This version of the NWA North American Tag Team Championship was a major tag team championship that was primarily defended in the National Wrestling Alliance affiliated New Japan Pro Wrestling and NWA Hollywood Wrestling.[1] The title essentially served as New Japan's primary tag team title though it was also occasionally defended and recognized in the Los Angeles area. This title was the second NWA sanctioned title to be named the North American Tag Team Championship and was retired April 23, 1981.
Title history[]
# | Tag Team (Individual Reigns) |
Team Reigns | Date | Location | Length | Defenses | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johnny Powers and Pat Patterson | 1 | August, 1973 | Unknown | Unknown | 2 | Powers and Patterson were recognized in Los Angeles and New Japan as champions. |
2 | Kurt Von Hess and Karl Von Schotz | 1 | April, 1974 | Unknown | Unknown | 1 | |
3 | Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi | 1 | August 16, 1974 | Los Angeles, California | 350 Days | 5 | |
— | Vacated | — | August 1, 1975 | — | — | — | Vacated due to a title defense no contest against the Hollywood Blonds ended in a no contest. |
4 | The Hollywood Blonds (Buddy Roberts and Jerry Brown) |
1 | September 22, 1975 | Nagoya | 10 Days | 0 | The Hollywood Blonds defeated Inoki and Sakaguchi in a rematch for the titles. |
5 | Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi | 2 | October 2, 1975 | Osaka | Unknown | 1 | |
— | Vacated | — | January, 1976 | — | — | — | Vacated due to Inoki focus on his mixed martial arts singles matches. |
6 | Seiji Sakaguchi (3) and Strong Kobayashi | 1 | February 2, 1976 | Sapporo, Hokkaido | 363 Days | 6 | Defeats Tiger Jeet Singh & Voodoo Mulumba in tournament finals to be crowned new champions. |
7 | Tiger Jeet Singh and Umanosuke Ueda | 1 | February 2, 1977 | Osaka | 176 Days | 3 | |
8 | Seiji Sakaguchi (4) and Strong Kobayashi (2) | 2 | July 28, 1977 | Fukuoka | 101 Days | 2 | |
9 | Hiro Matsuda and Masa Saito | 1 | April 5, 1979 | Tokyo | 71 Days | 0 | |
10 | Seiji Sakaguchi (5) and Riki Choshu | 1 | June 15, 1979 | Los Angeles, California, USA | 678 Days | 10 | |
— | Abandoned | — | April 23, 1981 | — | — | — | The titles were abandoned for undocumented reasons. |
References[]
- ↑ N.W.A. North American Tag Team Title (Los Angeles/Japan) . Puroresu Dojo (2003).