- NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version)
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The Toronto version of the NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship was a major singles title in that city's NWA affiliate, Maple Leaf Wrestling, from 1941 until 1967, when the title was abandoned[1].
Title history
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes: Earl McCready 1 June 1941 Reigning New Zealand version champion - recognized in Toronto Nanjo Singh 1 February 12, 1942 Toronto, ON Whipper Billy Watson 1 April 30, 1942 Toronto, ON John Katan 1 October 1, 1942 Toronto, ON Earl McCready 2 November 11, 1942 Toronto, ON John Katan 2 December 3, 1942 Toronto, ON Whipper Billy Watson 2 January 28, 1943 Toronto, ON Defeats Nanjo Singh when Katan no-shows a scheduled defense; defeats Katan on February 25, 1943 Jack Claybourne 1 1943 ? Whipper Billy Watson 3 March 18, 1943 Toronto, ON Yvon Robert 1 May 27, 1943 Toronto, ON Held up June 3, 1943 Title held up after Robert defeats Whipper Billy Watson by DQ in Toronto, ON Whipper Billy Watson 4 June 10, 1943 Toronto, ON Defeats Robert in rematch Earl McCready 3 July 22, 1943 Toronto, ON Whipper Billy Watson 5 circa July 1944 ? Unknown whom Watson defeated for the title Frank Sexton 1 ? ? Whipper Billy Watson 6 October 26, 1944 Toronto, ON Vacant February 21, 1947 Watson wins the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight title Nanjo Singh 2 May 13, 1948 Toronto, ON Whipper Billy Watson 7 June 3, 1948 Toronto, ON Fred Atkins 1 March 3, 1949 Toronto, ON Whipper Billy Watson 8 August 2, 1949 Hamilton, ON Yvon Robert 2 October 6, 1949 Montreal, QC Whipper Billy Watson 9 November 17, 1949 Toronto, ON Yvon Robert 3 January 25, 1950 Montreal, QC Whipper Billy Watson 9 October 12, 1950 Toronto, ON Vacant March 15, 1956 Watson wins the NWA World Heavyweight title Pat O'Connor 1 March 29, 1956 Toronto, ON Defeats Lord Athol Layton Gene Kiniski 1 May 2, 1957 Toronto, ON Whipper Billy Watson 10 June 6, 1957 Toronto, ON Gene Kiniski 2 April 17, 1959 Toronto, ON Whipper Billy Watson 11 June 18, 1959 Toronto, ON Title retired 1967 Title abandoned References
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
External links
Categories:- National Wrestling Alliance championships
- Maple Leaf Wrestling championships
- Heavyweight wrestling championships
- Professional wrestling in Canada
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