NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version)
Title history

NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version)

Section Title: Title history
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No.	Champion	Championship change	Reign statistics	Notes	Ref.

Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days

1	Tiny and Al Mills	June 1953	House show	1	Records are unclear on who they defeated to win the championship

2	Tony Baillargeon and Pat O'Connor	June 20, 1953	House show	St. Paul, Minnesota	1

Championship history is unrecorded from June 20, 1953 to January 8, 1957.

3	The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff)	January 8, 1957	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1	49	Defeated Fritz Von Erich and Karl Von Schober in a tournament final.

4	Joe and Guy Brunetti	February 26, 1957	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1	100

5	The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff)	June 6, 1957	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	2	68

6	Mitsu Arakawa and Kinji Shibuya	August 13, 1957	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1	105

7	Joe and Guy Brunetti	November 26, 1957	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	2	14

8	Atomic Blonds (Johnny Valentine and Chet Wallick)	December 10, 1957	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1	16

9	Verne Gagne and Bronko Nagurski	December 26, 1957	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1	86

10	Gallagher Brothers (Doc and Mike Gallagher)	March 22, 1958	House show	St. Paul, Minnesota	1	54	Hard Boiled Haggerty and Kinji Shibuya defeat the Gallaghers on April 22, 1958 but the title was returned a week later due to questionable decisions by referee Ilio DiPaolo.

11	Verne Gagne (2) and Leo Nomellini	May 15, 1958	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1

12	Gallagher Brothers (Doc and Mike Gallagher)	1958	House show	2

13	Hans Hermann and Fritz Von Erich	July 1, 1958	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1

—	Vacated	1958	—	—	—	—	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons

14	Reggie and Stan Lisowski	November 1958	House show	1	Won a tournament

15	Herb and Seymour Freeman	January 15, 1959	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1	7

16	Reggie and Stan Lisowski	January 22, 1959	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	2	42

17	The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff)	March 5, 1959	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	3	54	In April 1959, Ivan gave his half to Baron Gattoni after being injured.

18	April 28, 1959	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1

19	The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff)	June 1959	House show	4	Awarded because Verne Gagne was on tour outside the territory.

20	Butch Levy (2) and Leo Nomellini (2)	July 14, 1959	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1

—	Vacated	1959	—	—	—	—	Nomelli returned to play for the San Francisco 49ers in 1959.

21	Murder, Inc. (Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills (2))	March 5, 1960	N/A	1	193	Claimed to be International Tag Team champions in 1959, awarded the world title on this date. The Minneapolis promotion withdraws from NWA and forms American Wrestling Association in May but initially recognize NWA champions.

22	Verne Gagne (4) and Leo Nomellini (3)	July 19, 1960	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	2

23	Murder, Inc. (Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills (3))	August 1960	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	2	Awarded when Nomellini returned to the NFL. Became the first AWA World Tag Team Champions when AWA stopped recognizing NWA champions.

Sentence(s)

In the last reign, Murder Inc. held the championship before being awarded the AWA World Tag Team Championship.

final_sentence: In the last reign, Murder Inc. held the championship before being awarded the AWA World Tag Team Championship.