NWA United States Tag Team Championship
Current champion(s):
Date won:
Promotion:	National Wrestling Alliance (1986–1990) World Championship Wrestling (1991–1992)
Brand:
Date created:	September 28, 1986
Date retired:	July 31, 1992
Other name(s):	NWA United States Tag Team Championship
Most reigns:	Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane (The Midnight Express) (3 reigns)
First champion(s):	Krusher Khruschev and Ivan Koloff

The WCW United States Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for in the United States-based National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) promotions. The title was only contestable by male tag teams and in tag team matches. Being a professional wrestling championship, it was not won legitimately; it was instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. In 1986, NWA President and JCP owner Jim Crockett, Jr. introduced the championship (under the name "NWA United States Tag Team Championship") by announcing a tournament for the newly created title, which was won by Krusher Khruschev and Ivan Koloff on September 28, 1986. Since its establishment, JCP was a subsidiary of the NWA, and as a result, most title defenses occurred under JCP-promoted events.

In 1988, Crockett sold JCP to Ted Turner, who established WCW as its successor; however, the title continued to be defended under the NWA name until January 1991, when WCW withdrew as a subsidiary to the NWA. The final champions under the NWA name were The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott). Following WCW's withdrawal, the title was renamed the "WCW United States Tag Team Championship", and The Steiner Brothers were recognized as the first champions as a result of never losing the original NWA United States Tag Team Title. On July 31, 1992, WCW stripped the final champions, The Barbarian and Dick Slater, of their titles and retired the championship for unknown reasons.

Overall, there were 19 reigns among 15 tag teams, all of which occurred in the United States. Twelve reigns occurred under the NWA's version of the championship, while eight occurred under WCW's version. Although there were actually 19 reigns, The Steiner Brothers' final NWA United States Tag Team Championship reign is recognized as the first WCW United States Tag Team Championship reign, which makes it seem as if there were 20 reigns. However, this reign is not considered to be a new reign in the title's history because The Steiner Brothers never originally lost the titles. From the information known, The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane)'s first reign was the longest in the title's history at 346 days, while The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers)' second reign was the shortest, at 19 days. The Midnight Express also held the most reigns overall as a tag team and individually, with three.

Title historyEdit

NWA United States Tag Team ChampionshipEdit

WCW United States Tag Team ChampionshipEdit

Combined reigns by lengthEdit

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See alsoEdit

• NWA World Tag Team Championship
• List of NWA World Tag Team Champions
• National Wrestling Alliance
• Jim Crockett Promotions
• Title history - History of the championship.
• Champion history - History of the wrestlers who have held the belt.
• Title matches - Matches in which the title was defended.
• Reigns by length - Lists of the length and reigns.
• Champion Gallery - A gallery of all champions.

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