IPWA Tag Team Championship
The IPWA Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in the Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champions were Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson), who defeated the American Patriot and Kevin Dillon in Manassas, Virginia on October 10, 1995 to become the first IPWA Tag Team Champions.
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Promotion | Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||||
Date established | October 9, 1995 | ||||||||||||
Date retired | 2001 | ||||||||||||
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There were six officially recognized champions with Death & Destruction winning the championship a record three-times. They also held the record for longest-reigning champions at 292 days. Several notable tag teams wrestled for the championship during its near six-year history with former champions including Darkside (Glen Osbourne and Rockin' Rebel), The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher), and Steve Corino and Adam Flash.
Title history
# | Order in reign history |
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
Event | The event in which the title was won |
— | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
+ | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
Names
Name | Years |
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IPWA Tag Team Championship | 1995 — 2001 |
Reigns
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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1 | Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) | 1 | October 9, 1995 | 292 | Manassas, Virginia | IPWA Debut Show (1995) | Death & Destruction defeated American Patriot and Kevin Dillon to become the first IPWA Tag Team Champion. | [1] |
2 | The Fraternity (Brian Perry and Sean Powers) | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | [2] | |
3 | Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) | 2 | March 9, 1996 | N/A | Alexandria, Virginia | Live event | [2][3] | |
4 | Darkside (Glen Osbourne and Rockin' Rebel) | 1 | July 27, 1996 | N/A | Alexandria, Virginia | Live event | This was a "champions vs. champions" match. As a result of their victory, Darkside held both the IPWA and MEWF Tag Team Championships. | [1] |
5 | The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) | 2 | 1996 | N/A | N/A | N/A | [3][4][5] | |
6 | Lethal Weapon (Steve Corino and Adam Flash) | 1 | January 19, 1997 | 62 | Washington, Pennsylvania | Live event | [1][3][4][5] | |
7 | Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) | 3 | March 22, 1997 | N/A | Kinston, North Carolina | Live event | [1][3][4][5][6] | |
— | Vacated | — | May 1997 | — | N/A | N/A | [1][3][4][5] | |
8 | Jimmy Cicero and Cueball Carmichael | 1 | September 2, 1998 | 129 | Richmond, Virginia | Live event | Jimmy Cicero and Cueball Carmichael defeated Shorty Smalls and "Big" Dan Rage to win the vacant championship. | [1][3][4][5] |
9 | Big Slam and Chris Stephenson | 1 | January 9, 1999 | 14 | Chincoteague, Virginia | Live event | [1][3][4][5][7] | |
10 | Jimmy Cicero and Cueball Carmichael | 2 | January 23, 1999 | N/A | Woodbridge, Virginia | Live event | [1][3][4][5] | |
— | Deactivated | — | 2001 | — | N/A | N/A | The IPWA ceases promoting events and closes in the spring of 2001. |
List of combined reigns
<1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. |
Rank[N 1] | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) | 3 | 292+ |
2 | Jimmy Cicero and Cueball Carmichael | 2 | 129+ |
3 | Steve Corino and Adam Flash) | 1 | 62 |
4 | Big Slam and Chris Stephenson) | 1 | 14 |
Footnotes
- Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
References
- Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- DiMuzio, Michael J. "Arena Reports: Virginia - IPWA at Secret Cove Sports Arena." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. August 1996: 61+.
- Westcott, Brian (1998). "IPWA Tag Team Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
- "IPWA Tag Team Title". Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance. WrestlingData.com. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- "IPWA Tag Team Championship". Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance. Cagematch.de. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- Watkins, Marcus. "Arena Reports: North Carolina - IPWA at Lenoir High School." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. August 1997: 74+.
- Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (1999). "IPWA Results - 9 January, 1999". Results. ITSCwrestling.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2000. Retrieved November 10, 2011.