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
National Wrestling Association
World Junior Middleweight Title
Joe Kopecky #
1930-05-23
Jackson, MS
Defeats Gus Kallio for the title and is billed as the National Boxing Association champion (The Austin American, Austin, TX, 30-09-21).
Dutch Mantell *#
1931<
Billed as having defeated Kopecky for the title (The Austin American, Austin, TX, 31-06-07).
Yaqui Joe #
1931-06-03<
Billed as having defeated Mantell (The Austin American, Austin, TX, 31-06-07) and recognized as the wrestling champion by the National Boxing Association (The Austin American, 31-06-11); recognition withdrawn around 32-10 in San Antonio, TX where a tournament to determine new champion is held; several newspapers specifically indicate that Joe is never officially recognized by the NWA.
Defeats Wildcat McCann by countout and is recognized
by both National Wrestling Association and Midwest Wrestling Association; has claimed the title earlier
in the year after defeating Joe Parelli; loses to Everett Rattan on 34-06-14 in Cincinnati, OH but continues to be recognized by the NWA; defeats Rattan on 34-08-08 in Columbus, OH; wrestles title claimant George Gabel to a draw on 35-12-20 in Hamilton, OH; still recognized as the champion at the annual NWA convention on 40-09-09; no longer mentioned at the annual NWA convention on 41-09-10 (Evening Post, Charleston, SC, 41-09-10).
