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
Karasick falls on his back and accidentally allows Yokel to pin him; Ted Thye, who defeats Yokel on 24-04-16 in Salt Lake City, UT to retain the local version of the world title, is mistakenly billed as the Pacific Coast champion (The Oakland Post Enquirer, 24-04-18); Karasick continues to claim the Pacific Coast title but loses to Yokel again on 24-04-26.
Claims the title in Oakland, CA (Oakland Tribune, 24-09-20).
John Hackenschmidt
1924-07<
Billed as champion in Salinas, CA (Salinas Daily Index, 24-07-30).
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Joseph Dupons
1924-08< *
Billed as champion in Salinas, CA for having defeated Al Karasick in Oakland, CA "March last" (Salinas Daily Index, 24-08-30).
Theodore Sarris
1926-04<
Billed as having held the title "since 1921" (San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, 26-04-28).
Paul A. Mullikin
1926-04-28
San Luis Obispo, CA
Still/again billed as champion as of 34-04-08 in Wilmington, CA and 34-06-24 in Long Beach, CA.
Fred Anderson #
1930-07-30<
Billed as champion in Alton, IL.
Cal Herman
1931-09<
Billed as champion in N. California (Santa Rosa Republican, 31-09-18); also billed as California champion as of 31-12-10; still champion as of 32-11-17.
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John Kallos
1933-03<
Billed as champion in Vallejo, CA (Napa Journal, 33-03-09).
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Jack Sparkly
1933-06<
Billed as champion in Oakland, CA (Oakland Enquirer, 33-06-17).
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Steve Strelich
1934-05<
Jack McDonald
1934-05-24
San Francisco, CA
Mike Strelich
1934-06-07
San Francisco, CA
Jack McDonald [2]
1934-08-07<
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Steve Strelich [2]
1937-07<
Bob Castle
1937-07-11
San Francisco, CA
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Karl Grey
1939-06<
Billed as champion in Modesto, CA (The Modesto Bee, 39-06-27); still champion as of 39-08-23; also recognized in San Bernardino, CA as of 39-10-06.
Defends the Oregon version in Bakersfield, CA (The Bakersfield Californian, 43-02-24); moves to Southern California with the title in 44-01; still champion as of 44-03-29.
