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
Recognized in Corpus Christi, TX; also billed as Southern champion in South Texas while continues to be billed as Texas champion in North Texas as of 11-06-24.
Billed as champion in Baton Rouge, LA and Beaumont, TX; still champion as of 22-04-21.
Charles Dearbenderfer
1923-10-20<
Claims the title in Dalhart, TX.
Red Rogers
1937-12-09
Corsicana, TX
Defeats Jack Gorman to win the World Junior Middleweight Title and briefly billed as the state middleweight champion; loses the world title to Otis Headrick on 38-02-17 in Corsicana, TX.
Sgt. Rich
1938-10-13
Abilene, TX
Defeats Tommy Sassos to win Midwest Title, later recognized as Texas Title; still champion as of 38-11-23.
