NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship
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The NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team title of NWA Mid-Pacific Promotions and was defended between 1952 until 1978 when it was abandoned. The title was later revived by the current incarnation of NWA Hawaii in 2000. It is the earliest regional tag team title in to be defended in the Pacific coast of the United States, along with the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship, and was originally defended in Honolulu, Hawaii. As of 2007, it is defended in Kalihi, Kaneohe and Wahiawa, Hawaii.[1][2]
Title history
| Wrestlers: | Reigns together: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Simunovich & Bobby Bruns | 1 | June 8, 1952 | Honolulu, Hawaii | First champions; vacant in October 1952 for not defending title. |
| Lucky Simunovich (2) & Gino Garibaldi | 1 | November 9, 1952 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Defeated Bob Langevin & Tom Rice for the title. |
| Lucky Simunovich (3) & Bobby Bruns | 2 | December 1952 | ||
| Bobby Bruns (3) & Rikidōzan | 1 | February 1953 | ||
| Tom Rice & Al Kashey | 1 | March 1, 1953 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Bobby Bruns (4) & Bobby Managoff | 1 | April 5, 1953 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Bud Curtis & Tommy O'Toole | 1 | September 27, 1953 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Defeated Bruns & Jack Witzig; vacant in December 1953. |
| Bobby Bruns (5) & Luther Lindsey | 1 | January 10, 1954 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Bobby Bruns (6) & John Paul Henning | 1 | August 1954 | ||
| Lou Newman & Hans Schnabel | 1 | October 10, 1954 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Roger Mackay & Don Beitleman | 1 | November 28, 1954 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Bobby Bruns (7) & Lucky Simunovich (4) | 2 | February 20, 1955 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Rikidōzan (2) & Azumafuji | 1 | April 17, 1955 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Vacant on May 8, 1955, when Rikidōzan is suspended for unmasking the Zebra Kid. |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Johnny Barend & Sandor Kovacs | 1 | September 1955 | ||
| Lord James Blears & Gene Kiniski | 1 | December 4, 1955 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Great Togo & Tosh Togo | 1 | April 29, 1956 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Vacant. |
| Billy Varga & Sam Steamboat | 1 | August 5, 1956 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Defeated Tosh Togo & Ed Gardenia. |
| Title history is unrecorded. Vacated in 1957. | ||||
| Lord Athol Layton & Tom Rice (2) | 1 | April 28, 1957 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Defeat Al Lolotai & Lucky Simunovich. |
| Title history is unrecorded. Vacated in 1958. | ||||
| Lord James Blears (2) & Joe Blanchard | 1 | November 2, 1958 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Defeated Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills. |
| Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills | 1 | January 1959 | ||
| Rikidōzan (3) & Koukichi Endoh | 1 | January 10, 1959 | Utsunomiya, Japan | |
| Lord James Blears (3) & Joe Blanchard | 2 | April 15, 1959 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Lord James Blears (4) & Jerry Gordet | 1 | December 1959 | ||
| Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bill Savage | 1 | January 27, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Lord James Blears (5) & Herb Freeman | 1 | March 9, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty (2) & Butcher Vachon | 1 | April 13, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Nick Kozak & Jerry Gordet (2) | 1 | May 11, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Shoulders Newman & Hans Schnabel (2) | 1 | August 17, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Utica Panther & Bill Wright | 1 | September 28, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Shoulders Newman (2) & Tim Rice (3) | 1 | November 2, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Neff Maivia & Billy White Wolf | 1 | June 28, 1961 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Defeated Shoulders Newman & Ted Travis when Rice leaves the area. |
| Shoulders Newman (3) & Ted Travis | 1 | July 19. 1961 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Lord James Blears (6) & Neff Maivia (2) | 1 | November 9, 1961 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Shoulders Newman (3) & Ted Travis | 2 | November 9, 1961 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Lord James Blears (7) & Neff Maivia (3) | 2 | November 22, 1961 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Curtis Iaukea & Tosh Togo (2) | 1 | September 12, 1963 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Lord James Blears (8) & Neff Maivia (4) | 3 | February 15, 1963 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Curtis Iaukea (2) & Cowboy Cassidy | 1 | August 1, 1963 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Robert Duranton & Shag Thomas | 1 | May 13, 1964 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Mr. Moto & Nikita Mulkovich | 1 | July 17, 1964 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Lord James Blears (9) & Neff Maivia (5) | 4 | July 29, 1964 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Curtis Iaukea (3) & Mr. Fujiwara | 1 | January 7, 1965 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Alberto & Enrique Torres | 1 | May 28, 1965 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Luther Lindsay & Bearcat Wright | 1 | July 28, 1965 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins & Johnny Barend (2) | 1 | January 4, 1966 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Neff Maivia (6) & Pampero Firpo | 1 | November 2, 1966 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Johnny Barend (3) & Hans Mortier | 1 | February 1, 1967 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Curtis Iaukea (4) & Ripper Collins (2) | 1 | May 3, 1967 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Johnny Barend (4) & Jim Hady | 1 | July 25, 1967 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins (3) & Johnny Barend (5) | 2 | December 27, 1967 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Barend and Collins split up; According to Hawaii Wrestling Review, the title is vacant during this time. |
| Jim Hady (2) & Missing Link | 1 | February 21, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Curtis Iaukea (5) & Ripper Collins (4) | 2 | March 15, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Jim Hady (3) & Peter Maivia | 1 | May 22, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Curtis Iaukea (6) & Ripper Collins (5) | 3 | June 4, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Peter Maivia (2) & Billy White Wolf (2) | 1 | June 26, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Johnny Barend (6) & Magnificent Maurice | 1 | July 17, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Jim Hady (4) & Billy White Wolf (3) | 1 | October 16, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins (6) & "Crazy" Luke Graham | 1 | November 6, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Shane | 1 | March 12, 1969 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins (7) & Buddy Austin | 1 | April 16, 1969 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Pedro Morales & Ed Francis | 1 | August 13, 1969 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger | 1 | September 10, 1969 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Pedro Morales & Ed Francis | 2 | October 1, 1969 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger | 1 | October 1969 | ||
| Curtis Iaukea (7) & Ripper Collins (8) | 4 | October 22, 1969 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins (9) & Johnny Barend (7) | 3 | |||
| Pedro Morales (3) & Bing Ki Lee | 1 | March 4, 1970 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Billy Robinson & Johnny Barend (8) | 1 | July 1, 1970 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Billy Robinson & Ed Francis | 1 | October 28, 1970 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins (10) & Mad Dog Mayne | 1 | January 12, 1971 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Suni War Cloud & Steven Little Bear | 1 | June 16, 1971 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins (11) & Mad Dog Mayne | 2 | June 26, 1971 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Sam Steamboat (2) & Bearcat Wright (2) | 1 | July 21, 1971 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Sweet Daddy Siki & Mad Dog Mayne | 1 | October 9, 1971 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Sam Steamboat (3) & Peter Maivia (3) | 1 | |||
| Ripper Collins (12) & Ed Francis | 1 | July 25, 1973 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Sam Steamboat (4) & Peter Maivia (4) | 2 | September 26, 1973 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins (13) & Johnny Valentine | 1 | November 28, 1973 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Title inactive until 1977. | ||||
| Sam Steamboat (5) & Billy White Wolf (4) | 1 | July 1977 | Defeat Steve Strong & Steve Lawler. | |
| Steve Strong & Jesse Ventura | 1 | July 28, 1977 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| John Tolos & Bill Francis | 1 | November 1977 | ||
| Steve Strong & Chris Markoff | 1 | January 1978 | ||
| Russ & Bill Francis | 1 | April 26, 1978 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| "Big" John Studd & "Playboy" Buddy Rose | 1 | May 17, 1978 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Steve Strong & John Tolos (2) | 1 | June 14, 1978 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Mr. Fuji (2) & Karl Von Steiger (3) | 1 | August 16, 1978 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Mando Guerrero & Samoa | 1 | December 6, 1978 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins (14) & Whipper Billy Watson | ||||
| Tama Samoa & Ati-Tago | ||||
| Title abandoned. Revived by NWA Hawaii in 2000. | ||||
| Akua & Kaimana | 1 | October 27, 2000 | Kalihi, Hawaii | First champions upon being awarded the reinstated title. |
| Team Titan | 1 | March 17, 2001 | Kaneohe, Hawaii | |
| East Coast Connection (Joe Wolfen & Sick Dog) |
1 | June 2, 2001 | Kaneohe, Hawaii | |
| Men of Steele KC Adams & Mike Taylor |
October 6, 2001 | Kaneohe, Hawaii | ||
| Tiki & Bruiser | 1 | February 3, 2002 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| East Coast Connection | 2 | April 6, 2002 | Kaneohe, Hawaii | |
| Tiki & Bruiser | 2 | September 21, 2002 | Waikiki, Hawaii | |
| East Coast Connection | 3 | September 22, 2002 | Waikiki, Hawaii | Stripped on May 22, 2003 when the team splits up. |
| The Hawaiian Power Company (Tiki & Kapu) |
1 | May 31, 2003 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Defeated the Iraqi Regime (Al-Ahmed Mohammed & Dumas Shiite) for the titles. |
| Iraqi Regime (Al-Ahmed Mohammed & Dumas Shiite) |
November 17, 2003 | Honolulu, Hawaii | ||
| 808 Reckin Kru (Big Daddy Frank & Biggie Mack) |
1 | December 18, 2004 | Kaneohe, Hawaii | |
| J.T. Wolfen & Kaimana | 1 | April 23, 2005 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Kris Kavanaugh & Cholo | 1 | May 7, 2005 | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | Defeated Hawaiian Blood (Kaimana & Kaniala), substituting for Wolfen. |
| J.T. Wolfen & Kaimana | 2 | August 6, 2005 | Wahiawa, Hawaii | |
| The Nightmarchers (Ahuna & Kaniala) |
1 | November 18, 2005 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Defeated Wolfen & J Lo, substituting for Kaimana. They also held HCW Kekaulike Heritage Title which was officially unified with the NWA Hawaii titles on May 19, 2006. Titles are later vacated on July 8, 2006. |
| 939 Connection (Ricky Thunder & Jody Lopez) |
1 | July 29, 2006 | Wahiawa, Hawaii | Defeated Hawaiian Blood (Kaimana & Kaniala) in 6-team one-night tournament final; stripped of the HCW title on September 23, 2006 after NWA Hawaii and HCW split but continued to be recognized as champions by NWA Hawaii; stripped on March 31, 2007 due to Thunder's injuries. |
