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
"The one and only claimant" (The Knoxville News-Sentinel, 43-03-21); also recognized in Birmingham, AL after defating Jack Curtis on 42-03-23.
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Don Chaney
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Recognized as champion "by the 38 states affiliated with National Wrestling Association" (The Knoxville Journal, 45-09-23); still champion as of 46-04-25.
"Monday night" (The Knoxville Journal, 47-02-19); held up after the match against Herb Welch on 47-02-21 in Knoxville, TN; reinstated as the champion on 47-10-11.
Has defeated Atomic Blond (Mel Peters) in Birmingham, AL for the title; also billed as champion in Knoxville, TN for having defeated Red Berry in CA; the title is said to have passed from Tex Riley, Mike Chacoma, and to Berry (The Knoxville Journal, 49-03-19); still champion as of 49-04-07.
