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 Eau Claire, WI (Leader-Telegram, 83-10-13).
Jack O'Neill
1904-06-27<
Jack Carey
1904-11-17
Great Falls, MT
Emil Klank *
1904-12-14
Great Falls, MT
May be a non-title match.
Jack Taylor
1925-08-17
Livingston, MT
Defeats Jake Amend; again defeats Amend on 25-08-31 in Livingston, MT.
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Gust Karras
1927-06-18<
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Ray Higgins
1934-09-23<
Still champion as of 35-02-19.
Harry Kent *
1935-02-20
Butte, MT
May be a non-title match.
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Frank Little
1935-08-10<
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Billy Root
1938-03-14<
Still champion as of 38-05-16.
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Wildcat Pete (George Pete)
1940-01<
Retires as the heavyweight, light heavyweight, and middleweight champion in 40-01 (Montana Standard, Butte, MT, 40-01-17).
Jack McPherson #
1925-11-19<
Billed as champion in Boston, MA.
Jim Clark
1946-05-08
Great Falls, MT
Defeats Jack Suzek for the "City Championship", which is eventually recognized as the state title.
Earl Malone
1946-05-22
Great Falls, MT
Jim Clark [2]
1946-06-12
Great Falls, MT
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Albert Mills (Al Mills)
1946-10-01
Helena, MT
Defeats Al Galento in tournament final.
Cardiff Giant
1947-06-25
Great Falls, MT
Swedish Angel
1947-07-09
Great Falls, MT
Albert Mills [2]
1947-07-16
Great Falls, MT
Ron Etchison may defeat Mills for the title on 48-01-31 in Helena, MT, but Mills is still/again recognized as champion in Great Falls, MT as of 48-02-11.
Vacant for refusing to defend the title during the winter.
Rube Wright
1949-02-02
Great Falls, MT
Defeats Albert Mills.
Pat McGill
1949-02-16
Great Falls, MT
in Helena, MT, the title is held up after the match against Sockeye McDonald on 49-03-19.
Albert Mills [3]
1949-03-23
Great Falls, MT
Pat McGill defeats Sockeye McDonald on 49-03-25 in Helena, MT for the held-up title; Mills is still recognized as champion in Great Falls, MT as of 49-12-21.
