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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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
Has also defeated Henry Gehring on 13-02-05 in Salt Lake City, UT; still champion as of 13-11-05.
Joe Carr
1914-03-09<
Billed as champion in Dulth, MN; also holds Northwestern Title; Waino Ketonen is billed as champion in North Dakota in 14-03 but loses to Carr on 14-04-02 in Duluth, MN; Carr draws with Ketonen on 16-02-11 in Duluth, MN; still/again claims the title in Minneapolis, MN as of 16-07-07.
Has claimed the title prior to the match; "for many years generally regarded as the world's champion" (The Minneapolis Star, 21-12-31); also defeats title claimant Henry Karhunsaari on 22-01-06 in Duluth, MN; still champion as of 22-03-20.
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Lou Talaber
1923-04-18<
Also defeats another claimant Joe Parelli on 24-09-23 in Chicago, IL.
Has defeated George Sauer on 30-10-03 in San Antonio, TX to win NWA World Title for the second time; the National Wrestling Association holds annual conferences in Minneapolis, MN on 33-09-20 and renews the recognition of Kallio as the world champion; still recognized as champion in the area as of 38-07-02; loses to Octavio Gaona on 39-02-19 in Mexico City, MEX.
Henry Kolln
1950-03<
Claims to have defeated Kallio for the title on 33-06-23 in Cincinnati, OH (St. Clould Times, St. Clould, MN, 50-03-24; neither Kallio nor Kolln is mentioned for the 33-06-23 card on The Cincinnati Enquirer).
Swede Oberg
1950-03-15<
Awarded after Kolln is injured (St. Clould Times, St. Clould, MN, 50-03-15); Kolln continues to claim the title as of 51-09-23.
Doug Henderson
1950-03-24
St. Paul, MN
Harold Mason
1950-05-12
Minneapolis, MN
Still champion as of 53-04-23; still billed as champion as of 58-08-30 although Mason "at the time is practically in retirement" (The Minneapolis Star, 58-08-30).
