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
Billed as champion in Minnesota; wins Northwest Title, defeating Frank Whittemore on 05-11-03 in St. Paul, MN.
LeRoy Billings
1909-04-03<
Claims the Nebraska and South Dakota titles in Emmetsburg, NE.
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Ed Olsen
1910-03-19<
Billed as champion in Aberdeen, SD.
G.A. Taylor #
1911-01<
Claims the title in Fremont, NE (Fremont Tribune, 11-01-17).
O.L. Stanley #
1915-02-10<
Claims the titles of "Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado, and Wyoming" in Billings, MT (Billings Tribune, 15-02-10).
Johnny Hofer
1920-02-26<
Billed as the "champion of the Dakotas" (The Citizen-Republican, Scotland, SD, 20-02-26); still billed as the champion of "the two Dakotas" as of 22-11-3 in Winner, SD (The Lincoln Star, Lincoln, NE, 22-11-13)
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Jack Hagensick
1923-05-07<
Billed as champion in Nunda, SD.
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Frank Bacley
1923-06-23<
Billed as champion in Sioux Falls, SD.
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Johnny Hofer [2]
1928-02-22<
Billed as champion in Sioux Falls, SD; still champion as of 28-04-06.
