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APW Tag Team Championship

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APW Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionAll Pro Wrestling
Date establishedNovember 20, 1996
Current champion(s)The Bad Boys
(Derek Slade and Dominic Teixeira)
Date wonSeptember 3, 2022
Statistics
First champion(s)Michael Modest and Steve Rizzono
Most reigns(As a Tag Team)
The Ballard Brothers and The Classic Connection (3 times)
(As individual)
Robert Thompson and Tony Jones (5 times)
Longest reignWar Beast (996 days)
Shortest reignOriginal Westside Playaz (<1 day)

The APW Tag Team Championships were introduced on November 20, 1996, when Michael Modest and Steve Rizzono became the first to win the titles. They defeated Frank Dalton and Joe Applebaumer in the finals of an eight team tournament to win the titles.

On December 14, 2011, All Pro Wrestling announced that they had come to terms with Vendetta Pro Wrestling to recognize the Vendetta Pro Tag-Team Championship, and to have them defended in both Vendetta Pro and in APW as the "Unified" Tag Team Titles.[1] The titles were defended for the first time in APW on January 14, 2011, as champions Greg Hernandez and Jesse Jimenez defended against APW's team of Jody Kristofferson and Dalton Frost. Since then, the APW/Vendetta Pro Unified Tag Team Champions will often wear one Vendetta Pro title belt along with one APW title belt.

This relationship came to an end in 2014 when Vendetta Pro returned to having their own set of tag belts, following this the APW would reinstate the championships.

As of June 16, 2023, there have been 38 reigns among 31 teams and 42 wrestlers with eight vacancies. The inaugural champions were Michael Modest and Steve Rizzono. Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster The Legend), Classic Connection (Buddy Royal and Levi Shapiro), and Lion Power (Marcus Lewis and Will Hobbs) have the most reigns as teams with three. Robert Thompson and Tony Jones have the most reigns individually with five. Reno Scum have the longest combined reigns, as a team/individual wrestlers, at 860 days. War Beast (Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael) have the longest singular reign, as a team/individual wrestlers, at 996 days. Original Westside Playaz (Robert Thompson and Tony Jones) have the shortest reign, as a team/individual wrestlers, at less than a day. Reno Scum and Classic Connection have the most combined defenses, as a team/individual wrestlers. with ten. EGO (AJ Kirsch and Nathan Rulez), The Westside Playaz 2000 (Boyce LeGrande and Robert Thompson), and Immortal Fear (Billy Blade and Kaden) have the most defenses over a singular reign, as a team/individual wrestlers with ten.

The current champions are The Bad Boys (Derek Slade and Dominic Teixeira). They defeated La Rebelión Amarilla (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf), The Stoner Brothers (Rick Scott Stoner and Scott Rick Stoner), and Matt Carlos and Rik Luxury in a four-way match at Bay Area Bash 2022 on September 3, 2022.

Title history

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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
Defenses Number of successful defenses
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Michael Modest and Steve Rizzono November 20, 1996 APW Tag Team Tournament ′96 Hayward, CA 1 66 3 Modest and Rizzono became the first APW Tag Team Champions by defeating Frank Dalton and Joe Applebaumer in the finals of an eight team tournament. [2]
2 Robert Thompson and Donovan Morgan January 25, 1997 APW Doomsday Hayward, CA 1 188 3 [3]
3 Tony Jones and Jay Smooth August 1, 1997 Live event Hayward, CA 1 49 1 [4]
4 Vic and Dic Grimes September 19, 1997 APW Mystery Card Hayward, CA 1 62 0
Vacated November 20, 1997 The tag titles were vacated due to Vic getting suspended on an indefinite period of time
5 Robert Thompson (2) and Chris Cole November 22, 1997 N/A Hayward, CA 1 14 0 Defeated Michael Modest and Donovan Morgan in a tournament final to win the vacant titles
6 Tony Jones (2) and Steve Rizzono (2) December 6, 1997 N/A Hayward, CA 1 42 0
Vacated January 17, 1998 Vacated due to Steve Rizzono being fired from APW
7 Michael Modest (2) and Tony Jones (3) February 21, 1998 N/A Hayward, CA 1 84 3 Defeated Frank Murdoch and Jay Smooth to win the vacant titles
8 Frank Murdoch and Boom-Boom Comini May 16, 1998 N/A Pinole, CA 1 14 0
Vacated May 30, 1998 Vacated due to Comini being unable to defend the titles
9 The Murdoch Cousins
(Frank Murdoch(2) and Vic Murdoch(2))
May 30, 1998 N/A Pacifica, CA 1 27 0 Defeated Tony Jones and Ed Moretti to win the vacant titles. Vic Murdoch was formerly known as Vic Grimes
Vacated June 26, 1998 The Murdochss failed to defend the titles within the two-month title defense period due to Vic Murdoch's (Vic Grimes)′s obligations to the WWF. The status of the title remained in limbo after that.
10 The Westside Playaz 2000
(Boyce LeGrande and Robert Thompson (3))
May 6, 2000 N/A Pacifica, CA 1 343 10 Defeated Jardi Franz and Vinniy Massaro to win the vacant titles [5]
Vacated April 14, 2001 Vallejo, CA
11 The Original Westside Playaz
(Robert Thompson (4) and Tony Jones (4))
April 14, 2001 APW Only In California Vallejo, CA 1 53 1
12 Boyce LeGrande (2) and Mark Smith June 9, 2001 APW Game Over Vallejo, CA 1 49 0
13 The Ballard Brothers
(Shane Ballard and Shannon Ballard)
July 28, 2001 APW Welcome Back Vallejo, CA 1 63 1 [6]
14 The Original Westside Playaz
(Robert Thompson (5) and Tony Jones (5))
September 29, 2001 APW Tough Love Vallejo, CA 2 <1 0 [7]
Vacated September 29, 2001 APW Tough Love Vallejo, CA
15 Immortal Fear
(Billy Blade and Kaden)
December 4, 2004 APW Kristmas Kaos 2004 Hayward, CA 1 259 10 [8]
16 The Mafia
(Chris Colione and Vennis DeMarco)
August 28, 2005 APW Gym Wars Hayward, CA 1 55 1 [9]
17 All Pro Rangers
(Kid Omega and Kyu Ketsui)
October 22, 2005 APW Halloween Hell 8 Bakersfield, CA 1 42 2 [10]
18 The Mafia
(Chris Colione and Vennis DeMarco)
December 3, 2005 APW Kristmas Kaos 2005 Hayward, CA 2 56 0 [11]
19 Derek Sanders and Payton January 28, 2006 APW Gym Wars Hayward, CA 1 14 0 [12]
Vacated February 11, 2006 Hayward, CA
20 EGO
(AJ Kirsch and Nathan Rulez)
February 11, 2006 APW Gym Wars Hayward, CA 1 476 10 [13]
21 Ground And Pound
(Dana Lee and Tito Aquino)
June 2, 2007 APW Gym Wars Hayward, CA 1 70 0 [14]
22 Bloodline
(Billy Blade and Gangrel)
August 11, 2007 APW Gym Wars Hayward, CA 1 147 2 [15]
23 The Border Patrol
(Derek Sanders (2) and Nathan Rules(2))
January 5, 2008 APW Gym Wars Hayward, CA 1 ? 0 [16]
Vacated 2008 Sanders and Rules vacated the titles, but the exact date of the start of the vacancy is unknown
24 Boyce LeGrande (3) and Mustafa Saed October 26, 2013 APW Bayshore Bash Hayward, CA 1 140 0 [17]
25 Classic Connection
(Buddy Royal and Levi Shapiro)
March 15, 2014 APW Bayshore Bash Daly City, CA 1 279 3 [17]
26 Idris Jackson and Sionne Finau March 15, 2014 APW Kristmas Kaos 2014 Daly City, CA 1 84 0 This was a 4-way match also involving Jeckles The Jester/Jinxx and Julio Pedroza/Vinny Massaro [18]
27 Classic Connection
(Buddy Royal and Levi Shapiro)
March 13, 2015 APW Friday The 13th Part 2 Daly City, CA 2 280 6 [19]
28 Reno Scum
(Adam Thornstowe and Luster The Legend)
December 18, 2015 APW Kristmas Kaos 2015 Daly City, CA 1 329 3 [20]
29 Lion Power
(Marcus Lewis and Will Hobbs)
November 11, 2016 APW Cow Palace Royale Pacifica, CA 1 134 1 [21]
30 Classic Connection
(Buddy Royal and Levi Shapiro)
March 25, 2017 APW Legends Are Born Daly City, CA 3 72 1 [22]
31 Lion Power
(Marcus Lewis and Will Hobbs)
May 6, 2017 APW Cow Palace Royale San Francisco, CA 2 62 1 This was a handicap match; Royal and Shapiro teamed with their manager, Brian Zane. [21]
32 The Black Armada
(Papo Esco and Synn)
July 7, 2017 APW Bay Area Bash 2017 Daly City, CA 1 126 2 [23]
33 Lion Power
(Marcus Lewis and Will Hobbs)
November 10, 2017 APW Clash At The Cow Palace San Francisco, CA 3 127 0 [24]
34 Reno Scum
(Adam Thornstowe and Luster The Legend)
March 17, 2018 APW Kick Rocks Daly City, CA 2 69 1 [25]
35 Reno Over Everything
(Karl Fredericks and Styker)
May 25, 2018 APW We Out Here 2018 Concord, CA 1 42 1 [26]
36 Reno Scum
(Adam Thornstowe and Luster The Legend)
July 6, 2018 APW/PWR King of the Indies 2018 Daly City, CA 3 462 6 [27]
37 Warbeast
(Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael)
October 11, 2019 WCPW Nobody Does It Better San Francisco, CA 1 996 0 This was a three-way match also involving The One Percent (Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs). [28]
Vacated July 3, 2022 The titles were vacated for unknown reasons.
38 The Bad Boys
(Derek Slade and Dominic Teixeira)
September 3, 2022 APW Bay Area Bash 2022 Daly City, CA 1 785+ 0 This was a four-way match also involving La Rebelion Amarilla (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf), The Stoner Brothers (Rick Scott Stoner and Scott Rick Stoner), and Matt Carlos and Rik Luxury. [29]

Combined reigns

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Indicates the current champion
¤ The exact length of the title reign is unknown, defenses as well
Rank Team No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Warbeast
(Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael)
1 0 996
2 Reno Scum
(Adam Thornstowe and Luster The Legend)
3 10 860
3 The Bad Boys †
(Derek Slade and Dominic Teixeira)
1 0 785+
4 Classic Connection
(Buddy Royal and Levi Shapiro)
3 10 631
5 EGO
(AJ Kirsch and Nathan Rulez)
1 10 476
6 The Westside Playaz 2000
(Boyce LeGrande and Robert Thompson)
1 10 343
7 Lion Power
(Marcus Lewis and Will Hobbs)
3 2 323
8 Immortal Fear
(Billy Blade and Kaden)
1 10 259
9 Robert Thompson and Donovan Morgan 1 3 188
10 Bloodline
(Billy Blade and Gangrel)
1 2 147
11 Boyce LeGrande and Mustafa Saed 1 0 140
12 The Black Armada
(Papo Esco and Synn)
1 2 126
13 The Mafia
(Chris Colione and Vennis DeMarco)
2 1 111
14 Michael Modest and Tony Jones 1 3 84
15 Idris Jackson and Sionne Finau 1 0 84
16 Ground And Pound
(Dana Lee and Tito Aquino)
1 0 70
17 Michael Modest and Steve Rizzono 1 3 66
18 The Ballard Brothers
(Shane Ballard and Shannon Ballard)
1 1 63
19 Vic and Dic Grimes 1 0 62
20 The Original Westside Playaz
(Robert Thompson and Tony Jones)
2 1 53
21 Tony Jones and Jay Smooth 1 1 49
22 Boyce LeGrande and Mark Smith 1 0 49
23 All Pro Rangers
(Kid Omega and Kyu Ketsui)
1 2 42
24 Reno Over Everything
(Karl Fredericks and Styker)
1 1 42
25 Tony Jones and Steve Rizzono 1 0 42
26 The Murdoch Cousins
(Frank Murdoch and Vic Murdoch)
1 0 27
27 Robert Thompson and Chris Cole 1 0 14
28 Frank Murdoch and Boom-Boom Comini 1 0 14
30 Derek Sanders and Payton 1 0 14
31 The Border Patrol
(Derek Sanders and Nathan Rulez)
1 N/A¤ N/A¤

By wrestler

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Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Jacob Fatu 1 0 996
Josef Samael 1 0 996
3 Adam Thornstowe 3 10 860
Luster The Legend 3 10 860
5 Derek Slade † 1 0 785+
Dominic Teixeira † 1 0 785+
7 Buddy Royal 3 10 631
Levi Shapiro 3 10 631
9 Robert Thompson 5 14 601
10 Boyce LeGrande 3 10 532
11 Nathan Rulez 2 10 476¤
12 AJ Kirsch 1 10 476
13 Billy Blade 2 12 406
14 Marcus Lewis 3 2 323
Will Hobbs 3 2 323
16 Kaden 1 10 259
17 Tony Jones 5 5 231
18 Donovan Morgan 1 3 188
19 Michael Modest 2 6 147
20 Gangrel 1 2 147
21 Mustafa Saed 1 0 140
22 Papo Esco 1 2 126
Synn 1 2 126
24 Chris Colione 2 1 111
Vennis DeMarco 2 1 111
26 Steve Rizzono 2 3 105
27 Vic/Vic Murdoch 2 0 89
28 Idris Jackson 1 0 84
Sionne Finau 1 0 84
30 Dana Lee 1 0 70
Tito Aquino 1 0 70
32 Shane Ballard 1 1 63
Shannon Ballard 1 1 63
33 Dic Grimes 1 0 62
34 Jay Smooth 1 1 49
Mark Smith 1 0 49
36 Kid Omega 1 2 42
Kyu Ketsui 1 2 42
Karl Fredericks 1 1 42
Styker 1 1 42
40 Frank Murdoch 2 0 41
41 Derek Sanders 2 0 14¤
42 Chris Cole 1 0 14
Boom-Boom Comini 1 0 14
Payton 1 0 14

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Duncan, Joseph (December 14, 2012). "Vendetta Pro Wrestling & All Pro Wrestling create Unified Tag Team Championship". Vendetta Pro Wrestling. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  2. ^ "APW Tag Title Tournament '96 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  3. ^ "APW Doomsday « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  4. ^ "APW « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  5. ^ "Title Reigns « APW Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  6. ^ "APW Welcome Back « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  7. ^ "APW Tough Love « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  8. ^ "APW Kristmas Kaos 2004 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  9. ^ "APW Gym Wars « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  10. ^ "APW Halloween Hell 8 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  11. ^ "APW Kristmas Kaos 2005 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  12. ^ "APW Gym Wars « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  13. ^ "APW Gym Wars « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  14. ^ "APW Gym Wars « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
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  16. ^ "Title Reigns « APW Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
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  19. ^ "APW Friday The 13th Part 2 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  20. ^ "APW Kristmas Kaos 2015 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  21. ^ a b "APW Cow Palace Royale « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  22. ^ "APW Legends Are Born « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  23. ^ "APW Bay Area Bash 2017 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  24. ^ "APW Clash At The Cow Palace « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  25. ^ "APW Kick Rocks « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  26. ^ "APW We Out Here 2018 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  27. ^ "APW/PWR King Of Indies 2018 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  28. ^ "West Coast Pro Nobody Does It Better « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
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