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The NYSAC World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the New York State Athletic Commission .[1] [2] The title existed from 1929 through 1934.
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
Dick Shikat
August 23, 1929
live event
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
287
Defeated Jim Londos in the tournament final, after that Athletic Commissions in New York and Pennsylvania and the National Boxing Association, they had stripped Gus Sonnenberg of the World Title , for failing to meet "real" contenders, in July 1929. Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion.
[1] [2]
2
Jim Londos
June 6, 1930
live event
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
847
Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion until June 26, 1935.
[1] [2]
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Vacated
September 30, 1932
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—
Stripped of the title for refusing to defend against the winner of Ed "Strangler" Lewis vs. Dick Shikat
[1] [2]
3
Ed Lewis
October 10, 1932
live event
New York City, New York
1
133
Defeated Jack Sherry to win the vacant title.
[1] [2]
4
Jim Browning
February 20, 1933
live event
New York City, New York
1
490
[1] [2]
5
Jim Londos
June 25, 1934
live event
New York City, New York
2
367
Also won the National Wrestling Association 's World Heavyweight Championship in June, 1930 and unified both titles.
[1] [2]
6
Danno O'Mahoney
June 27, 1935
live event
Boston, Massachusetts
1
249
Unified title with the Boston version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship . Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion.
[1] [2]
7
Dick Shikat
March 2, 1936
live event
New York City, New York
2
53
Does not win the AWA World Heavyweight Championship . Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion.
[1] [2]
8
Ali Baba
April 24, 1936
live event
Detroit, Michigan
1
49
Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion.
[1] [2]
9
Dave Levin
June 12, 1936
live event
Newark, New Jersey
1
108
Won by disqualification; recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion". Ali Baba continues to claim the title but loses to Everett Marshall on June 26, 1936 in Columbus, Ohio , retroactive Alliance recognition switched to MWA World Heavyweight Championship . Levin also wins Los Angeles version, defeating Vincent Lopez on August 19, 1936 in Los Angeles .
[1] [2]
10
Dean Detton
September 28, 1936
live event
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
274
Recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion". Detton also defeated Ed "Strangler" Lewis in a title tournament final earlier in the year in Philadelphia
[1] [2]
11
Bronko Nagurski
June 29, 1937
live event
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1
507
Recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion".
[1] [2]
12
Jim Londos
November 18, 1938
live event
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3
2,601
Recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion" until Londos retired in 1946.
[1] [2]
References [ edit ]