AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship

AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship
Details
Date established 1967
Date retired September 2, 1972
Promotion American Wrestling Association

The AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship was a title in the late 1967 and early 1972 in the American Wrestling Association. It was primarily defended in the Omaha, Nebraska area and was a title for mid-level wrestlers.[1]

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
[Note #] Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.
# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Lewis, DaleDale Lewis 1 1967 [Note 1] N/A House show   [1]
2 Shane, BobbyBobby Shane 1 1967 [Note 2] N/A House show   [1]
3 Orton, BobBob Orton 1 July 15, 1967 105 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
4 Rogowski, RockRock Rogowski 1 October 28, 1967 14 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
5 Orton, BobBob Orton 2 November 11, 1967 28 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
6 Mighty Igor Vodic 1 December 9, 1967 28 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
7 Dibiase, MikeMike Dibiase 1 January 6, 1968 161 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
8 Bob Ellis 1 June 15, 1968 2 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
9 Dibiase, MikeMike Dibiase 2 August 17, 1968 7 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
10 Bob Ellis 2 August 24, 1968 104 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
11 Dibiase, MikeMike Dibiase 3 November 26, 1968 67 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
12 Stan Pulaski 1 February 1, 1969 259 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
13 Tyler, TarzanTarzan Tyler 1 October 18, 1969 75 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
14 Stan Pulaski 2 January 1, 1970 14 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
15 Anderson, LarsLars Anderson 1 January 15, 1970 72 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
16 Stan Pulaski 3 March 28, 1970 26 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
17 Beautiful Brutus 1 April 23, 1970 9 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
18 Bob Ellis 3 May 2, 1970 [Note 3] Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
19 Anderson, LarsLars Anderson 2 June 1970 [Note 4] Lincoln, Nebraska House show   [1]
20 Bob Ellis 4 June 20, 1970 35 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
21 Tyler, TarzanTarzan Tyler 2 July 25, 1970 77 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
22 Tex Mckenzie 1 October 10, 1970 28 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
23 Rogowski, RockRock Rogowski 2 November 7, 1970 28 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
24 Stan Pulaski 4 December 5, 1970 34 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
25 The Claw[Note 5] 1 January 8, 1971 211 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
26 Ramón Torres 1 August 7, 1971 [Note 6] Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
27 Snuka, JimmyJimmy Snuka 1 August 1971 [Note 7] Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
28 Great Kusatsu 1 September 11, 1971 196 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
29 Stan Pulaski 5 March 25, 1972 14 Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
30 Wolfe, BuddyBuddy Wolfe 1 April 8, 1972 [Note 8] Omaha, Nebraska House show   [1]
- Vacated - N/A N/A N/A N/A Due to a "groggy" referee handing out double decisions. [1]
31 Wolfe, BuddyBuddy Wolfe 2 May 6, 1972 28 Omaha, Nebraska House show Defeated Stan Pulaski. [1]
32 Stan Pulaski 6 June 3, 1972 91 Omaha, Nebraska House show Still champion as of September 2, 1972. [1]
- Title Retired - September 2, 1972 N/A N/A N/A Title Abandoned. [1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The lenght of Dale Lewis' title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  2. ↑ The lenght of Bobby Shane's title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  3. ↑ The exact date Ellis' title reign ended has not been documented, which puts the reign at between 30 and 48 days.
  4. ↑ The exact date Anderson's title reign began has not been documented, which puts the reign at between 1 day and 50 days.
  5. ↑ Tom Andrews
  6. ↑ The exact date Torres lost the championship is undocumented, which means that his reign lasted between 1 day and 24 days.
  7. ↑ The exact date Snuka won the championship is undocumented, which means that his reign lasted between 11 and 41 days.
  8. ↑ The exact date the championship was declared vacant is unknown, which put this rein at between 1 day and 27 days.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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