Defeat The Great Tonina & Tommy O'Toole in 7-team tournament final. |
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Medics |
1961-01-19 |
Kansas City, KS |
Defeat Sonny Myers & John Paul Henning in 8-team tournament final. |
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Bulldog Austin & Tarzan Kowalski |
1961 |
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Sometime after 61-04-28. |
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Bulldog Austin & Don McClarity |
1961-05 |
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Kowalski leaves the area and is replaced by McClarity sometime before 61-05-12. |
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Sonny Myers & Bobby Graham |
1961-06-15 |
Kansas City, KS |
[...] |
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Vacant in 61. |
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Guy LaRose & Thor Hagen |
1961-11-24 |
St. Joseph, MO |
Defeat Karl Jon Schoberg & Nikita Mulkovitch. |
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[...] |
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Vacant in 62. |
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Lee Henning & Stan Stasiak |
1962-04-20 |
St. Joseph, MO |
Defeat Maurice LaPointe & Marcel DuPont. |
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Vacant in 62. |
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Tiny Mills & Jack Mills |
1963-01-18 |
St. Joseph, MO |
Defeat Bob Geigel & Crybaby Cannon; renamed World Title in 63-02. |
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* Title inactive; see World Tag Team Title. |
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Ron Reed & Doug Gilbert |
1965-02-19 |
St. Joseph, MO |
Defeat Dutch Savage & Tom Clark to win the vacant United States Title. |
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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. |
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* Title inactive; see North American Tag Team Title. |
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Bob Brown & Alexis Smirnoff |
1978-04-06 |
Kansas City, KS |
Defeat Kevin Sullivan & Ken Lucas in 4-team tournament final. |
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Kevin Sullivan & Ken Lucas |
1978-04-24 |
Kansas City, KS |
Buck Robley & Blue Yankee |
1978 |
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Sometime between 78-05-06 and 78-06-08. |
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Ron Starr & Tom Andrews |
1978-07-27 |
Kansas City, KS |
Tank Patton & Jesse Ventura |
1978-09-14 |
Kansas City, KS |
Bob Brown & Bob Sweetan |
1978-10-14 |
Des Moines, IA |
Vacant in 79. |
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Bryan St. John & Randy Alls (Randy Rose) |
1979-02-26 |
Wichita, KS |
Win tournament. |
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Jerry Brown & Hartford Love |
1979-03 |
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Bryan St. John & Bill Irwin |
1979-05-17 |
Wichita, KS |
Vacant in 79. |
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Jerry Brown & The Turk |
1979-07-12 |
Kansas City, KS |
Defeat Bob Brown & Gama Singh in tournament final. |
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Bob Brown & Gama Singh |
1979-08-11 |
Des Moines, IA |
Vacant in 79. |
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Bruiser Brody & Ernie Ladd |
1980-03-02 |
Kansas City, KS |
Defeat Ted Oates & Jerry Oates in a tournament final. |
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Bob Brown & Dick Murdoch |
1980-03-20 |
Kansas City, KS |
Takachiho (Great Kabuki) & Pak Song |
1980-04-17 |
Kansas City, KS |
Bob Brown & Pat O'Connor |
1980-06-18 |
Des Moines, IA |
Takachiho & Killer Karl Kox |
1980-06-21 |
Kansas City, KS |
Bob Brown & Rufus R. Jones |
1980-08-14 |
Kansas City, KS |
Mike George & Bob Sweetan |
1980-10-30 |
Kansas City, KS |
Jerry Roberts & Bruce Reed (Butch Reed) |
1980-12-30 |
Topeka, KS |
Kelly Twins: Pat Kelly & Mike Kelly |
1981-01-21 |
Topeka, KS |
Bob Brown & Terry Taylor |
1981-04-09 |
Kansas City, KS |
Vacant in 81 when Taylor leaves the area. |
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Bob Sweetan & Terry Gibbs |
1981-06-18 |
Kansas City, KS |
Defeat Freebirds: Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes. |
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Buzz Tyler & James J. Dillon |
1981-08-27 |
Kansas City, KS |
Rufus R. Jones & Dewey Robertson |
1981-10-17 |
Des Moines, IA |
Defeat Bob Sweetan & Jerry Brown in tournament final. |
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Jerry Brown & Ron McFarlane |
1981 |
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Ricky Romero & Eddie Gilbert |
1982-01-14 |
Kansas City, KS |
Roger Kirby & Jerry Valiant (Guy Mitchell) |
1982-01-25 |
Wichita, KS |
Dewey Robertson & Steve Regal |
1982-03-25 |
Kansas City, KS |
Roger Kirby & Jerry Valiant [2] |
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Dewey Robertson & Steve Regal [2] |
1982-03 |
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Roger Kirby & Jerry Brown |
1982-05< |
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Probably 82-04-08 or 82-04-15. |
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Mike George & Mark Romero |
1982-06-03 |
Kansas City, KS |
Dewey Robertson & Hercules Hernandez |
1982-08-12? |
Kansas City, KS? |
Mike George & Mark Romero [2] |
1982-08-19 |
Kansas City, KS |
Dewey Robertson & Hercules Hernandez [2] |
1982-09-30 |
Kansas City, KS |
Bob Brown & Buzz Tyler |
1982-11-21 |
Kansas City, KS |
Yasu Fuji & Kim Duk |
1983-03-03 |
Kansas City, KS |
Vacant in 83-05 when Kim leaves the area. |
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Bob Brown & Buzz Tyler [2] |
1983-05-26 |
Kansas City, KS |
Defeat Baron Von Raschke & Blackjack Lanza in tournament final. |
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Sheiks: Roger Kirby & Abdullah the Great |
1983-07-28 |
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George Wells & Ron Ritchie |
1983-08 |
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Sheiks [2] |
1983-08 |
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Bob Brown & Buzz Tyler [3] |
1983-09-22 |
Kansas City, KS |
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. |
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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. |
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Jerry Oates & Ted Oates [2] |
1984-04-05 |
Kansas City, KS |
Defeat Grapplers in rematch. |
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Grapplers |
1984-04-12 |
Kansas City, KS |
Uptown Boys: Marty Janetty & Tommy Rogers |
1984-06-21 |
Kansas City, KS |
Grapplers [2] |
1984-07-26 |
Kansas City, KS |
Uptown Boys [2] |
1984-08-23 |
Kansas City, KS |
Mr. Pogo & Gypsy Joe |
1984-10-11 |
Kansas City, KS |
Bob Brown & Marty Janetty |
1984-12-09 |
Des Moines, IA |
Vacant on 85-08-15 when Brown & Janetty split after Brown refuses to tag in during a match against Battens in Kansas City, KS. |
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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). |
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Midnight Rockers: Marty Janetty & Shawn Michaels |
1986-05-15 |
Kansas City, KS |
Defeat Brad Batten & Bart Batten. |
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Brad Batten & Bart Batten [2] |
1986-05-22 |
Kansas City, KS |
Hacksaw Higgins & J.R. Hogg |
1986-05-29 |
Kansas City, KS |
Rufus R. Jones & Mike George |
1986-06-15 |
Sedalia, MO |
Bobby Jaggers & Moondog Moretti |
1986-06-26 |
Kansas City, KS |
Joe Lightfoot & Billy Two Eagles |
1986-07-31 |
Kansas City, KS |
Thunderfoots: Joel Deaton & Dave Deaton |
1986-09-11 |
Kansas City, KS |
Todd Champion & Dave Peterson |
1986-11-07 |
Kansas City, KS |
MOD Squad: Basher & Spike |
1987-01-02 |
Kansas City, KS |
Rick McCord & Bart Batten |
1987-02-27 |
Kansas City, KS |
Title held up after the match against Porkchop Cash & Ken Timbs on 87-04-03 after Cash uses a foreign object to win the match. |
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Porkchop Cash & Ken Timbs |
1987-04-10 |
Kansas City, KS |
Defeat McCord & Batten in rematch; vacant in 87-05 when Timbs leaves the area. |
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The Warlord & Karl Kovac |
1987-06-08 |
Wichita, KS |
Win tournament. |
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Brad Batten & Bobby Jaggers |
1987-06 |
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Awarded when Warlord goes to Japan and Kovac is fired. |
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Brad Batten & Bart Batten [3] |
1987-08-06 |
Kansas City, KS |
Brad defeats Bobby Jaggers after team splits in 87-06. |
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Porkchop Cash & Rick McCord |
1987-11-09 |
Versailles, MO * |
Montana Cowboys: Mike Stone & Rick Patterson |
1987-11-26 |
Kansas City, KS |
Vacant in 88-01 when Stone leaves the promotion. |
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Bob Brown & Cuban Assassin |
1988-02-06 |
St. Joseph, MO |
Defeat Rick Patterson & Stevie Ray in tournament final. |
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Rick Patterson & Stevie Ray |
1988-03-17 |
Kansas City, KS |
Vacant in 88-04 when Patterson leaves the promotion; promotion withdraws from NWA and closes in 88. |
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