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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 wins Texas title, defeating Bill Chappel on 09-03-15 in Waxahachie, TX; claims Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma titles as of 09-04-07; starts claiming Southern Title from 09-04-20.
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Gus Anderson
1909-05<
Charles Blecha
1909-06-03
Coffeyville, KS
Has also claimed the title entering the match; also billed as Nebraska champion.
Gus Anderson [2]
1909-07-05
Seneca, KS
Still champion as of 09-08-13; Blecha contiunes to claim both titles but loses to Joseph Cunneen on 09-12-31 in St. Marys, KS (see below).
Joseph Cunneen
1909-12<
Has claimed "Missouri-Kansas" title (St. Marys Star, 10-01-06); also defeats Charles Blecha, claimant of Kansas and Nebraska titles, on 09-12-31 in St. Marys, KS to claim all three titles (see above).
P.G. McCoy
1910-02-11<
Billed as Iowa and Kansas champion in Hiawatha, KS.
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Young Lutz and Joe Thompson wrestle for the title on 11-05-11 in El Dorado, KS (winner unknown).
Billed as Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri champion in Topeka, KS; also claiims Nebraska title after defeating Tommy Burns on 16-04-07 in Horton, KS; billed as Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Oklahoma champion in St. Marys, KS as of 16-08-10; claims the titles of five states as of 17-01-12 (The Topeka Daily Capital, Topeka, KS).
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Joe Acton
1917-04<
Hank Huffman
1917-04-13
Home City, KS
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Charles McMillen
1917-10-25<
Douglas Parks
1917-10-26
Wichita, KS
Wins by default when McMillen is unable to wrestle the scheduled match; still champion as of 17-12-05.
Louis Hoffman
1913-03-31<
Still claims the title as of 19-12-25 and 20-03-25.
Fred Bigler #
1917-03<
Billed as champion in Ft. Worth, TX.
Joe Muldoon
1920-03<
Pete Jordan
1920-03-27
Herington, KS
Still champion as of 20-04-10.
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Vernon Davis
1921-05-13<
Claims the title in Frankfort, KS.
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Dutch Mantell
1921-09-05
Wichita, KS
Defeats Elmer Guthrie (or defends the title on this day).
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Ed Wirth
1921-10-17<
Billy Wolfe *
1921-10-27
Ottawa, KS
May be non-title.
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Elmer Guthrie [2]
1922-01-04<
Billed as champion in Hutchinson, KS.
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P.J. Fisher
1922-10-27<
Claims the title in Wichita, KS.
Tony Ross #
1924-12-14<
Billed as champion in Denver, CO.
Orvel Cox
1933-02-13<
Also defeats Missouri Title claimant Art Jeffries on 33-02-16 in Iola, KS to be recognized as "Kansas-Missouri" champion (The Iola Register); still/again Kansas champion as of 36-04-26.
