NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) member NWA San Francisco promoted a professional wrestling tag team championship under the name NWA World Tag Team Championship from 1950 until 1961 in and around their local territory until it closed. When San Francisco based Big Time Wrestling became a member of the NWA in 1968 they began promoting their version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship as part of their shows until the championship was abandoned in 1979. The NWA rules allowed each individual member to promote a championship under that name, which meant there were several NWA World Tag Team Championships promoted across North America at some point between 1950 and 1982, with two different versions being promoted in San Francisco, although not at the same time. At one point in 1957 no less than 13 different versions of the NWA World Tag Team Championship were recognized across the United States. At least 21 different regional branches of the NWA World Tag Team Championship have identified as being active at some point between 1950 and 1991. In 1992 the NWA Board of Directors sanctioned one main NWA World Tag Team Championship under their control. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via legitimate competition; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or on occasion awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline.

Ray Eckert and Hard Boiled Haggerty are recognized as the first holders of the NWA San Francisco version of the championship, said to have defeated the team of Ron Etchison and Larry Moquin, although no direct record of the match has been found; it was only mentioned on television. Due to gaps in documentation from the era not all championship changes have been record with specific dates, only the general period of time that they happened. Due to this it is impossible to say which team held the championship for the shortest period of time although it is unlikely to be shorter than the one-day reign of Mike and Ben Sharpe from January 9 to 10, 1958. The Sharpe Brothers' eighth reign lasted at least 131 days, the longest known reign of any champions. The Sharpe Brothers also hold the record for most reigns, a total of 18, 15 more than any other team. In 1957 the San Francisco version of the championship was one of thirteen NWA World Tag Team Championships being promoted in the United States throughout the NWA territories. The NWA: San Francisco version of the championship was abandoned in when promoter Joe Malcevicz closed his promotion in 1962.

In 1961 Roy Shire started a rival wrestling promotion in San Francisco called Big Time Wrestling, in direct competition with NWA: San Francisco. Shires' promotion created its own World Tag Team Championship in 1961, with Guy and Joe Brunetti as its first champions. Initially Shire was associated with the American Wrestling Alliance, but in 1968 he became a member of the NWA. At that point the Big Time Wrestling tag team championship was given the NWA suffix. Big Time Wrestling abandoned the tag team championship in 1979 and two years later the promotion closed. While it is possible that there were shorter reigns, the seven-day reign of the Great Mephisto and Kinji Shibuya in April 1973 is the shortest documented title reign. The Blonde Bombers's (Ray Stevens and Pat Patterson) reign that started in April 1965 was the longest reign on record, a total of 623 days.

Title history Key No.The overall championship reignReignThe reign number for the specific wrestler listed.EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed handsN/AThe specific information is not known —Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation in that time period.

NWA San Francisco history No.ChampionsReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotes1 and Hard Boiled Haggerty1The location of the match was not captured as part of the documentation.Live eventDefeated Ronnie Etchison and Larry Moquin21Live event 3 (2) and Frederick Von Schacht1Live event 42Live event 5 and Frederick Von Schacht (2)1Live event 6 and Sándor Szabó (2)1 Live eventRecords are unclear as to whom they defeated to win the championship73Live event Vacated——Championship vacated for undocumented reasons84Live eventDefeated Killer Kowalski and Sándor Szabó to win the vacant championship9Ron Etchison and Sándor Szabó1Oakland, CaliforniaLive event 105Live event 11Hombre Montana (2) and Leo Nomellini1Oakland, CaliforniaLive event 126Live event 13 and Ray Eckert (3)1Live event 147Live event 15 (2) and Enrique Torres1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event Held up——Championship held up after a match against Ben and Mike Sharpe ended without a winner158Live eventWon the rematch against Nomelini and Torres.16 and Leo Nomellini (3)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event Vacated——Championship vacated when Nomellini resumes playing for the San Francisco 49ers179Live eventDefeated Leo Nomellini and Hombre Montana to win the vacant championship18 and Gene Kiniski1Live event 19 and Enrique Torres (2)1Richmond, CaliforniaLive event 20 and Gene Kiniski2Live event 21 and Ray Stern1Live event 22 and Gene Kiniski3Live event 2310Live event 24 and Rikidōzan1Osaka, JapanLive event 2511Sapporo, JapanLive event 26Bobo Brazil and Enrique Torres (3)1Oakland, CaliforniaLive event 27 and Ed Miller1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 2812San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 29 (2) and Enrique Torres (4)1Fresno, CaliforniaLive event 3013Fresno, CaliforniaLive event 311San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 321San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 33 (4) and Ben Sharpe (14)1Live event 34 (4) and Enrique Torres (5)2Live event 3514Stockton, CaliforniaLive event 36Bobo Brazil and Enrique Torres (6)2San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 3715Live event 38Tex McKenzie and Ramon Torres1Fresno, CaliforniaLive event 39 and Karl Von Schober1Live event 40 and Ramon Torres (2)1Oakland, CaliforniaLive event 4116Stockton, CaliforniaLive event 42 and Ramon Torres (3)2Oakland, CaliforniaLive event 43 and Art Neilson1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 44 (4) and Dick Warren1Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 45Hombre Montana and Tiny Mills1San Jose, CaliforniaLive event 46 (5) and Dick Warren2Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 47 and Mike Valentino1Fresno, CaliforniaLive event 48 (3) and Buddy Rogers1Oakland, CaliforniaLive event 49 (2) and Fritz Von Goehring1Oakland, CaliforniaLive event 50 (2) and Ronnie Etchison (4)1 Live event 51Red Hangman and Ben Sharpe (18)1Fresno, CaliforniaLive event 52 and Ramon Torres (6)1Live event 5317Live eventRecords are unclear as to whom they defeated to win the championship.54 and Enrique Torres (7)1Live event 5518Live event 56 (2) and Alberto Torres1Live event 57Man Mountain Campbell and Mr. Kleen1Live event Vacated——Championship vacated for undocumented reasons58 and Enrique Torres (8)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive eventDefeated Magnificent Maurice and Ed Miller to win the championshipDeactivated——Championship was abandoned when the NWA San Francisco promotion closed.

Big Time Wrestling history No.ChampionsReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotes11San Francisco, CaliforniaN/ABilled as champions2 and Kinji Shibuya1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 3 (3) and Wilbur Snyder1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive eventNick Bockwinkle previously held the championship under the name Dick Warren41San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 5 and Jose Lothario (2)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 6 and Ray Stevens1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 7 and Billy Red Lyons1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 8(Ray Stevens (2) and Pat Patterson)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 9Ciclon Negro and The Mongolian Stomper1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 10(Ray Stevens (2) and Pat Patterson)2San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 11 (2) and Pedro Morales1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 12Great Sasaki and Kinji Shibuya (2)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 13 (3) and Pedro Morales2San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 14 and Kinji Shibuya (3)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 15 (4) and Peter Maivia1Live event 16 (2) and Ray Stevens (4)1N/AN/AGomez gave his half of the championship to Ray Stevens due to injury17 and Pat Patterson (3)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 18 (5) and Rocky Johnson1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 19 and Paul DeMarco1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 20 (2) and Pat Patterson (4)1Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 21Great Mephisto and Kinji Shibuya (4)1Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 22 (3) and Pat Patterson (5)2Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 23(Intern #1 and Intern #2)1Live event 24 and Kinji Shibuya (5)2Live eventThe championship match may have been fictional25 (4) and Pat Patterson (6)3Live event 26(Kurt & Karl Von Brauner)1Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 27 (3) and Pat Patterson (7)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 28(Invader #1 and Invader #2)1FloridaLive event 29Moondog Mayne and Pat Patterson (8)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 30(Invader #1 and Invader #2)2San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 31 (3) and Pat Patterson (9)1Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 32Invader #1 (3) and Don Muraco1Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 33 and Pat Patterson (10)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 34(Jonathan Boyd and Norman Frederick Charles III)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 35(Jimmy and Johnny Valiant)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 36 (6) and Pat Patterson (11)1Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 37 and Alexis Smirnoff1Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 38 (7) and Al Madril1Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event Vacated——Championship vacated when Al Madril was injured and unable to defend the championship.39(Kurt and Karl Von Steiger)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive eventWon an 8-team tournament to become champions40Moondog Mayne (2) and Ray Stevens (5)1San Francisco, CaliforniaLive event 41(Kurt and Karl Von Steiger)2Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 42Black Gordman and Goliath1Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 43 and Moondog Mayne (3)1Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event Vacated——Championship vacated for undocumented reasons44 (2) and Ron Starr1"Puerto Rico"N/AWas billed as having won a tournament in Puerto Rico that never happened.45 and Ed Wiskoski1Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 46 (2) and Enrique Vera1Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 47 and Ed Wiskoski2Sacramento, CaliforniaLive event 48Roddy Piper and Ed Wiskoski (3)1N/AN/ARose gave his half to PiperRetired——The Championship was deactivated.

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. RankTeamNo. of reignsCombined days1 (Ben and )192 ( and )27003 and 24344 and 15 and 13646 and 37 and 18 and 12389 and 110 and 120711118212 (Invader #1 and Invader #2)213 and 316014 and 115715 and 114716 (Kurt and Karl Von Steiger)214517118 and 119 and 112620 and 121 and 222 (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner)110823 and 210024 and 225 and 17726 ( and )17727 and 22817029 and 16930Valiant Brothers (Jimmy and Johnny Valiant)16731Ciclon Anaya and 26632 and 16133Invader #1 and 15234 and 135 and 1493614737 and 138Black Gordman and Goliath14139 and 1 and 140 and 142 and 135 and 13544Roddy Piper and 145 (Intern #1 and Intern #2)146 and 12947Great Sasaki and 12848 and 12549Ciclon Negro and 121 and 12151Hombre Montana and 11752 and Rikidōzan115 and 11554 and 114 and 114 and 11457 and 158 and 11259 and (wrestler)1860Great Mephisto and 17 and 17 and 163Hombre Montana and 1464 and 265 and 1 and 1 and 1Emil and Ernie Dusek1 and 1 and 1 and 1 and 1Man Mountain Campbell and Mr. Kleen1 and 1Red Hangman and 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.