# NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version)

The Texas version (or East Texas version) of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was the main tag team professional wrestling championship in the Dallas/Houston-based Southwest Sports territory of the National Wrestling Alliance. While the name indicates that it was defended worldwide, this version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was mainly defended in the eastern part of Texas. The championship was created in 1957 and actively promoted by Southwest Sports until 1968, when it was abandoned. The championship was later brought back by the Dallas-based World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) promotion in 1981, and was used until 1982 when WCCW decided to use the NWA American Tag Team Championship as their top tag team championship. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.
The NWA Board of Directors allowed any member of the NWA to create a version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship, which led to as many as 13 identically named championships active in 1957. From 1959 until 1969 there was a second NWA World Tag Team Championship promoted in Texas, referred to as the Amarillo version or the West Texas version; this was later replaced with the NWA Western States Tag Team Championship.
The first championship team was that of Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder, who were awarded the championship in July 1958 by Southwest Sports. The last recorded champions of the Southwest Sports era were Mr. Ito and Chati Yokochi, who won the championship on December 12, 1968, with the championship being abandoned in 1969 or 1970. When the championship was reintroduced in 1981, promoter Fritz Von Erich brought in the team of Hercules Ayala and Ali Mustafa, billing them as champions from a different region to give the championship an air of legitimacy. The last champions were Fritz's son Kerry Von Erich and Al Madril, who won the championship in April 1981. The longest-reigning championship team was Pepper Gomez and Rocky Romero, whose reign in the Southwest Sports era lasted between 274 and 303 days. Due to vague records of the time, the exact number of days that various championship reigns lasted is impossible to determine, as is which team held the championship for the shortest amount of time. The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) hold the record for most reigns as a team, a total of four, while Pepper Gomez and Duke Keomuka both held the championship six times with different partners.

## Title history

Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
| No. | The overall championship reign |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands |
| N/A | The specific information is not known |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| [Note] | Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details |
| No. | Champions | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
| 1 | Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder | 1 | July 1958 | | N/A | N/A | Awarded |
| 2 | Bill Longson and Ike Eakins | 1 | August 1958 | | Texas | House show | |
| 3 | Pepper Gomez and El Medico | 1 | August 22, 1958 | 87 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 4 | The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) | 1 | November 17, 1958 | 14 | Ft. Worth, Texas | House show | |
| 5 | Pepper Gomez (2) and Rito Romero | 1 | December 1, 1958 | | Ft. Worth, Texas | House show | |
| 6 | Duke Keomuka and Mr. Moto | 1 | September 1959 | | Texas | House show | |
| 7 | Pepper Gomez (3) and Ciclone Anaya | 1 | December 8, 1959 | 52 | Dallas, Texas | House show | |
| 8 | Joe Christie and Man Mountain Managoff | 1 | January 29, 1960 | 14 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 9 | Hogan Wharton and Adnon Kaisy | 1 | February 12, 1960 | 49 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 10 | Danny McShain and Joe Christie (2) | 1 | April 1, 1960 | | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 11 | Pepper Gomez (4) and Torbellino Blanco | 1 | May 1960 | | Texas | House show | |
| 12 | Pepper Gomez (5) and Wilbur Snyder | 1 | September 1960 | | N/A | N/A | Blanco gave his half to Snyder |
| 13 | Rito Romero (2) and Dory Dixon | 1 | May 5, 1961 | 21 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 14 | Duke Keomuka (2) and Tony Martin | 1 | May 26, 1961 | 21 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 15 | Pepper Gomez (6) and Dory Dixon (2) | 1 | June 16, 1961 | | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 16 | Dalton Brothers (Jack and Jim Dalton) | 1 | November 1961 | | Texas | House show | |
| 17 | Dory Dixon (3) and Ciclon Negro | 1 | April 27, 1962 | | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 18 | Dalton Brothers (Jack and Jim Dalton) | 2 | 1962 | | Texas | House show | |
| 19 | Kozak Brothers (Nick and Jerry Kozak) | 1 | June 8, 1962 | 70 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 20 | Tarzan Tyler and The Alaskan | 1 | August 17, 1962 | 21 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 21 | Duke Keomuka (3) and Taro Miyake | 1 | September 7, 1962 | 21 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 22 | Mike Clancy and Red McKim | 1 | September 28, 1962 | 14 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 23 | Duke Keomuka (4) and Taro Miyake | 2 | October 12, 1962 | 21 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 24 | Ciclon Negro (2) and Oscar Salazar | 1 | November 2, 1962 | 18 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 25 | Tony Borne and Ivan the Terrible | 1 | November 20, 1962 | 70 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 26 | Bull Curry and Lucas Pertano | 1 | January 29, 1963 | 7 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 27 | Rip Hawk and Rock Hunter | 1 | February 5, 1963 | 44 | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 28 | Kozak Brothers (Nick and Jerry Kozak) | 2 | March 21, 1963 | 135 | Austin, Texas | House show | |
| 29 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner | 1 | July 5, 1963 | | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| 30 | Dalton Brothers (Jack and Jim Dalton) | 3 | August 1963 | | Texas | House show | |
| 31 | Ciclon Negro (3) and Ricki Starr | 1 | August 16, 1963 | | Houston, Texas | House show | |
| — | Inactive | — | 1963 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship not promoted for around two years |
| 32 | Fritz Von Erich and Killer Karl Kox | 1 | June 29, 1965 | | Dallas, Texas | House show | Defeated Eddie Graham and Sam Steamboat to win the championship |
| 33 | Duke Keomuka (5) and Kanji Inoki | 1 | 1965-1966 | | Texas | House show | |
| 34 | The Destroyer and Golden Terror | 1 | February 8, 1966 | 21 | Dallas, Texas | House show | |
| 35 | Fritz Von Erich (2) and Duke Keomuka (6) | 1 | March 1, 1966 | | Dallas, Texas | House show | |
| 36 | The Internationals (Al Costello and Karl Von Brauner (2)) | 1 | November 1966 | | Texas | House show | |
| — | Vacated | — | 1967 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons. |
| 37 | Nick Kozak (3) and Danny Miller | 1 | June 8, 1967 | | Amarillo, Texas | House show | Defeat the Medics to win the championship |
| — | Vacated | — | 1967 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated or undocumented reasons. |
| 38 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner (3)) | 2 | November 15, 1967 | 162 | Texas | House show | Defeat Gory Guerrero and Luis Hernandez |
| 39 | Nick Bockwinkel and Ricky Romero | 1 | April 25, 1968 | 28 | Texas | House show | |
| 40 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner (4)) | 3 | May 23, 1968 | 26 | Amarillo, Texas | House show | |
| 41 | Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk | 1 | June 18, 1968 | 100 | San Angelo, Texas | House show | |
| 42 | The Infernos (Inferno #1 and Inferno #2) | 1 | September 26, 1968 | 21 | Amarillo, Texas | House show | |
| 43 | Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk | 2 | October 17, 1968 | 56 | Amarillo, Texas | House show | |
| 44 | Mr. Ito and Chati Yokouchi | 1 | December 12, 1968 | | Amarillo, Texas | House show | |
| — | Inactive | — | 1969/1970 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship abandoned |
| 45 | Hercules Ayala and Ali Mustafa | 1 | January 1981 | | N/A | BTW Show | Awarded |
| 46 | The Von Erichs David and Kevin Von Erich | 1 | February 1981 | | Dallas, Texas | WCCW Star Wars 1981 | |
| 47 | Great Kabuki and Chang Chung | 1 | 1981 | | Texas | BTW Show | |
| 48 | Kerry Von Erich and Terry Orndorff | 1 | October 1981 | | Dallas, Texas | BTW Show | |
| 49 | Bill Irwin and Frank Dusek | 1 | November 1981 | | N/A | N/A | Awarded |
| 50 | Kerry Von Erich (2) and Al Madril | 1 | December 1981 | | Ft. Worth, Texas | BTW Show | |
| 51 | Bill Irwin (2) and Bugsy McGraw | 1 | April 1982 | | Lawton, Oklahoma | WCCW Show | |
| 52 | Kerry Von Erich (3) and Al Madril | 2 | April 1982 | | Ft. Worth, Texas | WCCW Show | |
| — | Retired | — | 1982 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship abandoned by WCCW. |

## Team reigns by combined length

Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | Pepper Gomezand Rito Romero | 1 | 274¤ |
| 2 | Fritz Von Erich and Duke Keomuka | 1 | 245¤ |
| 3 | Pepper Gomez and Wilbur Snyder | 1 | 217¤ |
| 4 | The Von Brauners | 4 | 216 |
| 5 | The Kozak Brothers | 2 | 205 |
| 6 | Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk | 2 | 156 |
| 7 | The Dalton Brothers | 3 | 150¤ |
| 8 | Pepper Gomez and Dory Dixon | 1 | 130¤ |
| 9 | Pepper Gomez and Torbelino Blanco | 1 | 93¤ |
| 10 | Pepper Gomez and El Medico | 1 | 87 |
| 11 | Tony Borne and Ivan the Terrible | 1 | 70 |
| 12 | Duke Keomuka and Mr. Moto | 1 | 69¤ |
| 13 | Kerry Von Erich and Al Madril | 2 | 62¤ |
| 14 | Pepper Gomez and Ciclone Anaya | 1 | 52 |
| 15 | Hogan Wharton and Adnon Kaisy | 1 | 49 |
| 16 | Rip Hawk and Rock Hunter | 1 | 44 |
| 17 | Duke Keomuka and Taro Miyake | 2 | 42 |
| 18 | The Internationals | 1 | 32¤ |
| 19 | Danny McShain and Joe Christie | 1 | 30¤ |
| 20 | Nick Bockwinkel and Ricky Romero | 1 | 28 |
| 21 | Duke Keomuka and Tony Martin | 1 | 21 |
| Rito Romero and Dory Dixon | 1 | 21 |
| Tarzan Tyler and The Alaskan | 1 | 21 |
| The Destroyer and Golden Terror | 1 | 21 |
| The Infernos | 1 | 21 |
| 26 | Ciclon Negro and Oscar Salazar | 1 | 18 |
| 27 | Joe Christie and Man Mountain Managoff | 1 | 14 |
| 27 | Mike Clancy and Red McKim | 1 | 14 |
| 27 | The Fabulous Kangaroos | 1 | 14 |
| 30 | Bull and Lucas Pertano | 1 | 7 |
| 31 | Ciclon Negro and Ricki Starr | 1 | 1¤ |
| 31 | Dory Dixon and Ciclon Negro | 1 | 1¤ |
| 31 | Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder | 1 | 1¤ |
| 31 | Great Kabuki and Chang Chung | 1 | 1¤ |
| 31 | Hercules Ayala and Ali Mustafa | 1 | 1¤ |
| 31 | Bill Irwin and Bugsy McGraw | 1 | 1¤ |
| 31 | Bill Irwin and Frank Dusek | 1 | 1¤ |
| 31 | Nick Kozak and Danny Miller | 1 | 1¤ |
| 31 | Bill Longson and Ike Eakins | 1 | 1¤ |
| 31 | Kerry Von Erich and Terry Orndorff | 1 | 1¤ |
| 41 | Mr. Ito and Chati Yokouchi | 1 | ¤ |
| 41 | Duke Keomuka and Kanji Inoki | 1 | ¤ |
| 41 | Fritz Von Erich and Killer Karl Kox | 1 | ¤ |

## Individual reigns by combined length

Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | Pepper Gomez | 6 | 861¤ |
| 2 | Duke Keomuka | 6 | 318¤ |
| 3 | Rito Romero | 2 | 295¤ |
| 4 | Karl Von Brauner | 5 | 248¤ |
| 5 | Fritz Von Erich | 2 | 245¤ |
| 6 | Wilbur Snyder | 2 | 218¤ |
| 7 | Kurt Von Brauner | 4 | 216 |
| 8 | Nick Kozak | 3 | 206¤ |
| 9 | Jerry Kozak | 2 | 205 |
| 10 | Dory Dixon | 3 | 160¤ |
| 11 | Dory Funk Jr. | 2 | 156 |
| 12 | Terry Funk | 2 | 156 |
| 13 | Jack Dalton | 3 | 150¤ |
| 13 | Jim Dalton | 3 | 150¤ |
| 15 | Torbellino Blanco | 1 | 93¤ |
| 16 | El Medico | 1 | 87 |
| 17 | Tony Borne | 1 | 70 |
| 18 | Ivan the Terrible | 1 | 70 |
| 19 | Mr. Moto | 1 | 69¤ |
| 20 | Kerry Von Erich | 3 | 63¤ |
| 21 | Al Madril | 2 | 62¤ |
| 22 | Ciclone Anaya | 1 | 52 |
| 23 | Adnon Kaisy | 1 | 49 |
| 24 | Hogan Wharton | 1 | 49 |
| 25 | Al Costello | 2 | 46¤ |
| 26 | Joe Christie | 2 | 44¤ |
| 26 | Rock Hunter | 1 | 44 |
| 26 | Hawk | 1 | 44 |
| 29 | Taro Miyake | 2 | 42 |
| 30 | Danny McShain | 1 | 30¤ |
| 31 | Nick Bockwinkel | 1 | 28 |
| 31 | Ricky Romero | 1 | 28 |
| 33 | The Alaskan | 1 | 21 |
| 33 | The Destroyer | 1 | 21 |
| 33 | Golden Terror | 1 | 21 |
| 33 | Inferno #1 | 1 | 21 |
| 33 | Inferno #2 | 1 | 21 |
| 33 | Tony Martin | 1 | 21 |
| 33 | Tarzan Tyler | 1 | 21 |
| 40 | Oscar Salazar | 1 | 18 |
| 41 | Mike Clancy | 1 | 14 |
| 41 | Roy Heffernan | 1 | 14 |
| 41 | Man Mountain Managoff | 1 | 14 |
| 41 | Red McKim | 1 | 14 |
| 45 | Bull Pertano | 1 | 7 |
| 45 | Lucas Pertano | 1 | 7 |
| 47 | Ciclon Negro | 3 | 3¤ |
| 48 | Bill Irwin | 2 | 2¤ |
| 49 | Chang Chung | 1 | 1¤ |
| 49 | Frank Dusek | 1 | 1¤ |
| 49 | Ike Eakins | 1 | 1¤ |
| 49 | Verne Gagne | 1 | 1¤ |
| 49 | Great Kabuki | 1 | 1¤ |
| 49 | Hercules Ayala | 1 | 1¤ |
| 49 | Bill Longson | 1 | 1¤ |
| 49 | Bugsy McGraw | 1 | 1¤ |
| 49 | Danny Miller | 1 | 1¤ |
| 49 | Ali Mustafa | 1 | 1¤ |
| 49 | Terry Orndorff | 1 | 1¤ |
| 49 | Ricki Starr | 1 | 1¤ |
| 61 | Kanji Inoki | 1 | ¤ |
| 61 | Mr. Ito | 1 | ¤ |
| 61 | Killer Karl Kox | 1 | ¤ |
| 61 | Chati Yokouchi | 1 | ¤ |