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
NWA champion; still recognized in Michigan as of 33-12-14; no longer recognized as of 34-06 with what is billed as "National Wrestling Association" tournament taking place in Detroit, MI.
Defeats George Dussette in tournament final; initially billed as "National Wrestling Association" tournament between 34-06 and 34-11, but NWA is no longer mentioned in 34-12.
Defeats Talaber via DQ (The Windsor Daily Star, 39-04-05); Talaber continues to claim the title; Wallick defaets Talaber on 39-04-24 in Detroit, MI to end the dispute.
Awarded the World Junior Heavyweight Title as the first champion by the Midwestern Wrestling Association "at its fall meeting at Columbus" (Detroit Free Press, 39-09-09); Mephisto continues to be recognized in Hamilton, ON, CAN as the world junior heavyweight champion but loses to Leo Wallick on 39-10-10.
