PWA Heavyweight Championship (Minnesota)
The PWA Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Pro Wrestling America (PWA). It is the only remaining championship after PWA began running occasional events in the mid-1990s.
| PWA Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Pro Wrestling America | ||||||||||
| Date established | January 15, 1985 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Udo | ||||||||||
| Date won | September 10, 2011 | ||||||||||
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The inaugural champion was Mad Dog Vachon, who defeated "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal in Anoka, Minnesota on January 15, 1985 to become the first PWA Heavyweight Champion. Charlie Norris holds the record for most reigns, with five. At 554 days, Ricky Rice's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Charlie Norris's second reign was the shortest in the history of the title lasting only 4 days. Overall, there have been 23 reigns shared between 14 wrestlers with two vacancies.
Title history
- Key
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
Reigns
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mad Dog Vachon | 1 | January 15, 1985 | 426 | Anoka, Minnesota | Live event | Vachon defeated Steve Regal to become the first PWA Heavyweight Champion. | [1][2] |
| 2 | Ricky Rice | 1 | March 17, 1986 | 544 | Omaha, Nebraska | Live event | ||
| 3 | Larry Cameron | 1 | September 12, 1987 | N/A | Fridley, Minnesota | Live event | [3] | |
| — | Vacated | — | 1989 | — | N/A | N/A | Title is vacated when Cameron leaves the territory. | |
| 4 | Ricky Rice | 2 | July 8, 1989 | 88 | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | Live event | ||
| 5 | Charlie Norris | 1 | October 4, 1989 | 222 | Fridley, Minnesota | Live event | [4] | |
| 6 | Ricky Rice | 3 | May 14, 1990 | 90 | Fridley, Minnesota | Live event | ||
| 7 | Jerry Lynn | 1 | August 12, 1990 | 41 | Fridley, Minnesota | Live event | ||
| 8 | Ricky Rice | 4 | September 22, 1990 | 114 | St. Charles, Illinois | Live event | ||
| 9 | Terminator Riggs | 1 | January 14, 1991 | 24 | Fridley, Minnesota | Live event | ||
| 10 | Charlie Norris | 2 | February 7, 1991 | 4 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | [5] | |
| 11 | Terminator Riggs | 2 | February 11, 1991 | 120 | Fridley, Minnesota | Live event | ||
| 12 | Charlie Norris | 3 | May 11, 1991 | 156 | Shakopee, Minnesota | Live event | Defeated The Golden Idol when Riggs failed to appear. | [6] |
| 13 | Teijo Khan | 1 | October 14, 1991 | 69 | Fridley, Minnesota | Live event | ||
| 14 | Charlie Norris | 4 | December 22, 1991 | 57 | N/A | Live event | ||
| 15 | Punisher Sledge | 1 | February 17, 1992 | 69 | Fridley, Minnesota | Live event | ||
| 16 | Charlie Norris | 5 | April 26, 1992 | 177 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | ||
| 17 | The Hater | 1 | October 20, 1992 | 202 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | ||
| 18 | Tommy Ferrera | 1 | May 10, 1993 | 33 | Fridley, Minnesota | Live event | ||
| 19 | The Hater | 2 | June 12, 1993 | 74 | Albertville, Minnesota | Live event | ||
| 20 | Wellington Wilkens, Jr. | 1 | August 25, 1996 | N/A | Sendai, Japan | Live event | Title change occurred at a Michinoku Pro event. | [7] |
| — | Vacated | — | N/A | — | N/A | N/A | ||
| 21 | Mitch Paradise | 1 | 2003 | N/A | N/A | N/A | [8] | |
| 22 | Asylum | 1 | June 28, 2008 | N/A | St. Paul, Minnesota | Kaposia Days Festival (2008) | [8][9] | |
| 21 | Mitch Paradise | 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| 23 | Udo | 1 | September 10, 2011 | 3254+ | Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota | Inver Grove Heights Days Festival (2011) | [10][11] |
List of combined reigns
| <1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. |
| Rank[N 1] | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ricky Rice | 4 | 836 |
| 2 | Charlie Norris | 5 | 616 |
| 3 | Mad Dog Vachon | 1 | 426 |
| 4 | The Hater | 2 | 276 |
| 5 | Terminator Riggs | 2 | 144 |
| 6 | Teijo Khan | 1 | 69 |
| 7 | Punisher Sledge | 1 | 69 |
| 8 | Jerry Lynn | 1 | 41 |
| 9 | Tommy Ferrera | 1 | 33 |
Footnotes
- Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
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- General
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- Specific
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