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
Also claims to win a 3-day tournament "at Warren and Ashtabula" (The Victoria Daily Advocate, Victoria, TX, 27-01-10), possibly by defeating Joe Parelli in the final on 26-12-17 in Ashtabula, OH; Krieger continues to claim the title until winning the middleweight title, defeating Waino Ketonen on 27-01-21 in Scottsbluff, NE.
Vacates in 27-08 to move up to the middleweight division; again billed as champion in Waxahachie, TX as late as 28-07-10.
Yaqui Joe
1929-05-10
Jackson, MS, USA
Defeats Billy Romanoff in tournament final (28-04 according to West Texas newspapers); not recognized by the National Wrestling Association; loses to Joe Kopecky on 29-05-17 in Jackson, MS but continues to be recognized in other territories (see Mississippi version); loses to Widecat Pete on 30-06-27 in Eugene, OR but continues to be recognized in other territories (see Pacific Northwest version); recognition withdrawn around 32-10 in San Antonio, TX, where a tournament to determine new champion is held; continues to be recognized in West Texas, New Mexico, Montana, etc.; defends in Mexico in 33-09 on the first card of EMLL; vacates on 35-01-12 upon moving up to the middleweight division (El Paso Times, 35-01-13); again billed as champion in Albuquerque, NM from 35-05-17 at least until 35-10-23; still/again billed as champion in Santa Fe, NM as late as 36-05; former champion in Albuquerque, NM as of 36-05-08.
Has been recognized in Louisville, KY for defeating Tony Narrot in Cleveland, OH "last week" (The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, 32-02-11); also recognized in Nashville, TN.
