IW North American Heavyweight Championship
This is a list of people who held the "North American Heavyweight Title" under the banner of International Wrestling (IW) from 1969 to 1984. The promotion was owned by the Eastern Sports Association from 1969 until 1976. The IW promotion ends with end of 1984 season, and the title was discontinued.
North American Heavyweight Title
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Beast (Ivan Cormier) | 1 | July 8, 1969 | ||
| Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie | 1 | August 26, 1969 | ||
| Bobo Brazil | 1 | October 7, 1969 | ||
| Bobby Red Cloud | 1 | May 19, 1970 | ||
| Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie | 2 | June 2, 1970 | ||
| The Beast | 2 | August 4, 1970 | ||
| Eric Pomeroy | 1 | May 11, 1971 | ||
| Leo Burke (Cormier) | 1 | June 22, 1971 | ||
| Gino Brito | 1 | September 22, 1971 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
| Leo Burke | 2 | September 27, 1971 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
| Killer Karl Krupp | 1 | June 10, 1972 | ||
| Eric Pomeroy | 2 | July, 1972 | ||
| Killer Karl Krupp | 2 | July 25, 1972 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
| The Beast | 3 | September 12, 1972 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
| Jim Dillon | 1 | May, 1973 | ||
| Killer Karl Krupp | 3 | August, 1973 | ||
| Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie | 3 | September, 1973 | In October, the Stomper returned to Stampede Wrestling, and in December won their North American title from Omar Atlas. On February 22, 1974, in Calgary, the Stomper lost the (Stampede) North American Title to Harley Race. ESA may have used this title change to explain Harley Race entering the Maritimes at the start of the 1974 season in possession of the North American belt - omitting that the Stomper had won back the Stampede version in March. | |
| Harley Race | 1 | May 7, 1974 | ||
| Leo Burke | 3 | May, 1974 | ||
| Great Kuma (Motoshi Okuma) | 1 | May, 1974 | ||
| The Beast | 4 | June, 1974 | ||
| Great Kuma | 2 | June, 1974 | ||
| Eric Pomeroy | 3 | July, 1974 | ||
| Bolo Mongol | 1 | August, 1974 | ||
| Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie | 4 | September, 1974 | ||
| Bolo Mongol | 2 | September, 1974 | ||
| Leo Burke | 4 | May 6, 1975 | Was supposedly won in Detroit. | |
| Bob Brown | 1 | July 29, 1975 | ||
| Leo Burke | 5 | October 21, 1975 | Substituting for Pat O’Connor. | |
| Bob Brown | 5 | 1975 | Returned to Brown upon appeal. | |
| Rudy Kay (Cormier) | 1 | November, 1975 | ||
| Vacated | The season ended without notice, leaving Rudy Kay unable to defend within 30 days. | |||
| Tommy Gilbert | 1 | April 24, 1976 | USA | Won a tournament to be crowned champion. |
| The Brute | 1 | May, 1976 | ||
| Tommy Gilbert | 2 | May 27, 1976 | Saint John, New Brunswick | |
| The Brute | 2 | June, 1976 | ||
| Leo Burke | 5 | September, 1976 | ||
| Michel Dubois | 1 | 1976 | ||
Moved to Trans-Canada Wrestling in 1977. | ||||
| Steve Bolus | 1 | June 9, 1977 | Arrived as champion | |
| Frenchy Martin | 1 | June, 1977 | ||
| Leo Burke | 6 | July 14, 1977 | ||
TCW folds in July, 1977. Title discontinued. | ||||
There was not a North American Title in the Maritimes again until 1984, when there were two of them.
- 84/04 Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie arrived at rival Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling as North American Champion. This was a newly created title for AGPW.
- 84/06 Leo Burke arrives at International Wrestling as North American Champion, this title had a history with Toronto’s Maple Leaf Wrestling, starting in 1982, when Leo Burke arrived there as Champion, with the old ESA/North American belt.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Burke | 1 | October, 1982 | ||
| Johnny Weaver | 1 | April 10, 1983 | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Leo Burke | 2 | May 29, 1983 | Toronto, Ontario | |
| June, 1984 | Maple Leaf Wrestling is sold to WWF. Leo Burke returns to Maritimes (Zinck) as North American champion. | |||
| Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie | August, 1984 | The Stomper jumped to International Wrestling, won title unification match over Leo Burke. | ||
Sources
Title history at wrestling-titles.com
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