The WCW United States Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship contested for in World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
Reigns:[]
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||
1 | Krusher Khruschev and Ivan Koloff | September 28, 1986 | House show | Atlanta, Georgia | 1 | 72 | Won the titles in a tournament final against the Kansas Jayhawks (Dutch Mantel and Bobby Jaggers) |
2 | Ron Garvin and Barry Windham | December 9, 1986 | WCW Pro Wrestling | Spartanburg, South Carolina | 1 | 95 | |
3 | Dick Murdoch and Ivan Koloff (2) | March 14, 1987 | World Championship Wrestling | Atlanta, Georgia | 1 | 21 | |
— | Vacated | April 4, 1987 | — | — | — | — | Murdoch was suspended from in-ring competition by WCW after performing a brainbuster on Nikita Koloff on a concrete floor, and as a result, Ivan Koloff and Murdoch were stripped of the titles. |
4 | The Midnight Express(Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) | May 16, 1987 | World Championship Wrestling | Atlanta, Georgia | 1 | 346 | Won the titles in a tournament final by defeating Ron Garvin and Barry Windham |
5 | The Fantastics(Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) | April 26, 1988 | World Wide Wrestling | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 1 | 75 | |
6 | The Midnight Express
(Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) |
July 10, 1988 | The Great American Bash | Baltimore, Maryland | 2 | 62 | |
— | Vacated | September 10, 1988 | — | — | — | — | |
7 | The Fantastics
(Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) |
December 7, 1988 | Clash of the Champions IV: Season's Beatings | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 2 | 19 | Won the titles in a tournament final by defeating Eddie Gilbert and Ron Simmons |
8 | The Varsity Club(Kevin Sullivan and Steve Williams) | December 26, 1988 | Starrcade | Norfolk, Virginia | 1 | 64 | |
9 | Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner | February 28, 1989 | World Wide Wrestling | Columbia, South Carolina | 1 | <span data-sort-value="<span data-sort-value="7001620000000000000♠"></span>62 !"> | |
— | Deactivated | May 1989 | — | — | — | — | WCW abandoned the title after Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner split as a team. |
10 | Brian Pillman and The Z-Man | February 12, 1990 | World Wide Wrestling | Rainsville, Alabama | 1 | 96 | Won the titles in a tournament final by defeating Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin (The Fabulous Freebirds) |
11 | The Midnight Express
(Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) |
May 19, 1990 | Capital Combat | Washington, D.C. | 3 | 97 | |
12 | The Steiner Brothers(Rick Steiner (2) and Scott Steiner) | August 24, 1990 | House show | East Rutherford, New Jersey | 1 | 225 | |
— | Vacated | April 6, 1991 | World Wide Wrestling | — | — | — | Announced April 6, 1991 by WCW Board of Directors spokesman Grizzly Smith, as a result of the Steiner Brothers winning the WCW World Tag Team Championship during this reign. |
13 | The Fabulous Freebirds(Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) | May 19, 1991 | SuperBrawl I | St. Petersburg, Florida | 1 | 85 | Won the titles by defeating The Young Pistols (Tracy Smothers and Steve Armstrong) in a Top Contenders Match. |
14 | The Patriots(Todd Champion and Firebreaker Chip) | August 12, 1991 | World Championship Wrestling | Gainesville, Georgia | 1 | 85 | |
15 | The Young Pistols(Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers) | November 5, 1991 | WCW Main Event | Gainesville, Georgia | 1 | 70 | |
16 | Big Josh and Ron Simmons | January 14, 1992 | WCW Main Event | Columbus, Georgia | 1 | 34 | |
17 | Terry Taylor and Greg Valentine | February 17, 1992 | World Championship Wrestling | Rock Hill, South Carolina | 1 | 90 | |
18 | The Fabulous Freebirds
(Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) |
May 17, 1992 | WrestleWar | Jacksonville, Florida | 2 | 34 | |
19 | Dick Slater and The Barbarian | June 25, 1992 | WCW Main Event | Kansas City, Missouri | 1 | 36 | |
— | Vacated | July 31, 1992 | — | — | — | — | On the July 4, 1992 edition of WCW Saturday Night, VP Bill Watts announced that the company would be looking to consolidate the WCW World and US Tag Team Titles to focus on one championship team. Watts deemed that whoever held the US Tag Title at the end of July would be the final titleholders. The Championship was deactivated during the Barbarian and Slater's title reign on July 31, 1992. |