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
Billed as the National Wrestling Association light heavyweight champion (The Milwaukee Journal, 47-11-23); also recognized in some Illinois towns including Springfield and Rockford; vacates his Illinois claim in 51-09 to concentrate on winning NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title from Verne Gagne (The Peoria Star, Peoria, IL, 51-09-07) but continues to be billed as a claimant in Iowa (Des Moines Tribune, 51-12-13).
Defeats Balbo in what is most likely a non-title match and is billed as champion as late as 52-08-26 in some towns in Wisconsin and Iowa where Balbo is billed as a former champion; Balbo continues to be billed as champion in Des Moines, IA and Illinois; NWA officially starts to sanction the light heavyweight title at its annual convention in 52-09.
