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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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
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Zimba Parker
1938-04<
Billed as champion in Belfast, ME (The Bangor Daily News, Bangor, ME, 38-04-22).
Jimmy Langford
1946-05<
Claims the title in Council Bluffs, IA (Council Bluffs Nonpareil, 46-05-17); also billed as champion in Kansas City, MO in 46-07 (The Kansas City Star, 46-07-21).
Jay Steele
1946-06<
Billed as champion in Waterloo, IA (Waterloo Daily Courier, 46-06-14).
Don Kindred
1946-09<
Billed as champion in Western Michigan (The Kalamazoo Gazette, 46-09-27) as late as 46-12 (The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI, 46-12-10)); billed as the heavyweight champion in Akron, OH; still/again billed as champion in Houston, TX in 49-04 (Houston Chronicle, 49-04-18).
Billed as champion in Milwaukee, WI (Milwaukee Journal, 47-10-09), Evansville, IN (Evansville Courier, 47-11-07), Louisville, KY, Atlanta, GA (The Atlanta Journal, 48-01-29), Brantford, ON, CAN (The Expositor, Brantford, ON, CAN, 48-10-23); vacant in Evansville in 49 when Jackson moves up to the heavyweight division (Evansville Courier, 50-01-01); continues to be billed as champion in other territories including Nashville, TN (The Tennessean, 50-10-26), Honolulu, HI (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 51-06-02), Atlanta, GA (Atlanta Daily World, 52-04-11), Chilliwack, BC, CAN (The Chilliwack Progress, 54-10-14), and most likely other places.
