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- Title history
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- References
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|created =January 19, 1881
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|firstchamp =Edwin Bibby
|finalchamp =Wladek Zbyszko
|mostreigns =Tom Jenkins, Frank Gotch, Charlie Cutler, Dr. Benjamin Roller (3 times)
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}}The American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship was the first heavyweight professional wrestling championship in the United States. The title existed from 1881 through approximately 1922. Title history | Wrestler: | Times: | Date Won: | Location: | Notes: | | Edwin Bibby | 1 | January 19, 1881 | New York City, New York | Defeats Duncan C. Ross in a catch-as-catch-can match for "the championship of America". | | Joe Acton | 1 | August 7, 1882 | New York City, New York | Has defeated Tom Cannon on December 9, 1881 in London, England for the Catch-as-Catch-Can Title; Bibby is billed as champion for a match against World Greco-Roman champion William Muldoon on September 3, 1882 in Elmira, NY. | | Evan "Strangler" Lewis | 1 | April 11, 1887 | Chicago, Illinois | Lewis unified the American Catch-as-Catch Can Championship and the American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship by defeating Ernest Roeber on March 2, 1893 in a 3 out of 5 falls match with alternating Greco-Roman match and Catch-as-Catch can matches. The two titles became known as the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. | | Martin 'Farmer' Burns | 1 | April 20, 1895 | Chicago, Illinois | | Dan McLeod | 1 | October 26, 1897 | Indianapolis, Indiana | | Yusuf İsmail | 1 | June 20, 1898 | Chicago, Illinois | Ismail defeated Evan "Strangler" Lewis for the American Heavyweight Championship in Chicago, Illinois. Lewis was neither able to overcome Ismail's massive size and strength nor manage to use his sleeper hold during the match. Ismail had the $5,000 prize money converted to gold and carried it in a money belt along with the title. | | Tom Jenkins | 1 | November 7, 1901 | | Dan McLeod | 2 | December 25, 1902 | Worcester, Massachusetts | Jenkins forfeited the title to McLeod after having blood poisoning in his leg during their match. | | Tom Jenkins | 2 | April 3, 1903 | Buffalo, New York | [1] | | Frank Gotch | 1 | January 27, 1904 | Bellingham, Washington | | Tom Jenkins | 3 | March 15, 1905 | New York City, New York | | Frank Gotch | 2 | May 23, 1906 | Kansas City, Missouri | [1] | | Fred Beell | 1 | December 1, 1906 | New Orleans, Louisiana | [2] | | Frank Gotch | 3 | December 17, 1906 | Kansas City, Missouri | [2] | | Vacant | 1910 | Gotch vacates the title after two years as a double crown champion to concentrate on the World Heavyweight Championship he won from Georg Hackenschmidt on April 3, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois.[3] | | Henry Ordemann | 1 | October 25, 1910 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Defeats Charlie Cutler and awarded the title by special referee Frank Gotch. | | Charlie Cutler | 1 | February 1, 1911 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | | Dr. Benjamin Roller | 1 | March 6, 1911 | Chicago, Illinois | | Charlie Cutler | 2 | March 25, 1911 | Buffalo, New York | | Jess Reimer | 1 | November 7, 1911 | Des Moines, Iowa | | Henry Ordemann | 2 | December 14, 1911 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | | Charlie Cutler | 3 | March 25, 1912 | Chicago, Illinois | Jess Westergaard (Reimer) defeats Ordemann on January 7, 1913 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to claim a title but loses to Cutler on January 22, 1913 in Dallas, Texas. | | Dr. Benjamin Roller | 2 | July 4, 1913 | Benton Harbor, Michigan | | Ed "Strangler" Lewis | 1 | September 18, 1913 | Lexington, Kentucky | | William Demetral | 1 | October 21, 1913 | Lexington, Kentucky | | Dr. Benjamin Roller | 3 | July 10, 1914 | Rock Island, Illinois | Ed "Strangler" Lewis defeats Roller during an international tournament on January 15, 1916 in New York City, New York (title may not be on line). | | Wladek Zbyszko | 1 | January 8, 1917 | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | Still/again champion as of September 22, 1922 (or a different reign, possibly by winning a tournament which has started on February 21, 1922). | | Retired | Title forgotten and abandoned. |
See also{{Portal|Professional wrestling|United States}}- Professional wrestling in the United States
References 1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/day-pro-wrestling-history-may-23-antonio-inoki-vs-hulk-hogan-andre-vs-sakaguchi | title=On this day in pro wrestling history (May 23): Antonio Inoki Vs. Hulk Hogan, Andre Vs. Sakaguchi, Frank Gotch in a 57-minute match | date=May 23, 2015 | accessdate=February 16, 2017 | first=Brian | last=Hoops | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online}}
2. ^1 Wisconsin Historical Society. Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles; "Milwaukee Journal"; "Marshfield", "WI"; "August 8, 1933"; viewed online at https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Newspaper/BA335
3. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/day-pro-wrestling-title-change-history-gotch-vs-hackenschmidt-inoki-vs-hansen | title=ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING TITLE CHANGE HISTORY: GOTCH VS. HACKENSCHMIDT, INOKI VS. HANSEN, GUERRERO VS. JERICHO| date=April 3, 2015 | accessdate=February 10, 2017 | author=F4W Staff | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online}}
External links - American Heavyweight title history at Wrestling-Titles.com
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