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 in Oklahoma City, OK (The Oklahoma News, 12-04-23); loses to Ad Santel on 13-01-14 in Woodward, OK (see below) but is still billed as champion in Waco, TX as of 13-03-15.
Has defeated Jim Asbell on 12-01-06 in Kansas City, MO to claim the title; defeats William Demetral, who has been billed as champion in Muskogee, OK as early as 09-11-04, on 13-01-14 to end the dispute (Woodward News-Bulletin, 13-01-17); listed as a claimant in San Antonio, TX in 14-03 (San Antonio Express, 14-03-07); billed as the undisputed champion in Houston, TX in 18-04 (Houston Post, 18-04-21); still claims the title in Texas in 25; loses to Clarence Eklund on 28-09-29 in Melbourne, AUS (see below).
Theodore Peter
1914-03
Has defeated Fred Beell on 13-02-10 in Minneapolis, MN for a title claim but loses it back on 13-12-10 in Minneapolis, MN; again claims the light heavyweight title in San Antonio, TX since Beell "is now claiming the heavyweight title" (San Antonio Express, 14-03-05).
Also defeats another claimants George Kotsonaros on 20-02-27 in Houston, TX and Harry Mamos on 23-11-27 in Houston, TX; Ad Santel is listed as the undisputed champion on a Houston, TX paper on 18-04-21 and claims the title in Texas in the 20s; Helmer Myre is also listed as a claimant of the "undisputed" title as of 19-10-23 (Houston Chronicle); Young Jordan is billed as champion in Galveston, TX as of 21-03-22; Jim Londos is billed as champion in El Paso, TX in 21-08 (The El Paso Times, 21-08-26).
Defeats title claimant Ad Santel on 28-09-29 in Melbourne, AUS (see above) for the contendership to face the locally recognized champion Ted Thye; defeats Thye on 28-10-06 in Melbourne, AUS to become the undisputed champion; declared vacant by the National Wrestling Association when Eklund declines invitation
to participate in tournament in 30.
Defeats Joe Banaski in NBA World Light Heavyweight
Wrestling Championship tournament final; Karl Pojello, who has defeated Johnny Meyers on 27-07-20 in Chicago, IL for the local recognition, also claims the title in Houston, TX as of 30-09-05; wrestling division of NBA becomes National Wrestling Association in 30-09; Frank Wolf defeats Nichols on 33-03-07 in Dallas, TX; Nichols continues to claim the title for the match not being under "NWA rules"; Nichols defeats Wolf on 33-05-02 in Dallas, TX to end the dispute.
