NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	Roy McClarity, Pat O'Connor and Yukon Eric
Most reigns	As a team:; Jackie Fargo, George Gulas, and Dennis Hall; Tojo Yamamoto, George Gulas and Tommy Rich; The Road Warriors and Dusty Rhodes; (2 times); As Individual: George Gulas (12 times)
Longest reign	Dusty Rhodes and The Road Warriors (646 days)
Shortest reign	Al Greene and The Bicentennial Kings (Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey) (12 days)

NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Details
Date established	May 6, 1955
Date retired	December 1998
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance; NWA Chicago (1955-?); NWA Mid-America (1974-1981); Jim Crockett Promotions (1984-1989); NWA 2000 (1998)
Other name(s)
	NWA Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1974–1980);
Statistics
First champion(s)	Roy McClarity, Pat O'Connor and Yukon Eric
Most reigns	As a team:; Jackie Fargo, George Gulas, and Dennis Hall; Tojo Yamamoto, George Gulas and Tommy Rich; The Road Warriors and Dusty Rhodes; (2 times); As Individual: George Gulas (12 times)
Longest reign	Dusty Rhodes and The Road Warriors (646 days)
Shortest reign	Al Greene and The Bicentennial Kings (Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey) (12 days)

The NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and originally promoted in the NWA Mid-America territory based out of Tennessee. Originally called the "NWA Six-Man Tag Team Championship" NWA Mid-America promoted the title from 1974 until 1981. In 1984 another NWA territory, Jim Crockett Promotions, brought the concept back, this time as the "NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship" which it promoted until 1989. The Championship was briefly revived in 1998 by NWA 2000. As the name indicates the championship was exclusively for three man teams that competed in six-man tag team matches. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen team "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.^[1]

Title history

Key

Symbol	Meaning
#	The overall championship reign
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
—	Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
	Indicates periods of unknown lineage

#	Team (team members)	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
NWA Six-Man Tag Team Championship
1	Roy McClarity, Pat O'Connor and Yukon Eric	1	May 6, 1955	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.	Chicago, Illinois		Defeat Reggie Lisowski, Art Neilsen and Don Leo Jonathan to be recognized as World "3-man Tag Team" champions.

2	Jackie Fargo, George Gulas and Dennis Hall	1	November 14, 1974	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Mid-America Live event	Defeated Jerry Lawler, Don Kent and Juan Sebastian in tournament final.
3	Big Bad John, Lorenzo Parente and John Gray	1	January 16, 1975	^{[Note 1]}	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Mid-America Live event
4	Tojo Yamamoto, George Gulas ⁽²⁾ and Dennis Hall ⁽²⁾	1	February 1975	^{[Note 2]}	^{[Note 3]}	Mid-America Live event

5	Jackie Fargo ⁽²⁾, George Gulas ⁽³⁾ and Dennis Hall ⁽³⁾	2	March 10, 1975	^{[Note 4]}	^{[Note 3]}	Mid-America Live event
6	Eddie Marlin, Tommy Gilbert, and Ricky Gibson	1	1975	^{[Note 5]}	^{[Note 3]}	Mid-America Live event
—	Vacated	N/A	1975	N/A	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons.
7	Tojo Yamamoto ⁽²⁾, George Gulas ⁽⁴⁾ and Tommy Rich	1	October 1975	^{[Note 6]}	^{[Note 3]}	Mid-America Live event	Won a tournament.
8	Al Greene and The Bicentennial Kings (Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey)	1	October 31, 1975	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.	^{[Note 3]}	Mid-America Live event
9	Tojo Yamamoto ⁽³⁾, George Gulas ⁽⁵⁾ and Tommy Rich ⁽²⁾	2	November 12, 1975	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.	^{[Note 3]}	Mid-America Live event
10	The Bounty Hunters and Mitsu Arakawa	1	January 1, 1976	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.	^{[Note 3]}	Mid-America Live event
11	George Gulas ⁽⁶⁾, Dennis Hall ⁽⁴⁾ and Charlie Cook	1	April 28, 1976	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.	^{[Note 3]}	Mid-America Live event
12	Gorgeous George Jr., Tommy Gilbert ⁽²⁾, and Paul Orndorff	1	May 1, 1977	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.	Memphis, Tennessee	Mid-America Live event	Billed as champions in Memphis; may not have been recognized in Nashville.

13	Jerry Barber and The Jet Set (George Gulas ⁽⁷⁾ and Bobby Eaton)	1	October 9, 1978	^{[Note 7]}	^{[Note 3]}	Mid-America Live event
—	Vacated	N/A	November 1978	N/A	N/A	N/A	Championship was vacated after Jerry Barber lost a "loser-leaves-the-area" match.
14	Arvil Hutto and The Jet Set (George Gulas ⁽⁸⁾ and Bobby Eaton ⁽²⁾)	1	December 1, 1978	^{[Note 8]}	Huntsville, Alabama	Mid-America Live event	Won a tournament.
15	Tojo Yamamoto ⁽⁴⁾, Gypsy Joe and The Beast	1	January 1979	^{[Note 9]}	Tullahoma, Tennessee	Mid-America Live event
16	The Mexican Angel and The Jet Set (George Gulas ⁽⁹⁾ and Bobby Eaton ⁽³⁾)	1	1979	^{[Note 10]}	^{[Note 3]}	Mid-America Live event
17	Tojo Yamamoto ⁽⁵⁾, Dennis Condrey ⁽²⁾ and Chris Colt	1	April 17, 1979	^{[Note 11]}	^{[Note 3]}	Mid-America Live event

18	Tojo Yamamoto ⁽⁶⁾, The Great Togo and David Schultz	1	August 1979	^{[Note 12]}	^{[Note 3]}	Mid-America Live event
19	George Gulas ⁽¹⁰⁾, Ken Lucas and Prince Tonga	1	1979	^{[Note 13]}	^{[Note 3]}	Mid-America Live event
—	Vacated	N/A	October 1979	N/A	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated when Prince Tonga left the NWA Mid-America territory.
20	George Gulas ⁽¹¹⁾, Ken Lucas ⁽²⁾ and Joey Rossi	1	November 4, 1979	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.	Tullahoma, Tennessee	Mid-America Live event
21	Tojo Yamamoto ⁽⁷⁾, Bobby Eaton ⁽⁴⁾ and The Secret Weapon	1	November 22, 1979	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.	Bowling Green, Kentucky	Mid-America Live event
22	George Gulas ⁽¹²⁾, Rocky Brewer and Mystery Man	1	June 5, 1980	^{[Note 14]}	Bowling Green, Kentucky	Mid-America Live event
—	Retired	N/A	1981	N/A	N/A	N/A	Championship was retired when NWA Mid-America closed.
Revived and renamed NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
23	Ivan and Nikita Koloff and Don Kernodle	1	August 1984		N/A	N/A	Briefly billed as having defeated the Freebirds.

24	Ivan ⁽²⁾ and Nikita Koloff ⁽²⁾ and Don Kernodle ⁽²⁾	2	December 4, 1984	^{[Note 15]}	N/A	N/A	Awarded the championship by Jim Crockett Promotions.
25	The Russians (Ivan Koloff ⁽³⁾, Nikita Koloff ⁽³⁾ and Krusher Khruschev)	1	January 1985	^{[Note 16]}	N/A	N/A	Khruschev replaced Don Kernodle.
26	Manny Fernandez, Buzz Tyler & Sam Houston	1	July 1985		N/A	N/A
27	The Russians (Ivan Koloff ⁽⁴⁾, Nikita Koloff ⁽⁴⁾ and Krusher Khruschev ⁽²⁾)	2	October 6, 1985		N/A	N/A
28	The Russians (Ivan Koloff ⁽⁵⁾, Nikita Koloff ⁽⁵⁾ and Baron von Raschke)	1	January 1986		N/A	N/A	Baron von Raschke replaced Khruschev due to an injury.
29	Dusty Rhodes and The Road Warriors (Animal ⁽²⁾ and Hawk ⁽²⁾)	1	May 17, 1986	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.	Baltimore, Maryland	JCP Live event
30	Ivan Koloff ⁽⁶⁾ and The Powers of Pain (Warlord and The Barbarian)	1	February 12, 1988	^{[Note 17]}	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	JCP Live event
—	Vacated	N/A	May 1988	N/A	N/A	N/A	Vacated when the Powers of Pain left for the WWF; team was still recognized as champions as of May 22, 1988 edition of NWA Main Event.
31	Dusty Rhodes and The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk)	2	July 9, 1988	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.	Chicago, Illinois	JCP Live event	Defeated Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, and Arn Anderson to fill vacancy.
—	Vacated	N/A	October 25, 1988	N/A	N/A	N/A	The Road Warriors turned on Dusty Rhodes, breaking up the team.
32	Genichiro Tenryu and The Road Warriors (Animal ⁽³⁾ and Hawk ⁽³⁾)	1	December 7, 1988	^{[Note 18]}	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Clash of the Champions IV	Animal defeats Dusty Rhodes in a singles match and awards his share of the title to Tenryu.^[2]
—	Vacated	N/A	January 1989	N/A	N/A	N/A	Tenryu and Warriors stop appearing as a team due to Tenryu focusing on Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship; NWA shelves 6-man title. Later starts to promote the WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.
Revived by the NWA 2000 Promotion
33	The Misfits (Harley Lewis, Derek Domino and Lupus)	1	February 21, 1998	^{[Note 19]}	Overbrook, New Jersey	NWA 2000 Live event	Defeated The Lost Boys and Slayer.
—	Retired	N/A	November 1998	N/A	N/A	N/A	Championship abandoned.

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