Colt and George, Jr. became involved in a feud with the Kozak brothers and Rickey Romero, but would drop the titles that Fall to Kurt Von Brauner and Art Nelson. Von Brauner and Nelson had successful defenses against the Super Inferno and Inferno X, and Harley Race and Dusty Rhodes. Von Brauner and Nelson's title reign ended at the hands of the extremely popular duo of Terry Funk and Rickey Romero. Terry and Rickey had an exciting run with the belts. They turned back a challenge from the LeDuc brothers in Amarillo on November 6, 1969. Three weeks later, Funk and Romero topped The Beast and Dusty Rhodes by DQ. On New Years Day, 1970, Funk and Romero downed the team of Dusty Rhodes and Gorgeous George, Jr. On January 29, the champions turned back a challenge from Dick Murdoch and Bull Ramos. Ramos later teamed up with the Beast to take the titles from Funk and Romero in April. However, the Ramos-Beast team didn't last long as they turned on each other during a title defense against Terry and Rickey in Amarillo. As a result, Funk and Romero had a second run with the belts that summer.

Terry and Rickey dropped the belts for the second time to Mr. Wrestling (Gordon Nelson) and The Gladiator (Tom Jones) on August 20 at the Sports Arena. The masked duo faced Funk and Romero again on September 3, with the added stipulation of $2000 vs. the masks. Nelson and Jones retained their hoods. On September 10, Terry teamed up with Bob Griffin to face the champs. The challengers took two of three falls for the victory, but the titles were not at stake. Three weeks later the titles were up for grabs as Griffin teamed up with Nick Kozak. The champions rallied from a one fall deficit to keep their belts. New champions were crowned when Jones and Nelson faced the Kozak Brothers in Abilene. The Kozak run was brief as the hooded duo regained the titles in Hobbs, New Mexico. Nick Kozak teamed with Man Mountain Mike in attempt to regain the titles as the year came to an end. Their title shot was not a success as the masked men prevailed on December 10 at the Sports Arena.

In 1971, The Infernos returned to Amarillo and captured the belts. The belts were also held by the Continental Warrriors, Lorenzo Parente and Bobby Hart, who appeared with their manager and future title holder, Buck Robely. These two teams met with the titles at stake on a historic card in September, 1971. On that same card, Robely squared off against the Infernos manager, J.C.Dykes in a singles bout. We'll examine that match more closely next month.

September is a special month in Amarillo wrestling history. The 50th anniversary of the Funks coming to Amarillo was celebrated in September, 1997. The 50th anniversary of wrestling in Amarillo was celebrated in September, 1971.