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 Ed Kerian (or defends the title on this day).
Charles Reinecke #
1903-02-26<
Billed as Pennsylvania and Ohio champion in Hartford, CT.
Eddie Barr
1903-04-05<
Billed as champion in Cincinnati, OH (The Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, 03-04-05); billed as the midwest champion in Buffalo, NY as of 04-01-15 (The Buffalo Enquirer, 04-01-15).
Charles Weideman #
1907-10-18<
Billed as champion in Buffalo, NY.
Ed Shelp
1909-09<
Also wins Michigan title, defeating Floyed Cutcher in Toledo, OH 09-09-10 (Toledo Daily Blade, 09-09-11).
Young Gotch (Al Haft)
1916-02-23<
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Mike Poolus
1919-12-19<
Bud Frisk #
1916-10-18<
Billed as Ohio and Montana champion in Brainerd, MN.
George Gibbons
1926-06-12<
Billed as champion in Cleveland, OH.
Carl Beightler
1931-08<
Billed as champion in Columbus, OH (The Columbus Dispatch, 31-08-18); also billed as champion in Marysville, OH as of 32-01-28 and Wilmington, OH as of 32-08-10.
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Buck Weaver
1933-11
Marion, OH
Wins tournament; still/again champion as of 35-03-22 and 35-10-25.
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Bob Anderson
1940-05-03
Piqua, OH
Defeats Sugar Kane.
Frank Boehm
1933-05-15
Cincinnati, OH
Defeats Joe Childress; both are billed as climants entering the match (The Cincinnati Post, 33-05-15); may be vacant when Boehm emporarily retires in 33.
Joe Childress
1934-05<
Possibly for defeating Boehm on 33-06-23 in Hamilton, OH in what may be a non-title match (Journal-News, Hamilton, OH, 33-06-24).
Frank Boehm [2]
1934-05-28
Cincinnati, OH
Dan Morris
1940-09<
Billed as champion in Logan, OH; rated as the champion in the Ring Magazine (The Logan Daily News, 40-10-01); may have defeated Harold Short for the title in Logan, OH in 39; still champion as of 40-11-02.
