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 Walter Scherer; loses to another claimant Joe Savini on 08-01-09 in Dallas, TX but the match becomes a non-title bout when Savini exceeds the weight limit of the division; Kelcey defeats Nat Sterns, billed as Tennessee champion, on 09-03-24 in Dallas, TX to claim the Southern Title; still Texas champion as of 09-10-10; billed as the featherweight champion in the southern part of the state; Kelcey may retire later in the year (retired as of 10-09); Kid Schultz also claims the title in Houston, TX as of 08-10-09.
W. Maximilian *
1909-10-18
Cleburne, TX
May not be for the title.
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W. Maximilian
1909-12-03
Dallas, TX
Defeats Frank Merlick (or has won the title in the Cleburne match above and defends on this day).
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Joe Savini
1910-03-24<
Billed as champion of Texas, Louisiana, New York, and the South in Abilene, TX; still recognized as Texas champion in Corpus Christi, TX as of 11-01-24.
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M.R. Raymond
1912-02-26<
Billed as champion in Alpine, TX sometime after 11-10 when Raymond is still an amateur wrestler; still/again claims the title as of 16-08-20 in Laredo, TX.
Tug Wilson #
1915-01-30<
Billed as champion in Chicago, IL.
Louis Leidy
1921-03-10<
Claims Texas and Oklahoma titles in Greenville, TX.
