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
Defeats Ernest Baldwin; recognized as European, British Empire, and British champion as of 57-05-17 and still holds all three titles as of 58-02-12; stripped in 58; continues to claim title and is recognized by British Wrestling Federation; stripped by BWF in 60 while recovering from injury.
Billy Joyce
1958-04-15
London, ENG
Defeats Gordon Nelson in tournament final.
Ernest Baldwin [5]
1959-11
Glasgow, SCT
Billy Joyce [2]
1959-12
Dennis Mitchell
1959-12?
Possibly a local recognition; Joyce continues to be billed as champion in Middlesbrough, Preston, Glasgow, etc.
