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 title claimant Johannes Van Der Walt; has claimed the title in Pennsylvania as early as 37-11, billed as having defeated Van Der Walt in Johannesburg, RSA earlier in the year; still claims the title in Pennsylvania in 38-01.
Wins the Canada version from Whipper Billy Watson; loses back to Watson on 49-08-02 in Toronto, ON but continues to be billed as champion in Upstate New York as late as 50-02-25.
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Jack Wentworth
1952-01-08<
Billed as champion in Sandusky, OH; still champion as of 52-05-13.
Claims the British Empire title throughout the 50s in Upstate New York, Northern and Southern California, Idaho, Alaksa, and possibly other states; last mentioned as champion on 59-01-03 in Fairbanks, AK.
Claims the title in Los Angeles, CA and later in Pennsylvania and Delaware; said to have claimed the title for "past eight years", according to a Hanover, PA paper on 52-05-24.
