Professional wrestling championship
AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship |
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Details |
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Promotion | American Wrestling Association |
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Date established | 1967 |
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Date retired | September 2, 1972 |
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Statistics |
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First champion(s) | Dale Lewis |
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Most reigns | Stan Pulaski (6 Times) |
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Longest reign | The Claw (211 days) |
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Shortest reign | Mike DiBiase (7 days) |
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The AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship was a title in the late 1960s and early 1970s 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 No. | Overall reign number |
Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days |
1 | Dale Lewis | 1967 | House show | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | | [1] |
2 | Bobby Shane | 1967 | House show | N/A | 1 | [Note 2] | | [1] |
3 | Bob Orton | July 15, 1967 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | 105 | | [1] |
4 | Rock Rogowski | October 28, 1967 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | 14 | | [1] |
5 | Bob Orton | November 11, 1967 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 2 | 28 | | [1] |
6 | Mighty Igor Vodic | December 9, 1967 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | 28 | | [1] |
7 | Mike Dibiase | January 6, 1968 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | 161 | | [1] |
8 | Bob Ellis | June 15, 1968 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | 2 | | [1] |
9 | Mike Dibiase | August 17, 1968 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 2 | 7 | | [1] |
10 | Bob Ellis | August 24, 1968 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 2 | 94 | | [1] |
11 | Mike Dibiase | November 26, 1968 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 3 | 67 | | [1] |
12 | Stan Pulaski | February 1, 1969 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | 259 | | [1] |
13 | Tarzan Tyler | October 18, 1969 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | 75 | | [1] |
14 | Stan Pulaski | January 1, 1970 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 2 | 14 | | [1] |
15 | Lars Anderson | January 15, 1970 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | 72 | | [1] |
16 | Stan Pulaski | March 28, 1970 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 3 | 26 | | [1] |
17 | Beautiful Brutus | April 23, 1970 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | 9 | | [1] |
18 | Bob Ellis | May 2, 1970 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 3 | [Note 3] | | [1] |
19 | Lars Anderson | June 1970 | House show | Lincoln, Nebraska | 2 | [Note 4] | | [1] |
20 | Bob Ellis | June 20, 1970 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 4 | 35 | | [1] |
21 | Tarzan Tyler | July 25, 1970 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 2 | 77 | | [1] |
22 | Tex Mckenzie | October 10, 1970 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | 28 | | [1] |
23 | Rock Rogowski | November 7, 1970 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 2 | 28 | | [1] |
24 | Stan Pulaski | December 5, 1970 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 4 | 34 | | [1] |
25 | The Claw[Note 5] | January 8, 1971 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | 211 | | [1] |
26 | Ramón Torres | August 7, 1971 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | [Note 6] | | [1] |
27 | Jimmy Snuka | August 1971 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | [Note 7] | | [1] |
28 | Great Kusatsu | September 11, 1971 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | 196 | | [1] |
29 | Stan Pulaski | March 25, 1972 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 5 | 14 | | [1] |
30 | Buddy Wolfe | April 8, 1972 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 1 | [Note 8] | | [1] |
| | N/A | N/A | N/A | | | Due to a "groggy" referee handing out double decisions. | [1] |
31 | Buddy Wolfe | May 6, 1972 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 2 | 28 | Defeated Stan Pulaski. | [1] |
32 | Stan Pulaski | June 3, 1972 | House show | Omaha, Nebraska | 6 | 91 | | [1] |
— | Deactivated | September 2, 1972 | — | — | — | — | | [1] |
- ^ The length of Dale Lewis' title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
- ^ The length of Bobby Shane's title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
- ^ The exact date Ellis' title reign ended has not been documented, which puts the reign at between 30 and 48 days.
- ^ The exact date Anderson's title reign began has not been documented, which puts the reign at between 1 day and 50 days.
- ^ Tom Andrews
- ^ The exact date Torres lost the championship is undocumented, which means that his reign lasted between 1 day and 24 days.
- ^ The exact date Snuka won the championship is undocumented, which means that his reign lasted between 11 and 41 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was declared vacant is unknown, which put this rein at between 1 day and 27 days.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
AWA Midwest Heavyweight Champions
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