Title History
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
(n) signifies that a title change happened no later than the date listed.
| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWA American Tag Team Championship | ||||
| The Internationals (Al Costello and Karl Von Brauner) |
1 | January 1967 | Won a tournament to become the first champions. | |
| Fritz and Waldo Von Erich | 1 | February 21, 1967 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Brute Bernard and Mike Paidousis | 1 | August 1967 | ||
| Fritz and Waldo Von Erich | 2 | September 11, 1967 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Brute Bernard and Mike Paidousis | 2 | October 3, 1967 | ||
| Gary Hart and The Spoiler | 1 | October 23, 1967 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Billy Red Lyons and Fritz Von Erich (3) | 1 | January 30, 1968 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Spoilers (Spoiler #1 (2) and Spoiler #2) |
1 | April 22, 1968 | Fort Worth, Texas | Spoiler #2 lost a match to Apollo on May 17, 1968 and unmasked as Smasher Sloan. |
| Gary Hart and The Spoiler (3) | 2 | 1968 | Sloan gave his half of the title to Hart and left the area. | |
| Grizzly Smith and Fritz Von Erich (4) | 1 | July 19, 1968 | Houston, Texas | |
| Gary Hart and The Spoiler (4) | 3 | September 10, 1968 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Dan Miller and Fritz Von Erich (5) | 1 | December 17, 1969 | Dallas, Texas | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. |
| Fred Curry and Fritz Von Erich (6) | 1 | March 1969 | Miller was injured by Johnny Valentine and replaced by Curry. | |
| Title vacated in 1969 after Curry was also injured by Johnny Valentine. | ||||
| Wahoo McDaniel and Thunderbolt Patterson | 1 | June 27, 1969 | Houston, Texas | Won a tournament. |
| Dusty Rhodes and Baron Von Raschke | 1 | 1969 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Wahoo McDaniel and Thunderbolt Patterson | 2 | August 1969 | ||
| Title vacated in 1969. | ||||
| Boris Malenko and Lord Charles Montagne | 1 | September 1969 (n) | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| Title vacated in 1970. | ||||
| Killer Karl Kox and Mike York | 1 | August 1970 | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| The Outlaws (Dick Murdoch and Dusty Rhodes (2)) |
1 | 1970 | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| George Scott and Tim Woods | 1 | December 15, 1970 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Bronko Lubich and Chris Markoff | 1 | August 1971 (n) | ||
| Wahoo McDaniel (3) and Johnny Valentine | 1 | September 1971 (n) | ||
| Bronko Lubich and Chris Markoff | 2 | 1971 | ||
| Wahoo McDaniel (4) and Johnny Valentine (2) | 2 | 1971 | ||
| Thunderbolt Patterson (3) and Toru Tanaka | 1 | July 19, 1971 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Thunderbolt Patterson (4)and Johnny Valentine (3) | 1 | January 1972 (n) | Tanaka gave his half of the title to Valentine. | |
| Dean Ho and Fritz Von Erich (7) | 1 | January 25, 1972 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Brute Bernard (3) and Missouri Mauler | 1 | 1972 | ||
| Mark Lewin and The Spoiler (5) | 1 | 1973 | ||
| Jose Lothario and Ivan Putski | 1 | March 1973 (n) | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| Black Gordman and Goliath | 1 | August 8, 1973 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Jose Lothario (2) and Mil Máscaras | 1 | 1973 | ||
| The Blackjacks (Blackjack Lanza and Blackjack Mulligan) |
1 | 1973 | Houston, Texas | |
| Tex McKenzie and Ken Patera | 1 | July 22, 1974 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| The Blackjacks | 2 | 1974 | ||
| Tex McKenzie (2) and Johnny Valentine (4) | 1 | September 23, 1974 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Title vacated in 1974 and became inactive. | ||||
| David and Kevin Von Erich | 1 | October 1978 | Dallas, Texas | Defeated Dory Funk, Jr. & Terry Funk. |
| Mark Lewin and The Spoiler (5) | 2 | February 19, 1979 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| El Halcón and Jose Lothario (3) | 1 | June 1, 1979 | Houston, Texas | |
| Gino Hernandez and El Gran Markus | 1 | July 20, 1979 | ||
| El Halcón (2) and Jose Lothario (3) | 2 | September 1979 | Houston, Texas | |
| Gino Hernandez and El Gran Markus | 2 | December 14, 1979 | Houston, Texas | |
| El Halcón (3) and Jose Lothario (5) | 3 | December 28, 1979 | Houston, Texas | |
| Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada | 1 | January 11, 1980 | Houston, Texas | |
| Tiger Conway, Jr. and Jose Lothario (6) | 1 | March 14, 1980 | Houston, Texas | |
| Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada | 2 | June 23, 1980 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Title held up on June 24, 1980 after a match against Kerry and Kevin Von Erich in Amarillo, Texas. | ||||
| Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada | 3 | July 1, 1980 | Amarillo, Texas | Defeated Kevin and Kerry Von Erich in a rematch. |
| El Halcón (4) and Kevin Von Erich (2) | 1 | August 1980 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Gino Hernandez (3) and Gary Young | 1 | October 1980 | Houston, Texas | |
| Bruiser Brody and Kerry Von Erich | 1 | January 11, 1981 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Title vacated in May 1981 when Brody left the area. | ||||
| Brian Blair and Al Madril | 1 | June 1981 | Won a tournament. | |
| Killer Tim Brooks and Armand Hussein | 1 | September 1981 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Terry Orndorff and Kerry Von Erich (2) | 1 | October 25, 1981 | Dallas, Texas | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. |
| Al Madril (2) and Kerry Von Erich (3) | 1 | 1982 | Records unclear as to whom they defeated. | |
| King Kong Bundy and Bugsy McGraw | 1 | April 11, 1982 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Kerry (4) and Kevin Von Erich (3) | 1 | July 5, 1982 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| King Kong Bundy (2) and Bill Irwin | 1 | September 12, 1982 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes) |
1 | November 26, 1982 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Bruiser Brody (2) and Kerry Von Erich (5) | 2 | June 17, 1983 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Title vacated in 1983 when Brody was injured. | ||||
| Bulldog Brower and Roddy Piper | 1 | October 1983 | Detroit, Michigan | Won a tournament. |
| The Super Destroyers Super Destroyer #1 and Super Destroyer #2) |
1 | October 1983 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Brian Adias and King Parsons | 1 | December 25, 1983 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Super Destroyers | 2 | January 30, 1984 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Rock 'N Soul (King Parsons (2) and Buck Zumhofe) |
1 | May 6, 1984 | Irving, Texas | |
| The Super Destroyers | 3 | May 19, 1984 | San Antonio, Texas | Rock 'N Soul unmasked The Super Destroyers after the match, revealing them to be Bill and Scott Irwin. |
| Rock 'N Soul (King Parsons (3) and Buck Zumhofe (2) ) |
2 | July 4, 1984 | Fort Worth, Texas | Parsons defeated Bill Irwin in a singles match. |
| The Long Riders (Bill and Scott Irwin) |
4 | September 28, 1984 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) |
1 | October 22, 1984 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton) |
1 | January 11, 1985 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Title held up on March 8, 1985 in Dallas, Texas due to interference from Midnight Express manager Jim Cornette. | ||||
| The Fantastics | 2 | May 6, 1985 | Irving, Texas | Defeated The Midnight Express in a 2-ring match despite one of the Midnight Express pinning one of the Fantastics. The count by NWA referee Rick Hazzard ended just before a count by WCCW referee David Manning with a Fantastic pinning the other Midnight Express member started. This match appears on "The Triumphs and Tragedies of World Class Championship Wrestling" DVD from WWE Home Video. |
| Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez (4) | 1 | June 24, 1985 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Title held up after a match against Kerry and Kevin Von Erich, on September 13, 1985 in Dallas, Texas, results in a double disqualification. | ||||
| Kerry (6) and Kevin Von Erich (4) | 2 | September 20, 1985 | Dallas, Texas | Defeated Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez in a rematch. |
| Title held up after a match against Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez, on October 18, 1985 in Dallas, Texas. | ||||
| Chris Adams (2)and Gino Hernandez (5) | 2 | November 28, 1985 | Dallas, Texas | Defeated Kerry and Kevin Von Erich in a rematch. |
| Title vacated in 1986 when Adams and Hernandez split. WCCW left the NWA in the second half of the year, becoming the World Class Wrestling Association. | ||||
| WCWA World Tag Team Championship | ||||
| Matt Borne and Buzz Sawyer | 1 | September 1, 1986 | Fort Worth, Texas | Defeated Chris Adams and Lance Von Erich in a tournament final to become the first WCWA World Tag Team Champions. |
| Dingo Warrior and Lance Von Erich | 1 | November 17, 1986 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Brian Adias (2) and Al Madril | 1 | December 1, 1986 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| The Fantastics | 3 | March 4, 1987 | Lubbock, Texas | |
| Title held up after a match against The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs (Mike Davis and Tommy Lane) on April 6, 1987 in Fort Worth, Texas. | ||||
| The Fantastics | 4 | May 4, 1987 | Lubbock, Texas | Defeated The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs in a rematch. |
| Eric Embry and Frank Lancaster | 1 | June 26, 1987 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Shaun and Steve Simpson | 1 | August 7, 1987 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Brian Adias and Frank Lancaster (2) | 1 | September 12, 1987 | Fort Worth, Texas | Defeated Shaun Simpson and Skip Young. |
| Kerry (7) and Kevin Von Erich (5) | 3 | October 20, 1987 | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Iceman Parsons (4) and Terry Taylor | 1 | 1988 | ||
| Kerry (8) and Kevin Von Erich (6) | 4 | July 1, 1988 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Samoan Swat Team (Fatu and Samu) |
1 | August 12, 1988 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Steve Cox and Michael Hayes (2) | 1 | September 16, 1988 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Samoan Swat Team | 2 | September 19, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Steve Cox and Michael Hayes (3) | 2 | October 15, 1988 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Samoan Swat Team | 3 | October 17, 1988 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Kerry (9) and Kevin Von Erich (7) | 5 | February 1989 | Title awarded when The Samoan Swat Team left the promotion. | |
| Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden | 1 | February 17, 1989 | Dallas, Texas | Won the title by disqualification. |
| Jeff Jarrett and Kerry Von Erich (10) | 1 | March 12, 1989 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Cactus Jack and Super Zodiac II | 1 | May 19, 1989 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Jeff Jarrett (2) and Mil Máscaras (2) | 1 | June 9, 1989 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Robert Fuller (2) and Brian Lee | 1 | June 23, 1989 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Matt Borne and Jeff Jarrett (3) | 1 | June 30, 1989 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Scott Braddock and Cactus Jack (2) | 1 | August 4, 1989 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Title renamed the USWA Tag Team Championship in late 1989, with the WCWA closing shortly thereafter. | ||||
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