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28-632: The WWA World Tag Team Championship may refer to: WWA World Tag Team Championship (Indianapolis version) , tag team title defended in the Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association from 1964 to 1989 NWA Americas Tag Team Championship , tag team title defended in the Los Angeles-based World Wrestling Association from 1964 to 1968 WWA Tag Team Championship (Mexico) , tag team title defended in

56-617: A Tag Team) Dick the Bruiser and The Crusher (6 reigns) (As Individual) Dick the Bruiser (15 reigns) Longest reign Golden Lion and The Russian Brute ( 903 days) The WWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team title in the Indianapolis -based World Wrestling Association from the promotion's formation in 1964 until the late 1980s when the promotion closed. Title history [ edit ] Key No. Overall reign number Reign Reign number for

84-641: A lot of national attention. He had already been a regional champion in Montreal, Quebec , Canada when he made a name for himself by defeating Verne Gagne and winning the United States Championship at Marigold Arena in Chicago on April 7, 1956. Snyder was a regional champion in a myriad of territories that were affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). One of those championships

112-700: A match against Dick the Bruiser and Bruno Sammartino. 34 Jimmy and Johnny Valiant February 7, 1974 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 2 86 Defeat Bruiser and Sammartino in rematch. 35 Wilbur Snyder (10) and Pepper Gomez May 4, 1974 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 140 36 Legionnaires ( Sgt. Jacques Goulet and Pvt. Don Fargo) September 21, 1974 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 N/A 37 The New Legionnaires ( Sgt. Jacques Goulet (2) and Soldier Zarinoff Lebeouf ) April 1975 WWA show N/A 1 N/A 38 Dick

140-529: A match against Dick the Bruiser and the Crusher. 17 Mitsu Arakawa and Dr. Moto July 26, 1968 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 2 51 Wins a Rematch. 18 Wilbur Snyder (6) and Pat O'Connor September 15, 1968 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 41 19 Mitsu Arakawa and Dr. Moto October 26, 1968 WWA show Elkhart, Indiana 3 63 20 Dick

168-803: A match against Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello and Don Kent. 26 Wilbur Snyder (8) and Moose Cholak (3) March 27, 1970 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 3 448 Win the rematch. 27 Fabulous Kangaroos ( Al Costello and Don Kent ) June 18, 1971 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 2 64 28 Wilbur Snyder (9) and Paul Christy August 21, 1971 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 77 29 The Blackjacks ( Blackjack Lanza and Blackjack Mulligan ) November 6, 1971 WWA show Detroit, Michigan 1 399 Repeated in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 18, 1971. 30 Dick

196-708: A match against Sheik Ali Hassan and Abdullah the Great. 54 Sheik Ali Hassan and Abdullah the Great June 5, 1982 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 N/A Win the rematch. 55 Spike Huber (4) and Steve Regal July 1982 WWA show Peoria, Illinois 1 N/A 56 New York Dolls ( Rick McGraw and Dream Machine ) September 25, 1982 WWA show Memphis, Tennessee 1 N/A 57 Spike Huber (5) and Steve Regal (2) December 1982 WWA show N/A 2 N/A Awarded when

224-408: A match between champions Raschke and Ladd and Bruiser and Sammartino. On September 22, 1973 in Indianapolis, Indiana Dick The Bruiser defeats Raschke and Ladd on September for himself and Sammartino. 33 Jimmy and Johnny Valiant January 5, 1974 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 20 — Vacated January 25, 1974 — — — — After

252-673: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages WWA World Tag Team Championship (Indianapolis version) (Redirected from WWA World Tag Team Championship (Indianapolis version) ) Professional wrestling tag team championship This article is about Indianapolis-version of WWA World Tag Team Championship. For other versions, see WWA Tag Team Championship . WWA World Tag Team Championship Details Promotion World Wrestling Association Date established 1964 Date retired 1989 Statistics Most reigns (As

280-1259: The Beach, famous Punk vs. Cena Chicago bout" . 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 . ^ Hoops, Brian (February 12, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 12): Christian Cage wins gold in TNA" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved February 15, 2017 . ^ Hoops, Brian (March 4, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/04): ROH 10th Anniversary Show" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved March 5, 2017 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship&oldid=1213568379 " Category : Tag team wrestling championships Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles with hCards Wilbur Snyder Wilbur Snyder (September 15, 1929 – December 25, 1991)

308-626: The Bruiser June 11, 1966 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 3 14 10 The Assassins ( Guy Mitchell and Joe Tomasso) June 25, 1966 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 3 28 11 Wilbur Snyder (5) and Luis Martínez July 23, 1966 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 N/A 12 Devil's Duo (Angelo Poffo (2) and Chris Markoff) September 1966 WWA show Lafayette, Indiana 1 N/A Sometime after September 3, 1966. 13 Dick

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336-1425: The Bruiser (10) and The Crusher (5) September 20, 1975 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 5 175 39 Ox Baker and Chuck O'Connor March 13, 1976 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 49 40 Dick the Bruiser (11) and The Crusher (6) May 1, 1976 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 6 105 41 Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jerry Novak) August 14, 1976 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 182 42 Moose Cholak (3) and Paul Christy (2) February 12, 1977 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 126 43 Jimmy and Johnny Valiant June 18, 1977 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 3 259 44 Wilbur Snyder (11) and Dominic Denucci March 4, 1978 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 140 45 Jimmy and Johnny Valiant July 22, 1978 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 4 133 46 Wilbur Snyder (12) and Pepper Gomez (2) December 2, 1978 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 2 120 47 Roger Kirby and Igor Volkoff April 1, 1979 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 N/A — Vacated May 1979 — — — — When Volkoff leaves

364-933: The Bruiser (14) and Bobby Colt March 1985 WWA show N/A 1 N/A 62 Wild Hoggs (J.R. Hogg and King Harley Hogg) March 1985 WWA show N/A 1 N/A 63 Chris Carter and Stormy Granzig July 1985 WWA show N/A 1 N/A 64 Don Kent (3) and Jerry Graham, Jr. July 1985 WWA show N/A 1 N/A 65 Chris Carter (2) and Bobo Brazil N/A WWA show N/A 1 N/A 66 Don Kent (4) and Jerry Graham, Jr. (2) N/A WWA show N/A 2 N/A 67 Chris Carter (3) and Calypso Jim 1986 WWA show N/A 1 N/A 68 Polynesian Wildman and Prince Mama Mohammad 1986 WWA show N/A 1 N/A — Vacated N/A — — — — When Mohammad

392-637: The Bruiser (4) and The Crusher January 21, 1967 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 28 14 Devil's Duo (Angelo Poffo (3) and Chris Markoff) February 18, 1967 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 2 147 15 Dick the Bruiser (5) and The Crusher (2) July 15, 1967 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 2 90 16 Mitsu Arakawa and Dr. Moto October 13, 1967 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 246 — Vacated June 15, 1968 — Indianapolis, Indiana — — After

420-598: The Bruiser (6) and The Crusher (3) December 28, 1968 WWA show Chicago, Illinois 3 174 21 Chain Gang (Jack Dillinger and Frank Dillinger) June 20, 1969 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 85 — Vacated September 13, 1969 — Chicago, Illinois — — After Frank Dillinger is shot. 22 Chain Gang (Jack Dillinger (2) and Jim Dillinger) November 27, 1969 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 2 211 Defeated Dick

448-583: The Bruiser (8) and The Crusher (4) December 9, 1972 WWA show Chicago, Illinois 4 77 Repeated in Chicago, Illinois on December 9, 1972. 31 Baron Von Raschke and Ernie Ladd February 24, 1973 WWA show Detroit, Michigan 1 147 Repeated in Indianapolis, Indianapolis on March 7, 1973. 32 Dick the Bruiser (9) and Bruno Sammartino July 21, 1973 WWA show Detroit, Michigan 1 N/A — Vacated N/A — Indianapolis, Indiana — — After

476-578: The Bruiser and Moose Cholak for the titles. 23 Dick the Bruiser (7) and Bill Miller June 26, 1970 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 21 24 Fabulous Kangaroos ( Al Costello and Don Kent ) July 17, 1970 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 162 25 Wilbur Snyder (7) and Moose Cholak (2) December 26, 1970 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 2 59 — Vacated February 23, 1971 — Indianapolis, Indiana — — After

504-582: The Mexican lucha libre promotion World Wrestling Association Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title WWA Tag Team Championship . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WWA_Tag_Team_Championship&oldid=341599395 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

532-956: The area. 48 Roger Kirby (2) and Paul Christy (3) June 9, 1979 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 120 49 Dick the Bruiser (12) and Spike Huber October 7, 1979 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 203 50 Roger Kirby (3) and Jerry Valiant (Guy Mitchell) (4) April 27, 1980 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 111 51 Wilbur Snyder (13) and Spike Huber (2) August 16, 1980 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 301 52 Kelly Twins (Pat and Mike Kelly) June 13, 1981 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 234 53 Wilbur Snyder (14) and Spike Huber (3) February 2, 1982 WWA show Peoria, Illinois 2 88 — Vacated May 1, 1982 — Springfield, Illinois — — After

560-535: The company, to keep the wrestler's ownership of the territory private. The defeat of Mitsu Arakawa in September 1967 added the WWA title to Snyder's list of accomplishments. The victory resulted in a two-year run as WWA Champion for Snyder. Between 1956 and 1962, he was a ten time United States Champion. Snyder was also involved in long in-ring feuds with Dick the Bruiser and Hans Schmidt . Another accomplishment of Snyder's

588-574: 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 Wilbur Snyder and Dick the Bruiser April 25, 1964 WWA show N/A 1 97 First champions. 2 Nicoli Volkoff and Angelo Poffo July 31, 1964 WWA show N/A 1 35 Won

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616-1242: The title via countout. 3 Wilbur Snyder and Dick the Bruiser September 4, 1964 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 2 N/A 4 The Von Brauners (Kurt Von Brauner and Karl Von Brauner) October 1964 WWA show Memphis, Tennessee 1 N/A 5 Nicoli Volkoff (2) and Boris Volkoff May 17, 1965 WWA show Memphis, Tennessee 1 61 6 The Assassins ( Guy Mitchell and Joe Tomasso) July 17, 1965 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 161 7 Wilbur Snyder (3) and Moose Cholak December 25, 1965 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 68 8 The Assassins ( Guy Mitchell and Joe Tomasso) March 3, 1966 WWA show Fort Wayne, Indiana 2 100 Lose to Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder on March 26, 1966 in Chicago , Illinois but continue to be recognized in other WWA towns (WWA started working with AWA and AWA titles are recognized in Chicago thereafter). 9 Wilbur Snyder (4) and Dick

644-865: The title. 75 Motor City Hitmen ( Al Snow and Mikey Doyle) April 16, 1988 WWA show Toledo, Ohio 1 N/A 76 Dick the Bruiser (15) and Calypso Jim (3) 1989 WWA show N/A 1 N/A 77 The Golden Lion and The Russian Brute May 21, 1989 WWA show Fort Wayne, Indiana 1 N/A Defeated Dick The Bruiser and Calypso Jim. — N/A WWA show — N/A References [ edit ] ^ "W.W.A. World Tag Team Title (Indianapolis)" . Puroresu Dojo. 2003. ^ Hoops, Brian (July 17, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history, Kangaroos, Gagne vs. Kiniski in Hawaii, Gordy wins Triple Crown, Hogan wins WCW title from Flair at Bash at

672-459: The working agreement between WWA and CWA ends. 58 Jerry Valiant (5) and Abdullah the Great (2) June 1983 WWA show N/A 1 N/A 59 Dick the Bruiser (13) and Jeff Van Kamp January 7, 1984 WWA show Indianapolis, Indiana 1 N/A 60 Wild Warriors ( Mad Maxx and Super Maxx ) September 1984 WWA show N/A 1 N/A 61 Dick

700-463: Was an American football player and professional wrestler . Snyder's wrestling debut occurred during football's 1953 off-season. He was trained by Sandor Szabo and Warren Bockwinkel in Southern California. In 1954, Snyder retired from football completely to pursue a full-time career in wrestling. Part of his in-ring persona included the use of many football tactics, and it garnered Snyder

728-477: Was an offshoot of the world title that he won from Verne Gagne on November 15, 1958 in Omaha, Nebraska . After the departure of Jim Barnett, Snyder bought into the Indianapolis territory with Dick the Bruiser . The enterprise was known as Championship Wrestling Inc. on April 27, 1965. Snyder's wife Shirlee was listed as the registered agent. Snyder and Dick's mother, M.A. (Margaret) Johnston were listed as directors of

756-516: Was his reign as 13-time WWA Tag Team Champion. During a tour of Japan in 1969, Snyder teamed with Danny Hodge to claim the Japan Pro-Wrestling Alliance 's NWA International Tag Team Championship. Snyder was often billed as "The World's Most Scientific Wrestler". On Bret Hart 's greatest hits video Wilbur Snyder also gets a mention by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and "Macho Man" Randy Savage . Heenan claiming Snyder basically invented

784-886: Was injured by Dick the Bruiser. 69 Chris Carter (4) and Denny Kass 1986 WWA show N/A 1 N/A Defeated Polynesian Wildman and Golden Lion for the title. Championship history is unrecorded from to . 71 Chris Carter (5) and Mohammad Saad N/A WWA show N/A 1 N/A 72 Scott Rechsteiner and Jerry Graham, Jr. (3) October 4, 1987 WWA show N/A 1 63 73 Don Kent (5) and Chris Carter (6) December 6, 1987 WWA show Toledo, Ohio 1 N/A — Vacated December 1987 — — — — When Kent and Carter split. 74 Chris Carter (7) and Calypso Jim (2) February 14, 1988 WWA show Toledo, Ohio 2 62 Defeated Don Kent and Jerry Graham, Jr. for

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