UWF Tag Team Championship

UWF Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion	Universal Wrestling Federation
Date established	September 28, 1979
Date retired	November 1987
Other name(s)	Mid-South Tag Team Championship
Statistics Most reigns (as team)Rock 'N Roll Express, The Samons, Juckyard Dog & Dick Murdoch (3 times) (as individual) Junkyard Dog(8 times) First champion(s) Mike George & Bob Sweetan Longest reign Lightning Express (162) Shortest reign Junkyard Dog & Dick Murdoch (1 hour)

The UWF Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in the Universal Wrestling Federation from 1986 until the promotion closed in 1987. It was formerly known as the Mid-South Tag Team Championship from 1979 until 1986 when Mid-South Wrestling became the UWF.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Mid-South Tag Team Championship
Mike George & Bob Sweetan	1	September 28, 1979	Shreveport, LA	Win battle royal
Bill Watts & Buck Robley	1	November 12, 1979	?
Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy)	1	November 24, 1979	Shreveport, LA
Junkyard Dog & Buck Robley (2)	1	April 6, 1980	Monroe, LA
Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy (2) & Buddy Roberts)	1	June 9, 1980	New Orleans, LA
Junkyard Dog (2) & Terry Orndorff	1	September 1980	?
Ernie Ladd & Leroy Brown	1	November 1980	Shreveport, LA
Junkyard Dog (3) & Killer Karl Kox	January 29, 1981	Biloxi, MS
Ernie Ladd & Leroy Brown	2	February 1, 1981	Lake Charles, LA
Junkyard Dog (4) & Dick Murdoch	1	March 30, 1981	?
Stripped		March 30, 1981		Stripped due to Bill Watts not being an acceptable referee
Super Destroyer & The Grappler	1	April 18, 1981	New Orleans, LA	Defeat Junkyard Dog & Dick Murdoch
Junkyard Dog (5) & Dick Murdoch (2)	2	April 27, 1981	New Orleans, LA
The Samoans (Afa & Sika)	1	June 1981	?
Junkyard Dog (6) & Dick Murdoch (3)	3	September 1981	?
The Samoans	2	1981	?
Junkyard Dog (7) & Mike George (2)	1	October 15, 1981	Jackson, MS
The Samoans	3	January 1982	?
Junkyard Dog (8) & Mr. Olympia	1	May 5, 1982	Jackson, MS
The Rat Pack (Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne)	1	October 27, 1982	Shreveport, LA
Mr. Wrestling II & Tiger Conway, Jr.	1	March 12, 1983	Houston, TX
Ted DiBiase (2) & Mr. Olympia (2)	1	April 13, 1983	Shreveport, LA
Magnum T.A. & Hacksaw Jim Duggan	1	July 24, 1983	Tulsa, OK
Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart	1	October 12, 1983	Shreveport, LA
Magnum T.A. (2) & Mr. Wrestling II (2)	1	December 25, 1983	New Orleans, LA
Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey)	1	March 13, 1984	Lafayette, LA
Rock 'n Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson)	1	May 2, 1984	Shreveport, LA
Midnight Express	2	May 23, 1984	Shreveport, LA
Rock 'n Roll Express	2	October 1, 1984	New Orleans, LA
Ted DiBiase (3) & Hercules Hernandez	1	December 3, 1984	New Orleans, LA
Rock 'N Roll Express	3	December 25, 1984	New Orleans, LA
Ted DiBiase (4) & Steve Williams	1	May 3, 1985	Houston, TX
Al Perez & Wendell Cooley	1	August 28, 1985	Shreveport, LA	Defeat Williams & Bob Sweetan, subbing for Dibiase
Eddie Gilbert & The Nightmare	1	November 11, 1985	New Orleans, LA
Ted DiBiase (5) & Steve Williams (2)	2	December 26, 1985	Biloxi, MS
Renamed UWF World Tag Team Championship
Sheepherders (Butch Miller & Luke Williams)	1	March 16, 1986	Oklahoma City, OK
The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers)	1	March 30, 1986	Tulsa, OK
Eddie Gilbert & Sting	1	July 20, 1986	Tulsa, OK
Held Up		August 17, 1986		Held up after a match against The Fantastics
Eddie Gilbert (2) & Sting (2)	2	August 31, 1986	Tulsa, OK	Win rematch
The Fantastics	2	September 27, 1986	Tulsa, OK
John Tatum & Jack Victory	1	October 26, 1986	Tulsa, OK
Bill Irwin & Leroy Brown	1	November 9, 1986	Tulsa, OK
Terry Taylor & Hacksaw Jim Duggan (2)	1	December 27, 1986	Ft. Worth, TX
Vacated		January 23, 1987		Duggan lost loser-leaves-town match to One Man Gang
Terry Taylor (2) & Chris Adams	1	February 7, 1987	Ft. Worth, TX
Sting (3) & Rick Steiner	1	April 12, 1987	Atlanta, GA
Lightning Express (Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner)	1	May 17, 1987	Tulsa, OK
Sheepherders	2	October 16, 1987	Kansas City, MO
Title retired		November 1987		Title abandoned due to purchase of UWF by Jim Crockett Promotions

See also

• Universal Wrestling Federation