# NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship

The NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship was a secondary tag team title promoted as the name indicates mainly in the Tennessee region from 1967 until 1977, first by Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling and occasionally NWA Mid-America from 1967 to 1974 then by its successor Southeast Championship Wrestling from 1974 to 1977 when it was abandoned. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen wrestler "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.

## Title history

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Lester Welch and Buddy Fuller | October 24, 1967 | Mid-Am Show | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | Won a tournament to become the first Tennessee Tag Team Champions. | |
| 2 | Mario Galento and Alex Perez | November 7, 1967 | Mid-Am Show | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 148 | | |
| 3 | Frank Dalton and Jack Dalton | April 3, 1968 | Mid-Am Show | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Les Thatcher and Dennis Hall | 1969 | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Ron and Don Wright | June 1969 (NLT) | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Les Thatcher (2) and Whitey Caldwell | June 20, 1969 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 49 | | |
| 6.5 | vacated | August 8, 1969 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Titles held up following a match against Ron and Don Wright | |
| 7 | Ron and Don Wright | August 15, 1969 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 70 | Wins Rematch | |
| 8 | Don Greene and Johnny Walker | October 24, 1969 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 8 | | |
| — | Vacated | November 8, 1969 | — | — | — | — | Vacant when Walker is under contract to tour Japan | |
| 9 | Les Thatcher (3) and Whitey Caldwell | November 29, 1969 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 20 | Defeats The Spoilers in a tournament final | |
| 10 | Frank Morrell and Tony Russo | December 19, 1969 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 28 | | |
| 11 | Whitey Caldwell (3) and Johnny Walker (2) | January 16, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 6 | | |
| 12 | The Spoilers (Spoiler #1 and #Spoiler 2) | January 22, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 1 | 15 | Defeat Ron and Don Wright for the titles | |
| 13 | Ron and Don Wright | February 6, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | | 3 | 63 | Ron and Don Wright became co-champions with The Avengers after their match on March 13, 1970 with two referees ending in a split decision | |
| 14 | The Avengers (Avenger #1 and Avenger #2) | April 10, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | Defeat Ron and Don Wright to become the undisputed champions | |
| 15 | Ron Wright (4) and Frank Morrell (2) | May 17, 1970 NLT | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | | |
| 16 | Whitey Caldwell (4) and Frankie Cain | June 5, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 28 | | |
| 17 | Ron Wright (5) and Frank Morrell (3) | July 3, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | | | |
| 18 | Les Thatcher (4) and Whitey Caldwell (5) | November 13, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 3 | | | |
| 19 | The Heavenly Bodies (Don (2) and Al Greene) | December 23, 1970 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | | Billed as having "defeated the Scott brothers Wednesday at Jackson" (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 70/12/27); the actual Jackson card has the Greenes facing Tojo Yamamoto and Jerry Jarrett for Southern Title. | |
| 20 | Ron Wright (6) and Don Wright | January 8, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 4 | | | |
| 21 | The Untouchables (Karl Von Stroheim and Frank Martinez) | May 2, 1971 NLT | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | | | |
| 21 | Len Rossi and Bearcat Brown | June 4, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 56 | | |
| 22 | Ron Wright (7) and Don Wright | July 30, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 5 | 35 | Ron defeated Rossi on July 16 for one half of the titles and Don defeated Brown on July 30 for the other half of the titles | |
| 23 | The Alaskans | September 3, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | | |
| 24 | Ron Wright (8) and Whitey Caldwell (6) | September 17, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 35 | | |
| 25 | Whitey Caldwell (7) and Bearcat Brown (2) | October 8, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | Defeat Ron and Don Wright after Wright and Caldwell split up | |
| — | Vacated | October 15, 1971 | — | — | — | — | Vacant following a match against The Von Brauners | |
| 26 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) | October 22, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | Wins rematch | |
| 27 | The Avengers (Avenger #1 and Avenger #2) | November 12, 1971 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 70 | | |
| 28 | The Heavenly Bodies (Don (3) and Al Greene) | January 21, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 35 | | |
| 29 | Ron Wright (9) and Jack Donovan | February 25, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 63 | | |
| 30 | Robert Fuller and Roy Lee Welch | April 28, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | | | |
| 31 | The Heavenly Bodies (Don (4) and Al Greene) | May 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 3 | | | |
| 32 | The Australians (Larry O'Day and Ron Miller) | May 19, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | | |
| 32 | Ron Wright (10) and Jack Donovan | June 2, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 14 | | |
| — | Vacated | June 16, 1972 | — | — | — | — | Vacant after Donovan turned on Wright in a tag match between Ron and Don Wright and Jack Donovan vs. Whitey Caldwell, Larry O'Day, and Ron Miller | |
| 33 | Ron Wright (11) and Don Wright | June 30, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 6 | 1 | Defeated Jack Donovan and Whitey Caldwell | |
| 34 | Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert | July 1, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 1 | 14 | | |
| 35 | Ron Wright (12) and Don Wright | July 15, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 7 | 7 | | |
| 36 | Sputnik Monroe and Tommy Gilbert | July 22, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 2 | 7 | | |
| 37 | Ron Wright (13) and Don Wright | July 29, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 8 | | | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from July 29, 1972 to October 4, 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 29, 1972 to October 4, 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 29, 1972 to October 4, 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 29, 1972 to October 4, 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 29, 1972 to October 4, 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 29, 1972 to October 4, 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 29, 1972 to October 4, 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 29, 1972 to October 4, 1972. |
| 38 | Don Wright (9) and Sam Bass | October 4, 1972 NLT | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | | |
| 39 | Jerry Lawler and Jim White | November 10, 1972 NLT | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | | |
| 40 | Tommy Gilbert (3) and Bearcat Brown (3) | December 8, 1972 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 28 | | |
| 41 | Ron Wright (14) and Don Wright (10) | January 5, 1973 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 9 | 7 | | |
| 42 | Tommy Gilbert (4) and Ed Wolfe | January 12, 1973 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | | | |
| 43 | Ron Wright (15) and Don Wright (11) | March 24, 1973 NLT | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 10 | | | |
| 44 | The Continental Warriors (Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente) | May 1973 NLT | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | | |
| 45 | Ron Wright (16) and Don Wright (12) | July 1973 NLT | Mid-Am Show | | 11 | | | |
| 46 | The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell (4) and Eddie Sullivan) | November 2, 1973 NLT | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | | |
| 47 | Mike Paidousis and Rocky Smith | November 5, 1973 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | | | |
| 48 | Frank Monte and Nick deCarlo | March 3, 1974 NLT | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | | |
| 49 | The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell (5) and Eddie Sullivan) | March 8, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 14 | | |
| 50 | Don Greene (5) and Dennis Hall (4) | March 22, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | | Defeated the Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jerry Novak) to win the championship | |
| 51 | The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell (6) and Eddie Sullivan) | April 12, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | | 3 | | Mighty Yankees and Don Greene and Steve Kovacs became co-champions on April 19 after a double pin | |
| 52 | Don Greene (6) and Steve Kovacs | April 26, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | | |
| 53 | The Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jacob Novak) | May 3, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 49 | | |
| 54 | Steve Kovacs (2) and Jimmy Kent | June 21, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 35 | | |
| 55 | Ron Wright (17) and Don Wright (13) | July 26, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 12 | | | |
| 56 | The Bounty Hunters (David Novak and Jacob Novak) | August 11, 1974 NLT | Mid-Am Show | | 2 | 40 | | |
| 57 | Ron Wright (18) and Don Wright (14) | September 20, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | | 13 | 35 | | |
| 58 | Ron and Terry Garvin | October 25, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | | |
| 59 | Ron Wright (19) and Tommy Gilbert (4) | November 15, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | | |
| 60 | Dutch Mantell and John Foley | December 6, 1974 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 35 | | |
| 61 | Les Thatcher (5) and Nelson Royal | January 10, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 35 | | |
| 62 | Dutch Mantell and John Foley | February 14, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 37 | | |
| 63 | Les Thatcher (6) and Nelson Royal | March 23, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | | | |
| 64 | Ron and Don Bass | April 1975 | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | | |
| 65 | Ron Wright (20) and Nelson Royal | April 1975 | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | | |
| 66 | Ron and Don Bass | May 1975 | Mid-Am Show | | 2 | | | |
| 67 | Jerry Jarrett and George Gulas | May 7, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | | Defeated Ron and Don Wright to win the champiohnship | |
| 68 | Jimmy Golden (2) and Ricky Gibson | May 31, 1975 NLT | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | | | |
| 69 | Ron Fuller and The Assassin | June 27, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 49 | | |
| 70 | The Assassin (2) and Rock Hunter | August 15, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | Assassin defeated Fuller for control of the titles and selected Rock Hunter as his new partner | |
| 71 | Ron (21) and Don Wright (15) | September 1975 NLT | Mid-Am Show | | 14 | | | |
| 72 | The Assassin (3) and Rock Hunter | October 3, 1975 | Mid-Am Show | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | | | |
| 40 | Norvell Austin and Butch Malone | December 27, 1975 NLT | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from December 27, 1975 to April 1977. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 27, 1975 to April 1977. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 27, 1975 to April 1977. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 27, 1975 to April 1977. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 27, 1975 to April 1977. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 27, 1975 to April 1977. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 27, 1975 to April 1977. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 27, 1975 to April 1977. |
| 41 | Danny Little Bear and Chief Thundercloud | April 1977 NLT | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | | |
| 42 | Luke Graham and Ripper Collins | May 2, 1977 | Mid-Am Show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | | | |
| 43 | Don Greene (2) and Joey Rossi | May 1977 NLT | Mid-Am Show | | 1 | | | |
| — | Deactivated | 1977 | — | — | — | — | The Championship was abandoned. | |