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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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Billed as champion in Spokane, WA (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA, 1898-02-28).
Jack Curran
1902-02-27
Anaconda, MT
Defeats George McLaughlin; still champion as of 04-03-17; still/again champion as of 05-03-11 and 05-07-03.
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John McIntosh
1907-06-25<
O.L. Stanley #
1914-01-14<
Claims the title in Lincoln, NE (Lincoln Daily News, 14-01-14); in Billings, MT, Stanley is billed as Northwest champion (Billings Tribune, 15-02-05) or claims the titles of "Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado, and Wyoming" (Billings Tribune, 15-02-10).
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Floyd Domer
1915-01<
Claims the title in Billings, MT (Billings Tribune, 15-01-30).
O.L. Stanley
1915-02-19
Billings, MT
Also claims the title of "five other states" (Billings Tribune, 15-02-26); still champion as of 15-03-13.
Bud Frisk #
1916-10-18<
Billed as Montana and Ohio champion in Brainerd, MN.
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1934-04-19<
Billed as champion in Ogden, UT; still champion as of 34-09-28.
Klem Kusek
1935-07-31
Great Falls, MT
Defeats Basanta Singh in tournament final.
Billy Spendlove
1935-10-23
Great Falls, MT
Bob Cummings
1936-03-18
Great Falls, MT
Eddie Myers
1936-09-02
Great Falls, MT
Stripped on 37-01-23 for refusing to wrestle Buck Weaver (The Great Falls Tribune, 37-01-24).
Reported in Butte, MT as winning the light heavyweight title (The Butte Daily Post, 37-11-12) but loses it to King Kong Clayton on 37-12-06.
Wildcat Pete (George Pete)
1938-01-12
Great Falls, MT
Also holds the light heavyweight title; retires as the heavyweight, light heavyweight, and middleweight champion in 40-01 (Montana Standard, Butte, MT, 40-01-17).
* Thanks to Steve Ogilvie for the images of Hugh Adams and the championship belt.
