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 Bulldog Jackson for "newly-established" title which is "authorized" by the National Wrestling Association (The Register-Guard, Eugene, OR, 39-02-03)
Bulldog Jackson
1939-02-16
Eugene, OR
Eddie Roberts
1939-06-22
Eugene, OR
Bulldog Jackson [2]
1939-07-27
Eugene, OR
Prince Ilaki
1939-08-08
Salem, OR
In Ogden, UT, Ralph Morley is billed as champion as of 39-12-10.
Ernie Piluso
1939-10-26
Eugene, OR
Pete Belcastro
1940-01-01
Eugene, OR
Prince Ilaki [2]
1940-02-29
Eugene, OR
Herb Parks
1940-05-09
Eugene, OR
Vacant in 40-07 when Parks cannot return from Canada to defend the title.
Defeats George Wagner for the vacant title; still listed as champion as of 40-08-29.
Billy Raborn
1940-09
Los Angeles, CA *
Reported on an Eugene, OR paper on 40-09-11 as having defeated McShain; some reports have Raborn having defeated Jesse James in Hollywood, CA; Ralph Morley is billed as champion in Ogden, UT as of 40-10-09.
