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{{short description|Professional wrestling tag team championship}}
{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
|championshipname=FWA Tag Team Championship
|image=
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|currentholder=
|won=
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|promotion=[[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]]
|brand=
|created=March 24, 2000
|mostreigns=The Family<br>{{small|(Paul Travell, Raj Ghosh, Scott Parker, Brandon Thomas, Ashe, and Ian DaCypl)}} (3 reigns)
|firstchamp=The New Breed<br>{{small|(Ashe and Curve)}}
|finalchamp=Stixx & Stone<br>{{small|(Stixx and [[Danny Burch|Martin Stone]])}}
|longestreign=Stixx & Stone<br>{{small|(Stixx and [[Danny Burch|Martin Stone]])}} (549 days)
|shortestreign=Alex Shane and Ulf Herman (1 day)
|oldest=Robbie Brookside (40 years, 4 months)
|youngest=
|heaviest=
|lightest=
|pastnames=
|titleretired=December 19, 2006
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The '''Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA) Tag Team Championship''' was a [[professional wrestling]] [[Championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] contested for in the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]] [[professional wrestling promotion|promotion]]. The title was only contestable by male [[tag team]]s and in [[professional wrestling tag team match types|tag team matches]]. Being a professional wrestling championship, it was not won legitimately; it was instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a [[narrative thread|storyline]]. The title was active between March 2000 and December 2006, just before the company folded in March 2007.

The championship has been known as:
*FWA Tag Team Championship (March 2000 &ndash; October 2002)
*FWA British Tag Team Championship (October 2002 &ndash; December 2006)

==History==
[[File:Paul Travell Family.jpg|thumb|right|Family member Paul Travell wearing the Tag Team Championship belt.]]
After the promotion's national expansion in 1999, there was some interest in tag team matches including large-teamed elimination tag team matches as well as traditional two-on-two contests.<ref name="r99">{{cite web|url=http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results&res=1999|title=FWA results 1999|publisher=[[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]]|accessdate=2009-08-14}}</ref><ref name="r00"/> At March 2000's Urban Legends a two-round tournament was held to inaugurate the FWA Tag Team Championship with The New Breed (Ashe and Curve) defeating Jorge Castano and Scottie Rock in the finals.<ref name="r00"/> The final champions, Stixx & Stone (Stixx and [[Martin Stone (wrestler)|Martin Stone]]), defended their titles less regularly than previous champions<ref name="r06"/> resulting in them being stripped of their titles.<ref name="wt"/> Before new champions could be crowned, the FWA lost in an interpromotional rivalry with [[International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom]] (IPW:UK) and had to close as a result. FWA's spiritual successor, XWA, originally promised to revive the Tag Team Championship but presently the belts remain inactive.<ref name="liveson">{{cite web |url=//www.frontierwrestlingonline.co.uk/backstage_pages/backstage.htm |title=XWA - The legend lives on |work=Frontier Wrestling Alliance |publisher=[[Internet Archive]] |accessdate=2009-08-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070531033214/http://www.frontierwrestlingonline.co.uk/backstage_pages/backstage.htm |archivedate=May 31, 2007 }}</ref>

As well as being the first champions, The New Breed were also the first team to win the belt twice while member Ashe would later join The Family, a large faction that defended the title under the [[The Fabulous Freebirds#Freebird Rule|Freebird Rule]] which allowed any two members to defend the belts. The Family won the titles more than any other team with three wins, giving Ashe, who also won the championship twice with The New Breed, a total of five reigns individually. The Family, in their rivalry with Alex Shane and Ulf Herman, had a number of matches where the championship was contested under a variety of [[hardcore wrestling|hardcore rules]].<ref name="r03"/>

===Tournament===
The tournament brackets at Urban Legends were:
{{Round4
||'''Jorge Castano and Scottie Rock'''|Pin|Mark Sloan and Paul Travell|<ref name="r00"/>
||'''The New Breed'''|CO|Alex Shane and Guy Thunder|<ref name="r00"/>
||'''The New Breed'''|Pin|Jorge Castano and Scottie Rock|<ref name="r00"/>|
}}

==Title history==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" width=100%
!width=0 data-sort-type="number"|No.
!width=14%|Wrestlers
!width=0  |Reign
!width=16%|Date
!width=0 data-sort-type="number"|Days held
!width=14%|Location
!width=17%|Event
!width=51% class="unsortable"|Notes
!width=0 class="unsortable"|Ref. 
|-
!{{center|{{sort|001|1}}}}
|The New Breed<br>{{small|(Ashe and Curve)}}
|{{center|{{sort|01|1}}}}
|{{dts|2000|03|24}}
|{{age in days|day1=24|month1=03|year1=2000|day2=19|month2=05|year2=2001}}
|[[Barking, London|Barking]], [[Essex]]
|Urban Legends
|{{small|Defeated Jorge Castano and Scottie Rock in a tournament final}}
|<ref name="r00">{{cite web|url=http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results&res=2000|title=FWA results 2000|publisher=[[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]]|accessdate=2009-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815180916/http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results|archive-date=2009-08-15|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!{{center|{{sort|002|2}}}}
|La Familia<br>{{small|([[Jorge Castano]] and Alex Castano)}}
|{{center|{{sort|01|1}}}}
|{{dts|2001|05|19}}
|{{age in days|day1=19|month1=05|year1=2001|day2=01|month2=09|year2=2001}}
|[[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]]
|High Potential
|
|<ref name="r01">{{cite web|url=http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results&res=2001|title=FWA results 2001|publisher=[[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]]|accessdate=2009-08-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815180916/http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results|archivedate=2009-08-15}}</ref>
|-
!{{center|{{sort|003|3}}}}
|The New Breed<br>{{small|(Ashe and Curve)}}
|{{center|{{sort|02|2}}}}
|{{dts|2001|09|01}}
|{{age in days|day1=01|month1=09|year1=2001|day2=01|month2=02|year2=2002}}
|[[London Borough of Harrow|Harrow]], [[London]]
|Trick or Treat
|
|<ref name="r01"/>
|-
!{{center|{{sort|004|4}}}}
|[[Drew McDonald (wrestler)|Drew McDonald]] and [[Ulf Herman]]
|{{center|{{sort|01|1}}}}
|{{dts|2002|02|01}}
|{{age in days|day1=01|month1=02|year1=2002|day2=22|month2=03|year2=2002}}
|[[Broxbourne]], [[Hertfordshire]]
|Crunch
|
|<ref name="r02">{{cite web|url=http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results&res=2002|title=FWA results 2002|publisher=[[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]]|accessdate=2009-08-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815180916/http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results|archivedate=2009-08-15}}</ref>
|-style="background-color:#e3e3e3"
|{{center|{{sort|005|-}}}}
|Vacant
|{{center|{{sort|01|1}}}}
|{{dts|2002|03|22}}
|{{age in days|day1=22|month1=03|year1=2002|day2=22|month2=03|year2=2002}}
|[[Walthamstow]], London
|Urban Legends
|{{small|Vacated when Ulf Herman no-shows an event}}
|<ref name="wt">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/fwa/fwa-t.html|title=Frontier Wrestling Alliance British Tag Team Title|publisher=Wrestling Titles|accessdate=2009-08-14}}</ref>
|-
!{{center|{{sort|006|5}}}}
|[[UK Pitbulls]]<br>{{small|(Big Dave and Bulk)}}
|{{center|{{sort|01|1}}}}
|{{dts|2002|03|22}}
|{{age in days|day1=22|month1=03|year1=2002|day2=25|month2=10|year2=2002}}
|Walthamstow, London
|Urban Legends
|{{small|Defeated beat Chris Justice and James Tighe, The Duke of Danger and Kruiz, Hade Vansen and Nikita, La Familia (Jorge Castano and Alex Castano) and The New Breed (Ashe and Curve) in a Gauntlet Match}}
|<ref name="r02"/>
|-
!{{center|{{sort|007|6}}}}
|[[Alex Shane]] and Ulf Herman {{small|(2)}}
|{{center|{{sort|01|1}}}}
|{{dts|2002|10|25}}
|{{age in days|day1=25|month1=10|year1=2002|day2=16|month2=03|year2=2003}}
|Walthamstow, London
|London Calling
|
|<ref name="r02"/>
|-
!{{center|{{sort|008|7}}}}
|The Family<br>{{small|(Paul Travell, Raj Ghosh, Scott Parker, Brandon Thomas, Ashe (3), and Ian DaCyple)}}
|{{center|{{sort|01|1}}}}
|{{dts|2003|03|16}}
|{{age in days|day1=16|month1=03|year1=2003|day2=27|month2=04|year2=2003}}
|Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
|Crunch
|{{small|Paul Travell and Scott Parker defeated Shane and Herman; The Family defends the title under [[The Fabulous Freebirds#Freebird Rule|The Freebird Rule]]}}
|<ref name="wt"/><ref name="r03">{{cite web|url=http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results&res=2003|title=FWA results 2003|publisher=[[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]]|accessdate=2009-08-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916001508/http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results&res=2003|archivedate=2009-09-16}}</ref>
|-
!{{center|{{sort|009|8}}}}
|Alex Shane and Ulf Herman {{small|(3}})
|{{center|{{sort|02|2}}}}
|{{dts|2003|04|27}}
|{{age in days|day1=27|month1=04|year1=2003|day2=28|month2=04|year2=2003}}
|Portsmouth, Hampshire
|Live event
|
|<ref name="r03"/>
|-
!{{center|{{sort|010|9}}}}
|The Family<br>{{small|(Paul Travell, Raj Ghosh, Scott Parker, Brandon Thomas, Ashe (4), and Ian DaCyple)}}
|{{center|{{sort|02|2}}}}
|{{dts|2003|04|28}}
|{{age in days|day1=27|month1=04|year1=2003|day2=02|month2=08|year2=2003}}
|[[Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[Wales]]
|Live event
|
|<ref name="r03"/>
|-
!{{center|{{sort|011|10}}}}
|Alex Shane {{small|(3)}} and [[Stevie Knight]]
|{{center|{{sort|01|1}}}}
|{{dts|2003|08|02}}
|{{age in days|day1=02|month1=08|year1=2003|day2=04|month2=08|year2=2003}}
|[[Morecambe]], [[Lancashire]]
|Live event
|
|<ref name="r03"/>
|-
!{{center|{{sort|012|11}}}}
|The Family<br>{{small|(Paul Travell, Raj Ghosh, Scott Parker, Brandon Thomas, Ashe (5), and Ian DaCyple)}}
|{{center|{{sort|03|3}}}}
|{{dts|2003|08|04}}
|{{age in days|day1=04|month1=08|year1=2003|day2=25|month2=07|year2=2004}}
|[[Cleethorpes]], [[Lincolnshire]]
|Live event
|
|<ref name="r03"/>
|-
!{{center|{{sort|013|12}}}}
|Hampton Court<br>{{small|(Duke of Danger and [[Andy Simmons]])}}
|{{center|{{sort|01|1}}}}
|{{dts|2004|07|25}}
|{{age in days|day1=25|month1=07|year1=2004|day2=18|month2=06|year2=2005}}
|Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
|Vendetta
|
|<ref name="r04">{{cite web|url=http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results&res=2004|title=FWA results 2004|publisher=[[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]]|accessdate=2009-08-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815180916/http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results|archivedate=2009-08-15}}</ref>
|-
!{{center|{{sort|014|13}}}}
|Stixx & Stone<br>{{small|(Stixx and [[Martin Stone (wrestler)|Martin Stone]])}}
|{{center|{{sort|01|1}}}}
|{{dts|2005|06|18}}
|{{age in days|day1=18|month1=06|year1=2005|day2=19|month2=12|year2=2006}}
|[[Morecambe]], Lancashire
|NOAH Limits
|
|<ref name="r05">{{cite web|url=http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results&res=2005|title=FWA results 2005|publisher=[[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]]|accessdate=2009-08-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815180916/http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results|archivedate=2009-08-15}}</ref>
|-style="background-color:#e3e3e3"
|{{center|{{sort|015|-}}}}
|Vacant
|{{center|{{sort|02|2}}}}
|{{dts|2006|12|19}}
|{{age in days|day1=19|month1=12|year1=2006|day2=19|month2=12|year2=2006}}
|[[Worcester, England|Worcester]], [[Worcestershire]]
|FWA Live in Worcester
|{{small|Vacated when Stone is unable to make a mandatory title defence}}
|<ref name="r06">{{cite web|url=http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results&res=2006|title=FWA results 2006|publisher=[[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]]|accessdate=2009-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815180916/http://www.fwauk.com/index.php?page=results|archive-date=2009-08-15|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="wt"/>
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|United Kingdom}}
*[[Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom]]
*[[British Open Tag Team Championship]]
*[[British Heavyweight Championship (XWA)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Frontier Wrestling Alliance championships]]
[[Category:Tag team wrestling championships]]