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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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
Claims the National Wrestling Association Title in Texas; still champion as of 35-04-15; continues to claim the title in Texas even after the tournament in Hollywood, CA (see below); still champion in Texas as of 35-10-08; still/again billed as world champion in Texas as of 36-05-29 and 37-06-13; also recognized in Knoxville, TN and Birmingham, AL in 37-04.
Billed as Sgt. George Kenaston in Toledo; Bobby Chick defeats Kenaston via DQ on 39-02-16 in Toledo, OH, but NWA President Col. Harry J. Landry states that title cannot change hands on a DQ and orders an immediate rematch, won by Kenaston 39-02-23 in Toledo, OH.
Ellis Bashara defeats McGuirk on 43-09-22 in Alexandria, LA but the title change is later voided since McGuirk is over the weight limit during the match; McGuirk defeats Bashara on 43-10-18 in Alexandria, LA; unified with National
Wrestling Alliance Title when McGuirk defeats Billy Goelz on 49-12-28 in Des Moines, IA; vacant on 50-02-07 when McGuirk blinded in an auto accident.
Unifies the Los Angeles version of the world title, defeating Rito Romero on 52-05-25 in Los Angeles, CA; Red Berry defeats McShain by DQ on 52-11-11 in Dallas, TX and claims the title; Whitey Whittler defeats McShain by DQ on 52-10-17 in Oklahoma City, OK and claims the title; McShain defeats Whittler on 52-11-14 in Oklahoma City, OK and Berry on 52-11-27 in Galveston, TX to regain the respective claims.
Recognized by both the National Wrestling Alliance and National Wrestling Association (The Tennessean, Nashville, TN, 61-02-07), which continues to recognize the National Wrestling Alliance Title at least until the early 60s.
