AWA United States Heavyweight Championship information
Professional wrestling championship
AWA United States Championship
Details
Promotion
National Wrestling Alliance (1953-1960) NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club (1958-1960) American Wrestling Association (1960-1962)
Date established
September 3, 1953
Date retired
1963
Other name(s)
NWA United States Championship (Chicago Version)
Statistics
First champion(s)
Verne Gagne
Most reigns
Wilbur Snyder (5 reigns)
Longest reign
Verne Gagne (857 days)
Shortest reign
Wilbur Snyder (7 days)
The AWA United States Championship was a short-lived title in the early days of the American Wrestling Association. It started out as the NWA United States Championship promoted in the Chicago, Illinois from 1953 until 1958. in 1958 then champion Verne Gagne created the American Wrestling Association (AWA) based on Minneapolis, Minnesota and took the championship with him, claiming the lineage of the Chicago version. The Chicago promotion recognized Wilbur Snyder as their next champion, splitting the lineage into their own NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. The Minneapolis version of the championship was renamed the AWA United States Championship in 1960.[1]
^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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