Title history
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 |
Édouard Carpentier |
June 14, 1957 |
House show |
Chicago, Illinois |
1 |
421 |
Recognized as champion after a disputed win over NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz. The majority of the NWA promotions continue to recognize Thesz as their champion. |
[1]
|
2 |
Verne Gagne |
August 9, 1958 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
1 |
98 |
|
|
3 |
Wilbur Snyder |
November 15, 1958 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
1 |
[Note 1] |
|
|
4 |
Dick the Bruiser |
1959 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
1 |
[Note 2] |
Sometime after January 27, 1959. |
|
5 |
Wilbur Snyder |
July 25, 1959 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
2 |
70 |
|
|
6 |
Dr. X |
October 3, 1959 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
1 |
96 |
|
|
7 |
Don Leo Jonathan |
January 7, 1960 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
1 |
394 |
|
|
8 |
Dr. X |
February 4, 1961 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
2 |
58 |
|
|
9 |
Don Leo Jonathan |
April 3, 1961 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
2 |
[Note 3] |
|
[2]
|
— |
Vacated |
April 1961 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Vacant after a disqualification loss to Bobo Brazil. |
|
10 |
Don Leo Jonathan |
May 20, 1961 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
3 |
119 |
Defeated Bobo Brazil to win the vacant title. |
|
11 |
Verne Gagne |
September 16, 1961 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
2 |
318 |
|
|
12 |
Fritz Von Erich |
July 31, 1962 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
1 |
25 |
|
|
13 |
Verne Gagne |
August 25, 1962 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
3 |
174 |
|
|
14 |
The Crusher |
February 15, 1963 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
1 |
155 |
Also won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from Verne Gagne on July 9, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota |
|
15 |
Verne Gagne |
July 20, 1963 |
House show |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
4 |
7 |
Won both the Omaha title and AWA title. |
|
16 |
Fritz Von Erich |
July 27, 1963 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
2 |
42 |
Won both the Omaha title and AWA title. |
|
17 |
Verne Gagne |
September 7, 1963 |
House show |
Omaha, Nebraska |
5 |
0 |
Won the AWA title from Fritz Von Erich on August 8, 1963 in Amarillo, Texas. |
|
— |
Deactivated |
September 7, 1963 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
The Omaha title was unified with the AWA title. |
|
- ↑ The exact date Snyder lost the championship is uncertain, putting his title reign at between 47 and 251 days.
- ↑ The exact date Dick the Bruiser won the championship is uncertain, putting his title reign at between 1 day and 179 days.
- ↑ The exact date the championship was vacated is uncertain, putting the title reign at between 1 and 27 days.