NWA_Mississippi_Tag_Team_Championship_(Gulf_Coast_version)

NWA Mississippi Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast version)

NWA Mississippi Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast version)

Professional wrestling tag team championship

The NWA Mississippi Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (GCCW). A secondary title complementing the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship, it was one of many state tag team championships recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance.

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Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name, while others used their real name. There have been a total of 13 recognized individual champions and 8 recognized teams, who have had a combined 10 official reigns. The first champions were The Interns (Joe Turner and Bill Bowman), and the final champions were "Cowboy" Bob Kelly and Frank Dalton. At 60 days, Kelly and Dalton's first reign was the longest, while the team of Rip Tyler and Eduardo Perez's first reign was the shortest, at less than two weeks.

The team of Bob Kelly and Frank Dalton and the team of Bob Kelly and Bobby Fields are tied with the most reigns as champions, with two each. Kelly has the most individual reigns with four. The following is a chronological list of teams that have been Mississippi Tag Team Champions by ring name.

Title history

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Footnotes

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    The exact date on which the title was won is not known, which means their title reign lasted between 1 and 15 days.
  2. [N 2]
    The exact date on which the title was lost is not known, which means their title reign lasted between 1 and 80 days.

References

General

  • Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "United States: Mississippi". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 229. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  • "Mississippi Tag Team Title (Gulf Coast)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  • Norris, Mike (2004). "Regional Territories: GCCW". KayfabeMemories.com.

Specific

  1. [1]
    Lentz III, Harris M. (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling (2 ed.). McFarland. p. 47. ISBN 0786417544.
  2. [2]
    Norris, Mike (2004). "GCCW #7". KayfabeMemories.com.
  3. [3]
    "Rip Tyler Profile". Online World of Wrestling.
  4. [4]
    "Edouardo Perez Profile". Online World of Wrestling.
  5. [5]
    Norris, Mike (2004). "GCCW #9 Page #2". KayfabeMemories.com.
  6. [6]
    "Bob Kelly". Online World of Wrestling.
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    Oliver, Greg (August 17, 2011). "Bobby Fields, dead at 77, was Gulf Coast star". Canadian Online Explorer. SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 24, 2017.
  8. [8]
    Shabazz, Julian L. D. (1999). Black Stars of Professional Wrestling. Clinton, South Carolina: Awesome Records. p. 56. ISBN 1-893680-03-7.
  9. [9]
    "Billy Lyons Profile". Online World of Wrestling.
  10. [10]
    "Don Fargo Profile". Online World of Wrestling.
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