NWA_United_States_Tag_Team_Championship_(Gulf_Coast_version)

NWA United States Tag Team Championship <i>(Gulf Coast version)</i>

NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast version)

Professional wrestling tag team championship

This article is about the NWA United States Tag Team Championship used in the National Wrestling Alliance's Gulf Coast territory. For other uses, see NWA United States Tag Team Championship.

The NWA United States Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (GCCW). A secondary title after the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship, it was one of many U.S. tag team championships recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance. It was unified with the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) on April 15, 1974.

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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 37 recognized individual champions and 25 recognized teams, who have had a combined 39 official reigns. The first champions were The Dirty Daltons (Jack Dalton and Jim Dalton), and the final champions were "Cowboy" Bob Kelly and Rocket Monroe. At 300 days, The Dirty Daltons' first reign was the longest, while the team of Mike Boyette and The Wrestling Pro's second reign was the shortest, at less than one day.

The team with the most reigns is The Dalton Brothers (Jack Dalton and Frank Dalton) with five. Mike Boyette has the most individual reigns with seven. The following is a chronological list of teams that have been United States Tag Team Champions by ring name.

Key

Reigns The number of times a specific set of wrestlers have won the titles
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/A The information is not available.
Wrestler name (#) The number represents the number of times the wrestler has held the title individually
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign

Title history

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List of top combined reigns

¤ The exact length of one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.

By team

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By wrestler

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Footnotes

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    The exact date on which the title was vacated is not known, which means their title reign lasted between 242 and 271 days.

See also

References

General

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