FWA Tag Team Championship

The Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA) Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship contested for in the British Frontier Wrestling Alliance promotion. The title was only contestable by male tag teams and in tag team matches. Being a professional wrestling championship, it was not won legitimately; it was instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. The title was active between March 2000 and December 2006, just before the company folded in March 2007.

FWA Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionFrontier Wrestling Alliance
Date establishedMarch 24, 2000
Date retiredDecember 19, 2006

The championship has been known as:

  • FWA Tag Team Championship (March 2000 – October 2002)
  • FWA British Tag Team Championship (October 2002 – December 2006)

History
Family member Paul Travell wearing the Tag Team Championship belt.

After the promotion's national expansion in 1999, there was some interest in tag team matches including large-teamed elimination tag team matches as well as traditional two-on-two contests.[1][2] At March 2000's Urban Legends a two-round tournament was held to inaugurate the FWA Tag Team Championship with The New Breed (Ashe and Curve) defeating Jorge Castano and Scottie Rock in the finals.[2] The final champions, Stixx & Stone (Stixx and Martin Stone), defended their titles less regularly than previous champions[3] resulting in them being stripped of their titles.[4] Before new champions could be crowned, the FWA lost in an interpromotional rivalry with International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom (IPW:UK) and had to close as a result. FWA's spiritual successor, XWA, originally promised to revive the Tag Team Championship but presently the belts remain inactive.[5]

As well as being the first champions, The New Breed were also the first team to win the belt twice while member Ashe would later join The Family, a large faction that defended the title under the Freebird Rule which allowed any two members to defend the belts. The Family won the titles more than any other team with three wins, giving Ashe, who also won the championship twice with The New Breed, a total of five reigns individually. The Family, in their rivalry with Alex Shane and Ulf Herman, had a number of matches where the championship was contested under a variety of hardcore rules.[6]

Tournament

The tournament brackets at Urban Legends were:

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Jorge Castano and Scottie RockPin
 
 
 
Mark Sloan and Paul Travell[2]
 
The New BreedPin
 
 
 
Jorge Castano and Scottie Rock[2]
 
The New BreedCO
 
 
Alex Shane and Guy Thunder[2]
 

Title history
No. Wrestlers Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1
 The New Breed
(Ashe and Curve)
1
 March 24, 2000 421 Barking, Essex Urban Legends Defeated Jorge Castano and Scottie Rock in a tournament final [2]
2
 La Familia
(Jorge Castano and Alex Castano)
1
 May 19, 2001 105 Portsmouth, Hampshire High Potential [7]
3
 The New Breed
(Ashe and Curve)
2
 September 1, 2001 153 Harrow, London Trick or Treat [7]
4
 Drew McDonald and Ulf Herman
1
 February 1, 2002 49 Broxbourne, Hertfordshire Crunch [8]
-
 Vacant
1
 March 22, 2002 Walthamstow, London Urban Legends Vacated when Ulf Herman no-shows an event [4]
5
 UK Pitbulls
(Big Dave and Bulk)
1
 March 22, 2002 217 Walthamstow, London Urban Legends Defeated beat Chris Justice and James Tighe, The Duke of Danger and Kruiz, Hade Vansen and Nikita, La Familia (Jorge Castano and Alex Castano) and The New Breed (Ashe and Curve) in a Gauntlet Match [8]
6
 Alex Shane and Ulf Herman (2)
1
 October 25, 2002 142 Walthamstow, London London Calling [8]
7
 The Family
(Paul Travell, Raj Ghosh, Scott Parker, Brandon Thomas, Ashe (3), and Ian DaCyple)
1
 March 16, 2003 42 Broxbourne, Hertfordshire Crunch Paul Travell and Scott Parker defeated Shane and Herman; The Family defends the title under The Freebird Rule [4][6]
8
 Alex Shane and Ulf Herman (3)
2
 April 27, 2003 1 Portsmouth, Hampshire Live event [6]
9
 The Family
(Paul Travell, Raj Ghosh, Scott Parker, Brandon Thomas, Ashe (4), and Ian DaCyple)
2
 April 28, 2003 97 Newport, Wales Live event [6]
10
 Alex Shane (3) and Stevie Knight
1
 August 2, 2003 2 Morecambe, Lancashire Live event [6]
11
 The Family
(Paul Travell, Raj Ghosh, Scott Parker, Brandon Thomas, Ashe (5), and Ian DaCyple)
3
 August 4, 2003 356 Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire Live event [6]
12
 Hampton Court
(Duke of Danger and Andy Simmons)
1
 July 25, 2004 328 Broxbourne, Hertfordshire Vendetta [9]
13
 Stixx & Stone
(Stixx and Martin Stone)
1
 June 18, 2005 549 Morecambe, Lancashire NOAH Limits [10]
-
 Vacant
2
 December 19, 2006 Worcester, Worcestershire FWA Live in Worcester Vacated when Stone is unable to make a mandatory title defence [3][4]

See also

References
  1. "FWA results 1999". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  2. "FWA results 2000". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  3. "FWA results 2006". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  4. "Frontier Wrestling Alliance British Tag Team Title". Wrestling Titles. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  5. "XWA - The legend lives on". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on May 31, 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  6. "FWA results 2003". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  7. "FWA results 2001". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  8. "FWA results 2002". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  9. "FWA results 2004". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  10. "FWA results 2005". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
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