NWA Columbus Tag Team Championship
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| NWA Columbus Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | Georgia Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | October 30, 1974 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | No later than February 1977 | ||||||||||
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The NWA Columbus Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW). A minor title complementing the NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship, it was one of many state tag team championships recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance.
Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name, while others used their real name. There have been a total of 26 recognized individual champions and 15 recognized teams, who have had a combined 10 official reigns. The earliest recorded champions were Ron Garvin and Terry Garvin, and the last-known champions were Robert Fuller and Bob Armstrong. The following is a chronological list of teams that have been Columbus Tag Team Champions by ring name.
| 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 |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| 1 | The Garvin Brothers (Ron Garvin and Terry Garvin) |
October 30, 1974 | Live event | Columbus, GA | 1 | 28 | Won a 6-team tournament final. | [1] | ||
| 2 | The Mighty Yankees (Mighty Yankee #1 and Mighty Yankee #2) |
November 27, 1974 | GCW show | Columbus, GA | 1 | 56 | [2] | |||
| 3 | Mr. Wrestling II and Danny Little Bear | January 22, 1975 | GCW show | Columbus, GA | 1 | 70 | [3] | |||
| 4 | Assassin #2 and Professor Tanaka | April 2, 1975 | GCW show | Columbus, GA | 1 | 64 | [4] | |||
| 5 | Mr. Wrestling and Mr. Wrestling II | June 5, 1975 | GCW show | Columbus, GA | 1 | 34 | ||||
| 6 | Dick Slater and Bob Orton Jr. | July 9, 1975 | GCW show | Columbus, GA | 1 | [Note 1] | [5] | |||
| 7 | Luke Graham and Moondog Mayne | 1975 | GCW show | Columbus, GA | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 8 | Dick Slater and Bobo Brazil | December 3, 1975 | GCW show | Columbus, GA | 1 | N/A | [6] | |||
| 9 | Luke Graham and Moondog Mayne | January 4, 1976 (NLT) | GCW show | Columbus, GA | 2 | [Note 2] | ||||
| 10 | Mr. Wrestling II and Bob Armstrong | January 14, 1976 | GCW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | [7] | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from January 14, 1976 (NLT) to June 1976 (NLT). | ||||||||||
| 11 | The Spoiler and Abdullah the Butcher | June 1976 (NLT) | GCW show | Columbus, GA | 1 | [Note 3] | ||||
| 12 | Mark Lewin and Leon Ogle | June 23, 1976 | GCW show | Columbus, GA | 1 | 35 | [8] | |||
| 13 | Johnny Valiant and Jimmy Valiant | July 28, 1976 | GCW show | Columbus, GA | 1 | 49 | [9] | |||
| 14 | Pork Chop Cash and Tom Jones | September 15, 1976 | GCW show | Columbus, GA | 1 | 21 | [10] | |||
| 15 | Killer Brooks and Bill Howard | October 6, 1976 | GCW show | Columbus, GA | 1 | N/A | [11] | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from October 6, 1976 (NLT) to February 1977 (NLT). | ||||||||||
| 16 | Robert Fuller and Bob Armstrong | February 1977 (NLT) | GCW show | N/A | 1 | |||||