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WWF United States Tag Team Championship, 1960s

Name changes: 

  • WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1963 - 1967)
  • WWWF International Tag Team Championship (1969 - 1971)
  • WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1971 - 79)
  • WWF World Tag Team Championship (1979 - May 2002)
  • WWE World Tag Team Championship (May 2002 - )

Previous 

No.

Champions

Date won

Location 

Reign

Event

Notes

7. Dr. Jerry Graham (3) & Johnny Valentine 1960   abt. 60 d   4
8. Eddie & Dr. Jerry Graham (4) [3] 3/1960   abt. 32 d    
9. Red & Lou Bastien 4/2/1960 New Haven, CT 14 d    
10. Eddie & Dr. Jerry Graham (4) [4] 4/16/1960 New Haven, CT 7 d    
11. Red & Lou Bastien [2] 4/23/1960 Chicago, IL 89 d    
12. The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello & Roy Heffernan) 7/21/1960 Washington, DC 18 d    
13. Red & Lou Bastien [3] 8/8/1960 Washington, DC 16 d    
14. The Fabulous Kangaroos [2] 8/24/1960 Bridgeport, CT 87 d    
15. Johnny Valentine (2) & Buddy Rodgers 11/19/1960 Teaneck, NJ 7 d   5
16. Johnny Valentine (3) & Chief Big Heart ??      
17. The Fabulous Kangaroos [3] 11/26/1960 Washington, DC 411 d    
18. Johnny Valentine (4) & "Cowboy" Bob Ellis 1/11/1962 Washington, DC 175 d    
19. Buddy Rodgers (2) & "Handsome" John Barend 7/5/1962 Washington, DC 245 d   6
20. Buddy Austin & The Great Scott 3/7/1963 Washington, DC 70 d   7
21. Skull Murphy & Brute Bernard 5/16/1963 Washington, DC 182 d    
22. Killer Kowalski & Gorilla Monsoon 11/14/1963 Washington, DC 44 d    
23. Chris Tolos & John Tolos 12/28/1963 Teaneck, NJ abt. 35 d    
24. Don McClarity & Vittorio "Argentina" Apollo 2/1964 New Haven, CT abt. 121 d    
25. Dr. Jerry Graham (5) & Luke Graham 6/1964 Washington, DC abt. 305 d    
26. Gene Kiniski & Waldo Von Erich 4/2/1965 Washington, DC 6 d    
27. Gorilla Monsoon (2) & Bill Watts 4/8/1965 Washington, DC 91 d    
28. Dan Miller & Dr. Bill Miller 7/8/1965 Washington, DC 228 d    
29. Antonio Pugliese (Tony Parisi) & Johnny Valentine (5) 2/21/1966 New York, NY 213 d    
30. Baron Mikel Scicluna & Smasher Sloan 9/22/1966 Washington, DC 77 d   8
31. Spiros Arion & Antonio Pugliese (2) 12/8/1966 Washington, DC abt. 175 d   9
32. Spiros Arion (2) & Arnold Skaaland 6/1967   abt. 39 d   10
33. Sicilians (Lou Albano & Tony Altimore) 7/10/1967 Atlantic City, NJ 14 d    
34. Bruno Sammartino & Spiros Arion (3) 7/24/1967 Atlantic City, NJ
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  VACANT          

 

Notes:

4. Defeated Mark Lewin & Don Curtis for the vacant titles. In March of 1960 Eddie Graham returned to wrestling and took Valentine's place on the team making this their 3rd title reign as a team.

5. The Fabulous Kangaroos defeated Johnny Valentine & Cheif Big Heart to win the titles. Buddy Rogers had relinquished his share of the title. It is unknown whether Rogers did this on the night of this show or sometime prior to this.

6. Arnold Skaaland substituted for Bob Ellis for the first fall of this match.

7. Buddy Austin was substituting for Pete Sanchez who was injured while losing the first fall; Promotion withdraws from N.W.A. and becomes WWWF.in 63/04.

8. Given the belts by heel-turned Valentine when Pugliese is injured in the second fall after winning the first fall.

9. Spiros Arion was substituting for an injured Miguel Perez in the third fall.

10. In June of 1967 Arnold Skaaland replaced Pugliese on the team when Pugliese left the WWWF.

11. Sammartino vacated the title since he held the World Heavyweight Title at the same time. For all intents and purposes the title was replaced by the International Tag Team Titles.


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