WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	The Cherokees
Final champion(s)	Latin Connection (Ray Gonzalez and Ricky Santana)
Most reigns	as a tag team Caribbean Express; (Huracán Castillo Jr. and Miguel Pérez Jr.) (5 reigns) as individual Invader I (7 reigns)
Longest reign	Dutch Mantel and Wendell Cooley (225 days)
Shortest reign	Ninja Express; (Kendo Nagasaki and Mr.Pogo) (1 day)
Oldest champion	Don Kent (57 years)
Youngest champion	Ray González (19 years)

WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship
WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion	Universal Wrestling Promotions (UWP); Top Heavyweight Wrestling Promotions (THWP) ; World Wrestling Promotions (WWP) ; Dominican Wrestling Federation (DWF); World Wrestling Council (WWC)
Date established	August 8, 1978
Date retired	September 2, 1992
Other name(s)
	UWP Caribbean Tag Team Championship; THWP Caribbean Tag Team Championship; WWP Caribbean Tag Team Championship; DWF Caribbean Tag Team Championship; NWA Caribbean Tag Team Championship;
First champion(s)
Statistics
First champion(s)	The Cherokees
Final champion(s)	Latin Connection (Ray Gonzalez and Ricky Santana)
Most reigns	as a tag team Caribbean Express; (Huracán Castillo Jr. and Miguel Pérez Jr.) (5 reigns) as individual Invader I (7 reigns)
Longest reign	Dutch Mantel and Wendell Cooley (225 days)
Shortest reign	Ninja Express; (Kendo Nagasaki and Mr.Pogo) (1 day)
Oldest champion	Don Kent (57 years)
Youngest champion	Ray González (19 years)

The WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship was a third-string tag team championship that was defended in the World Wrestling Council.

Title history[]

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
UWP Caribbean Tag Team Championship
The Cherokees	1	August 8, 1978	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Defeat The Castillo Brothers (Raul and Fidel) in a tournament final.
The Invaders (Invader I & Invader II)	1	December 9, 1978	San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Hart Family (Smith Hart and Bret Hart)	1	August 10, 1979	Las Marías, Puerto Rico
THWP Caribbean Tag Team Championship
Bill Martínez and Henry London	1	August 12, 1979	San Germán, Puerto Rico
Los Hermanos Perón (Chicky Starr and Ángelo Rivera)	1	August 20, 1979	Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
WWP Caribbean Tag Team Championship
Kengo Arakawa and Kendo Kimura	1	September 29, 1979	Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
The Sasaki Twins (Hiro Sasaki and Masa Sasaki)	1	November 20, 1979	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
The Fabulous Kangaroos (Don Kent and Bruno Bekkar)	1	December 8, 1979	San Juan, Puerto Rico
DWF Caribbean Tag Team Championship
The Original Broncos (Bronco I and Bronco II)	1	January 6, 1980	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Titán and Relámpago Hernández	1	August 8, 1980	Samaná, Dominican Republic
The Original Broncos (Bronco I and Bronco II)	2	December 2, 1980	Santiago, Dominican Republic
Jack Veneno and Relampago Hernández ⁽²⁾	1	September 4, 1981	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship
The Original Broncos (Bronco I and Bronco II)	3	February 8, 1982	San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Moondogs (Rex and Spot)	1	October 10, 1982	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Invader I ⁽²⁾ and Super Gladiator	1	December 6, 1982	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
The Moondogs (Rex and Spot)	2	December 20, 1982	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Buddy Landel and Terry Gibbs	1	May 14, 1983	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Super Médicos (Super Médico I and Super Médico II)	1	June 6, 1983	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	^[1]^{[circular reference]}
The Invaders (II ⁽²⁾ and IV)	1	July 2, 1983	San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Title held up on January 6, 1984 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico between the match of The Invaders and The Super Medicos.
The Super Médicos (Super Medico I and Super Medico II)	2	January 20, 1984	San Germán, Puerto Rico	Defeat The Invaders in a rematch.
The High Flyers (Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell)	1	July 8, 1984	Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
The Invaders (Invader I ⁽³⁾ and Invader III)	1	January 8, 1985	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
The Super Médicos (I ⁽³⁾ and III)	1	January 10, 1985	San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
Dutch Mantel and Wendell Cooley	1	June 5, 1985	San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Invaders (Invader I ⁽⁴⁾ and Invader IV ⁽²⁾)	1	January 2, 1986	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
The Power Twins (Larry and Dave)	1	January 9, 1986	Maricao, Puerto Rico
The Invaders (Invader I ⁽⁵⁾ and Invader IV ⁽³⁾)	2	August 6, 1986	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Superflys (Eric and Charlie)	1	May 22, 1987	Manatí, Puerto Rico
Vacated on october 8, 1987 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico after Superfly Eric suffer a knee injury.
Samoan Swat Team (Fatu and Samu)	1	November 7, 1987	Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	Defeated Invader I and Invader III in a tournament final.
The Youngbloods (Mark Youngblood and Chris Youngblood)	1	December 12, 1987	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
The Kansas City Jayhawks (Bobby Jaggers and Dan Kroffat)	1	February 6, 1988	Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
The Youngbloods (Mark Youngblood and Chris Youngblood)	2	April 23, 1988	Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
The Kansas City Jayhawks (Bobby Jaggers and Dan Kroffat)	2	June 11, 1988	Caguas, Puerto Rico
The Caribbean Express (Jesus Castillo, Jr. and Miguel Pérez Jr.)	1	December 15, 1988	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ninja Express (Kensuke Sasaki and Mr.Pogo)	1	January 14, 1989	Caguas, Puerto Rico	^[2]
The Youngbloods (Mark Youngblood and Chris Youngblood)	3	March 6, 1989	San Juan, Puerto Rico	^[3]
The Caribbean Express (Huracán Castillo Jr. and Miguel Pérez Jr.)	2	March 15, 1989	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ninja Express (Kensuke Sasaki and Mr.Pogo)	2	April 1, 1989	San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Batten Twins (Brad Batten and Bart Batten)	1	April 2, 1989	Dorado, Puerto Rico
Held up after a match between Batten Twins and The Caribbean Express (Miguel Pérez, Jr. and Huracán Castillo, Jr.) on April 29, 1989 in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
The Batten Twins (Brad Batten and Bart Batten)	2	May 14, 1989	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Defeated Castillo, Jr. and Pérez in a rematch.
The Caribbean Express (Huracán Castillo Jr. and Miguel Pérez Jr.)	3	June 9, 1989	Jayuya, Puerto Rico
Los Mercenarios (Cuban Assassin and Jerry Morrow)	1	October 7, 1989	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Los Nuevos Mercenarios (Cuban Assassin ⁽²⁾ and Ron Starr)	1	January 25, 1990	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Ron Starr replaces Jerry Morrow who quit from the company.
Vacated when Los Nuevos Mercenarios gave up the titles on February 25, 1990.
The Invaders (Invader I ⁽⁶⁾ and Invader IV ⁽⁴⁾)	3	March 10, 1990	Caguas, Puerto Rico	Defeated Cuban Assassin and Ron Starr in a Tournament final.
Leo Burke and Chicky Starr ⁽²⁾	1	March 25, 1990	San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Invaders (Invader I ⁽⁷⁾ and Invader IV ⁽⁵⁾)	4	May 5, 1990	Caguas, Puerto Rico	^[4]
Los Mercenarios (Cuban Assassin ⁽³⁾ and Jerry Morrow ⁽²⁾)	2	June 24, 1990	Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico
The Caribbean Express (Huracán Castillo, Jr. and Miguel Pérez, Jr.)	4	July 7, 1990	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Rick Valentine and Eric Embry	1	September 23, 1990	Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico
Super Médicos (Super Médico I ⁽⁴⁾ and Super Médico III)	1	November 10, 1990	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Rick Valentine ⁽²⁾ and Eric Embry ⁽²⁾	2	December 15, 1990	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Super Médicos (Super Médico I ⁽⁵⁾ and Super Médico III)	2	January 6, 1991	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Rick Valentine ⁽³⁾ and Gran Mendoza	1	January 23, 1991	San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Caribbean Express (Huracán Castillo, Jr. and Miguel Pérez, Jr.)	5	March 9, 1991	Carolina, Puerto Rico
Vacated when The Caribbean Express win the WWC World Tag Team Titles on June 8, 1991 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The State Patrol (Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker and Lt. James Earl Wright)	1	July 10, 1991	Ponce, Puerto Rico	Defeat Los Originales Nenes de Las Nenas in an 8-tag team tournament final.^[5]
Los Originales Nenes de las Nenas (Ray González and Ricky Santana)	1	August 24, 1991	Ponce, Puerto Rico	^[6]
Dusty Wolfe and Gran Mendoza ⁽²⁾	1	September 8, 1991	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Los Originales Nenes de las Nenas (Ray González and Ricky Santana)	2	October 10, 1991	Carolina, Puerto Rico
Vacated and abandoned on November 8, 1991 when Ray Gonzalez leaves the company.
NWA Caribbean Tag Team Champions
Mandella and Sabud	1	March 6, 1992	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Recognized by NWA for a briefly time.
Abandoned later September 2, 1992

References[]

^ WWC Aniversario
^ Hoops, Brian (January 14, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/14): Christian wins NWA World Title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
^ Hoops, Brian (March 4, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/04): ROH 10th Anniversary Show". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
^ F4W Staff (May 5, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 5): Bruno Vs. Gorilla in Puerto Rico, 2nd annual Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
^ ClassicsWWC (2017-03-19), WWC: Ray González vs. Fidel Sierra (1991), archived from the original on 2021-12-13, retrieved 2019-07-15
^ HavocWWC (2009-01-19), WWC: Trayectoria de Ray Gonzalez - parte 1, archived from the original on 2021-12-13, retrieved 2019-07-15

External links[]

wrestling-titles.com

[1] WWC Aniversario

[Jan14F4W-2] Hoops, Brian (January 14, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/14): Christian wins NWA World Title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.

[F4W0304-3] Hoops, Brian (March 4, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/04): ROH 10th Anniversary Show". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved March 5, 2017.

[F4W0505-4] F4W Staff (May 5, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 5): Bruno Vs. Gorilla in Puerto Rico, 2nd annual Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.

[5] ClassicsWWC (2017-03-19), WWC: Ray González vs. Fidel Sierra (1991), archived from the original on 2021-12-13, retrieved 2019-07-15

[6] HavocWWC (2009-01-19), WWC: Trayectoria de Ray Gonzalez - parte 1, archived from the original on 2021-12-13, retrieved 2019-07-15

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