WCW World Tag Team Championship
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| Promotion | NWA/JCP (1975–1988) WCW (1988–2001) WWF (2001) | ||||||||||
| Date established | January 29, 1975 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | November 18, 2001 (unified with the WWF Tag Team Championship) | ||||||||||
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The WCW World Tag Team Championship, originally known as the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version), was a
World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the original world tag team title of WCW and remained active until it was unified with the WWF Tag Team Championship
.
History
The WCW World Tag Team Championship was originally created as the NWA World Tag Team Championship of
Steve Williams won the tournament.[2]
As a result of Gordy and Williams being the WCW World Tag Team Champions when they became NWA World Tag Team Champions, both titles were defended together until WCW left the NWA in September 1993. On January 17, 2008, the NWA withdrew its recognition of every WCW World Tag Team Champion linked to the NWA World Tag Team Championship, officially stating that their titles were formed in 1995.
In March 2001, the
unification match
. The WCW Tag Team Championship was then retired with WWE (the former WWF) officially recognizing The Dudley Boyz as the final champions.
See also
Notes
- ^ This excludes the reigns of the Fabulous Freebirds in 1991 and the Nasty Boys in 1995, which both technically ended before they began due to them winning the titles on a live show, and losing them on a taped show that was filmed before the live show but broadcast after.
- ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.