IWA World Tag Team Championship
IWA World Tag Team Championship is a Tag Team Championship defended in Puerto Rico.The titles were first introduced in the first incarnation of the International Wrestling Association, where they are defended. They also made a brief appearance in the World Wrestling League during 2018. It was introduced on January 6, 2000.
History
In early 2015, while Vega was part of La Radio PR's "Más Allá del Ring" show, the title belts made appearances as part of the studio's decore along the Undisputed World Heavyweight and Intercontinental ChampionshipsOn May 19, 2018 it was reintroduced by Savio Vega as part of the main angle of WWL Golpe de Estado 2018, in which he led a group that intended to convert the WWL into the second incarnation of the IWA. At the event, Los Dueños de la Malicia carried the titles with them. However, after Golpe de Estado Dennis Rivera announced his retirement due to a legitimate knee injury. The titles made an appearance in an event sponsored by the municipal administration of Naranjito afterwards, but their status was not touched upon.
On July 20, 2018, a relaunch of IWA's Florida spinoff was also announced, along a tournament to fill the vacancies for the Undisputed World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships. However, with the relaunch of the IWA's main branch at Puerto Rico, the spinoff received its own titles.
In November 2019, one of the belts was carried by JC Navarro at Caution Wrestling Federation’s Aniversario event in Mexico. He did the same at Colombian Pro Wrestling’s Indy Circuit event, held on December 14, 2019.
Title history
Tournament (2019)
After IWA Revival on February 22, 2019, at Revelaciones a tournament was announced between the teams of West Side Mafia, Thunder and Lightning, Legio and The Drunken Xpress. The eliminatories were set to begin at Sangre x Sangre in March. The first two teams clashed prior to its start, with Thunder and Lightning securing a first-round bye with a win over the West Side Mafia.| No. | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. | ||||
| 1 | Val Venis and Ricky Santana | 1 | January 6, 2000 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | Defeated the Head Bangers and Huracán Castillo Jr. and Savio Vega in a three way dance tournament final. | |||||
| 2 | Ricky Santana and Sean Hill | 1 | March 2, 2000 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Hill replaced Venis due to an injury. | ||||||
| 3 | Los Boricuas and Miguel Perez | 1 | March 9, 2000 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Made a team with Savio Vega to defeat Ricky Santana, Sean Hill and Fidel Sierra in a six man tag team match. | |||||
| 4 | Starr Corporation and Victor The Bodyguard | 1 | April 28, 2000 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | IWA One Night Only | Huracan and Miguel were part of Stable "Los Intocables" at this time. Savio Vega was the special referee. | |||||
| 5 | La Nueva Generación | 1 | May 7, 2000 | Moca, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 6 | Club WWF and Steve Bradley | 1 | June 3, 2000 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 7 | Andy Anderson and Headhunter II | 1 | June 4, 2000 | Headhunter II replaced Steve Bradley when was called by WWE. | |||||||
| 8 | Club WWF and Steve Bradley | 2 | June 11, 2000 | Bradley returned from WWF and regained the Tag Team Championship | |||||||
| 9 | La Nueva Generación and Gran Apolo | 2 | June 16, 2000 | Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico | This was a 4-way match also including The Starr Corporation and Sexy and Sensual in 4-way match. | ||||||
| 10 | Club WWF and Steve Bradley | 3 | June 17, 2000 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 11 | Starr Corporation and Victor The Bodyguard | 2 | July 7, 2000 | Manati, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| — | Vacated | — | July 29, 2000 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | Title was vacated after a match between La Nueva Generación and Starr Corporation. | ||||||
| 12 | La Nueva Generación and Gran Apolo | 3 | August 5, 2000 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Ricky Banderas named a new partner, Miguelito Pérez, on August 6 after he turned on Nuevo Gran Apolo. | |||||
| 13 | Los Intocables and Huracán Castillo and Miguel Pérez and Fidel Sierra and Pain | 1 | August 6, 2000 | On August 13 any combination of Los Intocables were qualified to defend the titles and later Fidel Sierra was added on August 20, 2000 in Lares, Puerto Rico. | |||||||
| 14 | Starr Corporation and Victor The Bodyguard | 3 | September 30, 2000 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | Defeated Pain and Miguel Pérez, Jr. | ||||||
| 15 | SOS and Vyzago | 1 | November 11, 2000 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 16 | Miguel Pérez Jr. and Gran Apolo | 1 | February 24, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Stipulation was that if Perez and Apolo lost they couldn't be a team anymore. | ||||||
| 17 | Starr Corporation and Victor The Bodyguard | 4 | March 23, 2001 | Arecibo, Puerto Rico | Defeated Nuevo Gran Apolo in a handicap match when Miguel Pérez no showed. | ||||||
| 18 | D'Lo Brown and Glamour Boy Shane | 1 | May 27, 2001 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated Los Boricuas and Starr Corporation in a 3-way match. | |||||
| 19 | Los Boricuas and Huracán Castillo, Jr. | 3 | June 23, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated Pete Gas and Chaz and Shane and D-Lo Brown in a 3-way match. | |||||
| 20 | The New Corporation | 1 | August 11, 2001 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | ||||||
| 21 | The New Corporation | 1 | September 1, 2001 | Gurabo, Puerto Rico | They wrestled Tiger Ali Singh and Big Russ McCollough on a tag team match but since they were all member of the NEW CORPORATION, they faked the match. Then Savio ordered the match to be a Title match adding Los Boricuas. At the end Russ was knocked out and then Castillo hit Zaruxx with the bell, Zaruxx landed over Russ and Castillo came to pin both. Savio ruled that since Zaruxx was pinning Russ, Zaruxx and Bruno won the Tag Team Titles. | ||||||
| 22 | Los Boricuas and Huracán Castillo, Jr. | 4 | September 29, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 23 | The New Corporation and Tiger Ali Singh | 1 | November 24, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 24 | The New Corporation | 1 | December 8, 2001 | Orocovis, Puerto Rico | "Primetime" Ángel Rodríguez replaced Tiger Ali Singh. | ||||||
| 25 | Starr Corporation and Victor The Bodyguard | 5 | December 8, 2001 | Orocovis, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 26 | Hermanos del Dolor and Ricky Banderas | 1 | April 5, 2002 | Manatí, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 27 | Starr Corporation and Victor The Bodyguard | 6 | April 13, 2002 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Shane no showed under a deportation stipulation. | ||||||
| 28 | Los Boricuas and Huracán Castillo, Jr. | 5 | July 21, 2002 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | ||||||
| 29 | Los Boricuas Auténticos | 1 | October 20, 2002 | Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico | Miguel Pérez defeated Huracán Castillo in a No DQ match to win control of the tag team titles at the Antonio Barcelo Coliseum on September 21, 2002 at Toa Baja, PR. later Pérez picked Savio Vega to be his new tag team partner. | ||||||
| 30 | Abyss and Miguel Pérez | 1 | January 6, 2003 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | Abyss replaced Savio Vega. | |||||
| 31 | Eric Alexander and Andy Anderson | 1 | January 19, 2003 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | ||||||
| — | Vacated | — | March 15, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Savio Vega stripped the IWA Tag Team Titles after Eric Alexander failure to defend the title for 30 days due to his injury. | ||||||
| 32 | Abyss and Miguel Pérez | 2 | March 15, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Title returned back by the IWA general manager Savio Vega. | ||||||
| 33 | Glamour Boy Shane and Abyss | 1 | May 17, 2003 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | In a match between former tag team partners, Abyss defeated Miguel Perez to win the total control of the title, after Shane interfered. Abyss handed him the other belt, so new tag team champions were Shane and Abyss. | |||||
| 34 | Los Desertores | 1 | May 31, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 35 | Eric Alexander and Craven | 1 | June 28, 2003 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| — | Vacated | — | July 5, 2003 | After the match between Miguel Pérez, Jr. and Slash Venom and Eric Alexander and Craven. | |||||||
| 36 | Eric Alexander and Craven | 2 | July 12, 2003 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude | Defeated Miguel Pérez, Jr. and Slash Venom in a rematch. | |||||
| 37 | Chicano and Craven | 1 | December 13, 2003 | Chicano replaced Eric Alexander. | |||||||
| 38 | Los Boricuas and Huracán Castillo, Jr. | 6 | December 14, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR | Defeated Craven and Chicano and Power Company in a 3-way match. | |||||
| 39 | Hermanos de la Oscuridad | 1 | January 21, 2004 | Bayamon, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 40 | Los Ilegales | 1 | January 22, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | ||||||
| 41 | Los Boricuas and Huracán Castillo, Jr. | 7 | January 24, 2004 | Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | ||||||
| 42 | Artillería Pesada | 1 | February 21, 2004 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Defeated La Compañía, Los Ilegales and Los Boricuas in a 3-way Elimination match. | |||||
| 43 | Glamour Boy Shane and Kasey James | 1 | June 19, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | ||||||
| 44 | Artillería Pesada and Lightning | 2 | June 25, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 45 | Slash Venom and Chicano | 1 | September 25, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Defeated La Artillería Pesada in a cage match. | |||||
| 46 | Chet Jablonski and Kasey James | 1 | October 16, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado | ||||||
| 47 | Slash Venom and Chicano | 2 | November 20, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Harcore Weekend | ||||||
| 48 | Artillería Pesada and Lightning | 3 | November 21, 2004 | San Sebastián, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 49 | 3 LiveKru | 1 | January 6, 2005 | Bayamon, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 50 | Lightning and Anarchy | 1 | January 29, 2005 | Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Thunder suffered an injury on January 6, 2005 so Savio Vega named Anarchy Lightning's partner and co-holder of the titles. | |||||
| 51 | Noriega and Golden Boy | 1 | February 27, 2005 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | ||||||
| 52 | La Cruz Del Diablo and Cruz | 1 | April 16, 2005 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 53 | La Cruz Del Diablo and Draco Lee | 1 | May 15, 2005 | Lajas, Puerto Rico | Draco Lee replaced Cruz who won the #1 contender match for the IWA World Heavyweight Championship. | ||||||
| Vacated | June 25, 2005 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Title was Vacated after the match between La Cruz Del Diablo and Noriega and Golden Boy. | ||||||||
| 54 | La Cruz Del Diablo and Draco Lee | 2 | July 2, 2005 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Defeated Noriega and Golden Boy in a rematch. | |||||
| 55 | SWAT Team | 1 | July 16, 2005 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | ||||||
| 56 | La Cruz Del Diablo and Draco Lee | 3 | July 30, 2005 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude | Defeated The SWAT Team and Noriega and Golden Boy in a 3-way match. | |||||
| 57 | Alex Montalvo and Golden Boy | 1 | August 13, 2005 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 58 | Neo and Montana | 1 | October 8, 2005 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 59 | Golden Boy and Super Mark | 1 | October 22, 2005 | Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 60 | Neo and Montana | 2 | November 5, 2005 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 61 | Artillería Pesada and Lightning | 4 | January 6, 2006 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 62 | La Cruz Del Diablo and Cruzz | 1 | February 4, 2006 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | ||||||
| 63 | Artillería Pesada and Lightning | 5 | February 11, 2006 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | ||||||
| 64 | Mr. Big and Cruzz | 1 | April 15, 2006 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Apocalipsis | ||||||
| 65 | Artillería Pesada and Lightning | 6 | May 14, 2006 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 66 | Mr. Big and Bad Boy Bradley | 1 | July 15, 2006 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | ||||||
| 67 | Chicano and Slash Venom | 3 | August 12, 2006 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | ||||||
| 68 | British Militia | 1 | September 3, 2006 | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado | ||||||
| 69 | La Zona Ilegal | 1 | November 11, 2006 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | ||||||
| 70 | La Revolución Dominicana and Joe Bravo and Elí Rodríguez and Balbuena and Diabólico and Diamante | 1 | December 9, 2006 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR | Bakano and Diamante defeated La Zona Ilegal in a TLC match. Any combination of La revolución dominicana is allowed to defend the titles. | |||||
| 71 | Los Rabiosos and Blitz | 1 | April 21, 2007 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated Diamante and Diabólico. | |||||
| 72 | La Revolución Dominicana and El Diamante | 1 | June 16, 2007 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | II Copa Jose Miguel Perez | Defeated Los Rabiosos and Las Estrellas in 3-way match. | |||||
| 73 | Los Aéreos and 'El Sensacional' Carlitos | 1 | August 18, 2007 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Armagedon | Defeated La Revolución Dominicana in a Ladders and Penalty Box match. | |||||
| 74 | The Naturals and Andy Douglas | 1 | September 1, 2007 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | NWA Weekend | ||||||
| — | Vacated | — | March 29, 2008 | — | |||||||
| 75 | La Cruz Del Diablo and Diabólico | 2 | May 17, 2008 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final | Defeated Los Dueños de la Malicia in a tournament final. | |||||
| 76 | Los Dueños de la Malicia and Noel Rodríguez | 1 | May 31, 2008 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | En Ruta a la III Copa Jose Miguel Perez | Defeated Diabólico in a handicap match. | |||||
| 77 | La Cruz Del Diablo and Diabólico | 3 | September 13, 2008 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated Los Dueños de la Malicia and The Faces of Fear in 3-way match. | |||||
| 78 | Los Árabes and Zaer Arafat | 1 | November 15, 2008 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Hardcore Weekend | ||||||
| 79 | Los Boricuas Auténticos and Miguel Pérez | 2 | November 29, 2008 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | November to Remember | ||||||
| — | Vacated | — | December 13, 2008 | ||||||||
| 80 | Los Árabes and Zaer Arafat | 2 | December 13, 2008 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR | Defeated Bison and Miguel Pérez, Jr. for the vacant titles. | |||||
| 81 | Bison Smith and Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 1 | January 6, 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | ||||||
| 82 | Los Dueños de la Malicia and Noel Rodríguez | 2 | January 24, 2009 | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 83 | The Latin American Xchange and Hernandez | 1 | February 14, 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Noche de Campeones | ||||||
| — | Vacated | — | May 16, 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final | ||||||
| 84 | Los Árabes and Zaer Arafat | 3 | July 18, 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA Decimo Aniversario | Defeated La Amenaza Ilegal, La Malicia and Chris Joel and Golden Boy in a Fatal 4-way match. | |||||
| 85 | La Amenaza Ilegal and Chicano | 1 | August 16, 2009 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado | ||||||
| 86 | Los Nuevos Dueños de la Malicia | 1 | September 13, 2009 | Hatillo, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | ||||||
| 87 | Los Auténticos and Dennis Rivera | 1 | September 19, 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Armagedon | ||||||
| 88 | Los Árabes and Zaer Arafat | 4 | September 27, 2009 | Yauco, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 89 | Los Auténticos and Dennis Rivera | 2 | October 3, 2009 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | ||||||
| 90 | Los Árabes and Zaer Arafat | 5 | October 10, 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| 91 | Los Fugitivos de la Calle and Lynx | 1 | November 28, 2009 | Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | ||||||
| 92 | Los Árabes and Zaer Arafat | 6 | December 12, 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR | Defeated Los Fugitivos de la Calle and Los Nuevos Dueños de la Malicia in a 3-way match. | |||||
| 93 | La Doble R | 1 | January 6, 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | Defeated Los Árabes and Los Nuevos Dueños de la Malicia in a 3-way TLC match. | |||||
| 94 | La Compañía Elíte | 1 | February 13, 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Payback | ||||||
| 95 | The Faces of Fear | 1 | April 17, 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final | ||||||
| 96 | La Compañía Elíte | 2 | May 1, 2010 | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | 1ra Ronda Copa Alcalde | ||||||
| 97 | The Faces Of Fear | 2 | May 22, 2010 | Las Piedras, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated La Compañía Elíte and Barbie Boy and Queen Adonis in 3-way match. | |||||
| 98 | The Kongs | 1 | August 28, 2010 | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | ||||||
| 99 | The Faces of Fear and Rainstain | 3 | September 11, 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado | ||||||
| 100 | The Kongs and Kong II | 2 | September 25, 2010 | Lajas, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Defeated Spectro in a Handicap match. | |||||
| 101 | Rick Stanley and Dennis Rivera | 1 | October 2, 2010 | Añasco, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | ||||||
| 102 | Los Ídolos de los Niños | 1 | November 20, 2010 | Lajas, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | ||||||
| 103 | Cruzz of Fear | 1 | February 12, 2011 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Payback | ||||||
| 104 | Artillería Pesada and Lightning | 7 | April 2, 2011 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final | ||||||
| 105 | Los Dueños de la Malicia and Noel Rodríguez | 3 | June 11, 2011 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | V Copa Jose Miguel Perez | Defeated La Artillería Pesada and Zona 101. | |||||
| 106 | Zaion and Big Jonathan | 1 | August 6, 2011 | Ciales, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | ||||||
| — | Vacated | — | August 20, 2011 | Vega Alta, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Title Stripped by the IWA president Miguel Pérez. | |||||
| 107 | Los Dueños de la Malicia and Noel Rodríguez | 4 | August 20, 2011 | Vega Alta, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Title returned by the IWA president Miguel Pérez later Los dueños de la malica defeated Los Fugitivos de la Calle for the WWC World Tag Team titles on September 24, 2011 in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Also defeated La Milicia in a triple title match for the WWC, IWA and EWO World Tag Team titles on November 5, 2011 in Santurce, Puerto Rico to be the Unified Tag Team Champions of the three major companies in Puerto Rico. | |||||
| 108 | The New Faces of Fear | 1 | January 28, 2012 | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | ||||||
| 109 | La Milicia | 1 | January 28, 2012 | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | La Milicia interfered the match between The New Faces of Fear and Los Dueños de la Malicia to take the titles and proclaim themselves Champions. | |||||
| 110 | Los Invasores/La Fuerza Aérea | 1 | February 11, 2012 | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | Kaos and Odissey | Defeated La Milicia and Los Perros de la Muerte in a 3-way match. | |||||
| 111 | La Milicia | 2 | March 17, 2012 | Santurce, Puerto Rico | Clash of the Titans | ||||||
| 112 | Los Dueños de la Malicia and Noel Rodríguez | 5 | June 16, 2012 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||||||
| — | Deactivated | — | June 16, 2012 | — | — | When IWA closed for six years. | |||||
| 113 | Puro Macho | 1 | May 18, 2019 | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | Promised Land | ||||||
| 114 | Legio | 1 | May 18, 2019 | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | Promised Land | Legio won the IWA World Tag Team Championship in a Flash Rematch ordered by Dennis Rivera, against Khriz Diaz and JC Navarro. | |||||
| 115 | Puro Macho | 2 | September 7, 2019 | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado | 2 | March 7, 2020 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | - |