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NWA United States Tag Team Championship
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The NWA United States Tag Team Championship, known from February 1991 through July of 1992 as the WCW United States Tag Team Championship, was the secondary tag team title in Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling, as well as various NWA promotions[1].
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Jim Crockett Promotions created the title in 1986 to capitalize on The Russian Team (Ivan & Nikita Koloff) winning the United States Heavyweight Title and the heat that it caused. It was used for lower-level tag teams to have a title to contend for in the Crockett territory (and later WCW), and helped establish the promotion as something of a haven for tag team wrestling during the later '80s.
The United States Tag Team Championship was abandoned on July 31, 1992. Unusually, the title's retirement was explicitly worked into storylines, with the Fabulous Freebirds (the champions at the time the decision was announced) looking for the "honor" of being the last team to hold the title. In the last-ever US Tag Team title match in WCW on June 25, 1992, the Freebirds dropped the belts to the makeshift team of Dick Slater and The Barbarian.
In 1996, the title was revived in Dennis Coralluzzo's NWA Championship Wrestling America/New Jersey, before being abandoned in 2000.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| NWA United States Tag Team Championship | ||||
| Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khruschev | 1 | September 28, 1986 | Atlanta, GA | Tournament final over the Kansas Jayhawks (Dutch Mantel & Bobby Jaggers) |
| Ron Garvin & Barry Windham | 1 | December 9, 1986 | Spartanburg, SC | |
| Ivan Koloff (2) & Dick Murdoch | 1 | March 14, 1987 | Atlanta, GA | |
| Stripped | April 4, 1987 | Murdoch is suspended for injuring Nikita Koloff with a brainbuster on the concrete floor | ||
| The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane) | 1 | May 16, 1987 | Atlanta, GA | Defeat Ron Garvin & Barry Windham in tournament final |
| The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) | 1 | April 26, 1988 | Chattanooga, TN | |
| The Midnight Express | 2 | July 10, 1988 | Baltimore, MD | |
| Vacated | September 10, 1988 | The Midnight Express win the NWA World Tag Team title | ||
| "Fantastics" Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers | 2 | December 7, 1988 | Chattanooga, TN | Defeat Eddie Gilbert & Ron Simmons in tournament final |
| Kevin Sullivan & Steve Williams | 1 | December 26, 1988 | Norfolk, VA | |
| Eddie Gilbert & Rick Steiner | 1 | February 28, 1989 | Columbia, SC | |
| Vacated | April 1989 | The NWA shelves the title | ||
| Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk | 1 | February 12, 1990 | Rainesville, AL | Defeat The Fabulous Freebirds in tournament final |
| The Midnight Express | 3 | May 19, 1990 | Washington, DC | |
| Rick (2) & Scott Steiner | 1 | August 24, 1990 | East Rutherford, NJ | |
| Renamed WCW United States Tag Team Championship | ||||
| Vacated | February 20, 1991 | The Steiners win the WCW World Tag Team title | ||
| Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) | 1 | May 19, 1991 | St. Petersburg, FL | Defeat The Young Pistols in tournament final |
| The Patriots (Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip) | 1 | August 12, 1991 | Gainesville, GA | |
| The Young Pistols (Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers) | 1 | November 5, 1991 | Gainesville, GA | |
| Ron Simmons & Big Josh | 1 | January 14, 1992 | Columbus, GA | |
| Terry Taylor & Greg Valentine | 1 | February 17, 1992 | Rock Hill, SC | |
| Fabulous Freebirds | 2 | May 17, 1992 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| Dick Slater & The Barbarian | 1 | June 25, 1992 | Kansas City, MO | |
| Title retired | July 31, 1992 | Title abandoned | ||
| Title revived by NWA Championship Wrestling America/New Jersey in 1996 | ||||
| The Lost Boys (Yar & Wolf) | 1 | February 3, 1996 | Cherry Hill, NJ | Win triangle match over The Greek Connection and Bad Attitude at the Eddie Gilbert Memorial show |
| Bad Attitude (Seek & Destroy) | 1 | April 27, 1996 | Yardsville, NJ | |
| Downward Spiral (Twiggy Ramirez & Adrian Hall) | 1 | November 16, 1996 | Blackwood, NJ | |
| The Lost Boys | 2 | December 7, 1996 | Mount Holly, NJ | Defeat Ramirez & Madonna Wayne Gacy, subbing for Hall |
| Downward Spiral | 2 | March 8, 1997 | Woodbury, NJ | |
| The Beach Bullies (Ray Odyessy & Inferno Kid) | 1 | April 12, 1997 | Yardsville, NJ | |
| The Misfits (Derek Domino & Harley Lewis) | 1 | June 14, 1997 | Vineland, NJ | |
| Ian Rotten & Blaze | 1 | September 20, 1997 | Bardstown, KY | |
| Vacated | January 22, 1998 | Title vacated | ||
| The Misfits | 2 | February 7, 1998 | Somerdale, NJ | Defeat Devon Storm & Twiggy Ramirez |
| Ace Darling & Devon Storm | 1 | February 28, 1998 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| The Misfits | 3 | March 22, 1998 | Garfield, NJ | |
| Lance Diamond & Steve Corino | 1 | July 31, 1998 | Mt. Holly, NJ | |
| The Pit Bulls (Anthony Durante & Gary Wolfe) | 1 | August 22, 1998 | Mt. Holly, NJ | |
| The Misfits | 4 | November 13, 1998 | Hazlet, NJ | |
| Doug Gilbert & "Nature Boy" Buddy Landell | 1 | June 5, 1999 | Holmdel, NJ | |
| Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge & Rocco Rock) | 1 | October 30, 1999 | North Brunswick, NJ | Defeat Gilbert & Tommy Rich, subbing for the injured Landell |
| The Pitbulls | 2 | December 11, 1999 | West Deptford, NJ | Chris Candido & Tommy Cairo win the title on April 7, 2000 in Tom's River, NJ, but the belts are returned to The Pit Bulls after the decision is reversed |
| Title retired | 2000 | Title abandoned | ||
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