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Canadian International Heavyweight Championship Promotion Lutte Internationale Date established March 29, 1976 Date retired 1987
The Canadian International Heavyweight Championship was the top singles title in the Montreal -based wrestling promotion Lutte Internationale (International Wrestling). It was a continuation of the Montreal Athletic Commission's old International Heavyweight Championship, which became inactive after the Commission's promotion, the International Wrestling Association, closed in 1975. The title lasted from 1976 until Lutte Internationale closed in 1987.
Title history [ edit ]
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
Serge Dumont
March 29, 1976
IW show
Montreal, QC
1
Defeated Johnny Rougeau
2
Billy Two Rivers
August 3, 1976
IW show
Montreal, QC
1
N/A
3
Serge Dumont
1976
IW show
N/A
2
N/A
4
Johnny Rougeau
September 1976
IW show
N/A
1
N/A
—
N/A
—
—
6
Edouard Carpentier
N/A
IW show
N/A
1
N/A
Unknown who Carpentier defeated for the title
7
Java Ruuk
February 11, 1980
IW show
Montreal, QC
1
N/A
8
Edouard Carpentier
1980
IW show
N/A
2
N/A
9
Pierre Lefebvre
August 1980
IW show
N/A
1
N/A
—
N/A
—
—
10
Dino Bravo
1980
IW show
N/A
1
N/A
Unknown who Bravo defeated for the title
11
Michel Dubois
1981
IW show
N/A
1
N/A
12
Dino Bravo
June 20, 1981
IW show
Ottawa, ON
2
N/A
13
Sailor White
1982
IW show
N/A
1
N/A
14
Dino Bravo
1982
IW show
N/A
3
N/A
—
1982
—
—
15
Billy Robinson
August 16, 1982
IW show
Montreal, QC
1
Defeated Rick Martel in tournament final
16
The Destroyer
January 10, 1983
IW show
Montreal, QC
1
N/A
17
Billy Robinson
February 1983
IW show
Quebec City, QC
2
N/A
18
Dino Bravo
March 7, 1983
IW show
Montreal, QC
4
N/A
[1]
19
Rick Martel
1983
IW show
N/A
1
N/A
20
Dino Bravo
September 21, 1983
IW show
Montreal, QC
5
21
King Tonga
October 9, 1984
IW show
Hull, QC
1
22
Dino Bravo
February 11, 1985
IW show
Montreal, QC
6
N/A
Special referee—Verne Gagne
[2]
—
1985
—
—
23
Dino Bravo
May 28, 1985
IW show
Montreal, QC
7
Defeated King Tonga; recognized by the WWF during their takeover of the Montreal office between August 18, 1985 and January 22, 1986
[3]
24
The Great Samu
June 30, 1986
IW show
Montreal, QC
1
25
David Schultz
November 3, 1986
IW show
Montreal, QC
1
26
Hercules Ayala
January 19, 1987
IW show
Montreal, QC
1
[4]
27
Abdullah the Butcher
February 15, 1987
IW show
Montreal, QC
1
N/A
[5]
—
Deactivated
1987
—
N/A
—
—
Promotion Closed
References [ edit ]
^ Hoops, Brian (March 7, 2020). "Daily Pro Wrestling history (03/07): Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved March 8, 2020 . ^ Hoops, Brian (February 11, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 11): AJ Styles wins the IWGP Title" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017 . ^ F4W Staff (May 28, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 28): Hulk Hogan vs. Nick Bockwinkel, Bruno vs. Superstar Graham double DQ" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )^ Hoops, Brian (January 19, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/19): Ric Flair wins WWF title in 1992 Royal Rumble" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved January 18, 2019 . ^ Hoops, Brian (February 15, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 15): Eddie Guerrero wins the WWE Championship" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
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