APW Tag Team Championship
Professional wrestling tag team championship
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The APW Tag Team Championships were introduced on November 20, 1996, when Michael Modest and Steve Rizzono became the first to win the titles. They defeated Frank Dalton and Joe Applebaumer in the finals of an eight team tournament to win the titles.
PromotionAll Pro Wrestling
Date establishedNovember 20, 1996
Date retiredWinter 2024
First championsMichael Modest and Steve Rizzono
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| Promotion | All Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | November 20, 1996 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | Winter 2024 | ||||||||||
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On December 14, 2011, All Pro Wrestling announced that they had come to terms with Vendetta Pro Wrestling to recognize the Vendetta Pro Tag-Team Championship, and to have them defended in both Vendetta Pro and in APW as the "Unified" Tag Team Titles.[1] The titles were defended for the first time in APW on January 14, 2011, as champions Greg Hernandez and Jesse Jimenez defended against APW's team of Jody Kristofferson and Dalton Frost. Since then, the APW/Vendetta Pro Unified Tag Team Champions will often wear one Vendetta Pro title belt along with one APW title belt.
This relationship came to an end in 2014 when Vendetta Pro returned to having their own set of tag belts, following this the APW would reinstate the championships.
The Championships were retired in the winter of 2024 there have been 39 reigns among 32 teams and 44 wrestlers with eight vacancies. The inaugural champions were Michael Modest and Steve Rizzono. Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster The Legend), Classic Connection (Buddy Royal and Levi Shapiro), and Lion Power (Marcus Lewis and Will Hobbs) have the most reigns as teams with three. Robert Thompson and Tony Jones have the most reigns individually with five. Reno Scum have the longest combined reigns, as a team/individual wrestlers, at 860 days. War Beast (Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael) have the longest singular reign, as a team/individual wrestlers, at 996 days. Original Westside Playaz (Robert Thompson and Tony Jones) have the shortest reign, as a team/individual wrestlers, at less than a day. Reno Scum and Classic Connection have the most combined defenses, as a team/individual wrestlers. with ten. EGO (AJ Kirsch and Nathan Rulez), The Westside Playaz 2000 (Boyce LeGrande and Robert Thompson), and Immortal Fear (Billy Blade and Kaden) have the most defenses over a singular reign, as a team/individual wrestlers with ten.
The final champions were Cory Dayton and Frank Lee Gorgeous.
Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Michael Modest and Steve Rizzono | November 20, 1996 | APW Tag Team Tournament ′96 | Hayward, CA | 1 | 66 | 3 | Modest and Rizzono became the first APW Tag Team Champions by defeating Frank Dalton and Joe Applebaumer in the finals of an eight team tournament. | [2] |
| 2 | Robert Thompson and Donovan Morgan | January 25, 1997 | APW Doomsday | Hayward, CA | 1 | 188 | 3 | [3] | |
| 3 | Tony Jones and Jay Smooth | August 1, 1997 | Live event | Hayward, CA | 1 | 49 | 1 | [4] | |
| 4 | Vic and Dic Grimes | September 19, 1997 | APW Mystery Card | Hayward, CA | 1 | 62 | 0 | ||
| — | Vacated | November 20, 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | The tag titles were vacated due to Vic getting suspended on an indefinite period of time | |
| 5 | Robert Thompson (2) and Chris Cole | November 22, 1997 | N/A | Hayward, CA | 1 | 14 | 0 | Defeated Michael Modest and Donovan Morgan in a tournament final to win the vacant titles | |
| 6 | Tony Jones (2) and Steve Rizzono (2) | December 6, 1997 | N/A | Hayward, CA | 1 | 42 | 0 | ||
| — | Vacated | January 17, 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Steve Rizzono being fired from APW | |
| 7 | Michael Modest (2) and Tony Jones (3) | February 21, 1998 | N/A | Hayward, CA | 1 | 84 | 3 | Defeated Frank Murdoch and Jay Smooth to win the vacant titles | |
| 8 | Frank Murdoch and Boom-Boom Comini | May 16, 1998 | N/A | Pinole, CA | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| — | Vacated | May 30, 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Comini being unable to defend the titles | |
| 9 | The Murdoch Cousins (Frank Murdoch(2) and Vic Murdoch(2)) |
May 30, 1998 | N/A | Pacifica, CA | 1 | 27 | 0 | Defeated Tony Jones and Ed Moretti to win the vacant titles. Vic Murdoch was formerly known as Vic Grimes | |
| — | Vacated | June 26, 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | The Murdochss failed to defend the titles within the two-month title defense period due to Vic Murdoch's (Vic Grimes)′s obligations to the WWF. The status of the title remained in limbo after that. | |
| 10 | The Westside Playaz 2000 (Boyce LeGrande and Robert Thompson (3)) |
May 6, 2000 | N/A | Pacifica, CA | 1 | 343 | 10 | Defeated Jardi Franz and Vinniy Massaro to win the vacant titles | [5] |
| — | Vacated | April 14, 2001 | — | Vallejo, CA | — | — | — | ||
| 11 | The Original Westside Playaz (Robert Thompson (4) and Tony Jones (4)) |
April 14, 2001 | APW Only In California | Vallejo, CA | 1 | 53 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Boyce LeGrande (2) and Mark Smith | June 9, 2001 | APW Game Over | Vallejo, CA | 1 | 49 | 0 | ||
| 13 | The Ballard Brothers (Shane Ballard and Shannon Ballard) |
July 28, 2001 | APW Welcome Back | Vallejo, CA | 1 | 63 | 1 | [6] | |
| 14 | The Original Westside Playaz (Robert Thompson (5) and Tony Jones (5)) |
September 29, 2001 | APW Tough Love | Vallejo, CA | 2 | <1 | 0 | [7] | |
| — | Vacated | September 29, 2001 | APW Tough Love | Vallejo, CA | — | — | — | ||
| 15 | Immortal Fear (Billy Blade and Kaden) |
December 4, 2004 | APW Kristmas Kaos 2004 | Hayward, CA | 1 | 259 | 10 | [8] | |
| 16 | The Mafia (Chris Colione and Vennis DeMarco) |
August 28, 2005 | APW Gym Wars | Hayward, CA | 1 | 55 | 1 | [9] | |
| 17 | All Pro Rangers (Kid Omega and Kyu Ketsui) |
October 22, 2005 | APW Halloween Hell 8 | Bakersfield, CA | 1 | 42 | 2 | [10] | |
| 18 | The Mafia (Chris Colione and Vennis DeMarco) |
December 3, 2005 | APW Kristmas Kaos 2005 | Hayward, CA | 2 | 56 | 0 | [11] | |
| 19 | Derek Sanders and Payton | January 28, 2006 | APW Gym Wars | Hayward, CA | 1 | 14 | 0 | [12] | |
| — | Vacated | February 11, 2006 | — | Hayward, CA | — | — | — | ||
| 20 | EGO (AJ Kirsch and Nathan Rulez) |
February 11, 2006 | APW Gym Wars | Hayward, CA | 1 | 476 | 10 | [13] | |
| 21 | Ground And Pound (Dana Lee and Tito Aquino) |
June 2, 2007 | APW Gym Wars | Hayward, CA | 1 | 70 | 0 | [14] | |
| 22 | Bloodline (Billy Blade and Gangrel) |
August 11, 2007 | APW Gym Wars | Hayward, CA | 1 | 147 | 2 | [15] | |
| 23 | The Border Patrol (Derek Sanders (2) and Nathan Rules(2)) |
January 5, 2008 | APW Gym Wars | Hayward, CA | 1 | ? | 0 | [16] | |
| — | Vacated | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | Sanders and Rules vacated the titles, but the exact date of the start of the vacancy is unknown | |
| 24 | Boyce LeGrande (3) and Mustafa Saed | October 26, 2013 | APW Bayshore Bash | Hayward, CA | 1 | 140 | 0 | [17] | |
| 25 | Classic Connection (Buddy Royal and Levi Shapiro) |
March 15, 2014 | APW Bayshore Bash | Daly City, CA | 1 | 279 | 3 | [17] | |
| 26 | Idris Jackson and Sionne Finau | March 15, 2014 | APW Kristmas Kaos 2014 | Daly City, CA | 1 | 84 | 0 | This was a 4-way match also involving Jeckles The Jester/Jinxx and Julio Pedroza/Vinny Massaro | [18] |
| 27 | Classic Connection (Buddy Royal and Levi Shapiro) |
March 13, 2015 | APW Friday The 13th Part 2 | Daly City, CA | 2 | 280 | 6 | [19] | |
| 28 | Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster The Legend) |
December 18, 2015 | APW Kristmas Kaos 2015 | Daly City, CA | 1 | 329 | 3 | [20] | |
| 29 | Lion Power (Marcus Lewis and Will Hobbs) |
November 11, 2016 | APW Cow Palace Royale | Pacifica, CA | 1 | 134 | 1 | [21] | |
| 30 | Classic Connection (Buddy Royal and Levi Shapiro) |
March 25, 2017 | APW Legends Are Born | Daly City, CA | 3 | 72 | 1 | [22] | |
| 31 | Lion Power (Marcus Lewis and Will Hobbs) |
May 6, 2017 | APW Cow Palace Royale | San Francisco, CA | 2 | 62 | 1 | This was a handicap match; Royal and Shapiro teamed with their manager, Brian Zane. | [21] |
| 32 | The Black Armada (Papo Esco and Synn) |
July 7, 2017 | APW Bay Area Bash 2017 | Daly City, CA | 1 | 126 | 2 | [23] | |
| 33 | Lion Power (Marcus Lewis and Will Hobbs) |
November 10, 2017 | APW Clash At The Cow Palace | San Francisco, CA | 3 | 127 | 0 | [24] | |
| 34 | Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster The Legend) |
March 17, 2018 | APW Kick Rocks | Daly City, CA | 2 | 69 | 1 | [25] | |
| 35 | Reno Over Everything (Karl Fredericks and Styker) |
May 25, 2018 | APW We Out Here 2018 | Concord, CA | 1 | 42 | 1 | [26] | |
| 36 | Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster The Legend) |
July 6, 2018 | APW/PWR King of the Indies 2018 | Daly City, CA | 3 | 462 | 6 | [27] | |
| 37 | Warbeast (Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael) |
October 11, 2019 | WCPW Nobody Does It Better | San Francisco, CA | 1 | 996 | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving The One Percent (Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs). | [28] |
| — | Vacated | July 3, 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | The titles were vacated for unknown reasons. | |
| 38 | The Bad Boys (Derek Slade and Dominic Teixeira) |
September 3, 2022 | APW Bay Area Bash 2022 | Daly City, CA | 1 | 1,289 | 0 | This was a four-way match also involving La Rebelion Amarilla (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf), The Stoner Brothers (Rick Scott Stoner and Scott Rick Stoner), and Matt Carlos and Rik Luxury. | [29] |
| 39 | Cory Dayton and Frank Lee Gorgeous | September 6, 2023 | N/A | Daly City, CA | 1 | 482 | 1 | ||
| 39.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||
Combined reigns
| ¤ | The exact length of the title reign is unknown, defenses as well |
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warbeast (Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael) | 1 | 0 | 996 |
| 2 | Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster The Legend) | 3 | 10 | 860 |
| 3 | Classic Connection (Buddy Royal and Levi Shapiro) | 3 | 10 | 631 |
| 4 | Cory Dayton and Frank Lee Gorgeous | 1 | 1 | 482 |
| 5 | EGO (AJ Kirsch and Nathan Rulez) | 1 | 10 | 476 |
| 6 | Bad Boys (Derek Slade and Dominic Teixeira) | 1 | 0 | 368 |
| 7 | The Westside Playaz 2000 (Boyce LeGrande and Robert Thompson) | 1 | 10 | 343 |
| 8 | Lion Power (Marcus Lewis and Will Hobbs) | 3 | 2 | 323 |
| 9 | Immortal Fear (Billy Blade and Kaden) | 1 | 10 | 259 |
| 10 | Robert Thompson and Donovan Morgan | 1 | 3 | 188 |
| 11 | Bloodline (Billy Blade and Gangrel) | 1 | 2 | 147 |
| 12 | Boyce LeGrande and Mustafa Saed | 1 | 0 | 140 |
| 13 | The Black Armada (Papo Esco and Synn) | 1 | 2 | 126 |
| 14 | The Mafia (Chris Colione and Vennis DeMarco) | 2 | 1 | 111 |
| 15 | Michael Modest and Tony Jones | 1 | 3 | 84 |
| 16 | Idris Jackson and Sionne Finau | 1 | 0 | 84 |
| 17 | Ground And Pound (Dana Lee and Tito Aquino) | 1 | 0 | 70 |
| 18 | Michael Modest and Steve Rizzono | 1 | 3 | 66 |
| 19 | The Ballard Brothers (Shane Ballard and Shannon Ballard) | 1 | 1 | 63 |
| 20 | Vic and Dic Grimes | 1 | 0 | 62 |
| 21 | The Original Westside Playaz (Robert Thompson and Tony Jones) | 2 | 1 | 53 |
| 22 | Tony Jones and Jay Smooth | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| 23 | Boyce LeGrande and Mark Smith | 1 | 0 | 49 |
| 24 | All Pro Rangers (Kid Omega and Kyu Ketsui) | 1 | 2 | 42 |
| 25 | Reno Over Everything (Karl Fredericks and Styker) | 1 | 1 | 42 |
| 26 | Tony Jones and Steve Rizzono | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| 27 | The Murdoch Cousins (Frank Murdoch and Vic Murdoch) | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| 28 | Robert Thompson and Chris Cole | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 29 | Frank Murdoch and Boom-Boom Comini | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 30 | Derek Sanders and Payton | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 31 | The Border Patrol (Derek Sanders and Nathan Rulez) | 1 | N/A¤ | N/A¤ |
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Fatu | 1 | 0 | 996 |
| Josef Samael | 1 | 0 | 996 | |
| 3 | Adam Thornstowe | 3 | 10 | 860 |
| Luster The Legend | 3 | 10 | 860 | |
| 4 | Buddy Royal | 3 | 10 | 631 |
| Levi Shapiro | 3 | 10 | 631 | |
| 9 | Robert Thompson | 5 | 14 | 601 |
| 10 | Boyce LeGrande | 3 | 10 | 532 |
| 11 | Cory Dayton | 1 | 1 | 482 |
| Frank Lee Gorgeous | 1 | 1 | 482 | |
| 12 | Nathan Rulez | 2 | 10 | 476¤ |
| 13 | AJ Kirsch | 1 | 10 | 476 |
| 14 | Billy Blade | 2 | 12 | 406 |
| 15 | Derek Slade | 1 | 2 | 368 |
| Dominic Teixeira | 1 | 2 | 368 | |
| 16 | Marcus Lewis | 3 | 2 | 323 |
| Will Hobbs | 3 | 2 | 323 | |
| 17 | Kaden | 1 | 10 | 259 |
| 18 | Tony Jones | 5 | 5 | 231 |
| 19 | Donovan Morgan | 1 | 3 | 188 |
| 20 | Michael Modest | 2 | 6 | 147 |
| 21 | Gangrel | 1 | 2 | 147 |
| 22 | Mustafa Saed | 1 | 0 | 140 |
| 23 | Papo Esco | 1 | 2 | 126 |
| Synn | 1 | 2 | 126 | |
| 24 | Chris Colione | 2 | 1 | 111 |
| Vennis DeMarco | 2 | 1 | 111 | |
| 25 | Steve Rizzono | 2 | 3 | 105 |
| 26 | Vic/Vic Murdoch | 2 | 0 | 89 |
| 27 | Idris Jackson | 1 | 0 | 84 |
| Sionne Finau | 1 | 0 | 84 | |
| 28 | Dana Lee | 1 | 0 | 70 |
| Tito Aquino | 1 | 0 | 70 | |
| 29 | Shane Ballard | 1 | 1 | 63 |
| Shannon Ballard | 1 | 1 | 63 | |
| 30 | Dic Grimes | 1 | 0 | 62 |
| 31 | Jay Smooth | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| Mark Smith | 1 | 0 | 49 | |
| 32 | Kid Omega | 1 | 2 | 42 |
| Kyu Ketsui | 1 | 2 | 42 | |
| Karl Fredericks | 1 | 1 | 42 | |
| Styker | 1 | 1 | 42 | |
| 40 | Frank Murdoch | 2 | 0 | 41 |
| 41 | Derek Sanders | 2 | 0 | 14¤ |
| 42 | Chris Cole | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Boom-Boom Comini | 1 | 0 | 14 | |
| Payton | 1 | 0 | 14 |