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
Has defeated Len Lanius on 94-05-26 in Cincinnati, OH for the Graeco-Roman title; starts claiming the catch-as-catch-can title later in the year; recognized in New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, and possibly other states; still champion as of 08-04-17 and 10-02-01; loses to Johnny Billiter in St. Louis, MO on 12-03-03 (see below).
Billiter continues to be billed as champion in Kalamazoo, MI but loses to Roy Victor on 19-01-21.
Ali Hassan
1921-05-13
Detroit, MI
Wrestles Graf to a half hour draw but starts claiming the title; still claims the title as of 21-06-13; Graf is no longer billed as champion as of 22-02-19.
Recognized as champion in 26 (Creston News Advertiser, Creston, IA, 48-10-08); billed as champion in Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Oregon, and possibly other states; still/again claims the title as of 39-12-13; former champion as of 42-12-12.
