NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship

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The NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship is the tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance's Mid-Atlantic territory. It started out as the NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship in 1968 and was renamed in 1973. It was defended in Jim Crockett Promotions until it was abandoned in 1985. It was revived in 1999 for the Mid-Atlantic territory.

Title History

Wrestlers: Reigns together: Date: Place:
NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Titles
Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson 1 1968 Awarded
Johnny Weaver & George Becker 1 1969 ?
Gene & Ole Anderson 1 April 1970 Greensboro, NC
Paul Jones & Nelson Royal 1 September 22 1970 Raleigh, NC
Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson 2 December 1970 ?
Johnny Weaver & George Becker 2 September 1971 ?
Larry Hamilton & Brute Bernard 1 1971 ?
Johnny Weaver & Art Neilson 1 March 31 1972 Greensboro, NC
Gene & Ole Anderson 2 January 7 1973 ?
Jerry Brisco & Thunderbolt Patterson 1 1973 ?
Gene & Ole Anderson 3 1973 ?
Sandy Scott & Nelson Royal 1 October 10 1973 Raleigh, NC
renamed NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Titles
Brute Bernard & Jay York 1 December 4 1973 Raleigh, NC
Gene & Ole Anderson 4 December 26 1973 ?
Paul Jones & Bob Bruggers 1 1974 ?
Rip Hawk & Ric Flair 1 July 4 1974 Greensboro, NC
Paul Jones & Tiger Conway, Jr. 1 February 1975 ?
Gene & Ole Anderson 5 February 20 1975 Greensboro, NC
Vacated 1975 Titles vacated
Dino Bravo & Tim Woods 1 November 3 1976 Raleigh, NC (over Rene Goulet & Michel Dubois)
"Hollywood Blonds" Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown) 1 January 17 1977 Greenville, SC
Dino Bravo & Tiger Conway, Jr. 1 April 10 1977 Charlotte, NC
Greg Valentine & Ric Flair 1 July 6 1977 Raleigh, NC (Awarded)
Paul Jones & Ricky Steamboat 1 August 22 1977 Greensboro, NC
Ric Flair & Big John Studd 1 October 30 1978 Greenville, SC
Paul Jones & Ricky Steamboat 2 November 5 1978 Greensboro, NC
Big John Studd & Ken Patera 1 January 1979 ?
Masked Superstar 1 & 2 1 March 26 1980 ?
Vacated 1980 Titles Vacant
Matt Borne & Buzz Sawyer 1 June 2 1980 Greenville, SC (over Iron Sheik & Jimmy Snuka)
"Sheepherders" Butch Miller & Luke Williams 1 September 28 1980 Charlotte, NC
Dewey Roberston & George Wells 1 December 12 1980 Richmond, VA
Genichiro Tenryu & Mr. Fuji 1 February 7 1981 Greensboro, NC
Dewey Robertson & Johnny Weaver 1 1981 ?
Chris Markoff & Nikolai Volkoff 1 June 27 1981 Charlotte, NC
Jake Roberts & Jay Youngblood 1 1981 ?
Jay Youngblood & Johnny Weaver 1 1981 Roberts gave his half to Weaver
Ox Baker & Carl Fergie 1 1981 ?
Jay Youngblood & Porkchop Cash 1 March 1982 ?
Don Kernodle & Jim Nelson 1 May 1982 ?
Porkchop Cash & Iceman Parsons 1 1982 ?
Don Kernodle & Jim Nelson 2 June 17 1982 Roanoke, VA
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood 1 August 22 1982 Toronto, Ontario
Vacated 1983 Title vacant
One Man Gang & Kelly Kiniski 1 May 23 1983 Greenville, SC (over Mike Rotunda & Rufus R. Jones)
Rufus R. Jones & Bugsy McGraw 1 July 20 1983 Emporia, VA
Vacated August 1983 Titles vacant
Ivan Koloff & Don Kernodle 1 May 1984 ?
"Long Riders" Ron Bass & Black Bart 1 August 25 1984 ?
Titles Retired 1985 Titles abandoned
Revived NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Titles
"Triple X" Drake Dawson & Curtis Thompson 1 March 17 2000 Awarded
Vacated September 2000 Dawson leaves to become a pit crew member for NASCAR
"Midnight Express" Bobby Eaton & Rikki Nelson 1 January 2003 Awarded
Vacated 2004 Titles vacant
Dusty Rhodes & Buff Bagwell 1 January 22 2005 Seoul, South Korea (over Terry Taylor & Rikki Nelson)

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