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| created = November 17, [[1952]]
 
| created = November 17, [[1952]]
| titleretired = April 4, [[1992]]
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| titleretired = July [[1992]]
 
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| mostreigns = [[Tony Borne]] & [[Moondog Mayne]]<br>{{small|(9 reigns)}}
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| mostreigns = [[Tony Borne]] & [[Moondog Mayne]]<br>{{small|(10 reigns)}}
| firstchamp = [[Harold Sakata]] & Toi Yamamoto
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| firstchamp = [[Harold Sakata]] & [[Tojo Yamamoto]]
 
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The '''NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship''' was a [[professional wrestling]] [[championship]] sanctioned by the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] and defended in its [[List of NWA territories|member]] [[professional wrestling promotion|promotion]] [[Pacific Northwest Wrestling]], which promoted shows in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington.
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The '''NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship''' was a [[professional wrestling]] [[championship]] sanctioned by the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] and defended in its member [[professional wrestling promotion|promotion]] [[Pacific Northwest Wrestling]], which promoted shows in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington.
   
The original version of the title lasted from 1952 until the company's closure in 1992, when Don Owen retired and sold his company to Sandy Barr. Barr retired all NWA PNW titles with Owen and began operating under the company name "Championship Wrestling USA", creating new championships. The actual retired (Owen Era) NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship belts were kept by Sandy Barr, refurbished due to age and were being used by the International Grappler's Alliance, his wrestling organization. With Sandy Barr's passing, Josh Barr started PDX Pro Wrestling in St. Johns, Oregon, in 2007, which is using the original PNW Tag Team belts.
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The original version of the title lasted from 1952 until the company's closure in 1992, when [[Don Owen]] retired and sold his company to Sandy Barr. Barr retired all NWA PNW titles with Owen and began operating under the company name "Championship Wrestling USA", creating new championships. The actual retired (Owen Era) NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship belts were kept by Sandy Barr, refurbished due to age and were being used by the International Grappler's Alliance, his wrestling organization. With Sandy Barr's passing, Josh Barr started PDX Pro Wrestling in St. Johns, Oregon, in 2007, which is using the original PNW Tag Team belts.
   
==References==
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==Past designs==
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<gallery>
<references/>[[File:NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champions.jpg|thumb|NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship]]
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NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champions.jpg|NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship
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</gallery>
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==External links==
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*[[File:cm logo.jpg|50px]] [http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=969 Profile]
 
[[Category:Tag team wrestling championships]]
 
[[Category:Tag team wrestling championships]]
 
[[Category:Pacific Northwest Wrestling championships]]
 
[[Category:Pacific Northwest Wrestling championships]]

Revision as of 04:44, 6 February 2016

The NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and defended in its member promotion Pacific Northwest Wrestling, which promoted shows in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington.

The original version of the title lasted from 1952 until the company's closure in 1992, when Don Owen retired and sold his company to Sandy Barr. Barr retired all NWA PNW titles with Owen and began operating under the company name "Championship Wrestling USA", creating new championships. The actual retired (Owen Era) NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship belts were kept by Sandy Barr, refurbished due to age and were being used by the International Grappler's Alliance, his wrestling organization. With Sandy Barr's passing, Josh Barr started PDX Pro Wrestling in St. Johns, Oregon, in 2007, which is using the original PNW Tag Team belts.

Past designs

External links