List of NWA World Tag Team Champions

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Two-time NWA World Tag Team Champions Killer Elite Squad

The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling World Tag Team championship contested in various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliates. The NWA did not officially recognize any Tag team champions until 1982 while various affiliates had previously had their own Tag Team championships.

Title history

As of July 26, 2024

#	Wrestlers	Reigns	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
—	Terry Gordy and Steve Williams	1†	July 12, 1992		Albany, GA	The Great American Bash (1992)	Defeated Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes in tournament final. Gordy and Williams were also the reigning WCW World Tag Team Champions; from then until the withdrawal of WCW from the NWA, the WCW and NWA World Tag Team Championships are defended together.
—	Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes	1†	September 21, 1992		Atlanta, GA	Saturday Night	The match aired on tape delay on October 3, 1992.
—	Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas	1†	November 18, 1992		Macon, GA	Clash of the Champions XXI
—	Hollywood Blonds (Steve Austin and Brian Pillman)	1†	March 2, 1993		Macon, GA	Power Hour	The match aired on tape delay on March 27, 1993.
—	Arn Anderson and Paul Roma	1†	August 18, 1993	†	Daytona, FL	Clash of the Champions XXIV	Defeated Austin and Lord Steven Regal, who was subbing for Pillman.
—	Vacated	—	September 1, 1993	—	N/A	N/A	Title vacated after WCW withdraws from the NWA.
1	The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)	1	April 11, 1995		Dallas, TX	Live event	Defeated Dick Murdoch and Randy Rhodes in a tournament final. First officially recognized champions by NWA, as they no longer recognize any champions from WCW
—	Vacated	—	June 26, 1995	—	Memphis, TN	USWA live event	Title held up after match with PG-13 (J.C. Ice and Wolfie D).
2	The Rock 'n' Roll Express	2	July 3, 1995	††	Memphis, TN	USWA live event	Defeated PG-13 in rematch.
—	Vacated	—	August 4, 1995	—	N/A	N/A	Title vacated due to the team splitting up, due to Ricky Morton's suspension from NWA affiliate Smoky Mountain Wrestling.
3	Tarzan Goto and Mr. Gannosuke	1	December 9, 1995	†	Saitama, Japan	Live event	Defeated Cactus Jack and Tiger Jeet Singh in a tournament final.
—	Vacated	—	August 1996	—	N/A	N/A	Title vacated when Goto and Gannosuke leave NWA affiliate IWA Japan.
4	The Andersons (Pat Anderson and C. W. Anderson)	1	September 14, 1996	†††	Goldston, NC	Live event	DefeatedThe Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers).
—	Vacated	—	1997	—	N/A	N/A	Title vacated due to agreement with the World Wrestling Federation to have the belts defended in that promotion; Pat and C.W. Anderson were not a part of the WWF at the time.
5	The Rock 'n' Roll Express	3	January 12, 1998		State College, PA	N/A	Title awarded.
6	The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh)	1	February 17, 1998		Waco, TX	Raw Is War	First time the championship changed hands on a World Wrestling Federation television program. Aired on tape delay on February 23, 1998. The match was contested under WWF rules.
7	The New Midnight Express (Bodacious Bart and Bombastic Bob)	1	March 30, 1998		Albany, NY	Raw is War
8	The Border Patrol (Agent Gunn and Agent Maxx)	1	August 14, 1998		Greenville, NC	Live event
9	Barry Windham and Tully Blanchard	1	September 12, 1998		Lincolnton, NC	Live event
10	The Border Patrol	2	October 10, 1998		Cameron, NC	Live event
11	The Brotherhood (Eric Sbraccia and Knuckles Nelson)	1	October 24, 1998		Cherry Hill, NJ	50th Anniversary Show	Defeated The Border Patrol, Team Extreme (Kit Carson and Khris Germany) and Tully Blanchard and Tom Prichard in a four corners match.
—	Vacated	—	March 3, 1999	—	N/A	N/A	Title held up for failing to defend the titles on February 26, 1999.
12	The Brotherhood (Knuckles Nelson (2) and Rick Fuller)	1	June 10, 1999		Dallas, TX	Live event	Defeated Team Extreme.
13	The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock)	1	June 17, 1999		Bolton, MA	Live event
14	The Brotherhood (Knuckles Nelson (3) and Dukes Dalton)	1	June 19, 1999		Dorchester, MA	Live event
15	Team Extreme (Kit Carson and Khris Germany)	1	September 25, 1999		Charlotte, NC	51st Anniversary Show
16	Murder, Inc. (Kevin Northcutt and Jimmy James)	1	November 26, 1999		N. Richland Hills, TX	Live event
17	Team Extreme	2	December 17, 1999		N. Richland Hills, TX	Live event
18	xXx (Curtis Thompson and Drake Dawson)	1	March 4, 2000		Cornelia, GA	Live event
19	The Main Event (Reno Riggins and Steven Dunn)	1	April 7, 2000		Eskan, Saudi Arabia	Live event
20	The Rock 'n' Roll Express	4	April 12, 2000		Waegwan, South Korea	Live event	Defeated Dunn and Jackie Fulton, who was subbing for Riggins.
21	L.A. Stephens and Big Bubba Pain	1	April 17, 2000		Osan, South Korea	Live event
22	xXx	2	April 19, 2000		Okinawa, Japan	Live event
23	Bad Attitude (David Young and Rick Michaels)	1	August 15, 2000		Tampa, FL	Live event	Defeated Thompson and Jeff Justice, who was subbing for Dawson.
24	The Bad Street Boys (Joey Matthews and Christian York)	1	February 3, 2001		Nashville, TN	Live event
25	Bad Attitude	2	February 17, 2001		Cornelia, GA	Live event
26	David Flair and Dan Factor	1	March 22, 2001		Athens, GA	Live event
27	Bad Attitude	3	March 23, 2001		Toccoa, GA	Live event
28	The New Heavenly Bodies (Chris Nelson and Vito DeNucci)	1	April 24, 2001		Tampa, FL	Live event
29	Glacier and Jason Sugarman	1	December 28, 2001		DeLand, FL	Live event
30	The New Heavenly Bodies	2	December 29, 2001		Live Oak, FL	Live event
31	Disturbing Behavior (Tim Renesto and Jeff Daniels)	1	January 26, 2002		Columbia, TN	Live event
32	The New Heavenly Bodies	3	April 17, 2002		Winter Haven, FL	Live event
33	The Shane Twins (Mike and Todd)	1	June 8, 2002		Lima, Peru	Live event
—	Vacated	—	June 28, 2002	—	St. Petersburg, FL	Live event	The Shanes vacate the titles per request of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, who gets full control over the titles.
34	A.J. Styles and Jerry Lynn	1	July 3, 2002		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #3	Defeated the Rainbow Express (Bruce and Lenny Lane) in a tournament final.
—	Vacated	—	August 14, 2002	—	Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #9	Title stripped by Vince Russo after a double-pin against Jeff Jarrett and Ron Killings.
35	America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm)	1	September 18, 2002		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #12	Won a Gauntlet for the Gold match.
36	The Disciples of The New Church (Brian Lee and Slash)	1	November 13, 2002		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #21
37	America's Most Wanted	2	January 8, 2003		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #27
38	Triple X (Christopher Daniels, Low Ki and Elix Skipper)	1	January 22, 2003		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #29	Although Low Ki and Skipper won the title, all three members were recognized as champions.
—	Vacated	—	February 5, 2003	—	Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #31	Title stripped after a double-pin against The Disciples of the New Church.
39	Triple X	2	March 12, 2003		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #36	Daniels and Low Ki defeated America's Most Wanted.
40	Jerry Lynn (2) and The Amazing Red	1	April 16, 2003		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #41	Defeated Daniels and Skipper.
41	Triple X	3	May 7, 2003		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #44	Daniels won a handicap match by disqualification.
42	America's Most Wanted	3	June 25, 2003		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #51	Defeated Daniels and Skipper in a Steel cage match.
43	Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger	1	August 27, 2003		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #60
44	3Live Kru (B.G. James, Ron Killings and Konnan)	1	November 26, 2003		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #72	Defeated Diamond, Swinger and Glenn Gilberti in a six-man tag team match. 3LK defended the titles under the Freebird Rule.
45	The Red Shirt Security (Kevin Northcutt (2) and Joe Legend)	1	January 28, 2004		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #79
46	A.J. Styles (2) and Abyss	1	February 4, 2004		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #80
—	Vacated	—	March 3, 2004	—	Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #84	Title stripped by Vince Russo for failure to defend the title.
47	Kid Kash and Dallas	1	March 31, 2004		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #88	Defeated Triple X (Daniels and Low Ki) in a tournament final.
48	D'Lo Brown and El Gran Apolo	1	April 14, 2004		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #90	Won by disqualification.
49	Kid Kash and Dallas	2	April 21, 2004		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #91	Won by disqualification.
50	America's Most Wanted	4	June 4, 2004		Orlando, FL	Impact!	Aired June 4, 2004.
51	The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas)	1	July 7, 2004		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #102
52	Chris Harris (5) and Elix Skipper (4)	1	September 8, 2004		Nashville, TN	Weekly PPV #111
53	Christopher Daniels (4) and James Storm (5)	1	September 21, 2004		Orlando, FL	Impact!	Aired September 24, 2004.
54	Team Canada (Bobby Roode and Eric Young)	1	October 12, 2004		Orlando, FL	Impact!	Aired October 15, 2004.
55	3Live Kru	2	November 7, 2004		Orlando, FL	Victory Road (2004)	Konnan and James won the title, with Killings also defending via the "Freebird Rule"
56	Team Canada	2	December 5, 2004		Orlando, FL	TNA Turning Point (2004)	Defeated James and Killings for the title
57	America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris (6) and James Storm (6))	5	January 16, 2005		Orlando, FL	Final Resolution (2005)
58	The Naturals	2	April 26, 2005		Orlando, FL	Impact!
—	Vacated	—	October 5, 2005	—	Springfield, TN	Live event	Title is held up after a match against Eric Young and Cassidy Riley.
59	The Naturals	3	October 8, 2005		Nashville, TN	57th Anniversary Show	Defeated Young and Riley in a Nashville Street Fight.
60	America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris (7) and James Storm (7))	6	October 11, 2005		Orlando, FL	Impact!	Aired October 22, 2005.
61	A.J. Styles (3) and Christopher Daniels (5)	1	June 18, 2006		Orlando, FL	Slammiversary (2006)
62	The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez)	1	August 14, 2006		Orlando, FL	Impact!	This was a Border Brawl match. Aired August 24, 2006.
63	A.J. Styles (4) and Christopher Daniels (6)	2	September 24, 2006		Orlando, FL	No Surrender (2006)	This was an Ultimate X match.
64	The Latin American Xchange	2	October 22, 2006		Plymouth Township, MI	Bound for Glory (2006)	This was a Six Sides of Steel match.
65	Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon)	1	April 15, 2007		Saint Charles, MO	Lockdown (2007)	This was an Electrified Six Sides of Steel match.
—	Vacated	—	May 13, 2007	—	Charlotte, NC	Live event	Team 3D is stripped of the titles when NWA and TNA sever their business relationship. NWA regains control of the titles while TNA creates the new TNA World Tag Team Championship.
66	The Real American Heroes (Karl Anderson and Joey Ryan)	1	July 8, 2007		McAllen, TX	Live event	Defeated Billy Kidman & Sean Waltman and Incognito & Sicodelico, Jr. in a three-way match.
67	Los Luchas (Phoenix Star and Zokre)	1	February 10, 2008		Las Vegas, NV	Live event
68	The Skullkrushers (Rasche Brown and Keith Walker)	1	October 4, 2008		Robstown, TX	Live event	Longest reign in the championship's history.
69	The Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis and Kory Chavis)	1	November 20, 2010		Milwaukee, WI	Live event
70	The Usual Suspects (A.J. Steele and Murder One)	1	May 1, 2011		Warner Robins, GA	NWA RPW Memorial Mayhem (2011)
71	The Dark City Fight Club	2	May 15, 2011		Warner Robins, GA	NWA RPW live event
72	The Kingz of the Underground (Scot Summers and Ryan Genesis)	1	December 15, 2012		San Antonio, TX	NWA BOW December to Remember	Defeated Kory Chavis and Lance Hoyt for the title; Davis was absent for "personal reasons" and had not teamed with Chavis in quite some time but the NWA never stripped the Dark City Fight Club of their championship.
73	Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Lance Archer (3))	1	April 20, 2013		Houston, TX	NWA Houston Parade of Champions	Smith and Archer's IWGP Tag Team Championship was also at stake in this match.
74	The IronGodz (Jax Dane and Rob Conway)	1	November 9, 2013		Osaka, Japan	Power Struggle (2013)	This was a three-way match, also involving Tencozy. The IronGodz won the first fall of a two-fall match; K.E.S regained the IWGP title in the other. Conway was also the reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion, making him the first wrestler to hold both championships simultaneously.
75	Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)	1	April 6, 2014		Tokyo, Japan	Invasion Attack 2014
76	Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Lance Archer (4))	2	October 13, 2014		Tokyo, Japan	King of Pro-Wrestling (2014)
77	The Heatseekers (Sigmon and Elliot Russell)	1	October 10, 2015		Dyersburg, TN	NWA Mid-South Presents Glory Lasts Forever	Defeated K.E.S. and The Illuminati (Chase Owens and Chris Richards)
78	The Iron Empire (Matt Riviera and Rob Conway (2))	1	December 4, 2015	+	Robinsonville, MS	NWA Mid-South Presents: Wrestling at the Resorts Casino

List of top combined reigns

	Indicates the current champions
¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct.

As of July 26, 2024.

By team

Rank	Team	No. of reigns	Combined Days
1	The Skullkrushers (Rasche Brown and Keith Walker)	1	777
2	The Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis and Kory Chavis)	2	742
3	Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Lance Archer)	2	565
4	America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm)	6	517
5	The New Heavenly Bodies (Chris Nelson and Vito DeNucci)	3	328
6	The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)	4	253¤
7	Bad Attitude (David Young and Rick Michaels)	3	237
	Los Luchas (Phoenix Star and Zokre)	1	237
9	Tarzan Goto and Mr. Gannosuke	1	236¤
10	The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas)	3	228
11	The Real American Heroes (Karl Anderson and Joey Ryan)	1	217
12	The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez)	2	209
13	Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)	1	190
14	The Iron Empire (Matt Riviera and Rob Conway)	1	+
15	xXx (Curtis Thompson and Drake Dawson)	2	152
16	The IronGodz (Jax Dane and Rob Conway)	1	148
17	Team Extreme (Kit Carson and Khris Germany)	2	140
18	The New Midnight Express (Bodacious Bart and Bombastic Bob)	1	137
19	The Brotherhood (Eric Sbraccia and Knuckles Nelson)	1	130

By wrestler

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined Days
1	Keith Walker	1	777
	Rasche Brown	1	777
3	Jon Davis	2	742
	Kory Chavis	2	742
5	Dallas/Lance Archer	4	622
6	Davey Boy Smith, Jr.	2	565
7	James Storm	7	538
8	Chris Harris	7	530
9	Vito DeNucci	3	328
	Chris Nelson	3	328
11	Rob Conway	2	+
12	Robert Gibson	4	253¤
	Ricky Morton	4	253¤
14	Rick Michaels	3	237
	David Young	3	237
	Phoenix Star	1	237
	Zokre	1	237
18	Mr. Gannosuke	1	236¤
	Tarzan Goto	1	236¤
20	Knuckles Nelson	3	235
21	Andy Douglas	3	228
	Chase Stevens	3	228
23	Karl Anderson	1	217
	Joey Ryan	1	217
25	Christopher Daniels	6	211
26	Hernandez	2	209
	Homicide	2	209

See also

• NWA World Tag Team Championship
• National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
• Jim Crockett Promotions
• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)

External links

• Official NWA World Tag Team Title History
• Wrestling-Titles.com - NWA World Tag Team Title History