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 American title in Shreveport, LA "by virtue of his victory over all his 200-pound opponents in the last year" (The Times, Shreveport, LA, 29-10-05) and is billed as having defended the title for "many months"; billed as world champion in New Orleans, LA; still billed as American champion as of 28-12-14; also holds Southern Heavyweight Title.
Listed on 54-04-23 edition of an Oil City, PA newspaper, mentioning the TV program most likely out of Hollywood, CA, as having held the title "since 1949."
Defeats Roger Mackay to win the vacant Southwestern States Title and also claims the United States Title; still champion as of 54-07; despite the continous requests from the Amarillo promoter, NWA never recognizes the title; Funk most likely vacates when he moves up to the heavyweight division in 54-07.
