Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
Billed as 11-stone champion in Beverley, ENG, GBR.
George de Relwyskow Jr.
1933
Still champion as of 37-03-25; vacant due to the injury suffered in WWII.
Norman Stuart
1935-03-07<
Jack Alker
1934-11-02<
Babe Saxon
1937-03-06
Manchester, ENG
Ginger Burke
1935-10-03<
Billed as champion in Preston, Lancashire, ENG; still champion as of 37-04-16 and 37-10-08.
Pat McGee
1936-12-08<
Also holds Irish Title.
Little Larry
1938-05-25<
Billed as lightweight and featherweight champion; still holds both titles as of 38-08-31; also holds European Title as of 39-04-19 (Liverpool Evening Express, 39-04-19); vacates British Title in 44; Carl Stone and Brian Aherne wrestle for the vacant title 45-11-12 in SIN (results unknown).
Johnny Summers
1946-11-08<
Billed as champion in Hanley, Staffordshire, ENG.
Alf Jenkins
1946-11-19<
Billed as champion in Leicester, Leicestershire, ENG.
Still champion as of 54-07-01; retires due to a serious leg injury in 54 or 55 (Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press, Derbyshire, ENG, 55-06-17).
Guy Marie
1955-07-15<
Both Marie and Eric Sands are listed as contenders after Stead retires (Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press, Derbyshire, ENG, 55-06-17); Marie is possibly recognized as chamipion after Sands wins the welterweight title on 55-07-05.
Jack Taylor
1955-08-01
Langley Mill, Derbyshire, ENG
Vacant in 56 (sometime before 56-06-29).
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Melwyn Riss
1958-12<
Jack Taylor is again billed as champion as of 60-05-24 in Boston, ENG and 61-01-21 in Newark, ENG.
