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
Defeat Ben Justice & The Stomper in one-night tournament final.
Johnny Powers & Great Igor
1970-03-25<
Hans Schmidt & Bulldog Brower defeat Powers & Igor on 70-03-28 in Akron, OH for the recognition and are still billed as champions as of 70-05-16; Powers & Igor wrestle the Outlaws to a draw to retain their title on 70-04-02 in Cleveland, OH (The Plain Dealer, 70-04-03).
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Kurt Von Hess & The Executioner
1970-11-24<
Billed as champions in Buffalo, NY; still champions as of 70-12-09.
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Luis Martinez & Chief White Owl
1971-01<
Don Fargo & Johnny Fargo (Greg Valentine)
1971-01-07
Cleveland, OH
Vacant in 71 (sometime after 71-02-11).
Kurt Von Hess & Eric the Red
1971-07-22
Cleveland, OH
Defeat Luis Martinez & Tony Parisi in 10-team tournament final (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, 71-07-23).
Bulldog Brower & Dominic DeNucci
1971-08-07
Cleveland, OH
Luis Martinez & Chief White Owl [2]
1971-09-09<
Still champions as of 71-10-10; vacant in 71.
Mitsu Arakawa & Yoshino Sato
1972-01-19
Buffalo, NY
Defeat Tony Parisi & Dominic DeNucci in a one-night 6-team tournament final; in Cleveland, OH, Kangaroos: Al Costello & Don Kent defend the Detroit version of NWA World Title in Cleveland, OH between 72-01 and 72-03.
