NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version)
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The NWA Vancouver Canadian Heavyweight Championship was the Vancouver, British Columbia version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight title. It was the top singles title in Vancouver-based NWA All-Star Wrestling from 1982 until 1985, when the promotion withdrew from the NWA
; the title was then renamed the UWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (for its fictitious sanctioning body, the Universal Wrestling Alliance) and served as a secondary singles title until 1989.
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
; the title was then renamed the UWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (for its fictitious sanctioning body, the Universal Wrestling Alliance) and served as a secondary singles title until 1989.
History
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| NWA Vancouver Canadian Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| Silvano Sousa | 1 | May 1982 | British Columbia | Claims to have beaten Angelo Mosca Angelo Mosca Angelo Mosca is a former Canadian Football League player and professional wrestler. He is also known by the wrestling nicknames King Kong Mosca and The Mighty Hercules... for the title |
| Al Tomko Al Tomko Al Tomko was a Canadian professional wrestler and wrestling promoter.-Professional wrestling career:Tomko started out as a wrestler in his hometown of Winnipeg on July 9, 1954 with the Madison Wrestling Club, losing his debut match to John DePaulo. During that same period, he ran his own promotion... |
1 | May 31, 1982 | Vancouver, BC | |
| Mr. Pro (Buck Ramstead) | 1 | September 20, 1982 | Vancouver, BC | |
| Moose Morowski | 1 | November 15, 1982 | Vancouver, BC | |
| Igor Volkoff | 1 | March 21, 1983 | Vancouver, BC | |
| Al Tomko | 2 | May 1983 | Awarded title after Volkoff is injured on May 2, 1983; Snake Williams defeats Tomko on December 17, 1983 in Cloverdale, BC, but the title is returned due to outside interference | |
| Moondog Moretti | 1 | February 20, 1984 | British Columbia | |
| Al Tomko | 3 | April 16, 1984 | Vancouver, BC | |
| Wojo Yawrenko | 1 | May 16, 1984 | Abbotsford Abbotsford, British Columbia Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,... , BC |
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| Al Tomko | 4 | 1984 | Awarded title when Yawrenko leaves the promotion | |
| Sonny Myers | 1 | December 1, 1984 | Cloverdale, BC | |
| Vacant | January 1985 | Declared vacant after a match against Al Tomko | ||
| Elton Stanton | 1 | January 19, 1985 | Cloverdale, BC | Defeats Butch Moffat in tournament final; Gerry Morrow defeats Stanton around May 1985, but the title is returned because Morrow is not the scheduled opponent |
| Stripped | July 1985 | Stanton is suspended | ||
| Al Tomko | 5 | October 10, 1985 | Cloverdale, BC | Defeats Moose Morowski |
| Renamed UWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| Mike Stone | 1 | March 20, 1986 | Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... , BC |
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| Timothy Flowers | 1 | ? | British Columbia | Records unclear whom Flowers defeated for the title |
| Jonathan Sayers | 1 | October 1987 | Burnaby, BC | |
| Bruiser Costa | 1 | October 1987 | British Columbia | |
| Vacant | November 1987 | Title vacated | ||
| John Tenta John Tenta John Anthony Tenta was a Canadian professional wrestler known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake and later Golga, and in World Championship Wrestling as Avalanche and The Shark.-Early life:John Tenta was born in Surrey, British Columbia... |
1 | November 28, 1987 | Cloverdale, BC | Defeats JR Bundy |
| Sweet Daddy Sampson | 1 | 1988 | British Columbia | Records unclear whom Sampson defeated for the title |
| Thor (Ole Olsen) | 1 | 1988 | British Columbia | |
| The Olympian (Mike Roselli) | 1 | ? | British Columbia | |
| Pat Brady | 1 | ? | British Columbia | |
| Steve E. Ocean | 1 | ? | British Columbia | |
| Dan Denton | 1 | June 1989 | British Columbia | |
| Title retired | 1989 | Promotion closes | ||
External links
- Vance Nevada's Canadian Wrestling Results Archive
- NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title history (Vancouver) at Wrestling-Titles.com