NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version)
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NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary) | |||||||||||||
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Promotion | Stampede Wrestling | ||||||||||||
Date established | November 1, 1946 | ||||||||||||
Date retired | 1972 | ||||||||||||
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The Calgary version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship was established in 1946, and became the top championship in Stampede Wrestling when that promotion opened in 1948; it held that status until 1972, when the title was vacated and later abandoned after the last champion, Dave Ruhl, was injured.[1]
Title history
[edit]No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Jack Taylor | 1 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | Records are unclear on how Jack Taylor became champion | [2] |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
2 | Earl McCready | April 20, 1933 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | [Note 1] | Also won the British Empire Title; still champion on October 19, 1934 and February 7, 1935. | [2] |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
3 | Jack Forsgren | November 28, 1936 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | [Note 2] | [2] | |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
4 | Pat Meehan | February 10, 1939 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | [Note 3] | Lost to Earl McCready on January 11, 1940 in Vancouver, may have been a non-title match | [2] |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
5 | Al Mills | November 1, 1946 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | [Note 4] | Defeated Chief Thunderbird; also defeated Billy Watson on February 28, 1950 in Edmonton, Alberta to be recognized as Dominion Heavyweight champion by Stampede Wrestling. | [2] |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
6 | Ski Hi Lee | February 26, 1951 | Stampede show | Edmonton, Alberta | 1 | 8 | Also billed as Western Canadian Title. | [2][3] |
7 | Al Mills | March 6, 1951 | Stampede show | Edmonton, Alberta | 2 | 56 | Also billed as Western Canadian Championship. | [2] |
8 | Jack McDonald | May 1, 1951 | Stampede show | Edmonton, Alberta | 1 | 7 | [2] | |
9 | Al Mills | May 8, 1951 | Stampede show | Edmonton, Alberta | 3 | 266 | [2] | |
10 | Ski Hi Lee | January 29, 1952 | Stampede show | Edmonton, Alberta | 2 | 7 | [2] | |
11 | Al Mills | February 5, 1952 | Stampede show | Edmonton, Alberta | 4 | 98 | Recognized as champion in the '52 Official NWA Newsletter. | [2] |
12 | Bob Langevin | May 13, 1952 | Stampede show | Edmonton, Alberta | 1 | 28 | Won by forfeit when Mills no-showed a title match. | [2] |
13 | Mr. X | June 10, 1952 | Stampede show | Edmonton, Alberta | 1 | 477 | [2] | |
14 | Al Mills | September 30, 1953 | Stampede show | Edmonton, Alberta | 5 | [Note 1] | Still/again champion as of October 21, 1953. | [2] |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
15 | Lou Newman | October 18, 1954 | Stampede show | Edmonton, Alberta | 1 | [Note 1] | Tournament for the vacant title. | [2] |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
16 | George Gordienko | June 4, 1955 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | 9 | Defeated Adrien Baillargeon in tournament final for what was billed as "Alberta Gold Belt". | [2] |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
17 | George Gordienko | June 13, 1955 | Stampede show | Lethbridge, Alberta | 2 | [Note 5] | Defeated Earl McCready | [2] |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
18 | Lou Newman | October 18, 1955 | Stampede show | Edmonton, Alberta | 1 | 176 | Defeated Al Mills | [2] |
19 | George Gordienko | April 11, 1956 | Stampede show | Regina, Saskatchewan | 3 | [Note 6] | Still champion as of March 10, 1956 | [2] |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
20 | Johnny Valentine | December 17, 1956 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | 51 | [2] | |
21 | Sammy Berg | February 6, 1957 | Stampede show | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | 1 | 0 | Title is stripped from Valentine and awarded to Berg as a result of a disputed decision on a January 30, 1957 match. | [2] |
22 | Johnny Valentine | February 6, 1957 | Stampede show | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | 2 | 37 | [2] | |
23 | John Paul Henning | March 15, 1957 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | [Note 1] | [2] | |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
— | Vacated | 1957 (NLT) | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [2] |
24 | Whipper Billy Watson | 1958 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | Won a tournament | [2] |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
25 | Johnny Valentine | January 1959 | Stampede show | N/A | 3 | [Note 1] | Unknown who he defeated for the title. | [2] |
25.5 | vacated | 1959 | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [2] | ||
26 | John Foti | June 5, 1959 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | [Note 7] | Defeated Charro Azteca in 8-man tournament final. | [2] |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
— | Vacated | July 14, 1959 (NET) | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [2] |
27 | Dave Ruhl | November 13, 1959 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | 336 | Defeated Al Mills | [2] |
28 | Cyclops | October 14, 1960 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | [Note 8] | [2] | |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
29 | Ed Francis | January 1961 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | [Note 9] | Unknown whom Francis defeated for the title. | [2] |
30 | John Smith | February 24, 1961 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | 105 | [2] | |
31 | John Foti | June 9, 1961 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 2 | [Note 10] | [2] | |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
32 | Killer Kowalski | November 17, 1961 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | 112 | Recognized as N.A.W.A. Canadian champion; unknown whom Kowalski defeated for the title. | [2] |
33 | Czaya Nandor | March 9, 1962 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | [Note 11] | [2] | |
34 | Alexis Bruga | March 1962 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | [Note 12] | [2] | |
35 | Czaya Nandor | March 23, 1962 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 2 | [Note 13] | [2] | |
36 | Killer Kowalski | May 1962 | Stampede show | N/A | 2 | [Note 14] | [2] | |
37 | Czaya Nandor | May 12, 1962 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 3 | 55 | [2] | |
38 | Killer Kowalski | July 6, 1962 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 3 | [Note 15] | [2] | |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
39 | Waldo Von Erich | March 9, 1964 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | Unknown whom Von Erich defeated for the title and still/again champion as of July 6, 1964. | [2] |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
40 | Don Leo Jonathan | 1964 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | Unknown whom Jonathan defeated for the title. | [2] |
41 | Stan Stasiak | 1965 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | [2] | |
42 | Don Leo Jonathan | 1965 | Stampede show | N/A | 2 | [Note 1] | [2] | |
43 | Sweet Daddy Siki | 1965 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | [2] | |
44 | Dave Ruhl | 1966 | Stampede show | N/A | 2 | [Note 1] | [2] | |
45 | The Beast | 1966 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | [2] | |
46 | Dave Ruhl | December 6, 1966 | Stampede show | N/A | 3 | [Note 16] | [2] | |
47 | Stan Stasiak | March 1967 | Stampede show | N/A | 2 | [Note 1] | [2] | |
48 | Luther Lindsay | 1967 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | [2] | |
49 | Stan Stasiak | June 5, 1967 | Stampede show | N/A | 3 | 22 | [2] | |
50 | Dave Ruhl | June 27, 1967 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 4 | 2 | [2] | |
51 | Stan Stasiak | June 29, 1967 | Stampede show | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | 4 | 5 | [2] | |
52 | Dave Ruhl | July 4, 1967 | Stampede show | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | 5 | 136 | [2] | |
53 | Archie Gouldie | November 17, 1967 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | −254 | [2] | |
54 | Ox Baker | March 8, 1967 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | 7 | [2] | |
55 | Waldo Von Erich | March 15, 1967 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 2 | [Note 17] | [2] | |
— | N/A | — | — | |||||
56 | Dave Ruhl | December 2, 1967 | Stampede show | N/A | 6 | 755 | [2] | |
57 | Danny Lynch | December 26, 1969 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | 14 | [2] | |
58 | Dave Ruhl | January 9, 1970 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 7 | 21 | [2] | |
59 | Abdullah the Butcher | January 30, 1970 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | 21 | [2] | |
60 | Billy Robinson | February 20, 1970 | Stampede show | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | [Note 1] | [2] | |
61 | Dave Ruhl | 1971 | Stampede show | N/A | 8 | [Note 1] | [2] | |
— | Vacated | 1972 | — | — | — | — | Rhul was injured and the championship was abandoned | [2] |
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r The length of this championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 804 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 2,821 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 1,578 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 127 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 250 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 39 and 161 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between −287 and −257 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 390 and 420 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 161 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 13 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 13 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 39 and 50 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 12 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 612 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 85 and 115 days.
- ^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 262 days.
References
[edit]- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ 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 aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm "TBD". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (February 26, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/26): Verne Gagne wins AWA title on his birthday". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 27, 2017.