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Professional wrestling championship
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.[1]
Title history [ edit ]
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
Billy Red Lyons
December 10, 1968
House show
N/A
1
514
[1]
2
Dr. X
May 8, 1970
House show
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1
48
[1]
3
Billy Red Lyons
June 25, 1970
House show
Winnipeg, Manitoba
2
63
[1]
4
Blackjack Lanza
August 27, 1970
House show
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1
43
[1]
5
Dr. X
October 9, 1970
House show
Winnipeg, Manitoba
2
1665
[1]
6
Billy Robinson
May 1, 1975
House show
England
1
1050
Robinson was named champion.
[1]
7
Angelo Mosca
March 16, 1978
House show
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1
63
[1]
8
Billy Robinson
May 18, 1978
House show
Winnipeg, Manitoba
2
525
[1]
9
Super Destroyer Mark II
October 25, 1979
House show
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1
18
[1]
10
Billy Robinson
November 12, 1979
House show
Winnipeg, Manitoba
3
[Note 1]
The title was later abandoned.
[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.
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