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33-829: (Redirected from NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship ) Professional wrestling tag team championship NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship [REDACTED] The Texas Long Riders - Ron Bass (left) and Black Bart (right) - as NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champions, c.  1985 . Bass also holds the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship . Details Promotion NWA Mid-Atlantic Date established June 1968 Current champion(s) Vacant Date won February 27, 2016 Other name(s) NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship Statistics First champion(s) Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson Most reigns As

66-2842: A 3-way for the vacant titles at NWA R.A.G.E. XII. 65 The Sound and The Fury (Will Huckaby and Joe Black) February 27, 2016 MACW show Williamston, North Carolina 1 408 Defeated The Brutes (Jimmy Parker and Mark James) and 1st Generation (Victor Andrews and James Anthony) in a Triple Threat at "Onslaught". — Deactivated April 10, 2017 — — — — See also [ edit ] List of National Wrestling Alliance championships References [ edit ] ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4 . ^ Hoops, Brian (January 17, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/17): Vader wins IWGP heavyweight title" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved January 18, 2019 . ^ Hoops, Brian (October 30, 2015). "DAILY PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (10/30): A SLEW OF TAG TEAM TITLES CHANGE HANDS" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved February 10, 2017 . ^ Hoops, Brian (June 2, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (June 2): Hogan beats Inoki to win 1st IWGP tourney, HTM's Intercontinental title reign begins" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved February 11, 2017 . ^ Hoops, Brian (February 7, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 7): Bobby Roode and Austin Aries wins tag gold" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved February 15, 2017 . ^ "MACW Tag Team Title" . Wrestling-Titles.com . External links [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikimedia Commons has media related to NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship . NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team title history v t e Jim Crockett Promotions (Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling) Championships World NWA World Heavyweight Championship NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) NWA World Television Championship Regional NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) NWA Western States Heritage Championship Personnel Jim Crockett Jim Crockett Jr. David Crockett Alumni Programming Syndicated Learning

99-2144: A NASCAR Winston Cup team. Title vacated as of September 5, 2002. 53 The Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Rick Nelson) December 7, 2002 MACW show Asheville, North Carolina 1 N/A Defeat the Road Warrior Hawk and Mad Maxx . — Vacated December 2, 2004 — — — — 54 Dusty Rhodes and Buff Bagwell January 22, 2005 MACW show Seoul, South Korea 1 N/A Defeat Terry Taylor and Rikki Nelson. — August 20, 2005 — — 55 Rick Steiner and Terry Taylor September 24, 2005 MACW show Concord, North Carolina 1 N/A Defeat Tommy Gunn and Ricky Morton . — November 8, 2006 — — 56 The Steiner Brothers (Rick (2) and Scott ) December 9, 2006 MACW show Easley, South Carolina 1 45 Defeat Chris Hamrick and Rikki Nelson. — January 23, 2007 — — 57 Buff Bagwell (2) and Rick Nelson (2) May 2, 2009 MACW show Shelby, North Carolina 1 259 Defeat Reid Flair and David Flair . 58 The Rock 'n' Roll Express ( Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton ) January 16, 2010 MACW show Caldwell, North Carolina 1 105 59 Buff Bagwell (3) and Rick Nelson (3) May 1, 2010 MACW show Anderson, South Carolina 2 140 60 The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) September 18, 2010 MACW show Maiden, North Carolina 2 49 61 Brad Armstrong and Ricky Morton (3) November 6, 2010 MACW show Taylorsville, North Carolina 1 N/A Brad Armstrong replaces Robert Gibson to defeats Chris Hamrick and Jeff Lewis, still champions as of December 4, 2010. — Vacated April 8, 2012 — — — — MACW leaves

132-609: A booker while Mid Atlantic was partnered with Frank Tunney`s Maple Leaf Wrestling in Toronto and briefly held the North American title during a feud with Leo Burke Leonce Cormier . Weaver's last years in the ring were in an "elder statesman" role, helping establish new stars just entering the territory, most notably Roddy Piper. He also helped book the Mid-Atlantic territory for nearly 8 years as well, roughly between 1966 and 1973. In

165-3392: A fictitious match. 2 Johnny Weaver and George Becker May 1, 1969 MACW show Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1 292 3 Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson February 17, 1970 MACW show Raleigh, North Carolina 2 28 4 Johnny Weaver and George Becker March 17, 1970 MACW show Raleigh, North Carolina 2 9 5 The Andersons ( Gene and Ole Anderson ) March 26, 1970 MACW show Greensboro, North Carolina 1 180 6 Paul Jones and Nelson Royal September 22, 1970 MACW show Raleigh, North Carolina 1 78 7 Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson December 9, 1970 MACW show Raleigh, North Carolina 3 176 8 Johnny Weaver and George Becker June 3, 1971 MACW show Greensboro, North Carolina 3 114 9 Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson September 25, 1971 MACW show Hampton, Virginia 4 2 10 Johnny Weaver and George Becker September 27, 1971 MACW show Fayetteville, North Carolina 4 15 11 Larry Hamilton and Brute Bernard October 12, 1971 MACW show Raleigh, North Carolina 1 171 12 Johnny Weaver (5) and Art Neilson March 31, 1972 MACW show Greensboro, North Carolina 1 220 13 The Andersons ( Gene and Ole Anderson ) November 6, 1972 MACW show Charlotte, North Carolina 2 7 14 Johnny Weaver (6) and Art Neilson (2) November 13, 1972 MACW show Charlotte, North Carolina 2 110 15 The Andersons ( Gene and Ole Anderson ) March 3, 1973 MACW show Winston-Salem, North Carolina 3 87 16 Jerry Brisco and Thunderbolt Patterson May 29, 1973 MACW show High Point, North Carolina 1 37 17 The Andersons ( Gene and Ole Anderson ) July 5, 1973 MACW show Greensboro, North Carolina 4 89 18 Sandy Scott and Nelson Royal (2) October 2, 1973 MACW show Raleigh, North Carolina 1 N/A NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship 19 Brute Bernard and Jay York November 26, 1973 MACW show Raleigh, North Carolina 1 30 Brute and York managed by Beauregarde . 20 The Andersons ( Gene and Ole Anderson ) December 26, 1973 MACW show Columbia, South Carolina 5 103 21 Paul Jones (2) and Bob Bruggers April 8, 1974 MACW show Fayetteville, North Carolina 1 87 22 Rip Hawk (5) and Ric Flair July 4, 1974 MACW show Greensboro, North Carolina 1 155 23 Paul Jones (3) and Tiger Conway Jr. December 6, 1974 MACW show Charleston, South Carolina 1 76 Defeat Flair and Brute Bernard, subbing for Hawk. 24 The Andersons ( Gene and Ole Anderson ) February 20, 1975 MACW show Greensboro, North Carolina 6 0 Won

198-492: A group of promoters permission to establish a territory called "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling"; however, this territory has not claimed any connection to the original JCP/MACW. As a result, their prime championship, called the MACW Heavyweight Championship, has no connection to this original championship or its lineage. Overall, there were 63 reigns among 29 wrestlers. Fifteen of those reigns occurred while

231-567: A result of never losing the title, he was recognized as the first NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion. Because Brisco's fourth reign did not end, being awarded the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title is not counted as a new reign overall in the title's history. By 1974, JCP was also known as "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling" (MACW), which is why all of its championships included "Mid-Atlantic" in their names. On December 26, 1986, Ron Garvin , after winning JCP's version of

264-507: A team: Minnesota Wrecking Crew ( Ole and Gene Anderson ( 6 reigns ) As an individual: Johnny Weaver ( 8 reigns ) Longest reign Triple X Drake Dawson and Curtis Thompson (366 days) Shortest reign Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson (2 days) The NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship was a tag team title defended in the National Wrestling Alliance 's NWA Mid-Atlantic territory. The championship

297-2246: Is actually wrestling in the AWA at this time. 35 Masked Superstar and Masked Superstar 2 (3) March 26, 1980 MACW show N/A 1 N/A — Vacated April 30, 1980 — — — — When Masked Superstar #2 is unmasked and leaves the area. 36 Matt Borne and Buzz Sawyer June 2, 1980 MACW show Greenville, South Carolina 1 118 Defeat The Iron Sheik and Jimmy Snuka in tournament final. 37 The Sheepherders ( Butch Miller and Luke Williams ) September 28, 1980 MACW show Charlotte, North Carolina 1 75 38 Dewey Robertson and George Wells December 12, 1980 MACW show Richmond, Virginia 1 57 39 Genichiro Tenryu and Mr. Fuji February 7, 1981 MACW show Greensboro, North Carolina 1 N/A 40 Dewey Robertson and Johnny Weaver (7) May 25, 1981 MACW show N/A 1 N/A 41 The Imperial Russians ( Chris Markoff and Nikolai Volkoff ) June 27, 1981 MACW show Charlotte, North Carolina 1 153 42 Jay Youngblood and Johnny Weaver (8) November 27, 1981 MACW show Appalachia, Virginia 1 N/A 43 Ox Baker and Carl Fergie December 2, 1981 MACW show N/A 1 N/A 44 Jay Youngblood (2) and Porkchop Cash January 29, 1982 MACW show Charleston, South Carolina 1 N/A 45 Don Kernodle and Pvt. Jim Nelson May 22, 1982 MACW show N/A 1 N/A 46 Porkchop Cash (2) and Iceman Parsons June 1, 1982 MACW show N/A 1 16 47 Don Kernodle and Jim Nelson June 17, 1982 MACW show Roanoke, Virginia 2 66 48 Ricky Steamboat (5) and Jay Youngblood (3) August 22, 1982 MACW show Toronto 1 202 — Vacated March 12, 1983 — — — — Upon winning

330-1145: The NWA World Tag Team Championship . 49 One Man Gang and Kelly Kiniski May 23, 1983 MACW show Greenville, South Carolina 1 58 Defeat Mike Rotunda and Rufus R. Jones in tournament final. 50 Rufus R. Jones and Bugsy McGraw July 20, 1983 MACW show Emporia, Virginia 1 N/A — Vacated August 2, 1983 — — — — 51 Long Riders ( Ron Bass and Black Bart ) August 25, 1984 MACW show N/A 1 N/A March 23, 1985 N/A N/A NWA MACW Tag Team Championship 52 Triple X ( Drake Dawson and Curtis Thompson ) September 11, 1999 MACW show Elizabeth City, North Carolina 1 367 Reigning Northern Continental Tag Team champions; awarded Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Title around March 17, 2000. — Vacated September 12, 2000 — — — — When Dawson leaves NWA to become pit crew member for

363-779: The Infernos with manager J. C. Dykes , and many others. Weaver's next major success came in Championship Wrestling from Florida , where he teamed with Becker to win the Florida version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship in February 1967. He also competed as a singles wrestler, winning his first NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship that year by defeating the Missouri Mauler . He dropped it back to

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396-668: The Mauler but regained the belt on October 25, 1967. The following summer, he won the belt for a third time. He lost the belt to Hiro Matsuda but then regained it in a rematch in late 1968. Returning to the Carolinas, Weaver was a successful tag team wrestler in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling . He teamed with Becker to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship on May 1, 1969. They held

429-586: The NWA United States Tag Team Championship with Barry Windham , vacated the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship and handed the belt to Crockett, Jr. on a taping of World Championship Wrestling . Crockett, Jr. deactivated the championship for unknown reasons, and eventually, JCP was sold to Ted Turner in 1988, thus becoming the new promotion, World Championship Wrestling . In the late 1990s, NWA gave

462-852: The NWA in 2012. Title vacated as of October 1, 2012. No Championship by Ricky Nelson or the old MACW is sanctioned or recognized by the NWA after this date N/A N/A N/A 63 The Legion of KAOS (Damien Wayne and Lance Erickson) November 2, 2013 MACW show Kingsport, Tennessee 1 252 Defeat C&C Wrestle Factory (Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander) to win vacant title. — Vacated July 12, 2014 MACW show Carolina Beach, North Carolina — — When Legion Of Kaos split up to pursue singles careers. 64 The Brutes (Mark James and Jimmy Parker) June 20, 2015 MACW show Louisburg, North Carolina 1 252 Defeated The A.H.L. and The Cabellero's in

495-1862: The Ropes Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling World Wide Wrestling Cable Best of World Championship Wrestling Clash of the Champions NWA Main Event Superstars on the Superstation World Championship Wrestling Other Attendance records Closed-circuit and pay-per-view events Bunkhouse Stampede The Great American Bash Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament Starrcade Ric Flair's Last Match Affiliated promotions Partners Maple Leaf Wrestling National Wrestling Alliance National Wrestling Alliance territories Pro Wrestling USA Acquisitions Championship Wrestling from Florida Georgia Championship Wrestling Heart of America Sports Attractions St. Louis Wrestling Club Universal Wrestling Federation Successor World Championship Wrestling Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NWA_Mid-Atlantic_Tag_Team_Championship&oldid=1249890571 " Categories : Jim Crockett Promotions championships National Wrestling Alliance championships Tag team wrestling championships United States regional professional wrestling championships Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles with hCards Commons category link from Wikidata NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship On October 13, 1970,

528-457: The area's Television championship. Weaver's final championship reigns came in 1981 while wrestling in the Mid-Atlantic area. He teamed with Dewey Robertson to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship in 1981 by defeating Genichiro Tenryu and Mr. Fuji . They lost the belts to Chris Markoff and Nikolai Volkoff later that year, but Weaver regained the title on November 27, 1981 while teaming with Jay Youngblood . Weaver also worked as

561-440: The belts for over nine months before dropping them to Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson on February 17, 1970. Weaver and Becker regained the title exactly one month later, however. They lost the belts to Gene and Ole Anderson but regained them on June 3, 1971 from Hawk and Hanson. Once again, Weaver and Becker dropped the titles to Hawk and Hanson but regained them in a rematch. The following year, Weaver teamed with Art Neilson to win

594-568: The championship was introduced as the NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship during a taping of Championship Wrestling. It was announced that the Missouri Mauler had defeated the defending champion Pat O'Connor in New York City to win the title; this title change was fictitious and a storyline to introduce the championship to the promotion; nevertheless, O'Connor's reign is denoted as the first official reign. Because it

627-422: The early 1980s, Weaver also booked the house shows in the southern part of the territory. Weaver began his broadcasting career in 1979 as color commentator with World Wide Wrestling host Rich Landrum. He became Landrum's permanent sidekick for the early 1980s, where he became famous for singing " Turn out the lights, the party's over " at the end of matches that face wrestlers won (a nod to Don Meredith , who did

660-582: The same thing on Monday Night Football near the end of games). When Landrum left the company in 1983, Weaver then worked briefly with David Crockett, wrestling in a tag team match at Starrcade '83, before becoming paired with the longtime voice of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Bob Caudle; whom he worked with until leaving the company in 1988. For a period of time in the early 1980s, there was a string of recurring angles in which Weaver would get into ringside verbal confrontations with heel wrestlers or their managers. These confrontations always ended with Weaver slapping

693-556: The same, as Jim Crockett, Jr. sold his territory to Ted Turner in November 1988. This promotion would then be renamed World Championship Wrestling . The title was relegated to serve as the secondary tag team championship in Crockett's territory after Mid-Atlantic created its own territorial version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship in January 1975 and was used until sometime in 1985 when it

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726-680: The title twice more. Weaver returned to Florida to compete in 1975 and won the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship by teaming with Dick Slater . He also competed in Texas, where he won the Amarillo version of the NWA International Heavyweight Championship in November 1976. After a brief absence from the Mid-Atlantic territory in 1975, he returned for one more main event run in 1978 with Baron Von Raschke for

759-1254: The title vs. title match. — February 20, 1975 — — The Andersons are the reigning NWA World Tag Team Champions (Mid-Atlantic version) and title is inactive until September 22, 1976 when the tournament to crown new champions starts. 25 Dino Bravo and Tim Woods November 3, 1976 MACW show Raleigh, North Carolina 1 75 Defeat Sgt. Jacques Goulet and Mike "The Judge" DuBois in tournament final. 26 The Hollywood Blonds ( Buddy Roberts and Jerry Brown) January 17, 1977 MACW show Greenville, South Carolina 1 83 27 Dino Bravo (2) and Tiger Conway, Jr. (2) April 10, 1977 MACW show Charlotte, North Carolina 1 87 28 Greg Valentine and Ric Flair (2) July 6, 1977 MACW show Anderson, South Carolina 1 47 Awarded. 29 Paul Jones (4) and Ricky Steamboat August 22, 1977 MACW show Greensboro, North Carolina 1 434 Steamboat and Jones win NWA World Tag Team Champions (Mid-Atlantic version) on April 23, 1978 and hold

792-616: The title was called the "NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship" while 46 reigns occurred under the "NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship" name. Johnny Valentine ranks first in combined reigns by the length of 504 days with 2 reigns total. Wahoo McDaniel had the most reigns with seven. Ken Patera 's second reign was the longest in the title's history at 334 days. All title changes occurred at JCP–promoted events: live events , pay-per-view events, and on televised events that aired on broadcast delay . Johnny Weaver Kenneth Eugene Weaver (November 17, 1935 – February 15, 2008)

825-790: The titles concurrently. 30 Ric Flair (3) and Big John Studd October 30, 1978 MACW show Greenville, South Carolina 1 6 31 Paul Jones (5) and Ricky Steamboat (2) November 5, 1978 MACW show Greensboro, North Carolina 2 N/A 32 Big John Studd (2) and Ken Patera January 2, 1979 MACW show N/A 1 N/A 33 Paul Jones (6) and Ricky Steamboat (3) April 26, 1979 MACW show N/A 3 N/A — Vacated August 8, 1979 — — — — When Jones turns on Steamboat. 34 Ricky Steamboat (4) and Dino Bravo (3) October 20, 1979 MACW show N/A 1 N/A Bravo

858-485: The wrestler or manager across the face, to the delight of the fans in the studio. Recipients of these slaps have included Roddy Piper , Lord Alfred Hayes , and Kevin Sullivan . Weaver made a brief in-ring return in late 1987 in the corner of the "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes who was using a sleeper hold, calling it the "Weaver lock", and chasing down Lex Luger and the N.W.A. United States Title. During this angle, Weaver

891-528: Was a special guest in attendance to present the trophy to the tournament winner at every Finals Night until his death in 2008. Since then a former tournament winner usually presents the trophy, often accompanied by surviving members of Mr. Weaver's family. Past tournament winners have been "Dangerous E" Corey Edsel (2004), Jesse Ortega (2005), Gemini Kid (2006), "Handsome" Mitch Connor (2007), Brass Munkey (2008), Kamakazi Kid (2009), "The 1st" Ric Converse (2010), Arik Royal (2011, 2012) and Trevor Lee (2013) Weaver

924-645: Was abandoned. In 2000, the title was revived for the Mid-Atlantic territory. 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 NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship 1 Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson June 2, 1968 MACW show Washington, DC 1 N/A Title Awarded and defeat Édouard Carpentier and Miguel Perez in

957-545: Was an American professional wrestler and wrestling commentator in the National Wrestling Alliance , better known by his ring name , Johnny Weaver . Weaver's career spanned four decades in many different territories in the NWA. He held championships across the southeast United States, the first of which was the Mid-Atlantic (Carolinas, Virginia) version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship , which he won with “Cowboy” Bob Ellis on December 2, 1963. His best known run

990-555: Was fictitious, further information regarding O'Connor's reign is unavailable. On the September 6, 1973 taping of Championship Wrestling , JCP owner Jim Crockett, Jr. announced the retirement of the NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship and the establishment of the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship. At the time of this change, Jerry Brisco was in his fourth reign as the NWA Eastern Heavyweight Champion, and as

1023-515: Was originally created in the summer of 1968 and was originally named the NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship . During this time, the title was the primary tag team championship that was defended in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling owned by Jim Crockett, Sr. and later by his son, Jim Crockett, Jr. While the current Mid-Atlantic promotion operates primarily out of the same area as the Crockett promotion, they aren't

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1056-603: Was placed in a Japanese version of the sleeper by Hiro Matsuda , causing him to bleed from the mouth. Weaver was in Rhodes' corner at Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat , when Rhodes defeated Luger in a steel cage after DDTing Luger onto a steel chair. CWF Mid-Atlantic out of Burlington, North Carolina promotes the Johnny Weaver Cup tournament every summer, culminating in Weaver Cup Finals Night every August. Mr. Weaver

1089-503: Was with partner George Becker in the Mid-Atlantic in the 1960s. The two held the NWA Mid-Atlantic Southern Tag Team Championship five times together, and they were household names in the territory for a period of nearly eight years. The team had memorable feuds with Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson , Lars Anderson and Gene Anderson , Aldo Bogni and Bronko Lubich with manager "Colonel" Homer O'Dell ,

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