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Art Neilson
Aliases: Art Nelson, The Black Phantom, The Avenger
Feds Worked For: TSW
Career Highlights: -AWA (Indiana) World Tag Team Champion (5x; 4 w/ Stan Neilson, 1 w/ Roy Shire)
-AWA United States Tag Team Champion (2x, w/ Stan Neilson)
-AWA World Tag Team Champion (w/ Stan Neilson)
-IWA Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Ray Stevens and Pat Patterson)
-Montreal International Tag Team Champion (w/ Crusher Lisowski)
-NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion (2x, w/ Johnny Weaver)
-NWA (Chicago) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Crusher Lisowski)
-NWA (Georgia) Southeastern Champion
-NWA (Georgia) Southern Champion (6x)
-NWA (Georgia) World Tag Team Champion (2x, w/ Eddie Graham)
-NWA (San Fransisco) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Hans Hermann)
-NWA Southwest Tag Team Champion (7x; 3x w/ Eddie Graham, 1 each w/ Dizzy Davis, Great Bolo 1st, Danny Plechas and Nick Roberts)
-NWA (Tennessee) World Junior Heavyweight Champion (3x)
-NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team Champion (w/ Ivan Kameroff)
-NWA Western States Tag Team Champion (w/ Kurt Von Brauner)
-Rocky Mountain Tag Team Champion (w/ Doug Donovan)
-Stampede International Tag Team Champion (w/ Stan Neilson)
-Winnepeg International Tag Team Champion (w/ Ivan Kameroff)
-WWA (Los Angeles) International Television Tag Team Champion (w/ Stan Neilson)
Affiliates: Stan Neilson, Johnny Weaver, Crusher Lisowski, Eddie Graham, Ivan Kameroff
Other Facts: -Billed as the brother of Stan Nelson
-Served as a booker for Leroy McGuirk in late 1980/1981.
-Passed away October 20, 1983
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