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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version)

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The NWA Toronto United States Heavyweight Championship was the version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in Frank Tunney's Toronto-based Maple Leaf Wrestling. It existed from 1962 until 1973. A different version of the title was brought to the territory by The Sheik in 1974 and defended until 1977. After that, Maple Leaf Wrestling recognized the Mid-Atlantic version of the title from May 1978 until July 1984 when promoter Jack Tunney allied himself with the WWF.[1]

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Toronto)
Details
PromotionMaple Leaf Wrestling
Date establishedSeptember, 1962
Date retiredJuly, 1977
Statistics
First champion(s)Johnny Valentine
Most reignsJohnny Valentine (7 reigns)
Longest reignThe Sheik
(850 days)
Shortest reignJohnny Valentine and Professor Hiro (7 days)
Oldest championThe Sheik (52 years, 211 days)
Youngest championBruno Sammartino (27 years, 47 days)

Title history

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Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
 1 Johnny Valentine September 1962 MLW showN/A 1 N/A Billed as champion on arrival in Toronto 
 2 Bruno Sammartino November 22, 1962 MLW showToronto, ON 1 22   
 3 Johnny Valentine December 14, 1962 MLW showToronto, ON 2 N/A   
 4 John Paul Henning June 1963 N/AWashington, DC 1 N/A Fictitious title change 
 5 Johnny Valentine July 11, 1963 MLW showToronto, ON 3 98   
 6 The Beast October 17, 1963 MLW showToronto, ON 1 140   
 7 Johnny Valentine March 5, 1964 MLW showToronto, ON 4 91  [2]
 8 Professor Hiro June 4, 1964 MLW showToronto, ON 1 133   
 9 Johnny Valentine October 15, 1964 MLW showToronto, ON 5 7 Won by referee's decision 
 10 Professor Hiro October 22, 1964 MLW showToronto, ON 2 8 won by disqualification 
 11 Johnny Valentine October 30, 1964 MLW showToronto, ON 6 58   
 12 The Sheik December 27, 1964 MLW showToronto, ON 1 7   
 13 Johnny Valentine January 3, 1965 MLW showToronto, ON 7 889 Loses to Antonio Inoki on either November 19, 1966 in Osaka, Japan or November 22 in Tokyo, both cards by the original Tokyo Pro Wrestling; Inoki begins defending a version of the title until January 30, 1967 when TPW collapses and is absorbed into International Wrestling Enterprise. 
 14 Tiger Jeet Singh June 11, 1967 MLW showToronto, ON 1 2031-2061 Title inactive from 1968 to 1971; recognized as champion again in 1971 
—Vacated January 1973—Title vacated—— Championship vacated for undocumented reasons 
 15 The Sheik July 1974 N/AN/A 2 842-872 Reigning Detroit version champion-recognized in Toronto 
 16 Thunderbolt Patterson November 19, 1976 MLW showToronto, ON 1 37   
 17 The Sheik December 26, 1976 MLW showToronto, ON 3 42   
 18 Bobo Brazil February 6, 1977 MLW showToronto, ON 1 21   
 19 The Sheik February 27, 1977 MLW showToronto, ON 4 N/A   
—Vacated July 1977 N/A——— Sheik left the Toronto area; Mid-Atlantic version is recognized in Toronto from May 1978 until July 1984 

See also

References

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