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 the title claimants Arkansas Scufflers: Dopey & Sleepy to be reocognized by National Wrestling Association; in "team matches", both members of each team are in the ring at the same time; still champions as of 39-01-23; Orth leaves the area in 39-03..
Ernie Dusek & Emil Dusek #
1941
Atlantic City, NJ *
Billed as having "won the team title in Atlantic City last year" (Dallas Morning News, 42-06-02); "for many years have been the world's recognized team champions" (Houston Chronicle, 42-06-07); both members of the team must be pinned in order to a fall to be counted.
Defeat The Bat & Sailor Watkins for the "local" tag team title; claim the World Title in Nashville, TN as of 44-10-03 based on the "400-plus victories in the last seven years against but three defeats" (The Tennessean, Nashville, TN); Jack Purdin & Garza Lozano defeat the Welchs on 45-04-30 in Birmingham, AL and are eventually recognized as Southern champions.
Glen Knox (Buddy Knox) & Jack Lipscomb
1948-03-25<
Claim the title in Eugene, OR, USA; still champions as of 48-08.
Emil Dusek & Ernie Dusek
1949-05-22<
Claim the title in Phoenix, AZ as of 49-05-22; also billed as champions in Southern California in 49-07.
