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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 Iowa and Nebraska champion in Beatrice, NE.
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William Fugate
1907-11-16
Valentine, NE
Defeats Jack O'Leary; also recognized as Iowa champion; still champin as of 07-12-20.
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George Gion
1909-03-18<
LeRoy Billings also claims the Nebraska and South Dakota titles in Emmetsburg, NE as of 09-04-03.
Frank DuCray
1909-04-13
Broken Bow, NE
Charles Blecha #
1909-07<
Billed as champion in KS; loses to Kansas champion Gus Anderson on 09-07-05 in Seneca, KS but continues to claim the title; also loses to Missouri-Kansas champion Joseph Cunneen on 09-12-31 in St. Marys, KS but continues to claim the title.
Joseph Cunneen #
1909-12-31
St. Marys, KS
Claimant of "Missouri-Kansas" titles (St. Marys Star, 10-01-06), defeats Becha to claim all three titles.
Charles Blecha
1910-02-03<
Tom Gately
1911-04-18
Table Rock, NE
Has claimed the title as early as 11-01-18; defeats Blecha on 11-04-18.
LeRoy Billings #
1910-05-05<
Billed as Northwest, Iowa, and Nebraska champion in Eldora, IA.
Wesley Cobb
1911-01-18<
Still/again claims the title (Lincoln Daily News, 14-01-19); "undisputed middleweight champion of the state" (Alliance Semi-Weekly Times, 14-01-27).
Johnny Holden
1911-03-01<
Billed as champion in Norfolk, NE
Young Jordan #
1913-03-06<
Billed as champion in Burlingame, KS.
Charles Blecha [2]
1913-11-02<
Anton Stecher (Tony Stecher)
1914-03-28<
Claims the title (Fremont Tri-Weekly Tribune, Fremont, NE, 14-03-28); still champion as of 14-11-27.
O.L. Stanley #
1915-02-10<
Claims the titles of "Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado, and Wyoming" in Billings, MT (Billings Tribune, 15-02-10).
Also holds Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri titles; billed as Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Oklahoma champion in St. Marys, KS as of 16-08-10; claims the titles of five states as of 17-01-12 (The Topeka Daily Capital, Topeka, KS).
