Date established January 1967 | Date retired 1989 | |
Promotion NWA Big Time Wrestling
World Class Championship Wrestling
World Class Wrestling Association First champion(s) The Internationals (Al Costello and Karl Von Brauner) Most reigns Kevin and Kerry Von Erich (5 reigns)
(as individual) Kerry Von Erich (10 reigns) Longest reign The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes) (173 days) | ||
The WCWA World Tag Team Championship was the major tag team title in World Class Championship Wrestling. It started out as the NWA American Tag Team Championship in 1966 when the promotion was known as NWA Big Time Wrestling. Big Time Wrestling became World Class Championship Wrestling in 1981, and the title was then also referred to as the WCCW American Tag Team Championship, with the two names used interchangeably, as WCCW was a still a member of the National Wrestling Alliance. In 1986, WCCW left the NWA and became the World Class Wrestling Association, and the title was renamed the WCWA World Tag Team Championship. In late 1989, the title were renamed the USWA Tag Team Championship and the WCWA folded shortly after. The title lineage continued on in the United States Wrestling Association.