Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship
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The Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship is the major title in the Canadian
professional wrestling promotion
Stampede Wrestling
. From its establishment in 1968 until 1972, it was Stampede's secondary singles championship, becoming the top title in 1972 after the previous top championship, the Calgary version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship
(Calgary version), was abandoned.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
professional wrestling promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling is a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta and was for nearly 50 years one of the main promotions in western Canada and the Canadian Prairies...
. From its establishment in 1968 until 1972, it was Stampede's secondary singles championship, becoming the top title in 1972 after the previous top championship, the Calgary version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship
NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version)
The Calgary version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship was established in 1946, and became the top championship in Stampede Wrestling when that promotion opened in 1948; it held that status until 1972, when the title was vacated and later abandoned after the last champion, Dave Ruhl, was...
(Calgary version), was abandoned.
Title history
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Archie Gouldie Mongolian Stomper Archie Gouldie is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name The Mongolian Stomper.-Stampede Wrestling:Gouldie held the North American heavyweight title a record ten times between 1968 and 1984, quite a streak of longevity for that time frame... |
1 | February 28, 1968 | Saskatoon, SK Saskatoon Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344.... |
Defeats Pat O'Connor Pat O'Connor (wrestler) Patrick John "Pat" O'Connor , was a professional wrestler from New Zealand. O'Connor was regarded as one of the premier workers of his era... to become the first champion |
Ox Baker Ox Baker Douglas A. Baker better known professionally as Ox Baker, is an American former professional wrestler and actor, and was feared for his dreaded finishing move, the Heart Punch, sometimes called the "Hurt Punch", after Baker's famous catchphrase "I love to hurt people!" He has appeared in several... |
1 | March 8, 1968 | Calgary, AB Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... |
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Waldo Von Erich Waldo Von Erich Walter Paul Sieber was a Canadian professional wrestler under the ring name Waldo Von Erich. He was billed as the brother of Fritz Von Erich, but was not actually related to Fritz or the rest of the Von Erich family.... |
1 | March 15, 1968 | Calgary, AB | |
Archie Gouldie | 2 | July 1968 | ||
Vic Rossitani | 1 | September 1968 | ||
Stan Stasiak Stan Stasiak George Stipich , better known by his ring name Stan Stasiak, was a Canadian professional wrestler and fifth World Wide Wrestling Federation Champion. He is the father of professional wrestler Shawn Stasiak.-Career:... |
1 | October 11, 1968 | Calgary, AB | |
Archie Gouldie | 3 | December 1968 | Edmonton, AB Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census... |
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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... |
1 | April 25, 1969 | Calgary, AB | |
Held up | May 2, 1969 | Calgary, AB | Title held up following a match against Archie Gouldie | |
Archie Gouldie | 4 | May 16, 1969 | Calgary, AB | Defeats Angelo Mosca in a rematch to win the held up title |
Dave Ruhl Dave Ruhl Dave Ruhl was a Canadian professional wrestler who during his near 30-year career competed in North American regional promotions in Western Canada and the Canadian Prairies as well as in Japan and other international promotions... |
1 | 1969 | ||
Archie Gouldie | 5 | 1969 | ||
Billy Robinson Billy Robinson Billy Robinson is a British professional wrestler and catch wrestling instructor. Robinson was well known in Japan where he has trained mixed martial arts fighters in catch wrestling... |
1 | 1969 | ||
Abdullah the Butcher Abdullah the Butcher Lawrence Robert "Larry" Shreve best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times The Madman from the Sudan, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler known as one of the most brutal or "hardcore" professional wrestlers of all-time... |
1 | February 6, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
Billy Robinson | 2 | February 20, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
Abdullah the Butcher | 2 | February 27, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
Jerry Christy | 1 | April 17, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
Abdullah the Butcher | 3 | May 1, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
Jerry Christy | 2 | May 7, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
Abdullah the Butcher | 4 | May 14, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
Dave Ruhl | 2 | August 21, 1970 | ||
Sweet Daddy Siki Sweet Daddy Siki Reginald Siki is a former professional wrestler and was born on June 16 in Montgomery, Texas.Sweet Daddy Siki started wrestling in 1955 in Artesia, New Mexico. He also did some training in Los Angeles with Sandor Szabo and Ray Ortega... |
1 | September 15, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
Abdullah the Butcher | 5 | March 12, 1971 | ||
Les Thornton Les Thornton Les Thornton is a retired British professional wrestler who competed in European and North American regional promotions throughout the 1970s and 1980s including Stampede Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance... |
1 | April 23, 1971 | ||
Black Angus Campbell Frank Hoy Frances "Frank" Patrick Hoy was a Scottish professional wrestler who wrestled variously as Wild Angus, Angus Campbell, Black Angus Campbell or Rasputin... |
1 | August 14, 1971 | Edmonton, AB | |
John Quinn John Quinn (wrestler) John Quinn is a retired Canadian professional wrestler who competed in North American regional promotions including NWA All-Star Wrestling, Pacific Northwest Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling during the 1960s and early 1970s... |
1 | October 1971 | ||
Black Angus Campbell | 2 | November 6, 1971 | Edmonton, AB | |
Bob Lueck | 1 | 1971 | ||
Kurt Von Hess | 1 | 1971 | ||
Tor Kamata Tor Kamata McRonald Kamaka was an American/Canadian professional wrestler known by the ring name Tor Kamata. He won several Heavyweight and Tag Team championships, including one World Tag Team title. He was a classic "bad guy" wrestler... |
1 | February 1972 | ||
Geoff Portz | 1 | 1972 | ||
Tor Kamata | 2 | 1972 | ||
Dan Kroffat Dan Kroffat Dan Kroffat is a professional wrestler who was active as a wrestler and booker in the National Wrestling Alliance and Stampede Wrestling in the 1960s and 1970sWhile acting as a booker in Stampede Wrestling, Kroffat invented the ladder match.... |
1 | July 1972 | ||
Geoff Portz | 2 | August 25, 1972 | ||
Tor Kamata | 3 | 1972 | ||
Geoff Portz | 3 | September 2, 1972 | Calgary, AB | |
Kendo Nagasaki Peter Thornley Peter Thornley is a British professional wrestler known as Kendo Nagasaki. He was one of the biggest draws of all time in British Wrestling, especially in the mid-1970s and the turn of the 1980s/1990s.... |
1 | September 23, 1972 | Calgary, AB | This was the original British masked version of the character Kendo Nagasaki Kendo Nagasaki is a professional wrestling stage name, used as a gimmick of that of a Japanese Samurai warrior with a mysterious past and even supernatural powers of hypnosis... , not the face-painted Japan/US version Kazuo Sakurada , better known as Mr. Sakurada and as the Japanese version of , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. He is best known, under various monikers, for his work in Stampede Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance, and World Championship Wrestling. Sakurada is also highly regarded by Bret Hart as... (although he would also later hold the title as Mr Sakurada in 1978) |
Geoff Portz | 4 | December 23, 1972 | Calgary, AB | |
Abdullah the Butcher | 6 | January 12, 1973 | Calgary, AB | |
Archie Gouldie | 6 | April 21, 1973 | Calgary, AB | |
Dan Kroffat | 2 | 1973 | ||
Archie Gouldie | 7 | July 6, 1973 | Calgary, AB | |
Dan Kroffat | 3 | August 13, 1973 | Regina, SK Regina, Saskatchewan Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox... |
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Gil Hayes Gil Hayes Gilbert "Gil" Hayes is a retired Canadian professional wrestler who competed in North American promotions during the 1960s and 1970s including All Star Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling where he would remain a mainstay for the majority of his 17-year career... |
1 | August 27, 1973 | Lethbridge, AB Lethbridge Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada, and the largest city in southern Alberta. It is Alberta's fourth-largest city by population after Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer, and the third-largest by area after Calgary and Edmonton. The nearby Canadian Rockies contribute to the city's... |
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Dan Kroffat | 4 | October 13, 1973 | Edmonton, AB | |
Gil Hayes | 2 | 1973 | ||
Omar Atlas | 1 | November 9, 1973 | Edmonton, AB | |
Archie Gouldie | 8 | December 28, 1973 | Calgary, AB | |
Harley Race Harley Race Harley Leland Race is a retired American professional wrestler and current promoter and trainer. During his career as a wrestler, he held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 7 times... |
1 | February 22, 1974 | Calgary, AB | |
Archie Gouldie | 9 | March 8, 1974 | Calgary, AB | |
Danny Little Bear Danny Little Bear Danny Little Bear was an American professional wrestler who competed in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance, particularly the Central States and Gulf Coast territories, where he remained one of the region's most popular stars during the 1960s and 70s... |
1 | April 12, 1974 | ||
John Quinn | 2 | September 13, 1974 | ||
Les Thornton | 2 | November 6, 1974 | ||
John Quinn | 3 | 1975 | ||
Larry Lane | 1 | 1975 | ||
King Curtis King Curtis Iaukea Curtis Piehau Iaukea, III was a professional wrestler better known as King Curtis Iaukea. Iaukea won championships in several of the major regional US promotions, both as a single and in various tag team combinations, during the 1960s. He then competed in the World Wrestling Federation where he... |
1 | February 7, 1975 | Calgary, AB | |
Larry Lane | 2 | 1975 | ||
Vacated | 1975 | Lane is injured | ||
Frankie Laine | 1 | December 12, 1975 | Calgary, AB | Defeats Butcher Brannigan to win the vacant title |
Gilles Poisson | 1 | January 16, 1976 | Calgary, AB | |
Frankie Laine | 2 | January 24, 1976 | Edmonton, AB | |
Karl Von Schotz | 1 | February 6, 1976 | Calgary, AB | |
Eddie Morrow | 1 | 1976 | ||
Karl Von Schotz | 2 | 1976 | ||
Archie Gouldie | 10 | July 2, 1976 | Calgary, AB | |
Dan Kroffat | 5 | September 11, 1976 | Edmonton, AB | |
Larry Lane | 3 | October 29, 1976 | ||
Killer Tim Brooks Killer Tim Brooks Timothy Paul Brooks is a retired American professional wrestler, better-known by his ring name "Killer Tim Brooks". He competed in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance, Pacific Northwest Wrestling and World Class Championship Wrestling during the 1970s and... |
1 | March 17, 1977 | ||
Dan Kroffat | 6 | July 1977 | ||
Vacated | September 2, 1977 | Kroffat retires | ||
Don Gagné Jean Gagné Jean Gagné is a Québécois retired professional wrestler and manager, best known under the ring name Frenchy Martin. During his World Wrestling Federation heyday in the 1980s as the manager of Canadian wrestler Dino Bravo, he was known for his trademark sign that read "USA is not OK"... |
1 | October 28, 1977 | Defeats Bobby Burke in a tournament final to win the vacant title | |
Leo Burke Leo Burke Leonce Cormier is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. He was born in Dorchester, New Brunswick. He competed across Canada, in several American promotions, and wrestled internationally for both Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council and the National Wrestling Alliance in New Zealand... |
1 | January 8, 1978 | Edmonton, AB | |
Michel Martel | 1 | March 12, 1978 | Edmonton, AB | |
Leo Burke | 2 | April 29, 1978 | ||
Mr. Sakurada Kazuo Sakurada , better known as Mr. Sakurada and as the Japanese version of , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. He is best known, under various monikers, for his work in Stampede Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance, and World Championship Wrestling. Sakurada is also highly regarded by Bret Hart as... |
1 | May 20, 1978 | Edmonton, AB | |
Paddy Ryan | 1 | September 1, 1978 | Calgary, AB | |
Kasavudu | 1 | September 22, 1978 | Calgary, AB | |
Alo Leilani | 1 | November 12, 1978 | Edmonton, AB | |
Big Daddy Ritter Junkyard Dog Sylvester Ritter was an American professional wrestler and professional football player, best known for his work in Mid-South Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as The Junkyard Dog... |
1 | December 1, 1978 | Calgary, AB | |
Jake Roberts | 1 | April 6, 1979 | Calgary, AB | |
Big Daddy Ritter | 2 | July 1979 | Calgary, AB | Ritter won the belt in what is believed to be wrestling's first ladder match. |
Larry Lane | 4 | August 11, 1979 | Edmonton, AB | |
Leo Burke | 3 | 1979 | ||
Don Gagné | 2 | November 18, 1979 | ||
Mr. Sekigawa Tetsuo Sekigawa Tetsuo Sekigawa is a Japanese professional wrestler who is very well known for his hardcore matches, competing in his most popular gimmick, Mr. Pogo.-Early years :... |
1 | December 8, 1979 | Edmonton, AB | |
Leo Burke | 4 | January 1980 | ||
Bret Hart Bret Hart Bret Hart is a Canadian on-screen personality, writer, actor and Semi-retired professional wrestler. Like others in the Hart wrestling family, Hart has an amateur wrestling background, including wrestling at Ernest Manning High School and Mount Royal College... |
1 | 1980 | ||
Leo Burke | 5 | 1980 | ||
Bret Hart | 2 | May 1980 | ||
Duke Myers | 1 | 1980 | ||
Bret Hart | 3 | 1980 | ||
David Schultz David Schultz (professional wrestler) David Schultz is an American retired professional wrestler. Although he is known for competing in North American regional promotions such as Stampede Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance and the American Wrestling Association during the late 1970s and 1980s, he is perhaps best remembered for... |
1 | January 31, 1981 | Edmonton, AB | |
Leo Burke | 6 | February 21, 1981 | Calgary, AB | |
David Schultz | 2 | February 27, 1981 | Calgary, AB | |
Mr. Hito | 1 | September 18, 1981 | Calgary, AB | |
David Schultz | 3 | October 2, 1981 | Calgary, AB | |
Mr. Hito | 2 | November 6, 1981 | Calgary, AB | |
Vacated | March 19, 1982 | Hito is injured | ||
Leo Burke | 7 | March 21, 1982 | Calgary, AB | Defeats Duke Myers in a tournament final to win the vacant title |
Bret Hart | 4 | June 26, 1982 | Edmonton, AB | |
Bad News Allen Allen Coage Allen James Coage was an American professional wrestler with the WWF and Stampede Wrestling among many other companies, better known by his ring names Bad News Brown and Bad News Allen. He was also the 1976 Olympic bronze medal winner in judo, in the heavyweight division... |
1 | September 3, 1982 | Calgary, AB | |
Bret Hart | 5 | October 17, 1982 | Calgary, AB | |
Leo Burke | 8 | January 14, 1983 | Calgary, AB | |
Bret Hart | 6 | May 3, 1983 | Regina, SK | |
Bad News Allen | 2 | July 16, 1983 | Edmonton, AB | |
Archie Gouldie | 11 | December 23, 1983 | Calgary, AB | |
Killer Khan Killer Khan is a retired professional wrestler. Popularly known as Killer Khan, he was billed from Mongolia and had numerous high-profile matches with André the Giant in the World Wrestling Federation during the 1980s, including the first ever "stretcher match"... |
1 | January 20, 1984 | Calgary, AB | |
Dynamite Kid Dynamite Kid Thomas Wilton Billington , best known by the ring name Dynamite Kid, is a retired British professional wrestler who competed in the World Wrestling Federation, Stampede Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling in the mid- to late-1980s... |
1 | March 9, 1984 | Calgary, AB | |
Bad News Allen | 3 | March 30, 1984 | Calgary, AB | Dynamite Kid defeats Allen on April 23, 1984 in Vancouver, BC, however, this is later overturned |
Davey Boy Smith Davey Boy Smith Davey Boy Smith was a British professional wrestler, better known as "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, who was born in Golborne in North West England, United Kingdom. Smith is known for his appearances with Stampede Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling... |
1 | June 18, 1984 | Vancouver, BC Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... |
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Kerry Brown Kerry Brown (wrestler) Kerry Brown was a Canadian professional wrestler. Brown was best known for working in Stampede Wrestling in the 1980s under his real name, but also wrestled in Puerto Rico and the Maritimes using the ring name Rick Valentine.-Beginning and Canadian promotions:Brown began wrestling in 1979 in... |
1 | November 21, 1985 | Edmonton, AB | |
Ron Ritchie | 1 | March 21, 1986 | Vancouver, BC | |
Held up | March 21, 1986 | Calgary, AB | Title held up following a match against Kerry Brown. | |
Ron Ritchie | 2 | March 22, 1986 | Edmonton, AB | Defeats Kerry Brown in a rematch to win the held up title. |
Steve DiSalvo Steve DiSalvo Steve DiSalvo is a retired professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the WCW as The Minotaur and his short run in WWF as Sadistic Steve.-Career:... |
1 | May 5, 1986 | Vancouver, BC | |
Bad News Allen | 4 | May 12, 1986 | Swift Current, SK Swift Current, Saskatchewan Swift Current is a small city in southwest Saskatchewan. It is situated along the Trans Canada Highway west from Moose Jaw, and east from Medicine Hat, Alberta. Swift Current grew 0.8% between 2001 and 2006 ending up at 14,946 residents. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Swift... |
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Honky Tonk Wayne Farris The Honky Tonk Man Roy Wayne Farris , better known by his ring name The Honky Tonk Man, is an American professional wrestler. A 1975 graduate from University of Memphis with a B.S. degree in Education. Coached high school football 2 seasons at Munford High School in Munford, Tennessee... |
1 | June 20, 1986 | Calgary, AB | |
Vacated | August 29, 1986 | Farris leaves for the World Wrestling Federation World Wrestling Entertainment World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales... |
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Makhan Singh Mike Shaw Mike Shaw was a professional wrestler who was best known for his stint in World Championship Wrestling as Norman The Lunatic, and as Bastion Booger in the World Wrestling Federation... |
1 | October 31, 1986 | Calgary, AB | Defeats Owen Hart in a tournament final to win the vacant title |
Owen Hart Owen Hart Owen James Hart was a Canadian professional and amateur wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling , World Championship Wrestling , and most notably, the World Wrestling Federation , where he wrestled under both his own name, and ring name The... |
1 | January 19, 1987 | Medicine Hat, AB | |
Makhan Singh | 2 | January 30, 1987 | Calgary, AB | |
Owen Hart | 2 | April 10, 1987 | Calgary, AB | |
Makhan Singh | 3 | May 6, 1988 | Calgary, AB | |
Don Muraco Don Muraco Donald Muraco , better known by his ring name "The Rock" Don Muraco, is a retired American professional wrestler... |
1 | December 9, 1988 | Cypress Centre Medicine Hat, AB | |
Davey Boy Smith | 2 | March 24, 1989 | Calgary, AB | |
Larry Cameron | 1 | April 28, 1989 | Calgary, AB | |
Title retired | December 1989 | Stampede closes | ||
Tatanka Chris Chavis Christopher "Chris" Chavis , is a Native American professional wrestler best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment as Tatanka from 1991 to 1996 and from 2005 to 2007... |
1 | October 1998 | Tampa, FL Tampa, Florida Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709.... |
Defeats Sid Vicious Sid Eudy Sidney Raymond "Sid" Eudy is an American professional wrestler, best known as Sid Vicious in World Championship Wrestling, and as Sid Justice and Sycho Sid in the World Wrestling Federation... in a fictitious tournament final to win the revived title |
Principal Richard Pound John Cozman John Cozman is a Canadian professional wrestler and trainer, known by his ring name "Principal" Richard Pound who competes in North American independent promotions, most notably as a mainstay of Stampede Wrestling during the 1980s and late 1990s.-Career:Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Cozman became... |
1 | April 2000 | Michigan Michigan Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake".... |
Fictitious title change |
Bruce Hart Bruce Hart (wrestler) Bruce Dennis Luis Hart is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. The second son of Stu Hart, Hart is a member of the large Hart wrestling family.Hart substitute teaches for the Calgary Board of Education.-Career:... |
1 | April 13, 2001 | Calgary, AB | |
Michael Modest Michael Modest Michael K. Cariglio is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name, Michael Modest . A Bay Area legend on the independent circuit scene, Modest ran the promotion Pro Wrestling IRON with tag partner Donovan Morgan and Frank Murdoch until its closure in 2005... |
1 | June 20, 2001 | Lethbridge, AB | |
Bruce Hart | 2 | June 22, 2002 | Calgary, AB | |
Vacated | June 2003 | Hart vacates the title to concentrate on defenses of the Stampede International Tag Team Championship |
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Karnage | 1 | August 22, 2003 | Calgary, AB | Defeats Harry Smith in a tournament final to win the vacant title |
Harry Smith Harry Smith (wrestler) Harry Smith is a Canadian professional wrestler of English descent. He is currently working for Inoki Genome Federation and is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he won the Unified Tag Team Championship along with Tyson Kidd before being released from his contract on August 5, 2011... |
1 | January 16, 2004 | Calgary, AB | |
Vacated | May 2005 | |||
Eddie Mustang | 1 | June 3, 2005 | Calgary, AB | Defeats Karnage and Tiger Raj Singh Tiger Raj Singh Yuvraj "Raj" Dhesi , better known by his ring name Tiger Raj Singh, is a Canadian professional wrestler signed to WWE, competing on their SmackDown brand under the ring name Jinder Mahal.-Professional wrestling career:... in a three-way match to win the vacant title |
Vacated | September 2005 | |||
TJ Wilson | 1 | November 25, 2005 | Calgary, AB | Defeats Harry Smith in a tournament final to win the vacant title |
Apocalypse APOC (wrestler) Eric Thompson , better known under his ring name Rick Victor is a Canadian professional wrestler currently working for Florida Championship Wrestling , the farm territory of WWE under the ring name Rick Victor. He has also worked as APOC for Ohio Valley Wrestling, as well as WFX Wrestling... |
1 | March 10, 2006 | Calgary, AB | Apocalypse eliminates Wilson in a battle royal in which the title was on the line |
TJ Wilson | 2 | September 15, 2006 | Calgary, AB | This match took place during halftime of a Calgary Stampeders Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium... vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded... CFL Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football.... game at McMahon Stadium McMahon Stadium McMahon Stadium is a Canadian football stadium located in Calgary, Alberta. The stadium is owned by the University of Calgary and operated by the McMahon Stadium Society.... . |
Apocalypse | 2 | September 30, 2006 | ? | Belt returned as Apocalypse claimed the September 15 match was not a sanctioned match. Wins a 3-way match against Wilson and Duke Durrango. |
Vacated | 2007 | |||
Chris Steel | 1 | September 21, 2007 | Calgary, AB | Won a Fatal Four Way match to win vacant title. Also in the match was Gama Singh, Jr., Tiger Raj Singh, and "Ravenous" Randy Myers |
"Ravenous" Randy Myers | 1 | December 14, 2007 | Calgary AB |