WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship

The WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship was a third-string tag team championship that was defended in the World Wrestling Council.

WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionUniversal Wrestling Promotions (UWP)
Top Heavyweight Wrestling Promotions (THWP)
World Wrestling Promotions (WWP)
Dominican Wrestling Federation (DWF)
World Wrestling Council (WWC)
Date establishedAugust 8, 1978
Date retiredSeptember 2, 1992
Other name(s)
  • UWP Caribbean Tag Team Championship
  • THWP Caribbean Tag Team Championship
  • WWP Caribbean Tag Team Championship
  • DWF Caribbean Tag Team Championship
  • NWA Caribbean Tag Team Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)The Cherokees
Final champion(s)Latin Connection (Ray Gonzalez and Ricky Santana)
Most reignsas a tag team: Caribbean Express
(Huracán Castillo Jr. and Miguel Pérez Jr.) (5 reigns) as individual: Invader I (7 reigns)
Longest reignThe Invaders
(Invader I and Invader II) (245 days)
Shortest reignNinja Express
(Kendo Nagasaki and Mr.Pogo) (1 day)
Oldest championDon Kent (57 years)
Youngest championRay González (19 years)

Title history

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Wrestler: Times: Date: Place: Notes:
UWP Caribbean Tag Team Championship
The Cherokees 1 August 8, 1978 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeat The Castillo Brothers
(Raul and Fidel) in a tournament final.
The Invaders
(Invader I & Invader II)
1 December 9, 1978 San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Hart Family
(Smith Hart and Bret Hart)
1 August 10, 1979 Las Marías, Puerto Rico
THWP Caribbean Tag Team Championship
Bill Martínez and Henry London 1 August 12, 1979 San Germán, Puerto Rico
Los Hermanos Perón
(Chicky Starr and Ángelo Rivera)
1 August 20, 1979 Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
WWP Caribbean Tag Team Championship
Kengo Arakawa and Kendo Kimura 1 September 29, 1979 Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
The Sasaki Twins
(Hiro Sasaki and Masa Sasaki)
1 November 20, 1979 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
The Fabulous Kangaroos
(Don Kent and Bruno Bekkar)
1 December 8, 1979 San Juan, Puerto Rico
DWF Caribbean Tag Team Championship
The Original Broncos
(Bronco I and Bronco II)
1 January 6, 1980 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Titán and Relámpago Hernández 1 August 8, 1980 Samaná, Dominican Republic
The Original Broncos
(Bronco I and Bronco II)
2 December 2, 1980 Santiago, Dominican Republic
Jack Veneno and Relampago Hernández (2) 1 September 4, 1981 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship
The Original Broncos
(Bronco I and Bronco II)
3 February 8, 1982 San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Moondogs
(Rex and Spot)
1 October 10, 1982 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Invader I (2) and Super Gladiator 1 December 6, 1982 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
The Moondogs
(Rex and Spot)
2 December 20, 1982 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Buddy Landel and Terry Gibbs 1 May 14, 1983 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Super Médicos
(Super Médico I and Super Médico II)
1 June 6, 1983 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [1][circular reference]
The Invaders
(II (2) and IV)
1 July 2, 1983 San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Title held up on January 6, 1984 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico between the match of The Invaders and The Super Medicos.
The Super Médicos
(Super Medico I and Super Medico II)
2 January 20, 1984 San Germán, Puerto Rico Defeat The Invaders in a rematch.
The High Flyers
(Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell)
1 July 8, 1984 Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
The Invaders
(Invader I (3) and Invader III)
1 January 8, 1985 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
The Super Médicos
(I and II)
3 January 10, 1985 San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
Dutch Mantel and Wendell Cooley 1 June 5, 1985 San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Invaders
(Invader I (4) and Invader IV (2))
1 January 2, 1986 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
The Power Twins
(Larry and Dave)
1 January 9, 1986 Maricao, Puerto Rico
The Invaders
(Invader I (5) and Invader IV (3))
2 August 6, 1986 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Superflys
(Eric and Charlie)
1 May 22, 1987 Manatí, Puerto Rico
Vacated on october 8, 1987 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico after Superfly Eric suffer a knee injury.
Samoan Swat Team
(Fatu and Samu)
1 November 7, 1987 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Defeated Invader I and Invader III in a tournament final.
The Youngbloods
(Mark Youngblood and Chris Youngblood)
1 December 12, 1987 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
The Kansas City Jayhawks
(Bobby Jaggers and Dan Kroffat)
1 February 6, 1988 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
The Youngbloods
(Mark Youngblood and Chris Youngblood)
2 April 23, 1988 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
The Kansas City Jayhawks
(Bobby Jaggers and Dan Kroffat)
2 June 11, 1988 Caguas, Puerto Rico
The Caribbean Express
(Jesus Castillo, Jr. and Miguel Pérez Jr.)
1 December 15, 1988 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ninja Express
(Kensuke Sasaki and Mr.Pogo)
1 January 14, 1989 Caguas, Puerto Rico [2]
The Youngbloods
(Mark Youngblood and Chris Youngblood)
3 March 6, 1989 San Juan, Puerto Rico [3]
The Caribbean Express
(Huracán Castillo Jr. and Miguel Pérez Jr.)
2 March 15, 1989 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ninja Express
(Kensuke Sasaki and Mr.Pogo)
2 April 1, 1989 San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Batten Twins
(Brad Batten and Bart Batten)
1 April 2, 1989 Dorado, Puerto Rico
Held up after a match between Batten Twins and The Caribbean Express (Miguel Pérez, Jr. and Huracán Castillo, Jr.) on April 29, 1989 in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
The Batten Twins
(Brad Batten and Bart Batten)
2 May 14, 1989 San Juan, Puerto Rico Defeated Castillo, Jr. and Pérez in a rematch.
The Caribbean Express
(Huracán Castillo Jr. and Miguel Pérez Jr.)
3 June 9, 1989 Jayuya, Puerto Rico
Los Mercenarios
(Cuban Assassin and Jerry Morrow)
1 October 7, 1989 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Los Nuevos Mercenarios
(Cuban Assassin (2) and Ron Starr)
1 January 25, 1990 San Juan, Puerto Rico Ron Starr replaces Jerry Morrow who quit from the company.
Vacated when Los Nuevos Mercenarios gave up the titles on February 25, 1990.
The Invaders
(Invader I (6) and Invader IV (4))
3 March 10, 1990 Caguas, Puerto Rico Defeated Cuban Assassin and Ron Starr in a Tournament final.
Leo Burke and Chicky Starr (2) 1 March 25, 1990 San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Invaders
(Invader I (7) and Invader IV (5))
4 May 5, 1990 Caguas, Puerto Rico [4]
Los Mercenarios
(Cuban Assassin (3) and Jerry Morrow (2))
2 June 24, 1990 Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico
The Caribbean Express
(Huracán Castillo, Jr. and Miguel Pérez, Jr.)
4 July 7, 1990 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Rick Valentine and Eric Embry 1 September 23, 1990 Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico
Super Médicos
(Super Médico I (4) and Super Médico III)
1 November 10, 1990 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Rick Valentine (2) and Eric Embry (2) 2 December 15, 1990 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Super Médicos
(Super Médico I (5) and Super Médico III)
2 January 6, 1991 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Rick Valentine (3) and Gran Mendoza 1 January 23, 1991 San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Caribbean Express
(Huracán Castillo, Jr. and Miguel Pérez, Jr.)
5 March 9, 1991 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Vacated when The Caribbean Express win the WWC World Tag Team Titles on June 8, 1991 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The State Patrol
(Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker and Lt. James Earl Wright)
1 July 10, 1991 Ponce, Puerto Rico Defeat Los Originales Nenes de Las Nenas in an 8-tag team tournament final.[5]
Los Originales Nenes de las Nenas
(Ray González and Ricky Santana)
1 August 24, 1991 Ponce, Puerto Rico [6]
Dusty Wolfe and Gran Mendoza (2) 1 September 8, 1991 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Los Originales Nenes de las Nenas
(Ray González and Ricky Santana)
2 September 28, 1991 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Vacated and inactive on November 8, 1991.
NWA Caribbean Tag Team Champions
Mandella and Sabud 1 March 6, 1992 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Recognized by NWA for a briefly time.
Abandoned later September 2, 1992

References

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  1. ^ WWC Aniversario
  2. ^ Hoops, Brian (January 14, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/14): Christian wins NWA World Title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Hoops, Brian (March 4, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/04): ROH 10th Anniversary Show". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  4. ^ F4W Staff (May 5, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 5): Bruno Vs. Gorilla in Puerto Rico, 2nd annual Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ ClassicsWWC (2017-03-19), WWC: Ray González vs. Fidel Sierra (1991), archived from the original on 2021-12-13, retrieved 2019-07-15
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