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
Claims the title in the Quad Cities; also defeats another claimant Johnny Meyers on 15-01-01 in El Paso, TX; Meyers continues to claim the title, and both Evans and Meyers are listed as the claimants (The Dispatch, Moline, IL, 15-01-27); also billed as American champion.
Has wrestled Bylund to a draw on 17-05-09 in Cedar Rapids, IA; Reynolds may have claimed the title prior to this match, but Bylund is listed as the title claimant (The Gazette, Cedear Rapids, IA, 17-05-07); also defeats title claimants Peter Buzukos on 19-10-23 in Cedar Rapids, IA and Louis Nelson on 20-10-27 in Cedar Rapids, IA; loses to Matty Matsuda on 20-06-08 in El Paso, TX but continues to claim the title; defeats Matsuda on 20-12-15 in El Paso, TX and 24-07-14 in Indianapolis, IN; George Roumas claims the title as of 17-11 through 19-01.
Adam Krieger
1921-04-04
Lincoln, NE
Has claimed the title in Nebraska as early as 20-01-09.
Loses to Gus Kallio on 21-10-03 in Cedar Rapids, IA but continues to claim the title; Kallio continues to claim his title until 27-01 when he moves up to the junior middleweight division; Reynolds defeats Charlie Grip on 30-02-21 in Cincinnati, OH to be recognized by the National Boxing Association.
