MWA World Heavyweight Championship

MWA World Heavyweight Championship
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Promotion Midwest Wrestling Association
Date established January 1940
Date retired October 1948

The MWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Kansas City, Kansas-based Midwest Wrestling Association (MWA). It was the direct predecessor of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship.

The title was created in 1940, and awarded to Bobby Bruns that January, in recognition of his winning the defeating Maurice Boyer in Bridgeport, Connecticut on November 10, 1939 for the Jack Pfeffer-promoted World Light Heavyweight Championship.[1] The title lasted until the MWA joined the newly formed NWA in October 1948, with the MWA champion, Orville Brown, recognized as the first NWA World Heavyweight Champion.[2][3]

Title history

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Bobby Bruns 1 January 1940 Awarded the title after defeating World Light Heavyweight Champion (Jack Pfeffer version) Maurice Boyer on November 10, 1939 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.[1]
Orville Brown 1 June 13, 1940 Kansas City, Kansas
Lee Wyckoff 1 April 17, 1941 Kansas City, Kansas
Orville Brown 2 October 16, 1941 Kansas City, Kansas
Tom Zaharias 1 March 5, 1942 Kansas City, Kansas
Orville Brown 3 June 25, 1942 Kansas City, Kansas Ed Lewis won a disputed decision over Brown on November 5, 1942.
Ed Lewis 1 November 26, 1942 Kansas City, Kansas Defeated Brown in a rematch.
Lee Wyckoff 2 January 14, 1943 Kansas City, Kansas
Orville Brown 4 February 18, 1943 Kansas City, Kansas
Lee Wyckoff 3 May 1943 Great Bend, Kansas
Orville Brown 5 June 17, 1943 Kansas City, Kansas
The Swedish Angel 1 December 3, 1943 Kansas City, Kansas
Orville Brown 6 December 9, 1943 Kansas City, Kansas Dave Levin defeated Brown in a one-fall match on April 27, 1944 in Kansas City, Kansas, and laid claim to the title. However, Brown claimed that the title could only change hands in a two-out-of-three falls match.
Dave Levin 1 May 4, 1944 Defeated Brown in a rematch.
Lee Wyckoff 4 June 29, 1944 Topeka, Kansas
Orville Brown 7 August 16, 1944 Topeka, Kansas
Bobby Bruns 2 June 20, 1946 Kansas City, Kansas
Orville Brown 8 August 8, 1946 Kansas City, Kansas
Vic Christy 1 March 14, 1947 St. Joseph, Missouri
Roy Graham 1 March 30, 1947 St. Joseph, Missouri
Orville Brown 9 April 10, 1947 Kansas City, Kansas
Tug Carlson 1 December 19, 1947 St. Joseph, Missouri
Orville Brown 10 December 26, 1947 St. Joseph, Missouri
Bobby Bruns 3 April 29, 1948 Kansas City, Kansas Won the title by disqualification.
Orville Brown 11 May 4, 1948 Kansas City, Kansas
The title was retired after the MWA joined the National Wrestling Alliance in October 1948, and Brown was recognized as its first champion.

References

  1. ^ a b "Orville Brown - biography". Puroresu Dojo. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/personalities/brown_orville/bio.html. Retrieved 2008-08-03. 
  2. ^ Duncan, Royal and Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories, Fourth Edition. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  3. ^ "M.W.A. World Heavyweight Title (Kansas City)". Puroresu Dojo. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/centralstates/mwa/mwa-h.html. Retrieved 2008-08-03. 

See also