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
Still champion as of 98-03-18; Ryan still/again claims the title in Akron, OH as of 96-02-21.
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Ike Crutch
1902-03-21
Cleveland, OH
Defeats Ohio champion Otto Wendt to be recognized as American champion.
Emil Beck
1897-01-31<
Recognized in Philadelphia, PA; also claims the world title in 98 or 99; still/again American champion as 1900-12-20.
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Young Muldoon
1901-09-17<
Billed as champion in Philadelphia, PA and Baltimore, MD; billed as world champion in Boston, MA; defeats Frank Huseman on 01-04-09 to be recognized as world champion in Washington, DC
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Emil Beck [2]
1904-02-08<
Ben Finnick
1905-04-12
Baltimore, MD
Still champion as of 05-11-07 and 09-02-03.
Walter Keegan
1909-12-25<
Billed as champion in Rochester, NY.
Art Edmunds
1910-01-10<
Recognized in Manitoba and Oregon.
Ernie Sunberg
1910-02-08
Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Martin Rock
1910-09-14<
Billed as American 128lb Title in New England.
Jack Finn
1911-11-04<
Billy Linn
1913-01-24<
Young Grouse
1912-03-06
Cleveland, OH
Defeats Charles Marotta.
H.F. Wolfenbarger
1915-01-28<
Billed as champion in San Angelo, TX.
Joey Smith
1917-02-21<
Recognized in Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan; still champion as of 17-04-07; claims the World Title sometime before 20-07.
Ivan Stroh
1919-01-30<
Claims the title in Delaware (The Evening Journal, Wilmington, DE, 19-01-30).
