ESA International Tag Team Championship
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Eastern Sports Association
's International Tag Team Title was represented by a Trophy, and was defended in the Maritimes from 1969-75.
On ESA's 1976 programs, the promotion listed Jack & Jerry Brisco as International Tag Champions, even though they never appeared in the Maritimes as a team. The title had been replaced with the Maritime Tag Team Championship Belts.
Eastern Sports Association
The Eastern Sports Association, often referred to in the business simply as "the Maritimes," was a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Halifax, Nova Scotia...
's International Tag Team Title was represented by a Trophy, and was defended in the Maritimes from 1969-75.
International Tag Team Champions
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Fabulous Kangaroos The Fabulous Kangaroos The Fabulous Kangaroos is a former professional wrestling tag team that existed in various forms from 1957 until 1983. The first incarnation of The Fabulous Kangaroos was formed when Italian Australian Al Costello teamed with Australia native Roy Heffernan and adopted an "Ultra Australian" gimmick... (Al Costello Al Costello Giacomo Costa was an Italian Australian professional wrestler best known by his ring name, Al Costello. Costello was the first professional wrestler to be nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Holds" because of his innovative and very technical style.Costello was the creator and original member of the... and Don Kent Don Kent (wrestler) Leo Joseph "Joe" Smith Jr. was an American professional wrestler who wrestled as Don Kent and also as The Black Dragon, Doug Kent, Joe Smith and Super Medico III during his 20 years in professional wrestling.Don Kent is one half of The Fabulous Kangaroos alongside partners Al Costello, Bruno... ) |
1 | 1969 | ||
| The Beast The Beast (wrestler) Yvon Cormier was a Canadian professional wrestler. Competing primarily under the ring name The Beast, he and his three wrestling brothers made up the Cormier wrestling family. He wrestled in many countries but regularly returned to Canada, where he competed for the Eastern Sports Association and... (Yvon Cormier) and Rudy Kay (Jean-Louis Cormier) |
1 | August 5, 1969 | ||
| Unknown | ||||
| Eric Pomeroy & Phil Robley | 1 | June 2, 1970 | ||
| Leo Burke Leo Burke Leonce Cormier is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. He was born in Dorchester, New Brunswick. He competed across Canada, in several American promotions, and wrestled internationally for both Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council and the National Wrestling Alliance in New Zealand... (Leonce Cormier) & The Beast |
1 | ?? | ||
| Eric Pomeroy & Fred Sweetan | 1 | August 3, 1971 | ||
| Archie Gouldie & The Beast | 1 | August 31, 1971 | ||
| Eric Pomeroy & Fred Sweetan | 2 | October 5, 1971 | ||
| The Beast & Rudy Kay | 2 | October 12, 1971 | Halifax, Nova Scotia City of Halifax Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996... |
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| Mike Dubois & Fred Sweetan | 1 | May 16, 1972 | ||
| Leo Burke & Bobby Kay (Romeo Cormier) | 1 | August 8, 1972 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
| Fred Sweetan & Kurt von Steiger | 1 | June 12, 1973 | ||
| The Beast & Bobby Kay | 2 | July, 1973 | ||
| Fred Sweetan & Mr. X | 1 | August 3, 1973 | ||
| The Beast & Bobby Kay | 3 | August 1973 | ||
| James J. Dillon James J. Dillon James J. "J.J." Dillon is a retired American professional wrestler and manager.He is best known for being the strategic leader of the original Four Horsemen that consisted of Nature Boy Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Arn and Ole Anderson. He is most remembered as a manager in pro wrestling... & Fred Sweetan |
September, 1973 | |||
| Vacant | Dillon did not return for the start of the season. | |||
| Fred Sweetan & Mike Dubois | 1 | May 7, 1974 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Defeated Beast & Bobby Kay for the vacant title. |
| Leo Burke & The Beast | 1 | July, 1974 | ||
| Great Kuma & Gito Mongol | 1 | August, 1974 | ||
| The Beast & The Stomper (Archie Gouldie) | Oct., 1974 | |||
| Vacant | The Stomper did not return for the start of the season. | |||
| Mike Dubois & Alfred Hayes | 1 | May 13, 1975 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Defeated Beast & Johnny Weaver for the vacant title. |
| Vacant | September, 1975 | Dubois & Hayes stripped for failure to defend. | ||
| Bob Brown Bob Brown Robert James Brown is an Australian senator, the inaugural Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens and was the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia... & the Patriot |
1 | September, 1975 | Won a three team tournament. | |
| the Beast and Rudy Kay | 3 | October 28, 1975 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
| unknown | ||||
On ESA's 1976 programs, the promotion listed Jack & Jerry Brisco as International Tag Champions, even though they never appeared in the Maritimes as a team. The title had been replaced with the Maritime Tag Team Championship Belts.
International Heavyweight Champion
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ Dillon James J. Dillon James J. "J.J." Dillon is a retired American professional wrestler and manager.He is best known for being the strategic leader of the original Four Horsemen that consisted of Nature Boy Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Arn and Ole Anderson. He is most remembered as a manager in pro wrestling... |
1 | May, 1984 | Arrived as Champion - only Champion - left promotion circa August, 1984. | |
Global Tag Team Champions
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the Samoans (Great Tio & Chief Tapu) |
1 | May, 1984 | Arrived as Champions. | |
| Rudy Kay & Hubert Gallant | ||||
| the Samoans (Great Tio & Chief Tapu) |
2 | |||
World Tag Team Champions
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Condrey Dennis Condrey Dennis Condrey is an American professional wrestler, best known as being one half of the tag team Midnight Express.... & Phil Hickerson |
1 | July, 1977 | Arrived as Champions. Stripped of the title for failure to defend in the USA. | |