The AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed (as was the Southern Heavyweight Championship, also previously an NWA title) the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship due to a partnership with the American Wrestling Association. The title existed until 1988 when it was replaced with the Continental Wrestling Association Tag Team Championship.
The title was also referred to as the Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship to avoid confusion with the various other versions of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship in Championship Wrestling from Florida (1960–1970), Georgia Championship Wrestling (1951–1968), Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (1955–1966), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1953–1969), and Southern Championship Wrestling (1981–1982).
Reigns
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Team reigns by combined length Key SymbolMeaning¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. RankTeam# of reignsCombined days1( and ) 15 2 and 2 3 and 5 4(Al and Don Greene) 12 5 5 3316Dante and Mephisto 9 7 2 8( and ) 9 9Mitsu Hirai and 2 10 3 176Bearcat Brown and 5 17612 and 7 13 and 5 and 5 15215(Tony Gonzales and Donald Lortie) 6 16 and Lester Welch 5 14017(Billy Garrett and Jim Starr) 9 18(Wayne Farris and Larry Latham) 2 19 2 11220 and Sweet Brown Sugar 4 21 and Roughhouse Fargo / Sonny Fargo / Masked Rebel 5 11022 and 1 10423 and 4 103 and 1 10325(Corsica Jean and Corsica Joe) 6 26(Jonathan Boyd and Rip Morgan / Bigfoot) 5 27 and Jim White 8 9728(Assassin #1 and Assassin #2) 5 29 and 8 108(Spike and Basher) 1 9131 and The Red Shadow 8 and 1 33 and 1 84 and 3 84 and Jean Louie 2 36 and Tiny Mills 1 8337(David and Jerry Novak) 5 and 3 8239 1 77(Don Bass and Roger Smith) 2 7741 and 3 42(Frank Morrell and Eddie Sullivan) 6 43 and Lester Welch 1 7344 and Tommy Seigler 1 7245 and 3 7046(, and ) 4 6547 and Chief Thundercloud 1 63 and 2 63 and Bearcat Brown 2 63 and Dirty Rhodes 1 6351 and 1 62 and 1 62 and 3 6254 2 55 and 2 59(Afa and Sika) 2 5957(Ron Gibson and Stan Pulaski) 2 56 and Jimmy Valiant 1 56 and The Spoiler 2 56(Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) 2 5661The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs(Mike Davis and Tommy Lane) 5 62( and ) 3 5363 and Frank Martinez 3 64 and 2 51 and Sweet Brown Sugar 1 5166 and Eric Pomeroy 1 3 49 2 49 and 1 49 and Tommy Gilbert 2 49( and ) 2 49 and 1 4971 and 3 47 and 3 47(Jonathan Boyd and Luke Williams) 2 73 1 4574 and Don Greene 1 4475 and Flame 1 43 and 1 77 and Goliath 1 and 4 (Tony Anthony and Len Denton) 1 42Big Bad John and 2 Chief Little Bear and Mack York 1 82(Karl and Kurt Von Brauner) 3 and Eddie Marlin 5 4184(Tom Andrews and Jim Starr) 2 3985 and 1 86Badd Company(Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka) 1 3787 and Duke Myers 2 and Mr. Onita 3 36Masked Bat and Finis Hall 1 3690 and Roughhouse Fargo 1 35 and Jack Hart 1 35 and Tommy Gilbert 1 35 and Scorpion 1 35 and 1 and David Schultz 1 Gorgeous George Jr. and 1 3597 1 34(Elijah Akeem and Kareem Muhammad) 3 34100 and 2 101 and 2 102( and Bobby Hart) 1 30103 and Sputnik Monroe 3 104 and 1 28 and 1 28 and Al Greene 1 28 and El Mongol 1 and Soul Train Jones 1 28 and 2 28109 and Toru Tanaka 1 27110(Danny Davis and Ken Wayne) 1 111 and 1 112 and 1 23 and 23114 and Terry Sawyer 1 22 and 3 22 and Mr. Wrestling 1 22117 and Bobby Mayne 1 21 and 1 21 and 1 and Jim Garvin 1 21 and David Schultz 1 21 and Pat Tanaka 1 21 and Mongolian Stomper 1 21 and Toru Tanaka 1 21 and Sheik Ali Hassan 1 21 and Bearcat Brown 1 21 and 2 21 (Rex and Spot) 1 21Bearcat Brown and Tommy Gilbert 2 ( and Randy Fargo) 1 131 and 1 20 and Bearcat Brown 1 133 and Karl Von Steiger 2 19134 and Pat Barrett 2 18135 and 1 and 1 17138 1 16 and 1 16 and 1 16141 and David Schultz 1 15143 and Mike Clancy 1 and Tosh Togo 1 14 and Chris Belkas 1 14 and 1 14 and 1 14 and 1 14 and 1 and 1 14 and 1 14 and Bearcat Brown 1 14 and 2 and Rick Rude 1 14(Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) 2 14( and ) 2 14The Angel and Sonny King 1 14157 and Guy Mitchell 1 13 and 1 13 and Steve Regal 1 13 and Billy Robinson 3 and Jimmy Valiant 1 13162 1 and 2 164 and 1 10 and Treach Phillips 1 166Gypsy Joe Dorsetti and Skull Murphy 2 9Ken Lucas and 1 and Scorpion 1 9169 and 1 8 and Lester Welch 2 8 and 1 8 and 1 8173Ron and Terry Garvin 1 7 and 1 7 1 7 and Jim Mitchell 1 7 1 7(Joey Cagle and Rocky Sortor) 1 and 1 7 and The Great Yamaha 1 and 1 and 1 7 and Sir Clements 1 7 and 1 7 and 1 and 1 7 and Johnny Marlin 1 and Playboy Frazier 1 7 and Terry Taylor 1 7 and Roughhouse Fargo 1 7Bearcat Brown and Les Thatcher 1 7192 and Buddy Fuller 1 6193(Mike and Pat Kelly) 1 5 and 3 5Great Bolo and Joe McCarthy 1 5196(Don and ) 2 and Ivan Kowalski 2 3 2 3199 and Cousin Junior 1 2 and Eddie Graham 2 2 and 1 202Corsica Joe and Chin Lee 1 1 and Jack Witzig 1 and Buddy Knox 1 and Carlos Rodriguez Cortez 1 and Red Roberts 1 (Frank Dalton and Jack Dalton) 1 1 and Rex Mobley 1 1 and 1 and Red Roberts 1 and 1 and Bad Boy Hines 1 and Tomayo Soto 1 and Jack Welch 1 and 1 and 1 and Bob Ramstead 1 and 1 (Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes) 1 and Jimmy Golden 1 and 1 Golden Hawk and Johnny Kostas 1 and 1
Individual reigns by combined length Key SymbolMeaning¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. RankWrestler# of reignsCombined days1 35 2 19 3 30 4 22 5 19 6 20 7 3 8 18 9 7 44310 15 11 22 12 7 13 5 14 14 15 15 16 5 33117Bearcat Brown 13 18Dante 9 Mephisto 9 20 16 21 3 22 3 23 12 23624 9 25 10 21026 5 27 12 13 29 6 18530 2 31 3 176 3 17633 4 17534 12 35 8 36 6 37 6 38 6 7 40 6 6 42 4 43 12 44 3 45 9 46 8 47 6 48 3 11949 4 11250 3 4 10551 6 10352Corsica Joe 6 Corsica Jean 6 54 5 55 8 56 2 57 8 9758 5 5 60 7 61 9 62 6 Basher 1 91Spike 1 9165 1 66 4 8667 8 1 1 70 2 3 8472 1 83 1 8374 5 5 76 1 77 1 77 2 77 11 80 10 81 6 82 1 72 1 7284 3 85 1 65 4 6587 1 63 1 63 2 63Chief Thundercloud 1 6391 1 62 2 6293Blue Inferno 1 2 Blue Inferno 2 2 95 2 59 2 5997 2 5898 5 99 2 56 2 56 2 56 6 2 56104 3 55 5 5 107 3 108 1 2 3 49 3 49Mighty Yankee 3 2 49113 2 48114 2 115 1 45 1 45117 2 118 1 43Flame 1 43120 1 1 42 1 42Big Bad John 2 Chief Little Bear 1 Goliath 1 126 3 3 2 41129 1 130 1 37131 1 36 3 36 2 3 36Masked Bat 1 36136 1 35 1 1 35 1 35Gorgeous George Jr. 1 35141 1 34 1 34 3 34 3 34145George Barnes 2 146 1 30 1 30 1 30149 3 150 2 28 1 28 1 1 2 28 1 28156 1 1 158 2 1 22160Mongolian Stomper 1 21 1 21 1 21 2 21 1 21 1 21 1 21 1 21 1 21 1 21 1 21 1 21172 1 173 2 19 2 19175 2 2 18177 1 17178 1 14 1 3 14 2 14 2 14 1 14 1 14 1 14 1 14187 1 13 3 1 13 1 13 1 13192 1 1 194 1 10 1 1 197 Skull Murphy 2 9Gypsy Joe Dorsetti 2 9Ken Lucas 1 Scorpion 1 9201 2 202 1 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7Ron Garvin 1 7Sir Clements 1 7218 1 5 1 5 1 5Great Bolo 1 5222 3 223 2 2 3 2 3 2 3227Cousin Junior 1 2 2 2 2 230 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Corsica Joe 1 1 Golden Hawk 1 1 1
Footnotes
See also NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) – the version of the title used in Championship Wrestling from Florida NWA Southern Tag Team Championship – the NWA board-controlled version of the title
References
External links NWA/AWA Southern Tag Team Championship history – Wrestling-Titles.com 1983, 1984 1985, 1986 1987 Mid-South Coliseum event results – ProWrestlingHistory.com