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
Claims the title when Austin refuses to defend the title; has previously defeated Austin.
Owen McCarthy
1880-04-24
Philadelphia, PA
Adon Butler
1888-09-30<
Has held the American Collar & Elbow Lightweight Title as early as 85-07-13; billed as mixed style/catch-as-catch-can champion by 88-09-30; starts claiming the World Title in 88-12.
Lucien Marc Christol
1988-09<
Billed as champion in in Rochester, NY.
John O'Grady
1892-02-07<
Billed as champion in Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.
Bob Reakes
1894-06-24<
Caims the "140-pound championship of America" in Cincinnati, OH (The Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, 94-06-24).
Recognized in Ohio; probably vacant after Billiter defeats William Morrison, billed as English champion, on 07-03-08 in Toledo, OH to be recognized as world champion.
Billed as champion in Utica, NY (Daily Sentinel, Rome, NY, 13-04-03); also claims the title in Bennington, VT as of 13-04-08; still/again claims the title in Rochester, NY as of 15-03-27.
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Young Muldoon
1920-01<
Billed as champion in Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 20-01-15, w/ Temple listed as a former champion in the same article).
Joseph P. Barry
1892-03-07
Pensacola, FL
Defeats Young Bibby (or defends the title on this day).
