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Robert Fuller is billed as champion in Chattanooga, TN as of 75-06-21; held up after a match between Stomper and Jerry Lawler on 75-07-14 in Memphis, TN.
Wins rematch; held up after the match against Bob Armstrong on 75-09-09 in Memphis, TN; rematch on 75-09-15 ends as a draw.
Bob Armstrong
1975-09-26?
Huntsville, AL?
Or sometime between 75-09-24 and 75-09-29; may be help up again after the match against Mongolian Stomper sometime before 75-10-07.
Bob Armstrong [2]
1975-10-09
Chattanooga, TN
Defeats Stomper in rematch; may be a repeat of a match on 75-10-07 in Louisville, KY; also wins Mid-America Title, defeating Harley Race on 75-10-13 in Memphis, TN.
Armstrong continues to be recognized in other towns but vacates in 75-11 possibly due to injury (no-shows scheduled title defense on 75-11-26 in Nashville, TN).
Lawler continues to be recognized in other towns but vacates when he retires after the match against Bill Dundee on 77-09-13 (temporarily moves to Knoxville, TN where he wins Southeastern Title on 77-09-16); vacant also in Louisville, KY in 77-09.
Jimmy Valiant
1977-09-19
Memphis, TN
Defeats Mr. Wrestling in a one-night 6-man tournament; Mr. Wrestling wins the 6-man tournament on 77-09-25 in Louisville, KY but loses to Valiant on 77-10-04.
The scheduled match on 78-08-14 in Memphis, TN has been cancelled due to curfew and takes place on the following day (Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, 78-08-16).
