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
Billed as champions as early as 52-09-04 (Evening Herald, Shenandoah, PA); have "recently" won a 6-month tournament (Arizona Daily Star, Tuscon, AZ, 52-10-05); "in the recent Florida tourney" (Omaha World-Herald, 52-11-20); one source says Byers & Stafford win the title from Ella Waldek & Mae Young in Mexico City, MEX.
Stafford takes time off for personal reasons; Mull may win a tournament to replace her; Daisy Mae & Golden Venus are billed as champions in West Virginia in 53-03; also defeat title claimants Carol Cook & Ruth Boatcallie on 53-12-14 in Birmingham, AL to end the dispute (see below; repeated in Nashville, TN on 53-12-15, Chattanooga, TN on 53-12-17, and El Paso, TX on 53-12-22).
Stafford returns sometime after 54-06-24; still champions as of 55-05-11 (St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, MO, 55-05-11); Byers vacates the title sometime before 56-01-20 (St. Joseph News-Press, 56-01-20).
Daisy Mae & Golden Venus are recognized as champions in West Virginia in 56-03; Lolita Martinez & Kay Noble defeat Lorraine Johnson & Kathy Starr to be recognized in Amarillo, TX on 58-12-04; Banner is listed as a co-holder of the title in Amarillo as of 59-02-24; Banner & Johnson are still champions as of 61-03-15 (Belleville News-Democrat, Belleville, IL, 61-03-15).
Carol Cook & Ruth Boatcallie
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Billed as NWA world champions in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama; also billed as world champion in Vermont; June Byers & Mary Jane Mull defeat Cook & Batcallie on 53-12-14 in Birmingham, AL to end the dispute (see above; repeated in Nashville, TN on 53-12-15, Chattanooga, TN on 53-12-17, and El Paso, TX on 53-12-22).
