AWA United States Heavyweight Championship

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AWA United States Championship
Details
Date established September 3, 1953
Date retired 1963
Promotion National Wrestling Alliance (1953-1960)
NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club (1958-1960)
American Wrestling Association (1960-1962)
Other name(s)
  • NWA United States Championship (Chicago Version)

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 linage 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]

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
[Note #] Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.
# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Verne Gagne 1 September 3, 1953 [Note 1] N/A House show Gange was awarded the championship [1][2]
                 
2 Wilbur Snyder 1 April 7, 1956 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Chicago, Illinois House show   [1][2]
3 Hans Schmidt 1 October 19, 1956 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Chicago, Illinois House show   [1][2]
4 Wilbur Snyder 2 February 19, 1957 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Chicago, Illinois House show   [1][2]
5 Dick the Bruiser 1 December 14, 1957 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Chicago, Illinois House show   [1][2]
6 Verne Gagne 2 April 12, 1958 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Chicago, Illinois House show   [1][2]
The title was split from the original championship, which retained the same joint lineage in the Chicago territory. Minneapolis version renamed "AWA United States Championship" in 1960.
- Vacated - August 16, 1960 N/A N/A N/A Vacated when Gagne won AWA World Heavyweight Championship. [1][2]
7 Gene Kiniski 1 November 19, 1960 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1][2]
8 Wilbur Snyder 3 December 6, 1960 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Minnesota House show   [1][2]
9 Gene Kiniski 2 December 13, 1960 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1][2]
10 Wilbur Snyder 4 February 15, 1961 [Note 2] Duluth, Minnesota House show   [1][2]
11 Gene Kiniski 3 February 1961 [Note 3] [Note 4] House show   [1][2]
12 Wilbur Snyder 5 March 1, 1961 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Duluth, Minnesota House show   [1][2]
13 Gene Kiniski 4 April 1, 1961 [Note 5] Saint Paul, Minnesota House show   [1][2]
14 Hard Boiled Haggerty 1 September 1961 [Note 6] Minnesota House show Sometime after September 5, 1961. [1][2]
15 Mr. M 1 October 17, 1961 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Minneapolis, Minnesota House show   [1][2]
- Vacated - January 9, 1962 N/A N/A N/A Vacated when Mr. M won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. [1][2]
16 Pat O'Connor 1 February 1962 [Note 7] [Note 4] House show Was awarded the NWA version of the IS Championship on August 24, 1961; also recognized as champion in the AWA territories. [1][2]
- Title retired - 1962 N/A N/A N/A The United States Championship was abandoned by the AWA. [1][2]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The championship history between 1953 and 1956 has not been documented, making the length of the first reign too uncertain to calculate.
  2. ↑ The exact date that the championship was lost has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 1 day and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist..
  3. ↑ The exact date that the championship was won has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 1 day and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist..
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  5. ↑ The exact date that the championship was lost has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist..
  6. ↑ The exact date that the championship was won has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist..
  7. ↑ 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. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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