NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version)
The NWA Vancouver Canadian Heavyweight Championship was the Vancouver, British Columbia version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight title. It was the top singles title in Vancouver-based NWA All-Star Wrestling from 1982 until 1985, when the promotion withdrew from the NWA; the title was then renamed the UWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (for its fictitious sanctioning body, the Universal Wrestling Alliance) and served as a secondary singles title until 1989.[1]
Title history
[edit]| 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 | ||||||
| NWA Vancouver Canadian Heavyweight Championship | ||||||||||
| 1 | Silvano Sousa | May 1982 | NWA All-Star show | British Columbia | 1 | N/A | Claims to have beaten Angelo Mosca for the Championship | |||
| 2 | Al Tomko | May 31, 1982 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 112 | ||||
| 3 | Mr. Pro | September 20, 1982 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 56 | ||||
| 4 | Moose Morowski | November 15, 1982 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 126 | ||||
| 5 | Igor Volkoff | March 21, 1983 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 6 | Al Tomko | May 1983 | NWA All-Star show | British Columbia | 2 | N/A | Awarded title after Volkoff is injured on May 2, 1983; Snake Williams defeats Tomko on December 17, 1983 in Cloverdale, BC, but the title is returned due to outside interference | |||
| 7 | Moondog Moretti | February 20, 1984 | NWA All-Star show | British Columbia | 1 | 56 | ||||
| 8 | Al Tomko | April 16, 1984 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 3 | 30 | ||||
| 9 | Wojo Yawrenko | May 16, 1984 | NWA All-Star show | Abbotsford, BC | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 10 | Al Tomko | 1984 | NWA All-Star show | British Columbia | 4 | N/A | Awarded title when Yawrenko left the promotion | |||
| 11 | Sonny Myers | December 1, 1984 | NWA All-Star show | Cloverdale, BC | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | Vacated | January 1985 | — | — | — | — | Declared vacant after a match against Al Tomko | |||
| 12 | Elton Stanton | January 19, 1985 | NWA All-Star show | Cloverdale, BC | 1 | N/A | Defeated Butch Moffat in tournament final; Gerry Morrow defeats Stanton around May 1985, but the title is returned because Morrow is not the scheduled opponent | |||
| — | Vacated | July 1985 | — | — | — | — | Stanton was suspended | |||
| UWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship | ||||||||||
| 13 | Al Tomko | October 10, 1985 | NWA All-Star show | Cloverdale, BC | 5 | 161 | Defeated Moose Morowski | |||
| 14 | Mike Stone | March 20, 1986 | NWA All-Star show | Victoria, BC | 1 | 44 | ||||
| 15 | Al Tomko | May 3, 1986 | NWA All-Star show | Cloverdale, BC | 6 | N/A | ||||
| — | Vacated | 1986 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | |||
| 16 | Joe Cagle | September 6, 1986 | NWA All-Star show | Cloverdale, BC | 1 | 56 | Defeated Pat Brady | |||
| 17 | Rick Davis | November 1, 1986 | NWA All-Star show | Cloverdale, BC | 1 | 31 | ||||
| 18 | J.R. Bundy | December 2, 1986 | All Star Wrestling [Note 1] |
Burnaby, BC | 1 | 70 | This title change aired on tape delay | |||
| 19 | Billy Two Eagles | February 10, 1987 | All Star Wrestling | Burnaby, BC | 1 | 39 | This title change aired on tape delay | |||
| 20 | Timothy Flowers | March 21, 1987 | NWA All-Star show | Cloverdale, BC | 1 | 72 | ||||
| 21 | Jonathan Sayers | June 1, 1987 | N/A | Burnaby, BC | 1 | 5 | This title change aired on tape delay | |||
| 22 | Bruiser Costa | June 6, 1987 | NWA All-Star show | Cloverdale, BC | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 23 | J.R. Bundy | 1987 | NWA All-Star show | British Columbia | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 24 | John Tenta | August 1, 1987 | NWA All-Star show | Cloverdale, BC | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | Vacated | 1987 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | |||
| 25 | Ole Olson | October 1, 1987 | NWA All-Star show | Cloverdale, BC | 1 | 3 | Defeated Sweet Daddy Sampson | |||
| 26 | Sweet Daddy Sampson | October 4, 1987 | All Star Wrestling | Burnaby, BC | 1 | 363 | This title change aired on tape delay | |||
| 27 | Ole Olsen | October 1, 1988 | NWA All-Star show | Cloverdale, BC | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 28 | The Olympian | N/A | NWA All-Star show | British Columbia | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 29 | Pat Brady | N/A | NWA All-Star show | British Columbia | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 30 | Steve E. Ocean | N/A | NWA All-Star show | British Columbia | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 31 | Dan Denton | June 1989 | NWA All-Star show | British Columbia | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | Deactivated | 1989 | — | — | — | — | Promotion closed | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Footnotes
[edit]External links
[edit]- Vance Nevada's Canadian Wrestling Results Archive
- NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title history (Vancouver) at Wrestling-Titles.com