As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.

[2] In 1966, Fritz Von Erich bought Southwest Sports and renamed it NWA Big Time Wrestling.

[6] When WCWA merged with the Tennessee-based CWA the title was abandoned, with Steve and Shaun Simpson as the last holders of the championship.

[1][2][3][4] Keomuka won the championship a total of 16 times, in addition to teaming with Savich he also won it with Ivan Kalmikoff, Mr. Moto, Don Evans, Tiny Mills, Kinji Shibuya, Tony Martin, Tokyo Joe, John Tolos, and Maurice Vachon.

[2] In 1950, Killer Kowalski defeated Keomuka and Savich in a handicap match, to become the only wrestler to hold the tag team championship singled handedly.