AWA_United_States_Championship

AWA United States Heavyweight Championship

AWA United States Heavyweight Championship

Professional wrestling championship

The AWA United States Championship was a short-lived title in the early days of the American Wrestling Association. It started out as the NWA United States Championship promoted in the Chicago, Illinois from 1953 until 1958. in 1958 then champion Verne Gagne created the American Wrestling Association (AWA) based on Minneapolis, Minnesota and took the championship with him, claiming the lineage of the Chicago version. The Chicago promotion recognized Wilbur Snyder as their next champion, splitting the lineage into their own NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. The Minneapolis version of the championship was renamed the AWA United States Championship in 1960.[1]

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Footnotes

  1. [N 1]
    The exact date that the championship was lost has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 1 day and 13.
  2. [N 2]
    The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  3. [N 3]
    The exact date that the championship was won has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 1 day and 13.
  4. [N 4]
    The exact date that the championship was lost has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 153 days and 182.
  5. [N 5]
    The exact date that the championship was won has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 17 days and 41.
  6. [N 6]
    The exact date the championship was abandoned has not been documented, which means that the title reign is too uncertain to calculate.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. [2]
    "United States Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
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