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 defeats title claimant Shad Link on 06-03-07 in Asheville, NC (most likely non-title); still recognized as of 06-07-20 in Louisiana and 07-07-24 in N. Carolina.
Chris Pearson
1907-08-26
Asheville, NC
May be a non-title match, but Pearson claims the title after this match.
Tom Tompkins
1916<
Bob Vogler
1916-05<
Claims the title for having defeated Tompkins "recently" (Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, NC, 16-06-01); still champion as of 16-06-28.
Still/again champion in Greensboro, NC as of 34-03-14 and Columbia, SC as of 35-11-28 and 36-03-06.
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Rube Wright
1936-04-11<
Claims the title in North Carolina; still claims the title in Bluefield, WV as of 36-05-17; Jack Ross continues to be billed as champion in Charleston, SC as of 36-08-10.
