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
Continues to be billed as Mid-Western champion in St. Joseph, MO after Brown is awarded as NWA World
Title as the first champion in 48-07; Mid-Western Title is officially declared vacant in 50-03 after Brown is injured in an automobile accident in 49-11.
Defeats Maurice Roberre in 13-man tournament final and presented the old MWA Title belt by Orville Brown; recognized as the Heart of America Title outside St. Joseph; still recgonized as Mid-Western Title as of 52-06-13; recognized as Heart of America Title in St. Joseph as of 52-10-03.
Sonny Myers defeats Atlas in what is most likely a non-title match on 57-02-07 in Kansas City, KS but is billed as a new champion in Beatrice, NE; Atlas regains the local recognition in Beatrice, NE by defeating Myers on 57-04-15 and again on 57-04-19 in St. Joseph, MO.
