WWWF United States Tag Team Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	Mark Lewin and Don Curtis
Final champion(s)	Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion
Most reigns	As Tag Team (4 reigns): The Grahams; (Jerry and Eddie); As individual (6 reigns): Dr. Jerry Graham;
Longest reign	The Fabulous Kangaroos; (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan); (3rd reign, 409 days)
Shortest reign	Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion; (5 days)

WWWF United States Tag Team Championship
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion	Capitol Wrestling Corporation; World Wide Wrestling Federation
Date established	July 1958
Date retired	July 29, 1967
Other name(s)
	NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Northeast);
First champion(s)
Statistics
First champion(s)	Mark Lewin and Don Curtis
Final champion(s)	Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion
Most reigns	As Tag Team (4 reigns): The Grahams; (Jerry and Eddie); As individual (6 reigns): Dr. Jerry Graham;
Longest reign	The Fabulous Kangaroos; (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan); (3rd reign, 409 days)
Shortest reign	Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion; (5 days)

The WWWF United States Tag Team Championship was the first version of the main tag team title in the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1963 until 1967. Originally, the WWWF was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance operating out of the Northeast and was called the Capitol Wrestling Corporation. The championship began as Capitol Wrestling's territorial version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship from 1958 until 1963.^[1]^[2]

Title history[]

Names[]

Name	Years
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Northeast version)	July 1958 – April 1963
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship	April 1963 – July 30, 1967

Reigns[]

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.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Notes	Ref.
1	Mark Lewin and Don Curtis	July 1958	House show	Kansas City, Missouri	1	65	Defeated Hans Schmidt and Dick the Bruiser in a tournament final	^[1]^[2]
2	The Grahams (Jerry and Eddie)	September 4, 1958	House show	Washington, D.C.	1	98		^[3]
3	Mark Lewin and Don Curtis	December 11, 1958	House show	Washington, D.C.	2	167		^[1]^[2]
4	The Grahams (Jerry and Eddie)	May 27, 1959	House show	Bridgeport, Connecticut	2	66		^[4]
—	Vacated	August 1959	—	—	—	—	Championship was vacated when Eddie Graham left the promotion	^[1]^[2]
5	Jerry Graham (3) and Johnny Valentine	November 14, 1959	House show	West Hempstead, New York	1	^{[Note 1]}	Defeated Mark Lewin and Don Curtis to win the vacant championship.	^[5]
6	The Grahams (Jerry (4) and Eddie (3))	March 1960	House show	New Haven, Connecticut	3	^{[Note 2]}	Eddie Graham returned and took over Valentine's half of the championship.	^[6]
7	The Bastiens (Red Bastien and Lou Bastien)	April 2, 1960	House show	New Haven, Connecticut	1	14		^[7]
8	The Grahams (Jerry (5) and Eddie (4))	April 16, 1960	House show	New Haven, Connecticut	4	7		^[8]
9	The Bastiens (Red Bastien and Lou Bastien)	April 23, 1960	House show	Chicago, Illinois	2	89		^[9]
10	The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)	July 21, 1960	House show	Washington, D.C.	1	18		^[10]
11	The Bastiens (Red Bastien and Lou Bastien)	August 8, 1960	House show	Washington, D.C.	3	16		^[1]^[2]
12	The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)	August 24, 1960	House show	Bridgeport, Connecticut	2	87		^[1]^[2]
13	Johnny Valentine (2) and Buddy Rogers	November 19, 1960	House show	Teaneck, New Jersey	1	9		^[1]^[2]
14	The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)	November 28, 1960	House show	Washington, D.C.	3	409	Defeated Johnny Valentine and Chief Big Heart to win the championship	^[1]^[2]
15	Johnny Valentine (3) and Bob Ellis	January 11, 1962	House show	Washington, D.C.	1	175		^[1]^[2]
16	Buddy Rogers (2) and Johnny Barend	July 5, 1962	House show	Washington, D.C.	1	245		^[1]^[2]
17	Buddy Austin and Great Scott	March 7, 1963	House show	Washington, D.C.	1	70	Championship was renamed the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship in April 1963	^[1]^[2]
18	Skull Murphy and Brute Bernard	May 16, 1963	House show	Washington, D.C.	1	182		^[1]^[2]
19	Killer Kowalski and Gorilla Monsoon	November 14, 1963	House show	Washington, D.C.	1	44		^[1]^[2]
20	The Tolos Brothers (John and Chris)	December 28, 1963	House show	Teaneck, New Jersey	1	^{[Note 3]}		^[1]^[2]
21	Don McClarity and Vittorio Apollo	February 1964	House show	New Haven, Connecticut	1	^{[Note 4]}		^[1]^[2]
22	Dr. Jerry Graham (6) and Luke Graham	March 20, 1964	House show	New Haven, Connecticut	1	321		^[1]^[2]
23	Gene Kiniski and Waldo Von Erich	February 4, 1965	House show	Washington, D.C.	1	63		^[1]^[2]
24	Gorilla Monsoon (2) and Bill Watts	April 8, 1965	House show	Washington, D.C.	1	119		^[1]^[2]
25	Dr. Bill Miller and Dan Miller	August 5, 1965	House show	Washington, D.C.	1	200		^[1]^[2]
26	Antonio Pugliese and Johnny Valentine (4)	February 21, 1966	House show	New York, New York	1	213		^[1]^[2]
27	Baron Mikel Scicluna and	September 22, 1966	House show	Washington, D.C.	1	77	This was a two-out-of-three falls match. Scicluna and Sloan were given the belts by heel-turned Valentine when Pugliese was injured in the second fall after winning the first fall.	^[1]^[2]
28	Spiros Arion and Antonio Pugliese (2)	December 8, 1966	House show	Washington, D.C.	1	^{[Note 5]}		^[1]^[2]
29	Spiros Arion (2) and Arnold Skaaland	June 1967	House show	Atlantic City, New Jersey	1	^{[Note 6]}	Pugliese left the WWWF and Skaaland was awarded half of the title	^[1]^[2]
30	The Sicilians (Lou Albano and Tony Altimore)	July 10, 1967	House show	Atlantic City, New Jersey	1	14	Defeated Skaaland and Chuck Richards to win the championship	^[1]^[2]
31	Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion (3)	July 24, 1967	House show	Atlantic City, New Jersey	1	5		^[1]^[2]
—	Deactivated	July 29, 1967	—	—	—	—	Sammartino was also the WWWF champion and thus unable to defend both championships.	^[1]

Combined reigns[]

By team[]

¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.

Rank	Team	# of reigns	Combined days
1	The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)	3	514
2	Dr. Jerry Graham and Luke Graham	1	321
3	Buddy Rogers and Johnny Barend	1	245
4	Mark Lewin and Don Curtis	2	232
5	Antonio Pugliese and Johnny Valentine	1	213
6	Dr. Bill Miller and Dan Miller	1	200
7	Skull Murphy and Brute Bernard	1	182
8	Johnny Valentine and Bob Ellis	1	175
8	Spiros Arion and Antonio Pugliese	1	175¤
10	The Grahams (Jerry and Eddie)	4	173¤
11	The Bastiens (Red and Lou)	3	119
11	Gorilla Monsoon and Bill Watts	1	119
13	Jerry Graham and Johnny Valentine	1	108¤
14	Baron Mikel Scicluna and	1	77
15	Buddy Austin and Great Scott	1	70
16	Gene Kiniski and Waldo Von Erich	1	63
17	Killer Kowalski and Gorilla Monsoon	1	44
18	The Tolos Brothers (John and Chris)	1	35¤
19	Don McClarity and Vittorio Apollo	1	21¤
20	The Sicilians (Lou Albano and Tony Altimore)	1	14
21	Spiros Arion and Arnold Skaaland	1	10¤
22	Johnny Valentine and Buddy Rogers	1	9
23	Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion	1	5

By wrestler[]

Key

Symbol	Meaning
¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.

Rank	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days
1	Dr. Jerry Graham	6	632¤
2	Al Costello	3	514
2	Roy Heffernan	3	514
4	Johnny Valentine	4	505¤
5	Antonio Pugliese	2	388¤
6	Luke Graham	1	321
7	Buddy Rogers	2	254
8	Johnny Barend	1	245
9	Mark Lewin	2	232
9	Don Curtis	2	232
11	Spiros Arion	3	219¤
12	Dan Miller	1	200
12	Dr. Bill Miller	1	200
14	Skull Murphy	1	182
14	Brute Bernard	1	182
16	Bob Ellis	1	175
17	Eddie Graham	4	171¤
18	Gorilla Monsoon	2	163
19	Red Bastien	3	119
	Lou Bastien	3	119
	Bill Watts	1	119
22	Baron Mikel Scicluna	1	77
22		1	77
24	Buddy Austin	1	70
24	Great Scott	1	70
26	Gene Kiniski	1	63
26	Waldo Von Erich	1	63
28	Killer Kowalski	1	44
29	John Tolos	1	35¤
29	Chris Tolos	1	35¤
31	Don McClarity	1	21¤
31	Vittorio Apollo	1	21¤
33	Lou Albano	1	14
33	Tony Altimore	1	14
35	Arnold Skaaland	1	10¤
36	Bruno Sammartino	1	5

Notes[]

^ The exact date that this championship reign ended is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 108 and 138 days.
^ The exact date where the Grahams won the championship is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 2 and 32 days.
^ The exact date that the Tolos Brothers lost the championship is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 35 and 62 days.
^ The exact date that McLarity and Apollo won the championship is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 21 and 48 days.
^ The exact date Arion and Pugliese's reign ended is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 204 and 175 days.
^ The exact date that Arion and Skaaland became champions is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 10 and 39 days.

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