NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version)

Details
Promotion	NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club
Date established	January 8, 1957
Date retired	August 1960
Statistics Most reigns (as team) Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff (4 times) (as individual)Verne Gagne (4 times) Longest reign Mitsu Arakawa & Kinji Shibuya (108 days) Shortest reign Herb & Seymour Freeman (7 days)

The NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship existed from 1957 until August 1960, when the American Wrestling Association came into existence^[1].

Title history

Wrestlers:	Reigns together:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff	1	January 8, 1957	Minneapolis, MN	Defeat Fritz Von Erich & Karl Von Schober in tournament final.
Joe & Guy Brunetti	1	February 26, 1957	Minneapolis, MN
Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff	2	June 6, 1957	Minneapolis, MN
Mitsu Arakawa & Kinji Shibuya	1	August 13, 1957	Minneapolis, MN
Joe & Guy Brunetti	2	November 26, 1957	Minneapolis, MN
Atomic Blonds (Johnny Valentine & Chet Wallick)	1	December 10, 1957	Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne & Bronko Nagurski	1	December 26, 1957	Minneapolis, MN
Doc & Mike Gallagher	1	March 22, 1958	St. Paul, MN	Hard Boiled Haggerty & Kinji Shibuya defeat the Gallaghers on April 22, 1958 but the title is returned a week later due to questionable decisions by referee Ilio DiPaolo.
Verne Gagne (2) & Leo Nomellini	1	May 15, 1958	Minneapolis, MN
Doc & Mike Gallagher	2	1958
Fritz Von Erich & Hans Hermann	1	July 1, 1958	Minneapolis, MN
Vacated		1958	N/A	Titles vacant.
Reggie & Stan Lisowski	1	November 1958		Win tournament.
Herb & Seymour Freeman	1	January 15, 1959	Minneapolis, MN
Reggie & Stan Lisowski	2	January 22, 1959	Minneapolis, MN
Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff	3	March 5, 1959	Minneapolis, MN	On April 1959, Ivan gives his half to Baron Gattoni after being injured.
Verne Gagne (3) & Butch Levy	1	April 28, 1959	Minneapolis, MN
Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff	4	June 1959		Awarded because Gagne is on tour.
Butch Levy & Leo Nomellini (2)	1	July 14, 1959	Minneapolis, MN
Vacated		1959	N/A	Nomelli returns to San Francisco 49ers in 1959.
Murder, Inc. (Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills)	1	March 5, 1960	N/A	Claiming to be International Tag Team champions since 59, they're awarded the titles. The Minneapolis promotion withdraws from NWA and forms American Wrestling Association in May but continues to recognize NWA champions as their champions.
Verne Gagne (4) and Leo Nomellini (3)	2	July 19, 1960	Minneapolis, MN
Murder Inc.	2	August 1960	Minneapolis, MN	Awarded when Nomellini returns to football. They are soon recognized as the first AWA World Tag Team Champions when AWA stops recognizing NWA champions.

See also

• National Wrestling Alliance
• NWA World Tag Team Championship
• American Wrestling Association
• AWA World Tag Team Championship

References

1. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.