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| IWA World Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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 The Unified Puerto Rico Tag Team Championship as held by Dennis Rivera and Noel Rodríguez; the WWC World Tag Team Championship belts (left) and IWA World Tag Team Championship belts (right). | |||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
| Date established | January 6, 2000 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | La Industria (El Cuervo & Justin Cotto) | ||||||||||
| Date won | December 6, 2023 | ||||||||||
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The IWA World Tag Team Championship is a Tag Team Championship defended in Puerto Rico.The titles were first introduced in the first incarnation of the International Wrestling Association, where they are defended. They also made a brief appearance in the World Wrestling League (WWL) during 2018. It was introduced on January 6, 2000.
In 2021, Fernando Tonos and Manny Ferno created La Alianza IWE with the intention of completing a hostile takeover on behalf of International Wrestling Entertainment. Members of the stable won all of the IWA-PR titles. In response, general manager Chicky Starr and Savio Vega introduced parallel titles for each division in March 2022. While the storyline continued, there two sets of belts were contested independently of each other, with the originals being referenced to as the "IWE World Tag Team Championship".
History
In early 2015, while Vega was part of La Radio PR's "Más Allá del Ring" show, the title belts made appearances as part of the studio's decore along the Undisputed World Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships
On May 19, 2018 it was reintroduced by Savio Vega as part of the main angle of WWL Golpe de Estado 2018, in which he led a group that intended to convert the WWL into the second incarnation of the IWA. At the event, Los Dueños de la Malicia carried the titles with them. However, after Golpe de Estado Dennis Rivera announced his retirement due to a legitimate knee injury. The titles made an appearance in an event sponsored by the municipal administration of Naranjito afterwards, but their status was not touched upon.
On July 20, 2018, a relaunch of IWA's Florida spinoff was also announced, along a tournament to fill the vacancies for the Undisputed World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships.[1] However, with the relaunch of the IWA's main branch at Puerto Rico, the spinoff received its own titles.
In November 2019, one of the belts was carried by JC Navarro at Caution Wrestling Federation’s Aniversario event in Mexico. He did the same at Colombian Pro Wrestling’s Indy Circuit event, held on December 14, 2019.
Revival (2019)
After IWA-PR resumed operations in 2018, a tournament to fill the vacancy was announced on February 22, 2019 as part of Revelaciones. The participating teams were West Side Mafia, Thunder & Lightning, Legio and The Drunken Xpress. The eliminatories were set to begin at Sangre x Sangre in March. The first two teams clashed prior to its start, with Thunder and Lightning securing a first-round bye with a win over the West Side Mafia.
Tournament
| Sangre x Sangre
(03/30 Cataño) | Vendetta
(04/06 Dorado) | Promised Land
(05/18 Mayaguez) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Puro Macho
(Kris Diaz and JC Navarro) | W | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Los Boricuas
(Miguel Pérez Jr. and Huracan Castillo.) | |||||||||||||
| Puro Macho
(Kris Diaz and JC Navarro) | W | |||||||||||||
| West Side Mafia
(Morgan and Tabu) | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | West Side Mafia
(Morgan and Tabu) | W | ||||||||||||
| 5 | The Drunken Express
(Excellent Mantell and Pupe Jackson) | |||||||||||||
| Puro Macho
(Kris Diaz and JC Navarro) | W | |||||||||||||
| Legio
(Spectro and Vassago) | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Legio
(Spectro and Vassago) | BYE | ||||||||||||
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Legio
(Spectro and Vassago) | W | |||||||||||||
| La Artilleria Pesada
(Thunder and Lightning) | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | La Artilleria Pesada
(Thunder and Lightning) | BYE | ||||||||||||
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
Title history
Reigns
Highlights in bold denotes after Juicio Final 2022 each division have 2 champions due by the controversy between IWA and IWE, in which the latter took control of the old titles forcing IWA to create new titles in each division
| No. | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Val Venis and Ricky Santana | 1 | January 6, 2000 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua (2000) | Defeated the Head Bangers and Huracán Castillo Jr. and Savio Vega in a three way dance tournament final. | [2] |
| 2 | Ricky Santana (2) and Sean Hill | 1 | March 2, 2000 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Hill replaced Venis due to an injury. | ||
| 3 | Los Boricuas (Huracan Castillo (1) and Miguel Perez (1)) |
1 | March 9, 2000 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Made a team with Savio Vega to defeat Ricky Santana, Sean Hill and Fidel Sierra in a six man tag team match. | [3] |
| 4 | Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr (1) and Victor The Bodyguard (1)) |
1 | April 28, 2000 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | IWA One Night Only | Huracan and Miguel were part of Stable "Los Intocables" at this time. Savio Vega was the special referee. | [4] |
| 5 | La Nueva Generación (Ricky Banderas and Gran Apolo) |
1 | May 7, 2000 | Moca, Puerto Rico | |||
| 6 | Club WWF (Andy Anderson (1) and Steve Bradley (1)) |
1 | June 3, 2000 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | |||
| 7 | Andy Anderson (2) and Headhunter II | 1 | June 4, 2000 | Headhunter II replaced Steve Bradley when was called by WWE. | |||
| 8 | Club WWF (Andy Anderson (3) and Steve Bradley (2)) |
2 | June 11, 2000 | Bradley returned from WWF and regained the Tag Team Championship | |||
| 9 | La Nueva Generación (Ricky Banderas (2) and Gran Apolo (2)) |
2 | June 16, 2000 | Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico | This was a 4-way match also including The Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr and Victor The Bodyguard) and Sexy and Sensual (Sean Hill and Andrés Borges) in 4-way match. | ||
| 10 | Club WWF (Andy Anderson (4) and Steve Bradley (3)) |
3 | June 17, 2000 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | |||
| 11 | Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr (2) and Victor The Bodyguard (2)) |
2 | July 7, 2000 | Manati, Puerto Rico | |||
| — | Vacated | — | July 29, 2000 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | Title was vacated after a match between La Nueva Generación and Starr Corporation. | ||
| 12 | La Nueva Generación (Ricky Banderas (3) and Gran Apolo (3)) |
3 | August 5, 2000 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Ricky Banderas named a new partner, Miguelito Pérez, on August 6 after he turned on Nuevo Gran Apolo. | [5] |
| 13 | Los Intocables (Ricky Banderas (4) and Huracán Castillo (2) and Miguel Pérez (2) and Fidel Sierra (1) and Pain (1)) |
1 | August 6, 2000 | On August 13 any combination of Los Intocables were qualified to defend the titles and later Fidel Sierra was added on August 20, 2000 in Lares, Puerto Rico (but Sierra was no longer with IWA). | |||
| 14 | Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr (3) and Victor The Bodyguard (3)) |
3 | September 30, 2000 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | Defeated Pain and Miguel Pérez, Jr. | ||
| 15 | SOS (Andy Anderson (5) and Vyzago (1)) |
1 | November 11, 2000 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | |||
| 16 | Miguel Pérez Jr. (3) and Gran Apolo (4) | 1 | February 24, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Stipulation was that if Perez and Apolo lost they couldn't be a team anymore. | ||
| 17 | Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr (4) and Victor The Bodyguard (4)) |
4 | March 23, 2001 | Arecibo, Puerto Rico | Defeated Nuevo Gran Apolo in a handicap match when Miguel Pérez no showed. | [6] | |
| 18 | D'Lo Brown (1) and Glamour Boy Shane (1) | 1 | May 27, 2001 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated Los Boricuas (Miguel Perez and Huracan Castillo) and Starr Corporation in a 3-way match. | [7] |
| 19 | Los Boricuas (Miguel Pérez, Jr. (4) and Huracán Castillo, Jr. (3)) |
3 | June 23, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated Pete Gas and Chaz and Shane and D-Lo Brown in a 3-way match. | [8] |
| 20 | The New Corporation (Big Ross McCollough and Tiger Ali Singh) |
1 | August 11, 2001 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [9] | |
| 21 | The New Corporation (Faraón Zaruxx and Agente Bruno) |
1 | September 1, 2001 | Gurabo, Puerto Rico | They wrestled Tiger Ali Singh and Big Russ McCollough on a tag team match but since they were all member of the NEW CORPORATION, they faked the match. Then Savio ordered the match to be a Title match adding Los Boricuas. At the end Russ was knocked out and then Castillo hit Zaruxx with the bell, Zaruxx landed over Russ and Castillo came to pin both. Savio ruled that since Zaruxx was pinning Russ, Zaruxx and Bruno won the Tag Team Titles. | ||
| 22 | Los Boricuas (Miguel Pérez, Jr. (5) and Huracán Castillo, Jr. (4)) |
4 | September 29, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||
| 23 | The New Corporation (Pain (2) and Tiger Ali Singh (2)) |
1 | November 24, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [10] | |
| 24 | The New Corporation (Pain (3) and "Primetime" Ángel Rodríguez) (1) |
1 | December 8, 2001 | Orocovis, Puerto Rico | "Primetime" Ángel Rodríguez replaced Tiger Ali Singh. | ||
| 25 | Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr (5) and Victor The Bodyguard (5)) |
5 | December 8, 2001 | Orocovis, Puerto Rico | |||
| 26 | Hermanos del Dolor (Glamour Boy Shane (2) and Ricky Banderas (5)) |
1 | April 5, 2002 | Manatí, Puerto Rico | |||
| 27 | Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr (6) and Victor The Bodyguard (6)) |
6 | April 13, 2002 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Shane no showed under a deportation stipulation (in reality he was headed to Japan). | ||
| 28 | Los Boricuas (Miguel Pérez, Jr. (6) and Huracán Castillo, Jr. (5)) |
5 | July 21, 2002 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [11] | |
| 29 | Los Boricuas Auténticos (Savio Vega and Miguel Pérez (7)) |
1 | October 20, 2002 | Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico | Miguel Pérez defeated Huracán Castillo in a No DQ match to win control of the tag team titles at the Antonio Barcelo Coliseum on September 21, 2002 at Toa Baja, PR. later Pérez picked Savio Vega to be his new tag team partner. | ||
| 30 | Abyss and Miguel Pérez (8) | 1 | January 6, 2003 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua (2003) | Abyss replaced Savio Vega. | [12] |
| 31 | Eric Alexander and Andy Anderson (6) | 1 | January 19, 2003 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [13] | |
| — | Vacated | — | March 15, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Savio Vega stripped the IWA Tag Team Titles after Eric Alexander failure to defend the title for 30 days due to his injury. | ||
| 32 | Abyss (2) and Miguel Pérez (9) | 2 | March 15, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Title returned back by the IWA general manager Savio Vega. | ||
| 33 | Glamour Boy Shane (3) and Abyss (3) | 1 | May 17, 2003 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | In a match between former tag team partners, Abyss (1/2 of the Tag Team of the promotion) defeated Miguel Perez (1/2 of the tag team) to win the total control of the title, after Shane interfered. Abyss handed him the other belt, so new tag team champions were Shane and Abyss. | [14] |
| 34 | Los Desertores (Miguel Pérez, Jr. (10) and Slash Venom) |
1 | May 31, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||
| 35 | Eric Alexander (2) and Craven | 1 | June 28, 2003 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | |||
| — | Vacated | — | July 5, 2003 | After the match between Miguel Pérez, Jr. and Slash Venom and Eric Alexander and Craven. | |||
| 36 | Eric Alexander (3) and Craven (2) | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=IWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship