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
Listed as the claimants (St. Paul Dispatch, 53-10-09); win the Chicago version on 53-10-17, defeating Bill Melby & Billy Darnell in Chicago, IL; still listed as the claimants as of 53-12-25; may never defend the title in Minnesota during this time.
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Ike Eakins & Kinji Shibuya
1955-08-08
Have defefeated Verne Gagne & Hard Boild Haggerty on 55-07-19 in Minneapolis, MN and start claiming the World Title from the 55-08-09 card.
Have claimed the title since defeating Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa on 55-12-14 in Minneapolis, MN; defeat another claimant team Lord Athol Layton & Bobby Managoff on 56-03-06; a tournament taking place as of 56-09-17.
Recognized as Upper Midwest Title in Minneapolis, MN from 58-04-05 when the recognition of the local version of the world title is withdrawn by the NWA "because of numerous conflicting claims to the world crown" (Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, 58-04-06).
Have been claiming International Title since
59-11; start claiming World Title on 59-12; Minneapolis
promotion withdraws from NWA and forms American Wrestling Association
in 60-05 but continues to recognize NWA champions as their world
champions.
