NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship

NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship
The current NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date established	September 11, 1952
Current champion(s)	The King Bees (Charity King and Danni Bee)
Date won	February 27, 2024
Other name(s)
NWA Women's Tag Team Championship (1952–1983) NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship (2021–present)
Statistics First champion(s) Ella Waldek and Mae Young Most reigns Teams (3 reigns): Joyce Grable and Vicki Williams Joyce Grable and Wendi Richter Individually: June Byers (7 times)

The NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship is a women's professional wrestling tag team championship defended in member promotions of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).

History

From the early 1950s through 1983, it was the first women's world tag team championship in professional wrestling and was initially referred to simply as the Women's World Tag Team Championship, before briefly adopting the NWA prefix. ^[1] The championship was later acquired by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1983 when the WWF, once a member of the NWA, bought the rights to the championship from The Fabulous Moolah ^[2] and continued to use the belts. This ended the lineage of the NWA title and began a new one for the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship. ^[3]

On July 16, 2021, Mickie James, the producer of NWA EmPowerrr, announced the revival of the championship by the NWA, where the winners would be crowned at the EmPowerrr pay-per-view on August 28. ^[4] At the event, The Hex (Allysin Kay and Marti Belle) won the revived titles after defeating the team of Red Velvet and KiLynn King in the tournament final. ^[5]

Reigns

Names

Name	Year
NWA Women's Tag Team Championship	1952 – 1983
NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship	2021 – present

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

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
	National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
1	Ella Waldek and Mae Young	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	[Note 1]	Records are unclear as to whom Waldek and Young had defeated to win the championship.	[6] [7]
2	June Byers and Millie Stafford	September 4, 1952(nlt) [Note 2]	Live event	Mexico City, Mexico	1	134 [Note 3]	Due to conflicted reports, it is unclear how Byers and Stafford won the championship. The Jersey Journal reported that the pair won a tournament which lasted for six months to win the titles, while Arizona Daily Star claimed that they won the titles "in the recent Florida tourney". One source from the Omaha World-Herald claimed that Byers and Stafford defeated Ella Waldek and Mae Young in Mexico City, Mexico, to win the titles.	[6] [7]
3	June Byers and Mary Jane Mull	December 1952	Live event	Nebraska	1 (2, 1)	[Note 4]	Millie Stafford had taken time off due to personal reasons. Mull had previously won a tournament to replace her.	[6] [8] [7]
4	Daisy Mae and Golden Venus	March 1953	Live event	N/A	1	[Note 1]	Mae and Venus were recognized as champions in West Virginia.	[6]
	Championship history is unrecorded from March to September 1953.
5	Carol Cook and Ruth Boatcallie	September 1953(nlt) [Note 2]	Live event	N/A	1	[Note 5]	Boatcallie and Cook were recognized as champions at Alabama and Tennessee.	[6]
6	June Byers and Mary Jane Mull	December 14, 1953	Live event	Birmingham, AB	2 (3, 2)	[Note 6]		[6]
—	Vacated	August 1954	—	—	—	—	The championship was vacated after June Byers had won the NWA World Women's title.	[7]
7	June Byers and Millie Stafford	December 7, 1954(nlt) [Note 2]	Live event	N/A	2 (4, 2)	[Note 1]	Stafford returned sometimes after June 24, 1954. Byers and Stafford recognized as champions as of May 11, 1955.	[6]
8	Lorraine Johnson and Penny Banner	1955	Live event	Ohio	1	[Note 1]	Banner and Johnson won a tournament to be crowned the champions. It isn't known who they defeated to win the titles.	[7]
	Championship history is unrecorded from 1955 to March 1956.
9	Daisy Mae and Golden Venus	March 1956	Live event	West Virginia	2	[Note 7]	Mae and Venus were recognized as champions in West Virginia.	[6]
	Championship history is unrecorded from March to before July 30, 1956.
10	Bonnie Watson and Penny Banner	July 30, 1956(nlt) [Note 2]	Live event	N/A	1 (1, 2)	[Note 1]		[6]
	Championship history is unrecorded from before July 30 to before August 15, 1956.
11	June Byers and Mars Bennett	August 15, 1956(nlt) [Note 2]	Live event	N/A	1 (5, 1)	[Note 1]		[6]
	Championship history is unrecorded from before August 15, 1956 to before February 1957.
12	Betty Jo Hawkins and Penny Banner	February 1957	N/A	N/A	1 (1, 3)	[Note 1]		[6]
13	Barbara Baker and June Byers	February 13, 1957	Live event	Vancouver, BC	1 (1, 6)	[Note 1]		[6]
	Championship history is unrecorded from February 13 to July 1957.
14	Betty Jo Hawkins and Penny Banner	July 1957(nlt) [Note 2]	Live event	N/A	2 (2, 4)	[Note 1]		[6]
15	June Byers and Ethel Johnson	July 9, 1957	Live event	N/A	1 (7, 1)	[Note 1]		[6]
	Championship history is unrecorded from July 9, 1957 to before February 2, 1958.
16	Lorraine Johnson and Millie Stafford	February 2, 1958	Live event	Joplin, MO	1 (2, 3)	[Note 1]		[6]
	Championship history is unrecorded from before February 2 to before June 16, 1958.
17	Lorraine Johnson and Penny Banner	June 16, 1958(nlt) [Note 2]	Live event	N/A	2 (3, 5)	[Note 1]	Records are unclear as to whom Banner and Johnson had defeated. It is possible that Banner replaced Millie Stafford.	[6]
	Championship history is unrecorded from before June 16 to December 4, 1958.
18	Kay Noble and Lolita Martinez	December 4, 1958	Live event	Amarillo, TX	1	[Note 1]	As of February 24, 1959, Penny Banner is listed as a co-holder of the title, since she wasn't involved in losing it.	[6]
	Championship history is unrecorded from December 4, 1958 to before November 23, 1961.
19	Adrienne Ames and Pat Lyda	November 23, 1961(nlt) [Note 2]	Live event	Harvey, LA	1	[Note 1]	Ames and Lyda were billed as "NWA titlists" when they defeated Chris Clark and Ann Regan (holders of the Southern Women's Tag Team Championship) to become "undisputed women's tag team champions".	[6] [9]
	Championship history is unrecorded from before November 23, 1961 to before November 2, 1967.
20	The Fabulous Moolah and Patty Nelson	November 2, 1967(nlt) [Note 2]	N/A	N/A	1	[Note 1]	Moolah and Nelson were billed as champions in Boston, MA.	[6]
	Championship history is unrecorded from before November 2, 1967 to before May 1970.
21	The Fabulous Moolah and Toni Rose	May 1970(nlt) [Note 2]	Live event	N/A	1 (2, 1)	[Note 8]	Records are unclear as to whom Moolah and Rose had defeated. It is possible that they defeated Adrienne Ames and Pat Lyda.	[6] [7] [10]
22	Donna Christanello and Kathy O'Day	May 15, 1970	Live event	Los Angeles, CA	1	21		[6] [7]
23	The Fabulous Moolah and Toni Rose	June 5, 1970	Live event	Bakersfield, CA	2 (3, 2)	[Note 1]		[6] [7]
	Championship history is unrecorded from June 5 to before October 2, 1970.
24	Donna Christanello and Toni Rose	October 2, 1970(nlt) [Note 2]	Live event	N/A	1 (2, 3)	[Note 1]	Records are unclear as to whom Christanello and Rose had defeated, if anyone. It is possible that Christantello replaced The Fabulous Moolah.	[6] [7]
25	Sandy Parker and Susan Green	November 21, 1971	Live event	Honolulu, HI	1	3		[6] [7]
26	Donna Christanello and Toni Rose	November 27, 1971	Live event	Honolulu, HI	2 (3, 4)	688	Other report by Bleacher Report claims that Christanello and Rose won the championship on February 1972 in Hong Kong, China.	[6] [7]
27	Joyce Grable and Vicki Williams	October 15, 1973	Live event	New York City, New York	1	677		[6] [7] [11]
28	Donna Christanello and Toni Rose	August 23, 1975	Live event	Boston, MA	3 (4, 5)	554		[6] [7]
29	Joyce Grable and Vicki Williams	February 27, 1977	Live event	St. Petersburg, FL	2	[Note 1]	Other report by Bleacher Report claims that Christanello and Rose won the championship on April 16, 1978.	[6] [7]
	Championship history is unrecorded from February 27, 1977 or April 16, 1978 to August 1978.
30	Beverly Shade and Natasha the Hatchet Lady	August 1978	Live event	Memphis, TN	1	[Note 9]	Beverly and Natasha were only recognized as champions in Memphis, TN.	[6] [7]
31	Judy Martin and Leilani Kai	August 23, 1978	Live event	Key West, FL	1	2	It is uncertain who Kai and Martin defeated to win the championship.	[6]
32	Joyce Grable and Vicki Williams	August 25, 1978	Live event	St. Petersburg, FL	3	[Note 1]		[6]
	Championship history is unrecorded from August 25, 1978 to before December 26, 1979.
33	Judy Martin and Leilani Kai	December 26, 1979(nlt) [Note 2]	Live event	N/A	2	126 [Note 3]	It is uncertain who Kai and Martin defeated to win the championship.	[6]
34	Joyce Grable and Wendi Richter	April 30, 1980	Live event	Springfield, MO	1 (4, 1)	729		[6] [7]
35	Princess Victoria and Sabrina	April 29, 1982	Live event	Kansas City, MO	1	7		[6] [7]
36	Joyce Grable and Wendi Richter	May 6, 1982	Live event	Kansas City, MO	2 (5, 2)	372		[6] [7] [12]
37	Penny Mitchell and Velvet McIntyre	May 13, 1983	Live event	Calgary, AB	1	10 [Note 3]		[6] [13] [14]
38	Joyce Grable and Wendi Richter	May 23, 1983	Live event	Vancouver, BC	3 (6, 3)	317 [Note 10]	Grable and Richter might have won the championship on May 17 in Regina, SK.	[6] [7] [12]
—	Deactivated	April 4, 1984	—	—	—	—	The championship was sold to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) who established the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship, using the same belts and recognizing Velvet McIntyre and Princess Victoria as the inaugural champions. April 4, 1984 is the date of the first known title defense under the WWF.	[6] [13]
	National Wrestling Alliance/Lightning One Inc.
39	The Hex (Allysin Kay and Marti Belle)	August 28, 2021	NWA EmPowerrr	St. Louis, MO	1	287	Defeated Red Velvet and KiLynn King in a tournament final to win the revived titles.	[5] [4]
40	Pretty Empowered (Ella Envy and Kenzie Paige)	June 11, 2022	Alwayz Ready	Knoxville, TN	1	245		[15]
41	The Renegade Twins (Charlette Renegade and Robyn Renegade)	February 11, 2023	Nuff Said	Tampa Bay, Florida	1	1		[16]
42	Pretty Empowered 2.0 (Ella Envy and Roxy)	February 12, 2023	NWA Powerrr	Tampa Bay, Florida	1 (2, 1)	<1		[17]
43	M95 (Madi Wrenkowski and Missa Kate)	February 12, 2023	NWA Powerrr	Tampa Bay, Florida	1	196	Aired on February 21, 2023. This was their Champions Series cash-in match.	[18]
44	Pretty Empowered (Ella Envy and Kylie Paige)	August 27, 2023	NWA 75th Anniversary Show	St. Louis, Missouri	1 (3, 1)	139		[19]
45	The King Bees (Charity King and Danni Bee)	January 13, 2024	Paranoia	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	1	122+	Aired on tape delay on February 27, 2024.	[20]

Combined reigns

As of May14, 2024.

One-half of the Inaugural NWA Women's Tag Team Champions Mae Young

3-time and record setting most combined days as NWA Women's Tag Team Champions at 1,418 days Joyce Grable and Wendi Richter

By team

†	Indicates the current champions
¤	The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct.
N/A	The exact length of a title reign is too uncertain to calculate.

Rank	Team	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Joyce Grable and Wendi Richter	3	1,418¤
2	Donna Christanello and Toni Rose	3	1,242¤
3	Joyce Grable and Vicki Williams	3	677¤
4	June Byers and Mary Jane Mull	2	267–327¤
5	The Hex (Allysin Kay and Marti Belle)	1	287
6	Pretty Empowered (Ella Envy and Kenzie Paige)	1	246
7	M95 (Madi Wrenkowski and Missa Kate)	1	196
8	Pretty Empowered (Ella Envy and Kylie Paige)	1	139
9	June Byers and Millie Stafford	2	134¤
10	Judy Martin and Leilani Kai	2	128¤
11	Daisy Mae and Golden Venus	2	123–182¤
12	The King Bees † (Charity King and Danni Bee)	1	122+
13	Carol Cook and Ruth Boatcallie	1	75–104¤
14	Donna Christanello and Kathy O'Day	1	21
15	Penny Mitchell and Velvet McIntyre	1	10¤
16	Princess Victoria and Sabrina	1	7
17	Sandy Parker and Susan Green	1	3
18	The Renegade Twins (Charlette Renegade and Robyn Renegade)	1	1
19	Pretty Empowered 2.0 (Ella Envy and Roxy)	1	<1
20	Beverly Shade and Natasha the Hatchet Lady	1	<1–22¤
-	Adrienne Ames and Pat Lyda	1	N/A
	Barbara Baker and June Byers	1
	Betty Jo Hawkins and Penny Banner	2
	Bonnie Watson and Penny Banner	1
	Ella Waldek and Mae Young	1
	June Byers and Ethel Johnson	1
	June Byers and Mars Bennett	1
	Kay Noble and Lolita Martinez	1
	Lorraine Johnson and Millie Stafford	1
	Lorraine Johnson and Penny Banner	2
	The Fabulous Moolah and Patty Nelson	1
	The Fabulous Moolah and Toni Rose	2

By wrestler

Record-setting 6-time and record-setting most combined days as NWA Women's Tag Team Champion at 2,095 days Joyce Grable

Rank	wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Joyce Grable	6	2,095¤
2	Wendi Richter	3	1,418¤
3	Donna Christanello	4	1,263¤
4	Toni Rose	5	1,242–1,257¤
5	Vicki Williams	3	677¤
6	June Byers	7	401–461¤
7	Ella Envy	3	384
8	Mary Jane Mull	2	267–327¤
9	Allysin Kay	1	287
	Marti Belle	1	287
11	Kenzie Paige	1	246
12	Madi Wrenkowski	1	196
	Missa Kate	1	196
14	Kylie Paige	1	139
15	Millie Stafford	3	134¤
16	Judy Martin	2	128¤
	Leilani Kai	2	128¤
18	Daisy Mae	2	123–182¤
	Golden Venus	2	123–182¤
20	Charity King †	1	122+
	Danni Bee †	1	122+
22	Carol Cook	1	75–104¤
	Ruth Boatcallie	1	75–104¤
24	Kathy O'Day	1	21
25	Penny Mitchell	1	10¤
	Velvet McIntyre	1	10¤
27	Princess Victoria	1	7
	Sabrina	1	7
29	Sandy Parker	1	3
	Susan Green	1	3
31	Charlette Renegade	1	1
	Robyn Renegade	1	1
31	Roxy	1	<1
33	Beverly Shade	1	<1–22¤
	Natasha the Hatchet Lady	1	<1–22¤
-	Adrienne Ames	1	N/A
	Barbara Baker	1
	Ethel Johnson	1
	Betty Jo Hawkins	2
	Bonnie Watson	1
	Ella Waldek	1
	Kay Noble	1
	Lolita Martinez	1
	Lorraine Johnson	3
	Mae Young	1
	Mars Bennett	1
	Pat Lyda	1
	Patty Nelson	1
	Penny Banner	5
	The Fabulous Moolah	3

See also

• WWF Women's Tag Team Championship
• WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
• Women's World Tag Team Championship

Footnotes

1. The length of the reign is too uncertain to calculate.
2. Indicates that a title change took place "no later than" the date listed. Documentation of the specific date of a title change is not found but documentation of the champion holding the title on that date/in that period.
3. The length of this reign may be inaccurate.
4. The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 37 and 67 days.
5. The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 75 and 104 days.
6. The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 230 and 260 days.
7. The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 123 and 182 days.
8. The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between <1 and 15 days.
9. The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between <1 and 22 days.
10. The days recognize the end of the reign as April 4, 1984, the time the first title defense was recorded, in WWF.

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External links

• Official website
• NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship on Facebook