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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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
Reigning NYSAC and NWA World champion, defeats Ed Don George for the AWA World Title on 35-07-30
to become the unified champion; loses to Dick Shikat
on 36-03-02 in New York, NY but continues to claim the title in Maryland; recognition withdran in Maryland in 36-05.
Vincent Lopez
1936-05
Has defeated Man Mountain Dean in tournament final on 35-07-24 in Los Angeles, CA; recognized in Maryland in 36-05.
Fined $100 and reinstated as champion by the Maryland commission; wrestles Terror to a draw on 39-03-07 in Baltimore, MD; declared vacant when Londos does not participate in a tournament scheduled on 44-03-07.
Babe Sharkey
1944-03-14
Baltimore, MD
Has defeated Leo Wallick in the final of 16-man tournament on 44-03-07 to earn the right to face Ed "Strangler" Lewis for the vacant title; defeats Lewis on 44-03-14; Dave Levin defeats Sharkey on 45-09-02 in Pasadena, CA to be recognized as the world champion by Jack Pfefer; Sharkey continues to be recognized in Maryland.
Loses to Don Eagle on 50-05-23 in Cleveland, OH but in Maryland, the bout is reported as a non-title match (The Sun, Baltimore, MD, 51-06-20); still listed as champion as of 51-07-02 (The Sun, Baltimore, MD, 51-07-02).
