43-570: Professional wrestling tag team championship UWF Tag Team Championship Details Promotion Mid-South Wrestling (1979-1986) Universal Wrestling Federation (1986-1987) Date established September 28, 1979 Date retired November 26, 1987 Other name(s) Mid-South Tag Team Championship Statistics First champion(s) Mike George and Bob Sweetan Final champion(s) The Sheepherders ( Butch Miller and Luke Williams ) Most reigns (As
86-703: A "five-time rookie of the year." As the UWF's merge with "the NWA" was taking place, Terry Taylor , who held the UWF Television Championship , began an angle with the NWA World Television Champion , Nikita Koloff . Taylor stole the NWA TV title belt during an NWA show, but Koloff (with help from Dusty Rhodes ) reclaimed it before their official in-ring encounter. They met at Starrcade 1987 , and Nikita unified
129-675: A fireball at Hacksaw Jim Duggan ("blinding" him temporarily), and the Freebirds breaking Steve Williams' arm. Williams recruited Oklahoma Sooners (and future Dallas Cowboys head coach) Barry Switzer into training and getting back into the ring. It paid off on July 11, 1987 when Dr. Death defeated Big Bubba Rogers (Ray Traylor) to win the UWF Heavyweight Championship . The Freebirds became faces around that time, as they began feuding with Skandor Akbar's army as well as The Angel of Death. A prelim wrestler, Mike Boyette, wrestled in
172-1654: A match against The Fantastics. 40 Eddie Gilbert (3) and Sting August 31, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 2 27 Won the rematch. 41 The Fantastics ( Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers ) September 27, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 2 29 42 John Tatum and Jack Victory October 26, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 14 43 Bill Irwin and Leroy Brown (3) November 9, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 48 44 Terry Taylor and Jim Duggan (2) December 27, 1986 UWF show Ft. Worth, Texas 1 27 — Vacated January 23, 1987 — — — — Duggan lost loser-leaves-town match to One Man Gang . 45 Terry Taylor (2) and Chris Adams February 7, 1987 UWF show Ft. Worth, Texas 1 64 46 Sting (3) and Rick Steiner April 12, 1987 UWF show Atlanta, Georgia 1 35 47 The Lightning Express ( Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner ) May 17, 1987 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 152 48 The Sheepherders ( Butch Miller and Luke Williams ) October 16, 1987 UWF show Kansas City, Missouri 2 41 — Deactivated November 26, 1987 — — — — Title abandoned due to purchase of UWF by Jim Crockett Promotions Footnotes [ edit ] ^ The exact date that Junkyard Dog and Murdoch lost
215-462: A match and injured him, thus Adams had to choose another tag partner. He chose Terry Taylor, whose team lost a semi-final match to Rick Steiner and Sting. Taylor and Adams eventually won the UWF tag team titles, and held the belts for two months. Meanwhile, Adams and Parsons engaged in a lengthy feud, which lasted for more than a decade (the two had feuded earlier in WCCW when Adams was the heel and Parsons
258-564: A press conference, where Taylor spoke about his situation with Adams and then left. Chris later took questions, which prompted Taylor to attack Adams with a chair. The following week, Adams conducted an interview vowing revenge against both Taylor and Eddie Gilbert. Other famous UWF angles included promoter Bill Watts being attacked and having the flag of the Soviet Union draped on him by Eddie Gilbert, Missy Hyatt cold-cocking John Tatum after joining forces with Gilbert, Skandor Akbar throwing
301-584: A regional territory show. In the mid-1980s, MSW began to expand nationally. In 1985, longtime wrestling fan Ted Turner invited Watts to air MSW's weekly TV show on Turner's SuperStation TBS network. Turner wanted an alternative to the World Wrestling Federation show airing in the coveted 2-hour, Saturday-evening timeslot, which the WWF had acquired when it bought out the majority ownership of Georgia Championship Wrestling . (see: Black Saturday ) Turner
344-399: A severe recession in late 1986. This left the blue collar core of the UWF's fanbase with far less disposable income to spend on things like attending wrestling shows. Watts sold the UWF to JCP on April 9, 1987, and many of the UWF's top stars were either retained by JCP, or immediately left for the WWF or WCCW. Unlike the other NWA-affiliated promotions JCP had bought out in the mid-1980s,
387-623: A tag team) The Rock 'n' Roll Express , The Samoans , Junkyard Dog and Dick Murdoch (3 times) (As individual) Junkyard Dog (8 times) Longest reign Junkyard Dog and Mr. Olympia (175 days) Shortest reign Junkyard Dog and Dick Murdoch (1 hour) In professional wrestling , the UWF Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship contested in the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and its predecessor, Mid-South Wrestling . The title
430-535: A two-year promotional war against International Championship Wrestling that included the "outlaw" promotion filing an antitrust lawsuit against McGuirk and Watts. In 1979, Bill Watts acquired the Tri-State Wrestling territory from Leroy McGuirk, and re-branded it Mid-South Wrestling (MSW; officially, the Mid-South Wrestling Association). One of Watts' first acts as owner was to withdraw
473-557: A year; however, one wrestler would go from UWF midcarder/tag team act, to breakout star in JCP, and the wrestling industry as a whole: Sting . Sting's UWF tag team (as The Blade Runners ) partner would later become a WWF wrestling legend, too: The Ultimate Warrior . In October 1988, JCP, one of the biggest and late stage casualties of the "going national" war with the WWF, sold its collection of territories and titles to Ted Turner's TBS . Turner re-branded JCP "World Championship Wrestling," naming
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#1732852840281516-486: The Hulkamania -era WWF, Mid-South Wrestling's content focused on: energetic matches performed before raucous and packed crowds; characters whose personas blurred the line between good and evil; an intensely physical, athletic wrestling style; and an episodic TV show format. The promotion ran shows in a mix of small venues and gigantic arenas. In 1980, a card pitting a "blinded" Junkyard Dog against Freebird Michael Hayes in
559-636: The Sam Houston Coliseum (one of the most famous arenas in professional wrestling), and other parts of southeastern Texas . Mid-South used Shreveport, Louisiana as the base for its television tapings, which were first housed in the studios of KTBS-TV until they were moved around 1982 to the Irish McNeel Sports for Boys club, located on the Louisiana State Fairgrounds. Instead of the cartoon-ish characters and interviews common to
602-542: The Universal Wrestling Federation , and securing a syndication deal airing their two one-hour, weekly TV programs (the lesser show, Power Pro Wrestling debuted in 1984) in major markets across the United States. The TV tapings were also taken out of Shreveport and moved on location at various live shows throughout the Mid-South/UWF territory. New wrestlers, mostly from World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), joined
645-687: The "Universal Wrestling Federation" name with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, businessman Herb Abrams was able to use it to launch an unrelated wrestling promotion of the same name in 1990. A former territory wrestler who was blinded in a 1950 auto accident, Leroy McGuirk eventually took over promoting a wrestling circuit covering Oklahoma , Louisiana and Mississippi . Until 1973, "Cowboy" Bill Watts had been one of Tri-State's most popular wrestlers. After leaving Tri-State for Eddie Graham 's Championship Wrestling from Florida , Watts returned to Tri-State in 1975. NWA Tri-State fought
688-683: The Eastern Sports Association. In 1974, made his debut for Leroy McGuirk 's NWA Tri-State (which changed its name to Mid-South Wrestling in 1979) where he became a household name in the territory (winning a majority of his tag team titles with Bill Watts ). He won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship in 1978 defeating Doug "Gashouse" Gilbert. He also won the Mid-South Tag Titles with Bill Watts and Junkyard Dog from 1979 to 1980. Given
731-553: The Saturday timeslot from McMahon, and become TBS' sole pro wrestling show. Watts made one more attempt at going national the following year. As part of that plan, Watts replaced Mid-South Wrestling's parochial brandname with a more corporate, ambitious (and WWF-like) one: the Universal Wrestling Federation. In March 1986, MSW "went national" (the goal of the most ambitious regional promotions of this era), re-launching as
774-485: The UWF and is believed to be one of the very few wrestlers to never win a match. Video editors for the show even put together a music video of his various losses in the ring, set to the Little River Band song " Lonesome Loser ". "Gorgeous" Gary Young also competed in the UWF, claiming that he was a rookie. He actually had five years experience under his belt. Young's claims prompted Jim Ross to begin referring to him as
817-625: The UWF did not immediately end; JCP kept its brand—and its three championships—alive in TV storylines until December 1987, when JCP's NWA-affiliated characters defeated all of the UWF characters in a series of "title vs. title" unification matches, among others. Only a few UWF wrestlers were well-received by JCP's fanbase; they included: the Fabulous Freebirds , Shane Douglas , Rick Steiner , Eddie Gilbert , and UWF centerpiece "Dr. Death" Steve Williams . Most UWF imports were gone from JCP's roster within
860-604: The UWF to another rival: Jim Crockett Promotions (owner of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling , Georgia Championship Wrestling , the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s most important championships, and the predecessor of World Championship Wrestling ). The promotion began as an NWA territory , NWA Tri-State , founded by Leroy McGuirk in the 1950s. Tri-State/Mid-South/UWF promoted in Oklahoma , Arkansas , Louisiana and Mississippi until 1987. Because Watts did not register
903-461: The WWF would shoot local, in-studio matches, but only infrequently, and they were usually predictable squash matches .) MSW quickly became TBS' highest-rated show, so Watts positioned MSW to take over once Turner could force the WWF off his network. Watts' luck ran out, however, when former Georgia Championship Wrestling co-owner Jim Barnett helped broker a deal enabling North Carolina-based Jim Crockett Promotions' (led by Jim Crockett, Jr. ) to buy
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#1732852840281946-3477: The championship has not been documented, which means that their reign lasted between 35 and 64 days. ^ The exact date that the Wild Samoans won and lost the championship has not been documented, which means that their reign lasted between 1 day and 29 days. ^ The exact date that Junkyard Dog and Murdoch lost the championship has not been documented, which means that their reign lasted between 26 and 55 days. See also [ edit ] Universal Wrestling Federation NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship GWF Tag Team Championship References [ edit ] ^ Hoops, Brian (November 24, 2019). "Daily Pro Wrestling history (11/24): The First Starcade" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved November 24, 2019 . ^ F4W Staff (May 5, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 5): Bruno Vs. Gorilla in Puerto Rico, 2nd annual Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved February 10, 2017 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link ) ^ F4W Staff (May 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history: Low Ki Vs. Dewitt, Punk wins OVW title, Mutoh wins IWGP belt, Bret wins NA title, Dibiase & Dr. Death, Sheik, Watts, Fargos" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved February 11, 2017 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link ) ^ Hoops, Brian (January 23, 2020). "Pro wrestling history (01/23): Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik for WWF title" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved January 25, 2020 . ^ Hoops, Brian (February 7, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 7): Bobby Roode & Austin Aries wins tag gold" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved February 15, 2017 . v t e NWA Tri-State / Mid-South Wrestling / Universal Wrestling Federation championships NWA Tri-State NWA World Heavyweight Championship NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA Tri State North American Championship NWA United States Tag Team Championship NWA Tri-State Louisiana Championship NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship NWA Tri-State Brass Knuckles Championship NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Championship Mid-South NWA World Heavyweight Championship Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship Mid-South Television Championship Mid-South Tag Team Championship Mid-South Louisiana Championship UWF UWF Heavyweight Championship UWF Television Championship UWF Tag Team Championship Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UWF_Tag_Team_Championship&oldid=1222034868 " Categories : Mid-South Wrestling championships Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts) championships Tag team wrestling championships Hidden categories: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles with hCards Mid-South Wrestling The Universal Wrestling Federation
989-595: The closure of Leroy McGuirk's Tri-State promotion in Oklahoma, and remained through the transition to UWF. Bill Watts's son Joel Watts was later added to the Mid-South/UWF broadcasting team, and also worked behind-the-scenes as a producer of the TV program. Following Jim Crockett Promotions' purchase of the UWF, both Bill and Joel Watts exited the promotion and Jim Ross was joined by various partners including Magnum T. A. , Michael P.S. Hayes and Missy Hyatt . Veteran JCP announcer Bob Caudle became Ross's permanent partner near
1032-790: The closure of UWF. Frank Dusek and Toni Adams also served as ringside commentators during the course of its UWF tenure; both of whom moved on to World Class. Buck Robley Philip Thompson Robley (January 19, 1945 – May 28, 2013) was an American professional wrestler who worked as Col. Buck Robley mainly in the Mid-South/NWA Tri-State during the 1970s and early 1980s. Also worked in St. Louis, Florida, Kansas City and Japan. Robley made his professional wrestling debut in Florida in 1968. In 1970, he made his debut in Nova Scotia, Canada working for
1075-808: The company from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). However, MSW would remain loosely aligned with the NWA, continuing to have the NWA World Heavyweight Champion defend the title on MSW shows, which spiked live event sales. (During the "territory" system [1940s-1980s], the NWA World Heavyweight Champion would travel to each NWA-affiliated territory to defend the title against its top-drawing local star.) MSW then added Arkansas to its circuit. In 1982, MSW expanded to Oklahoma when McGuirk closed his personal, Oklahoma-based promotion. McGuirk also formed an alliance with Houston promoter Paul Boesch to feature Mid-South talent on shows at
1118-437: The company, as did former WCCW co-promoter Ken Mantell . Despite the UWF's strong early ratings and critical praise, it could not compete nationally with Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) and the WWF, as both had stronger TV distribution and larger live event, pay-per-view (and, in the WWF's case, merchandise licensing) revenue streams. The UWF was further hurt when the oil-based economy of its richest local market—Oklahoma—fell into
1161-631: The estate of Paul Boesch , who was the Houston territory's promoter. Select episodes of Mid-South are available for viewing on the WWE Network and on the NBCUniversal -owned Peacock streaming service in the United States. The Battle of New Orleans was a long-playing brawl between Eddie Gilbert, Terry Taylor , Chris Adams and Sting , which began in the ring and spilled out into the concession area. Beer kegs , chairs, tables, popcorn machine and anything
1204-556: The floor. The Taylor-Adams war proved to be one of the most violent feuds in the UWF, with an equal intensity to the feud Adams had with the Von Erichs in World Class. The feud did have a short interruption when Taylor was injured in an automobile accident, but picked up again by the summer and carried over to World Class by 1988. Taylor and Adams promoted a famous angle in August which involved
1247-451: The four wrestlers could get their hands on were used in the brawl which lasted nearly 15 minutes. Sting and Gilbert fought outside the ring, when Rick Steiner came in and piledrived Shane Douglas. With Taylor on top, referee Randy Anderson made the pinfall. Later, Adams came out and told Anderson what had happened, which prompted Gilbert and Taylor to gang-up on Adams. Sting came in to even the sides, and that resulted in an all-out brawl outside
1290-569: The main event drew nearly 30,000 fans for a show presented by a promotion less than one year old. In 1984, Watts came out of retirement to team with a masked Junkyard Dog (under the name Stagger Lee ) to face the Midnight Express to cap an angle in which the Express and manager Jim Cornette beat Watts on TV . Its undercard featured a showdown between Magnum T.A. and Mr. Wrestling II . The 1984 show drew 22,000 fans—an unimaginably large crowd for
1333-666: The merger, left in mid-1988 for the WWF, where they were renamed the Bushwhackers . Terry Taylor also departed, appearing in World Class for a few months (feuding with Chris Adams and Kevin Von Erich), then the WWF in mid-1988 as The Red Rooster . Taylor would go on to have a long WWF/WWE career behind-the-scenes, holding various management and creative team roles. Mid-South's main television broadcasting team included Bill Watts and Boyd Pierce, with KTBS-TV staff announcer Reisor Bowden serving as ring announcer. Jim Ross joined Mid-South after
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1376-583: The new Wild West Wrestling promotion, which later merged with World Class Championship Wrestling . "Gentleman" Chris Adams , who initially stayed with Jim Crockett Promotions post-UWF, left due to a money dispute and returned to World Class in November 1987. DiBiase, Big Bubba Rogers, One Man Gang, and Sam Houston joined the WWF, joining fellow UWF alumnus " Hacksaw Jim Duggan ", who the WWF had signed in February 1987. The Sheepherders, who originally joined Crockett after
1419-578: The new company after its TBS TV show. Ironically, "Cowboy" Bill Watts ended up running the same business that had swallowed his own: In spring of 1992, WCW hired Watts as its latest Executive Vice President; he held the role less than a year. World Wrestling Entertainment acquired most of the Mid-South/UWF video archive, absorbing it into its WWE Libraries collection in 2012 -- with a notable exception: Mid-South/UWF matches taped for Houston Wrestling which aired on KHTV in Houston . Those rights are held by
1462-475: The nickname "Yellow Belly" because of the cowardly deeds he would do while in the ring. During his time in time in Mid-South, he often wore a yellow shirt which said "Don't Call Me Yellow" which was designed by Jim Ross . From 1981 to 1982, Robley did two tours for All Japan Pro Wrestling . In 1982, Robley left Mid-South Wrestling. In 1983, he was the last NWA Southeastern Brass Knuckles Championship to win
1505-419: The ring to attack Williams and DiBiase. The match ended when Williams and DiBiase were counted out, and Adams and Parsons won the match. Adams, who was helping Williams and DiBiase fight off Akbar and his army, wanted the match to continue, but Parsons wanted the win. After a lengthy argument, Adams and Parsons split, and Chris chose Savannah Jack as his new tag team partner. Iceman sucker-punched Savannah during
1548-543: The ring. Gilbert was the mastermind of this famous angle and received huge praise from fellow promoters and wrestlers. Adams was engaged in a storyline involving Iceman King Parsons and Taylor, which evolved out of the UWF Tag Team Championship tournament in February 1987. Originally, Adams and Iceman were one of the eight teams participating, and Taylor was teamed with Sam Houston . In a semi-finals match, Adams and Iceman wrestled against "Dr Death" Steve Williams and Ted DiBiase until Skandor Akbar's Devastation Inc. charged
1591-1885: The titles, similar to an angle used in 1980 in Georgia Championship Wrestling for the Georgia tag team titles . 30 The Rock 'n' Roll Express ( Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson ) October 1, 1984 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 2 63 31 Ted DiBiase (4) and Hercules Hernandez December 3, 1984 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 22 32 The Rock 'n' Roll Express ( Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson ) December 25, 1984 MSW Show New Orleans, Louisiana 3 129 33 Ted DiBiase (5) and Steve Williams May 3, 1985 MSW Show Houston, Texas 1 117 34 Al Perez and Wendell Cooley August 28, 1985 MSW Show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 75 Defeat Williams and Bob Sweetan , substituting Ted DiBiase. 35 Eddie Gilbert and The Nightmare November 11, 1985 MSW Show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 45 36 Ted DiBiase (6) and Steve Williams December 26, 1985 MSW Show Biloxi, Mississippi 2 80 Championship renamed "UWF Tag Team Championship" in 1986 37 The Sheepherders ( Butch Miller and Luke Williams ) March 16, 1986 UWF show Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1 14 38 The Fantastics ( Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers ) March 30, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 112 39 Eddie Gilbert (2) and Sting July 20, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 28 — Vacated August 17, 1986 — — — — Held up after
1634-779: The two titles as the final leg of the NWA-UWF merger was finished. Williams would successfully defend the UWF Heavyweight Title on the same show versus Barry Windham . Williams immediately left to do a series of lucrative performances in Japan; the title was retired while he was in Asia. Sting, Rick Steiner, Eddie Gilbert, Missy Hyatt, announcer Jim Ross , Brad Armstrong and the aforementioned Taylor became permanent NWA roster members, among others. The Freebirds, Savannah Jack, Iceman King Parsons , matchmaker Frank Dusek, and promoter Ken Mantell joined
1677-404: Was a 1986 re-branding of wrestler-turned-owner Bill Watts ' Mid-South Wrestling promotion. Watts' goal was to elevate his promotion from a relatively smaller, regional-level business, to a national-level rival of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE ). However, Watts' business strategy quickly swung from "overnight" success to catastrophic failure, resulting in the 1987 sale of
1720-793: Was a no disqualification steel cage match in which if Mr. Wrestling II's team lost, Mr. Wrestling II would have to unmask. Magnum T.A pinned a distracted Jim Neidhart to win the titles. Highlights of this match aired on Mid-South TV on December 31st, 1983. 27 The Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey ) March 13, 1984 MSW show Lafayette, Louisiana 1 50 28 The Rock 'n' Roll Express ( Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson ) May 2, 1984 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 21 29 The Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey ) May 23, 1984 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 2 131 Jim Cornette used an "ether rag" on Robert Gibson to win
1763-445: Was angered by the WWF show because McMahon had promised him it would feature matches and promos taped in TBS' Atlanta studios (as Georgia Championship Wrestling had done for years). But instead of fresh, locally-produced content, the WWF's TBS show only presented clips and highlights from other WWF TV shows – some, depending on TV market, airing at the same time the TBS show did. (Eventually,
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1806-4400: Was established in 1979 as the Mid-South Tag Team Championship , renamed the UWF Tag Team Championship in 1986, and abandoned the following year when the UWF was acquired by Jim Crockett Promotions . Title history [ edit ] Key No. Overall reign number Reign Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different Days Number of days held No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref. Date Event Location Reign Days 1 Mike George and Bob Sweetan September 28, 1979 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 45 Won battle royal. 2 Bill Watts and Buck Robley November 12, 1979 MSW show N/A 1 25 3 The Fabulous Freebirds ( Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy ) December 7, 1979 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 94 4 Ted DiBiase and Paul Orndorff March 10, 1980 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 12 5 The Fabulous Freebirds ( Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy ) March 22, 1980 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 2 15 6 Junkyard Dog and Buck Robley (2) April 6, 1980 MSW show Monroe, Louisiana 1 64 7 The Fabulous Freebirds ( Terry Gordy (3) and Buddy Roberts ) June 9, 1980 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 102 8 Junkyard Dog (2) and Terry Orndorff September 15, 1980 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 46 9 Ernie Ladd and Leroy Brown October 31, 1980 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 90 10 Junkyard Dog (3) and Killer Karl Kox January 29, 1981 MSW show Biloxi, Mississippi 1 3 11 Ernie Ladd and Leroy Brown February 1, 1981 MSW show Lake Charles, Louisiana 2 57 12 Junkyard Dog (4) and Dick Murdoch March 30, 1981 MSW show N/A 1 0 — Vacated March 30, 1981 — — — — Stripped due to Bill Watts not being an acceptable referee. 13 Super Destroyer and The Grappler April 18, 1981 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 9 Defeated Junkyard Dog and Dick Murdoch. 14 Junkyard Dog (5) and Dick Murdoch April 27, 1981 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 2 15 The Samoans ( Afa and Sika ) June 1981 MSW show N/A 1 16 Junkyard Dog (6) and Dick Murdoch June 1981 MSW show N/A 3 17 The Samoans ( Afa and Sika ) July 26, 1981 MSW show Monroe, Louisiana 2 81 18 Junkyard Dog (7) and Mike George (2) October 15, 1981 MSW show Jackson, Mississippi 1 139 19 The Samoans ( Afa and Sika ) March 3, 1982 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 3 63 20 Junkyard Dog (8) and Mr. Olympia May 5, 1982 MSW show Jackson, Mississippi 1 175 21 The Rat Pack ( Ted DiBiase (2) and Matt Borne ) October 27, 1982 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 136 22 Mr. Wrestling II and Tiger Conway Jr. March 12, 1983 MSW show Houston, Texas 1 26 23 Ted DiBiase (3) and Mr. Olympia (2) April 13, 1983 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 102 24 Magnum T. A. and Hacksaw Jim Duggan July 24, 1983 MSW show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 80 25 Butch Reed and Jim Neidhart October 12, 1983 MSW show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 74 26 Magnum T. A. (2) and Mr. Wrestling II (2) December 25, 1983 MSW show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 79 This
1849-416: Was the babyface ), with Parsons frequently referring to Adams as "Jailbird," a reference to Adams serving jail time in 1986 on an assault conviction. Taylor and Adams, who dominated the UWF tag team scene, lost a match to Steiner and Sting when Taylor kicked Adams foot off the rope as he was being pinned by Sting. A face-vs-face bout between Adams and Taylor marked Taylor's heel turn as he piledrived Adams on
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