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
This title was, most of the time, either "American" or "National" Title; however, different names, such as "United States" and "Midwest Wrestling Association", were confusingly used over the years, depending on the time and/or location of the title match.
Don Kalt & Ray Stevens wrestle Bill Savage & Red Lyons for the title on 55-09-14 in Anderson, IN (champions unknown); Shag Thomas & Joe Scarpella are billed as championg in Zanesville, OH for having defeated Talaber & Mike McGee, substituting for the injured Brazil, "a week ago" (The Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, 56-02-24); the Stevens, billed as Eastern champions, defeat Ohio champions Bobo Brazil & Frankie Talaber on 56-05-02 in Mansifled, OH to be recognized as the National champions.
