26. ABE JACOBS
27. BRUTE BENARD
28. SGT. SLAUGHTER
29. MOONDOG MAYNE
30. BLACKJACK LANZA
31. JESSE VENTURA
32. Cowboy BOB ELLIS
33. BULL RAMOS
34. BAD LEROY BROWN
35. HOLLYWOOD BLOND JERRY BROWN
36. JIMMY SNUKA
37. MANIAC JOHN TOLOS
38. GORILLA MONSOON
39. BULLDOG DON KENT
40. MIL MASCARAS
41. MOOSE MOROWSKI
42. KURT VON HESS
43. THUNDERBOLT PATTERSEN
44. TED DEBIASI
45. GENE KINISKI
46. VERNE GAGNE
47.BOBBY JAGGERS
48. GREG VALENTINE
49. MR. ITO
50. BARON VON KRUPP
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Universal Wrestling Association
World Heavyweight Title
(as of 2008/08/15)
[ ]
Lou Thesz 77/08/15
Awarded as the first champion for having a time limit draw against Mil Mascaras on the UWA's first card on 75/07/26.
Canek 78/08/27 Mexico City
Tiger Jeet Singh 80/01/17 Mexico City
Antonio Inoki 80/04/13 Mexico City
Tiger Jeet Singh [2] 80/10/24 Okinawa, JPN
Canek [2] 81/02/15 Naucalpan
Riki Choshu
International Wrestling Association
International/World Heavyweight Title
(as of 2008/03/01)
Mil Mascaras 75/03< Savannah, GA *
Wins a tournament to become first champion; recognized as world champion after 75/05; promotion closes in 77; continues to defend the title in Mexico and Japan.
World Wrestling Association
World Heavyweight Title
(as of 2009/03/29)
Bill Anderson 86/10/04 Los Angeles, CA
Defeats Tinieblas to become first champion.
Tinieblas 87/01/31 Los Angeles, CA
Super Halcon 87/08< Los Angeles, CA
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Dos Caras
El Scorpio 90/09/19 Naucalpan
Mil Mascaras 91/10/25 Tijuana
Vacates? in 94.
Perro Aguayo 94/09/18 Nuevo Laredo
Defeats Cien Caras.
Cien Caras 95<
Perro Aguayo [2] 95/10/04 Aguascalientes
Cibernetico 95/10/27 Tehuacan
Perro Aguayo [3] 95/12/15 Mexico City
Cobarde Jr. 97/06/27 Tala, Jalisco
Mil Mascaras [2] 99<
Vacant.
Rayo de Jalisco Jr
AMERICAN WRESTLING ASSOCIATION
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
[ ]
Pat O'Connor 59/01/09 St. Louis, MO
Reigning NWA World Heavyweight champion, recognized as the first AWA World Heavyweight champion in 60/05, but given 90 days to defend the title against Verne Gagne or be stripped.
Verne Gagne 60/08/16
Awarded after O'Connor fails to defend the title against Gagne.
Gene Kiniski 61/07/11 Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne [2] 61/08/08 Minneapolis, MN
Mister M (Bill Miller) 62/01/09 Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne [3] 62/08/21 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski 63/07/09 Minneapolis, MN
Has won Omaha world title from Verne Gagne on 63/02/15 in Omaha, NE.
Verne Gagne [4] 63/07/20 Minneapolis, MN
Wins both Omaha and AWA titles.
Fritz Von Erich 63/07/27 Omaha, NE
Wins both Omaha and AWA titles.
Verne Gagne [5] 63/08/08 Amarillo, TX
Wins AWA world title; defeats Von Erich on 63/09/07 in Omaha, NE to unify Omaha World title.
Crusher Lisowski [2] 63/11/16 St. Paul, MN
Verne Gagne [6] 63/12/14 Minneapolis, MN
Mad Dog Vachon 64/05/02 Omaha, NE
Verne Gagne [7] 64/05/16 Omaha, NE
Mad Dog Vachon [2] 64/10/20 Minneapolis, MN
Mighty Igor Vodic 65/05/15 Omaha, NE
Mad Dog Vachon [3] 65/05/22 Omaha, NE
Crusher Lisowski [3] 65/08/21 St. Paul, MN
Mad Dog Vachon [4] 65/11/12 Denver, CO
Tim Woods # 66/01/08 Omaha, NE
Mad Dog Vachon # 66/01/14 Omaha, NE
AWA president Stanley Blackburn reviews the match from 66/01/08 and declares it "no contenst" on 66/01/14 since Woods's legs are on the rope while pinning Vachon during the final fall; Vachon defeats Woods on 66/01/14.
Dick the Bruiser 66/11/12 Omaha, NE
Mad Dog Vachon [5] 66/11/19 Omaha, NE
Verne Gagne [8] 67/02/26 St. Paul, MN
Dr. X (Dick Beyer) 68/08/17 Bloomington, MN
Verne Gagne [9] 68/08/31 Minneapolis, MN
Nick Bockwinkel 75/11/08 St. Paul, MN
Wrestle to a double cout-out against WWF Heavyweight champion Bob Backlund on 79/03/25 in Toronto, ON.
Verne Gagne [10] 80/07/18 Chicago, IL
Nick Bockwinkel [2] 81/05/19
Awarded when Gagne retires.
Hulk Hogan # 82/04/18 St. Paul, MN
Defeats Bockwinkle, with both parties using a foreign object during the match, and is declared by the referee as champion.
Nick Bockwinkel # 82/04/24
Awarded back by AWA president Stanley Blackburn due to the involvement of a foreign object during the match.
Otto Wanz 82/08/29 St. Paul, MN
Nick Bockwinkel [3] 82/10/09 Chicago, IL
Jerry Lawler # 82/12/27 Memphis, TN
Held up afterwards.
Nick Bockwinkel # 83/01/10 Memphis, TN
Defeats Lawler in rematch; Hulk Hogan defeats Bockwinkle on 83/04/24 in Minneapolis, MN in a no DQ match; however, AWA president Stanley Blackburn, unable to disqualify Hogan for throwing Bockwinkle over the tope rope, strips Hogan of the title anyway and returns it to Bockwinkle right after the match.
Jumbo Tsuruta 84/02/23 Tokyo, JPN
Rick Martel 84/05/13 St. Paul, MN
Wrestles to a double count-out against NWA World heavyweight champion Ric Flair on 85/10/21 in Tokyo, JPN.
Stan Hansen 85/12/29 E. Rutherford, NJ
Nick Bockwinkel [3] 86/06/29 Denver, CO
Awarded when Hansen leaves the promotion after not appearing the match on 86/06/28 in Denver, CO, but Hansen takes the belt and defends it on All Japan cards in 86/07.
Curt Hennig 87/05/02 San Francisco, CA
Jerry Lawler 88/05/09 Memphis, TN
Unifies WCWA World title defeating Kerry Von Erich on 88/12/13 in Chicago, IL to become Unified World Heavyweight Champion, but stripped of AWA title on 89/01/20 after CWA splits with AWA.
Larry Zbyszko 89/02/07 St. Paul, MN
Wins title in battle royal, eliminating Tom Zenk.
Mr. Saito (Masa Saito) 90/02/10 Tokyo, JPN
Larry Zbyszko [2] 90/04/08 St. Paul, MN
Stripped on 90/12/12 when Zbyszko leaves inactive AWA for WCW; AWA closes in 91; still claims the title as of 95/01.
* See also AWA World Heavyweight Title (AWA Superstars of Wrestling).
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The Records of the AWA World Heavyweight Title Matches