NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version)

The Toronto version of the NWA International Tag Team Championship was the top tag team professional wrestling championship in the Canadian promotion Maple Leaf Wrestling from 1961 through 1977. The title replaced the original top tag championship in Maple Leaf Wrestling, the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship, which was abandoned in favor of the International title^[1][2].

Title history

An (n) next to a date in the title history means that a title change occurred no later than the date listed.

Wrestlers:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Man Mountain Campbell and Stan Stasiak	1	1961-06-08	Toronto, Ontario	Defeated Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff in a tournament final to become the first champions.
Cyclone and Hurricane Smith	1	1961-09-07	Toronto, Ontario
Chris and John Tolos	1	1961-12-07	Toronto, Ontario
Whipper Billy Watson and Yukon Eric	1	1961-12-28	Toronto, Ontario
Chris and John Tolos	2	1962-01-04	Toronto, Ontario
Bill Soloweyko and Whipper Billy Watson	1	1962-01-18	Toronto, Ontario
Chris and John Tolos	3	1962-03-15	Toronto, Ontario
Billy Red Lyons and Whipper Billy Watson	1	1962-03-28	Toronto, Ontario
Bulldog Brower and Sweet Daddy Siki	1	1962-04-04	Toronto, Ontario
Bruno Sammartino and Whipper Billy Watson	1	1962-09-27	Toronto, Ontario
Bulldog Brower and Johnny Valentine	1	1963-02-28	Toronto, Ontario
John Paul Henning and Art Thomas	1	1963-07-25	Toronto, Ontario
Bulldog Brower and Dr. Jerry Graham	1	1963-10-17	Toronto, Ontario
Jim Hady and Johnny Valentine	1	1963-12-05	Toronto, Ontario
Fred Atkins and Professor Hiro	1	July 1964 (n)
Johnny Valentine and Whipper Billy Watson	1	1964-08-13	Toronto, Ontario
Fred Atkins and Professor Hiro	2	1964-09-17	Toronto, Ontario
Johnny Valentine and Whipper Billy Watson	2	1964-10-09	Toronto, Ontario	The title was inactive for all of 1965.
The Masked Yankees {Moose Evans & Bob Stanlee}	1	1966-01-09	Toronto, Ontario
Bulldog Brower and Whipper Billy Watson	1	1966-07-10	Toronto, Ontario
Fred Atkins and Tiger Jeet Singh	1	1966-07-31	Toronto, Ontario
Bulldog Brower and Whipper Billy Watson	2	December 1966 (n)		The title was inactive for a majority of 1967. Brower and Watson were billed as champions after.
Bull Curry and Tiger Jeet Singh	1	1968-05-26	Toronto, Ontario
Mark Lewin and Whipper Billy Watson	1	1968-08-25	Toronto, Ontario
The title was vacated in 1968, then became inactive.
The Love Brothers (Hartford and Reginald Love)	1	1974-03-17	Toronto, Ontario	Defeated Jacques Rougeau, Sr. and Raymond Rougeau.
The Crusaders (Billy Red Lyons and Dewey Robertson)	1	1974-06-23	Toronto, Ontario
The Love Brothers	2	1974-09-08	Toronto, Ontario
The Crusaders	2	1974-12-29	Toronto, Ontario
The Kelly Twins (Mike and Pat Kelly)	1	1975-06-08	Toronto, Ontario
The Crusaders	3	1975-08-24	Toronto, Ontario
The title was abandoned in September 1977.

References

1. ^ Will, Gary. "TITLE HISTORY: International Tag Team Title". Toronto Wrestling History. http://www.garywill.com/toronto/title-int.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-23. 
2. ^ Tanabe, Hisaharu. "International Tag Team Title (Toronto)". Wrestling-Titles.com. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/on/nwa/on-int-t.html. Retrieved 2007-07-23. 

See also

• Maple Leaf Wrestling
• Other versions of the NWA International Tag Team Championship

• Amarillo – (1959-75; NWA Western States)
• Calgary – (1958-89, 2000-present; Stampede Wrestling - since renamed Stampede International Tag Team Championship)
• Georgia – (1956-63; National Wrestling Alliance)
• Japan and Texas – (1962-88; Japan Wrestling Association, NWA Western States and All Japan Pro Wrestling - now part of Double Cup Tag Team Championship)
• Minneapolis – (1959-60; NWA Minneapolis)
• Vancouver – (1982-85; NWA All-Star Wrestling)