Defunct World Championships
Prior to 1992, many NWA promoters sanctioned a regional version of a tag team championship as the "World Championship". Although named as world titles, none of the titles were sanctioned as the official world title by the Board of Directors, and were technically regional championships. The Mid-Atlantic version, promoted by Jim Crockett Promotions, became widely accepted as the legitimate World Title when many promotions began folding, or being bought out by JCP. With this consolidation, the Mid-Atlantic version became known as the World Tag Championship, although it was not technically recognized as such by the Board of Directors. It was, however, recognized as such by kayfabe magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated. As JCP evolved into World Championship Wrestling, this version of the title would become known as the WCW World Tag Team Title.
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Central States version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Florida version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic Version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version)
The following titles were also called "World Championships", but were actually just regional or company titles.
- NWA Independent World Heavyweight Championship
- NWA World Brass Knuckles Championship (Tennessee Version)
- NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles version)
- NWA World Midget's Championship
- NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic)
- NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (Texas version)
- NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (Tennessee Version)
- NWA World Television Championship
- NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship
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