History of the world heavyweight prowrestling title, recognized by american wrestling association. The awa world heavyweight championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the highest ranked championship in the defunct american wrestling association awa. Also won omaha version of world heavyweight championship from verne gagne on february 15, 1963 in omaha, nebraska. Introduction symbols name format change in process.
American wrestling association wrestling tv tropes. Though unlike wcw, this only happened with wsls replacement belt that was created in 1999 after awa closed. Ten pounds of gold by dick bourne with dave millican blurb books. Domed globe nwa world heavyweight wrestling belt adult size. Find great deals on ebay for awa belt when you shop the largest online selection at. Nicholas warren francis bockwinkel december 6, 1934 november 14, 2015 was an american professional wrestler. We have created wwe belts, tna impact wrestling belts, new japan pro wrestling belts along with hundreds of indy wrestling title belts. Belt valley history, 18771979 montana eva lesell stober, ethel castner kennedy, eva lesell stober on. This style belt can be customized to suit your needs.
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Lawler did everything in his power to restore prestige to the awa title. Awa world title belt on brown leather top rope belts. Several teams challenged tanaka and diamond for the awa tag team titles. Awa world heavyweight championshipchampion history pro.
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Great book on the history of one of my favorite titles. Get the best deals on awa wrestling belts when you shop the largest online selection at. Billy corgan is buying pro wrestlings oldest and deadest. The title is part of a long lineage that was started when the nwa southern junior heavyweight championship, in use since 1939, was renamed the nwa southern heavyweight championship memphis version in 1974.
All awa trademarks, including the awa world heavyweight championship, are now owned by wwe. The reports of the hansen awa world title situation has varied, but hansen returned to japan with the world title belt around his waist. The complete history of the awa world tag team title. Real awa inmate world title championship wrestling belt. Awa world heavyweight wrestling title replica championship belt brass metal 4 out of 5 stars 1 product rating 1 product ratings awa world heavyweight wrestling title replica championship belt brass metal. The territory was originally part of the national wrestling alliance nwa, becoming an independent territory in the late 1950s. Nwa television heavyweight wrestling championship belt 4mm zinc plates. This section contains an extensive title belt gallery. Wildcat championship belts produces custom designed, championship belts to any specification. Originally created to serve the needs of the pro wrestling and mma industry, wildcat championship belts has grown to serve many different companies and international events that require unique awards or merchandise. In 1960, the group dropped out of the nwa and formed its own brand name and sanctioning body, the american wrestling association.
In october 2018, the title was renamed the nwa national championship with a tournament to determine a new champion. It lasted for shortly over one year, from 1985 to 1986. The awa americas championship was a very shortlived title in the american wrestling association that was created to play upon sgt. The awa had originally been used as a brand name by promoter paul bowser from the late 1920s to the early 50s, and briefly in the 50s by chicago promoters ray fabiani and leonard schwartz. On february 22 nd, 1984, in tokyo, japan, jumbo tsuruta defeated nick bockwinkel to become the awa s new kingpin. Championship match records of the world heavyweight prowrestling title, recognized by the american wrestling association. The first design of the championship belt would become known. The eight best championship belts in wrestling history. The historical lineage of the wwe united states championship, including every superstar to hold the title, the length of their reign and the event in which they won the title. Records of awa world heavyweight championship matches. At the time, the awa continued to recognize the nwa champions as their world champions. The team of pat tanaka and paul diamond known as badd company continued to dominate the awa tag team division.
This is a real awa inmate world heavyweight championship title belt. Here are the top 10 best wrestling book mustreadsand the 5 worst. The last outlaw by stan hansen with scott teal about us. Nwa world heavyweight championshipchampion history pro. Rather than have a tournament to crown a new champ, verne gagne in his infinite wisdom decided the awa championship would go to the winner of a battle royal to be held in st paul minnesota on february 7th 1989. With the exception of the period where tna made a deal for control of the belts, the nwa became a collection of indies who all had to book the champion, usually a popular indie wrestler but. Bockwinkel regained the awa world belt on june 29, 1986 in denver when hansen refused to compete. Wildcat championship belts was created initially to serve the needs of the professional wrestling industry. On saturday, august 15, 1982, teenaged wrestling fan dave millican was watching the 90minute live memphis wrestling show when nwa.
Proambelts is the fastest custom championship belts located in usa, with a huge selection of stock belts on sale and ready to ship in usa for wrestling mma boxing high quality custom championship belts. Alljapan promoter, shohei baba billed hansen as the awa champion in several defenses and attempted to sign a. This is the classic awa world title mounted on two tone brown leather. He was best known for his appearances with the minneapolis, minnesotabased american wrestling association awa from 1970 to 1987, where he held the awa world heavyweight championship on four occasions and the awa world tag team championship.
The history of the uswa unified world title youtube. Histories of the professional wrestling championships of various countries from the 19th century to the present. Awa is still kept alive by the wwe since they own awa. I have also placed the plates a little closer together than on the first version. Blue wwe universal championship belt wwe intercontinental championship belt. One of the many ugliest championships in pro wrestling history,,wcw world. The championship was generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute worked. When the nwa minneapolis wrestling and boxing club operated by verne gagne withdrew from the national wrestling alliance in may 1960, stan kowalski and tiny mills were the recognized champions of the nwa world tag team championship minneapolis version. The history of the uswa unified world title jbravos.
The awa world heavyweight championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight. It was owned and founded by verne gagne and wally karbo. The history of the awa world heavyweight championship 0 of 39 for this very special edition of abandoned, i present the awa world heavyweight championship. The awa southern heavyweight championship was a major professional wrestling title in the continental wrestling association during the 1970s and 1980s. Members of national wrestling alliance prior to the formation of awa had working relationships with international wrestling enterprise between 1970 and 1981 and with all japan prowrestling between 1980 and 1988 in 1996, dale gagner, calling himself dale gagne, supposedly bought the name to the awa but not the promotion and started his own promotion awa superstars. Awa had many shortlived titles, this video will cover the british empire championship, americas championship and a disputed version of the nwa championship defended in awa. The american wrestling association awa was an american professional wrestling promotion based in minneapolis that ran from 1960 to 1991.
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