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Professional wrestling championship
NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version ) Promotion Maple Leaf Wrestling Date established June 1941 Date retired 1967
The Toronto version of the NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship was a major singles title in that city's NWA affiliate, Maple Leaf Wrestling , from 1941 until 1967, when the title was abandoned.[1]
Title history [ edit ]
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
Earl McCready
June 1941
Stampede show
N/A
1
N/A
Reigning New Zealand version champion - recognized in Toronto
2
Nanjo Singh
February 12, 1942
Stampede show
N/A
1
77
3
Whipper Billy Watson
April 30, 1942
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
1
154
4
John Katan
October 1, 1942
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
1
41
5
Earl McCready
November 11, 1942
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
2
22
6
John Katan
December 3, 1942
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
2
56
7
Whipper Billy Watson
January 28, 1943
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
2
N/A
Defeated Nanjo Singh when Katan no-showed a scheduled defense; defeated Katan on February 25, 1943
8
Jack Claybourne
1943
Stampede show
N/A
1
N/A
9
Whipper Billy Watson
March 18, 1943
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
3
70
10
Yvon Robert
May 27, 1943
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
1
7
—
Vacated
June 3, 1943
—
—
—
—
Title held up after Robert Defeated Whipper Billy Watson by DQ in Toronto, ON
11
Whipper Billy Watson
June 10, 1943
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
4
42
Defeated Robert in rematch
12
Earl McCready
July 22, 1943
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
3
N/A
—
N/A
—
—
13
Whipper Billy Watson
July 1944 (NLT)
Stampede show
N/A
5
N/A
Unknown whom Watson defeated for the title
14
Frank Sexton
N/A
Stampede show
N/A
1
N/A
15
Whipper Billy Watson
October 26, 1944
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
6
848
—
Vacated
February 21, 1947
—
—
—
—
Watson won the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight title
16
Nanjo Singh
May 13, 1948
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
2
21
17
Whipper Billy Watson
June 3, 1948
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
7
273
18
Fred Atkins
March 3, 1949
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
1
152
[2]
19
Whipper Billy Watson
August 2, 1949
Stampede show
Hamilton, ON
8
65
20
Yvon Robert
October 6, 1949
Stampede show
Montreal, QC
2
42
21
Whipper Billy Watson
November 17, 1949
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
9
69
22
Yvon Robert
January 25, 1950
Stampede show
Montreal, QC
3
260
23
Whipper Billy Watson
October 12, 1950
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
9
1,981
—
Vacated
March 15, 1956
—
—
—
—
Watson won the NWA World Heavyweight title
24
Pat O'Connor
March 29, 1956
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
1
399
Defeated Lord Athol Layton
26
Gene Kiniski
May 2, 1957
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
5
35
26
Whipper Billy Watson
June 6, 1957
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
10
680
27
Gene Kiniski
April 17, 1959
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
2
62
[3]
28
Whipper Billy Watson
June 18, 1959
Stampede show
Toronto, ON
11
N/A
—
Deactivated
1967
—
—
—
—
Title abandoned
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