WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Indianapolis)
| WWA World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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| Date established | 1964 | ||||||||
| Date retired | 1991 | ||||||||
| Promotion | World Wrestling Association | ||||||||
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The WWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association from the promotion's formation in 1964 until the late 1980s.
Title history
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick the Bruiser | 1 | April 22, 1964 | Los Angeles, California | Defeats Freddie Blassie for the Los Angeles version of the championship; starts his own promotion in Indiana. |
| Title held up | March 12, 1965 | Indianapolis, Indiana | After a match in which the Bruiser is disqualifed against Johnny Valentine. | |
| Dick The Bruiser | 2 | April 10, 1965 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Defeats Johnny Valentine in rematch. |
| Gene Kiniski | 1 | August 21, 1965 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Dick the Bruiser | 3 | December 25, 1965 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Loses a unification match against AWA champion Mad Dog Vachon on March 26, 1966 in Chicago, IL but continues to be recognized in Indianapolis and other WWA towns (WWA started working with AWA and AWA titles are recognized in Chicago thereafter). |
| Mitsu Arakawa | 1 | October 8, 1966 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Wilbur Snyder | 1 | September 30, 1967 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Blackjack Lanza | 1 | December 27, 1967 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Dick the Bruiser | 4 | August 29, 1969 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Baron von Raschke | 1 | March 7, 1970 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Dick the Bruiser | 5 | October 14, 1971 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Repeated on October 23, 1971 in Detroit, Michigan. |
| Baron von Raschke | 2 | November 26, 1971 | Detroit, Michigan | Repeated in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 29, 1971; Dick the Bruiser defeats Raschke in a death match on March 18, 1972 in Detroit, Michigan but is stripped in April 1972 with the match having no falls. |
| Billy Red Cloud | 1 | March 21, 1972 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Raschke continues to be billed as champion in Elkhart, IN where he loses to Art Thomas on March 25, 1972; Thomas also recognized as champion in Detroit; the Detroit version is held-up after a match between Thomas and Baron Von Raschke on May 20, 1972 in Detroit, MI. |
| Art Thomas | 1 | April 25, 1972 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Title Held up | May 20, 1972 | Detroit, Michigan | After a match against Baron von Raschke. | |
| Baron von Raschke | 3 | June 3, 1972 | Detroit, Michigan | Defeats Red Cloud for the recognition in Indianapolis; also defeats Art Thomas for the held-up Detroit version on June 3, 1972 in Detroit, Michigan. |
| Bob Ellis | 1 | March 31, 1973 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Jimmy Valiant | 1 | January 1974 | Detroit, Michigan | |
| Bob Ellis | 2 | May 12, 1974 | Detroit, Michigan | |
| Ox Baker | 1 | August 10, 1974 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Pepper Gomez | 1 | November 29, 1975 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Masked Stranger | 1 | May 1, 1976 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Dick the Bruiser | 6 | March 5, 1977 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Title held up | April 30, 1977 | After a match against Ivan Koloff. | ||
| Ivan Koloff | 1 | June 18, 1977 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Wins rematch. |
| Title held up | November 12, 1977 | After a match against Dick the Bruiser. | ||
| Dick the Bruiser | 7 | December 26, 1977 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Wins rematch. |
| Title held up | April 28, 1979 | After a match against King Kong Brody. | ||
| Dick the Bruiser | 8 | June 9, 1979 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Defeats King Kong Brody. |
| King Kong Brody | 1 | August 4, 1979 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Dick the Bruiser | 9 | May 31, 1980 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Title help up | October 4, 1980 | Indianapolis, Indiana | After a match against Ernie Ladd. | |
| Ernie Ladd | 1 | November 1, 1980 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Wins rematch. |
| Dick the Bruiser | 10 | November 29, 1980 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Johnny Valiant | 1 | April 25, 1981 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Dick The Bruiser | 11 | April 1981 | ||
| Bobo Brazil | 1 | July 24, 1981 | Bartonville, Illinois | |
| Blackjack Mulligan | 1 | October 11, 1981 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Bobo Brazil | 2 | November 1981 | Knoxville, Tennessee | |
| Title held up | February 13, 1982 | After a match against Harley Race where Race pins Brazil after using an illegal piledriver. | ||
| Harley Race | 1 | April 24, 1982 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Defeats Brazil in rematch; Brazil continues to defend in smaller towns. |
| Vacant | July 1982 | When the working agreement between WWA and CWA ends. | ||
| Dick the Bruiser | 12 | January 1983 | Awarded title. | |
| Bobby Colt | 1 | June 25, 1983 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Spike Huber | 1 | January 7, 1984 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Stormy Granzig | 1 | July 1984 | Terre Haute, Indiana | Phantom title change—Huber is fired after splitting with Bruiser's daughter. |
| Greg Wojokowski | 1 | October 1984 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Dick the Bruiser | 13 | January 29, 1985 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Greg Wojokowski | 2 | September 1985 | ||
| Scott Rechsteiner | 1 | August 14, 1986 | Dearborn, Michigan | |
| Greg Wojokowski | 3 | May 3, 1987 | Toledo, Ohio | |
| Vacant | 1988 | Upon retirement. | ||
| Calypso Jim | 1 | Summer 1988 | Fort Wayne, Indiana | |
| Golden Lion | 1 | April 16, 1989 | Fort Wayne, Indiana | |
| Title retired | November 10, 1991 | Promotion closed. |
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