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
Claims the title Columbia, SC; still champion in Johnson City, TN as of 07-12-05; still/again billed as champion in Bristol, TN as of 10-11-25, 11-03-16, and 12-12-08 and in Washington, DC as of 12-04-22; also billed as champion in Salt Lake City, UT as of 13-03-19 and in Spokane, WA as of 20-01-29; former champion as of 22-02, having held the title for "five years".
Claims Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas titles as of 09-04-07; starts claiming the Southern Title from 09-04-20; also billed as champion in Arkansas, Kansas, etc. as of 10-11-23; still champion as of 11-10-11; moves to Utah where he is billed as a heavyweight in 12.
Peter James
1910-06-10
Birmingham, AL
Defeats J.K. Cutrer for the local recognition and also claims the title in Atlanta, GA as late as 10-10-18 and Vicksburg, MS as of 11-05-13; Cutrer defeats James via DQ on 12-07-25 in Montgomery, AL (The Montgomery Advertiser, 12-07-26) but James continues to be billed as the champion.
Bob Farrington
1911-12-18
Biloxi, MS
Defeats Young Hackenschmidt.
Soldier Stokes
1918-04-16<
Claims the title in Wilmington, DE.
Peter James [2]
1922-02-23<
Claims the title in Missouri; still champion in 22-08-27.
Bulldog Martin #
1925-05-01<
Billed as champion in Uniontown, PA.
Tex Miller
1930-01-30<
Billed as champion in Norphlet, AR.
Soldier Mack
1930-02-05<
Billed as champion in Lexington, KY; still champion as of 30-03-15.
Buck Lawson
1935-08<
Recognized in Knoxville, TN (The Knoxville Sunday Journal, 35-08-18); still champion as of 37-09-11; claims the light heavyweight title as of 37-12-22.
