AWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship

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|championshipname=AWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship

|promotion=American Wrestling Association

|created=1968

|titleretired=1979

|mostreigns=Billy Robinson (3 reigns)

|firstchamp=Billy Red Lyons

|longestreign=Dr. X ({{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=09|year1=1970|month2=05|day2=01|year2=1975}} days)

|shortestreign=Super Destroyer Mark II ({{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=25|year1=1979|month2=11|day2=12|year2=1979}} days)

}}

The AWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship was a short-lived mid-card professional wrestling title contested for in the American Wrestling Association promotion between 1969 and 1979. The title was primarily defended in Canada, hence the British Empire name.{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2006|edition=4th | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}

Title history

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|number = 1

|champion = {{sortname|Billy Red|Lyons}}

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|1968|12|10}}

|days = {{age in days|day1=10|month1=12|year1=1968|day2=8|month2=5|year2=1970}}

|location =

|event = House show

|notes =

|ref =

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|number = 2

|champion = {{sort|X|Dr. X}}

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|1970|5|8}}

|days = {{age in days|day1=8|month1=5|year1=1970|day2=25|month2=6|year2=1970}}

|location =Winnipeg, Manitoba

|event = House show

|notes =

|ref =

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|number = 3

|champion = {{sortname|Billy Red|Lyons}}

|reign = 2

|date = {{dts|1970|6|25}}

|days = {{age in days|day1=25|month1=6|year1=1970|day2=27|month2=8|year2=1970}}

|location =Winnipeg, Manitoba

|event = House show

|notes =

|ref =

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|number = 4

|champion = {{sortname|Blackjack|Lanza}}

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|1970|8|27}}

|days = {{age in days|day1=27|month1=8|year1=1970|day2=9|month2=10|year2=1970}}

|location =Winnipeg, Manitoba

|event = House show

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number = 5

|champion = {{sort|X|Dr. X}}

|reign = 2

|date = {{dts|1970|10|9}}

|days = {{age in days|day1=9|month1=10|year1=1970|day2=1|month2=5|year2=1975}}

|location =Winnipeg, Manitoba

|event = House show

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number = 6

|champion = {{sortname|Billy|Robinson}}

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|1975|5|1}}

|days = {{age in days|day1=1|month1=5|year1=1975|day2=16|month2=3|year2=1978}}

|location =England

|event = House show

|notes =Robinson was named champion.

|ref =

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|number = 7

|champion = {{sortname|Angelo|Mosca}}

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|1978|3|16}}

|days = {{age in days|day1=16|month1=3|year1=1978|day2=18|month2=5|year2=1978}}

|location =Winnipeg, Manitoba

|event = House show

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number = 8

|champion = {{sortname|Billy|Robinson}}

|reign = 2

|date = {{dts|1978|5|18}}

|days = {{age in days|day1=18|month1=5|year1=1978|day2=25|month2=10|year2=1979}}

|location =Winnipeg, Manitoba

|event = House show

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number = 9

|champion = {{sort|Super|Super Destroyer Mark II}}

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|1979|10|25}}

|days = {{age in days|day1=25|month1=10|year1=1979|day2=12|month2=11|year2=1979}}

|location =Winnipeg, Manitoba

|event = House show

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number = 10

|champion = {{sortname|Billy|Robinson}}

|reign = 3

|date = {{dts|1979|11|12}}

|days = {{sort|1|The exact date the championship was abandoned is unknown making the length of the reign too uncertain to calculate. Robinson was mentioned as the champion as late as February 1985.}}

|location =Winnipeg, Manitoba

|event = House show

|notes =The title was later abandoned.

|ref =

}}

Footnotes

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180424/http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/old/awabr.htm Wrestling Information Archive]

Category:American Wrestling Association championships

Category:Heavyweight wrestling championships

Category:National professional wrestling championships