ICW United States Tag Team Championship

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ICW United States Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionInternational Championship Wrestling
Date establishedJune 14, 1979
Date retired1984
Statistics
First champion(s)Lanny Poffo and George Weingeroff
Most reigns(As a tag team) Lanny Poffo and George Weingeroff (4 reigns) (As individual) Lanny Poffo (6 reigns)
Longest reignLanny Poffo and George Weingeroff (681 days)
Shortest reignThe Convertible Blondes(Rip Rogers and Ricky Starr) (3 days) [Note 1]
Oldest championTojo Yamamoto (55 years, 213 days approximately)
Youngest championLanny Poffo (24 years, 168 days)
Heaviest championJeff Sword (290 lb (130 kg))
Lightest championRicky Starr (205 lb (93 kg))

The ICW United States Tag Team Championship was the top tag team championship in International Championship Wrestling.[1] Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[2]

Title history[edit]

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Lanny Poffo and George Weingeroff June 14, 1979 ICW show Salt Lake City, Utah 1 681 Won a tournament to become the first champions.
2 The Devil's Duo
(Jeff Sword and Doug Vines) 		April 25, 1981 ICW show Lexington, Kentucky 1 141  
3 Lanny Poffo and George Weingeroff May 14, 1981 ICW show [Note 2] 2 5  
4 The Devil's Duo
(Jeff Sword and Doug Vines) 		May 19, 1981 ICW show [Note 2] 2 27  
5 Lanny Poffo and George Weingeroff June 15, 1981 ICW show Owenton, Kentucky 3 [Note 3]  
6 The Convertible Blondes
(Rip Rogers and Ricky Starr) 		July 4, 1981 ICW show [Note 2] 1 [Note 4]  
7 Lanny Poffo and George Weingeroff July 7, 1981 ICW show [Note 2] 4 [Note 4]  
8 The Devil's Duo
(Jeff Sword and Doug Vines) 		October 10, 1981 ICW show Symsonia, Kentucky 3 [Note 4]  
Championship history is unrecorded from October 1981 to December 1981.
— Vacated December 31, 1981 — — — — Championship vacated, reason undocumented
Championship history is unrecorded from December 1981 to May 1982.
9 Rip Rogers and Pez Whatley May 1982 ICW show [Note 2] 1 [Note 4]  
10 Lanny Poffo (5) and Mike Doggendorf 1982 ICW show [Note 2] 1 [Note 4]  
11 Tojo Yamamoto and Gypsy Joe 1982 ICW show [Note 2] 1 [Note 4]  
12 Lanny Poffo (6) and Mike Doggendorf (2) 1983 ICW show [Note 2] 2 [Note 4]  
13 Tojo Yamamoto and Gypsy Joe 1983 ICW show [Note 2] 2 [Note 4]  
14 Bart Batten and Johnny Wilhoit 1983 ICW show [Note 2] 1 [Note 4]  
— Deactivated 1984 — — — — Championship abandoned when ICW closed in 1984.

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Due to gaps in the championship history it is impossible to determine this.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  3. ^ The date that the championship was lost has not been found documented which means the title reign lasted between 1 day and 199 days.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Neither the date the title was won or lost has been documented, making it too uncertain to determine any length for this reign.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. ^ Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
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