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
Defeats Bulk Estes; Al Galento defeats Martin on 51-02-05 in Tulsa, OK via DQ; however, the title is most likely returned to Martin as there is no record of the title defense by Galento and Martin is still/again the champion as of 51-03-04; Martin leaves the area in 52-09.
Defeats Al Galento in the final of a 6-man round-robin tournament; vacant in 54.
Frenchy Roy
1954-04-30
Oklahoma City, OK
Defeats Ali Pasha in tournament final; Raborn is still billed as the champion of "Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas" in Vernon, TX as of 54-05-14.
Rocco Perez
1954-05-24
Tulsa, OK
Tor Yamato
1954-05-31
Tulsa, OK
Still champion as of 54-06-20; Frenchy Roy continues to be billed as the champion in Oklahoma City, OK and defends the title on 54-06-25; Yamato leaves the area in 54-07.
Bob Clay
1954-10-16
Muskogee, OK
Defeats Mike Gallagher (The Muskogee Sunday Phoenix and Times-Democrat, 54-10-17); leaves the area in 54-12; Dizzy Davis is reported as being stripped of the title in 55-04 for not defending the title longer than 90 days (The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, 55-04-10).
Defeats Oni Wiki Wiki in one-night 10-man tournament final; vacates after winning the World Title, defeating Angelo Savoldi on 60-07-22 in Oklahoma City, OK.
Don Kent
1960-10-10
Tulsa, OK
Defeats Chief Little Eagle in 8-man tournament final.
Oni Wiki Wiki
1961-01-09
Tulsa, OK
Corsica Joe
1961-08-21
Tulsa, OK
Red McKim [2]
1961-10-16
Tulsa, OK
Don Kent [2]
1962-07-02
Tulsa, OK
Still champion as of 62-09-02; most likely leaves the area in 62-12.