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
Billed as champion in Houghton, MI, USA; still champion in Cairo, IL as of 08-12-22 and in Ft. Worth, TX as of 09-01-17.
Wilfred Barrett #
1909-03-10<
Billed as champion in Winchendo, MA, USA; still champion as of 09-04-22.
Charlie Conkle #
1909-04<
Billed as champion in Cleveland, OH, USA.
Dan McBride #
1909-10-26<
Billed as champion in Dubuque, IA, USA.
Charles Gustafson
1909-11-26
Winnipeg, MB
Manitoba champion also billed as Western Canadian champion, defeats George LePage, billed as Eastern Canadian champion, to be recognized as the Canadian champion.
Billed as champion in Vancouver, BC (The Sun, Vancouver, BC, 13-12-02); still champion as of 14-05-28; "undisputed" champion (The Vancouver Daily Province, 17-08-28); defeats another claimant Ernie Arthur on 18-06-10 in Ft. William, ON (see below); still champion as of 19-12-23; starts claiming the light heavyweight title in late 19 or early 20.
Gus Pappas #
1912-04-28<
Billed as champion in Davenport, IA, USA and possibly other towns in Quad Cities.
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Ernie Arthur
1916-09-21<
Billed as champion in Hutchinson, KS, USA; also billed as champion in the Quad Cities (USA) in 17-02; also claims the title in Ft. William, ON as of 18-01 but loses to George Walker on on 18-06-10 (see above).
Ernie Arthur [2]
1920-08<
Starts claiming the title in Brandon, MB possibly after George Walker moves up to the light heavyweight division earlier in the year.
