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- ↑ "GWF Television Championship Tournament (June 1991)". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "GWF Television Championship Tournament (October 1991)". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (January 24, 2020). "Pro wrestling history (01/24): WWF Royal Rumble 1999". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ↑ F4W Staff (April 3, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING TITLE CHANGE HISTORY: GOTCH VS. HACKENSCHMIDT, INOKI VS. HANSEN, GUERRERO VS. JERICHO". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "GWF Television Championship Tournament (June 1991)". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ↑ "GWF Television Championship Tournament (October 1991)". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2017-02-08.