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The Chicago version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Chicago-based Fred Kohler Enterprises, a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The championship was for two-man tag teams only. While the NWA Board of Directors mandated that there would only be one NWA World Heavyweight Championship, they did not regulate the use of championships labeled "NWA World Tag Team Championship", allowing any member that so desired to create their own local version. As a result, as many as 13 different, regional versions were active in 1957, the highest number of active NWA World Tag Team Championships in existence at the same time.

The championship was introduced in 1953 when the promoters awarded the championship to Lord James Blears and Lord Athol Layton. The championship was promoted from 1953 until 1960 when Fred Kohler left the NWA to help form the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and thus the AWA World Tag Team Championship became the top tag team championship in the Chicago area. The Chicago promotion would later be bought by Dick Afflis, who merged it with his Indianapolis-based territory. The last NWA World Tag Team Championship was won by the Shires brothers, Roy and Ray, on April 9, 1960. The Volkoffs, Boris and Nicoli, held the championship four times, the record for the Chicago version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. Art Neilson and Reggie Lisowski held the championship for 371 days, the longest individual reign in the championship's seven-year history. Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively, but instead determined by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.

Title history

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Team reigns by combined length

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Individual reigns by combined length

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See also

• National Wrestling Alliance
• NWA World Tag Team Championship

Footnotes

1. Several reigns have unknown length, it is impossible to determine who had the shortest
2. The exact date Blears and Layton were awarded the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 205 days.
3. The exact date the Sharp brothers left the company is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 75 days.
4. The exact date Melby and Darnell were awarded the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 43 days.
5. ^ The location of the match was not captured as part of the documentation.
6. The exact date O'Connor and McClarity lost the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 319 and 325 days.
7. The exact date Brunetti and Tangara won the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 17 days.
8. The exact date Dibiase and Plechas won the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 12 and 42 days.
9. The exact date the championship was is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 246 days.
10. The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 21 days.
11. The exact date The Volkoffs lost the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 7 and 20 days.
12. The exact date the Lisowskis lost the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 15 days.
13. The exact date Gagne and Carpentier lost the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 7 and 34 days.
14. The exact date the Volkoffs won the championship is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 1 day and 29 days.
15. The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 47 and 263 days.
16. The exact date the championship was abandoned is unknown, which means their reign lasted between 114 and 144 days.

Concurrent championships

Sources for 13 simultaneous NWA World Tag Team Championships

• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Central States version)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago version)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Buffalo Athletic Club version)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Iowa/Nebraska version)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Indianapolis version)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Salt Lake Wrestling Club version)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Amarillo version)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)

References

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28. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Texas: NWA World Tag Team Title ". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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30. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "(Memphis, Nashville) Tennessee: NWA World Tag Team Title ". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
31. "National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Title [Mid-America]". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved February 21, 2017.

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