NWA_British_Empire_Heavyweight_Championship_(Toronto_version)
NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version)
Professional wrestling championship
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]
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| NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version) | |||||||||
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| Promotion | Maple Leaf Wrestling | ||||||||
| Date established | June 1941 | ||||||||
| Date retired | 1967 | ||||||||
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| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
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| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Earl McCready | June 1941 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | N/A | Reigning New Zealand version champion - recognized in Toronto | |
| 2 | Nanjo Singh | February 12, 1942 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | 77 | ||
| 3 | Whipper Billy Watson | April 30, 1942 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 154 | ||
| 4 | John Katan | October 1, 1942 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 41 | ||
| 5 | Earl McCready | November 11, 1942 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 2 | 22 | ||
| 6 | John Katan | December 3, 1942 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 2 | 56 | ||
| 7 | Whipper Billy Watson | January 28, 1943 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 2 | N/A | Defeated Nanjo Singh when Katan no-showed a scheduled defense; defeated Katan on February 25, 1943 | |
| 8 | Jack Claybourne | 1943 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 9 | Whipper Billy Watson | March 18, 1943 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 3 | 70 | ||
| 10 | Yvon Robert | May 27, 1943 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 7 | ||
| — | Vacated | June 3, 1943 | — | — | — | — | Title held up after Robert Defeated Whipper Billy Watson by DQ in Toronto, ON | |
| 11 | Whipper Billy Watson | June 10, 1943 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 4 | 42 | Defeated Robert in rematch | |
| 12 | Earl McCready | July 22, 1943 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 3 | N/A | ||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||
| 13 | Whipper Billy Watson | July 1944 (NLT) | Stampede show | N/A | 5 | N/A | Unknown whom Watson defeated for the title | |
| 14 | Frank Sexton | N/A | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 15 | Whipper Billy Watson | October 26, 1944 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 6 | 848 | ||
| — | Vacated | February 21, 1947 | — | — | — | — | Watson won the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight title | |
| 16 | Nanjo Singh | May 13, 1948 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 2 | 21 | ||
| 17 | Whipper Billy Watson | June 3, 1948 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 7 | 273 | ||
| 18 | Fred Atkins | March 3, 1949 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 152 | [2] | |
| 19 | Whipper Billy Watson | August 2, 1949 | Stampede show | Hamilton, ON | 8 | 65 | ||
| 20 | Yvon Robert | October 6, 1949 | Stampede show | Montreal, QC | 2 | 42 | ||
| 21 | Whipper Billy Watson | November 17, 1949 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 9 | 69 | ||
| 22 | Yvon Robert | January 25, 1950 | Stampede show | Montreal, QC | 3 | 260 | ||
| 23 | Whipper Billy Watson | October 12, 1950 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 9 | 1,981 | ||
| — | Vacated | March 15, 1956 | — | — | — | — | Watson won the NWA World Heavyweight title | |
| 24 | Pat O'Connor | March 29, 1956 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 399 | Defeated Lord Athol Layton | |
| 26 | Gene Kiniski | May 2, 1957 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 5 | 35 | ||
| 26 | Whipper Billy Watson | June 6, 1957 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 10 | 680 | ||
| 27 | Gene Kiniski | April 17, 1959 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 2 | 62 | [3] | |
| 28 | Whipper Billy Watson | June 18, 1959 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 11 | N/A | ||
| — | Deactivated | 1967 | — | — | — | — | Title abandoned | |
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