NAME FORMAT CHANGE IN PROCESS: Names of the wrestlers from countries where the family names come before the given names will be listed as such (Japan, Korea, etc.). The family names will be in bold letters.
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
Also holds Southern Counties Title as of 36-12-18; still/again recognized by the British Wrestling Association as of 50-06-29; still champion as of 51-10-11.
Roy Davis
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Recognized by Joint Promotions; still champion in 71; Tony Charles is billed as champion in JPN in 68-04 and loses his title to Great Kusatsu on 68-04-07 in Himeji, Hyogo, JPN; Kusatsu continues to hold his version as late as 69-09-22.
