What's WWE Asking Price and the Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Championship

 *Blog post was started on August 19, 2020.

And I guess we are back to rewriting wrestling history. The Facebook comments have not been read yet in regards to my statement about the Taliban's return to power, but the numbers indicate that either my opinion means something to some, or I just provided a great title with "Purple George W. Bush and Ironic Inevitability". Here is to hoping it was the latter. Explaining the Brolin/Bush/Thanos Venn Diagram to my ex was a bit of a challenge.

Speaking of challenges, WWE keeps ducking me when it comes to pulling title change triggers. I do not want to ever not seem excited about a Shinsuke Nakamura title win, but at the expense of Apollo Crews. Crews never appeared to be 6'1". With two seven-foot Nigerians, this leaves me worrying that he maybe sent to free agency.

With the planned restructuring of NXT, I worry that Nick Khan is done with experimenting and is prepping Vince McMahon to sell the company. How can you undercut your family? Revamping Triple H's vision for more of the same just indicates to me that the promotion should be put on the market. If Vince McMahon wants to bury the concept of pro-wrestling, selling it would finalize that.

I guess that might kill the Disgruntled's Real Championship Wrestling blog. The answer to all questions about undisputed champions would be whoever held the AEW version. Fortunately, this blog has been focusing of the past primarily, so until I have all those answers, the past will continue to set me free.

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The Gnarly Men's Doubles World Championship Title History:

1. NWA's Don Kernodle & Ivan Koloff (8/25/84 to 10/20/84)
2. NWA's Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez (10/20/1984 - 3/18/1985)
3. WWF's Mike Rotundo & Barry Windham (3/18/85 to 3/31/85)
4. WWF's The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff (3/31/85 to 6/17/85)
5. WWF's Mike Rotundo (2) & Barry Windham (2) (6/17/85 to 8/24/85)
6. WWF's Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine (8/24/1985 to 4/7/1986)
7. AWA's Scott Hall & Curt Hennig (4/7/86 to 5/17/86) 
8. AWA's Doug Somers & Buddy Rose (5/17/1986 to 1/27/1987)
9. NWA's Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (2) (1/27/87 to 5/26/87)
10. AWA's Soldat Ustinov & Boris Zhukov / Doug Somers (2) (5/26/87 to 10/11/87)
    
11. AWA's Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee (10/11/87 to 10/19/87)
12. AWA's Dr. D aka Carl Styles & Hector Guerrero (10/19/87 to 10/26/87)
13. AWA's Jerry Lawler (2) & Bill Dundee (2) (10/26/87 to 10/30/87)
14. WWF's Tito Santana & Rick Martel (10/30/1987 to 3/27/1988)
15. NWA's Lex Luger & Barry Windam (3) (3/27/88 to 4/20/88)
16. AWA's Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka (4/20/88 to 3/25/89)
17. AWA's Ken Patera and Brad Rheingans (3/25/89 to 9/18/89)
18. NWA's Jimmy Garvin & Michael P.S. Hayes (9/18/89 to 11/1/89)
19. AWA's Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos (11/1/89 to 8/11/90)
20. AWA's D.J. Peterson & The Trooper (The Patriot) (8/11/90 to 1/12/91)
21. NWA's Ron Simmons & Hacksaw Butch Reed (1/12/91 to 2/24/91)
22. USWA's Jerry Lawler (3) & Jeff Jarrett (2/24/91 to 3/26/91)
23. AJPW's Terry Gordy & Dr. Death Steve Williams (3/26/91 to 4/18/91)  
24. AJPW's Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey (4/18/91 to 7/6/91)
25. AJPW's Terry Gordy (2) & Dr. Death Steve Williams (2) (7/6/91 to 7/24/91)
26. USWA's Jeff Jarrett (2) & Robert Fuller (Col. Robert Parker) (7/24/91 to 9/28/91)
27. NWA's Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko (9/28/91 to 11/19/91)
28. NWA's Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes (11/19/1991 to 1/16/1992)
29. NWA's Arn Anderson (2) & Bobby Eaton (1/16/92 to 5/3/92)
30. WWF's IRS (Mike Rotundo) (3) & Ted DiBiase (5/3/92 to 7/20/92)
31. NWA/WCW's Terry Gordy (3) & Steve Williams (3) (7/20/92 to 9/21/92)
32. NWA/WCW's Barry Windham (3) & Dustin Rhodes (2) (9/21/92 to 11/18/92)
33. NWA/WCW's Ricky Steamboat (2) & Shane Douglas (11/18/92 to 3/27/93)
34. USWA's Scotty (Raven) Flamingo & Brian Christopher (3/27/93 to 3/29/93)
35. AJPW's Terry Gordy (4) & Dr. Death Steve Williams (4) (3/29/93 to 5/20/93)
36. WWF's IRS (Mike Rotundo) (4) & Ted DiBiase (2) (5/20/93 to 6/14/93)
37. USWA's Rex King (Timothy Well) & Steve Doll (Steven Dunn) (6/14/93 to 6/21/93)
38. USWA's New Jack & Homeboy (6/21/93 to 7/5/93)
39. USWA's C.W. Bergstrom & Melvin Penrod Jr. (7/5/93 to 8/2/93)
40. NWA/WCW's Steve Austin & Brian Pillman (8/2/93 to 8/18/93)
41. USWA's Bonecrusher/Dogcatcher #1 & Crowbar/Dogcatcher #2
    (8/16/93 to 9/6/93)
42. NWA/WCW's Arn Anderson (3) & Paul Roma (9/6/93 to 9/19/93)
43. AJPW's Ted DiBiase (3) & Stan Hansen (2) (9/19/93 to 11/13/93) 
44. NJPW's Hercules Hernandez & Scott Norton (11/13/1993 to 1/4/1994)
    
45. NJPW's Power Warrior (Kensuke Sasaki) & Hawk Warrior (Road Warrior Hawk) (1/4/94 to 11/25/94)

The Interim Gnarly Men's Doubles World Championship Title History:

1. WCW's Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) & Kevin Sullivan (May 22, 1994 to July 17, 1994)
2. WCW's Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma (7/17/94 to 9/25/94)
3. WWF's Shawn Michaels & Diesel (Kevin Nash) (9/25/94 to 11/23/94)

The Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Championship Title History:

1. WCW's Marcus Alexander (Buff) Bagwell & The Patriot (2) (11/23/94 to 12/8/94)
2. NJPW's Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh (The Great Muta) (12/8/94 to 5/6/95)
3. WWF's Owen Hart, Yokozuna & Davey Boy Smith (5/6/95 to 9/25/95)  
4. WCW's Marcus Alexander (Buff) Bagwell (2) & Scotty Riggs (9/25/95 to 9/27/95)
5. USWA's J.C. Ice (James Dundee) & Wolfie D (Slash) (9/27/95 to 10/28/95)
6. ECW's 2 Cold Scorpio & The Sandman (10/28/95 to 12/29/95)
7. ECW's Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) (2) & Mikey Whipwreck (12/29/1995 to 2/3/1996)
8. WCW's Sting and Lex Luger (2) (2/3/96 to 6/24/96)
9. USWA's Flex (The Rock) Kavana & Bart Sawyer (6/24/96 to 7/1/96)
10. USWA's Jerry Lawler (4) & Bill Dundee (3) (7/1/96 to 7/8/96)
11. USWA's Flex (The Rock) Kavana (2) & Bart Sawyer (2) (7/8/96 to 7/15/96)
12. USWA's Brickhouse Brown & Reggie B. Fine (7/15/96 to 8/5/96)
13. NWA/W*ING's Mr. Gannosuke & Tarzan Goto (8/5/96 to 9/22/96)
14. WWF's Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (9/22/1996 to 5/26/1997)
15. WWF's Shawn Michael and Steve Austin (2) (5/26/97 to 7/14/97)
16. WWF's Dude Love (Mick Foley)(3) and Steve Austin (3) (7/14/97 to 9/7/97)
    
17. USWA's J.C. Ice (James Dundee) (2) & Wolfie D (Slash) (2) (9/7/97 to 10/18/97)
18. ECW's Tracy Smothers & Little Guido Maritato (October 18, 1997 to December 5, 1997)
19. ECW's Doug Furnas & Phil LaFon (12/5/97 to 12/6/97)
20. ECW's Chris Candido & Lance Storm (December 6, 1997 to June 27, 1998) 
21. WWF's Steve Austin (4) & The Undertaker (6/27/98 to 8/10/98)
22. WWF's Kane & Mankind (Mick Foley)(4) (8/10/98 to 8/30/98)
23. WCW's Scott Hall & The Giant (Paul Wight) (8/30/98 to 10/25/98)
24. WCW's Rick Steiner & Buff Bagwell (3)/Kenny Kaos (10/25/98 to 1/7/99)
25. WWF's Ken Shamrock & The Big Boss Man (1/7/99 to 1/25/99) 
26. WWF's Owen Hart (3) & Jeff Jarrett (3) (1/25/99 to 4/5/99) 
27. WWF's Kane (2) & X-Pac (4/5/99 to 5/25/99)
28. WCW's Raven (2) & Perry Saturn (5/25/99 to 5/31/99)
29. WCW's Diamond Dallas Page, Chris Kanyon & Bam Bam Bigelow (5/31/99 to 6/8/99)
30. WCW's Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn (2) (6/8/99 to 6/13/99)
31. WCW's Diamond Dallas Page (2), Chris Kanyon (2) & Bam Bam Bigelow (2) (6/13/99 to 8/14/99)
32. ECW's Little Spike Dudley & Balls Mahoney (8/14/99 to 9/3/99)
33. WWF's The Rock (3) & Mankind (5) (9/3/99 to 9/9/99)
34. ECW's Raven (2) & Tommy Dreamer (9/9/99 to 1/9/2000)
35. WCW's David Flair & Crowbar (Devon Storm) (1/9/00 to 1/18/00)
36. ECW's Lance Storm (2) & Justin Credible (1/18/00 to 3/7/00)
37. ECW's Tommy Dreamer (2) & Masato Tanaka (3/7/00 to 3/10/00)
38. ECW's Raven (3) & Mike Awesome (3/10/00 to 3/12/00)
39. WCW's Lance Storm (3) & Justin Credible (2) (3/12/00 to 4/22/00)
40. WCW's Shane Douglas (2) & Buff Bagwell (3) (4/22/00 to 5/15/00)
41. NWA's Curtis Thompson (Firebreaker Chip) & Drake Dawson (5/15/00 to 8/15/00)
42. NWA's David Young & Rick Michaels (8/15/00 to 2/3/01)
43. WCW's Sean O'Hare & Chuck Palumbo (2/3/01 to 8/7/01)
44. WWF/WCW Kane (3) & The Undertaker (8/7/01 to 9/25/01)
45. WWF/WCW Booker T & Test (9/25/01 to 10/8/01)

Bridging the Space Between Gnarly and Hella Men's Doubles World Championship

Can it be done? WWE unified the WCW/WWF championships under the Dudley Boyz. There were oddball champions in Taz(z) and Spike Dudley, but Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo were obviously made to look like a team in a division that was lacking before the first draft. But, Japan's two top tag team titles were not in play when I originally started this title history, so hold on to your butts.

 

46th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

IWGP Tag Team Champions:

Osamu Nishimura & Tatsumi Fujinami (10/8/01 to 10/28/01)

 

The name recognition of WWE Hall of Famer Fujinami puts this tandem above two legends in Yoji Anjo and Genichiro Tenryu.

 

47th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

AJPW/IWGP Tag Team Champions:

Taiyo Kea & Keiji Mutoh (2) (10/28/01 to 7/17/02)

 

This will be enough to bridge the gap. No interim title needed. 

 

48. WWE World Tag Team Champions:

Edge and Hulk Hogan (July 17, 2002 to July 21, 2002)

49. WWE World Tag Team Champions:

Christian (Cage) and Lance Storm (4) (7/21/02 to 9/23/02)

50. World Tag Team Champions:

Kane (4) and The Hurricane (Gregory Shane Helms) (9/23/02 to 10/14/02)

51. World Tag Team Champions: 

Chris Jericho and Christian (2) (10/14/02 to 12/15/02)

52. World Tag Team Champions:

Booker T (2) and Goldust (Dustin Rhodes) (3) (12/12/02 to 1/6/03)

53. World Tag Team Champions:

William Regal and Lance Storm (5) (1/6/03 to 1/19/03)

54. ROH Tag Team Champions:

A.J. Styles and Amazing Red (1/19/03 to 9/6/03)

55. NWA Tag Team Champions:

Simon Diamond, Johnny Swinger, & Glen (Disco) Gilberti (9/6/03 to 11/26/03)

56. NWA Tag Team Champions:

Ron (R-Truth) Killings, B.G. (Jesse) James, & Konnan (11/26/03 to 1/28/04)

57. World Tag Team Champions:

Ric Flair & Bautista (1/28/04 to 2/16/04)

58. World Tag Team Champions:

Booker T (3) and Rob Van Dam (2/16/04 to 3/22/04)

59. WWE Tag Team Champions:

Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty (3/22/04 to 4/20/04)

60. World Tag Team Champions:

Edge (2) and Chris Benoit (2)(4/20/04 to 5/31/04)

61. NWA Tag Team Champions:

Dallas (Lance Archer) and Kid Kash (5/31/04 to 6/3/04)

62. WWE Tag Team Champions:

Rico and Charlie Haas (6/3/04 to 6/15/04) 

63. ROH Tag Team Champions:

Colt Cabana and C.M. Punk (6/15/04 to 8/7/04)

64. WWE Tag Team Champions:

Billy Kidman and Paul London (August 7, 2004 to September 7, 2004)

65. WWE Tag Team Champions:

Kenzo Suzuki and Rene Dupree (9/7/04 to 12/7/04)

66. WWE Tag Team Champions:

Rob Van Dam (2) and Rey Mysterio (December 7, 2004 to January 11, 2005)

67. World Tag Team Champions:

William Regal (2) and Eugene (1/11/05 to 1/16/05)

68. World Tag Team Champions:

Sylvain Grenier and Robert Conway (1/16/05 to 2/4/05)

69. World Tag Team Champions:

William Regal (3) and Yoshihiro Tajiri (2/4/05 to 5/1/05)

70. ROH Tag Team Champions:

Jimmy Jacobs and B.J. Whitmer (5/1/05 to 7/9/05)

71. World Tag Team Champions:

Rosey and The Hurricane (2) (7/9/05 to 9/18/05)

72. WWE Tag Team Champions:

Animal and Heidenreich (9/18/05 to 10/25/05)

73. ROH Tag Team Champions:

Sal Rinauro and Tony Mamaluke (10/25/05 to 12/17/05)

74. WWE Tag Team Champions:

Bautista (2) and Rey Mysterio (2) (12/17/05 to 12/27/05)

75. World Tag Team Champions:

Kane (5) and The Big Show (Paul Wight) (Dec. 27, 2005 to April 3, 2006)

 

And this is obviously where I will leave for today. I have successfully connected all of the Men's Doubles Championships that i had previously established and I arrived at the same ending of my last attempt to get to RK-Bro. Previously, the Japanese championships were not incorporated, so maybe next time, all will be right with the world. To think of myself as God in his heaven, that is why I got into writing.