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Current Champion
"The Disciple" Brian Logan
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Title Holder |
Title Win |
Date |
Location |
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Pat O'Connor |
Pat
O'Connor was recognized as the first AWA World Heavyweight Champion in May 1960,
but was given 90 days to defend the title against Verne Gagne or be stripped of
the title. |
1/9/59 |
Saint
Louis, MO |
|
Verne Gagne |
The
title was awarded to Verne Gagne after
Pat O'Connor failed to defend the title against Gagne. |
8/16/60 |
|
|
Gene Kiniski |
Defeated Verne Gagne |
7/11/61 |
Minneapolis, MN |
|
Verne Gagne (2) |
Defeated Gene
Kiniski |
8/8/61 |
Minneapolis, MN |
|
Mister M (Bill Miller) |
Defeated Verne Gagne |
1/9/62 |
Minneapolis, MN |
|
Verne Gagne (3) |
Defeated Mister M
(Bill Miller) |
8/21/62 |
Minneapolis, MN |
|
Crusher Lisowski |
Crusher
Lisowski won the Omaha version of the World Heavyweight title from Fritz Von
Erich on February 15, 1963 in Omaha, Nebraska. |
7/9/63 |
Minneapolis, MN |
|
Verne Gagne (4) |
Verne Gagne
won both the Omaha version and the AWA World title. |
7/20/63 |
Minneapolis, MN |
|
Fritz Von Erich |
Fritz
Von Erich won both the Omaha version and the AWA World title. |
7/27/63 |
Omaha, NE |
|
Verne Gagne (5) |
Verne Gagne won the AWA World title. He then defeated Fritz
Von Erich on September 7, 1963 in Omaha, NE to unify both titles. |
8/8/63 |
Amarillo, TX |
|
Crusher Lisowski (2) |
Defeated Verne Gagne |
11/28/63 |
Saint
Paul, MN |
|
Verne Gagne (6) |
Defeated Crusher
Lisowski |
12/14/63 |
Minneapolis, MN |
|
Maurice Vachon |
Defeated Verne Gagne |
5/2/64 |
Omaha, NE |
|
Verne Gagne (7) |
Defeated Maurice
Vachon |
5/15/64 |
Omaha, NE |
|
Maurice Vachon (2) |
Defeated Verne Gagne |
10/20/64 |
Minneapolis, MN |
|
Mighty Igor Vodic |
Defeated Maurice
Vachon |
5/15/65 |
Omaha, NE |
|
Maurice Vachon (3) |
Defeated Mighty Igor
Vodic |
5/22/65 |
Omaha, NE |
|
Crusher Lisowski (3) |
Defeated Maurice
Vachon |
8/21/65 |
Saint
Paul, MN |
|
Maurice Vachon (4) |
Defeated Crusher
Lisowski |
11/12/65 |
Denver, CO |
|
Dick The Bruiser |
Defeated Maurice
Vachon |
111/1266 |
Omaha, NE |
|
Maurice Vachon (5) |
Defeated Dick The
Bruiser |
11/19/66 |
Omaha, NE |
|
Verne Gagne (8) |
Defeated Maurice
Vachon |
2/26/67 |
Saint
Paul, MN |
|
Dr. X (Dick Beyer) |
Defeated Verne Gagne |
8/17/68 |
Bloomington, MN |
|
Verne Gagne (9) |
Defeated Dr. X (Dick
Beyer) |
8/31/68 |
Minneapolis, MN |
|
Nick Bockwinkle |
Defeated Verne Gagne |
11/8/75 |
Saint
Paul, MN |
|
Verne Gagne (10) |
Defeated Nick
Bockwinkle |
7/18/80 |
Chicago, IN |
|
Nick Bockwinkle (2) |
Nick Bockwinkle
was awarded the title when Verne Gagne retired. |
5/19/81 |
|
|
Hulk Hogan |
During this match, manager Bobby Heenan hit Hogan with a
foreign object. When he attempted to throw it to Bockwinkle
a second time, Hogan caught it and used it himself. Since
both men had used the object, the ref. allowed the victory
to stand. |
4/18/82 |
Saint Paul, MN |
|
Nick Bockwinkle (3) |
After hearing Heenan’s claims that Hogan won the title unfairly,
American Wrestling Assoc. president Stanley Blackburn made the controversial decision
to suddenly strip Hogan of the title and return it to Bockwinkle. |
4/24/82 |
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|
Otto Wanz |
Defeated Nick
Bockwinkle |
8/29/82 |
Saint
Paul, MN |
|
Nick Bockwinkle (4) |
Defeated Otto Wanz |
10/9/82 |
Chicago, IN |
|
Hulk Hogan (2) |
To insure that the controversy of their previous encounter
would not happen again, this was a no DQ match. Hogan Defeated Bockwinkle. |
4/24/83 |
Minneapolis, MN |
|
Nick Bockwinkle (5) |
After
the match Blackburn came down to the ring and tried to have Hogan disqualified
for having thrown Bockwinkle over the top rope. But since this was a no DQ
match, Blackburn simply stripped Hogan of the belt and again returned it to
Bockwinkle. Understandably upset at the way he had been treated, Hogan left the
American Wrestling Assoc. shortly thereafter. |
4/24/83 |
Minneapolis, MN |
|
Jumbo Tsuruta |
Defeated Nick
Bockwinkle |
2/22/84 |
Tokyo, Japan |
|
Rick Martel |
Rick Martel wrestled to a Double Count-Out against NWA World
Heavyweight Champion, Ric Flair, on October 2, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. |
5/13/1984 |
Saint
Paul, MN |
|
Stan Hansen |
Defeated Rick Martel |
12/29/85 |
East Rutherford, NJ |
|
Nick Bockwinkle (6) |
The title was awarded to Nick Bockwinkle
when Stan Hansen left the promotion after not appearing in a match on June 28,
1986 in Denver, Colorado, but Hansen took the belt and defended it on All-Japan
cards in July of 1986. |
6/28/86 |
Denver, CO |
|
Curt Hennig |
Defeated Nick
Bockwinkle |
5/2/87 |
San
Francisco, CA |
|
Jerry Lawler |
Jerry Lawler unified the World Class Wrestling Association
World Heavyweight Title by defeating Kerry Von Erich on
December 13, 1988 in Chicago, Illinois to become the first
Unified World Heavyweight Champion, but was stripped of
the AWA World Heavyweight title on January 20, 1989 after
the CWA split with the American Wrestling Association. |
5/9/88 |
Memphis, TN |
|
Larry Zbyszko |
Larry Zbyszko wins the title in a battle royal after
eliminating Tom Zenk. |
2/7/89 |
Saint
Paul, MN |
|
Masa Saito |
Defeated Larry Zbyszko |
2/10/90 |
Tokyo, Japan |
|
Larry Zbyszko (2) |
Defeated Masa Saito |
4/8/1990 |
Saint
Paul, MN |
|
Brian Logan |
Defeated Larry Zbyszko |
4/18/08 |
Fayetteville, WV |
|
Tony Givens |
Defeated Brian Logan |
11/1/08 |
Kingsport, TN |
|
Brian Logan (2) |
Defeated Tony Givens in a Steel Cage Match |
11/21/08 |
Buckhannon, WV |
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