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 having "recently" won the title from Harry Mamas (The Yazoo City Herald, 26-08-03); holds the local version in Dallas, TX after defeating Joe Shimkus on 26-06-02.
Tony Bernardi
1926-08-05
Yazoo City, MS
Also defeats Mike Poulas on the next day in Monroe, LA for the local version.
Mike Polo (Mike Poulas?)
1927-02-22<
Claims the title in Biloxi, MS; defeats another claimant Clyde Robertson on 27-03-10 in Biloxi, MS (The Daily Herald, Biloxi, MS, 27-03-11).
Jack Humberto
1931-06<
Billed as champion in Vicksburg, MS and Tallulah, LA (The Vicksburg Evening Post, 31-06-30)
Bill Roland
1933-07<
Billed as champion in Clarksdale, MS (Clarksdale Daily Register, 33-07-18); still champion in Greenville, MS as of 33-08-10.
Jack Purdin
1936-06<
"Local" champion (Daily Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, MS, 36-06-06); listed as a former Southern champion as of 37-12 (Daily Clarion-Ledger, 37-12-18).
Billed as champion in Hattiesburg, MS (Hattiesburg American, 61-07-05); wins the heavyweight title on 61-07-06, defeating Great Scot in Hattiesburg, MS.
