IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship
# IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship

The IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship is a tag team title in the IWA Mid-South promotion. The title debuted in 1997, but was abandoned before the year was out, and had a brief revival in 2002. The title was brought back from 2004 to 2008 and then once again from 2017-Present. When it was reactivated in 2017 it was done via the Candido Cup, an 8-team tournament held on April 27, 2017. There have been a total of 44 reigns shared between 35 different teams consisting of 67 distinctive champions and five vacancies. The current champions are Dale Patricks and Kevin Giza who are in their first reign as a team.

## Inaugural tournament

On July 18, 1997, at the Gore Fest 1997 show in Louisville, Kentucky, an eight-team elimination tag team tournament was held to crown the first IWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions.

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tom Burton and Tower of Doom | Tom Burton and Tower of Doom | | | | |
| Shark Boy and American Kickboxer | Shark Boy and American Kickboxer | | | | |
| Shark Boy and American Kickboxer | Shark Boy and American Kickboxer | Tom Burton and Tower of Doom | Tom Burton and Tower of Doom | | |
| | | The War Machines | The War Machines | | |
| The War Machines (War Machine #1 and War Machine #2) | The War Machines (War Machine #1 and War Machine #2) | The War Machines | The War Machines | | |
| Twiggy Ramirez and Lost Boy | Twiggy Ramirez and Lost Boy | | | | |
| Twiggy Ramirez and Lost Boy | Twiggy Ramirez and Lost Boy | | | The War Machines | The War Machines |
| | | | | Bull Pain and Tarek The Great | Bull Pain and Tarek The Great |
| Bull Pain and Tarek The Great | Bull Pain and Tarek The Great | | | | | Bull Pain and Tarek The Great | Bull Pain and Tarek The Great |
| Rollin' Hard and Brian Taylor | Rollin' Hard and Brian Taylor | | | | |
| Rollin' Hard and Brian Taylor | Rollin' Hard and Brian Taylor | Bull Pain and Tarek The Great | Bull Pain and Tarek The Great | | |
| | | Ian Rotten and Blaze | Ian Rotten and Blaze | | |
| Ian Rotten and Blaze | Ian Rotten and Blaze | Ian Rotten and Blaze | Ian Rotten and Blaze | | |
| The Misfits | The Misfits | | | | |

## Title history

Key :

| No. | Overall reign number |
| - | - |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parenthesis, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | The War Machines (War Machine #1 and War Machine #2) | July 18, 1997 | IWA Mid-South Gore Fest 1997 | Louisville, Kentucky | 1 | 48 | Defeated Bull Pain and Terek the Great in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. | |
| 2 | The Misfits (Derek Domino and Harley Lewis) | September 4, 1997 | IWA Mid-South When Two Sides Go To War | Louisville, Kentucky | 1 | 0 - 118 | The length of this reign is uncertain. | |
| — | Vacated | 1997 | - | - | — | — | The titles were abandoned somewhere between September and December under unknown circumstances. | |
| 3 | Mean And Hard (Rollin' Hard and Mitch Page) | February 1, 2002 | IWA Mid-South 28 Days | Charlestown, Indiana | 1 | 29 | Defeat Todd Morton and Mitch Ryder in tournament final after the titles were reinstated. | |
| 4 | The Bad Breed (Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten) | March 2, 2002 | IWA Mid-South Morris Mayhem | Morris, Illinois | 1 | 34 | This was a three-way match also involving Cash Flo and Corporal Robinson. | |
| 5 | Mean And Hard (Rollin' Hard and Mitch Page) | April 5, 2002 | IWA Mid-South April Bloodshowers 2002 | Indianapolis, Indiana | 2 | 28 | Necro Butcher replaced Axl Rotten in the title defense due to Rotten getting injured. | |
| 6 | Cash Flo and Ian Rotten (2) | May 3, 2002 | IWA Mid-South Locked | Indianapolis, Indiana | 1 | 7 | | |
| 7 | Tarek The Great and Ian Rotten (3) | May 10, 2002 | House show | Clarksville, Indiana | 1 | 8 | Cash Flo turned on Ian Rotten after they won the titles in the previous reign. One week later, Rotten defeated Flo to gain the control of both belts, but IWA refused to recognize him as sole champion so he chose Tarek The Great as his tag team partner. | |
| 8 | Mean And Hard (Rollin' Hard and Mitch Page) | May 18, 2002 | House show | Clarksville, Indiana | 3 | 77 | | |
| 9 | Harry Palmer and Mark Wolf | August 3, 2002 | IWA Mid-South Wrestling In Hades Weekend | Clarksville, Indiana | 1 | 0 - 28 | The length of this reign is uncertain | |
| — | Vacated | August 2002 | — | — | — | — | The titles were abandoned somewhere in August under unknown circumstances. | |
| 10 | Southern Comfort (Tracy Smothers and Chris Hamrick) | May 29, 2004 | IWA Mid-South A Shot Of Southern Comfort | Highland, Indiana | 1 | 1 | Defeated The Second City Saints (CM Punk and Colt Cabana) in a tournament final to win the reactivated titles. | |
| 11 | The Monsters (Brad Bradley and Ryan Boz) | May 30, 2004 | IWA Mid-South Volcano Girls | Hammond, Indiana | 1 | 111 | | |
| 12 | The Wild Cards (Eddie Kingston and Blackjack Marciano) | September 18, 2004 | IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 | Highland, Indiana | 1 | 119 | This was a three-way match also involving Tank and Iceberg. | |
| 13 | Brad Bradley (2), Ryan Boz (2) and Trik Davis | January 15, 2005 | IWA Mid-South Anything Goes 2K5 | Highland, Indiana | 1 | 147 | This was a Steel cage match. Steve Stone replaced Black Jack Marciano due to his injury. Bradley also git injured during the match and Trik Davis substituted him. However, Bradley is also recognized as champion under the freebird rule even if pulled out of the match. | |
| 14 | The Iron Saints (Vito Thomaselli and Sal Thomaselli) | June 11, 2005 | IWA Mid-South Something To Prove | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 28 | This was a six-way tag team elimination match. | |
| 15 | The Bad Breed (Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten (4)) | July 9, 2005 | House show | Hammond, Indiana | 2 | 56 | | |
| — | Vacated | September 3, 2005 | House show | — | — | — | Titles were vacated after Ian Rotten suffered a concussion. | |
| 16 | The Iron Saints (Vito Thomaselli and Sal Thomaselli) | September 10, 2005 | IWA Mid-South The Champ Is Here | Plymouth, Indiana | 2 | 189 | Defeated Matt Sydal and Delirious in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. | |
| 17 | Ian Rotten (5) and Mad Man Pondo | March 18, 2006 | IWA Mid-South March Massacre | Midlothian, Illinois | 1 | 146 | This was a no ropes barbed Taipei death match. | |
| 18 | Vulgar Display of Power (Deranged and Brain Damage) | August 11, 2006 | IWA Mid-South Simply The Best 7 | Midlothian, Illinois | 1 | 44 | Drake Younger replaced an injured Mad Man Pondo in the match. | |
| — | Vacated | September 25, 2006 | — | — | — | — | | |
| 19 | The Iron Saints (Vito Thomaselli and Sal Thomaselli) | May 26, 2007 | IWA Mid-South Candido Cup 2007 | Midlothian, Illinois | 3 | 280 | Defeated Up in Smoke (Cheech and Cloudy) in the Candido Cup tournament final to win the vacant titles. | |
| 20 | The BLKOUT (Joker and Ricky Reyes) | March 1, 2008 | IWA Mid-South 500th Show | Joliet, Illinois | 1 | 42 | Joker and Ricky Reyes won the titles, but any member of The BLKOUT stable was allowed to take place in title defenses by the freebird rule. Even if other members of the stable such as Ruckus, Sabian and Too Cold Scorpio defended the titles, they were not recognized as champions. | |
| 21 | Josh Abercrombie, Mickie Knuckles and Devon Moore | April 12, 2008 | IWA Mid-South April Bloodshowers 2008 | Joliet, Illinois | 1 | 21 | Ruckus, Sabian and Too Cold Scorpio defended the titles instead of Joker and Ricky Reyes. Knuckles became the first woman to hold the titles. | |
| 22 | Up in Smoke (Cheech and Cloudy) | May 3, 2008 | IWA Mid-South A Night Of Champions | Joliet, Illinois | 1 | N/A | The length of tis reign is uncertain. Mickie Knuckles and Devin Moore defended the titles. | |
| — | Vacated | 2008 | — | — | — | — | The titles were vacated somewhere in 2008 due to IWA Mid-South ceasing its operations at that time starting a planned hiatus. | |
| 23 | Hot Chocolate (Sugar Dunkerton and Myron Reed) | April 27, 2017 | IWA Mid-South Candido Cup 2017 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | 1 | 49 | Defeated The Ugly Ducklings (Lance Lude & Rob Killjoy) in the Candido Cup final to win the vacant titles. | |
| 24 | The 4Gotten (Aidan Blackhart and Justin Storm) | June 15, 2017 | IWA Mid-South Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better | Jeffersonville, Indiana | 1 | 22 | | |
| 25 | The Rejects (John Wayne Murdoch and Reed Bentley) | July 7, 2017 | IWA Mid-South In Memory Of Madison | Jeffersonville, Indiana | 1 | 20 | | |
| 26 | The Young Dragons (Dale Patricks and Josh Crane) | July 27, 2017 | IWA Mid-South Taking It To The Extreme | Jeffersonville, Indiana | 1 | 42 | This was a Three Way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match also involving Brandon Taggart and Larry D. | |
| 27 | Mance Warner and Zodiak | September 7, 2017 | IWA Mid-South Prelude To Petty 2017 | Memphis, Indiana | 1 | 56 | | |
| 28 | Outlaw Inc. (Eddie Kingston (2) and Homicide) | November 2, 2017 | IWA Mid-South November Pain 2017 | Memphis, Indiana | 1 | 78 | Calvin Tankman would go out to defend the titles when any of Kingston or Homicide were not able to do. He defended the titles unsuccessfully against Elliott Paul and Pat Monix with the reason behind it being still unknown. His only known successful defense was at IWA Mid-South: Simply the Best 11 on December 14, 2017, where he teamed up with Homicide to defeat Jake Parnell and Shane Mercer. | |
| 29 | Unfortunate Pairing (Elliott Paul and Pat Monix) | January 19, 2018 | IWA Mid-South A Hard Day's Night | Memphis, Indiana | 1 | 48 | Defeated Calvin Tankman in a 2-on-1 handicap match. How Tankman reached to defend Kingston's and Homicide's titles alone is unknown nor if he was recognized champion. | |
| 30 | FireArms (Myron Reed (2) and Trey Miguel) | March 8, 2018 | IWA Mid-South No Retreat, No Surrender 2018 | Memphis, Indiana | 1 | 43 | | |
| 31 | The Gym Nasty Boyz (Timmy Lou Retton and White Mike) | April 20, 2018 | IWA Mid-South Candido Cup 2018 | Memphis, Indiana | 1 | 111 | This was the Candido Cup final. | |
| 32 | The Murphy Boyz (Cameron Murphy and Carson Murphy) | August 9, 2018 | IWA Mid-South Bringing Nasty Back | Memphis, Indiana | 1 | 44 | | |
| 33 | The Top Guys (Adam Slade and Kevin Giza) | September 22, 2018 | IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2018 | Indianapolis, Indiana | 1 | 47 | This was a four-way match also involving Jimmy Jacobs & Joe Alonzo and Logan James & Myron Reed. | |
| 34 | Dakota Bostock and Shane Mercer | November 8, 2018 | IWA Mid-South The Player's Ball | Jeffersonville, Indiana | 1 | 14 | | |
| 35 | The Player's Club (Adam Slade (2), Kevin Giza (2), Billy The P and Lukas Jacobs) | November 22, 2018 | IWA Mid-South Wrestlefeast 2018 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | $1^{(2)}$ | 49 | This was an elimination tag team match. Slade, Jacobs and Billy The P won the titles, but Giza is also recognized as champion under the freebird rule. Bostock defended the titles teaming up with Larry D and JC Rotten who replaced Shane Mercer. However, Larry D and Rotten were not recognized as champions even if officially taking part in the title defense match. | |
| 36 | Mama's Boiz (Joe Travis and Joshie Boy) | January 10, 2019 | IWA Mid-South Out With The Old In With The New 2019 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | 1 | 42 | | |
| 37 | The PD Express/The Player's Club (Logan James and Tyler Matrix/and Adam Slade (3)) | February 21, 2019 | IWA Mid-South Heartbreak After Heartbreak | Jeffersonville, Indiana | $1^{(3,4)}$ | 484 | Logan James and Tyler Matrix later joined The Player's Club stable. Adam Slade was allowed to defend the titles several times, with documentations stating that he was recognized as a champion under the freebird rule starting by the IWA Mid-South Summertime Blues Baby event which took place on June 13th. However, James and Matrix started being recognized again as a two-person tag team beginning with the IWA Mid-South Seasons Beatings 2019 event which took place on December 12th, documentations stating that Adam Slade was no longer part of the reign. James and Matrix's reign have been recognized as uninterrupted. | |
| 38 | Alice Crowley and Becky Idol | June 19, 2020 | IWA Mid-South Unfinished Business | Indianapolis, Indiana | 1 | 141 | This was a six-way tables, ladders and chairs match also involving Hunter Drake & Tyler Franks, Ace Perry & Dale Patricks, Chris Dickinson & KTB and Kevin Giza & Lukas Jacobs. Crowley and Idol are the first women wrestlers to win the title. | |
| 39 | GK Fam (Prima Donny and Piper) | November 7, 2020 | IWA Mid-South Somebody's Gonna Hurt Somebody 2020 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | 1 | 19 | This was a four-way tag team match also involving Mama's Boiz (Joe Travis and Joshie Boy) and The Difference (Jordan Whittaker and Ray Waddell). | |
| 40 | Mama's Boiz (Joe Travis and Joshie Boy) | November 26, 2020 | IWA Mid-South Wrestlefeast 2020 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | 2 | 37 | This was an Old school match. | |
| 41 | The Mason Dixon Line (Devan Dixon and Silas Mason) | January 2, 2021 | Out With The Old, In With The New 2021 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | 1 | 40 | | |
| 42 | The PD Express (Logan James and Tyler Matrix) | February 11, 2021 | Heartbreak | Jeffersonville, Indiana | $2^{(5)}$ | 63 | This was a gauntlet tag team match also involving GK Fam (Piper and Prima Donny), Talladega Flights (Hunter Drake and Tyler Franks), The Highlight Reel (Damian Reel and Diamon Reel) and The Lost (Brayden Toon and Shean Christopher). | |
| 43 | Jake Crist and John Wayne Murdoch (2) | April 15, 2021 | Spring Fever 2021 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | 1 | 49 | | |
| 44 | Born To Die (Corey Storm and Jake Crist (2)) | June 3, 2021 | IWA Mid-South You Ain't Seen Crazy Yet | Jeffersonville, Indiana | 1 | 21 | This was a "Winner Takes All" match between Christ and Murdoch in which Corey Storm was awarded Murdoch's half of the championship. | |
| 45 | Team Lotttttttaaaaa Respect (Dale Patricks (2) and Kevin Giza (3)) | June 24, 2021 | IWA Mid-South Tag, You're It! | Jeffersonville, Indiana | 1 | 763+ | | |

## Combined reigns

As of July 27, 2023.

| † | Indicates the current champion |
| - | - |
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain. |

### By team

| Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | The Top Guys/The PD Express/The Player's Club (1st reign: Adam Slade and Kevin Giza 2nd reign: Adam Slade, Kevin Giza, Billy The P and Lukas Jacobs 3rd reign: Logan James, Tyler Matrix and Adam Slade 4th-5th reign: Logan James and Tyler Matrix) | $4^{(5)}$ | 643 |
| 2 | The Iron Saints (Vito Thomaselli and Sal Thomaselli) | 3 | 496 |
| 3 | Team Lotttttttaaaaa Respect (Dale Patricks and Kevin Giza) † | 1 | 763+ |
| 4 | Brad Bradley, Ryan Boz and Trik Davis | 1 | 148 |
| 5 | Ian Rotten and Mad Man Pondo | 1 | 147 |
| 6 | Alice Crowley and Becky Idol | 1 | 141 |
| 7 | Mean And Hard (Rollin' Hard and Mitch Page) | 3 | 134 |
| 8 | The Wild Cards (Eddie Kingston and Blackjack Marciano) | 1 | 119 |
| 9 | The Misfits (Derek Domino and Harley Lewis) | 1 | ¤0-118 |
| 10 | The Monsters (Brad Bradley and Ryan Boz) | 1 | 111 |
| 10 | The Gym Nasty Boyz (Timmy Lou Retton and White Mike) | 1 | 111 |
| 12 | The Bad Breed (Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten) | 2 | 90 |
| 13 | Mama's Boiz (Joe Travis and Joshie Boy) | 2 | 79 |
| 14 | Outlaw Inc. (Eddie Kingston and Homicide) | 1 | 78 |
| 15 | Mance Warner and Zodiak | 1 | 56 |
| 16 | Hot Chocolate (Sugar Dunkerton and Myron Reed) | 1 | 49 |
| 16 | Jake Crist and John Wayne Murdoch | 1 | 49 |
| 18 | The War Machines (War Machine #1 and War Machine #2) | 1 | 48 |
| 18 | Unfortunate Pairing (Elliott Paul and Pat Monix) | 1 | 48 |
| 20 | The Murphy Boyz (Cameron Murphy and Carson Murphy) | 1 | 44 |
| 20 | Vulgar Display of Power (Deranged and Brain Damage) | 1 | 44 |
| 22 | FireArms (Myron Reed and Trey Miguel) | 1 | 43 |
| 23 | The BLKOUT (Joker and Ricky Reyes) | 1 | 42 |
| 23 | The Young Dragons (Dale Patricks and Josh Crane) | 1 | 42 |
| 25 | The Mason Dixon Line Devan Dixon and Silas Mason) | 1 | 40 |
| 26 | Harry Palmer and Mark Wolf | 1 | ¤0-28 |
| 27 | Corey Storm and Jake Crist | 1 | 21 |
| 27 | Josh Abercrombie, Mickie Knuckles and Devon Moore | 1 | 21 |
| 29 | The Rejects (John Wayne Murdoch and Reed Bentley) | 1 | 20 |
| 30 | GK Fam (Prima Donny and Piper) | 1 | 19 |
| 31 | Dakota Bostock and Shane Mercer | 1 | 14 |
| 32 | The 4Gotten (Aidan Blackhart and Justin Storm) | 1 | 12 |
| 33 | Tarek The Great and Ian Rotten | 1 | 8 |
| 34 | Cash Flo and Ian Rotten | 1 | 7 |
| 35 | Southern Comfort (Tracy Smothers and Chris Hamrick) | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Up in Smoke (Cheech and Cloudy) | 1 | ¤N/A |

### By wrestler

| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Logan James | 2 | 547 |
| 1 | Tyler Matrix | 2 | 547 |
| 3 | Vito Thomaselli | 3 | 496 |
| 3 | Sal Thomaselli | 3 | 496 |
| 5 | Kevin Giza † | 3 | 859+ |
| 6 | Dale Patricks † | 2 | 805+ |
| 7 | Adam Slade | 3 | 278 |
| 8 | Brad Bradley | 2 | 259 |
| 8 | Ryan Boz | 2 | 259 |
| 10 | Ian Rotten | 5 | 252 |
| 11 | Eddie Kingston | 2 | 197 |
| 12 | Trik Davis | 1 | 148 |
| 13 | Mad Man Pondo | 1 | 147 |
| 14 | Alice Crowley | 1 | 141 |
| 14 | Becky Idol | 1 | 141 |
| 16 | Mitch Page | 3 | 134 |
| 16 | Rollin' Hard | 3 | 134 |
| 18 | Blackjack Marciano | 1 | 119 |
| 19 | Derek Domino | 1 | ¤0-118 |
| 19 | Harley Lewis | 1 | ¤0-118 |
| 21 | Timmy Lou Retton | 1 | 111 |
| 21 | White Mike | 1 | 111 |
| 23 | Myron Reed | 2 | 92 |
| 24 | Axl Rotten | 2 | 90 |
| 25 | Joe Travis | 2 | 79 |
| 25 | Joshie Boy | 2 | 79 |
| 27 | Homicide | 1 | 78 |
| 28 | Jake Crist | 1 | 70 |
| 29 | John Wayne Murdoch | 2 | 68 |
| 30 | Mance Warner | 1 | 56 |
| 30 | Zodiak | 1 | 56 |
| 32 | Billy The P | 1 | 49 |
| 32 | Lukas Jacobs | 1 | 49 |
| 32 | Sugar Dunkerton | 1 | 49 |
| 35 | Elliott Paul | 1 | 48 |
| 35 | Pat Monix | 1 | 48 |
| 35 | War Machine #1 | 1 | 48 |
| 35 | War Machine #2 | 1 | 48 |
| 39 | Brain Damage | 1 | 44 |
| 39 | Cameron Murphy | 1 | 44 |
| 39 | Carson Murphy | 1 | 44 |
| 39 | Deranged | 1 | 44 |
| 43 | Trey Miguel | 1 | 43 |
| 44 | Joker | 1 | 42 |
| 44 | Josh Crane | 1 | 42 |
| 44 | Ricky Reyes | 1 | 42 |
| 47 | Devan Dixon | 1 | 40 |
| 47 | Silas Mason | 1 | 40 |
| 49 | Harry Palmer | 1 | ¤0-28 |
| 49 | Mark Wolf | 1 | ¤0-28 |
| 51 | Corey Storm | 1 | 21 |
| 51 | Devon Moore | 1 | 21 |
| 51 | Josh Abercrombie | 1 | 21 |
| 51 | Mickie Knuckles | 1 | 21 |
| 55 | Reed Bentley | 1 | 20 |
| 56 | Prima Donny | 1 | 19 |
| 56 | Piper | 1 | 19 |
| 58 | Dakota Bostock | 1 | 14 |
| 58 | Shane Mercer | 1 | 14 |
| 60 | Aidan Blackhart | 1 | 12 |
| 60 | Justin Storm | 1 | 12 |
| 62 | Tarek The Great | 1 | 8 |
| 63 | Cash Flo | 1 | 7 |
| 64 | Chris Hamrick | 1 | 1 |
| 64 | Tracy Smothers | 1 | 1 |
| 66 | Cheech | 1 | ¤N/A |
| 66 | Cloudy | 1 | ¤N/A |
