Promotion NWA All-Star Wrestling Date retired December 1967 | Date established June 1966 | |
First champion(s) Tony Borne and John Tolos Most reigns As a team: Don Jardine and Dutch Savage/John and Chris Tolos (2 reigns)
Individual: John Tolos (3 reigns) Longest reign John and Chris Tolos (203 days) | ||
The Vancouver version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship for two-man teams that was used by NWA All-Star Wrestling from 1966 to 1967. When the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was created in 1948 the Board of Directors decided to allow each NWA member to create their own local version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead 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.
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The first team to hold the championship was the Tolos brothers (Chris Tolos and John Tolos). Records indicate that they were presented as champions in June 1966, but records are unclear on how they won the belts. The title was only used for just over a year before being abandoned in favor of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship. The Tolos brothers and the team of Don Jardine and Dutch Savage were the only teams to hold the championship twice and John Tolos the only wrestler to hold the championship three times. The Tolos brothers second reign, from March 13 to October 3, 1967 is the longest at 203 days. Don Leo Jonathan and Dominic DeNucci held the title for just 21 days, the shortest confirmed reign of any champion.