Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
Awarded NWA World
Title when Leo Nomellini, who has held the title with Verne Gagne, returns to San Francisco 49ers; recognized as the first AWA
world champions in 60-08 when AWA stops recognizing NWA
champions.
Verne Gagne & Don Leo Jonathan defeat Hennig & Race on 67-03-28 in Winnipeg, MB but the title is returned to Hennig & Race when the decision is reversed.
High Flyers: Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne defeat Lanza & Duncum on 76-10-07 in Winnipeg, MB but the title is returned to Lanza & Duncum when the decision is reversed; Verne Gagne & Ray Stevens defeat Lanza & Duncum on 77-06-24 in Minneapolis, MN but the title is returned to Lanza & Duncum when the decision is reversed.
Stan Hansen & Bobby Duncum defeat Gagne & Vachon on 79-08-15 in Winnipeg, MB, CAN and are announced as the new champions (Winnipeg Free Press, 79-08-16) but the title is later returned to Gagne & Vachon due to Vachon, not a legal man at the time, getting pinned.
