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 Dutch Savage & Tom Clark to win the vacant United States Title.
Bob Geigel & Dutch Savage
1965-05-27
Kansas City, KS
No title is mentioned on the newspaper reports; however, Reed & Gilbert are billed as "a leading tag team partnership" going into the match (The Kansas City Times, 65-05-27), and Geigel & Savage are defending "their newly won tag team title" in the following week (The Kansas City Star, 65-06-01); billed as Central States Title as of 65-06-27; Geigel & Savage lose to Sonny Myers & Jerry Miller on 65-07-06 in Sedalia, MO (Sedalia Democrat, 65-07-07) and to Myers & Ronnie Etchison on 65-07-12 in Des Moines, IA for the respective local recogntion; no longer billed as the champions when the new season starts in 65-09.
Vacant in 83-12 when Brown injured by 666 (Jim Starr); Tyler & King Cobra wrestle Tully Blanchard & Ron Starr for the title on 84-01-05, but the match ends in a DDQ.
Grapplers (Len Denton & Tony Anthony) #
1984-03-29
Kansas City, KS
Defeat Jerry Oates & Ted Oates in tournament final, but the title is held up because Grapplers used a loaded boot.
Vacant on 85-08-15 when Brown & Janetty split after Brown refuses to tag in during a match against Battens in Kansas City, KS.
Brad Batten & Bart Batten
1985-11-21
Kansas City, KS
Defeat Midnight Express: Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton; title held-up after the match against Satō Akio & Sheik Abdullah on 86-02-20 in Kansas City, KS (no information on rematch found).
