NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship
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The NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team title of NWA Mid-Pacific Promotions and was defended between 1952 until 1978 when it was abandoned. The title was later revived by the current incarnation of NWA Hawaii in 2000. It is the earliest regional tag team title in to be defended in the Pacific coast of the United States
, along with the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship
, and was originally defended in Honolulu, Hawaii
. As of 2007, it is defended in Kalihi
, Kaneohe and Wahiawa, Hawaii.
Pacific States
The Pacific States form one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States that are officially recognized by that country's census bureau. There are five states in this division — Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington — and, as its name suggests, they all have...
, along with the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship
NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship
The NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and defended in its member promotion Pacific Northwest Wrestling, which promoted shows in the U.S...
, and was originally defended in Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...
. As of 2007, it is defended in Kalihi
Kalihi
thumb|300px|Historically, Kalihi was an [[ahupua'a|ahupuaʻa]], or area of land ruled by chief or king and managed by the members of the [[alii|alii]]Kalihi is a neighborhood community of Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi, United States...
, Kaneohe and Wahiawa, Hawaii.
Title history
| Wrestlers: | Reigns together: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
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| Lucky Simunovich & Bobby Bruns | 1 | June 8, 1952 | Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and... |
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| Lucky Simunovich & Gino Garibaldi | 1 | November 9, 1952 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Lucky Simunovich & Bobby Bruns | 2 | December 1952 | ||
| Bobby Bruns & Rikidōzan Rikidozan , better known as Rikidōzan , was a Korean Japanese professional wrestler, known as the "Father of Puroresu" and one of the most influential men in wrestling history. Initially, he had moved from his native country Korea to Japan to become a sumo wrestler... |
1 | February 1953 | ||
| Tom Rice & Al Kashey | 1 | March 1, 1953 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Bobby Bruns & Bobby Managoff Bobby Managoff Robert Manoogian, Jr. was an American professional wrestler who was best known for his work with National Wrestling Alliance in the 1940s as Bobby Managoff... |
1 | April 5, 1953 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Bud Curtis & Tommy O'Toole | 1 | September 27, 1953 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Bobby Bruns & Luther Lindsey | 1 | January 10, 1954 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Bobby Bruns & John Paul Henning | 1 | August 1954 | ||
| Lou Newman & Hans Schnabel | 1 | October 10, 1954 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Roger Mackay & Don Beitleman | 1 | November 28, 1954 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Bobby Bruns & Lucky Simunovich | 2 | February 20, 1955 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Rikidōzan & Azumafuji | 1 | April 17, 1955 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Johnny Barend Johnny Barend "Handsome" Johnny Barend , was an American professional wrestler.Barend started wrestling as an amateur at the age of eight. After graduating Jefferson High in Rochester in 1944, he served his country during World War II, and wrestled in the Navy. He was trained to wrestle professionally by Ed Don... & Sandor Kovacs |
1 | September 1955 | ||
| Lord James Blears & Gene Kiniski Gene Kiniski Eugene Nicholas "Gene" Kiniski was a Canadian professional wrestler and the father of wrestlers Nick Kiniski and Kelly Kiniski. "Canada's Greatest Athlete" as he billed himself for promotional purposes was born outside of Edmonton, Alberta... |
1 | December 4, 1955 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Great Togo & Tosh Togo | 1 | April 29, 1956 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Billy Varga & Sam Steamboat | 1 | August 5, 1956 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Title history is unrecorded. Vacated in 1957. | ||||
| Lord Athol Layton & Tom Rice | 1 | April 28, 1957 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Title history is unrecorded. Vacated in 1958. | ||||
| Lord James Blears & Joe Blanchard | 1 | November 2, 1958 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills Tiny Mills Henry Mittlestadt was a Canadian professional wrestler best known by his ring name, Tiny Mills. He often teamed with his brother Al Mills.-Career:... |
1 | January 1959 | ||
| Rikidōzan & Koukichi Endoh | 1 | January 10, 1959 | Utsunomiya, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
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| Lord James Blears & Joe Blanchard | 2 | April 15, 1959 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Lord James Blears & Jerry Gordet | 1 | December 1959 | ||
| Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bill Savage Bill Savage Bill Savage is a fictional character in 2000 AD. He first appeared in the story Invasion! in progs 1-51. He is a resistance fighter in the Free European Army against the Volgans, who invaded and conquered Britain in 1999 during the Eight Hour War... |
1 | January 27, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Lord James Blears & Herb Freeman | 1 | March 9, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty & Butcher Vachon | 1 | April 13, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Nick Kozak & Jerry Gordet | 1 | May 11, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Shoulders Newman & Hans Schnabel | 1 | August 17, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Utica Panther & Bill Wright | 1 | September 28, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Shoulders Newman & Tim Rice | 1 | November 2, 1960 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Neff Maivia & Billy White Wolf | 1 | June 28, 1961 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Shoulders Newman & Ted Travis | 1 | July 19. 1961 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Lord James Blears & Neff Maivia | 1 | November 9, 1961 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Shoulders Newman & Ted Travis | 2 | November 9, 1961 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Lord James Blears & Neff Maivia | 2 | November 22, 1961 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Curtis Iaukea Curtis Iaukea Curtis Piʻehu Iaukea served as the chief diplomat of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi during the reigns of King Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani. His great grandson is wrestler King Curtis Iaukea.-Life:... & Tosh Togo |
1 | September 12, 1963 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Lord James Blears & Neff Maivia | 3 | February 15, 1963 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Curtis Iaukea & Cowboy Cassidy | 1 | August 1, 1963 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Robert Duranton & Shag Thomas Shag Thomas Shag Thomas was an American professional wrestler during the 1950s and 1960s. He was one of the few African-American wrestlers of his day.-Career:... |
1 | May 13, 1964 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Mr. Moto Tor Kamata McRonald Kamaka was an American/Canadian professional wrestler known by the ring name Tor Kamata. He won several Heavyweight and Tag Team championships, including one World Tag Team title. He was a classic "bad guy" wrestler... & Nikita Mulkovich |
1 | July 17, 1964 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Lord James Blears & Neff Maivia | 4 | July 29, 1964 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Curtis Iaukea & Mr. Fujiwara Harry Fujiwara Harry Fujiwara is an American former professional wrestler and manager, best known by his ring name Mr. Fuji. He was infamous for often throwing salt in the eyes of face wrestlers... |
1 | January 7, 1965 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Alberto & Enrique Torres Enrique Torres Enrique Torres was a Mexican-American professional wrestler, the oldest three Torres brothers in wrestling, and a major star in the late 1940s and 1950s.-Personal Background:... |
1 | May 28, 1965 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Luther Lindsay & Bearcat Wright Bearcat Wright Edward "Bearcat" Wright was an African-American professional wrestler who became popular in the late 1950s and 1960s. He wrestled during the time of Bobo Brazil, and despite racial tension in the United States became wildly popular as both a heel and a babyface... |
1 | July 28, 1965 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins Ripper Collins James Anthony "Rip" Collins was a Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Pirates.... & Johnny Barend Johnny Barend "Handsome" Johnny Barend , was an American professional wrestler.Barend started wrestling as an amateur at the age of eight. After graduating Jefferson High in Rochester in 1944, he served his country during World War II, and wrestled in the Navy. He was trained to wrestle professionally by Ed Don... |
1 | January 4, 1966 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Neff Maivia & Pampero Firpo | 1 | November 2, 1966 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Johnny Barend & Hans Mortier Hans Mortier Jacob "Jaap" Grobbe , better known as Hans Mortier, was a Dutch professional wrestler best known for his stint in the World Wide Wrestling Federation and his feud with WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino in the 1960s.-Professional wrestling career:Before becoming a professional wrestler, Grobbe worked... |
1 | February 1, 1967 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Curtis Iaukea & Ripper Collins | 1 | May 3, 1967 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Johnny Barend & Jim Hady | 1 | July 25, 1967 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins & Johnny Barend | 2 | December 27, 1967 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Jim Hady & Missing Link | 1 | February 21, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Curtis Iaukea & Ripper Collins | 2 | March 15, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Jim Hady & Peter Maivia Peter Maivia Fanene Leifi Pita Maivia was a American Samoan professional wrestler better known as "High Chief" Peter Maivia. He was head of the famous Samoan wrestling family... |
1 | May 22, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Curtis Iaukea & Ripper Collins | 3 | June 4, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Peter Maivia & Billy White Wolf | 1 | June 26, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Johnny Barend & Magnificent Maurice | 1 | July 17, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Jim Hady & Billy White Wolf | 1 | October 16, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins & "Crazy" Luke Graham Grady Johnson James Grady Johnson better known as professional wrestler Crazy Luke Graham, was a member of the Graham family, a storyline family of wrestlers.-Career:... |
1 | November 6, 1968 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Nick Bockwinkel Nick Bockwinkel Nicholas Warren Francis "Nick" Bockwinkel is a retired American professional wrestler. He mainly competed in the American Wrestling Association in the United States... & Bobby Shane |
1 | March 12, 1969 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins & Buddy Austin | 1 | April 16, 1969 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Pedro Morales Pedro Morales Pedro Morales is a retired Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He began his wrestling career as a teenager in 1959 and continued through to the late 1980s... & Ed Francis Ed Francis Ed Francis was a professional wrestler and wrestling promoter in Hawaii in the 1960s. Many wrestlers who came through Hawaii in the '60s and '70s were bound to come across the name Ed Francis... |
1 | August 13, 1969 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger | 1 | September 10, 1969 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Pedro Morales & Ed Francis | 2 | October 1, 1969 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger | 1 | October 1969 | ||
| Curtis Iaukea & Ripper Collins | 4 | October 22, 1969 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins & Johnny Barend | 3 | |||
| Pedro Morales & Bing Ki Lee | 1 | March 4, 1970 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Billy Robinson Billy Robinson Billy Robinson is a British professional wrestler and catch wrestling instructor. Robinson was well known in Japan where he has trained mixed martial arts fighters in catch wrestling... & Johnny Barend |
1 | July 1, 1970 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Billy Robinson & Ed Francis | 1 | October 28, 1970 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins & Mad Dog Mayne Lonnie Mayne Ronald Doyle "Lonnie" Mayne was an American professional wrestler in the 1960s and 1970s who frequently went by the name Moondog Mayne. Mayne wrestled in various NWA territories as well as the WWWF... |
1 | January 12, 1971 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Suni War Cloud & Steven Little Bear | 1 | June 16, 1971 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins & Mad Dog Mayne | 2 | June 26, 1971 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Sam Steamboat & Bearcat Wright | 1 | July 21, 1971 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Sweet Daddy Siki Sweet Daddy Siki Reginald Siki is a former professional wrestler and was born on June 16 in Montgomery, Texas.Sweet Daddy Siki started wrestling in 1955 in Artesia, New Mexico. He also did some training in Los Angeles with Sandor Szabo and Ray Ortega... & Mad Dog Mayne |
1 | October 9, 1971 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Title history is unrecorded. | ||||
| Sam Steamboat & Peter Maivia | 1 | |||
| Ripper Collins & Ed Francis | 1 | July 25, 1973 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Sam Steamboat & Peter Maivia | 2 | September 26, 1973 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins & Johnny Valentine Johnny Valentine Johnny Valentine was a professional wrestler with a career spanning almost three decades. He has been inducted into four halls of fame for his achievements in wrestling... |
1 | November 28, 1973 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Title inactive until 1977. | ||||
| Sam Steamboat & Billy White Wolf | 1 | July 1977 | ||
| Steve Strong Steve DiSalvo Steve DiSalvo is a retired professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the WCW as The Minotaur and his short run in WWF as Sadistic Steve.-Career:... & Jesse Ventura Jesse Ventura James George Janos , better known as Jesse Ventura, is an American politician, the 38th Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003, Navy UDT veteran, former SEAL reservist, actor, and former radio and television talk show host... |
1 | July 28, 1977 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| John Tolos John Tolos John Tolos, nicknamed "The Golden Greek", was a Canadian professional wrestler, and professional wrestling manager.-Canadian Wrecking Crew:... & Bill Francis |
1 | November 1977 | ||
| Steve Strong & Chris Markoff | 1 | January 1978 | ||
| Russ Russ Francis Russell Ross Francis , is a former professional football player who was drafted by the New England Patriots in the 1st round of the 1975 NFL Draft. He grew up in Hawaii. A 6'6", 242 lbs. tight end from the University of Oregon, Francis played in 13 NFL seasons. He retired temporarily in 1981, then... & Bill Francis |
1 | April 26, 1978 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| "Big" John Studd Big John Studd John William Minton was an American professional wrestler and actor who was born and raised in Butler, Pennsylvania, better known by his ring name, Big John Studd.-Career:... & "Playboy" Buddy Rose Buddy Rose Paul Perschmann was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Playboy" Buddy Rose.-Career:Paul Perschmann was trained by Verne Gagne and Billy Robinson in the early 1970s... |
1 | May 17, 1978 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Steve Strong & John Tolos | 1 | June 14, 1978 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Mr. Fuji & Karl Von Steiger | 1 | August 16, 1978 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Mando Guerrero Mando Guerrero Armando Guerrero Llanes , better known as Mando Guerrero, is a retired professional wrestler. He also was the trainer for the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, an all female professional wrestling promotion.-Movie stuntman career:... & Samoa Samoa Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in... |
1 | December 6, 1978 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Ripper Collins & Whipper Billy Watson Whipper Billy Watson William John Potts, O.Ont was a Canadian professional wrestler best known by his ring name Whipper Billy Watson, and was a two-time world heavyweight wrestling champion.-Early life:... |
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| Tama Samoa & Ati-Tago | ||||
| Title abandoned. Revived by NWA Hawaii in 2000. | ||||
| Akua & Kaimana | 1 | October 27, 2000 | Kalihi, Hawaii | |
| Team Titan | 1 | March 17, 2001 | Kaneohe, Hawaii | |
| East Coast Connection |
1 | June 2, 2001 | Kaneohe, Hawaii | |
| Men of Steele |
October 6, 2001 | Kaneohe, Hawaii | ||
| Tiki & Bruiser | 1 | February 3, 2002 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| East Coast Connection | 2 | April 6, 2002 | Kaneohe, Hawaii | |
| Tiki & Bruiser | 2 | September 21, 2002 | Waikiki, Hawaii | |
| East Coast Connection | 3 | September 22, 2002 | Waikiki, Hawaii | |
| The Hawaiian Power Company |
1 | May 31, 2003 | Honolulu, Hawaii | . |
| Iraqi Regime |
November 17, 2003 | Honolulu, Hawaii | ||
| 808 Reckin Kru |
1 | December 18, 2004 | Kaneohe, Hawaii | |
| J.T. Wolfen & Kaimana | 1 | April 23, 2005 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Kris Kavanaugh & Cholo | 1 | May 7, 2005 | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | |
| J.T. Wolfen & Kaimana | 2 | August 6, 2005 | Wahiawa, Hawaii | |
| The Nightmarchers |
1 | November 18, 2005 | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| 939 Connection |
1 | July 29, 2006 | Wahiawa, Hawaii | |