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
Claims the title in Miles City, MT (The Miles City Daily Star, 23-12-30); still champion in Wolf Point, MT as of 25-07-16.
Tom Alley
1926-05<
Billed as champion in Great Falls, MT (The Great Falls Tribune, 25-05-11); still/again champion as of 26-01-06 and 30-06-05.
Nick LaBate #
1932-11-11<
Billed as champion in Colorado Springs, CO
Duke Rupenthal
1937-10-20
Great Falls, MT
Defeats Hugh Adams for the middleweight title; billed as the light heavyweight champion in Butte, MT.
Billy Spendlove
1937-11-10
Great Falls, MT
Defeats Rupenthal for the middleweight title; reported in Butte, MT as winning the light heavyweight title (The Butte Daily Post, 37-11-12).
King Kong Clayton
1937-12-06
Butte, MT
Speedy Warren
1938-01-03
Butte, MT
Wildcat Pete (George Pete)
1938-01-31
Butte, MT
Also wins the middleweight title on 38-01-12; retires as the heavyweight, light heavyweight, and middleweight champion in 40-01 (Montana Standard, Butte, MT, 40-01-17).
