- UWF Tag Team Championship
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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
Categories:- Mid-South Wrestling championships
- Universal Wrestling Federation championships
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