CWA World Tag Team Championship (Germany)
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The CWA World Tag Team Championship was the tag team
professional wrestling
title
in the German
professional wrestling promotion
the Catch Wrestling Association
. It was established in 1988, and lasted until the promotion's 2000 closing.
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
title
Championship (professional wrestling)
A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...
in the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
professional wrestling promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
the Catch Wrestling Association
Catch Wrestling Association
The Catch Wrestling Association was a professional wrestling organization based in Austria and Germany and was founded in 1973. It was formerly run by famous AWA champion Otto Wanz. The CWA featured a traditional brand of mat wrestling mixed with various “Strong Man” competitions...
. It was established in 1988, and lasted until the promotion's 2000 closing.
Title history
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| Tony St. Clair and Mile Zrno | 1 | June 1988 | Linz Linz Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
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| Dave Finlay Dave Finlay David John "Fit" Finlay Jr. is a Northern Irish professional wrestler and road agent. He is perhaps best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling and WWE as an active wrestler and later as a road agent... and Marty Jones |
1 | June 23, 1990 | Graz Graz The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
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| Franz Schumann Franz Schumann Franz Schumann is a retired Austrian professional wrestler, who was well known for his stint in Catch Wrestling Association.-Life and career:Born on December 27, 1960 in Linz, Austria, Franz Schumann had been a natural wrestler, as he had won several national championships in Austria... and Mile Zrno |
1 | August 3, 1990 | Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... , Austria |
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| Chris Benoit Chris Benoit Christopher Michael "Chris" Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler whose career and life ended in a murder–suicide... and David Taylor David Taylor (wrestler) David Taylor is an English professional wrestler best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment... |
1 | December 21, 1991 | Bremen Bremen The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| Title vacated in June 1992 when Taylor was injured and Benoit left the promotion to wrestle in New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling is a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in June 1972 and owned by Yuke's since 2005, when Inoki sold the promotion. Naoki Sugabayashi is the current President of the promotion and has held that position from 2007. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it... . |
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| Mad Bull Buster Anthony Durante Anthony Durante was a professional wrestler best known as "Pitbull #2" as one half of the tag team The Pitbulls, with "Pitbull #1" Gary Wolfe.-WWF:... and Larry Cameron |
1 | July 11, 1992 | Graz, Austria | |
| David Taylor and Mile Zrno | 1 | July 18, 1993 | Graz, Austria | |
| Mad Bull Buster and Larry Cameron | 2 | October 24, 1993 | Hanover Hanover Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg... , Germany |
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| Title vacated in December 1993 after Cameron dies on December 13 from injuries suffered in a match occurring two days earlier, during which he collapsed. | ||||
| Steve Casey and Tony St. Clair | 1 | July 9, 1994 | Graz, Austria | |
| The Wrecking Crew |
1 | July 23, 1994 | Vienna, Austria | |
| Ulf Herman Ulf Herman Ulf Nadrowski is a German professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ulf Herman. He is best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1998-1999 where he would join with the Full Blooded Italians faction... and August Smisl |
1 | August 16, 1994 | Vienna, Austria | |
| Cannonball Grizzly Paul Neu Paul Neu is an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known under the ring name PN News and for his stints in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling... and John Hawk John Layfield John Charles Layfield is a former American professional wrestler, a former commentator/host for mixed martial arts promotion Vyper Fight League and financial analyst for Fox News... |
1 | November 5, 1995 | Oldenburg Oldenburg Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig... , Germany |
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| Tony St. Clair and August Smisl | 1 | December 16, 1995 | Bremen, Germany | |
| Title vacated on December 18, 1995 when Smisl was injured. | ||||
| Jesse James Armstrong Brian Gerard James Brian Gerard James is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE as an agent and producer. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation as "The Road Dogg" Jesse James or simply Road Dogg... and Cannonball Grizzly |
1 | July 7, 1996 | Graz, Austria | |
| Ulf Herman and August Smisl | 2 | August 3, 1996 | Vienna, Austria | |
| Title vacated in 1996. | ||||
| Wildcat Brookside Robbie Brookside Robert Edward Brooks , better known by his ring name Robbie Brookside, is a British professional wrestler. He has toured all over the world during his career including such countries as the United States, Japan, Germany, and Mexico... and Cannonball Grizzly |
1 | December 21, 1996 | Bremen, Germany | |
| Title vacated in July 1997. | ||||
| Ulf Herman and Tony St. Clair | 1 | July 5, 1997 | Graz, Austria | |
| Jean-Pierre Lafitte Carl Ouellet Carl Joseph Yvon Ouellet is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. He has worked for, among other promotions, the World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Beginnings:Carl Ouellet debuted in 1987... and Rhino Richards Terry Gerin Terrance "Terry" Gerin is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by the ring name Rhino . He is best known for his career in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling... |
1 | October 11, 1997 | Hanover, Germany | |
| Christian Eckstein and Ulf Herman | 1 | November 22, 1997 | Bremen, Germany | |
| Title vacated in October 1998 when Herman left the promotion. | ||||
| XL Legend Joe Hitchen Joseph Edward "Joe" Hitchen is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Joe E. Legend.-Canadian independent circuit:... and Rhino Richards |
1 | October 10, 1998 | Hanover, Germany | |
| Title vacated in October 1998 when Rhino Richards left the promotion after signing with Extreme Championship Wrestling Extreme Championship Wrestling Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001... . |
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| Black Navy Seal and Ricky Santana Aldo Ortiz Aldo Ortiz , better known as Ricky Santana, is a professional wrestler who has worked for World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation, World Wrestling Council and the National Wrestling Alliance.-Professional wrestling career:... |
1 | November 27, 1999 | Bremen, Germany | |
| Title retired in 2000 when the promotion closed. | ||||