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
Reigning holder of the World Light Heavyweight Title, named the first World Junior Heavyweight Champion by the Midwestern Wrestling Association "at its fall meeting at Columbus" (Detroit Free Press, 39-09-09).
Billed as NWA champion (The Windsor Daily Star, 47-09-30).
George Macricostas
1947-10-28
Detroit, MI
Billed as the United States champion in Windsor, ON.
Dick Wallis
1948-02-09
Detroit, MI
Billed as the United States champion in Windsor, ON.
Lou Klein [6]
1948-03-08
Detroit, MI
Billed as the United States champion in Windsor, ON; Detroit promoter Harry Light becomes one of six founding members of the National Wrestling Alliance in 48-07.
Midwest champion, billed as the world champion from 59-06, having won the world title in Paris, FRA "last summer" (The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI, 60-02-17).
