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 Kingston, ON (The Kingston News, 91-05-11); may have defeated Richardson for the title sometime after 94-04-16.
W.H. Quinn
1892-01-08
Cornwall, ON
Has claimed the title in Montreal, QC since defeating D.H. McMillan on 91-11-20; also holds Pacific Coast Title; still holds both titles as of 93-08 (The Freeholder, Cornwall, ON, 93-09-01).
Thomas Falley
1894-03<
Billed as champion in Toronto, ON (The Evening Telegram, 93-03-09).
George Walker
1921-01
Light heavyweight champion, starts claiming the heavyweight title in Ottawa, ON; leaves the country in 29.
Claims the title after defeating McCready in the second fall of a best-of-three match which ends as a draw on 41-06-05 in Toronto, ON; Watson claims the Canadian title is on the line in each fall.
Defeats Watson in rematch to end the dispute; scheduled to wrestle against another title claimant Yvon Robert on 41-06-12 in Toronto, ON but Robert no-shows; loses to Robert on 42-06-03 in Montreal, QC (see below).
"Present Canadian champion" (The Kitchener Daily Record, Kitchener, ON 40-05-28); also defeats Earl McCready on 42-06-03 in Montreal, QC to end his claim for World, British Empire, and Canadian titles (see above).
Billed as champion in Windsor, ON (The Windsor Daily Star, 60-05-20); held up when Kiniski loses to Dick Steinborn via DQ in the quarter final of the 14-man tournament on 60-05-23 in Windsor, ON.
