AWA Southern Tag Team Championship, 1980s
1978-1981
1981-1984
1985-1986
Name changes:
- National Wrestling Alliance Southern Tag Team Title [Mid-America version] (1940s - 1977)
- American Wrestling Association Southern Tag Team Title (1977 - 12/1987)
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No. |
Champion |
Date won |
Location |
Reign |
Event |
Note |
| 201. | Rick Gibson & Robert Gibson [2] | 80/01/01 | Memphis, TN | 6 d | ||
| 202. | Assassins [3] | 80/01/07 | Memphis, TN | 42 d | ||
| 203. | Billy Robinson & Ken Lucas | 80/02/18 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 204. | Assassins [4] | 80/02/25 | Memphis, TN | 10 d | ||
| 205. | Billy Robinson & Ken Lucas [2] | 80/03/06 | Lexington, KY | 5 d | ||
| 206. | Paul Ellering & Sheik Ali Hassan | 80/03/11 | Louisville, KY | |||
| 207. | Billy Robinson & Ken Lucas [3] | 80/04 | ||||
| 208. | Dennis Condrey & David Shults | 80/04/07 | Memphis, TN | 35 d | ||
| 209. | Rocky Johnson & Jimmy Valiant | 80/05/12 | Memphis, TN | 13 d | ||
| 210. | Skull Murphy & Gypsy Joe | 80/05/25 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 211. | Jackie Fargo & Randy Fargo | 80/06 | 18 | |||
| VACANT | 80/06/18 | |||||
| 212. | Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton | 80/06 | ||||
| 213. | Killer Karl Krupp & El Mongol | 80/07/28 | Memphis, TN | 28 d | ||
| 214. | Tommy Gilbert & Eddie Gilbert | 80/08/25 | Louisville, KY | 21 d | ||
| 215. | Sonny King & The Angel (Frank Morrell) | 80/09/15 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 216. | Tommy Gilbert & Eddie Gilbert [2] | 80/10 | ||||
| 217. | Larry Latham & Bill Irwin | 80/10/27 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 218. | Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton | 80/11/03 | Memphis, TN | 35 d | ||
| 219. | Guy Mitchell & Roger Kirby | 80/12/08 | Memphis, TN | 14 d | ||
| 220. | Bill Dundee & Tommy Rich | 80/12/22 | Memphis, TN | 42 d | ||
| 221. | Bounty Hunters [5] | 81/02/02 | 13 d | |||
| 222. | Bill Dundee & Tommy Rich [2] | 81/02/15 | ||||
| 223. | Tojo Yamamoto & Wayne Farris | 81 | ||||
| 224. | Bill Dundee & Dream Machine | 81/03 | ||||
| 225. | Masa Fuchi & Mr. Onita (Atsushi Onita) | 81/03/23 | Memphis, TN | 14 d | ||
| 226. | Bill Dundee & Dream Machine [3] | 81/04/06 | Memphis, TN | |||
| [...] | ||||||
| 227. | Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee [4] | 81 | ||||
| 228. | Masa Fuchi & Mr. Onita [2] | 81 | ||||
| 229. | Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton | 81/08/31 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 230. | Heartbreakers (Joey Cagle & Rocky Sortor) | 81/09/07 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 231. | Rick Gibson & Robert Gibson [2] | 81/09/14 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 232. | Stane Lane & Sweet Brown Sugar (Koko Ware) | 81/09 | 19 | |||
| 233. | Steve Keirn & Bill Dundee | 81/11/16 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 234. | Midnight Express (Condrey, Rose, & Norvell Austin) | 82 | 20 | |||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 235. | Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar | 82/03/14 | Louisville, KY | 29 d | 21 | |
| 236. | Steve Keirn & Bill Dundee [2] | 82/04/12 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 237. | Midnight Express [2] | 82/05< | ||||
| 238. | Stan Lane & Ron Bass | 82/07/05 | Memphis, TN | 35 d | 22 | |
| 239. |
Dream Machine & Jim Mitchell |
82/08/09 |
Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 240. | Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar [2] | 82/08/16 | Memphis, TN | 14 d | ||
| 241. | Steve Keirn & Terry Taylor | 82/08/30 | Memphis, TN | |||
| [...] | ||||||
| 242. | Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn & Stan Lane) | 82/11/02 | Louisville, KY | |||
| 243. | Bobby Eaton & Duke Myers | 82/12 | ||||
| 244. | Fabulous Ones [2] | 83/01 | ||||
| 245. | Sheepherders (Jonathan Boyd & Luke Williams) | 83/01/30 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 246. | Fabulous Ones [3] | 83/02/06 | Memphis, TN | 1 d | 23 | |
| 247. | Sheepherders [2] | 83/02/07 | Louisville, KY | 6 d | ||
| 248. | Fabulous Ones [4] | 83/02/13 | Memphis, TN | 50 d | ||
| 249. | Moondogs (Rex & Spot) | 83/04/04 | Memphis, TN | 21 d | ||
| 250. | Fabulous Ones [5] | 83/04/25 | 21 d | |||
| 251. | Bobby Eaton & Duke Myers [2] | 83/05/16 | Memphis, TN | 29 d | ||
| 252. | Fabulous Ones [6] | 83/06/14 | Louisville, KY | 48 d | ||
| 253. | Grapplers (Len Denton & Tony Anthony) | 83/08/01 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 254. | Dutch Mantell & Koko Ware | 83/09 | ||||
| 255. | Bruiser Brothers (Porkchop Cash & Troy Graham) | 83/10/03 | Memphis, TN | 35 d | ||
| 256. | Rock 'n' Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton) | 83/11/07 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 257. | Bruiser Brothers [2] | 83/11/14 | Memphis, TN | 15 d | ||
| 258. | Fabulous Ones [7] | 83/11/29 | Memphis, TN | |||
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Zambuie Express (Kareem Muhammad & Elijah Akeem) | 84/01 | 24 | |||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 259. | Zambuie Express (Kareem Muhammad & Elijah Akeem) | 84/01/31 | Memphis, TN | 6 d | 25 | |
| 260. | Pretty Young Things (Norvell Austin & Sweet Brown Sugar) | 84/02/06 | Memphis, TN | 8 d | ||
| 261. | Zambuie Express [2] | 84/02/14 | Memphis, TN | 27 d | ||
| 262. | Jerry Lawler & Jos LeDuc | 84/03/12 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | 26 | |
| VACANT | 84/03/19 | |||||
| 263. | Tommy Rich & Eddie Gilbert | 84/03/26 | Memphis, TN | 84 d | 27 | |
| 264. | Phil Hickerson & The Spoiler (Frank Morrell) | 84/06/18 | Memphis, TN | 28 | ||
| HELD-UP | ||||||
| 265. | Phil Hickerson & The Spoiler [2] | 84/07/16 | Memphis, TN | 28 d | 29 | |
| 266. | Rock 'n' Roll Express [2] | 84/08/13 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 267. | Nightmares (Ken Wayne & Danny Davis) | 84/08/20 | Memphis, TN | 26 d | ||
| 268. | Dutch Mantell & Tommy Rich | 84/09/15 | Memphis, TN | 16 d | 30 | |
| VACANT | 84/10/01 | |||||
| 269. | Rick Rude & King Kong Bundy | 84/10/08 | Memphis, TN | 14 d | 31 | |
| 270. | Fabulous Ones [8] | 84/10/22 | Memphis, TN | 42 d | ||
| 271. | Interns (Don Bass & Roger Smith) | 84/12/03 | Memphis, TN | 32 | ||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 272. | Interns [2] | 85/01/13 | Memphis, TN | 35 d | 33 | |
| 273. | Fabulous Ones [9] | 85/02/17 | Memphis, TN | 57 d | ||
| 274. | PYT Express (Norvell Austin & Koko Ware) [2] | 85/04/15 | Memphis, TN | |||
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Fabulous Ones | 85/05/13 | Memphis, TN | 34 | ||
| PYT Express | 85/05 | Memphis, TN | 35 | |||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 275. | Fabulous Ones [10] | 85/06/17 | Memphis, TN | 5 d | 36 | |
| 276. | Sheepherders (Jonathan Boyd & Rip Morgan) | 85/06/22 | Memphis, TN | 75 d | 37 | |
| 277. | Fabulous Ones [11] | 85/09/05 | Lexington, KY | 1 d | ||
| 278. | Sheepherders [2] | 85/09/06 | Blytheville, AK | 3 d | ||
| 279. | Fabulous Ones [12] | 85/09/09 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 280. | Sheepherders [3] | 85/09/16 | Memphis, TN | 1 d | ||
| 281. | Fabulous Ones [13] | 85/09/17 | Louisville, KY | |||
| 282. | Sheepherders [4] | 85/09 | ||||
| 283. | Fabulous Ones [14] | 85/10/12 | Memphis, TN | 34 d | ||
| 284. | Dutch Mantell & Bill Dundee | 85/11/04 | Memphis, TN | 35 d | ||
| 285. | Jerry Lawler & Austin Idol | 85/12/09 | Memphis, TN | 21 d | 38 | |
| VACANT | 85/12/30 | |||||
| 286. | Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) | 86/01/13 | Memphis, TN | 70 d | ||
| 287. | MOD Squad (Basher & Spike) | 86/03/24 | Memphis, TN | 91 d | 39 | |
| 288. | Jerry Lawler & Giant Hillbilly Elmer (Stan Frazier) | 86/06/23 | Memphis, TN | 25 d | ||
| 289. | Fire (Don Bass) & Flame (Roger Smith) | 86/07/18 | Jackson, TN | 43 d | ||
| 290. | Giant Hillbilly Elmer & Cousin Junior (Lanny Kean) | 86/08/30 | Memphis, TN | 2 d | ||
| 291. | Don Bass & Dirty Rhodes (Roger Smith) | 86/09/01 | Memphis, TN | 63 d | ||
| 292. | Jerry Lawler & Big Bubba (Fred Ottman) | 86/11/03 | Memphis, TN | 40 | ||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 293. | Sheepherders (Jonathan Boyd & Bigfoot) | 86/11/10 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | 41 | |
| 294. | Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis | 86/11/17 | Memphis, TN | 26 d | ||
| 295. | RPMs (Mike Davis & Tommy Lane) | 86/12/13 | Memphis, TN | 29 d | ||
| 296. | Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis [2] | 87/01/11 | Memphis, TN | 9 d | ||
| 297. | RPMs [2] | 87/01/20 | Memphis, TN | 14 d | ||
| 298. | Jeff Jarrett & Pat Tanaka | 87/02/03 | Memphis, TN | 19 d | ||
| 299. | Big Bubba & Goliath | 87/02/22 | Memphis, TN | 43 d | ||
| 300. | Rocky Johnson & Soul Train Jones (Virgil) | 87/04/06 | Memphis, TN | 28 d | ||
| 301. | Chick Donovan & Jack Hart (Barry Horowitz) | 87/05/04 | Memphis, TN | 28 d | 42 | |
| VACANT | 87/06/01 | |||||
| 302. | Billy Travis & Mark Starr | 87/06/08 | Memphis, TN | 28 d | 43 | |
| 303. | Clones (Pat Kelly & Mike Kelly) | 87/07/06 | Memphis, TN | 44 | ||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 304. | Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis [3] | 87/07/11 | Jackson, TN | 22 d | 45 | |
| 305. | Bad Company (Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond) | 87/08/02 | Jackson, TN | 41 d | ||
| 306. | Nasty Boys (Jerry Saggs & Brian Knobbs) | 87/09/12 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 307. | RPMs [3] | 87/09/19 | Memphis, TN | 14 d | ||
| 308. | Nasty Boys [2] | 87/10/03 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 309. | RPMs [4] | 87/10/10 | Memphis, TN | 16 d | ||
| 310. | Midnight Rockers (Marty Janetty & Shawn Michaels) | 87/10/26 | Memphis, TN | 21 d | ||
| 311. | RPMs [5] | 87/11/16 | Memphis, TN | 6 d | ||
| 312. | Midnight Rockers [2] | 87/11/22 | Memphis, TN | 46 | ||
| VACANT | ||||||
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REPLACED WITH CWA TAG TEAM TITLES
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Notes:
18. Vacant on 80/06/18 when Jackie Fargo retires.
20. Austin defeats Kerin by DQ; stripped after controversial win.
21. Defeat Robert Gibson & Stan Lane in tournament final.
23. Awarded when Williams misses scheduled defenses.
24. Win by forfeit; vacant when title changed by forfeit is not allowed.
25. Defeat Norvell Austin & Sweet Brown Sugar in 13-team tournament final.
26. Vacant on 84/03/19 when LeDuc and Jimmy Hart abandon Lawler in 6-man tag match.
27. Defeat Pretty Young Things.
28. Title held up after a match against Dutch Mantell & Porkchop Cash.
29. Defeat Dutch Mantell & Porkchop Cash in rematch.
30. Vacant on 84/10/01 when Mantell & Rich split.
31. Defeat Fabulous Ones in tournament final.
32. Title vacated following a match against Dirty White Boys (Len Denton & Tony Anthony).
33. Defeat Rock'n'Roll Express in tournament final.
34. Defeat Austin & Billy Travis.
35. Belts returned because of use of substitute; vacant in 85/06.
36. Defeat Ron Sexton & Billy Travis in tournament final.
37. Stripped of belts by promoters after title win, but titles are returned when Sheepherders threaten to sue the promotion.
38. Vacant on 85/12/30 when Lawler loses loser-leaves-town match to Bill Dundee.
40. Vacant on the same day when Bubba attacks Lawler after winning the belts.
41. Defeat Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis in tournament final.
42. Vacant on 87/06/01 when Donovan leaves the promotion.
43. Defeat Phil Hickerson & Mr. Shima (Akio Sato) in tournament final.
44. Vacant in 87/07 when one of Clones is injured.
45. Defeat Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond in tournament final.
46. Vacant in 87/12 when Rockers win AWA World Tag Team Titles; title replaced with CWA Tag Team title in 88.
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