NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Florida version)

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version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a top tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance

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territory, Championship Wrestling from Florida. It existed from 1960 until 1971, when the title was abandoned.

Title history

indicates that a title change happened no later than the date listed. Silver marks in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.

Wrestlers:	Times:	Date:	Place:
The Mighty Yankees	1	April 1960
Don Curtis and Eddie Graham Eddie Graham Edward Gossett was a professional wrestler. He was also the promoter and booker for Championship Wrestling from Florida and President of the NWA in the 1970s. His son, Mike Graham, was also a professional wrestler.-Career:Edward F...	1	May 10, 1960	Tampa, Florida Tampa, Florida Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

Don Curtis and Bob Ellis	1	March 1964

The Corsicans	1	April 1965

George Becker and Johnny Weaver Johnny Weaver Kenneth Eugene Weaver was a professional wrestler and wrestling commentator in the National Wrestling Alliance, better known by his ring name, Johnny Weaver...	1	February 1967
Black Jack Daniels and Stan Kowalski	1	February 14, 1967	Tampa, Florida
Don Curtis and José Lothario Jose Lothario Guadalupe Robledo is an American professional wrestler, best known by the ring name of Jose Lothario.-Career:Lothario competed in the National Wrestling Alliance for most of his career...	1	March 13, 1967	Orlando, Florida Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
Rocket and Sputnik Monroe Sputnik Monroe (wrestler) Sputnik Monroe was a professional wrestler from the mid 1940s through the early 1970s. Monroe was a headliner in many territories, and was best known in Memphis, where he and Billy Wicks set an attendance record that lasted until the Monday Night Wars boom period.-Life:Sputnik was born Rosco...	1	April 3, 1967	Orlando, Florida
Buddy Fuller and Lester Welch	1	April 25, 1967	Tampa, Florida
Aldo Bogni and Bronko Lubich Bronko Lubich Bronko Sandor Lupsity was a Hungarian-born Canadian professional wrestler, manager, referee and promoter...	1	November 21, 1967	Tampa, Florida
Eddie Graham and Lester Welch	1	February 20, 1968	Tampa, Florida
Aldo Bogni and Bronko Lubich	2	March 11, 1968	West Palm Beach, Florida West Palm Beach, Florida West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...
José Lothario and Joe Scarpa Joe Scarpa Joseph Luke Scarpa is a former professional wrestler who was best known by his famous ring moniker, Chief Jay Strongbow...	1	April 23, 1968	Tampa, Florida
Boris Malenko Boris Malenko Lawrence J. Simon better known by his ring name Boris Malenko, was an American professional wrestler who wrestled for the American Wrestling Association and National Wrestling Alliance in the 1960s and 1970s... and 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	August 6, 1968	Tampa, Florida
José Lothario and Joe Scarpa	2	August 31, 1968	Tampa, Florida
The Blue Infernos	1	September 24, 1968	Tampa, Florida
José Lothario and Joe Scarpa	3	October 8, 1968	Tampa, Florida
Louie Tillet and Tarzan Tyler Camille Tourville Camille Tourville was a professional wrestler and manager better known as Tarzan Tyler. He was one-half of the first WWF Tag Team Champions, along with Luke Graham...	1	October 29, 1968	Tampa, Florida
The Medics	1	January 22, 1969	Miami, Florida Miami, Florida Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...

The title became inactive between January 1969 and February 1970.
Buddy Fuller and Bob Roop Bob Roop Bob Roop is a retired amateur and professional wrestler whose career has spanned high school, college, Army, amateur and professional wrestling. He was an American Heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...	1	February 1970
Dante and The Great Mephisto	1	February 10, 1970	Tampa, Florida

José Lothario and Dory Funk Dory Funk Dorrance Wilhelm "Dory" Funk was a professional wrestler. He is the father of wrestlers Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk.-Career:...	1	February 9, 1971	Tampa, Florida
The titles were later abandoned.

Statistics

Record:	Record holder:	Record number:	Notes:
Most reigns as a team	José Lothario Jose Lothario Guadalupe Robledo is an American professional wrestler, best known by the ring name of Jose Lothario.-Career:Lothario competed in the National Wrestling Alliance for most of his career... and Joe Scarpa Joe Scarpa Joseph Luke Scarpa is a former professional wrestler who was best known by his famous ring moniker, Chief Jay Strongbow...	3
Most reigns as an individual	José Lothario	4
Longest reign	Buddy Fuller and Lester Welch	210 days
Shortest reign	Eddie Graham and Lester Welch	20 days

Title history

Statistics

See also