WWF International Tag Team Championship
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| WWF International Tag Team Championship | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Promotion | WWWF/WWF NJPW |
| Date established | June 1, 1969 (original) May 24, 1985 (second) |
| Date retired | 1972 (original) October 31, 1985 (second) |
| Other name(s) | |
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The WWF International Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship in the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1969 to 1972 and in the renamed World Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro-Wrestling for a short time in 1985.
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Reigns
Names
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| WWWF International Tag Team Championship | June 1, 1969 – 1972 |
| WWF International Tag Team Championship | May 24, 1985 – October 31, 1985 |
Reigns
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| † | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Rising Suns (Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakawa) |
June 1, 1969 | House Show | Japan | 1 | 190 | Won a fictitious tournament to become the first champions. | |
| 2 | Victor Rivera and Tony Marino | December 9, 1969 | WWWF | New York, New York | 1 | 188 | This was a 2-out-of-3 falls match. | |
| † | Bruno Sammartino and The Battman | December 13, 1969 | House Show | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 0 | Defeat the Rising Suns. The title change 4 days prior in New York City was not recognized in Pittsburgh. Following this match Rivera and Marino continued to be recognized as champions. | |
| 3 | The Mongols (Bepo and Geto) |
June 15, 1970 | WWWF | New York, New York | 1 | 368 | This was a 2-out-of-3 falls match. Mongols left the New York promotion in February 1971 and defended the title in the Pittsburgh promotion only. | |
| 4 | Bruno Sammartino (2) and Dominic DeNucci | June 18, 1971 | WWWF | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1 | 14 | This was a 2-out-of-3 falls match. | |
| 5 | The Mongols (Bepo and Geto) |
July 2, 1971 | House Show | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 2 | 133 | ||
| 6 | Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler | November 12, 1971 | House Show | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1 | 36 | Had won WWWF World Tag Team Championship on June 3, 1971 | |
| 7 | Geto Mongol (3) and Johnny DeFazio | December 18, 1971 | House show | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1 | 197 | ||
| — | Deactivated | July 2, 1972 | — | — | — | — | Abandoned when the Pittsburgh promotion is sold to the National Wrestling Federation | |
| 8 | Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura | May 24, 1985 | IWGP & WWF Championship Series | Kobe, Japan | 1 | 159 | Defeated Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis in a tournament final. | [1] |
| — | Deactivated | October 31, 1985 | — | — | — | — | Titles were abandoned when New Japan ended its partnership with the WWF. | |
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Combined reigns
By team
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mongols (Bepo and Geto) |
2 | 501 |
| 2 | Rising Suns (Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakawa) |
1 | 190 |
| 3 | Victor Rivera and Tony Marino | 1 | 188 |
| 4 | Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura | 1 | 159 |
| 5 | Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler | 1 | 36 |
| 6 | Bruno Sammartino and Dominic DeNucci | 1 | 14 |
| Bepo Mongol and Johnny De Fazio | 1 | 14 | |
| 8 | Bruno Sammartino and The Battman | 1 | 0 |
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bepo Mongol | 3 | 698 |
| 2 | Geto Mongol | 2 | 501 |
| 3 | Toru Tanaka | 1 | 190 |
| Mitsu Arakawa | 1 | 190 | |
| 5 | Tony Marino | 2 | 188 |
| 6 | Victor Rivera | 1 | 185 |
| 7 | Tatsumi Fujinami | 1 | 159 |
| Kengo Kimura | 1 | 159 | |
| 9 | Luke Graham | 1 | 36 |
| Tarzan Tyler | 1 | 36 | |
| 11 | Bruno Sammartino | 2 | 14 |
| Dominic DeNucci | 1 | 14 | |
| Johnny De Fazio | 1 | 14 |
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Source: "WWF International Tag Team Championship", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, September 1st), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_International_Tag_Team_Championship.
Footnotes
- ^ The WWWF/WWF (now WWE) did not recognize the title reign of Bruno Sammartino and The Battman and instead recognized the reign of Sammartino and Dominic DeNucci as the shortest at 14 days.
References
- ^ Hoops, Brian (May 24, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 24): Harley Race wins NWA title due to interesting circumstances, Ric Flair beats Kerry Von Erich in Japan". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
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