WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE

National Wrestling Association	(	1930	-	1940s?	)
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	(	1930s	-		)
National Wrestling Alliance/EMLL	(	1952?	-		)

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Dan McLeod	1989/01/17	Cleveland, OH
Defeats Ed Atherton; still/again champion as of 1902/09/12.
Ed Atherton	1902/10/14<
Fred Barth	03/02/18	Kittaning, PA
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Frank Lewis	03
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Ed Atherton [2]	04/01<
Walter Willoughby	04/01/18	Buffalo, NY
Ed Atherton *	09/04<
Walter Willoughby *	09/04/12	Milwaukee, WI
Henry Gehring	10/12/28	Cleveland, OH
Has been claiming the title since 09/04/28, defeating Charlie Conkle in Cleveland, OH; defeats Chris Jordan on 10/03/15 in Cleveland, OH; defeats Willoughby on 10/12/28 to become the strongest claimant.
Mike Yokel	13/02/05	Salt Lake City, UT
Also defeats Police Gazette title claimant Joe Turner in 13; Turner still claims the title until losing it in 16 to Paul Bowser, who defends title for 6 years before abandoning it.
Chris Jordan	13/07/25	Salt Lake City, UT
Mike Yokel [2]	13/10/27	Salt Lake City, UT
Elmer "Pet" Brown	14/05/08	Taylor, TX
Walter Miller	16/04/24	Billings, MT
Brown still claims the title as of 16/11/24.
Ted Thye	19/06/04	Portland, OR
Walter Miller [2]	21/05/27	Los Angeles, CA
Also defeats Pinky Gardner on 21/12/01 in Los Angeles, CA (see below); still/again champion in 24; no longer champion as of 26/08.
Sam Anderson	11/02/27<
Joe Turner	11/03/24	Washington, DC
Holds Police Gazette belt.
Joe Grant	11/05/15	Washington, DC
Joe Turner [2]	12/03/31<
Jack Jordan	13/04/23	Waverly, NY
Joe Turner [3]	13/09/04	Washington, DC
Also wins a tournament in 16 in Richmond, VA and another tournament in 22 in New York, NY; loses to other claimants such as Mike Yokel (13/03/19 Salt Lake City, UT and 19/03/28 Boston, MA), Pet Brown (15/03/02 Houston, TX), Henry Irslinger (17/01/22 and 17/11/06 Atlantic City, NJ), Paul Bowser (15/03 Newark, OH), Waino Ketonen (19/05/22 Boston, MA), and Charles Rentrop (22/09/04 Little Rock, AR) over the years but continues to be recognized as champion mainly in the east coast; still/again champion as of 23/11/30.
Waino Ketonen	15/03/09	Duluth, MN
Defeats Mike Yokel and claims the title.
Mike Yokel	18/03/18<
Also defeats Pinky Gardner on 18/04/11 in Boston, MA; also defeats Joe Turner on 19/03/28 in Boston, MA.
Waino Ketonen [2]	19/04/05<
Also defeats Joe Turner on 19/05/22 in Boston, MA.
Mike Yokel [2]	20/02/26	Boston, MA
Waino Ketonen [3]	20/06/19<
Also defeats title claimant Charles Rentrop in Houston, TX on 21/01/15.
Pinky Gardner	21/02/27	Boston, MA
Loses to Walter Miller on 21/12/01 in Los Angeles, CA (see above).
Jack Harbertson	15/10/21<
Recognized in Utah; still champion as of 18/04/01.
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Ira Dern	19/10	Boston, MA *
Recognized in Utah as having defeated Waino Ketonen; also defeats Pinky Gardner on 21/11/23 in Salt Lake City, UT; still champion as of 25/03/28; no longer champion as of 26/05 after moving up to the light heavyweight division.
Johnny Meyers	18/05/08<
Joe Parelli	24/03/25	Milwaukee, WI
Len Talaber	24/09/23	Salt Lake City, UT
Johnny Meyers [2]	25/04/15	Chicago, IL
Vacates on 28/06/28 for not being able to make the 160lb weight limit.
Jimmy Demetral	28/08/13	Madison, WI
Defeats title claimant Ralph Parquat; loses to Gus Kallio on 29/05/20 in Battle Creek, MI but continues to claim the title.
Charlie Fischer	29/08/15	Madison, WI
Johnny Meyers may continue to claim the title but has lost to Fischer on 29/01/07 in Chicago, IL; Illinois State Athletic Commission, however, recognizes Gus Kallio, who has defeated Fischer in Chicago on 28/08/07 (see below); Fischer continues to claim the title through 37.
Lou Talaber	19/01/22<
Recognized in Gary, IN.
Chris Jordan	20/01/08<
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Ralph Parquat	21/07/12<
Chris Jordan [2]	21/09/22	Cedar Rapids, IA
Loses to Johnny Meyers on 23/12/11 in Chicago, IL but continues to claim title; still/again champion as of 24/05/03 and 26/05/12.
Gus Kallio	28/08/07	Chicago, IL
Defeats Charlie Fischer by decision after a 2 1/2 hour match and is recognized by Illinois Athletic Commission.
Hugh Nichols	29/03/08	Cincinnati, OH
Vacant when Nichols moves up to light heavyweight division in 30; Gallio continues to claim the title and defeats another claimant Jimmy Demetral on 29/05/20 in Battle Creek, MI.
Gus Kallio [2]	30/04/09	Columbus, OH
Wins tournament to be recognized by the National Boxing Association after defeating Ralph Parquat in semi-final on 30/03/21 in Cincinnati, OH and Ray Carpenter in final on 30/04/09 in Columbus, OH.
George Sauer	30/06/20	San Antonio, TX
Wins as the Masked Marvel.
Gus Kallio [3]	30/10/03	San Antonio, TX
Recognized at the NWA meeting on 31/10/01; George Romanoff is billed as champion in Florida as of 34/10/02; Kallio is again recognized at the NBA & NWA joint annual convention on 35/09/17.
Joe Gunther	34/12
Gus Kallio [4]	35/02<
Joe Gunther [2]	35/05/07
Gus Kallio [5]	35/06/14
Joe Gunther [3]	37/01	Portland, OR
Gus Kallio [6]	37/02/15<
Octavio Gaona	39/02/19	Mexico City
Tarzan Lopez (Carlos Lopez)	40/02/04	Mexico City
Black Guzman	41/12/16	Mexico City
Tarzan Lopez [2]	42/02/11	Mexico City
Gory Guerrero	46/02/23	Mexico City
Mike Kelly	48/04/12	Mexico City
Tarzan Lopez [3]	49/05/28
Sugi Sito	50/09/21
Enrique Llanes	51/09/24	Mexico City
Vacates on 52/02/06.
Tarzan Lopez [4]	52/07/13
Wins tournament.

* See NWA World Middleweight Title