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
Recognized in Northern California; still champion as of 93-12-02.
Peter Schumacher #
1894-12-27<
Billed as champion in Rochester, NY.
Young Hackenschmidt
1909-11-18<
Recognized in California; still champion as of 10-02-27.
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George Walker
1910-11<
James Crawford
1910-11-29
San Francisco, CA
Also billed as champion in Bakersfield, CA in 11-01 and loses to the world champion Mike Yokel on 11-03-03; in Vancouver, BC, Walker is reinstated as the champion on 11-06-19 when Crawford is suspended and the title change is voided.
Tony Ajax
1913-06-23
Los Angeles, CA
Defeats Crawford for the title; still/again champion as of 15-08-12 and 16-06-20; in Northern Califonia, Joe Mendoca, the state champion, is often billed as Pacific Coast champion at least between 13-05 and 13-10, probably by defeating John Sattler on 13-02-21 in Hayward, CA.
Aram Josephs
1913-06-23<
Claims the title in Fresno, CA.
George Samson
1917-01-07<
Still champion as of 17-11-06; still/again billed as champion in La Grande, OR as of 18-09-30.
