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
Again claims the title in Asheville, NC (The Asheville Citizen, 06-08-19); still champion in Omaha, NE as of 07-02-27; still/again champion in Hutchinson, KS as of 09-09-15.
Claims both heavyweight and light heavyweight titles (The Des Moines Register, 06-12-06) but loses the heavyweight title to Frank Gotch on 06-12-17 in Kansas City, MO.
May start claiming the World Title after this match; still champion as of 13-01-04.
Charles Hackenschmidt
1908-01-01
Grand Rapids, MI
Defeats claimant James Parr; also recognzied in Sioux City, IA where he wins the world title on 08-01-10.
Paul Domke
1911-03-13
Sioux City, IA
Defeats claimant Jim Asbell and is also recognized in Sioux Falls, SD and Billings, MT; still champion in Oakland, NE as of 14-01-18; listed as former champion on 17-01-03.
Defeats claimant Jack Donovan and is also recognized as champion in Los Angeles, CA and Vancouver, BC; still champion as of 12-02-05; also billed as World champion and Pacific Coast champion in Pacific Northwest; loses to Pat Connolly on 12-11-01 in Vancouver, BC but continues to claim the title; still champion as of 14-07-09; billed as Northwest champion at least between 14-11-30 and 15-02-23.
Thomas Dodge
1913-10-09<
Billed as champion in Tampa, FL.
Gluf Nielsen
1915-10<
Billed as champion in Asbury Park, NJ (Asbury Park Evening Press, 15-10-12).
Ernest Kartje
1916-03-07
Delavan, WI
Defeats Walter Willoughby; also claims the title in St. Louis, MO and Little Rock, AR as of 16-11-18; still/again champion in Delavan, WI as of 20-02-19.
Young Hackenschmidt (Charles Hackenschmidt)
1916-06<
Billed as champion in Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Times, 16-06-07).
Paul Martinson
1919-01-22<
Recognized as champion in Indiana.
John Ellis
1918-07<
Billed as champion in Lima, OH (The Times-Democrat, Lima, OH, 18-07-17); still champion in Eastern Ohio as of 19-01-07; billed as the world champion in some Ohio towns in 19-01.
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George Alexander
1920-04-14<
Recognized as champion in Ohio.
Jim Pierson
1921-01<
Billed as "champion of the United States and Canada" in Tarpon Springs, FL (The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, FL, 21-01-08); still claims both titles in Atlanta, GA as of 21-01-22.
Billed as Western champion, defeats Southern and Eastern champion Harry Mammos to be recognized as the United States champion; wins the World Title on 27-01-03.
Jack Rogers
1922-03<
Billed as champion in Los Angeles, CA (San Pedro Daily Pilot, 22-03-21).
