1 [Note 7]    
8 The Dynamic Duo
(Phil Apollo and Eric Sbraccia)
March 5, 1989 ICW show Augusta, Maine 1 118   [2]
9 The S & S Express
(Vic Steamboat (2) and Joe Savoldi (3))
July 1, 1989 ICW show Marlboro, Massachusetts 2 163    
10 The Undertakers
(Henchman and Punisher)
December 11, 1989 ICW show Newark, New Jersey 1 17    
11 The Dynamic Duo
(Phil Apollo and Eric Sbraccia)
December 28, 1989 ICW show Portland, Maine 2 2    
12 The Lethal Weapons
(Dennis Condrey and Doug Gilbert)
December 30, 1989 ICW show Augusta, Maine 1 169 Defeated Phil Apollo and Vic Steamboat when Eric Sbraccia did not show up.  
Vacated
March 30, 1990 N/A N/A The Lethal Weapons left ICW.  
IWCCW Tag Team Championship
13 The Undertakers
(Henchman and Punisher)
March 31, 1990 IWCCW show Charlton, Massachusetts 2 326 Defeated Phil Apollo and Eric Sbraccia for the vacant titles.  
14 The Billion Dollar Babies
(Mike Sampson and G.Q. Stratus)
February 20, 1991 IWCCW show Monticello, New York 1 0    
15 The Madison Brothers
(T.D. and G.Q.)
February 20, 1991 IWCCW show Monticello, New York 1 3    
16 The Equalizers
(Zip and Zap)
February 23, 1991 IWCCW show Meriden, Connecticut 1 14    
17 The Madison Brothers
(T.D. and G.Q.)
March 9, 1991 IWCCW show Staten Island, New York 2 41    
18 The Georgia Guerillas April 19, 1991 IWCCW show South China, Maine 1 [Note 8]    
19 The Madison Brothers
(T.D. and G.Q.)
April 30, 1991 (NLT) IWCCW show [Note 3] 3 [Note 9]    
20 The Billion Dollar Babies
(Mike Sampson and G.Q. Stratus)
June 1, 1991 IWCCW show Wolfeboro, New Hampshire 2 4 Defeated T.D. Madison in a handicap match. [3]
21 The Equalizers
(Zip and Zap)
June 5, 1991 IWCCW show Brooklyn, New York 2 0    
22 The Billion Dollar Babies
(Mike Sampson and G.Q. Stratus)
June 5, 1991 IWCCW show Brooklyn, New York 3 299    
Vacated
February 28, 1992 N/A N/A The Million Dollar Babies left the promotion.  
23 The Sioux War Party
(Dancing Wolf and White Cloud)
May 2, 1992 IWCCW show Hamburg, Pennsylvania 1 7 Defeated the Canadians in the finals of an 8 team tournament.  
24 Jimmy Deo and L.A. Gore May 9, 1992 IWCCW show Dover, New Hampshire 1 395    
25 The Sioux War Party
(Dancing Wolf and White Cloud)
June 8, 1993 IWCCW show Dover, New Hampshire 2 [Note 10]    
Vacated
1994 N/A N/A The Sioux War Party left the promotion.  
26 The Samoan Gangsters
(
Sammy the Silk
)
December 26, 1995 IWCCW show Hamburg, Pennsylvania 1 [Note 11] Won a Tournament  
Deactivated 1995 N/A N/A IWCCW Closed  

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 639 days and 921 days
  2. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 6 days and 371 days
  3. ^ a b c d e The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  4. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 920 days
  5. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 4 days and 247 days
  6. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 244 days
  7. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 185 days and 428 days
  8. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 11 days
  9. ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 32 days and 42 days
  10. ^ The date the championship was vacated has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 207 days and 571 days
  11. ^ The date IWCCW was closed has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 5 days

References

General sources
  • Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Boston: International Championship Wrestling Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. .
  • "International Championship Wrestling (1984-1991/01)/International World Class Championship Wrestling (1991/01-mid-1990s) Tag Team Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
Specific sources
  1. ^ Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
  2. ^ Hoops, Brian (March 5, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/05): The Hardy Boyz win WWF tag team gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Hoops, Brian (June 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (June 1): Rogers beats Gomez, Gordman & Goliath, Baba loses PWF Title, Flair Vs. KVE, Lawler Vs. Son, Undertaker Vs. Edge". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.