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18.Greg Valentine {John Wisniski Jr.} (07/26/80-Charlotte, North Carolina, United States)
19.Ric Flair (5) (11/24/80-Greenville, North Carolina, United States)
20.Roddy Piper {Rod George Tombes} (01/27/81-Raleigh, North Carolina, United States)
21.Wahoo McDaniel {Edward McDaniel} (08/08/81- Greensboro, North Carolina, United States) - Wahoo McDaniel was injured by Abdullah The Butcher {Larry Shreeve} forcing him to vacate the title on 09/81.
22.Sergeant Slaughter {Robert Remus} (10/04/81- Charlotte, North Carolina, United States) - Sergeant Slaughter defeated Steamboat in a tournament final to crown a new champion.
23.Wahoo McDaniel (2) (05/21/82-Richmond, Virginia, United States)
24.Sergeant Slaughter (2) (06/07/82-Greenville, North Carolina, United States)
25.Wahoo McDaniel (3) (08/22/82-Charlotte, North Carolina, United States)
26.Greg Valentine (2) (11/04/82-Norfolk, Virginia, United States) - managed by Sir Oliver Humperdink (briefly)
27.Roddy Piper (2) (04/16/83-Greensboro, North Carolina, United States)
28.Greg Valentine (3) (05/01/83-Greensboro, North Carolina, United States)
29.Dick Slater {Van Ritchard Slater} (12/14/83-Shelby, North Carolina, United States)
30.Rick Steamboat (3) (04/21/84-Greensboro, North Carolina, United States)
31.Wahoo McDaniel (4) (06/24/84-Greensboro, North Carolina, United States) - McDaniel was forced to vacate the title in July 1984 after interference from Tully Blanchard gave him the victory over Steamboat for the title.
32.Wahoo McDaniel (5) (10/07/84-Charlotte, North Carolina, United States) - McDaniel defeated Manny Fernandez in a tournament final to crown a new champion.
33.Magnum T.A. {Terry Allen} (03/23/85-Charlotte, North Carolina, United States)
34.Tully Blanchard (07/21/85-Charlotte, North Carolina, United States) - Member of The Four Horsemen managed by Baby Doll {Nicole Roberts}
35.Magnum T.A. (2) (11/28/85-Greensboro, North Carolina, United States (Starrcade) - Magnum T.A. defeated Tully Blanchard in an I Quit Steel Cage Match to win the title. Magnum was stripped of the title for attacking NWA President Bob Geigel on 05/29/86.
36.Nikita Koloff {Scott Simpson} (08/17/86-Charlotte, North Carolina, United States) - Nikita Koloff defeated Magnum T.A. in a best-of-seven tournament to crown a new champion.

NWA World Tag Championship

This was the major tag team championship in the world and it was basically considered a territorial championship, because almost every team that held the belts in this time period were working for JCP at the time. Like the U.S. title, there were also a lot of great matches and feuds centered around this championship. So here are the teams that held the JCP version of the World Tag Team Titles.

1.Gene Anderson/Ole Anderson {Al Rogowski} (03/75- California, USA)
2.Steve Keirn/ Tiger Conway Jr. (11/03/75- Charlotte, NC, USA)
3.Gene Anderson(2)/Ole Anderson (2) (11/17/75/- Charlotte, NC, USA)
4.Wahoo McDaniel {Edward McDaniel}/Rufus R. Jones (03/76)
3.Gene Anderson (3)/Ole Anderson (3) (03/76 )
4.Mr. Wrestling {Tim Woods}/Dino Bravo {Adolpho Bresciano} (05/76)
5.Gene Anderson (4)/Ole Anderson (4) (07/76 )
6.Ric Flair {Richard Morgan Fliehr}/Greg "The Hammer" Valentine {John Wisniski Jr.} (12/25/76-Greensboro NC, USA - Ole was injured in this match and stretchered out. The Title was declared vacant during 1977.
7.Gene Anderson (5)/ Ole Anderson (5) (05/08/77- Charlotte, NC, USA) - Gene Anderson/Ole Anderson won the vacant title. Andersons beat Flair & Valentine in a steel cage match with Wahoo McDaniel as referee
8.Mr. Wrestling {Tim Woods}/ Mr. Wrestling II {Johnny Walker} (77- Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
9.Gene Anderson (6)/ Ole Anderson (6) (77- Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
10.Dusty Rhodes/ Dick Slater (09/23/77- Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
11.Gene Anderson (7)/ Ole Anderson (7) (09/30/77- Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
12.Ric Flair (2)/ Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (2) (10/30/77) - In April of 1978, NWA president Eddie Graham appeared on television to strip Flair & Valentine of the belts due to their continued "unprofessional conduct."
13.Paul Jones/ Rick Steamboat {Richard Blood} (04/23/78-Greensboro, North Carolina, United States) - Paul Jones/Rick Steamboat defeat Masked Superstar and Ken Patera in the final of a ten-team tournament for the vacant title.
14.Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (3) and Baron Von Raschke {Jim Raschke} (06/07/78- Raleigh, NC, USA)
15.Jimmy Snuka/Paul Orndorff (12/78)
16.Paul Jones (2)/Baron Von Raschke (2) (04/28/79)
17.Ric Flair (3) and Blackjack Mulligan {Robert Windham} (08/08/79- Greensboro, North Carolina, United States)
18.Paul Jones (3)/Baron Von Raschke (3) (08/22/79-Raleigh, North Carolina, United States)
19.Rick Steamboat (2)/Jay Youngblood (10/24/79-Raleigh, North Carolina, USA)
20.Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (4) and Ray Stevens (03/29/80-Charlotte, North Carolina, USA - Four days after Ray Stevens & Greg Valentine's title victory, promoter David Crockett appeared on TV with a 16 millimeter film reel, saying that he was going to send it to NWA president Bob Geigel (the wrong man had been pinned in the match with Steamboat & Youngblood). Stevens & Valentine attacked Crockett and Stevens destroyed the film with a pocket knife.
21.Rick Steamboat (3)/Jay Youngblood (2) (05/10/80-Greensboro, North Carolina, United States) - David Crockett was the special referee
22.Jimmy Snuka (2)/Ray Stevens (2) (06/22/80-Greensboro, North Carolina, United States) - managed by Gene Anderson
23.Paul Jones (4) and The Masked Superstar {Bill Eadie} (11/27/80-Greensboro, North Carolina, United States) - The Superstar (Bill Eadie) promised to unmask if he and Jones won the belts from Snuka & Stevens. He did so, albeit for only 30 seconds.
24.Ray Stevens (3) and Ivan Koloff {James Parris} (02/22/81-Greensboro, North Carolina, United States) - managed by Gene Anderson (2)
25.Paul Jones (5) and The Masked Superstar (2) (03/22/81-Greensboro, North Carolina, United States)
26.Gene Anderson (8) and Ole Anderson (8) (05/01/81-Richmond, Virginia, United States) - The Title was vacant in 12/81 after Gene Anderson was injured in 10/81.
27.Ole Anderson (9) and Stan Hansen (02/28/82- Atlanta, Georgia, USA) - Defeats Jack & Jerry Brisco to win the Eastern division of the tournament; awarded the World title by forfeit when the Western division winners Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco split; title declared vacant in 82/09.
28.Sgt. Slaughter {Robert Remus} and Don Kernodle (09/82) - Awarded; allegedly defeat Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki in a fictitious tournament final.
29.Rick Steamboat (4)/Jay Youngblood (3) (03/12/83-Greensboro, North Carolina, United States)
30.Jack Brisco/Jerry Brisco (06/18/83-Greenville, South Carolina, United States)
31.Rick Steamboat (5) and Jay Youngblood (4) (10/03/83-Greenville, South Carolina, United States)
32.Jack Brisco (2) and Jerry Brisco (2) (10/21/83-Richmond, Virginia, United States)
33.Rick Steamboat (6) and Jay Youngblood (5) (11/24/83- Greensboro, North Carolina, United States (Starrcade) - The Titles were declared vacant on 12/25/83 when Steamboat announced his retirement.
34.Don Kernodle (2) and Bob Orton Jr. (01/08/84-Charlotte, North Carolina, United States) - Defeated Dory Funk, Jr. and Jimmy Valiant in a tournament final to fill the vacant title.
35.Wahoo McDaniel (2) and Mark Youngblood {Mark Romero} (03/04/84-Charlotte, North Carolina, United States)
36.Jack Brisco (3) and Jerry Brisco (3) (04/04/84-Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States)
37.Wahoo McDaniel (3) and Mark Youngblood (2) (04/27/84-Richmond, Virginia, United States)
38.Don Kernodle (3) and Ivan Koloff (2) (05/84-Awarded)
39.Dusty Rhodes {Virgil Runnells Jr.}(2) and "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez (10/20/84- Greensboro, North Carolina, United States)
40.Ivan Koloff (3) and Nikita Koloff-The Russians (03/18/85-Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States) - Krusher Khrushchev {Barry Darsow} joined the Russians to form a three-man team, all three defended the belts in different combinations.
41.Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson {Rueben Kane}-The Rock 'n' Roll Express (07/09/85-Shelby, North Carolina, United States) - Ricky Morton/Robert Gibson defeated Ivan Koloff/Krusher Khrushchev to win the title.
42.Ivan Koloff (4) and Nikita Koloff (2) (10/13/85-Charlotte, North Carolina, United States)
43.Rock'n' Roll Express (2) (11/28/85- Greensboro, North Carolina, United States (Starrcade)
44.Dennis Condrey and "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton {Robert Lee Eaton} - The Midnight Express (02/02/86-Atlanta, Georgia, United States) - managed by Jim Cornette
45.Rock'n' Roll Express (3) (08/16/86-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)

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