NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Detroit version)

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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Detroit version)
Details
PromotionFred Kohler Enterprises
Big Time Wrestling
Date establishedSeptember 3, 1953
Date retiredOctober, 1980
Other name(s)
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Chicago version)
Statistics
First champion(s)
The Sheik (12 reigns)
Longest reignThe Sheik
(538 days)
Shortest reignPampero Firpo & Bobo Brazil (7 days)
Oldest championThe Sheik (53 years, 298 days)
Youngest championGino Hernandez (19 years, 147 days)
Heaviest championAbdullah the Butcher (430 lb (200 kg; 31 st))
Lightest championVerne Gagne (215 lb (98 kg; 15.4 st))

The NWA Detroit United States Heavyweight Championship was a version of the

The Sheik, Wilbur Snyder, Johnny Valentine, and multi-time AWA World Heavyweight Champions Verne Gagne and Dick the Bruiser
.

Modern Michigan-based independent wrestling promotion Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling (XICW) has a U.S. Championship belt used on their shows that is based on the design of the Detroit version of NWA United States Heavyweight Championship.[citation needed]

Title history

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Chicago version)
Verne Gagne 1 September 3, 1953
Chicago, IL
 Gagne was awarded the title.[2]
Wilbur Snyder 1 April 7, 1956
Chicago, IL
Hans Schmidt 1 October 19, 1956
Chicago, IL
Wilbur Snyder 2 February 19, 1957
Chicago, IL
Dick the Bruiser 1 December 14, 1957
Chicago, IL
Verne Gagne 2 April 12, 1958
Chicago, IL
 During this reign, Gagne creates his own splinter of the championship, later renaming it to the AWA United States Heavyweight Championship.
Wilbur Snyder 3 November 15, 1958
Chicago, IL
Angelo Poffo 1 December 27, 1958
Cincinnati, OH
Renamed NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Detroit version)
Wilbur Snyder 4 May 2, 1959
Detroit, MI
Dick the Bruiser 2 May 23, 1959
Detroit, MI
Bob Ellis
 1 June 2, 1960 Windsor, Ontario [3]
Dick the Bruiser 3 June 11, 1960
Detroit, MI
Bobo Brazil
 1 January 28, 1961
Detroit, MI
Dick the Bruiser 4 February 28, 1961 Detroit, MI [4]
Fritz Von Erich 1 December 1, 1961
Detroit, MI
Wilbur Snyder 5 1962 ?
Dick the Bruiser 5 June 2, 1962 Detroit, MI [3]
Lord Athol Layton 1 August 4, 1962 ?
Fritz Von Erich 2 June 9, 1963 Detroit, MI
Lord Athol Layton 2 July 20, 1963 Detroit, MI
Fritz Von Erich 3 October 19, 1963 Detroit, MI
Johnny Valentine 1 June 13, 1964 Detroit, MI
The Sheik
 1 February 6, 1965 Detroit, MI
Bobo Brazil 2 August 1967 ?
The Sheik
 2 October 1967 ?
Bobo Brazil 3 July 29, 1971 Detroit, MI
Pampero Firpo 1 August 12, 1972 Detroit, MI
Bobo Brazil 4 August 19, 1972 Detroit, MI
Pampero Firpo 2 October 28, 1972 Detroit, MI
Bobo Brazil 5 December 23, 1972 Detroit, MI
The Sheik
 3 December 30, 1972 Detroit, MI
Bobo Brazil 6 January 13, 1973 Detroit, MI [5]
The Sheik
 4 January 27, 1973 Detroit, MI
Johnny Valentine 2 July 7, 1973 Detroit, MI
The Sheik
 5 July 21, 1973 Detroit, MI
Johnny Valentine 3 1973 ?
The Sheik
 6 September 1973 ?
Tony Marino 1 March 2, 1974 Detroit, MI
The Sheik
 7 March 16, 1974 Detroit, MI
Bobo Brazil 7 January 25, 1975 Detroit, MI Awarded after Sheik no-shows multiple title defenses.
Abdullah the Butcher 1 February 8, 1975 Detroit, MI
Bobo Brazil 8 April 19, 1975 Detroit, MI
The Sheik
 8 July 5, 1975 Detroit, MI
Mark Lewin 1 September 27, 1975 Detroit, MI
"Bulldog" Don Kent 1 November 1, 1975 Detroit, MI
Mark Lewin 2 December 1975 ?
Vacated February 14, 1976 Title declared vacant for unknown reasons.
Bobo Brazil 9 April 21, 1976 Brazil was awarded the championship when Brute Bernard was unable to compete in a tournament final due to injury.
The Sheik
 9 May 15, 1976 Detroit, MI
Pampero Firpo 3 July 17, 1976 Detroit, MI [6]
Don Kent 2 October 16, 1976 Detroit, MI
Gino Hernandez 1 January 8, 1977 Detroit, MI
The Sheik
 10 April 2, 1977 Detroit, MI
Ox Baker 1 September 1977 Detroit, MI
The Sheik
 11 between 1977 & 1980 ?
Mighty Igor
 1 between 1977 & 1980 ?
The Sheik
 12 May 3, 1980 Detroit, MI [7]
Title Retired October 1980 Promotion closes; Sheik takes the belt to
Tri-State Wrestling Alliance
in 1991.

See also

References

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  2. ^ Hoops, Brian (September 3, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (SEPT. 3): RIC FLAIR VS. TERRY FUNK TEXAS DEATH MATCH, GREAT MUTA VS. STING, TED DIBIASE AND STAN HANSEN WINS AJPW TAG TITLES". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Hoops, Brian (June 2, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (June 2): Hogan beats Inoki to win 1st IWGP tourney, HTM's Intercontinental title reign begins". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  4. ^ Hoops, Brian (February 28, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/28): Andersen & Hansen win NWA Tag Titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  5. ^ Hoops, Brian (January 13, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/13): TNA Genesis 2013". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  6. ^ Hoops, Brian (July 17, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history, Kangaroos, Gagne vs. Kiniski in Hawaii, Gordy wins Triple Crown, Hogan wins WCW title from Flair at Bash at the Beach, famous Punk vs. Cena Chicago bout". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  7. ^ F4W Staff (May 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history: Low Ki Vs. Dewitt, Punk wins OVW title, Mutoh wins IWGP belt, Bret wins NA title, Dibiase & Dr. Death, Sheik, Watts, Fargos". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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