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Atlantic Coast
Tag Team Championship
(June 1968 — October 3, 1973)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
The Blond Bombers:
Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson
Jun 1, 1968 -- -- 334 days
Credited with defeating Edouard Carpentier & Miguel Perez to win the first Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship.
Johnny Weaver & George Becker May 1, 1969 Live Event Winston-Salem, USA 289 days
The Blond Bombers:
Rip Hawk [2] & Swede Hanson [2]
Feb 14, 1970 Live Event Spartanburg, USA 31 days
Johnny Weaver [2] & George Becker [2] Mar 17, 1970 Live Event Raleigh, USA 9 days
The Andersons:
Gene Anderson & Ole Anderson
Mar 26, 1970 Live Event Greensboro, USA 180 days
Paul Jones & Nelson Royal Sep 22, 1970 Live Event Raleigh, USA 78 days
Rip Hawk [3] & Swede Hanson [3] Dec 9, 1970 Mid-Atlantic Ch… Raleigh, USA 176 days
Johnny Weaver [3] & George Becker [3] Jun 3, 1971 Live Event Greensboro, USA 114 days
Rip Hawk [4] & Swede Hanson [4] Sep 25, 1971 Live Event Hampton, USA 2 days
Johnny Weaver [4] & George Becker [4] Sep 27, 1971 Live Event Fayetteville, USA 15 days
The Missouri Mauler & Brute Bernard Oct 12, 1971 Live Event Raleigh, USA 324 days
Johnny Weaver [5] & Art Neilson Aug 31, 1972 Live Event Greensboro, USA 67 days
Gene Anderson [2] & Ole Anderson [2] Nov 6, 1972 Live Event Charlotte, USA 7 days
Johnny Weaver [6] & Art Neilson [2] Nov 13, 1972 Live Event Charlotte, USA 110 days
Gene Anderson [3] & Ole Anderson [3] Mar 3, 1973 Live Event Winston-Salem, USA 84 days
Thunderbolt Patterson & Jerry Brisco May 26, 1973 Mid-Atlantic Ch… Raleigh, USA 40 days
Gene Anderson [4] & Ole Anderson [4] Jul 5, 1973 Live Event Greensboro, USA 89 days
Sandy Scott & Nelson Royal [2] Oct 2, 1973 Live Event Raleigh, USA 55 days
National Wrestling Alliance
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
Tag Team Championship
(October 3, 1973 — 1985)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
Brute Bernard [2] & Jay York Nov 26, 1973 Live Event Greenville, USA 30 days
The Andersons:
Gene Anderson [5] & Ole Anderson [5]
Dec 26, 1973 Live Event Columbia, USA 103 days
Paul Jones [2] & Bob Bruggers Apr 8, 1974 Live Event Fayetteville, USA 87 days
Rip Hawk [5] & Ric Flair Jul 4, 1974 Live Event Greensboro, USA 155 days
Paul Jones [3] & Tiger Conway Jr. Dec 6, 1974 Live Event Charleston, USA 76 days
Brute Bernard substituted for the injured Rip Hawk.
The Andersons:
Gene Anderson [6] & Ole Anderson [6]
Feb 20, 1975 Live Event Greensboro, USA 0 days
** Vacated ** Feb 20, 1975 -- --
The Andersons vacate the titles due to the fact they are the current N.W.A. World Tag Team Champions.
Dino Bravo & Tim Woods Nov 6, 1976 Mid-Atlantic Ch… Raleigh, USA 72 days
Bravo & Woods defeated Sgt. Jacques Goulet & Michel Dubois in finals of a tournament for the vacant title.
Hollywood Blondes:
Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown
Jan 17, 1977 Live Event Greenville, USA 83 days
Dino Bravo [2] & Tiger Conway Jr. [2] Apr 10, 1977 Live Event Charlotte, USA 81 days
Greg Valentine & Ric Flair [2] Jun 30, 1977 Live Event Anderson, USA 53 days
Paul Jones [4] & Ricky Steamboat Aug 22, 1977 Live Event Charlotte, USA 434 days
Ric Flair [3] & Big John Studd Oct 30, 1978 Live Event Greenville, USA 6 days
Paul Jones [5] & Ricky Steamboat [2] Nov 5, 1978 Live Event Greensboro, USA
Big John Studd [2] & Ken Patera 1979 -- --
Jones and Steamboat break-up in the middle of December, details on title win unknown.
Dino Bravo [3] & Ricky Steamboat [3] Jun 1, 1979 Live Event Lynchburg, USA 299 days
Masked Superstars:
Masked Superstar #1 & Masked Superstar #2 [3]
Mar 22, 1980 Mid-Atlantic Ch… Raleigh, USA 40 days
** Vacated ** May 1, 1980 -- --
After Superstar #2 is unmasked and leaves the area.
Matt Borne & Buzz Sawyer Jun 2, 1980 Live Event Greenville, USA 118 days
Borne & Sawyer defeated Jimmy Snuka & Iron Sheik in finals of a tournament for the vacant title.
Sheepherders:
Luke Williams & Butch Miller
Sep 28, 1980 Live Event Charlotte, USA 75 days
Dewey Robertson & George Wells Dec 12, 1980 Live Event Richmond, USA 57 days
Mr. Fuji & Tenryu Feb 7, 1981 Live Event Greensboro, USA 93 days
Dewey Robertson [2] & Johnny Weaver [7] May 11, 1981 Live Event Taylorsville, USA 47 days
Chris Markoff & Nikolai Volkoff Jun 27, 1981 Live Event Charlotte, USA 153 days
Jay Youngblood & Johnny Weaver [8] Nov 27, 1981 Live Event Appalachia, USA
Ox Baker & Carl Fergie 1981 -- --
Recognized as champions on January 29, 1982.
Jay Youngblood [2] & Porkchop Cash Jan 29, 1982 Live Event Charleston, USA 57 days
Pvt. Don Kernodle & Pvt. Jim Nelson Mar 27, 1982 Live Event Lawrenceville, USA
Iceman King Parsons & Porkchop Cash [2] 1982 -- --
Pvt. Don Kernodle [2] & Pvt. Jim Nelson [2] Jun 13, 1982 Live Event Roanoke, USA 70 days
Ricky Steamboat [4] & Jay Youngblood [3] Aug 22, 1982 Live Event Toronto, Canada 202 days
** Vacated ** Mar 12, 1983 -- --
Steamboat & Youngblood vacate the title after winning the N.W.A. World Tag Team Championship.
One Man Gang & Kelly Kiniski May 23, 1983 Live Event Greenville, USA 58 days
One Man Gang & Kiniski Defeat Mike Rotundo & Rufus R. Jones in tournament final for the vacant title. Other participants included Dory Funk Jr. & Jake Roberts and Bugsy McGraw & Jimmy Valiant.
Rufus R. Jones & Bugsy McGraw Jul 20, 1983 Live Event Emporia, USA 12 days
** Vacated ** Aug 1, 1983 -- --
Long Riders:
Ron Bass & Black Bart
Aug 25, 1984 -- --
Some records have Bass and Bart competing in singles matches in Roanoke, VA.
** Deactivated ** 1984 -- --
Last recorded defense on October 26, 1984.
National Wrestling Alliance
Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship
(March 17, 2000 - Present)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
Triple XXX:
Drake Dawson & Curtis Thompson
Mar 17, 2000 -- -- 168 days
The Northen Continental Tag Team Championship is renamed the Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship.
** Vacated ** Sep 1, 2000 -- --
The title is vacated after Drake Dawson retires from wrestling to join the pit crew for a NASCAR Winston Cup Team.
Midnight Express:
Bobby Eaton & Rikki Nelson
Jan 31, 2003 -- -- 335 days
** Vacated ** Jan 1, 2004 -- --
Dusty Rhodes & Buff Bagwell Jan 22, 2005 Live Event Seoul, South Korea 103 days
Defeated Rikki Nelson & Terry Taylor for the vacated title.
** Vacated ** May 5, 2005 -- --
Rick Steiner & Terry Taylor Sep 24, 2005 -- -- 38 days
Steiner & Taylor defeated Tommy Gunn & Ricky Morton for the vacated title.
** Vacated ** Nov 1, 2005 -- --
Title vacated after Steiner is appointed to the Cherokee County School Board.
Steiner Brothers:
Rick Steiner [2] & Scott Steiner
Dec 9, 2006 -- --
The Steiners defeat Chris Hamrick & Rick Nelson for the vacant title.
** Vacated ** 2007 -- --
Buff Bagwell [2] & Rikki Nelson [2] May 2, 2009 -- -- 259 days
Rock'n'Roll Express:
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Jan 16, 2010 -- -- 105 days
Buff Bagwell [3] & Rikki Nelson [3] May 1, 2010 -- -- 140 days
Rock'n'Roll Express:
Ricky Morton [2] & Robert Gibson [2]
Sep 18, 2010 -- --
** Vacated ** Nov 2010 -- --
Brad Armstrong & Ricky Morton [3] Nov 6, 2010 -- --
Armstrong & Morton defeated Chris Hamrick & Jeff Lewis for the vacant title.
** Vacated ** Apr 2012 -- --
Lords Of K.A.O.S.:
Damien Wayne & Lance Erickson
Nov 2, 2013 The Morgan Memo… Kingsport, USA
** Vacated ** Aug 2014 -- --
The Brutes:
Jimmy Parker & Mark James
Jun 20, 2015 -- -- 252 days
Joe Black & William Huckaby Feb 27, 2016 -- -- 582 days
** Deactivated ** Oct 1, 2017 -- --