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 Council Bluffs, IA; recognized as featherweight and bantamweight champions at the same time in Northern California as of 16-03-03; still/again claims lightweight, featherweight, and bantamweight titles as of 35-04-01; former champion as of 36-12-15.
Harvey Donaldson
1912-11-19<
Claims featherweight and bantamweight titles in Pacific Northwest; still/again bantamweight champion as of 14-07-04 and 15-06-22.
Young Hackensmith
1913-01-22<
Recognized in Northern California and New Mexico; still/again champion as of 15-12-21, 16-07-17, and 21-01-12; holds featherweight and bantamweight titles at the same time as of 16-01-25; still/again claims both titles as of 28-02-22.
Ivan Stroh
1918-08-07<
Claims the title in Wilmington, DE.
Frank Grove
1920-03<
Walter Smith
1920-03-25
Grand Island, NE
Billed as champion in Nebraska; Grove is still/again billed as champion in Iowa as of 20-07-02; Smith defends against Iowa champion Earl Conrad on 20-11-15 in Lincoln, NE.
Recognized in Iowa; also listed as champion in Boston, MA (The Boston Post, 23-10-14); temporarily retires as champion in 26 (The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, IA, 30-05-09).
