*The Friday, March 17, 1950 edition of the Houston Post stated: “Danny McShane faces the powerhouse tactics of Timmy Geohagen in the two out of three fall top bout with the winner due to be recognized by the Texas State Athletic Commission as Lone Star champion. The match has been ordered to fill the now vacant crown, a vacancy that occurred when the last melee between the two Irishman ended in an uproar and although Timmy was awarded the decision, he was not given the title.” This match happened “several weeks ago.”
Houston, Texas: Friday, March 17, 1950 (City Auditorium) … Danny McShain b. Timmy Geohagen to capture the vacant Texas State Heavyweight Title (2-0) … (promoter: Morris Sigel) Notes: The Geohagen-McShain bout was “ordered to fill the now vacant crown, a vacancy that occurred when the last melee between the two Irishmen ended in an uproar and although Timmy was awarded the decision, he was not given the title.”
Houston, Texas: Friday, May 5, 1950
(Sam Houston Coliseum) … Danny McShain b. Miguel Guzman to capture the Texas Heavyweight Title … (promoter: Morris Sigel) ... (10,000+ fans) Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, June 6, 1950 (The Sportatorium) … Rito Romero b. Danny McShain to capture the Texas Heavyweight Title
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, September 4, 1951
(The Sportatorium) … Ray Gunkel b. Duke Keomuka to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, October 23, 1951 (The Sportatorium) … Miguel Guzman b. Ray Gunkel to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title (2/3) … (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Between October 23 and November 20, The Mighty Atlas beat Miguel Guzman for the Texas State Heavyweight Title.
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, December 18, 1951 (The Sportatorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Wladek “Killer” Kowalski (2/3) … Duke Keomuka b. The Mighty Atlas to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title (2-0) … (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Houston, Texas: November 1952 ( ) … Cyclone Anaya b. Duke Keomuka to capture the Texas Heavyweight Title
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 21, 1958 (The Sportatorium) … Johnny Valentine b. Bill Melby to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title (2/3) … (promoter: Ed McLemore) Note: Melby reportedly held the title since “last November.”
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 13, 1959 (The Sportatorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Pepper Gomez and Joe Christie wrestled to a no decision (2/3) (during the final fall, Christie pinned Gomez, but his head was under the ropes and the match ended in controversey) (Texas Deputy Wrestling Commissioner Bill Hughes decided to hold up the Texas Title pending a hearing, and the decision was to be announced on Wednesday) … (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 20, 1959
(The Sportatorium) … Rematch for the vacant Texas Heavyweight Title, Joe Christie b. Pepper Gomez to capture the title … (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, April 26, 1960 (The Sportatorium) … Danny McShain b. Torbellino Blanco to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title (McShain also unmasked Blanco) … (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, May 10, 1960 (The Sportatorium) … Torbellino Blanco b. Danny McShain to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title (2/3) … (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, May 23, 1961 (The Sportatorium) … Pepper Gomez b. Angelo Poffo to capture a clear claim to the Texas State Heavyweight Title (2/3) … (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Houston, Texas: Friday, February 15, 1963
(City Auditorium) … Sweet Daddy Siki b. Rip Hawk to capture the Texas Heavyweight Title (1-0) (Hawk injured in the first fall after 17 minutes and unable to continue) … (promoter: Morris Sigel)
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, September 24, 1963
(The Sportatorium) … Chief White Wolf b. Mark Lewin to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title (2/3) … (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, December 3, 1963 (The Sportatorium) … Joe Blanchard b. Chief White Wolf to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title (2/3) ... (promoter: Ed McLemore)
*A controversial match between Texas State Heavyweight Champion Fritz Von Erich and Billy "Red" Lyons on December 7, 1965 in Dallas ended with Texas Commissioner Sammy George declaring the Texas Title vacant. Lyons initially pinned Von Erich to win the fall, but the referee Marvin Jones had been knocked out and couldn't score the victory. A second referee, Dick Raines, then counted Von Erich's pin of Lyons. However, George stepped in and vacated the championship. Von Erich and Lyons tried to settle the situation on December 21 in a bout for the vacant strap, but they went to a 60-minute draw with no falls.
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 11, 1966 (The Sportatorium) … Fritz Von Erich b. Billy “Red” Lyons to capture the vacant Texas State Heavyweight Title (2/3) … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (capacity crowd)
*Fritz Von Erich vacated the Texas Heavyweight Title when he won the "U.S. mat championship last month," according to the May 3, 1967 edition of the Dallas Morning News.
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, May 2, 1967 (The Sportatorium) … Buddy Austin b. Paul DeMarco in the finals of a 16-man tournament to capture the vacant Texas State Heavyweight Title (DQ) ... (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, August 20, 1968 (The Sportatorium) … Spoiler I (Don Jardine) b. Grizzly Smith to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Spoiler agreed to unmask if he lost) ... (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, December 10, 1968 (The Sportatorium) … Dan Miller b. Don Jardine to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title ... (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, October 13, 1970 (The Sportatorium) … The Great Scott b. Johnny Valentine to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title (2/3) ... (promoter: Jack Adkisson)
Irving, Texas: Saturday, June 24, 1972 (Texas Stadium) … Crusher Stasiak b. Red Bastien to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title … (promoter: Jack Adkisson) … (26,339 fans) … (gate: $80,000)
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