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AMERICAN WRESTLING ASSOCIATION
WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE

Murder Inc.: Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski 1960-08  
Awarded NWA World Title when Leo Nomellini, who has held the title with Verne Gagne, returns to San Francisco 49ers; recognized as the first AWA world champions in 60-08 when AWA stops recognizing NWA champions.
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Lenny Montana 1960-10-04 Minneapolis,MN
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski 1961-03-18 St. Paul, MN
Montana's leg broken in a match against Verne Gagne & Leo Nomellini; Haggerty chooses Kinski as new partner.
Wilbur Snyder & Leo Nomellini 1961-05-23 Minneapolis, MN
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski [2] 1961-07-19 St. Paul, MN
Team split up on 61-08-08 when Haggerty's interference in a cage match between Kiniski and Verne Gagne backfires.
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel 1961-08-26 St. Paul, MN
Haggerty defeats Kiniski and chooses Geigel as partner.
Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy (Bobby Graham) 1961-11-16 Rochester, MN
Bob Geigel & Otto Von Krupp (Boris Malenko) 1961-11-23 Rochester, MN
Vacant in 62-01 when Krupp is injured.
Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman 1962-01-15 St. Paul, MN
Defeat Ivan Kalmikoff & Nikita Kalmikoff in 9-team tournament final
Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski 1962-02-13 Minneapolis, MN
Art Neilson & Stan Neilson 1962-04 Cincinnati, OH *
Mr. High & Mr. Low (Dick Steinborn & Doug Gilbert) 1962-12-16 St. Paul, MN
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff 1963-01-01 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Dick the Bruiser 1963-08-20 Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne & Moose Evans 1964-02-09 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Dick the Bruiser [2] 1964-02-23 St. Paul, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race 1965-01-30 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Verne Gagne 1965-07-24 Minneapolis, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race [2] 1965-08-07 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Dick the Bruiser [3] 1966-05-28 Minneapolis, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race [3] 1967-01-06 Chicago, IL
Verne Gagne & Don Leo Jonathan defeat Hennig & Race on 67-03-28 in Winnipeg, MB but the title is returned to Hennig & Race when the decision is reversed.
Harley Race & Chris Markoff 1967-11-01  
Hennig's leg is broken by Verne Gagne in Winnipeg, MB; Race chooses new partner.
Pat O'Connor & Wilbur Snyder 1967-11-03 Chicago, IL
Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto (Tor Kamata) 1967-12-02 Chicago, IL
Crusher Lisowski & Dick the Bruiser [4] 1968-12-28 Chicago, IL
Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 1969-08-30 Chicago, IL
Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger # 1971-02-23 Portland, OR
Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon # 1971-03-18 Salem, OR
Win by DQ; above changes on Oregon are not recognized by AWA.
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez 1971-05-15 Milwaukee, WI
Red Bastien & Crusher Lisowski 1971-08  
Cortez killed in an auto accident on 71-07-23 near St, Cloud, MN; Bastien chooses Crusher as new partner.
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 1972-01-20 Denver, CO
Bill Robinson & Ed Francis 1972-11-15 Honolulu, HI
Stripped in 72-12 for failure to defend the title.
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens [2] 1972-12  
Title returned when Robinson & Francis fail to defend the title.
Verne Gagne & Bill Robinson 1972-12-30 Minneapolis, MN
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens [3] 1973-01-06 St. Paul, MN
Bill Robinson & Geoff Portz defeat Bockwinkel & Stevens on 73-10-12 in Minneapolis, MN, but title returned as Portz substituting for Red Bastien.
Crusher Lisowski & Wahoo McDaniel 1974-05-17 Denver, CO
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens [4] 1974-06-12 Denver, CO
Above two title changes are not recognized outside Denver, CO.
Crusher Lisowski & Bill Robinson 1974-07-21 Green Bay, WI
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens [5] 1974-10-24 Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Dusty Rhodes & Ivan Putski defeat Bockwinkel & Stevens on 75-05-01 in Winnipeg, MB, but title returned as Putski substituting for Billy Graham.
The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser [5] 1975-08-16 Chicago, IL
Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum 1976-07-23 Chicago, IL
High Flyers: Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne defeat Lanza & Duncum on 76-10-07 in Winnipeg, MB but the title is returned to Lanza & Duncum when the decision is reversed; Verne Gagne & Ray Stevens defeat Lanza & Duncum on 77-06-24 in Minneapolis, MN but the title is returned to Lanza & Duncum when the decision is reversed.
High Flyers: Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne 1977-07-07 Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens 1978-09-23  
Awarded after Brunzell is injured playing softball.
Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon 1979-06-06 Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Stan Hansen & Bobby Duncum 1979-08-15 Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon [2] 1979
East-West Connection: Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura 1980-07-20 Denver, CO
Win by forfeit when Gagne no-shows scheduled defence.
High Flyers [2] 1981-06-14 Green Bay, WI
Sheiks: Jerry Blackwell & Ken Patera 1983-06-26 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Baron Von Raschke 1984-05-06 Green Bay, WI
Road Warriors: Hawk & Animal 1984-08-25 Las Vegas, NV
Jim Garvin & Steve Regal 1985-09-29 St. Paul, MN
Curt Hennig & Scott Hall 1986-01-18 Albuquerque, NM
Buddy Rose & Doug Somers 1986-05-17 Hammond, IN
Midnight Rockers: Marty Janetty & Shawn Michaels 1987-01-27 St. Paul, MN
Soldat Ustinov & Boris Zhukov 1987-05-25 Lake Tahoe, NV
Soldat Ustinov & Doug Somers 1987-10  
Zhukov jumps to the WWF.
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee 1987-10-11 Memphis, TN
Hector Guerrero & Dr. D 1987-10-19 Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee [2] 1987-10-26 Memphis, TN
Original Midnight Express: Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose 1987-10-30 Whitewater, WI
Midnight Rockers [2] 1987-12-27 Las Vegas, NV
Held up after the match against Rock'n'Roll Express: Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson on 88-02-15 in Memphis, TN.
Midnight Rockers [3] 1988-02-22 Memphis, TN
Defeat Rock'n'Roll Express in rematch.
Badd Company: Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka 1988-03-19 Las Vegas, NV
Olympians: Ken Patera & Brad Rheingans 1989-03-25 Rochester, MN
Vacant on 89-09-18 when Patera is injured by Destruction Crew: Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos.
Destruction Crew: Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos 1989-10-01 Rochester, MN
Defeat Greg Gagne & Paul Diamond in tournament final.
The Trooper & D.J. Peterson 1990-08-11 Rochester, MN
Promotion closes in 91.

* See also AWA World Tag Team Title (AWA Superstars of Wrestling).