The USWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary professional wrestling tag team championship promoted by the Memphis, Tennessee-based United States Wrestling Association (USWA). The Continental Wrestling Association and World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA) merged in 1989 to form the USWA. In the merger the USWA replaced both the WCWA World Tag Team Championship and the CWA Tag Team Championship with the USWA version. The promotion awarded Cactus Jack and Scott Braddock the championship after they won the WCWA championship on August 4, 1989. The USWA closed in 1997, with PG-13 (J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) as the final champions. There were a total of 116 reigns in the eight year lifetime of the championship.

The final champions, PG-13, holds the record for most championship reigns as they held the belts on 15 different occasions across the years, in addition each member also held the championship with a different partner, making them tied for most overall reigns for an individual. The Moondogs (Spot and Spike) reign as champions lasted between 123 and 152 days, the longest of any championship team. In April 1992 Moondog Cujo replaced Spike, but records are unclear as to what date the change was made. The teams of Jim and Ron Harris, Tommy Rich and Doug Gilbert, and Flash Flanagan and Nick Dinsmore, all lost the championship on the same show that they won the championship, tying them for the shortest reign.

As it is a professional wrestling championship, the championship was won not by actual competition, but by kayfabe to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, or leaving the company.

Belt designs The original belts to represent the title were the WCWA World Tag Team Championship belts.

In 1990, the WCWA belts were replaced by the old USA Tag Team Championship belts that was originally used in the short-lived USA Championship Wrestling promotion in 1988, before Continental Wrestling Federation used them to replace the NWA Continental Tag Team Championship belts to represent their title. In 1996, USWA changed the red straps to black and repainted the red design on the centerpiece and the blue design on the sideplates to black.

Title history

Team reigns by combined length + Key¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. RankTeamNo. of reignsCombined days1PG-13 / Cyberpunks(J. C. Ice and Wolfie D) 15 2The Moondogs(Spot and Spike) 3 3Jeff Jarrett and Robert Fuller 3 1594The Moondogs(Spot and Rex) 3 1315Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Lawler 4 1256Tommy Rich and Doug Gilbert 4 947The Southern Rockers(Rex King and Steve Doll) 3 909Tony Anthony and Doug Gilbert 2 799The Moondogs(Spot and Cujo) 3 10Bill Dundee and Jamie Dundee 1 70Robert Fuller and Brian Lee 2 70Simply Devine(Rex King and Steve Doll) 1 70Tracy Smothers and Jesse James Armstrong 2 7014Flash Flanagan and Steven Dunn 3 68Jeff Jarrett and Matt Borne 2 16Texas Outlaws / Barrom Brawlers / Dog Catchers(Bonecrusher and Crowbar) 2 5817The Harris Brothers(Ron and Don) 5 5618Rex King and Joey Maggs 1 49The Moondogs(Spot and Splat) 4 49The Truth Commission(Recon and Interrogator) 3 4921The Texas Hangmen(Killer and Psycho) 1 4822The Eliminators(Saturn and Kronus) 1 4223Brickhouse Brown and Reggie B. Fine 1 3124The Moondogs(Spot and Rover) 1 2925C.W. Bergstrom and Melvin Penrod, Jr. 1 2826Jeff Jarrett and Brian Christopher 2 26Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Gaylord 2 2628Billy Travis and Flash Flanagan 2 2529Brian Lee and Don Harris 2 23The Uptown Posse(Brickhouse Brown and Sweet Daddy Falcone) 1 2331Doug Masters and Bart Sawyer 1 21Far 2 Wild(Todd Morton and Chris Michaels) 2 21Flex Kavana and Bart Sawyer 2 21Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee 2 21The Dirty White Boys(Tony Anthony and Tom Burton) 1 21The Fabulous Ones(Stan Lane and Steve Keirn) 1 21The Moondogs(Spike and Cujo) 2 2138Brian Christopher and Wolfie D(13) 1 1939Brickhouse Brown and The Gambler 1 1640Dante and The Great Mephisto 1 14New Jack and Homeboy 1 14Rock 'N Roll Express(Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) 2 14Steven Dunn and Paul Diamond 1 14The Heavenly Bodies(Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) 1 1445Moondog Spike and Mike Anthony 1 1246Brian Christopher and Eddie Gilbert 1 9The War Machines 1 948Brian Christopher and Big Black Dog 1 7Brian Christopher and Scotty Flamingo 1 7Cactus Jack and Scott Braddock 1 7Jeff Gaylord and Mike Anthony 1 7Koko B. Ware and Rex Hargrove 1 7Sheik Braddock and Ron Starr 1 7The Phantoms(Tragedy and Sorrow) 1 7The Shooting Stars(Troy Haste and Jerry Faith) 1 756Robert Fuller and Mike Mitchell 1 557Beauty and the Beast(Ron and Jim Harris) 1 0Flash Flanagan and Nick Dinsmore 1 0

Individual reigns by combined length + Key¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days1J. C. Ice 16 2Wolfie D 16 4Moondog Spot 14 5Jeff Jarrett 13 6Spike 6 2497Steven Dunn / Steve Doll 8 2428Robert Fuller 6 2349Rex King 5 20910Doug Gilbert 6 17311Jerry Lawler 6 14612Rex 3 13113Tony Anthony 3 10014Tommy Rich 4 9415Brian Lee 4 93Flash Flanagan 6 9317Moondog Cujo 5 18Bill Dundee 3 9119Don Harris 7 7920Brickhouse Brown 3 70Jesse James Armstrong 2 70Tracy Smothers 2 7023Brian Christopher 6 68Matt Borne 2 25Bonecrusher 2 58Crowbar 2 5827Ron Harris 6 5628Interrogator 3 49Joey Maggs 1 49Recon 3 49Moondog Splat 4 4932Killer 1 48Psycho 1 4834Kronus 1 42Saturn 1 4236Bart Sawyer 3 4137Jeff Gaylord 3 3338Reggie B. Fine 1 3139Moondog Rover 1 2940C.W. Bergstrom 1 28Melvin Penrod Jr. 1 2842Billy Travis 2 2543Sweet Daddy Falcone 1 2344Chris Michaels 2 21Doug Masters 1 21Flex Kavana 2 21Stan Lane 1 21Steve Keirn 1 21Todd Morton 2 21Tom Burton 1 2151The Gambler 1 1652Dante 1 14The Great Mephisto 1 14Homeboy 1 14Jimmy Del Ray 1 14New Jack 1 14Paul Diamond 1 14Ricky Morton 2 14Robert Gibson 2 14Scott Braddock / Sheik Braddock 2 14Tom Prichard 1 1461Eddie Gilbert 1 9War Machine I 1 9War Machine II 1 964Big Black Dog 1 7Cactus Jack 1 7Jerry Faith 1 7Koko B. Ware 1 7Mark Starr 1 7Mike Anthony 1 7Rex Hargrove 1 7Scotty Flamingo 1 7Sorrow 1 7Tragedy 1 7Troy Haste 1 774Mike Mitchell 1 575Jim Harris 1 0Nick Dinsmore 1 0

USWA Tag Team Championship Tournament (1989) The USWA Tag Team Tournament was a one-night single elimination tag team tournament held in Dallas, Texas on December 1, 1989, for the vacant USWA World Tag Team Championship.

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