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 Fred Beell for the title and is also recognized in Indiana; loses to Americus (Gus Schoenlein) on 10-04-29 in Chicago, IL but continues to claim the title in Indiana; still champion as of 12-12-04; "retired" by 15-03 (The Evansville Press, 15-03-13).
Has claimed the title since defeating Jim Asbell in Kansas City, MO on 12-01-06; also claims the title in Evansville, IN from 15-04 (Evansville Journal-News, 15-04-02); still/again billed as champion as of 20-08-24.
Leo Alexander
1919-08-21
Battle Creek, MI
Defeats Red O'Brown for the title and is also recognized in Anderson, IN (The Anderson Herald, 19-09-19); leaves the area in 21-07.
Young Americus
1927-02<
Claims the title in Evansville, IN (The Evansville Press, 27-02-22).
Defeats Bill Weidner in tournament final for the MWA Title; loses to Great Mephisto on 37-10-01 but continues to claim the title in Indiana as late as 38-06-26.
