Footnotes:
^[1]: Gene & Ole Anderson were announced on television as having won a tournament in California to become the NWA World tag team champions.
^[2]: Ric Flair & Greg Valentine were stripped of the belts for continually ending their matches via disqualification.
^[3]: This was a tournament final.
^[4]: In December 1981, Gene Anderson was legitimately injured. Therefore, the titles were vacated.
^[5]: This was a tournament final. Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen would be stripped of the belts in September 1982.
^[6]: This was a tournament final.
^[7]: The titles were vacated once Ricky Steamboat announced his retirement from wrestling. Therefore, a tournament was started.
^[8]: This was a tournament final.
^[9]: The “Freebird” rule was put into effect where fellow Russian comrade Krusher Khrushchev could also defend the titles along with either Ivan or Nikita.
^[10]: After attacking NWA referee Nikita Koloff at Wrestle War in May, Rotunda and Williams were stripped of the belts and a tournament was started.
^[11]: This was a tournament final.
^[12]: The NWA world tag titles were reinstated. Therefore, a tournament was started and this match was the finals. At the time, Williams and Gordy were also the WCW world tag team champions, which merged the two together.
^[13]: Lord Steven Regal was allowed to substitute for the injured Brian Pillman.
^[14]: This was a tournament final.
^[15]: The titles were held up in a RNR Express vs. PG-13 match on June 26, 1995. This was the rematch to settle the dispute. Later on between September and October, the titles were once again vacated.
^[16]: This was a tournament final.
^[17]: This was a match held to crown new champions after Gannosuke & Goto vacated the title a month earlier. The title was vacated again in August 1997.
^[18]: The Rock N Roll Express were awarded the titles on WWF Raw is War.
^[19]: This was the first time a rival NWA title changed hands on a WWF program.
^[20]: This was a four-way match which also included Kit Carson & Khris Germany and Tully Blanchard & Tom Pritchard.The titles were held up on March 3, 1999 when they no-showed a title defense due to inclement weather.
^[21]: This was a match to decide new NWA world tag team champions.
^[22]: Jackie Fulton substituted for an injured Reno Riggins.
^[23]: Jeff Justice was substituting for Drake Dawson.
^[24]: When the NWA and TNA joined together, the titles were vacated on June 28, 2002.
^[25]: This was a tournament final. The belts were vacated on August 14, 2002 after double-pin situation in a match against Jeff Jarrett & Ron Killings.
^[26]: Chris Harris and Brian Lee were the last two men in the ring at the end of a 20-man ‘Gauntlet for the Gold’ match, which meant their respective teams would square off for the vacant tag titles later that same night.
^[27]: Triple X took advantage of the “Freebird” rule where Christopher Daniels, Elix Skipper or Low-Ki could defend the titles along with another member of their team.
^[28]: 3 Live Kru also took advantage of the “Freebird” rule where BG James, Konnan or Ron Killings could defend the titles along with another member of their team.
^[29]: Vince Russo stripped AJ Styles and Abyss of the titles on March 3, 2004 for failure to defend the titles.
^[30]: This was a tournament final.
^[31]: Match aired on TV June 4, 2004.
^[32]: Match aired on TV September 24, 2004.
^[33]: Match aired on TV October 15, 2004.
^[34]: With the 3 Live Kru’s title victory, the “Freebird” Rule for the team goes back into effect for them.
^[35]: Match aired on TV April 29, 2005. The title was held up on October 5, 2005 after a match against Eric Young and Cassidy Riley at the NWA 57th Anniversary show in Springfield, TN.
^[36]: This was the rematch to settle the dispute.
^[37]: Match aired on TV October 22, 2005.
^[38]: Match aired on TV August 24, 2006.
^[39]: This match also included Incognito and Sicodelico Jr. to determine who would capture the vacated NWA world tag team titles.

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