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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
Both teams have claimed the title prior to the match (The Birmingham Post, 43-11-15); also claim the title in Nashville, TN based on the "400-plus victories in the last seven years against but three defeats" (The Tennessean, Nashville, TN, 44-10-03).
Billed as as champions on arrival for "succeeding the Smith brothers" (The Tennessean, Nashville, TN, 57-02-03); not officially reocgnized in Birmingham, AL where they are only listed as the claimants; Jackie Fargo & Don Fargo are also billed as champions in Blytheville, AR for having "recently won the world title in Madison Square Garden" (The Courier News, Blytheville, AR, 57-05-04).
Defeat the Corsicas to retain the title; reported in Nashville, TN as a title change (Nashville Banner, 57-08-13); both teams continue to claim the title at least until 57-10, with the Fargos mainly defending the title in Nashville, TN and the Corsicas in Birmingham, AL and Chattanooga, TN; Lee Fields & Mario Galento defeat the Corsicas for the title in Mobile, AL on 57-10-09 but lose to the Fargos on 57-10-16; the Corsicas are billed as Southern champions from 57-11.
In Chattanooga, the Fargos still defend the title on 58-05-22 although Riley & Rossi are recognized in Memphis as of 58-06-19; the Fargos may be billed as champions in Florence, AL on 58-05-27.
Von Brauners continue to be billed as champions in Memphis, TN.
Tor Yamato & Mr. Moto
1960-06-20
Birmingham, AL
Pat Fraley & Freddy Fraley
1960-09-06
Nashville, TN
Tor Yamato & Mr. Moto [2]
1960-09-13
Nashville, TN
Held up after the match against Herb Welch & Lester Welch on 60-10-04 in Nashville, TN; still held up after a rematch on 60-10-11 in Nashville, TN; in Memphis, TN, Don Fields & Bobby Fields defeat Karl Von Brauner & Kurt Von Brauner on 60-06-27 but lose back on 60-07-04.
Held up after the match against Sputnik Monroe & Rocket Monroe on 61-04-13 in Chattanooga, TN.
Lester Welch & Joe Scarpa [2]
1961-04-20
Chattanooga, TN
Win rematch; held up after the match against Jackie Fargo & Joe Fargo in 61-05-15 in Birmingham, AL since the wrong person is pinned; remains held-up after the Fargos defeat Welch & Scarpa via DQ on 61-05-22 in Birmingham, AL.
Lester Welch & Joe Scarpa [3]
1961-05-29
Birmingham, AL
Win the rematch; Scarpa suffers a concussion during a boxing match against Jackie Fargo on 61-06-13; Welch is still listed as a co-holder of the title as of 61-06-27 but the title is most likely vacant in late 61-06 or early 61-07.
Vacant in 65-04 when Kurt is injured; in Chattanooga, TN, Tōjō Yamamoto & Mitsu Hirai win the title on 65-04-29 defeating the Von Brauners and Jackie Fargo & Mario Milano in a round-robin tournament and defend on 65-05-06, but the Von Brauners are again billed as champions on 65-05-13; Kurt is sidelined in mid-65-05 (probably injured in a match 65-05-11 in Nashville, TN); title is vacant in 65-06 most likely when Kurt cannot return to action within 30 days (The Tennessean, 65-06-13).
"Last Saturday at Memphis" (The Tennessean, Nashville, TN, 66-01-19); Matsuda & Inoki again defeat Graham & Steamboat for the title on 66-01-27 in Chattanooga, TN (or Graham & Steamboat may have regained sometime in-between); vacant sometime between 66-02-14 and 66-02-23 when Inoki breaks his leg.
Itō replaces Soto; Yamamoto & Ito are billed as having won the title "two weeks ago" (The Tennessean, Nashville, TN, 66-10-16); Jackie Fargo & Len Rossi defeat Yamamoto & Itō on 67-01-25 in Nashville, TN but the belts are later returned.
Sometime between 67-07-16 and 67-07-22; vacant in late 67-07 (sometime after 67-07-27) when Billy Hines is hospitalized with a liver ailment and will be unable to wrestle for at least two months.
Sometime after 67-10-14; "recently" (Chattanooga News-Free Press, 67-10-22).
Len Rossi & Tamayo Soto
1967-12-22
Huntsville, AL
Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell & Eddie Sullivan)
1968-03-28
Chattanooga, TN
Scufflin’ Hillbillies: Rip & Slim
1968-05-06
Birmingham, AL
Mighty Yankees [2]
1968-05-13
Birmingham, AL
Len Rossi & Tamayo Soto [2]
1968-06-17
Birmingham, AL
"Three weeks ago" (The Tennessean, Nashville, TN, 68-07-07).
Mighty Yankees [3]
1968-07-08
Birmingham, AL
Held up after the match against Dennis Hall & Ken Lucas on 68-08-03 in Chattanooga, TN.
Ken Lucas & Dennis Hall
1968-08-10
Chattanooga, TN
Win rematch.
Mighty Yankees [4]
1968-08-17
Chattanooga, TN
Silento Rodriguez & Johnny Walker defeat Yankees on 68-08-29 in Chattanooga, TN (title change not confirmed).
Len Rossi & Johnny Walker
1968-09-16
Birmingham, AL
Tōjō Yamamoto & Johnny Long
1968-11-18
Birmingham, AL
Les Thatcher & Dennis Hall
1968-11-28
Chattanooga, TN
Tōjō Yamamoto & Johnny Long [2]
1968-12-14
Chattanooga, TN
Len Rossi & Don Carson
1969-01-27
Birmingham, AL
Tōjō Yamamoto & Johnny Long [3]
1969-02-03
Birmingham, AL
Rossi & Carson continue to be billed as champions in in Chattanooga, TN, but the title is held up immediately after the match on 69-02-20.
Len Rossi & Don Carson [2]
1969-02-24
Birmingham, AL
Yamamoto & Long defeat Rossi & Carson on 69-02-27 in Chattanooga, TN for the locally held-up title; Rossi & Carson defeat Yamamoto & Long on 69-03-13 in Chattanooga, TN for the local recognition.
Great Mephisto & Dante
1969-03-29
Birmingham, AL
Len Rossi & Don Carson [3]
1969-04-07
Birmingham, AL
Great Mephisto & Dante [2]
1969-04-14
Birmingham, AL
Repeated? in Chattanooga, TN on 69-04-26.
Don Carson & Bearcat Brown
1969-05-19
Birmingham, AL
Great Mephisto & Dante [3]
1969-06-16
Birmingham, AL
Lose to Johnny Walker & Bearcat Brown on 69-06-21 in Chattanooga, TN but continue to be billed as champions in other towns.
Don Carson & Bearcat Brown [2]
1969-06-23
Birmingham, AL
Repeated in Nashville , TN on 69-06-25; in Chattanooga, TN, Walker & Brown lose to Mephisto & Dante on 69-06-28, regain the title on 69-07-05, and hold the title as late as 69-07-29; held up in Birmingham, AL after the match between Carson & Brown and the Spoilers on 69-07-21.
Spoilers
1969-07-28
Birmingham, AL
Win the rematch.
Len Rossi & Bearcat Brown
1969-08-04
Birmingham, AL
Held up in Birmingham, AL after the match against the Spoilers on 69-08-25.
Spoilers [2]
1969-09-01
Birmingham, AL
Win the rematch.
Len Rossi & Bearcat Brown [2]
1969-09-20
Chattanooga, TN
Spoilers [3]
1969-10-02
Chattanooga, TN
Ex-Mighty Yankees: Pepe Lopez & Tony Russo
1969-10-15
Nashville, TN
Spoilers [4]
1969-10-22
Nashville, TN
Len Rossi & Tōjō Yamamoto
1969-11-10
Birmingham, AL
Vacant after Yamamoto breaks his arm on 69-12-06.
Len Rossi & Bob Armstrong
1969-12-15
Birmingham, AL
Defeat Rip Tyler & Randy Tyler in tournament final.
Bob Ramstad & Buddy Wayne
1970-01-03
Birmingham, AL
Spoilers [5]
1970-01-19
Birmingham, AL
Bob Armstrong & Ken Lucas
1970-02-09
Birmingham, AL
Held up in Birmingham, AL after the match against the Interns on 70-03-30.
Bob Armstrong & Ken Lucas [2]
1970-04-20
Birmingham, AL
Win the rematch.
Big Bad John & Pepe Lopez
1970-05-11
Birmingham, AL
In Chattanooga, TN, Frankie Cain & Dennis Hall defeat the Spoilers for the title on 70-06-06; held up in Birmingham, AL after the match against Bob Armstrong & Ken Lucas on 70-06-29 ends as no contest.
Big Bad John & Pepe Lopez [2]
1970-07-06
Birmingham, AL
Win the rematch.
Len Rossi & The Mystery Man (Bearcat Brown)[3]
1970-08-03
Birmingham, AL
Big Bad John & Pepe Lopez [3]
1970-08-17
Birmingham, AL
Lose to Len Rossi & Dennis Hall on 70-09-12 in Chattanooga, TN but continue to be billed as champions in other towns; lose to Len Rossi & Bearcat Brown on 70-09-07 in Birmingham, AL but continue to be billed as champions in other towns.
Mystery Men (Len Rossi & Bearcat Brown)[4]
1970-09-16
Nashville, TN
Rossi is unmasked during the match; Brown also starts wrestling without the mask later in the month; John & Lopez continue to be billed as champions in Memphis, TN and lose to Oni Wiki Wiki & Mighty Atlas on 70-12-07.
Bobby Hart & Lorenzo Parente
1970-10-01
Chattanooga, TN
Defeat Rossi & Brown.
Len Rossi & Bearcat Brown [5]
1970-10-15
Chattanooga, TN
Still champions as of 70-11-09; in Memphis, TN, Big Bad John & Pepe Lopez are still billed as champions as of 70-11-16 and lose to Oni Wiki Wiki & Mighty Atlas on 70-12-07.
Bobby Hart & Lorenzo Parente [2]
1970-12-05<
Oni Wiki Wiki & Mighty Atlas
1970-12-16
Nashville, TN
Have defeated Big Bad John & Pepe Lopez on 70-12-07 in Memphis, TN for the local recognition; John & Lopez are again billed as champions in Memphis, TN as of 70-12-21.
Bobby Hart & Lorenzo Parente [3]
1971-01-06
Nashville, TN
Dennis Hall & Jimmy Golden
1971-01-25
Birmingham, AL
Bobby Hart & Lorenzo Parente [4]
1971-02-01
Birmingham, AL
Dennis Hall & Jimmy Golden [2]
1971-03-06
Chattanooga, TN
Oni Wiki Wiki & Young Atlas defeat Hart & Parente for the title on 71-03-09 in Florence, AL.
Bobby Hart & Lorenzo Parente [5]
1971-03-20
Chattanooga, TN
Hall & Golden may continue to defend in other cities.
Avengers (Dennis Hall & Jimmy Golden) [3]
1971-03-27
Chattanooga, TN
Unmasked themselves; Johnny Long & Pepe Lopez are billed as champions in Blytheville, AR as of 71-04-06.
Karl Von Brauner & Kurt Von Brauner (Kurt von Stroheim)
1971-04-24
Huntsville, AL
Hall & Golden continue to be billed as champions but lose to the Alaskans: Mike York & Frank Mote on 71-04-24 in Chattanooga, TN and again in Nashville, TN on 71-04-28; Len Rossi & Bearcat Briown are billed as champions in Chattanooga, TN as of 71-05-03; the Von Brauners are billed as champions in Nashville, TN by 71-05-09.
Lose to Jackie Fargo & Robert Fuller in Chattanooga, TN on 71-09-04 but are again billed as champions as of 71-09-12.
Interns
1971-09-06
Birmingham, AL
Len Rossi & Bearcat Brown [7]
1971-09-13
Birmingham, AL
Interns [2]
1971-09-20
Birmingham, AL
Len Rossi & Bearcat Brown [8]
1971-10-04
Birmingham, AL
Vacant after Brown is injured on 71-10-17 (The Birmingham News, 71-11-02); Interns are still billed as champions in Memphis, TN as of 71-10-18.
Len Rossi & Kevin Sullivan
1971-11-08
Birmingham, AL
Defeat Oni Wiki Wiki & Tom Drake in tournament final.
Don Greene & Al Greene [4]
1971-11-20
Birmingham, AL
Len Rossi & Bearcat Brown [8]
1971-12-06
Birmingham, AL
Don Greene & Al Greene [4]
1971-12
Sometime after 71-12-19.
Len Rossi & Bearcat Brown [9]
1972-03-25
Chattanooga, TN
Don Greene & Al Greene [5]
1972-04<
Have defeated Rossi & Brown in what is most likely a non-title match on 72-04-05 in Nashville, TN held up on 72-04-19 after a non-title match against Bearcat Brown & Tony Charles (substituting for the injured Kevin Sullivan in the 3rd fall) in Nashville, TN due to a controversial finish.
Don Greene & Al Greene [6]
1972-04-26
Nashville, TN
Win rematch.
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Karl Von Brauner & Kurt Von Brauner [4]
1972-05-21<
Robert Fuller & Kevin Sullivan
1972-05-24
Nashville, TN
Karl Von Brauner & Kurt Von Brauner [5]
1972-05-31
Nashville, TN
Robert Fuller & Sputnik Monroe
1972-07-17
Memphis, TN
Von Brauners continue to defend in other cities and defend against Fuller & Monroe on 72-07-20 in Florence, AL; Fuller & Monroe defeat the Von Brauners again in Memphis, TN on 72-07-31.
Billed as International Champions upon arrival in 73-01; start being billed as the World Champions sometime between 73-01-13 and 73-02-18; may lose to Tōjō Yamamoto & Ben Justice on 73-03-29 in Chattanooga, TN but continue to be billed as champions (The Chattanooga Times, 73-04-01).
Lorenzo Parente & Randy Curtis
1973-09-22
Chattanooga, TN
Interns [3]
1973-10-06
Chattanooga, TN
Don Greene & Bearcat Brown
1973-11-08
Chattanooga, TN
Lorenzo Parente & Randy Curtis defeat Fabulous Kangaroos in Nashville, TN on 73-11-07 and the Interns in Birmingham, AL on 73-11-12 for the local recognitions.
Interns [4]
1973-11-15
Chattanooga, TN
Also defeat Lorenzo Parente & Randy Curtis for the recognitions in Birmingham, AL on 73-11-19 in Nashville on 73-11-21.
Lorenzo Parente & Randy Curtis [2]
1973-11-28
Nashville, TN
Interns [5]
1973-12-05
Nashville, TN
Leave the area in 74-03.
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Assassins
1976-07-11<
Billed as champions in Louisville, KY.
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Super Stars
1976-07-18<
Billed as champions in Memphis, TN; still champions as of 76-08-22.
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Mike Graham & Kevin Sullivan
1977-04-24<
Billed as NWA champions in Memphis, TN.
* Thanks to Kriss Knights for additional information.