Professional wrestling championship
AWA America's Championship |
---|
Details |
---|
Promotion | American Wrestling Association |
---|
Date established | January 7, 1985 |
---|
Date retired | August 26, 1986 |
---|
Statistics |
---|
First champion(s) | Larry Zbyszko |
---|
Longest reign | Sgt. Slaughter (431 days) |
---|
Shortest reign | Larry Zbyszko (165 days) |
---|
Oldest champion | Sgt. Slaughter (36 years, 9 months, 25 days) |
---|
Youngest champion | Larry Zbyszko (32 years) |
---|
Heaviest champion | Sgt. Slaughter 286 lb (130 kg; 20.4 st) |
---|
Lightest champion | Larry Zbyszko 245 lb (111 kg; 17.5 st) |
---|
|
The AWA America's Championship was a very short-lived title in the American Wrestling Association that was created to play upon Sgt. Slaughter's patriotism. It lasted for shortly over one year, from 1985 until 1986.[1]
Title history
Key No. | Overall reign number |
Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days |
1 | Larry Zbyszko | January 7, 1985 | Unknown | Mexico | 1 | 165 | Allegedly won the title in Mexico | [1] |
2 | Sgt. Slaughter | June 21, 1985 | AWA House show | Chicago, IL | 1 | 431 | | [1] |
— | Deactivated | August 26, 1986 | — | — | — | — | Sgt. Slaughter left the AWA. | [1] |
See also
- American Wrestling Association
References
- ^ a b c d Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
American Wrestling Association
Championships | |
---|
Major shows | |
---|
Television shows | |
---|
Key people | |
---|
Partnerships | |
---|
Other | |
---|