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
Wins in a boxing match; stripped or held up after the match against Rocket Monroe on 59-02-03 in Laurel, MS for fighting outside the ring and using a folding chair to attack Monroe.
Lee Fields [3]
1959-03-24
Laurel, MS
Defeats Art Nelson in tournament final.
Pancho Villa
1959-03-31
Laurel, MS
Lee Fields [4]
1959-04-14
Laurel, MS
John Smith
1959-05-19
Laurel, MS
Lee Fields [5]
1959-06-04
Hattiesburg, MS
Declared vacant after the match against Mighty Yankee in Jackson, MS "several weeks ago" (Laurel Leader-Call, Laurel, MS, 59-10-24); most likely in 59-08 (Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, MS, 59-08-31).
Wins by default; stripped in 60-03 for refusing to defend the title against Al Galento or Jack Curtis Jr.
Al Galento
1960-03-22
Laurel, MS
Defeats Jack Curtis Jr.
Lee Fields [7]
1960-04-04
Laurel, MS
Pancho Villa [3]
1961-01-10
Laurel, MS
Stripped on 61-02-10 for failure to defend; title inactive.
Dick Dunn
1964-03-02
Laurel, MS
Defeats Bobby Fields in the one-night 10-man tournament final; still champion as of 64-04-25; title inactive when the Mississippi region of the Gulf Coast territory is closed.
Bobby Fields [2]
1968-04-01
Billed as champion upon arrival; vacant in 68 (sometime after 68-06-05).