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
Awarded; advertised as the champion on 36-04-30 (but not prior to that) for the match against Canadian champion Jack Forsgren in "a clash of heavyweight champions", scheduled on 36-05-02 in Auckland (The Auckland Star, 36-04-30); wins a tournament on 36-06-01 in Invercargill, defeating King Elliot in the final (Manawatu Times, 36-06-02); Dean Detton defeats Blomfield via DQ on 38-08-22 in Auckland but does not win the title (or vacates the title later); Blomfield defeats Dick Raines, not Detton as previously reported, on 38-08-27 in Auckland; also defeats another claimant Pat Fraley on 38-09-10 in Auckland; defeats Detton on 38-09-27 in Auckland; wins tournament to become undisputed champion in 38-10; vacates on 49-06-07 upon retirement.
Ken Kenneth
1949-06-22
Awarded; stripped in 58-06 after not defending the belt for over a year.
Dick Hrstich
1958-06-11
Christchurch
Defeats Fred Wright; vacant in 59-10 when Hrstich leaves the country and does not defent the title.
