UWF Tag Team Championship
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The UWF Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in the Universal Wrestling Federation from 1986 until the promotion closed in 1987. It was formerly known as the Mid-South Tag Team Championship from 1979 until 1986 when Mid-South Wrestling became the UWF.
[edit] Title history
| Wrestlers: | Reigns together: | Date: | Place: |
| Mid-South Tag Team Titles | |||
| Mike George & Bob Sweetan | 1 | September 28, 1979 | Shreveport, LA (win battle royal) |
| Bill Watts & Buck Robley | 1 | November 12, 1979 | ? |
| "Fabulous Freebirds" Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy | 1 | November 24, 1979 | Shreveport, LA |
| Junkyard Dog & Buck Robley | 1 | April 6, 1980 | Monroe, LA |
| "Fabulous Freebirds" Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts | 1 | June 9, 1980 | New Orleans, LA |
| Junkyard Dog & Terry Orndorff | 1 | September 1980 | ? |
| Ernie Ladd & Leroy Brown | 1 | November 1980 | Shreveport, LA |
| Junkyard Dog & Killer Karl Kox | 1 | January 29, 1981 | Biloxi, MS |
| Ernie Ladd & Leroy Brown | 2 | February 1, 1981 | Lake Charles, LA |
| Junkyard Dog & Dick Murdoch | 1 | March 30, 1981 | ? |
| Stripped | March 30, 1981 | Stripped due to Bill Watts not being an acceptable referee | |
| Super Destroyer & The Grappler | 1 | April 18, 1981 | New Orleans, LA (over Junkyard Dog & Dick Murdoch) |
| Junkyard Dog & Dick Murdoch | 2 | April 27, 1981 | New Orleans, LA |
| "Samoans" Afa & Sika | 1 | June 1981 | ? |
| Junkyard Dog & Dick Murdoch | 3 | September 1981 | ? |
| "Samoans" Afa & Sika | 2 | 1981 | ? |
| Junkyard Dog & Mike George | 1 | October 15, 1981 | Jackson, MS |
| "Samoans" Afa & Sika | 3 | January 1982 | ? |
| Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia | 1 | May 5, 1982 | Jackson, MS |
| "Rat Pack" Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne | 1 | October 27, 1982 | Shreveport, LA |
| Mr. Wrestling II & Tiger Conway, Jr. | 1 | March 12, 1983 | Houston, TX |
| Ted DiBiase & Mr. Olympia | 1 | April 13, 1983 | Shreveport, LA |
| Magnum T.A. & Hacksaw Jim Duggan | 1 | July 24, 1983 | Tulsa, OK |
| Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart | 1 | October 12, 1983 | Shreveport, LA |
| Magnum T.A. & Mr. Wrestling II | 1 | December 25, 1983 | New Orleans, LA |
| "Midnight Express" Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey | 1 | March 13, 1984 | Lafayette, LA |
| "Rock 'N Roll Express" Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson | 1 | May 2, 1984 | Shreveport, LA |
| "Midnight Express" Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey | 2 | May 23, 1984 | Shreveport, LA |
| "Rock 'N Roll Express" Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson | 2 | October 1, 1984 | New Orleans, LA |
| Ted DiBiase & Hercules Hernandez | 1 | December 3, 1984 | New Orleans, LA |
| "Rock 'N Roll Express" Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson | 3 | December 25, 1984 | New Orleans, LA |
| Ted DiBiase & "Dr. Death" Steve Williams | 1 | May 3, 1985 | Houston, TX |
| Al Perez & Wendell Cooley | 1 | August 28, 1985 | Shreveport, LA (defeat DiBiase & Bob Sweetan subbing for DiBiase) |
| Eddie Gilbert & The Nightmare | 1 | November 11, 1985 | New Orleans, LA |
| Ted DiBiase & "Dr. Death" Steve Williams | 2 | December 26, 1985 | Biloxi, MS |
| renamed UWF Tag Team Titles | |||
| "Sheepherders" Butch Miller & Luke Williams | 1 | March 16, 1986 | Oklahoma City, OK |
| "Fantastics" Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers | 1 | March 30, 1986 | Tulsa, OK |
| Eddie Gilbert & Sting | 1 | July 20, 1986 | Tulsa, OK |
| Held Up | August 17, 1986 | Held Up after match against The Fantastics | |
| Eddie Gilbert & Sting | 2 | August 31, 1986 | Tulsa, OK |
| "Fantastics" Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers | 2 | September 27, 1986 | Tulsa, OK |
| John Tatum & Jack Victory | 1 | October 26, 1986 | Tulsa, OK |
| Bill Irwin & Leroy Brown | 1 | November 9, 1986 | Tulsa, OK |
| Terry Taylor & Hacksaw Jim Duggan | 1 | December 27, 1986 | Ft. Worth, TX |
| Vacated | January 23, 1987 | Duggan lost loser-leaves-town match to One Man Gang) | |
| Terry Taylor & Chris Adams | 1 | February 7, 1987 | Ft. Worth, TX |
| Sting & Rick Steiner | 1 | April 12, 1987 | Atlanta, GA |
| "Lightning Express" Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner | 1 | May 17, 1987 | Tulsa, OK |
| "Sheepherders" Butch Miller & Luke Williams | 2 | October 16, 1987 | Kansas City, MO |
| Titles retired | November 1987 | Titles retired due to purchase of UWF by Jim Crockett Promotions |
