The IWA World Tag Team Championship was the top tag team professional wrestling title in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from 1966 through 1971.
Although a part of WCW, the championship carried the IWA initials, for the International Wrestling Alliance, WCW's sanctioning body for its championships.
WCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969, but still recognized this title as its world title. In 1971, the title was abandoned and the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship was established as WCW's new top tag team title.
37 different teams held the championship, combining for 50 individual title reigns.
Title history Wrestlers:Times:Date:Location:Notes:Larry Hennig and Harley Race1June 1966?Dominic DeNucci and Mark Lewin11 July 1966SydneyBrute Bernard and Skull Murphy115 July 1966Sydney, New South Wales Mark Lewin and Bearcat Wright129 July 1966Sydney Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy 2August 1966? The Flying Scots (George and Sandy Scott)122 October 1966Melbourne Art Nelson and Ray Stevens119 November 1966Melbourne The Flying Scots (George and Sandy Scott)2December 1966Melbourne, Victoria Karl and Kurt Von Stroheim1June 1967United StatesRed Bastien and Mario Milano128 July 1967Sydney, New South Wales Killer Kowalski and Skull Murphy 125 August 1967Sydney, New South Wales Red Bastien and Mario Milano 2September 1967Melbourne, Victoria Killer Kowalski and Skull Murphy 26 October 1967Sydney, New South Wales Red Bastien and Mario Milano 313 October 1967Sydney, New South Wales Art Nelson and Pat Patterson125 December 1967San Francisco, CaliforniaMario Milano and Billy White Wolf1February 1968Perth, Western AustraliaBrute Bernard and Skull Murphy 322 March 1968Sydney Mario Milano and Antonio Pugliese1April 1968Adelaide, South Australia Killer Karl Kox and Skull Murphy 1May 1968Brisbane, Queensland Dominic DeNucci and Antonio Pugliese 1May 1968? Killer Kowalski and Bill Miller1June 1968Adelaide, South Australia Dominic DeNucci and Mario Milano 1July 1968Adelaide, South AustraliaCiclón Negro and Baron Mikel Scicluna16 July 1968Sydney, New South Wales The Assassins130 August 1968Sydney, New South Wales The Flying Scots (George and Sandy Scott)311 October 1968Sydney, New South Wales Skull Murphy and Toru Tanaka1November 1968? Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy 4January 1969? Don Leo Jonathan and Antonio Pugliese 121 February 1969Sydney, New South Wales Mario Milano and The Spoiler17 March 1969Sydney, New South Wales Don Leo Jonathan and Antonio Pugliese 2March 1969Melbourne, Victoria Mario Milano and Waldo Von Erich14 April 1969Sydney, New South Wales The Spoiler and Waldo Von Erich 1April 1969?Tex McKenzie and Billy White Wolf 125 April 1969Sydney, New South Wales The Spoiler and Waldo Von Erich 224 May 1969Sydney, New South Wales WCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969.Lars Anderson and Dick Murdoch1October 1969?Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy 55 December 1969Sydney, New South Wales Spiros Arion and Mario Milano 119 December 1969Sydney, New South Wales Buddy Austin and King Curtis Iaukea126 December 1969Sydney, New South Wales Swede Hanson and Rip Hawk1April 1970Hobart, TasmaniaMark Lewin and Antonio Pugliese 115 May 1970Sydney, New South Wales Von Steigers(Kurt and Karl Von Steiger)119 June 1970Sydney, New South Wales Spiros Arion and Mark Lewin 11970? Von Steigers(Kurt and Karl Von Steiger)21970? Mark Lewin and Mario Milano 1December 1970? The Texas Outlaws121 January 1971Sydney, New South Wales Killer Kowalski and Mark Lewin 1March 1971?King Curtis Iaukea and Mark Lewin 1April 1971?Mr. Fuji and Tiger Jeet Singh1May 1971?King Curtis Iaukea and Mark Lewin 2June 1971?Von Steigers (Kurt and Karl Von Steiger)3August 1971? The title was retired in 1971 and replaced with the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship.
See also
Professional wrestling in Australia World Championship Wrestling
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