To start the Amarillo lineage of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. Sarpolis and Funk invited Reggie Lisowski and Art Nelson, the holders of the Chicago version of the championship, to come to Amarillo and defend the championship.[1][2] By November 1955 Lisowski stopped travelling to Amarillo so Nelson was given Rip Rogers as a partner,[1][2] creating a separate lineage from the Chicago version as they continued to recognize Lisowski and Nelson as champions.[6][7] The world tag team championship was actively promoted in and around Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas, from 1955 until March 1969.[1][2] At that point the promotion abandoned the championship, opting to create the NWA Western States Tag Team Championship as the main tag team championship of the territory.[8] Since the Amarillo version, like all other NWA World Tag Team Championships, were professional wrestling championships, it meant that the championship was not determined by competitive combat, but instead based on a predetermined match result.[9]
The teams of Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr., and Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas, share the record for most reigns as a team, a total of three each. Art Nelson, one-half of the first championship team, held the title a total of eight times with various partners, the most of any individual.[1][2]The Von Brauners' (Kurt Von Brauner and Karl Von Brauner) first reign lasted 140 days, the longest of any individual reign. The Von Brauners also hold the record for combined reigns as a team with a 166 days total for their two reigns. Individually, Nelson's eight reigns add up to at least 310 days, eclipsing any other wrestler. Due to incomplete records in regard to a number of championship changes, it is impossible to clearly identify the shortest reign; Great Bolo and Tokyo Joe's seven day reign in 1958 is the shortest confirmed reign.[1][2]
Reggie Lisowski relinquishes his half of the title to Rogers (Lisowski and Neilson continue to be recognized in Chicago and other territories). Bob Geigel and Dory Funk defeated the champions on April 26, 1956, but results were reversed because Dizzy Davis substituted for Geigel during the match.
Kiniski and Von Erich were the reigning holders of Southwest Title, start claiming the world title after defending the title against Dory Funk and Ricky Romero in Amarillo, TX on this day.
Gomez and Lothario defeated the Medics for the vacant championship on July 15, 1964 in El Paso, Texas, but the decision is overturned when Medics protest. They defeated the Medics in a rematch to win the championship.
Dr. Blood and The Medic defeated Dory Funk and Thunderbolt Patterson. The championship may also was billed as the North American Tag Team Championship.
^ abcdefghijIndicates that a title change took place "no later than" the date listed. Documentation of the specific date of a title change is not found but documentation of the champion holding the title on that date/in that period.
^ abcdefghijklmThe location of the match was not captured as part of the documentation.
^ abcdefghijklmnoThe length of this reign is too uncertain to calculate due to incomplete records.
^The exact date the championship was vacated has not been documented, meaning the reign lasted between 51 and 80 days.
^The exact date that Bolo and Joe lost the championship has not been documented, meaning the reign lasted between 25 and 54 days.
^The exact date that Bolo and Nelson won the championship has not been documented, meaning the reign lasted between 45 and 74 days.
^The exact date the championship was vacated has not been documented, meaning the reign lasted between 54 and 83 days.
^The date the championship was lost has not been documented, meaning the reign lasted between 42 and 137 days.
^The date the championship was lost has not been documented, meaning the reign lasted between <1 and 49 days.
^The date the championship was lost has not been documented, meaning the reign lasted between <1 and 82 days.
^The exact date the championship was vacated has not been documented, meaning the reign lasted between 22 and 49 days.
^The exact date the championship was deactivated has not been documented, meaning the reign lasted between 87 and 117 days.
Concurrent championships
Sources for 13 simultaneous NWA World Tag Team Championships
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^Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "(San Francisco) California: NWA World Tag Team Title[Joe Malcewicz]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
^Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "(Kansas and Western Missouri) West Texas: NWA World Tag Team Title [Karras & Geigel]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
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^Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "(Minneapolis) Minnesota: NWA World Tag Team Title [Karbo & Gagne]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
^Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "(Memphis, Nashville) Tennessee: NWA World Tag Team Title [Gulas and Welsh]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN0-9698161-5-4.