Title history
- Key
# |
Order in reign history |
Reign |
The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
Event |
The event in which the title was won |
— |
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
N/A |
The information is not available or is unknown |
+ |
Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
Reigns
# |
Wrestlers |
Reign |
Date |
Days held |
Location |
Event |
Notes |
Ref. |
1 |
Mad Dog Vachon |
1 |
January 15, 1985 |
7002426000000000000♠426 |
Anoka, Minnesota |
Live event |
Vachon defeated Steve Regal to become the first PWA Heavyweight Champion. |
[1] |
2 |
Ricky Rice |
1 |
March 17, 1986 |
7002544000000000000♠544 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
Live event |
|
|
3 |
Larry Cameron |
1 |
September 12, 1987 |
N/A |
Fridley, Minnesota |
Live event |
|
[2] |
— |
Vacated |
— |
1989 |
— |
N/A |
N/A |
Title is vacated when Cameron leaves the territory. |
|
4 |
Ricky Rice |
2 |
July 8, 1989 |
7001880000000000000♠88 |
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories |
Live event |
|
|
5 |
Charlie Norris |
1 |
October 4, 1989 |
7002222000000000000♠222 |
Fridley, Minnesota |
Live event |
|
[3] |
6 |
Ricky Rice |
3 |
May 14, 1990 |
7001900000000000000♠90 |
Fridley, Minnesota |
Live event |
|
|
7 |
Jerry Lynn |
1 |
August 12, 1990 |
7001410000000000000♠41 |
Fridley, Minnesota |
Live event |
|
|
8 |
Ricky Rice |
4 |
September 22, 1990 |
7002114000000000000♠114 |
St. Charles, Illinois |
Live event |
|
|
9 |
Terminator Riggs |
1 |
January 14, 1991 |
7001240000000000000♠24 |
Fridley, Minnesota |
Live event |
|
|
10 |
Charlie Norris |
2 |
February 7, 1991 |
7000400000000000000♠4 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Live event |
|
[4] |
11 |
Terminator Riggs |
2 |
February 11, 1991 |
7002120000000000000♠120 |
Fridley, Minnesota |
Live event |
|
|
12 |
Charlie Norris |
3 |
May 11, 1991 |
7002156000000000000♠156 |
Shakopee, Minnesota |
Live event |
Defeated The Golden Idol when Riggs failed to appear. |
|
13 |
Teijo Khan |
1 |
October 14, 1991 |
7001690000000000000♠69 |
Fridley, Minnesota |
Live event |
|
|
14 |
Charlie Norris |
4 |
December 22, 1991 |
7001570000000000000♠57 |
N/A |
Live event |
|
|
15 |
Punisher Sledge |
1 |
February 17, 1992 |
7001690000000000000♠69 |
Fridley, Minnesota |
Live event |
|
|
16 |
Charlie Norris |
5 |
April 26, 1992 |
7002177000000000000♠177 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Live event |
|
|
17 |
The Hater |
1 |
October 20, 1992 |
7002202000000000000♠202 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Live event |
|
|
18 |
Tommy Ferrera |
1 |
May 10, 1993 |
7001330000000000000♠33 |
Fridley, Minnesota |
Live event |
|
|
19 |
The Hater |
2 |
June 12, 1993 |
7001740000000000000♠74 |
Albertville, Minnesota |
Live event |
|
|
20 |
Wellington Wilkens, Jr. |
1 |
August 25, 1996 |
N/A |
Sendai, Japan |
Live event |
Title change occurred at a Michinoku Pro event. |
[5] |
— |
Vacated |
— |
N/A |
— |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
21 |
Mitch Paradise |
1 |
2003 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
[6] |
22 |
Asylum |
1 |
June 28, 2008 |
N/A |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
Kaposia Days Festival (2008) |
|
[6][7] |
21 |
Mitch Paradise |
2 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
23 |
Udo |
1 |
September 10, 2011 |
2595+ |
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota |
Inver Grove Heights Days Festival (2011) |
|
[8][9] |
List of combined reigns
<1 |
Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. |
- ↑ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
References
- General
- "P.W.A. Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- Palma, Richard. "PWA Heavyweight Title History". Wrestling Title Histories by Gary Will and Royal Duncan. Solie.org. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(Minnesota) PWA Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- Specific
- ↑ "SLAM! Wrestling Results Archive: Mad Dog Vachon". SLAM! Wrestling. SLAM! Sports. April 30, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Wrestler Profiles". Online World of Wrestling.
- ↑ "Wrestler Profiles". Online World of Wrestling.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (February 7, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 7): Bobby Roode & Austin Aries wins tag gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ↑ Larson, Tim (November 4, 1999). "Who's Who in the Upper Midwest". Upper Midwest Wrestling Newsletter. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- 1 2 McCarty, Wayne (June 29, 2008). "PWA South St. Paul, MN 6/28/2008". MidwestIndyWrestling.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "PWA (28.06.2008)". Events Database. Cagematch.de. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ↑ McCarty, Wayne (September 29, 2011). "PWA Inver Grove Heights, MN 9/10/2011". MidwestIndyWrestling.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ↑ "PWA Results 6/23/12". MinnesotaProWrestling.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011.