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
Also defeats Bill Collins, claimant of Rhode Island and Connecticut titles, on 10-10-20 in Norwich, CT.
Bill Collins
1910
Springfield, MA *
Billed as having won the "from Jim Barnes in Springfield" (Orleans County Monitor, Barton, VT, 11-11-15) "last fall" (Norwich Bulletin, 11-08-12); still champion in Norwich, CT as of 12-01-04.
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Jack Collins
1912-12-07<
Claims the title in Vermont; Ole Olson also claims the title as of 12-12-07.
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Joe Kassan
1914-02<
Young Wilcox
1914-02-26
Greenfield, MA
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John Kilonis
1915-09-06<
Claims the title in Hartford, CT.
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James Poulos
1916-03<
Claims the title of "these parts" (Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, 16-04-01).
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Johnny Dovors
1919-04-27<
Billed as champion in Springfield, MA.
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Al Lindstrom
1922-04<
Passes away on 22-05-01 due to blood poisoning.
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Fred Moran
1927-02-02<
Claims to have won in 1919 (The Boston Globe, 27-02-02).
