# NWA Central States Tag Team Championship

The NWA Central States Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team championship for the Heart of America Sports Attractions / Central States Wrestling promotion from 1979 until the promotion ceased to exist in 1988. The Central States Tag Team Championship had originally existed for a brief period of time in 1961, but its glory days date from 1979 to 1988, where it replaced the Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. Because the championship 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 championship is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
A total of 80 wrestler have combined in 55 different teams have held the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship for a total of 68 reigns. Central States booker "Bulldog" Bob Brown has held the championship the most times, nine times with seven different partners. The Batten Twins (Brad and Bart Batten) is the team to have held the championship the most times as a team with four title reigns to their credit. Bob Brown's combined 528 days is the longest combined reigns of any one person and the Batten Twins 292 days is the longest for any team. The longest individual reign was the team of "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Marty Jannetty who held it for 249 days. Due to gaps in documentation it cannot be verified if the three-day reign of Bob Brown and Pat O'Connor is the shortest reign of any champions.

## Title history

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| 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. |
| A | (Medic #1 and Medic #2) | January 19, 1961 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | | Defeated Sonny Myers and John Paul Henning in 8-team tournament final to become first champions. | |
| B | Bulldog Austin and Tarzan Kowalski | 1961 | CSW show | N/A | 1 | | | |
| C | Bulldog Austin (2) and Don McClarity | May 1961 | CSW show | N/A | 1 | | Tarzan Kowalski left the promotion, forcing them to award the championship to Don McClarity | |
| D | Sonny Myers and Bobby Graham | July 1961 | N/A | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | | | |
| — | Deactivated | N/A | — | — | — | — | | |
| 1 | Bryan St. John and Randy Alls | February 26, 1979 | CSW show | Wichita, Kansas | 1 | | Winners of a tournament for the vacant championship. | |
| 2 | Jerry Brown and Hartford Love | March 1979 | CSW show | | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Bryan St. John (2) and Bill Irwin | May 17, 1979 | CSW show | Wichita, Kansas | 1 | | | |
| — | Vacated | 1979 | — | — | — | — | | |
| 4 | Jerry Brown (2) and The Turk | July 12, 1979 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 30 | Defeated "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Gama Singh in tournament final. | |
| 5 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown | August 11, 1979 | CSW show | Des Moines, Iowa | 1 | | | |
| — | Vacated | 1979 | — | — | — | — | It is not clear why the championship was vacated | |
| 6 | Bruiser Brody and Ernie Ladd | February 3, 1980 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 46 | Defeated Ted and Jerry Oates in a tournament final. | |
| 7 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown (2) and Dick Murdoch | March 20, 1980 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 28 | | |
| 8 | Takachiho and Pak Song | April 17, 1980 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 62 | | |
| 9 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown (3) and Pat O'Connor | June 18, 1980 | CSW show | Des Moines, Iowa | 1 | 3 | | |
| 10 | Takachiho (2) and Killer Karl Kox | June 21, 1980 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 54 | | |
| 11 | Takachiho (3) and Rufus R. Jones | August 14, 1980 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 77 | Killer Karl Kox left the promotion which awarded the championship to Rufus R. Jones instead. | |
| 12 | Mike George and Bob Sweetan | October 30, 1980 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | | | |
| 13 | Jerry Roberts and Bruce Reed | 1980 | CSW show | | 1 | | | |
| 14 | The Kelly Twins (Pat and Mike) | January 1981 | CSW show | | 1 | | | |
| 15 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown (4) and Terry Taylor | April 9, 1981 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | | | |
| — | Vacated | 1981 | — | — | — | — | Championship was vacated when Terry Taylor left the promotion. | |
| 16 | Bob Sweetan (2) and Terry Gibbs | June 6, 1981 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 82 | Defeated the Freebirds (Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes) in a tournament final. | |
| 17 | Buzz Tyler and J. J. Dillon | August 27, 1981 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | | | |
| 18 | Rufus R. Jones (2) and Dewey Robertson | October 1981 (NLT) | CSW show | | 1 | | Defeated Bob Sweetan and Jerry Brown in tournament final. | |
| 19 | Jerry Brown (3) and Ron McFarlane | 1981 | CSW show | | 1 | | | |
| 20 | Ricky Romero and "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert | January 14, 1982 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 11 | | |
| 21 | Roger Kirby and Jerry Valiant | January 25, 1982 | CSW show | Wichita, Kansas | 1 | | | |
| 22 | Dewey Robertson (2) and Steve Regal | March 1982 | CSW show | | 1 | | | |
| 23 | Roger Kirby and Jerry Valiant | March 25, 1982 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | | | |
| 24 | Dewey Robertson (3) and Steve Regal | March 1982 | CSW show | | 2 | | | |
| 25 | Jerry Brown (4) and Roger Kirby (3) | May 1982 (NLT) | CSW show | | 1 | | Took place on either May 8 or May 15. | |
| 26 | Mike George (2) and Mark Romero | June 3, 1982 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | | | |
| 27 | Dewey Robertson (4) and Hercules Hernandez | August 1982 (NLT) | CSW show | | 1 | | | |
| 28 | Mike George (3) and Mark Romero | August 19, 1982 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | 42 | | |
| 29 | Dewey Robertson (5) and Hercules Hernandez | N/A | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | | | |
| 30 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown (5) and Buzz Tyler (2) | N/A | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | | | |
| 31 | Yasuyuki Fuji and Kim Duk | March 3, 1983 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | | | |
| — | Vacated | May 1983 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Kim Duk left the promotion. | |
| 32 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown (6) and Buzz Tyler (3) | May 26, 1983 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | 63 | Won a tournament for the vacant championship. | |
| 33 | The Sheiks (Roger Kirby (4) and Abdullah the Great) | July 28, 1983 | CSW show | | 1 | | | |
| 34 | George Wells and Ron Ritchie | August 1983 | CSW show | | 1 | | | |
| 35 | The Sheiks (Roger Kirby (5) and Abdullah the Great) | August 1983 | CSW show | | 2 | | | |
| 36 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown (7) and Buzz Tyler (4) | September 22, 1983 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 3 | | | |
| — | Vacated | December 1983 | — | — | — | — | Brown was injured by 666. Tyler and King Cobra wrestled Tully Blanchard and Ron Starr for the title on January 5, 1984, but the match ended in a Double disqualification. | |
| 37 | The Grapplers (Len Denton and Tony Anthony) | March 29, 1984 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 7 | Defeated Ted and Jerry Oates in a tournament final, but the title was held up because Grapplers used a loaded boot during the match. | |
| 38 | Jerry and Ted Oates | April 5, 1984 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | 7 | Defeated the Grapplers in a rematch. | |
| 39 | The Grapplers (Len Denton and Tony Anthony) | April 12, 1984 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | 70 | | |
| 40 | The Uptown Boys (Marty Jannetty and Tommy Rogers) | N/A | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | | | |
| 41 | The Grapplers (Len Denton and Tony Anthony) | N/A | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 3 | | | |
| 42 | The Uptown Boys (Marty Jannetty and Tommy Rogers) | N/A | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 2 | | | |
| 43 | Mr. Pogo and Gypsy Joe | October 11, 1984 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 59 | | |
| 44 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown (8) and Marty Jannetty (3) | December 9, 1984 | CSW show | Des Moines, Iowa | 1 | 249 | | |
| — | Vacated | August 15, 1985 | — | — | — | — | Brown and Jannetty split after Brown refused to tag in during a match against the Batten Twins. | |
| 45 | The Batten Twins (Brad and Bart Batten) | November 21, 1985 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 91 | Defeated The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton) in a tournament final | |
| — | Vacated | February 20, 1986 | — | — | — | — | Championship held-up after an inconclusive match against Akio Sato and Sheik Abdullah in Kansas City, Kansas. | |
| 46 | The Batten Twins (Brad and Bart Batten) | May 1986 (NLT) | CSW show | | 2 | | Regained the championship by defeating Akio Sato and Sheik Abdullah | |
| 47 | The Midnight Rockers (Marty Jannetty (4) and Shawn Michaels) | May 15, 1986 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 7 | | |
| 48 | The Batten Twins (Brad and Bart Batten) | May 22, 1986 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 3 | 7 | | |
| 49 | Hacksaw Higgins and J.R. Hogg | May 29, 1986 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 17 | | |
| 50 | Rufus R. Jones and Mike George (4) | June 15, 1986 | CSW show | Sedalia, Missouri | 1 | 11 | | |
| 51 | Bobby Jaggers and Moondog Moretti | June 26, 1986 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 35 | | |
| 52 | Joe Lightfoot and Billy Two Eagles | July 31, 1986 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 42 | | |
| 53 | The Thunderfoots (Thunderfoot 1 and Thunderfoot 2) | September 11, 1986 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 57 | | |
| 54 | Todd Champion and Dave Peterson | November 7, 1986 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 56 | | |
| 55 | The MOD Squad (Basher and Spike) | January 2, 1987 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 56 | | |
| 56 | Rick McCord and Bart Batten (4) | February 27, 1987 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | 35 | | |
| — | Vacated | April 3, 1987 | — | — | — | — | Championship held up after a match against Porkchop Cash and Ken Timbs after Cash used a foreign object to win the match. | |
| 57 | Porkchop Cash and Ken Timbs | April 10, 1987 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | | Defeated McCord and Batten in rematch for the championship | |
| — | Vacated | May 1987 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Ken Timbs left the area. | |
| 58 | The Warlord and Karl Kovac | June 8, 1987 | CSW show | Wichita, Kansas | 1 | | Won a tournament for the vacant championship | |
| 59 | Brad Batten (4) and Bobby Jaggers | June 1987 | CSW show | | 1 | | The team was awarded the championship when the Warlord left to work in Japan and Kovac was fired. | |
| 60 | The Batten Twins (Brad (5) and Bart Batten(5)) | August 6, 1987 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 4 | 95 | Brad defeated Bobby Jaggers after team splits to claim the title for himself and his brother. | |
| 61 | Porkchop Cash and Rick McCord | November 9, 1987 | CSW show | Versailles, Missouri | 1 | 17 | | |
| 62 | The Montana Cowboys (Mike Stone and Rick Patterson) | November 26, 1987 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | | | |
| — | Vacated | January 1988 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Mike Stone left the promotion. | |
| 63 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown (9) and Cuban Assassin #2 | February 6, 1988 | CSW show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | 40 | Defeated Rick Patterson and Steve Ray in tournament final for the championship. | |
| 64 | Rick Patterson (2) and Stevie Ray | March 17, 1988 | CSW show | Kansas City, Kansas | 1 | | | |
| — | Deactivated | 1988 | — | — | — | — | Promotion withdraws from NWA and closes | |

## 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 | The Batten Twins (Brad and Bart Batten) | 4 | 292 |
| 2 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Buzz Tyler | 3 | 260 |
| 3 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Marty Jannetty | 1 | 249 |
| 4 | The Grapplers' (Len Denton and Tony Anthony) | 3 | 105 |
| 5 | Mike George and Mark Romero | 2 | 101 |
| 6 | Bulldog Austin and Don McClarity | 1 | 91¤ |
| 7 | The Uptown Boys' (Marty Jannetty and Tommy Rogers) | 2 | 84 |
| 8 | Bob Sweetan and Terry Gibbs | 1 | 82 |
| 9 | Takachiho and Rufus R. Jones | 1 | 77 |
| 10 | The Kelly Twins (Pat and Mike) | 1 | 68¤ |
| 11 | Takachiho and Pak Song | 1 | 62 |
| 12 | Yasuyuki Fuji and Kim Duk | 1 | 59¤ |
| 13 | Mr. Pogo and Gypsy Joe | 1 | 59 |
| 14 | The Thunderfoots' (Thunderfoot 1 and Thunderfoot 2) | 1 | 57 |
| 15 | The MOD Squad' (Basher and Spike) | 1 | 56 |
| 16 | Todd Champion and Dave Peterson | 1 | 56 |
| 17 | Takachiho and Killer Karl Kox | 1 | 54 |
| 18 | Dewey Robertson and Hercules Hernandez | 2 | 53¤ |
| 19 | Jerry Brown and Hartford Love | 1 | 47¤ |
| 20 | Bruiser Brody and Ernie Ladd | 1 | 46 |
| 21 | Joe Lightfoot and Billy Two Eagles | 1 | 42 |
| 22 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Cuban Assassin #2 | 1 | 40 |
| 23 | Brad Batten and Bobby Jaggers | 1 | 37¤ |
| 24 | Roger Kirby and Jerry Valiant | 2 | 36¤ |
| 25 | The Montana Cowboys' (Mike Stone and Rick Patterson) | 1 | 36¤ |
| 26 | Buzz Tyler and J. J. Dillon | 1 | 35¤ |
| 27 | Bobby Jaggers and Moondog Moretti | 1 | 35 |
| 28 | Rick McCord and Bart Batten | 1 | 35 |
| 29 | Dewey Robertson and Steve Regal | 2 | 32¤ |
| 30 | Jerry Brown and The Turk | 1 | 30 |
| 31 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Dick Murdoch | 1 | 28 |
| 32 | The Sheiks' (Roger Kirby and Abdullah the Great) | 2 | 26¤ |
| 33 | Porkchop Cash and Ken Timbs | 1 | 21¤ |
| 34 | Porkchop Cash and Rick McCord | 1 | 17 |
| 35 | Hacksaw Higgins and J.R. Hogg | 1 | 17 |
| 36 | Jerry Brown and Ron McFarlane | 1 | 15¤ |
| 37 | Rick Patterson and Stevie Ray | 1 | 15¤ |
| 38 | Ricky Romero and "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert | 1 | 11 |
| 39 | Rufus R. Jones and Mike George | 1 | 11 |
| 40 | The Midnight Rockers' (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) | 1 | 7 |
| 41 | Jerry and Ted Oates | 1 | 7 |
| 42 | Bryan St. John and Randy Alls | 1 | 3¤ |
| 43 | Jerry Brown and Roger Kirby | 1 | 3¤ |
| 44 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Pat O'Connor | 1 | 3 |
| 45 | Bulldog Austin and Tarzan Kowalski | 1 | 1¤ |
| 46 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Gama Singh | 1 | 1¤ |
| 47 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Terry Taylor | 1 | 1¤ |
| 48 | Mike George and Bob Sweetan | 1 | 1¤ |
| 49 | Rufus R. Jones and Dewey Robertson | 1 | 1¤ |
| 50 | The Medics (Medic #1 and Medic #2) | 1 | 1¤ |
| 51 | Sonny Myers and Bobby Graham | 1 | 1¤ |
| 52 | Jerry Roberts and Bruce Reed | 1 | 1¤ |
| 53 | Bryan St. John and Bill Irwin | 1 | 1¤ |
| 54 | The Warlord and Karl Kovac | 1 | 1¤ |
| 55 | George Wells and Ron Ritchie | 1 | 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 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown | 9 | 582¤ |
| 2 | Marty Jannetty | 4 | 340 |
| 3 | Brad Batten | 5 | 329 |
| 4 | Bart Batten | 5 | 327 |
| 5 | Buzz Tyler | 4 | 295¤ |
| 6 | Takachiho | 3 | 193 |
| 7 | Mike George | 4 | 113¤ |
| 8 | Tony Anthony | 3 | 105 |
| 9 | Len Denton | 3 | 105 |
| 10 | Mark Romero | 2 | 101 |
| 11 | Jerry Brown | 4 | 95¤ |
| 12 | Bulldog Austin | 2 | 92¤ |
| 13 | Don McClarity | 1 | 91¤ |
| 14 | Rufus R. Jones | 3 | 89¤ |
| 15 | Dewey Robertson | 5 | 86¤ |
| 16 | Tommy Rogers | 2 | 84 |
| 17 | Terry Gibbs | 1 | 82 |
| 18 | Bob Sweetan | 1 | 82 |
| 19 | Mike Kelly | 1 | 68¤ |
| 20 | Pat Kelly | 1 | 68¤ |
| 21 | Pak Song | 1 | 62 |
| 22 | Kim Duk | 1 | 59¤ |
| 23 | Yasuyuki Fuji | 1 | 59¤ |
| 24 | Gypsy Joe | 1 | 59 |
| 25 | Mr. Pogo | 1 | 59 |
| 26 | Thunderfoot 1 | 1 | 57 |
| 27 | Thunderfoot 2 | 1 | 57 |
| 28 | Basher | 1 | 56 |
| 29 | Todd Champion | 1 | 56 |
| 30 | Dave Peterson | 1 | 56 |
| 31 | Spike | 1 | 56 |
| 32 | Killer Karl Kox | 1 | 54 |
| 33 | Hercules Hernandez | 2 | 53¤ |
| 34 | Rick McCord | 2 | 52 |
| 35 | Rick Patterson | 2 | 51¤ |
| 36 | Hartford Love | 1 | 47¤ |
| 37 | Bruiser Brody | 1 | 46 |
| 38 | Ernie Ladd | 1 | 46 |
| 39 | Joe Lightfoot | 1 | 42 |
| 40 | Billy Two Eagles | 1 | 42 |
| 41 | Cuban Assassin #2 | 1 | 40 |
| 42 | Porkchop Cash | 2 | 38¤ |
| 43 | Bobby Jaggers | 2 | 72¤ |
| 44 | Roger Kirby | 5 | 36¤ |
| 45 | Mike Stone | 1 | 36¤ |
| 46 | Jerry Valiant | 2 | 36¤ |
| 47 | J. J. Dillon | 1 | 35¤ |
| 48 | Moondog Moretti | 1 | 35 |
| 49 | Steve Regal | 2 | 32¤ |
| 50 | The Turk | 1 | 30 |
| 51 | Dick Murdoch | 1 | 28 |
| 52 | Abdullah the Great | 2 | 26¤ |
| 53 | Ken Timbs | 1 | 21¤ |
| 54 | Hacksaw Higgins | 1 | 17 |
| 55 | J.R. Hogg | 1 | 17 |
| 56 | Ron McFarlane | 1 | 15¤ |
| 57 | Stevie Ray | 1 | 15¤ |
| 58 | "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert | 1 | 11 |
| 59 | Ricky Romero | 1 | 11 |
| 60 | Shawn Michaels | 1 | 7 |
| 61 | Jerry Oates | 1 | 7 |
| 62 | Ted Oates | 1 | 7 |
| 63 | Bryan St. John | 2 | 4¤ |
| 64 | Randy Alls | 1 | 3¤ |
| 65 | Pat O'Connor | 1 | 3 |
| 66 | Bobby Graham | 1 | 1¤ |
| 67 | Bill Irwin | 1 | 1¤ |
| 68 | Karl Kovac | 1 | 1¤ |
| 69 | Tarzan Kowalski | 1 | 1¤ |
| 70 | Medic #1 | 1 | 1¤ |
| 71 | Medic #2 | 1 | 1¤ |
| 72 | Sonny Myers | 1 | 1¤ |
| 73 | Bruce Reed | 1 | 1¤ |
| 74 | Ron Ritchie | 1 | 1¤ |
| 75 | Jerry Roberts | 1 | 1¤ |
| 76 | Gama Singh | 1 | 1¤ |
| 77 | Bob Sweetan | 1 | 1¤ |
| 78 | Terry Taylor | 1 | 1¤ |
| 79 | The Warlord | 1 | 1¤ |
| 80 | George Wells | 1 | 1¤ |