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
Defeats Steve Casey for Boston-based AWA World Title; defends title in Ohio from 46-01; also wins Maryland
version of the world title, defeating Babe Sharkey on 46-01-29 in
Baltimore, MD and NWA World Title, defeating Cliff Gustafson on 48-11-30 in Cleveland, OH; Gustafson continues to be recognized in Minneapolis, MN.
Loses to Gorgeous George on 50-05-26 in Chicago, IL in a non-title match (no mention of AWA title on local papers such as Chicago Tribune and Bridgeport News); continues to be recognized as champion in AWA as well as MWA in Ohio; defeats George to retain the title on 50-08-31 in Columbus, OH (Columbus Dispatch, 50-08-31 & 50-09-01).
Most likely a non-title match but reported as a title change in some towns in Ohio and Kentucky; Eagle continues to be recognized as champion in New England.
Defeats Bill Miller in tournament final for the Tri-State Title but is reported as winning the world title (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 52-09-18); billed as world champion in Columbus, OH (Columbus Dispatch, 52-10-09); "newly crowned" (Palladium-Item, Richmond, IN, 52-10-09); also defeats Arnold and "retains" the Eastern Title on 52-10-14 in Dayton, OH (Dayton Daily News).
