IPWA Tag Team Championship
Professional wrestling tag team championship
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The IPWA Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in the Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champions were Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson), who defeated the American Patriot and Kevin Dillon in Manassas, Virginia on October 10, 1995 to become the first IPWA Tag Team Champions.
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| Promotion | Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||||
| Date established | October 9, 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | 2001 | ||||||||||||
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There were six officially recognized champions with Death & Destruction winning the championship a record three-times. They also held the record for longest-reigning champions at 292 days. Several notable tag teams wrestled for the championship during its near six-year history with former champions including Darkside (Glen Osbourne and Rockin' Rebel), The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher), and Steve Corino and Adam Flash.
Title history
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
Names
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| IPWA Tag Team Championship | 1995 — 2001 |
Reigns
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) | 1 | October 9, 1995 | 292 | Manassas, Virginia | IPWA Debut Show (1995) | Death & Destruction defeated American Patriot and Kevin Dillon to become the first IPWA Tag Team Champion. | [1] |
| 2 | The Fraternity (Brian Perry and Sean Powers) | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | [2] | |
| 3 | Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) | 2 | March 9, 1996 | N/A | Alexandria, Virginia | Live event | [2][3] | |
| 4 | Darkside (Glen Osbourne and Rockin' Rebel) | 1 | July 27, 1996 | N/A | Alexandria, Virginia | Live event | This was a "champions vs. champions" match. As a result of their victory, Darkside held both the IPWA and MEWF Tag Team Championships. | [1] |
| 5 | The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) | 2 | 1996 | N/A | N/A | N/A | [3][4][5] | |
| 6 | Lethal Weapon (Steve Corino and Adam Flash) | 1 | January 19, 1997 | 62 | Washington, Pennsylvania | Live event | [1][3][4][5] | |
| 7 | Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) | 3 | March 22, 1997 | N/A | Kinston, North Carolina | Live event | [1][3][4][5][6] | |
| — | Vacated | — | May 1997 | — | N/A | N/A | [1][3][4][5] | |
| 8 | Jimmy Cicero and Cueball Carmichael | 1 | September 2, 1998 | 129 | Richmond, Virginia | Live event | Jimmy Cicero and Cueball Carmichael defeated Shorty Smalls and "Big" Dan Rage to win the vacant championship. | [1][3][4][5] |
| 9 | Big Slam and Chris Stephenson | 1 | January 9, 1999 | 14 | Chincoteague, Virginia | Live event | [1][3][4][5][7] | |
| 10 | Jimmy Cicero and Cueball Carmichael | 2 | January 23, 1999 | N/A | Woodbridge, Virginia | Live event | [1][3][4][5] | |
| — | Deactivated | — | 2001 | — | N/A | N/A | The IPWA ceases promoting events and closes in the spring of 2001. |
List of combined reigns
| <1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. |
| Rank[N 1] | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) | 3 | 292+ |
| 2 | Jimmy Cicero and Cueball Carmichael | 2 | 129+ |
| 3 | Steve Corino and Adam Flash) | 1 | 62 |
| 4 | Big Slam and Chris Stephenson) | 1 | 14 |
Footnotes
- Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.