Title History
| # | Wrestlers | Reigns | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 !1 | Murder, Inc. (Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills) |
01 !1 | August 1960 | 64† | N/A | N/A | Kowalski and Mills were awarded the NWA World Tag Team Championship on August 1960. They were recognized as the first AWA champions when the AWA withdrew from the NWA and recognized its own champions. |
| 02 !2 | Hard Boiled Haggerty and Len Montana / Gene Kiniski | 01 !1 | 01960-10-04October 4, 1960 | 231 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | Montana suffered a broken leg in a match against Verne Gagne. On March 18, 1961, Haggerty chose Kiniski as his new partner. |
| 03 !3 | Leo Nomellini and Wilbur Snyder | 01 !1 | 01961-05-23May 23, 1961 | 57 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 04 !4 | Hard Boiled Haggerty and Gene Kiniski | 02 !2 | 01961-07-19July 19, 1961 | 20 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 04.5 !- | Vacated | 0 !- | 01961-08-08August 8, 1961 | 0 | N/A | Live event | Title vacated after Haggerty and Kiniski split up when Haggerty's interference in a cage match between Kiniski and Verne Gagne backfires. |
| 05 !5 | Hard Boiled Haggerty (3) and Bob Geigel | 01 !1 | 01961-09-26September 26, 1961 | 51 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Live event | Haggerty defeated Kiniski for control of the titles and chose Geigel as his new partner. |
| 06 !6 | Pat Kennedy and Dale Lewis | 01 !1 | 01961-11-16November 16, 1961 | 7 | Rochester, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 07 !7 | Bob Geigel (2) and Otto Von Krupp | 01 !1 | 01961-11-23November 23, 1961 | 39†† | Rochester, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 07.5 !- | Vacated | 0 !- | January 1962 | 0 | N/A | N/A | Title vacated when Von Krupp was injured. |
| 08 !8 | Larry Hennig and Duke Hoffman | 01 !1 | 01962-01-15January 15, 1962 | 29 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Live event | Defeated Ivan and Nikita Kalmikoff in a tournament final. |
| 09 !9 | Bob Geigel (3) and Stan Kowalski (2) | 01 !1 | 01962-02-13February 13, 1962 | 47†† | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 10 !10 | The Neilsons (Art Neilson and Stan Neilson) |
01 !1 | April 1962 | 259† | Cincinnati, Ohio | N/A | This was a "phantom" title change, as no match actually took place. |
| 11 !11 | Mr. High and Mr. Low | 01 !1 | 01962-12-16December 16, 1962 | 16 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 12 !12 | The Kalmikoffs (Ivan Kalmikoff and Karol Kalmikoff) |
01 !1 | 01963-01-01January 1, 1963 | 231 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 13 !13 | The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser | 01 !1 | 01963-08-20August 20, 1963 | 173 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 14 !14 | Moose Evans and Verne Gagne | 01 !1 | 01964-02-09February 9, 1964 | 14 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 15 !15 | The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser | 02 !2 | 01964-02-23February 23, 1964 | 342 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 16 !16 | Larry Hennig (2) and Harley Race | 01 !1 | 01965-01-30January 30, 1965 | 175 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 17 !17 | The Crusher (3) and Verne Gagne (2) | 01 !1 | 01965-07-24July 24, 1965 | 14 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 18 !18 | Larry Hennig (3) and Harley Race | 02 !2 | 01965-08-07August 7, 1965 | 294 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 19 !19 | The Crusher (4) and Dick the Bruiser | 03 !3 | 01966-05-28May 28, 1966 | 223 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 20 !20 | Larry Hennig (4) / Chris Markoff and Harley Race | 03 !3 | 01967-01-06January 6, 1967 | 308 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | On November 1, 1967, Markoff replaced Hennig, who had his leg broken by Verne Gagne in Winnipeg, Manitoba. |
| 21 !21 | Pat O'Connor and Wilbur Snyder (2) | 01 !1 | 01967-11-10November 10, 1967 | 22 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | |
| 22 !22 | Mitsu Arakawa and Dr. Moto | 01 !1 | 01967-12-02December 2, 1967 | 392 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | |
| 23 !23 | The Crusher (5) and Dick the Bruiser | 04 !4 | 01968-12-28December 28, 1968 | 245 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | |
| 24 !24 | The Vachons (Butcher Vachon and Mad Dog Vachon) |
01 !1 | 01969-08-30August 30, 1969 | 623 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | |
| 25 !25 | Red Bastien and Hercules Cortez / The Crusher (6) | 01 !1 | 01971-05-15May 15, 1971 | 250 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Live event | In August 1971, Bastien chose The Crusher as his new partner after Cortez was killed in a car accident on July 23 near St. Cloud, Minnesota. |
| 26 !26 | Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens | 01 !1 | 01972-01-20January 20, 1972 | 345 | Denver, Colorado | Live event | |
| 27 !27 | Verne Gagne (3) and Billy Robinson | 01 !1 | 01972-12-30December 30, 1972 | 7 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 28 !28 | Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens | 02 !2 | 01973-01-06January 6, 1973 | 561 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 29 !29 | The Crusher (7) and Billy Robinson (2) | 01 !1 | 01974-07-21July 21, 1974 | 95 | Green Bay, Wisconsin | Live event | |
| 30 !30 | Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens | 03 !3 | 01974-10-24October 24, 1974 | 296 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Live event | |
| 31 !31 | The Crusher (8) and Dick the Bruiser | 05 !5 | 01975-08-16August 16, 1975 | 342 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | |
| 32 !32 | Bobby Duncum and Blackjack Lanza | 01 !1 | 01976-07-23July 23, 1976 | 349 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | |
| 33 !33 | The High Flyers (Jim Brunzell and Greg Gagne) |
01 !1 | 01977-07-07July 7, 1977 | 443 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Live event | |
| 34 !34 | Pat Patterson and Ray Stevens (4) | 01 !1 | 01978-09-23September 23, 1978 | 256 | N/A | N/A | Awarded the titles when Brunzell was injured in a charity softball game. |
| 35 !35 | Verne Gagne (4) and Mad Dog Vachon (2) | 01 !1 | 01979-06-06June 6, 1979 | 410 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Live event | |
| 36 !36 | The East-West Connection (Adrian Adonis and Jesse Ventura) |
01 !1 | 01980-07-20July 20, 1980 | 329 | Denver, Colorado | Live event | Won by forfeit when Gagne no-showed scheduled defence. |
| 37 !37 | The High Flyers | 02 !2 | 01981-06-14June 14, 1981 | 742 | Green Bay, Wisconsin | Live event | |
| 38 !38 | The Sheiks (Jerry Blackwell and Ken Patera) |
01 !1 | 01983-06-26June 26, 1983 | 315 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 39 !39 | The Crusher (9) and Baron Von Raschke | 01 !1 | 01984-05-06May 6, 1984 | 111 | Green Bay, Wisconsin | Live event | |
| 40 !40 | The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) |
01 !1 | 01984-08-25August 25, 1984 | 400 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Live event | |
| 41 !41 | Jimmy Garvin and Steve Regal | 01 !1 | 01985-09-29September 29, 1985 | 111 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 42 !42 | Scott Hall and Curt Hennig | 01 !1 | 01986-01-18January 18, 1986 | 119 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Live event | |
| 43 !43 | Buddy Rose and Doug Somers | 01 !1 | 01986-05-17May 17, 1986 | 255 | Hammond, Indiana | AWA All-Star Wrestling | |
| 44 !44 | The Midnight Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) |
01 !1 | 01987-01-27January 27, 1987 | 118 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Live event | |
| 45 !45 | Soldat Ustinov and Boris Zhukov / Doug Somers (2) | 01 !1 | 01987-05-25May 25, 1987 | 139 | Lake Tahoe, Nevada | Live event | Somers replaced Zhukov on October 1987 after he jumped to the WWF. |
| 46 !46 | Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler | 01 !1 | 01987-10-11October 11, 1987 | 8 | Memphis, Tennessee | Live event (Continental Wrestling Association) | |
| 47 !47 | Dr. D and Hector Guerrero | 01 !1 | 01987-10-19October 19, 1987 | 7 | Memphis, Tennessee | Live event (Continental Wrestling Association) | |
| 48 !48 | Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler | 02 !2 | 01987-10-26October 26, 1987 | 4 | Memphis, Tennessee | Live event (Continental Wrestling Association) | |
| 49 !49 | The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose) |
01 !1 | 01987-10-30October 30, 1987 | 58 | Whitewater, Wisconsin | AWA Championship Wrestling | |
| 50 !50 | The Midnight Rockers | 02 !2 | 01987-12-27December 27, 1987 | 83 | Las Vegas, Nevada | AWA Championship Wrestling | Titles were held up on February 15, 1988, after a controversial match with The Rock 'n' Roll Express in Memphis. The Rockers won a rematch on February 22, 1988, also in Memphis, but this was never recognized and they remain two-time champions. |
| 51 !51 | Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka) |
01 !1 | 01988-03-19March 19, 1988 | 371 | Las Vegas, Nevada | AWA Championship Wrestling | |
| 52 !52 | The Olympians (Ken Patera (2) and Brad Rheingans) |
01 !1 | 01989-03-25March 25, 1989 | 177 | Rochester, Minnesota | AWA Championship Wrestling | |
| 52.5 !- | Vacated | 0 !- | 01989-09-18September 18, 1989 | 0 | N/A | N/A | Title vacated when Patera was injured. |
| 53 !53 | The Destruction Crew (Wayne Bloom and Mike Enos) |
01 !1 | 01989-10-01October 1, 1989 | 314 | Rochester, Minnesota | AWA Championship Wrestling | Defeated Paul Diamond and Greg Gagne in a tournament final. |
| 54 !54 | D.J. Peterson and The Trooper | 01 !1 | 01990-08-11August 11, 1990 | 143†† | Rochester, Minnesota | AWA Championship Wrestling | |
| 54.5 !- | Title retired. | 0 !- | January 1991 | 0 | N/A | N/A | AWA closes. |
†There are no records of the day the reign began, only the month so the first day of the month is counted.
††There are no records of the day the reign ended, only the month so the first day of the month is counted.
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