NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version)

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The NWA Vancouver Canadian Heavyweight Championship was the Vancouver, British Columbia version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight title. It was the top singles title in Vancouver-based NWA All-Star Wrestling from 1982 until 1985, when the promotion withdrew from the NWA; the title was then renamed the UWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (for its fictitious sanctioning body, the Universal Wrestling Alliance) and served as a secondary singles title until 1989^[1].

[edit] History

Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
NWA Vancouver Canadian Heavyweight Championship
Silvano Sousa	1	May 1982	British Columbia	Claims to have beaten Angelo Mosca for the title
Al Tomko	1	May 31, 1982	Vancouver, BC
Mr. Pro (Buck Ramstead)	1	September 20, 1982	Vancouver, BC
Moose Morowski	1	November 15, 1982	Vancouver, BC
Igor Volkoff	1	March 21, 1983	Vancouver, BC
Al Tomko	2	May 1983		Awarded title after Volkoff is injured on May 2, 1983; Snake Williams defeats Tomko on December 17, 1983 in Cloverdale, BC, but the title is returned due to outside interference
Moondog Moretti	1	February 20, 1984	British Columbia
Al Tomko	3	April 16, 1984	Vancouver, BC
Wojo Yawrenko	1	May 16, 1984	Abbotsford, BC
Al Tomko	4	1984		Awarded title when Yawrenko leaves the promotion
Sonny Myers	1	December 1, 1984	Cloverdale, BC
Vacant		January 1985		Declared vacant after a match against Al Tomko
Elton Stanton	1	January 19, 1985	Cloverdale, BC	Defeats Butch Moffat in tournament final; Gerry Morrow defeats Stanton around May 1985, but the title is returned because Morrow is not the scheduled opponent
Stripped		July 1985		Stanton is suspended
Al Tomko	5	October 10, 1985	Cloverdale, BC	Defeats Moose Morowski
Renamed UWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship
Mike Stone	1	March 20, 1986	Victoria, BC


Timothy Flowers	1	?	British Columbia	Records unclear whom Flowers defeated for the title
Jonathan Sayers	1	October 1987	Burnaby, BC
Bruiser Costa	1	October 1987	British Columbia
Vacant		November 1987		Title vacated
John Tenta	1	November 28, 1987	Cloverdale, BC	Defeats JR Bundy


Sweet Daddy Sampson	1	1988	British Columbia	Records unclear whom Sampson defeated for the title
Thor (Ole Olsen)	1	1988	British Columbia
The Olympian (Mike Roselli)	1	?	British Columbia
Pat Brady	1	?	British Columbia
Steve E. Ocean	1	?	British Columbia
Dan Denton	1	June 1989	British Columbia
Title retired		1989		Promotion closes