The title was featured on the promotion's show that aired nationally on ESPN.
[1] In its early days, the GWF pretended on television that it was part of a larger worldwide promotion.
In 1991, it was announced that a tag team known as the "English lords" had been injured in a car wreck and that the GWF was organizing a tournament to award the vacated title in Dallas.
The GWF Tag Team Championship Tournament was a twenty-four man tournament for the inaugural GWF Tag Team Championship held on July 26 and July 27, 1991.
Steve Simpson and Chris Walker defeated Rip Rogers and Scotty Anthony in the final to win the tournament.