North American Heavyweight Championship

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This is a List of North American Championships defended in the Maritimes from 1969 to 1984

Mostly under the banner of International Wrestling which was owned by Eastern Sports Association - (69-76)

[edit] North American Heavyweight Title

The Beast (Ivan Cormier)69/07/08<

Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie 69/08/26<

Bobo Brazil 69/10/07<

Bobby Red Cloud 70/05/19<

Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie [2] 70/06/02<

The Beast [2] 70/08/04<

Eric Pomeroy 71/05/11<

Leo Burke (Cormier) 71/06/22<

Gino Brito 71/09/22 Halifax, NS

Leo Burke [2] 71/09/27 Halifax, NS

Killer Karl Krupp (George "Dutch" Momberg) 72/06/10<

Eric Pomeroy [2] 72/07

Killer Karl Krupp [2] 72/07/25 Halifax, NS

The Beast [3] 72/09/12 Halifax, NS

Jim Dillon 73/05

Killer Karl Krupp [3] 73/08

Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie [3] 73/09

At Season end (Oct.), the Stomper returned to Stampede Wrestling, and in Dec. won their NA title from Omar Atlas,
Then on Feb. 22/74 in Calgary, The Stomper lost the (Stampede) North American Title to Harley Race, ESA may have used this
title change to explain Harley Race entering the Maritimes at the start of the 1974 season in possession of the North American
belt - omitting that the Stomper had won back the Stampede version in March.

Harley Race 74/05/07<

Leo Burke [3] 74/05

Great Kuma (Motoshi Okuma) 74/05

The Beast [4] 74/06

Great Kuma [2] 74/06

Eric Pomeroy [3] 74/07

Bolo Mongol 74/08

Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie [4] 74/09

Bolo Mongol [2] 74/09

Leo Burke [4] 75/05/06< (supposed win in Detroit)

Bob Brown 75/07/29

Leo Burke 75/10/21 (Substituting for Pat O’Connor)

Bob Brown 75 returned to Brown upon appeal !

Rudy Kay (Cormier) 75/11

Vacent - season ended without notice, leaving Rudy Kay unable to defend within 30 days

Tommy Gilbert 76/04/24< tournament win (USA!)

The Brute 76/05

Tommy Gilbert [2] 76/05/27 St. John, NB

The Brute [2] 76/06

Leo Burke [5] 76/09

Michel Dubois 76 * (not verified)

 Moved to Trans-Canada Wrestling (Promoter Bobby Kay) in 1977.

Steve Bolus 77/06/09< arrives as champion

Frenchy Martin 77/06

Leo Burke [6] 77/07/14

TCW folds 77/07 title discontinued

There will not be a North American Title in the Maritimes again until 1984, when there were two of them!
 (1) 84/04 Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie arrives at rival Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling as North American Champion,
this was a newly created title for AGPW.
 (2) 84/06 Leo Burke arrives at International Wrestling as North American Champion, this title had a history with Toronto’s 
Maple Leaf Wrestling, starting in 1982, when Leo Burke arrived there as Champion, he may have worn the old ESA/North American belt.

Leo Burke 82/10<

Johnny Weaver 83/04/10 Toronto

Leo Burke [2] 83/05/29 Toronto

84/06 Maple Leaf Wrestling sold to WWF, Leo Burke returns to Maritimes (Zinck) as North American champion

84/08 The Stomper

jumped to International Wrestling, won title unification match over Leo Burke

IW promotion ends with end of 1984 season, title discontinued