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AWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY
| Champion |
Date |
Location |
Notes |
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| Pat O'Connor |
59/01/09 |
St. Louis, MO |
1 |
| Verne Gagne |
60/08/16 |
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Awarded after O'Connor fails to defend. |
| Gene Kiniski |
61/07/11 |
Minneapolis, MN |
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| Verne Gagne [2] |
61/08/08 |
Minneapolis, MN |
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| Mister M (Bill Miller) |
62/01/09 |
Minneapolis, MN |
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| Verne Gagne [3] |
62/08/21 |
Minneapolis, MN |
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| Crusher Lisowski |
63/07/09 |
Minneapolis, MN |
Wins Omaha title aswell.. |
| Verne Gagne [4] |
63/07/20 |
Minneapolis, MN |
Wins both Omaha and AWA titles. |
| Fritz Von Erich |
63/07/27 |
Omaha, NE |
Wins both Omaha and AWA titles. |
| Verne Gagne [5] |
63/08/08 |
Amarillo, TX |
Unifies AWA & Omaha titles.. |
| Crusher Lisowski [2] |
63/11/16 |
St. Paul, MN |
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| Verne Gagne [6] |
63/12/14 |
Minneapolis, MN |
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| Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon |
64/05/02 |
Omaha, NE |
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| Verne Gagne [7] |
64/05/16 |
Omaha, NE |
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| Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon [2] |
64/10/20 |
Minneapolis, MN |
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| Mighty Igor Vodic |
65/05/15 |
Omaha, NE |
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| Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon [3] |
65/05/22 |
Omaha, NE |
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| Crusher Lisowski [3] |
65/08/21 |
St. Paul, MN |
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| Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon [4] |
65/11/12 |
Denver, CO |
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| Dick the Bruiser |
66/11/12 |
Omaha, NE |
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| Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon [5] |
66/11/19 |
Omaha, NE |
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| Verne Gagne [8] |
67/02/26 |
St. Paul, MN |
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| Dr. X (Dick Beyer) |
68/08/17 |
Bloomington, MN |
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| Verne Gagne [9] |
68/08/31 |
Minneapolis, MN |
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| Nick Bockwinkel |
75/11/08 |
St. Paul, MN |
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| Verne Gagne [10] |
80/07/18 |
Chicago, IL |
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| Nick Bockwinkel [2] |
81/05/19 |
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Awarded when Gagne retires. |
| Otto Wanz |
82/08/29 |
St. Paul, MN |
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| Nick Bockwinkel [3] |
82/10/09 |
Chicago, IL |
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| Jumbo Tsuruta |
84/02/22 |
Tokyo, JAPAN |
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| Rick Martel |
84/05/13 |
St. Paul, MN |
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| Stan Hansen |
85/12/29 |
East Rutherford, NJ |
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| Nick Bockwinkel [4] |
86/06/28 |
Denver, CO |
2 |
| Curt Hennig |
87/05/02 |
San Francisco, CA |
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| Jerry Lawler |
88/05/09 |
Memphis, TN |
3 |
| Larry Zbyszko |
89/02/07 |
St. Paul, MN |
Wins title in battle royal, eliminating Tom Zenk. |
| Mr. Saito (Masa Saito) |
90/02/10 |
Tokyo, JAPAN |
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| Larry Zbyszko [2] |
90/04/08 |
St. Paul, MN |
Stripped on 90/12/12 when Zbyszko leaves inactive AWA;
AWA Closes in 1991 |
- Recognized as the first AWA World Heavyweight champion in 60/05, but given 90 days to defend the title against Verne Gagne or be stripped.
- Awarded when Hansen leaves the promotion after not appearing the match on 86/06/28 in Denver, CO, but Hansen takes the belt and defends it on All Japan cards in 86/07.
- Unifies WCWA World title defeating Kerry Von Erich on 88/12/13 in Chicago, IL to become Unified World Heavyweight Champion, but stripped of AWA title on 89/01/20 after CWA splits with AWA.
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