HWA Tag Team Championship
# HWA Tag Team Championship

The HWA Tag Team Championship is the tag team titles contested for in the Heartland Wrestling Association. It was established in 1996 when the Head Bangers (Mosh and Thrasher) became the first champions.

## Title history

Key

| No. | Overall reign number |
| - | - |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| No. | Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Days Held: | Location: | Notes: |
| 1. | Head Bangers (Mosh and Thrasher) | 1 | January 5, 1996 | | Fort Wright, KY | |
| 2. | The Bounty Hunter and Brian Taylor | 1 | August 22, 1997 | 397 | Harveysburg, OH | Defeated Bobo Brazil, Jr. and Andy Chase in tournament final to win vacant titles. |
| 3. | Chip Fairway and Cody Hawk | 1 | September 23, 1998 | 122 | Lima, OH | |
| 4. | Brian $Taylor^{(2)}$ and Sean Casey | 1 | January 23, 1999 | 35 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 5. | Chip $Fairway^{(2)}$ and Cody $Hawk^{(2)}$ | 2 | February 27, 1999 | 280 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 6. | Alexis Machine and Brian Fury | 1 | August 25, 1999 | 77 | Blanchester, OH | |
| 7. | Cody $Hawk^{(3)}$ and Mad Anthony McMurphy | 1 | February 19, 2000 | 119 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 8. | Bobby Casanova and Brian Fury | 1 | June 17, 2000 | 112 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 9. | The A Squad (Chet Jablonski and Pepper Parks) | 1 | October 7, 2000 | 111 | Blanchester, OH | |
| 10. | Cody $Hawk^{(4)}$ and Mad Anthony $McMurphy^{(2)}$ | 2 | January 26, 2001 | 49 | Rising Sun, IN | |
| 11. | The A Squad (Chet $Jablonski^{(2)}$ and Dean Jablonski) | 2 | March 16, 2001 | 116 | Rising Sun, IN | |
| 12. | Human Time Bomb and Nigel McGuinness | 1 | July 10, 2001 | 28 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 13. | The A Squad (Chet $Jablonski^{(3)}$ and Dean $Jablonski^{(2)})$ | 3 | August 7, 2001 | 67 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 14. | Evan Karagias and Shannon Moore | 1 | October 13, 2001 | 32 | Batavia, OH | |
| 15. | The Island Boyz (Ekmo and Kimo) | 1 | November 14, 2001 | 24 | Dayton, OH | |
| 16. | Steve Bradley and Val Venis | 1 | December 8, 2001 | 32 | Batavia, OH | |
| 17. | The Island Boyz (Ekmo and Kimo) | 2 | January 8, 2002 | 35 | Dayton, OH | Won the titles in a six man tag match teaming with RC Haas against E. Z. Money, Bradley, and Venis with Money also defending the HWA Heavyweight Championship |
| 18. | Lance Cade and Mike Sanders | 1 | February 13, 2002 | 7 | Dayton, OH | Vacated the titles the same day. |
| 19. | Lance $Cade^{(2)}$ and Steve $Bradley^{(2)}$ | 2 | February 20, 2002 | 20 | Cincinnati, OH | Cade defeated Sanders in a match with the stipulation that he could choose a new tag team partner. |
| 20. | Hugh Morrus and Raven | 1 | March 12, 2002 | 3 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 21. | Lance $Cade^{(3)}$ and Steve $Bradley^{(3)}$ | 2 | March 15, 2002 | 26 | Dayton, OH | |
| 22. | Cody $Hawk^{(4)}$ and Ice Cream Man | 1 | April 10, 2002 | 91 | Batavia, OH | |
| 23. | Human Time Bomb and Nigel $McGuinness^{(2)}$ | 1 | July 23, 2002 | 13 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 24. | Southern Breeze (Brother Clay and Matt Dillinger) | 1 | | | | Stripped of title on November 9, 2002 |
| 25. | Matt Stryker and Rory Fox | 1 | December 7, 2002 | | Batavia, OH | |
| 26. | Chet $Jablonski^{(3)}$ and Cody $Hawk^{(5)}$ | 1 | March 25, 2003 | 108 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 27. | D-Lo Brown and Matt $Stryker^{(2)}$ | 1 | May 23, 2003 | 59 | Dayton, OH | |
| 28. | Chet $Jablonski^{(4)}$ and Cody $Hawk^{(6)}$ | 2 | May 26, 2003 | 3 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 29. | JT Stahr and TJ Dalton | 1 | July 26, 2003 | 61 | Columbus, OH | |
| 30. | Chet $Jablonski^{(5)}$ and Cody $Hawk^{(7)}$ | 3 | | | | Vacated titles when Jablonski leaves area and Hawk is injured. |
| 31. | The Riggs Brothers (Jason Riggs and Johnny Riggs) | 1 | November 26, 2003 | | Wilmington, OH | |
| 32. | JT $Stahr^{(2)}$ and TJ $Dalton^{(2)}$ | 2 | December 16, 2003 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 33. | Crazy J and Lotus | 1 | February 6, 2004 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 34. | JT $Stahr^{(3)}$ and TJ $Dalton^{(3)}$ | 3 | February 10, 2004 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 35. | Cody $Hawk^{(8)}$ and Matt $Stryker^{(3)}$ | 1 | April 2, 2004 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 36. | Kimera and Shawn Osborne | 1 | June 15, 2004 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 37. | Crazy $J^{(2)}$ and $Lotus^{(2)}$ | 2 | August 17, 2004 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 38. | Foreign Intelligence (Quinten Lee and Ala Hussein) | 1 | October 5, 2004 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 39. | Cody $Hawk^{(9)}$ and Matt $Stryker^{(3)}$ | 2 | October 26, 2004 | | Cincinnati, OH | Stripped of title on December 17, 2004. |
| 40. | Mike Desire and Tack | 1 | December 17, 2004 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 41. | Necessary Roughness (Jimmy Turner and Jon Moxley) | 1 | March 11, 2005 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 42. | Foreign Intelligence (Quinten $Lee^{(2)}$ and Ala $Hussein^{(2)})$ | 2 | May 13, 2005 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 43. | Heartland Foundation (Ric Byrne and Jon $Moxley^{(2)})$ | 1 | August 19, 2005 | | Cincinnati, OH | Stripped of title on August 19, 2005. |
| 44. | Foreign Intelligence (Quinten $Lee^{(3)}$ and Ala $Hussein^{(3)})$ | 3 | August 19, 2005 | | Cincinnati, OH | Awarded titles by Brock Guffman. |
| 45. | Matt $Stryker^{(4)}$ and Tack | 1 | October 25, 2005 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 46. | Brian Jennings and $Kimera^{(2)}$ | 1 | December 13, 2005 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 47. | Foreign Intelligence (Quinten $Lee^{(4)}$ and Ala $Hussein^{(4)})$ | 4 | February 21, 2006 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 48. | The Mavericks (Aaron Williams and Alan Wasylychyn) | 1 | July 11, 2006 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 49. | The Irish Airborne (Dave Crist and Jake Crist) | 3 | October 20, 2006 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 50. | $Tack^{(2)}$ and Tarek the Legend | 1 | March 10, 2007 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 51. | Cody $Hawk^{(10)}$ and Jon $Moxley^{(3)}$ | 1 | June 12, 2007 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 52. | G.P. Code (Andre Heart and Richard Phillips) | 1 | June 16, 2007 | | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 53. | The Entourage (JT $Stahr^{(3)},$ The Madness, V-Rad) | 1 | September 24, 2008 | | Middletown, OH | |
| 54. | Deja Vu and Benjamin $Kimera^{(3)}$ | 1 | November 19, 2008 | | Middletown, OH | |
| 55. | The Entourage (JT $Stahr^{(4)},$ The $Madness^{(2)},$ $V-Rad^{(2)})$ | 2 | November 22, 2008 | 54 | Middletown, OH | |
| 56. | G.P. $Code^{(2)}$ and Benjamin $Kimera^{(4)}$ | 1 | December 19, 2008 | 59 | Middletown, OH | |
| 57. | The Hybrids (Donovan Cain and Jason Lyte) | 1 | February 11, 2009 | 7 | Middletown, OH | |
| 58. | G.P. Code (Andre $Heart^{(2)}$ and Richard $Phillips^{(2)})$ | 2 | April 11, 2009 | 7 | Peoria, IL | |
| 59. | The Hybrids (Donovan $Cain^{(2)}$ and Jason $Lyte^{(2)})$ | 2 | April 18, 2009 | 19 | Norwood, OH | |
| 60. | The Kosher Klub (Joseph Schwartz and Sean Tylerstein) | 1 | September 26, 2009 | 161 | Norwood, OH |
| 61. | Royal Violence (King $Vu^{(3)})&$ Jon $Moxley^{(4)})$ | 1 | October 14, 2009 | 48 | Middletown, OH | |
| 62. | The Irish Airborne (Dave Crist and Jake Crist) | 4 | December 2, 2009 | 17 | Middletown, OH | |
| 63. | Royal Violence (King $Vu^{(4)})&$ Jon $Moxley^{(5)})$ | 2 | December 19, 2009 | 25 | Norwood, OH | |
| 64. | The Irish Airborne (Dave Crist and Jake Crist) | 5 | January 13, 2010 | 42 | Middletown, OH | |
| 65. | Noble Bloods (Lord Matthew Taylor and Sir Chadwick Cruise) | 1 | February 24, 2010 | 94 | Middletown, OH | |
| 66. | The Flying Mendoza Brothers (Loco and Loto Mendoza) | 6 | May 29, 2010 | 39 | Norwood, OH | |
| | Vacant | | July 7, 2010 | | Middletown, OH | Vacated after the Flying Mendoza Brothers were suddenly deported over work visa problems. |
| 67. | The Noble Bloods (Lord Matthew Taylor and Sir Chadwick Cruise) | 2 | August 20, 2010 | 120 | Norwood, OH | Survived a four team elimination match which included The Hybrids, The Irish Airborne, and The Heatseekers. |
| 68. | The Heatseekers (Kaden Assad and Jeremy Madrox) | 1 | December 18, 2010 | 210 | Norwood, OH | Won a Triple-Treat match which included The Hybrids and The Noble Bloods. The match was for the OCW Tag-Team Championship, HWA Tag-Team Championship, and the future of The Hybrids as a tag-team. |
| 69. | DNA (Doug Charlez and Aaron Xtreme) | 1 | July 16, 2011 | 43 | Hamilton, OH | Won a Tag-Team Gauntlet which included The Noble Bloods, The Heatseekers, and Jon Murray and Clark Konner. |
| 70. | The Heatseekers (Kaden Assad and Jeremy Madrox) | 2 | August 27, 2011 | 62 | Norwood, OH | Awarded the titles after DNA was forced to relinquish them after Xtreme was put out because of an injury. |
| 71. | The Noble Bloods (Lord Matthew Taylor and Sir Chadwick Cruise) | 3 | October 29, 2011 | 49 | Norwood, OH | Survived a No-Disqualification Match against The Heatseekers. |
| 72. | American Wrestling Warriors (Troy Marcum and Jeff Mayhem) | 1 | December 17, 2011 | 52 | Hamilton, OH | Won a Tag-Team Elimination match which included The Noble Bloods, The Heatseekers, and DNA. |
| 73. | DNA (Doug Charlez and Aaron Xtreme) | 2 | February 7, 2012 | 18 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 74. | American Wrestling Warriors (Troy Marcum and Jeff Mayhem) | 2 | February 25, 2012 | 38 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 75. | Heavyweight Heroes (Jon Murray and Clark Konnor) | 1 | April 3, 2012 | 21 | Hamilton, OH | |
| 76. | Jesse Emerson and Chris $Hall^{(3)}$ | 1 | April 24, 2012 | 126 | Hamilton, OH | |
| | $Vacant^{(3)}$ | | April 19, 2013 | | Middletown, OH | HWA's New Management decides to strip Jesse Emerson and Chris Hall and make the titles inactive until further notice. |
