HWA Tag Team Championship
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The HWA Tag Team Championship is the tag team
titles
contested for in the Heartland Wrestling Association
. It was established in 1996 when the Head Bangers (Mosh and Thrasher) became the first champions.
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...
titles
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...
contested for in the Heartland Wrestling Association
Heartland Wrestling Association
The Heartland Wrestling Association is a Midwestern independent professional wrestling promotion based in Cincinnati, Ohio. A former developmental territory for both World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation during the 1990s, it was listed as one of the top independent...
. It was established in 1996 when the Head Bangers (Mosh and Thrasher) became the first champions.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Head Bangers The Headbangers The Headbangers is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Mosh and Thrasher, best known for their work in the World Wrestling Federation... |
1 | January, 5 1996 | Fort Wright, KY Fort Wright, Kentucky Fort Wright is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,723 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Fort Wright is located at .... |
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| The Bounty Hunter & Brian Taylor | 1 | August 22, 1997 | Harveysburg, OH | |
| Chip Fairway & Cody Hawk | 1 | September 23, 1998 | Lima, OH | |
| Brian Taylor(2) & Sean Casey | 1 | January 23, 1999 | Hamilton, OH | |
| Chip Fairway(2) & Cody Hawk(2) | 2 | February 27, 1999 | Hamilton, OH | |
| Alexis Machine & Brian Fury | 1 | August 25, 1999 | Blanchester, OH | |
| Cody Hawk(3) & Mad Anthony McMurphy | 1 | February 19, 2000 | Hamilton, OH | |
| Bobby Casanova & Brian Fury | 1 | June 17, 2000 | Hamilton, OH | |
| The A Squad |
1 | October 7, 2000 | Blanchester, OH | |
| Cody Hawk(4) & Mad Anthony McMurphy(2) | 2 | January 26, 2001 | Rising Sun, IN | |
| The A Squad |
2 | March 16, 2001 | Rising Sun, IN | |
| AAA & Nigel McGuinness Nigel McGuinness Steven Haworth is an English professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Desmond Wolfe and Nigel McGuinness. As McGuinness he first gained notoriety working for Ring of Honor in the United States and Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan... |
1 | July 10, 2001 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| The A Squad |
3 | August 7, 2001 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Evan Karagias Evan Karagias Evan Karagias is an American professional wrestler and actor. he is a 3 time WSL World Heavyweight Champion-Biography:Karagias's father's family are of Greek origin... & Shannon Moore Shannon Moore Shannon Moore is an American professional wrestler, who is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . He is best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling between 1999 and 2001 and with World Wrestling Entertainment for several years in the 2000s.Moore befriended Matt and Jeff Hardy... |
1 | October 13, 2001 | Batavia, OH Batavia, Ohio Batavia is a village in and the county seat of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,617 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Batavia is located at .... |
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| The Island Boyz |
1 | November 14, 2001 | Dayton, OH | |
| Steve Bradley Steve Bradley Steven Richard Bisson was an American professional wrestler who had competed on North American independent promotions throughout the 1990s including East Coast Wrestling Association, IWA Puerto Rico and the National Wrestling Alliance as well as spending over three years in World Wrestling... & Val Venis |
1 | December 8, 2001 | Batavia, OH | |
| Lance Cade Lance Cade Lance Kurtis McNaught was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment where he performed under the ring names Garrison Cade and Lance Cade.... & Mike Sanders Mike Sanders (wrestler) For the former National Basketball Association player, see Mike Sanders .Michael Edwin Neil Sanders is an American stand-up comedian and former professional wrestler... |
1 | February 13, 2002 | Dayton, OH | Vacated the titles the same day. |
| Lance Cade(2) & Steve Bradley(2) | 2 | February 20, 2002 | Cincinnati, OH | Cade defeated Sanders in a match with the stipulation that he could choose a new tag team partner. |
| Hugh Morrus Bill DeMott William Charles "Bill" DeMott II is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment as Hugh Morrus and Bill DeMott respectively and as Crash The Terminator in Extreme Championship Wrestling and Japan... & Raven Scott Levy Scott Anthony Levy , better known by his ring name Raven, is an American professional wrestler, wrestling producer, wrestling writer, and occasional author and actor currently working for Juggalo Championship Wrestling , where he is co-holder of the JCW Tag Team Championship, as well as other... |
1 | March 12, 2002 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Lance Cade(3) & Steve Bradley(3) | 2 | March 15, 2002 | Dayton, OH | |
| Cody Hawk(4) & Ice Cream Man | 1 | April 10, 2004 | Batavia, OH | |
| Human Time Bomb & Nigel McGuinness(2) | 1 | July 23, 2002 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Southern Breeze |
1 | Stripped of title on November 9, 2002 | ||
| Matt Stryker & Rory Fox | 1 | December 7, 2002 | Batavia, OH | |
| Chet Jablonski(3) & Cody Hawk(5) | 1 | March 25, 2003 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| D-Lo Brown & Matt Stryker(2) | 1 | May 23, 2003 | Dayton, OH | |
| Chet Jablonski(4) & Cody Hawk(6) | 2 | May 26, 2003 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| JT Stahr & TJ Dalton | 1 | July 26, 2003 | Columbus, OH | |
| Chet Jablonski(5) & Cody Hawk(7) | 3 | Vacated titles when Jablonski leaves area and Hawk is injured. | ||
| The Riggs Brothers |
1 | November 26, 2003 | Wilmington, OH | |
| JT Stahr(2) & TJ Dalton(2) | 2 | December 16, 2003 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Crazy J & Lotus The Irish Airborne The Irish Airborne is an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers Dave Crist and Jake Crist from Dayton, Ohio... |
1 | February 6, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| JT Stahr(3) & TJ Dalton(3) | 3 | February 10, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Cody Hawk(8) & Matt Stryker(3) | 1 | April 2, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Kimera & Shawn Osborne | 1 | June 15, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Crazy J(2) & Lotus(2) | 2 | August 17, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Foreign Intelligence |
1 | October 5, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Cody Hawk(9) & Matt Stryker(3) | 2 | October 26, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | Stripped of title on December 17, 2004. |
| Mike Desire & Tack | 1 | December 17, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Necessary Roughness |
1 | March 11, 2005 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Foreign Intelligence |
2 | May 13, 2005 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Heartland Foundation |
1 | August 19, 2005 | Cincinnati, OH | Stripped of title on August 19, 2005. |
| Foreign Intelligence |
3 | August 19, 2005 | Cincinnati, OH | Awarded titles by Brock Guffman. |
| Matt Stryker(4) & Tack | 1 | October 25, 2005 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Brian Jennings & Kimera(2) | 1 | December 13, 2005 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Foreign Intelligence |
4 | February 21, 2006 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| The Mavericks |
1 | July 11, 2006 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Irish Airborne |
3 | October 20, 2006 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Tack(2) & Tarek the Legend | 1 | March 10, 2007 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Cody Hawk(10) & Jon Moxley(3) | 1 | June 12, 2007 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| G.P. Code |
1 | June 16, 2007 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| The Entourage |
1 | September 24, 2008 | Middletown, OH | |
| Deja Vu & Benjamin Kimera(3) | 1 | November 19, 2008 | Middletown, OH | |
| The Entourage |
2 | November 22, 2008 | Middletown, OH | |
| G.P. Code(2) and Benjamin Kimera(4) | 1 | December 19, 2008 | Middletown, OH | |
| The Hybrids |
1 | February 11, 2009 | Middletown, OH | |
| G.P. Code |
2 | April 11, 2009 | Peoria, IL Peoria, Illinois Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated... |
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| The Hybrids |
2 | April 18, 2009 | Norwood, OH Norwood, Ohio Norwood is the second most populous city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The city is an enclave of the larger city of Cincinnati. The population was 21,675 at the 2000 census. Originally settled as an early suburb of Cincinnati in the wooded countryside north of the city, the area is... |
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| The Kosher Klub |
1 | September 26, 2009 | Norwood, OH | |
| Royal Violence |
1 | October 14, 2009 | Middletown, OH | |
| Irish Airborne |
4 | December 2, 2009 | Middletown, OH | |
| Royal Violence |
2 | December 19, 2009 | Norwood, OH | |
| Irish Airborne |
5 | January 13, 2010 | Middletown, OH | |
| Noble Bloods |
1 | February 24, 2010 | Middletown, OH | |
| The Flying Mendoza Brothers |
6 | May 29, 2010 | Norwood, OH | |
| Vacant | July 7, 2010 | Middletown, OH | Vacated after the Flying Mendoza Brothers were suddenly deported over work visa problems. | |
| The Noble Bloods |
2 | August 20, 2010 | Norwood, OH | Survived a four team elimination match which included The Hybrids, The Irish Airborne, and The Heatseekers. |
| The Heatseekers |
1 | December 18, 2010 | Norwood, OH | Won a Triple-Treat match which included The Hybrids and The Noble Bloods. The match was for the OCW Tag-Team Championship, HWA Tag-Team Championship, and the future of The Hybrids as a tag-team. |
| DNA |
1 | July 16, 2011 | Hamilton, OH | Won a Tag-Team Gauntlet which included The Noble Bloods, The Heatseekers, and Jon Murray and Clark Konner. |
| The Heatseekers |
2 | August 27, 2011 | Norwood, OH | Awarded the titles after DNA was forced to relinquish them after Xtreme was put out because of an injury. |
| The Noble Bloods |
3 | October 29, 2011 | Norwood, OH | Survived a No-Disqualification Match against The Heatseekers. |