SCW Tag Team Championship (Georgia)

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SCW Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionSouthern Championship Wrestling
Date established1988
Date retired1990

The SCW Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until early-1990 when SCW was closed.

The inaugural champions were "Wildfire" Tommy Rich and Ted Oates, who defeated Bob Orton, Jr. and "Dirty" Dick Slater in a tournament final in 1988 to become the first SCW Tag Team Champions. Thunder & Lightning (Steve Lawler and Dino Minelli) holds the record for most reigns, with two. At 68 days, Thunder & Lightning's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Overall, there have been 12 reigns shared between 11 wrestlers, with one vacancy, and 1 deactivation.

Title history[]

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Tommy Rich and Ted Oates 1988 SCW show Macon, Georgia 1 N/A Rich and Oates defeated Bob Orton, Jr. and Dick Slater to become the first SCW Tag Team Champions.
2 Zebra Warriors 1988 SCW show N/A 1 N/A
3 Tommy Rich (2) and Steve Prichard July 22, 1988 SCW show Columbus, Georgia 1 N/A
4 Tommy Rich (3) and Joey Maggs 1988 SCW show N/A 1 N/A
5 Doug Somers and Joel Deaton 1988 SCW show N/A 1 N/A
6 Ranger Ross and Joey Maggs (2) 1988 SCW show N/A 1 N/A
7 Thunder & Lightning
(Steve Lawler and Dino Minelli) 		October 23, 1988 SCW show Alpharetta, Georgia 1 68 [1][2]
8 Ranger Ross (2) and Mr. Wrestling II December 30, 1988 SCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 N/A
9 Thunder & Lightning
(Steve Lawler and Dino Minelli) 		1989 SCW show N/A 2 N/A [1]
10 Georgia Power
(The Nightmare and Jimmy Powell)} 		1989 SCW show N/A 1 N/A
11 Mr. Atlanta and Mike Golden 1989 SCW show N/A 1 N/A
— Vacated N/A SCW show — — —
12 Billy Starr and Kareem Muhammad January 28, 1990 SCW show Griffin, Georgia 1 N/A Starr and Muhammad defeated Georgia Power (The Nightmare and Jimmy Powell) to win the vacant title.
— Deactivated 1990 — — — — SCW closed in early-1990 and Starr and Muhammad were the final champions in SCW as a company.

References[]

General
  • Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(Georgia) SCW Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific
  1. ^ a b "Biography". Steve The Brawler Lawler's Bio. SteveTheBrawlerLawler.com. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  2. ^ Wills, Dave; Mark Danger (June 1, 2010). "The Dave & Danger Show: Steve "The Brawler" Lawler". Georgia Wrestling History Radio Network. The Dave Danger Show. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
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