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
Listed only to provide a historical information from the segregation era in the United States of America. This website has no intention of racial discrimination whatsoever.
Ethel Johnson and Louise Greene are scheduled to wrestle for the vacant title (or to determine the first champion?) on 52-06-19 in Galveston, TX, but the result of the match is not included in the newspaper report which has other matches.
On 59-05-29, Galveston Daily News reports "four years ago Johnson defeated Wingo here to win the state negro title"; still champion as of 60-10-04; billed as World Champion outside East Texas after 57.
