AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship
Professional wrestling championship
The AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship was a title in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the American Wrestling Association . It was primarily defended in the Omaha, Nebraska area and was a title for mid-level wrestlers.[1]
Title history
Key
No.
Overall reign number
Reign
Reign number for the specific champion
Days
Number of days held
No.
Champion
Championship change
Reign statistics
Notes
Ref.
Date
Event
Location
Reign
Days
1
Dale Lewis
1967
House show
N/A
1
[Note 1]
[1]
2
Bobby Shane
1967
House show
N/A
1
[Note 2]
[1]
3
Bob Orton
July 15, 1967
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
105
[1]
4
Rock Rogowski
October 28, 1967
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
14
[1]
5
Bob Orton
November 11, 1967
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
2
28
[1]
6
Mighty Igor Vodic
December 9, 1967
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
28
[1]
7
Mike Dibiase
January 6, 1968
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
161
[1]
8
Bob Ellis
June 15, 1968
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
2
[1]
9
Mike Dibiase
August 17, 1968
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
2
7
[1]
10
Bob Ellis
August 24, 1968
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
2
94
[1]
11
Mike Dibiase
November 26, 1968
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
3
67
[1]
12
Stan Pulaski
February 1, 1969
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
259
[1]
13
Tarzan Tyler
October 18, 1969
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
75
[1]
14
Stan Pulaski
January 1, 1970
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
2
14
[1]
15
Lars Anderson
January 15, 1970
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
72
[1]
16
Stan Pulaski
March 28, 1970
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
3
26
[1]
17
Beautiful Brutus
April 23, 1970
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
9
[1]
18
Bob Ellis
May 2, 1970
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
3
[Note 3]
[1]
19
Lars Anderson
June 1970
House show
Lincoln, Nebraska
2
[Note 4]
[1]
20
Bob Ellis
June 20, 1970
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
4
35
[1]
21
Tarzan Tyler
July 25, 1970
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
2
77
[1]
22
Tex Mckenzie
October 10, 1970
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
28
[1]
23
Rock Rogowski
November 7, 1970
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
2
28
[1]
24
Stan Pulaski
December 5, 1970
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
4
34
[1]
25
The Claw [Note 5]
January 8, 1971
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
211
[1]
26
Ramón Torres
August 7, 1971
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
[Note 6]
[1]
27
Jimmy Snuka
August 1971
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
[Note 7]
[1]
28
Great Kusatsu
September 11, 1971
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
196
[1]
29
Stan Pulaski
March 25, 1972
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
5
14
[1]
30
Buddy Wolfe
April 8, 1972
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
1
[Note 8]
[1]
N/A
N/A
N/A
Due to a "groggy" referee handing out double decisions.
[1]
31
Buddy Wolfe
May 6, 1972
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
2
28
Defeated Stan Pulaski.
[1]
32
Stan Pulaski
June 3, 1972
House show
Omaha, Nebraska
6
91
[1]
—
Deactivated
September 2, 1972
—
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—
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[1]
^ The length of Dale Lewis' title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
^ The length of Bobby Shane's title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
^ The exact date Ellis' title reign ended has not been documented, which puts the reign at between 30 and 48 days.
^ The exact date Anderson's title reign began has not been documented, which puts the reign at between 1 day and 50 days.
^ Tom Andrews
^ The exact date Torres lost the championship is undocumented, which means that his reign lasted between 1 day and 24 days.
^ The exact date Snuka won the championship is undocumented, which means that his reign lasted between 11 and 41 days.
^ The exact date the championship was declared vacant is unknown, which put this rein at between 1 day and 27 days.
References
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