WWF North American Heavyweight Championship

The North American Heavyweight Championship belt.

The WWF North American Championship was a relatively short-lived title in the World Wrestling Federation from 1979 until 1981.[1] It is considered to be the spiritual predecessor to the WWE Intercontinental Championship after Pat Patterson was awarded the Intercontinental Championship as a result of an one night tournament. The first North American Heavyweight Champion was Ted DiBiase in 1979.[2]

Title history

# Wrestler Reigns Date Days held: Location Notes
1 Ted DiBiase 1 February 13, 1979 126 Allentown, PA Awarded when he signed with the WWF.[3]
2 Pat Patterson 1 June 19, 1979 158 Allentown, PA [3]
3 Seiji Sakaguchi 1 November 8, 1979 498 Otaru, Japan [3]
— Title retired — March 20, 1981 — — WWF abandoned the title.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
  2. ↑ Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man, p.108, Ted DiBiase with Tom Caiazzo, Pocket Books, New York, NY, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-5890-3
  3. 1 2 3 4 "WWF North American Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Titles. Retrieved 2008-02-02.

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