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Pat O'Connor |
1 |
May 1960 |
N/A |
Held
NWA World Heavyweight Championship, won on
January 9,
1959 in
St. Louis, Missouri; recognized as the first AWA
World Champion, but was given 90 days to defend the
title against
Verne Gagne or be stripped of the title.[1] |
|
Verne Gagne |
1 |
August 16,
1960 |
N/A |
Awarded after
O'Connor failed to defend the title.[1] |
|
Gene Kiniski |
1 |
July 11,
1961 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
[1] |
| Verne Gagne |
2 |
August 8, 1961 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
[1] |
|
Mr. M |
1 |
January 9,
1962 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
[1] |
| Verne Gagne |
3 |
August 21, 1962 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
[1] |
|
The Crusher |
1 |
July 9,
1963 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Also won
Omaha version of World Heavyweight Championship
from
Fritz Von Erich on
February 15,
1963 in
Omaha, Nebraska.[1] |
| Verne Gagne |
4 |
July 20, 1963 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Wins both the AWA
title and the Omaha title.[1] |
|
Fritz Von Erich |
1 |
July 27, 1963 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
Wins both the
AWA title and the Omaha title.[1] |
| Verne Gagne |
5 |
August 8, 1963 |
Amarillo, Texas |
Wins AWA title
only; also wins Omaha title from
Fritz Von Erich on
September 7,
1963 in Omaha, Nebraska to unify the titles.[1] |
| The Crusher |
2 |
November 28, 1963 |
Saint Paul, Minnesota |
[1] |
| Verne Gagne |
6 |
December 14, 1963 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
[1] |
|
Maurice Vachon |
1 |
May 2,
1964 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
[1] |
| Verne Gagne |
7 |
May 15, 1964 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
[1] |
| Maurice Vachon |
2 |
October 20, 1964 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
[1] |
|
Mighty Igor Vodic |
1 |
May 15,
1965 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
[1] |
| Maurice Vachon |
3 |
May 22, 1965 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
[1] |
| The Crusher |
3 |
August 21, 1965 |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
[1] |
| Maurice Vachon |
4 |
November 12, 1965 |
Denver, Colorado |
[1] |
|
Dick The Bruiser |
1 |
November 12,
1966 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
[1] |
| Maurice Vachon |
5 |
November 19, 1966 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
[1] |
| Verne Gagne |
8 |
February 26,
1967 |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
[1] |
| Dr. X (Dick
Beyer) |
1 |
August 17,
1968 |
Bloomington, Minnesota |
[1] |
| Verne Gagne |
9 |
August 31, 1968 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
[1] |
|
Nick Bockwinkel |
1 |
November 8,
1975 |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
[1] |
| Verne Gagne |
10 |
July 18,
1980 |
Chicago, Illinois |
Gagne retired from
active wrestling while still the champion.[1] |
| Nick Bockwinkel |
2 |
May 19,
1981 |
N/A |
Awarded the
title when Gagne retired.[1] |
|
Hulk Hogan† |
1 |
April 18,
1982 |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
Hogan's victory was
overturned by AWA President Stanley Blackburn on
April 24,
1982 as a result of the use of a foreign object
by Hogan on Bockwinkel in the course of the bout,
with Hogan's reign unrecognized. |
| Nick Bockwinkel |
2 |
April 24, 1982 |
|
Returned to
Bockwinkel by AWA president Stanley Blackburn due to
the involvement of a foreign object in the match.
Since Hogan was never recognized as a champion,
Bockwinkel was recognized as 2 time champion, not 3
times |
|
Otto Wanz |
1 |
August 29, 1982 |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
[1] |
| Nick Bockwinkel |
3 |
October 9, 1982 |
Chicago, Illinois |
[1] |
| Hulk Hogan† |
2 |
April 24,
1983 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Hogan's victory was
overturned by AWA President Stanley Blackburn
immediately following the bout, with Hogan's reign
unrecognized. |
| Nick Bockwinkel |
3 |
April 24, 1983 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
After the match
Blackburn came down to the ring and tried to have
Hogan disqualified for having thrown Bockwinkel over
the top rope, but since this was a no
disqualification match, Blackburn simply stripped
Hogan of the belt and again returned it to
Bockwinkel. Understandably upset at the way he had
been treated, Hogan left the AWA shortly thereafter.
Neither of the Hogan's wins were officially
recognized by the AWA. |
|
Jumbo Tsuruta |
1 |
February 22,
1984 |
Tokyo, Japan |
[1] |
|
Rick Martel |
1 |
May 13,
1984 |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
[1] |
|
Stan Hansen |
1 |
December 29,
1985 |
East Rutherford, New Jersey |
[1] |
| Nick Bockwinkel |
4 |
June 28,
1986 |
Denver, Colorado |
Awarded when
Hansen left the AWA.[1] |
|
Curt Hennig |
1 |
May 2,
1987 |
San Francisco, California |
Title held up
immediately after the match due to controversy over
interference by Larry Zbyszko on Hennig's behalf,
but the title is returned to Hennig days later after
the AWA Championship Committee rules that there was
no evidence of interference.[1] |
|
Jerry Lawler |
1 |
May 9,
1988 |
Memphis, Tennessee |
Lawler defeated
Kerry Von Erich on
December 13,
1988 in
Chicago, Illinois to win the
World Class Heavyweight Championship, and become
the first
Unified World Heavyweight Champion. He was
nevertheless stripped of the AWA title on
January 20,
1989 after the
Continental Wrestling Association split with the
AWA.[1] |
|
Larry Zbyszko |
1 |
February 7,
1989 |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
Zbyszko won the
vacant title by winning a battle royal, last
eliminating
Tom Zenk.[1] |
|
Masa Saito |
1 |
February 10,
">
1990 |
Tokyo, Japan |
[1] |
| Larry Zbyszko |
2 |
April 8, 1990 |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
Title was stripped
on
December 12, 1990 when Zbyszko left the inactive
AWA for
WCW. The AWA closed in 1991.[1] |
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