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
Defeats Oscar Wasem; also defeats claimant Fred Beell on 08-03-17 in Omaha, NE; retires on 11-02-18 (World-Herald, Omaha, NE, 11-02-19).
Charles Hackenschmidt
1908-01-10
Sioux City, IA
Defeats Walter Evans (The Register and Leader, Des Moines, IA, 08-01-11); still champion as of 08-02-09; loses to Fred Beell on 08-11-26 in Grand Raipds, MI.
Billed as having defeated Jim Parr for the title in Chicago, IL "last year" (Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier, Ottumwa, IA, 08-05-30); possibly for his victory over Parr on 08-01-30 in Chicago, IL (Joliet Evening Herald, 08-01-31); loses to American champion Charles Olson on 08-08-10 in Indianapolis, IN but continues to claim the world title.
Has defeated Jim Asbell on 12-01-06 in Kansas City, MO to claim the title; also claim the title in Norfolk, NE in 12-11 after Fred Beell "repeatedly refuse to meet" him for the title (Norfolk Daily News, 12-11-30).
Paul Domke
1913-12<
Billed as champion in Whiting, IA (The Evening Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, IA, 13-12-09).
Also defeats title claimant George Kotsonaros on 20-02-27 in Houston, TX; Myre most likely continues to claim the title in other towns and is again billed as champion in Garner, IA as of 20-08-29.
Still/again claims both World Light Heavyweight and Middleweight titles in Council Bluffs, IA as of 33-02-21 and 36-05-19 and Dubuque, IA as of 34-10-07.
Marion Mynster
1931-11<
Has defeated Joe Banaski for MWA World Title in a disputed decision on 31-09-16 in Columbus, OH; recognized in Iowa as of 31-11; Banaski continues to claim the title in Cleveland, OH; John Kilonis defeats Mynster in 31-09 or 31-10 in a disputed decision, but Mynster continues to claim the title.
Adam Krieger
1932-01-11
Council Bluffs, IA
Defeats Mynster and is recognized in Nebraska and Iowa.
Has defeated Frankie Talaber for MWA World Title on 38-03-30 in Columbus, OH; recognized in Iowa as of 38-11-02; Joe Turner is recognized as champion in Burlington, IA as of 38-11-22.
Billed as as the National Wrestling Alliance champion upon arrivial (sometime before 51-12-09); also recognized in Quad-Cities; Carl Engstrom defeats Balbo in what is most likely a non-title match on 52-06-28 in Chicago, IL 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.
