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
Also said to win a tournament in 16 in Richmond, VA and another tournament in 22 in New York, NY; loses to other claimants such as Mike Yokel (13-03-19 Salt Lake City, UT), Pet Brown (15-03-02 Houston, TX), Paul Bowser (16-03-10 Newark, OH), Henry Irslinger (17-01-22 and 17-11-06 Atlantic City, NJ), and Pinky Gardner (18-02-27 Charlotte, NC) over the years but continues to be recognized as champion mainly in Washington, DC; defeats Frank Burns on 17-12-21 in Flint, MI and Mike Yokel on 20-03-18 in Washington, DC; in Asheville, NC, John Kilonis is billed as champion in 16-10.
Turner continues to be billed as champion in NC and AR but loses to Charles Rentrop on 22-09-04 in Little Rock, AR; Ketonen defeats Rentrop in Little Rock, AR on 22-10-19; Ketonen is still champion as of 22-11-01; also recognized in Charlotte, NC.
Billed as champion in Charlotte, NC; also billed as champion in Danville, VA as of 25-03-26; still billed as champion on 28-03-26 and 29-08-01 in Chapel Hill, NC; also defeats another title claimant Martin Merkur on 30-06-19 in Washington, DC.
