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Professional wrestling championship
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 [ 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
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]
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Deactivated
September 2, 1972
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[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 [ edit ]
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