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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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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Wins the American Featherweight Title and may also win the Ohio Lightweight Title for which Otto Kirchenbauer defeats Crutch on 02-06-12 (see below).
Otto Kirchenbauer
1902-06-12
Cleveland, OH
Defeats Ike Crutch; still champion as of 02-09-30; Otto Suter also claims the title after defeating Otto Wendt on 02-08-06 in Cleveland, OH; Kirchenbauer and Suter wrestle for the title on 03-01-31 in Cleveland, OH (results unknown).
Tom Volk
1903-12-23
Cleveland, OH
Herman Hirsch
1904-04-21
Cleveland, OH
Burt Chadwick
1904-02-01<
Claims the title in Canton, OH; still champion as of 04-03-16.
