NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Lightning One version)
| NWA United States Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | National Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||||||
| Date established | August 28, 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and KC Cazana) | ||||||||||||||
| Date won | August 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||
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The NWA United States Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship contested in the National Wrestling Alliance. This version is the eleventh version of the championship. The current champions are The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and KC Cazana), who are in their first reign as a team, but second for AJ Cazana and first for KC individually. They won the titles by defeating defending champions Daisy Kill and Talos, The Fixers, L.L.C. (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) and The Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant) at NWA 76th Anniversary Show on August 31, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On July 19, 2022, the NWA announced that the United States Tag Team Championship would be revived after five years of inactivity, and new champions would be determined in a 12 team battle royal on Night 2 of NWA 74.[2] All participants except for the final team were announced on NWA programming (Powerrr and USA) in the weeks leading up to NWA 74. The final team was revealed after the first eleven teams had entered the ring for the match.
Belt design
[edit]The original belts have a similar design to a version of the titles from Championship Wrestling from Florida. On the October 29, 2022 edition of NWA USA, NWA President Billy Corgan unveiled new belts, bearing a similar design of the Detroit version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. But The Fixers' Wrecking Ball Legursky refused to swap the title belts with Corgan. On January 31, 2023, when the Fixers were defeated by The Country Gentleman for the championship, the title belts were finally swapped out.
Reigns
[edit]As of October 20, 2024, there have been six reigns between five teams, and nine wrestlers, with one vacancy. The Fixers (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) were the inaugural champions. The Country Gentlemen's (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrew) reign is the longest at 208 days, while Daisy Kill and Talos' first reign is the shortest at 62 days.
The current champions are The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and KC Cazana), who are in their first reign as a team, but second for AJ Cazana and first for KC individually. They won the titles by defeating defending champions Daisy Kill and Talos, The Fixers, L.L.C. (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) and The Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant) at NWA 76th Anniversary Show on August 31, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
| 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 | The Fixers (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) |
August 28, 2022 | NWA 74th Anniversary Show Night 2 |
St. Louis, MO | 1 | 156 | This match was a battle royal involving 12 teams to determine the inaugural champions. | [1] |
| 2 | The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrew) |
January 31, 2023 | NWA Powerrr | Knoxville, TN | 1 | 208 | [3] | |
| 3 | Daisy Kill and Talos | August 27, 2023 | NWA 75th Anniversary Show Night 2 |
St. Louis, MO | 1 | 62 | [4] | |
| 4 | The Immortals (JR Kratos and Odinson) |
October 28, 2023 | Samhain | Cleveland, OH | 1 | 157 | [5] | |
| — | Vacated | April 2, 2024 | Hard Times 4 | Dothan, AL | — | — | Aired on tape delay on April 16, 2024 as a special episode of NWA Powerrr. The Immortals (Odinson and Kratos) vacated the titles in order to challenge for the NWA World Tag Team Championship at the aforementioned Hard Times event. |
[6] |
| 5 | Daisy Kill and Talos | April 13, 2024 | NWA Powerrr | Tampa, FL | 2 | 140 | Defeated The Fixers, L.L.C. (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. Aired on tape delay on July 30, 2024. |
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| 6 | The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and KC Cazana) |
August 31, 2024 | NWA 76th Anniversary Show | Philadelphia, PA | 1 (2, 1) |
50+ | This was a four-way tag team match also involving The Fixers, L.L.C. (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) and The Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant) | [8] |
Combined reigns
[edit]As of October 20, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champions |
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct. |
By team
[edit]| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrew) |
1 | 208 |
| 2 | Daisy Kill and Talos | 2 | 202 |
| 3 | The Immortals (JR Kratos and Odinson) |
1 | 157 |
| 4 | The Fixers (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) |
1 | 156 |
| 5 | The Country Gentlemen † (AJ Cazana and KC Cazana) |
1 | 50+ |
Individual
[edit]| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJ Cazana † | 2 | 258+ |
| 2 | Anthony Andrew | 1 | 208 |
| 3 | Daisy Kill | 2 | 202 |
| Talos | 2 | 202 | |
| 5 | JR Kratos | 1 | 157 |
| Odinson | 1 | 157 | |
| 7 | Jay Bradley | 1 | 156 |
| Wrecking Ball Legursky | 1 | 156 | |
| 9 | KC Cazana † | 1 | 50+ |
See also
[edit]
- List of National Wrestling Alliance championships
- NWA World Tag Team Championship
- List of NWA World Tag Team Champions
References
[edit]- ^ a b Defelice, Robert (August 28, 2022). "New NWA United States Tag Team Champions Crowned At NWA 74". Fightful. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ Defelice, Robert (July 19, 2022). "NWA United States Tag Team Championships Set To Return At NWA 74". Fightful. Archived from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ Thomas, Jeremy (January 31, 2023). "NWA News: US Tag Team Titles Change Hands on NWA Powerrr Live, NWA Champions Series Winner Crowned". 411Mania. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ Tessier, Colin (August 27, 2023). "NWA 75 Night Two Results (8/27): Tyrus vs. EC3, More". WrestleZone. Archived from the original on September 9, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (October 28, 2023). "JR Kratos and Odinson Win NWA US Tag Team Titles At NWA Samhain". Fightful. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- ^ Martinez, Tommy "Milagro" (April 16, 2024). "NWA POWERRR: Hard Times and Tag Team Trauma". Slam Wrestling. Archived from the original on April 17, 2024. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ Tessier, Colin (July 30, 2024). "NWA Powerrr Results (7/30/24): New NWA US Tag Team Champions". WrestleZone/Yahoo.com. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Mike (August 31, 2024). "Complete NWA 76 Results From Philadelphia Including Several Title Changes and More". PWinsider. Archived from the original on September 1, 2024. Retrieved September 1, 2024.