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
Wins NWA World Title when the champion Lou Thesz cannot continue due to a back injury; Carpentier withdraws his claim to the title when Montreal
promoter Eddie Quinn leaves NWA; NWA voids all recognition of
Carpentier as champion on 57-08-25 and returns it to Thesz; Carpentier continues to be recognized
as World Champion in Omaha, NE, Boston, MA, and later in Los Angeles,
CA.
Bobo Brazil defeats Jonathan via DQ on 61-04-20 in Omaha, NE and both men claim the title; later declared vacant; Jonathan and Brazil wrestle for the vacant title on 61-04-29 to a 60min time limit draw.
