NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(Amarillo version)''
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Amarillo version) | |||||||
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The Amarillo version of the championship belt | |||||||
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Promotion | NWA Western States Sports | ||||||
Date established | 1955[1][2] | ||||||
Date retired | March 1969[1][2] | ||||||
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The Amarillo version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was the main tag team professional wrestling championship for the Amarillo, Texas-based Western States Sports, a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Promoters Doc Sarpolis and Dory Funk introduced the championship in 1955 and continued to use it as their main tag team championship until 1969.[1][2] The NWA Board of Directors dictated that there would be only one NWA World Heavyweight Champion but allowed any NWA member, also known as a NWA territory, to create its own local version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship.[3] In 1957 no less than 13 different versions of the NWA World Tag Team Championship were promoted across the United States.[Championships] This even included another version in East Texas, which was used mainly in Houston and Fort Worth at the time.[4][5]
To start the Amarillo lineage of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. Sarpolis and Funk invited Reggie Lisowski and Art Nelson, the holders of the Chicago version of the championship, to come to Amarillo and defend the championship.[1][2] By November 1955 Lisowski stopped travelling to Amarillo so Nelson was given Rip Rogers as a partner,[1][2] creating a separate lineage from the Chicago version as they continued to recognize Lisowski and Nelson as champions.[6][7] The world tag team championship was actively promoted in and around Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas, from 1955 until March 1969.[1][2] At that point the promotion abandoned the championship, opting to create the NWA Western States Tag Team Championship as the main tag team championship of the territory.[8] Since the Amarillo version, like all other NWA World Tag Team Championships, were professional wrestling championships, it meant that the championship was not determined by competitive combat, but instead based on a predetermined match result.[9]
The teams of Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr., and Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas, share the record for most reigns as a team, a total of three each. Art Nelson, one-half of the first championship team, held the title a total of eight times with various partners, the most of any individual.[1][2] The Von Brauners' (Kurt Von Brauner and Karl Von Brauner) first reign lasted 140 days, the longest of any individual reign. The Von Brauners also hold the record for combined reigns as a team with a 166 days total for their two reigns. Individually, Nelson's eight reigns add up to at least 310 days, eclipsing any other wrestler. Due to incomplete records in regard to a number of championship changes, it is impossible to clearly identify the shortest reign; Great Bolo and Tokyo Joe's seven day reign in 1958 is the shortest confirmed reign.[1][2]
Title history
Key
Symbol | Meaning |
No. | The overall championship reign |
Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. |
Event | The event in which the championship changed hands |
N/A | The specific information is not known |
— | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
[Note #] | Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details. |
Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation in that time period. | |
(nlt) | Indicates that a title change took place "no later than" the date listed.[Note 1] |
No. | Champions | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1 | Reggie Lisowski and Art Nelson | 1 | 1955 (NLT) | [Note 2] | [Note 3] | Live event | Lisowski and Neilson were recognized as the Chicago version of the NWA World Tag Team championship and were recognized in Amarillo. | [1][2] |
2 | Art Nelson (2) and Rip Rogers | 1 | November 1955 (NLT) | [Note 2] | [Note 3] | Live event | Lisowski relinquishes his half of the title to Rogers (Lisowski and Neilson continue to be recognized in Chicago and other territories). Dory Funk and Bob Geigel defeateed the champions on April 26, 1956 but results were reversed because Dizzy Davis substituted for Geigel during the match. | [1][2] |
3 | Dizzy Davis and Sonny Myers | 1 | June 7, 1956 | 130 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
4 | Art Nelson (3) and Rip Rogers | 2 | October 15, 1956 | 38 | [Note 3] | Live event | Sometime after July 12, 1956 | [1][2] |
5 | Dory Funk and Bob Geigel | 2 | November 22, 1956 | 88 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | Defeated Nelson/Rogers and Bob Orton/John Tolos in a 3-way match. | [1][2] |
6 | Dory Funk (3) and Rip Rogers (3) | 1 | February 18, 1957 | 31 | [Note 3] | Live event | Funk chooses Rogers as a new partner after Geigel leaves the territory. | [1][2] |
7 | Dizzy Davis and Great Bolo | 1 | March 21, 1957 | 21 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
8 | Don Curtis and Dizzy Davis | 1 | April 11, 1957 | 73 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | Defeated Great Bolo and Kurt Von Poppenheim to win the championship after Davis was allowed to choose a new tag team partner. | [1][2] |
— | Vacated | — | June 1957 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated due to an injury to Don Curtis. | [1][2] |
9 | Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas | 1 | June 13, 1957 | 40 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | Defeated Dory Funk and Bob Geigel in a six-team tournament final | [1][2] |
10 | Dizzy Davis and Sonny Myers | 2 | July 23, 1957 | 15 | Odessa, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
11 | Great Bolo and Tokyo Joe | 1 | August 7, 1957 | [Note 4] | Wichita Falls, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
12 | Great Bolo (2) and Art Nelson (4) | 1 | September 1957 | [Note 5] | [Note 3] | Live event | Joe is injured and replaced by Nelson before the title defense on 57/09/05 in |Amarillo, Texas. | [1][2] |
13 | Leo Garibaldi and Sonny Myers | 1 | November 14, 1957 | 28 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
14 | Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas | 2 | December 12, 1957 | 42 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
— | Vacated | — | January 23, 1958 | N/A | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | Championship vacated after a match against George and Sandy Scott. | [1][2] |
15 | Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas | 3 | February 6, 1958 | [Note 6] | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | Won the rematch | [1][2] |
— | Vacated | — | April 1958 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated after not being defended for 60 days. | [1][2] |
16 | Ricky Romero and Cyclone Anaya | 1 | May 8, 1958 | 49 | Lubbock, Texas | Live event | Defeated Tokyo Joe and Art Nelson in the finals of an eight-team tournament. | [1][2] |
17 | Great Bolo (3) and Tokyo Joe | 2 | June 26, 1958 | 7 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
18 | Kurt Von Poppenheim and Mighty Zorro | 1 | July 3, 1958 | 13 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
19 | Mike DiBiase (4) and Art Nelson (5) | 1 | July 16, 1958 | 84 | Lubbock, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
20 | Gory Guerrero and Ricky Romero | 1 | October 8, 1958 | 22 | Lubbock, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
21 | Art Nelson (6) and Danny Plechas (3) | 1 | October 30, 1958 | 76 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | Defeated Larry Chene and Danno McDonald in a tournament that was also for the NWA Rocky Mountain Tag Team Championship. | [1][2] |
22 | The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) |
1 | January 14, 1959 | [Note 7] | Lubbock, Texas | Live event | Still champions as of February 25, 1959 | [1][2] |
23 | Gory Guerrero (2) and Sonny Myers | 1 | May 1959 | [Note 8] | [Note 3] | Live event | [1][2] | |
24 | Art Nelson (7) and Doug Donovan | 1 | May 27, 1959 | 105 | Lubbock, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
25 | Gory Guerrero (3) and Gordo Chihuahua | 1 | September 9, 1959 | [Note 9] | Lubbock, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
26 | Gory Guerrero (4) and Luis Hernandez | 1 | October 28, 1959 (NLT) | [Note 10] | [Note 3] | Live event | [1][2] | |
27 | Dory Funk (4) and Dick Hutton | 1 | November 25, 1959 | 106 | Lubbock, Texas | [Note 3] | Live event | [1][2] |
28 | Mighty Ortega and Alex Perez | 1 | March 10, 1960 | [Note 11] | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
29 | Dory Funk (5) and Dick Hutton | 2 | May 1960 (NLT) | [Note 12] | [Note 3] | Live event | [1][2] | |
— | Vacated | — | May 1960 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated when Dick Hutton is injured | [1][2] |
30 | Dory Funk (6) and Bob Geigel | 3 | May 25, 1960 | 15 | Lubbock, Texas | Live event | Defeated Nick Roberts and Art Nelson. | [1][2] |
31 | Nick Roberts and Art Nelson (8) | 1 | June 9, 1960 | [Note 13] | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
— | Vacated | — | 1960 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated when Art Nelson left the company | [1][2] |
32 | Joe Hamilton and Nick Roberts (2) | 1 | July 28, 1960 | 27 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | Defeated Mike DiBiase and Dr. X (Tommy O'Toole) | [1][2] |
— | Vacated | — | August 24, 1960 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated after this date as Hamilton injures his arm and is unable to defend the championship | [1][2] |
33 | Alex Perez (2)and Pancho Lopez | 1 | October 19, 1960 | 35 | Lubbock, Texas | Live event | Defeated Antone Leone and Tony Morelli. | [1][2] |
34 | Gory Guerrero (5) and Pancho Lopez | 1 | November 23, 1960 | [Note 2] | N/A | N/A | Perez gave his share of the title to Guerrero. | [1][2] |
35 | Gene Kiniski and Fritz Von Erich | 1 | August 16, 1962 | [Note 2] | [Note 3] | Live event | Reigning holders of Southwest Title, start claiming the world title after defending the title against Dory Funk and Ricky Romero in |Amarillo, Texas on this day. | [1][2] |
36 | Bob and Steve Stanlee | 1 | March 3, 1963 (NLT) | [Note 2] | [Note 3] | Live event | [1][2] | |
37 | Pepper Gomez and Jose Lothario | 1 | August 11, 1964 | [Note 2] | El Paso, Texas | Live event | Defeated the Medics for the vacant championship on July 15, 1964 in El Paso, Texas, but the decision is overturned when Medics protest. Defeated the Medics in rematch. | [1][2] |
38 | Eddie Graham (4) and Sam Steamboat | 1 | July 1, 1965 (NLT) | [Note 2] | [Note 3] | Live event | Eddie Graham previously held the championship under the name "Rip Rogers" | [1][2] |
39 | Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk | 1 | October 30, 1966 | [Note 2] | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Live event | Defeated Fritz Von Erich and Waldo Von Erich for vacant title; still champions as of 66/12/15. | [1][2] |
40 | Larry Hennig and Harley Race | 1 | May 1967 | [Note 14] | [Note 3] | Live event | AWA World champions defend in the area between 67/05 and 67/06. | [1][2] |
41 | Thunderbolt Patterson and Bearcat Wright | 1 | June 28, 1967 (NLT) | [Note 2] | Denver, Colorado | Live event | [1][2] | |
42 | Dr. Blood and The Medic | 1 | September 25, 1967 (NLT) | [Note 15] | [Note 3] | Live event | Defeated Thunderbolt Patterson and Dory Funk Sr.; may also be billed as North American Tag Team Title. | [1][2] |
43 | Gory Guerrero (6) and Luis Hernandez | 1 | November 6, 1967 | 9 | El Paso, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
44 | The Von Brauners (Kurt Von Brauner and Karl Von Brauner) |
1 | November 15, 1967 | 140 | Lubbock, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
45 | Nick Bockwinkel and Ricky Romero (3) | 1 | April 3, 1968 | 50 | Lubbock, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
46 | The Von Brauners (Kurt Von Brauner and Karl Von Brauner) |
2 | May 23, 1968 | 26 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
47 | Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk | 2 | June 18, 1968 | 100 | San Angelo, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
48 | The Infernos (Inferno #1 and Inferno #2) |
1 | September 26, 1968 | 21 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
49 | Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk | 3 | October 17, 1968 | 48 | Amarillo, Texas | Live event | [1][2] | |
50 | Chati Yokouchi and Mr. Ito | 1 | December 4, 1968 | [Note 16] | Lubbock, Texas | Live event | The championship would later be billed as the "North American Tag Team Championship" until March 1969 | [1][2] |
— | Vacated | — | March 1969 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Championship replaced by the NWA Western States Tag Team Championship | [1][2] |
Team reigns by combined length
Key
Symbol | Meaning |
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¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | The Von Brauners (Kurt Von Brauner and Karl Von Brauner) | 2 | 166 |
2 | Dizzy Davis and Sonny Myers | 2 | 145 |
3 | Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas | 3 | 136¤ |
4 | Dory Funk and Dick Hutton | 2 | 106¤ |
5 | Art Nelson and Doug Donovan | 1 | 105 |
6 | Dory Funk and Bob Geigel | 2 | 103 |
7 | Chati Yokouchi and Mr. Ito | 1 | 87¤ |
8 | Mike DiBiase and Art Nelson | 1 | 84 |
9 | Art Nelson and Danny Plechas | 1 | 76 |
10 | Don Curtis and Dizzy Davis | 1 | 73 |
11 | Nick Bockwinkel and Ricky Romero | 1 | 50 |
Ricky Romero and Cyclone Anaya | 1 | 50 | |
13 | Great Bolo and Art Nelson | 1 | 44¤ |
14 | Dr. Blood and The Medic | 1 | 42¤ |
15 | Alex Perez and Pancho Lopez | 1 | 35 |
16 | Leo Garibaldi and Sonny Myers | 1 | 28 |
Gory Guerrero and Luis Hernandez | 1 | 28¤ | |
18 | Joe Hamilton and Nick Roberts | 1 | 27 |
19 | Great Bolo and Tokyo Joe | 1 | 25¤ |
20 | Gory Guerrero and Ricky Romero | 1 | 22 |
21 | Dizzy Davis and Great Bolo | 1 | 21 |
The Infernos (Inferno #1 and Inferno #2) | 1 | 21 | |
23 | Kurt Von Poppenheim and Mighty Zorro | 1 | 13 |
24 | Gory Guerrero and Luis Hernandez | 1 | 9 |
25 | Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk | 3 | 8¤ |
26 | Great Bolo and Tokyo Joe | 1 | 7 |
27 | Nick Roberts and Art Nelson | 1 | 1¤ |
Gory Guerrero and Gordo Chihuahua | 1 | 1¤ | |
Gory Guerrero and Pancho Lopez | 1 | 1¤ | |
Gory Guerrero and Sonny Myers | 1 | 1¤ | |
Larry Hennig and Harley Race | 1 | 1¤ | |
The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) | 1 | 1¤ | |
Mighty Ortega and Alex Perez | 1 | 1¤ | |
34 | Art Nelson and Rip Rogers | 2 | ¤ |
Dory Funk and Rip Rogers | 1 | ¤ | |
Gene Kiniski and Fritz Von Erich | 1 | ¤ | |
Reggie Lisowski and Art Nelson | 1 | ¤ | |
Eddie Graham and Sam Steamboat | 1 | ¤ | |
Thunderbolt Patterson and Bearcat Wright | 1 | ¤ | |
Bob and Steve Stanlee | 1 | ¤ | |
Pepper Gomez and Jose Lothario | 1 | ¤ |
Individual reigns by combined length
Key
Symbol | Meaning |
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¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Art Nelson | 8 | 310¤ |
2 | Dizzy Davis | 4 | 239 |
3 | Mike DiBiase | 4 | 220¤ |
4 | Danny Plechas | 4 | 212¤ |
5 | Dory Funk | 5 | 209¤ |
6 | Sonny Myers | 4 | 174¤ |
7 | Karl Von Brauner | 2 | 166 |
Kurt Von Brauner | 2 | 166 | |
9 | Ricky Romero | 3 | 122 |
10 | Dick Hutton | 2 | 106¤ |
11 | Doug Donovan | 1 | 105 |
12 | Bob Geigel | 2 | 103 |
13 | Great Bolo | 4 | 97¤ |
14 | Mr. Ito | 1 | 87¤ |
Chati Yokouchi | 1 | 87¤ | |
16 | Don Curtis | 1 | 73 |
17 | Gory Guerrero | 6 | 62¤ |
18 | Nick Bockwinkel | 1 | 50 |
Cyclone Anaya | 1 | 50 | |
20 | The Medic | 1 | 42¤ |
Dr. Blood | 1 | 42¤ | |
22 | Luis Hernandez | 2 | 37¤ |
23 | Pancho Lopez | 2 | 36¤ |
Alex Perez | 2 | 36¤ | |
25 | Tokyo Joe | 2 | 32¤ |
26 | Leo Garibaldi | 1 | 28 |
Nick Roberts | 2 | 28¤ | |
28 | Joe Hamilton | 1 | 27 |
29 | Inferno #1 | 1 | 21 |
Inferno #2 | 1 | 21 | |
31 | Kurt Von Poppenheim | 1 | 13 |
Mighty Zorro | 1 | 13 | |
33 | Dory Funk Jr. | 3 | 8¤ |
Terry Funk | 3 | 8¤ | |
35 | Gordo Chihuahua | 1 | 1¤ |
Al Costello | 1 | 1¤ | |
Harley Race | 1 | 1¤ | |
Larry Hennig | 1 | 1¤ | |
Roy Heffernan | 1 | 1¤ | |
Mighty Ortega | 1 | 1¤ | |
41 | Bob Stanlee | 1 | ¤ |
Steve Stanlee | 1 | ¤ | |
Bearcat Wright | 1 | ¤ | |
Fritz Von Erich | 1 | ¤ | |
Gene Kiniski | 1 | ¤ | |
Jose Lothario | 1 | ¤ | |
Pepper Gomez | 1 | ¤ | |
Reggie Lisowski | 1 | ¤ | |
Eddie Graham / Rip Rogers | 4 | ¤ | |
Sam Steamboat | 1 | ¤ | |
Thunderbolt Patterson | 1 | ¤ |
Tournaments
1957
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Dory Funk and Bob Geigel | W | ||||||||
Sonny Myers and Ivan Kolo | [10] | Dory Funk and Bob Geigel | W | ||||||
Roberto Pico and Rip Rogers | W | Roberto and Ivan Pico | [10] | ||||||
Rocky Columbo and Ray Piret | [10] | Dory Funk and Bob Geigel | [10] | ||||||
Mike Dibiase and Danny Plechas | W | Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas | W | ||||||
Don Curtis and Dizzy Davis | [10] | Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas | W | ||||||
Bye | [10] | ||||||||
[10] |
1958
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Cyclone Anaya and Ricky Romero | W | ||||||||
Danny Savich and Don Evans | [11] | Cyclone Anaya and Ricky Romero | W | ||||||
Tokyo Joe and Art Nelson | W | Tokyo Joe and Art Nelson | [11] | ||||||
The Great Bolo and Joe Blanchard | [11] | Cyclone Anaya and Ricky Romero | W | ||||||
Bob Geigel and Don Curtis | W | Bye | [11] | ||||||
Bob Orton and Red Berry | [11] | Bob Geigel and Don Curtis | [11] | ||||||
Bull Curry | W | Bull Curry | Draw | ||||||
Alex Perez and Frankie Murdoch | [11] |
Footnotes
- ↑ Documentation of the specific date of a title change is not found but documentation of the champion holding the title on that date/in that period.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The length of this reign is too uncertain to calculate due to incomplete records.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 The location of the match was not captured as part of the documentation.
- ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 25 and 54 days.
- ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 45 and 74 days.
- ↑ The date the championship was vacated has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 54 and 83 days.
- ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 132 days.
- ↑ The date the championship was won/lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 27 days.
- ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 46 days.
- ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 28 and 28 days.
- ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 440 days.
- ↑ The date the championship was won and vacated has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 75 days.
- ↑ The date the championship was vacated has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 49 days.
- ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 58 days.
- ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 42 and 130 days.
- ↑ The date the championship was replaced by the NWA Western States Tag Team Championship has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 87 and 117 days.
Concurrent championships
- Sources for 13 simultaneous NWA World Tag Team Championships
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version)[12][13]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)[14][15]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Central States version)[16][17]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago version)[6][7]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Buffalo Athletic Club version)[18][19]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version)[20][21]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Iowa/Nebraska version)[22][23]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Indianapolis version)[24][25]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Salt Lake Wrestling Club version)[26][27]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Amarillo version)[1][2]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version)[28][29]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version)[4][5]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)[30][31]
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- ↑ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "(Kansas and Western Missouri) West Texas: NWA World Tag Team Title [Karras & Geigel]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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- ↑ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Ohio and Upstate New York: NWA World Tag Team Title [George & Bruins]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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- ↑ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Georgia: NWA World Tag Team Title [Gunkel & Barnett]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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- ↑ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Iowa / Nebraska: NWA World Tag Team Title [George & Clayton]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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- ↑ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "(Indianapolis) Indiana: NWA World Tag Team Title [Kohler, Patton & Estes]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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- ↑ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Idaho / Utah: NWA World Tag Team Title [Reynolds]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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- ↑ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "(Minneapolis) Minnesota: NWA World Tag Team Title [Karbo & Gagne]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ "National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Title [Minneapolis]". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ↑ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "(Memphis, Nashville) Tennessee: NWA World Tag Team Title [Gulas and Welsh]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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