Nebraska Heavyweight Championship

The Nebraska Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship originally sanctioned by the Nebraska office of the National Wrestling Alliance and later the American Wrestling Association.

The title existed from 1959 through 1967, when it was unified with the AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship^[1].

Title history

Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Jack Pesek	1	February 1959
Mad Dog Vachon	1	March 1964
Otto Von Krupp	1	August 15, 1964	Omaha, NE
Mad Dog Vachon	2	August 22, 1964	Omaha, NE
Billy Red Cloud	1	October 9, 1964	Omaha, NE
Mighty Igor Vodic	1	1965
Mighty Igor Vodic	2	February 16, 1966	Beatrice, NE	Defeated Don Jardine to win the title.
Tim Woods	1	1966
Dale Lewis	1	January 14, 1967	Omaha, NE
Bobby Shane	1	March 4, 1967	Omaha, NE
Bob Orton	1	May 27, 1967	Omaha, NE
Title retired		July 15, 1967	Omaha, NE	Orton defeated Doug Gilbert to become the first AWA Midwest Heavyweight Champion and unified the Nebraska title with the Midwest title.

See also

• National Wrestling Alliance
• American Wrestling Association

References

1. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 

External links

• Wrestling-Titles.com