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
Billed as champion in Oklahoma City, OK (Oklahoma City Daily Pointer, 09-04-30).
Lloyd Carter
1909-02-14
St. Louis, MO
Defeats Otto Senf; still champion as of 10-02-26; Herman Heitzenroeder also claims the title in St. Louis, MO as of 12-01 (The St. Louis Star, 12-01-17).
Herman Heitzenroeder
1913-03-30
St. Louis, MO
Carter continues to claim the title in other towns.
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Lloyd Carter [2]
1914-02-22
St. Louis, MO
Defeats Harry Uhlemeyer.
Joseph Cunneen #
1909-12<
Claims "Missouri-Kansas" title in St. Marys, KS (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.
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; claims the titles of five states as of 17-01-12 (The Topeka Daily Capital, Topeka, KS).
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Douglas Parks
1917-03-29<
Billed as champion Marquette, KS; still claims the title in Wichita, KS as of 17-10-25.
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Billy Wolfe
1921-10-17<
Billed as champion in Ottawa, KS; also recognized as of 22-11-19 in Kansas City, MO (The Kansas City Star, 22-11-19) and 23-05-15 in Moberly, MO.
Marvin Barackman
1923-09-03
Maryville, MO
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Billy Wolfe [2]
1926-11<
Still/again champion as of 32-01-07; starts claiming the light heavyweight title sometime before 32-03.
Gus Eisel
1921-04<
Billed as champion in St. Louis, MO (St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, 21-04-30); still champion as of 22-02-23 and 23-03-26; Jess Quinn may also claim the title as of 22-05-19.
Ray Zimmer #
1923-05-17<
Billed as champion in Guymon, OK; also billed as Northwest champion in Luray, KS.
Art Jeffries
1933-02-13<
Orvel Cox
1933-02-16
Iola, KS
Kansas champion, defeats Jeffries to be recognized as "Kansas-Missouri" champion (The Iola Register, Iola, KS).
