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
Pacific Coast Middleweight Title [British Columbia]
(158lb)
Boris Boyd
1905-03-24
Vancouver, BC
Defeats Ahmed the Terrible Turk.
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Billy Murdock
1906-09-06
Vancouver, BC
Defeats Ralph Johnston (or defends the title on this day).
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George Walker
1910-11<
James Crawford #
1910-11-29
San Francisco, CA
George Walker #
1911-06-19
Reinstated when Crawford is suspended and the title change is voided (at least in Vancouver, BC); Crawford continues to be recognzied in California; Walker also holds Canadian Middleweight, British Columbia Heavyweight and Middleweight titles; still the Pacific Coast champion as of 11-07-06.
George Samson
1917-01-07<
Still champion as of 17-11-06; still/again billed as champion in La Grande, OR as of 18-09-30.
