British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship

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Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionStampede Wrestling
Date established1978 & 1999
Date retired1989 & 2008
Statistics
First champion(s)The Dynamite Kid
Final champion(s)Gama Singh, Jr.
Most reignsBruce Hart (7)
Longest reignBruce Hart (468 days)
Shortest reignTiger Kahn, Hubert Gallant, Gama Singh, Jr., Keith Hart, Terry Sawyer, Dick Steinborn, Davey Boy Smith, and Dynamite Kid (<1 day)

The Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling title for lighter wrestlers in the Canadian promotion, Stampede Wrestling. It was created in 1978.[1][2][3]

Title history

Wrestlers: Times: Date: Place: Notes:
Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship (1978-1989)
The Dynamite Kid 1 June 1, 1978 The first champion.
Norman Frederick Charles III 1 June 10, 1978 Edmonton, Alberta
Fighting Hara 1 July 8, 1978 Edmonton, Alberta
Norman Frederick Charles III 2 July 13, 1978 Edmonton, Alberta
Bret Hart 1 October 14, 1978 Edmonton, Alberta
The Dynamite Kid 2 January 6, 1979 Edmonton, Alberta
Bret Hart 2 June 1, 1979
The Dynamite Kid 3 July 7, 1979
Terry Sawyer 1 September 29, 1979
Bret Hart 3 October 12, 1979
Title vacated on October 19, 1979 when Bret Hart moved to heavyweight division.
The Dynamite Kid 4 March 24, 1980 Red Deer, Alberta Defeats Keith Hart in a tournament final.
Bruce Hart 1 September 19, 1980
Hubert Gallant 1 March 13, 1981 Calgary, Alberta
Keith Hart 1 May 9, 1981
Davey Boy Smith 1 November 2, 1981
Gama Singh 1 November 6, 1981
Bruce Hart 2 January 12, 1982 Regina, Saskatchewan
Dick Steinborn 1 June 10, 1982
Bruce Hart 3 July 6, 1982
Danny Davis 1 November 12, 1982 Calgary, Alberta
Bruce Hart 4 February 18, 1983 Calgary, Alberta
The Cobra 1 September 2, 1983 Calgary, Alberta
Sonny Two Rivers 1 November 18, 1983 Calgary, Alberta
Ron Starr 1 March 2, 1984 Calgary, Alberta
Bruce Hart 5 August 25, 1984 Edmonton, Alberta
Gama Singh 2 December 6, 1985 Calgary, Alberta
The Cobra 2 December 20, 1985 Calgary, Alberta
Gama Singh 3 December 21, 1985 Edmonton, Alberta
Bruce Hart 6 April 19, 1986 Edmonton, Alberta
Title vacated on June 27, 1986 due to injury.
Gama Singh 4 August 1, 1986 Calgary, Alberta Defeats Johnny Smith in a tournament final.
Johnny Smith 1 August 8, 1986 Calgary, Alberta
Les Thornton 1 September 18, 1986 Calgary, Alberta
Owen Hart 1 October 25, 1986 Edmonton, Alberta
Gama Singh 5 August 7, 1987 Calgary, Alberta
Chris Benoit 1 March 18, 1988 Calgary, Alberta
Johnny Smith 2 June 10, 1988 Calgary, Alberta
Chris Benoit 2 June 17, 1988 Calgary, Alberta
Johnny Smith 3 June 24, 1988 Calgary, Alberta
Chris Benoit 3 January 13, 1989 Calgary, Alberta
Johnny Smith 4 July 7, 1989 Dawson Creek, British Columbia
Chris Benoit 4 July 8, 1989 Grande Prairie, Alberta
Gama Singh 6 August 4, 1989 Calgary, Alberta
Bruce Hart 7 October 14, 1989 Lethbridge, Alberta
Stampede Wrestling closed in November 24, 1989.
Stampede British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (1999-2008)
Richard Pound 1 November 5, 1999 Calgary, Alberta Defeats Tiger Khan and Greg Pawluk in a three-way match for the reactive title.
Tiger Mahatma Khan 1 June 2, 2000 Calgary, Alberta
Khan was stripped of the title in August 2002 for lack of defenses.
Bruce Hart 8 November 15, 2002 Calgary, Alberta Defeats Kwik Kick and TJ Wilson in a three-way tournament final.
Duke Durango 1 June 20, 2003 Calgary, Alberta
TJ Wilson 1 October 15, 2004 Calgary, Alberta
Duke Durango 2 January 14, 2005 Calgary, Alberta
Title vacated in May 2005.
Pete Wilson 1 June 17, 2005 Calgary, Alberta Defeats Gama Singh, Jr. and Randy Myers.
Randy Myers 1 May 26, 2006 Calgary, Alberta
Chucky Blaze 1 January 12, 2007 Calgary, Alberta
Gama Singh, Jr. 1 December 14, 2007 Calgary, Alberta
Stampede Wrestling closed in April 26, 2008.

See also

References

  1. ^ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Tanabe, Hisaharu. "British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
  3. ^ Mellott, Douglas. "Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title History". Wrestling Information Archive. Retrieved 2007-06-09.

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