The AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a

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in the

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area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship ''(Mid-America version)'' from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed (as was the Southern Heavyweight Championship, also previously an NWA title) the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship due to a partnership with the

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. The title existed until 1988 when it was replaced with the Continental Wrestling Association

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. The title was also referred to as the Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship to avoid confusion with the various other versions of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship in

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(1960–1970),

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(1951–1968), Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (1955–1966),

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(1953–1969), and Southern Championship Wrestling (1981–1982).

Reigns

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Team reigns by combined length

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Individual reigns by combined length

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