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
Also defaets another claimant R.N. Harrison on 92-01-08 in Cornwall, ON (The Daily Citizen, Ottawa, ON, 92-01-09); also holds Pacific Coast Title as of 92-02 (The Buffalo Commercial, Buffalo, NY, 92-02-03); still holds both titles as of 92-04 (The Gazette, Montreal, QC, 92-04-09); still Canadian champion as of 94-07-21.
Recognized in western Canada; also defeats title claimant Ernie Maupas on 23-06-06 in Winnipeg, MB.
Jack Forsgren
1933-02-03
Vancouver, BC
Has claimed the title in Vancouver, BC as early as 31-02-19; has also defeated title claimant Ken North on 32-09-05 in Vancouver, BC; Taylor continues to claim the title outside the west coast.
Has claimed the title in Toronto, ON as early as 31-05; has also defeated title claimant Jack Taylor on 33-04-20 in Calgary, AB; Forsgren continues to claim the title in Alberta and Montana but loses to Pat Meehan on 39-02-10 in Calgary, AB to claim the title; McCready defeats Meehan on 40-01-11 in Vancouver, BC (non-title?).
Claims the title after defeating McCready in the second fall of a best-of-three match which ends as a draw on 41-06-05 in Toronto, ON; Watson claims the Canadian title is on the line in each fall.
Defeats Watson in rematch to end the dispute; scheduled to wrestle against another title claimant Yvon Robert on 41-06-12 in Toronto, ON but Robert no-shows.
Has claimed the title in Ottawa, ON as early as 38-07-02 and in Montreal, QC as early as 40-07-03; defeats McCready to end his claim for World, British Empire, and Canadian Titles.
Wins both World and Canadian titles; still champion as of 49-05-13.
Walter Anderson
1917-02-01<
Claims the title in Western Canada; still champion as of 19-01-29; still/again billed as champion on a Colorado paper in 20-02.
Nels Jepson #
1920-10<
Billed as champion in Heppner, OR, USA (The Gazette Times, Heppner, OR, 20-10-07).
Dan Kennedy #
1921-03-27<
Billed as champion in Ft. Worth, TX, USA.
Jack McDonald #
1921-12-19<
Billed as champion in Los Angeles, CA, USA; still champion in Rock Island, IL on 22-02-16 and Ogden, UT on 22-09-28.
George Walker
1922-01
Billed as champion in Ottawa, ON; also claims the title in Alberta in 22-02 (The Morning Albertan, Calgary, AB, 22-02-23); still claims the title as of 25-05-30.
Ben Sherman #
1932-08-04<
Billed as champion in Leeds, ENG, GBR.
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Al Hamilton #
1934-06-21<
Billed as champion in Penzance, Cornwall, ENG, GBR.
Cliff Thiede #
1944-11-05<
Billed as champion in Ogden, UT, USA; still champoin as of 44-12-08.
Harold Nelson
1947-06-26<
Recognized as champion in Winnipeg, MB.
Frank Valois #
1955-10-31<
Billed as champion in FRA.
Gordon Nelson #
1958-05-29<
Billed as champion in Liverpool, Merseyside, ENG, GBR; still/again champion as of 64-04-09.
Billed as champion in Windsor, ON (The Windsor Daily Star, 60-05-20); held up when Kiniski loses to Dick Steinborn via DQ in the quarter final of the 14-man tournament on 60-05-23 in Windsor, ON.
