| Champion |
Won From |
Date |
| Brian Logan |
Larry Zbysko |
4/19/08 |
Defeated Zbysko & Ricky Landell to win the title. |
| Larry Zbysko [3] |
n/a |
2/5/08 |
Awarded championship. |
| Masato Tanaka |
Takao Omori |
10/26/07 |
Stripped of the title in December 2007 when the AWA and ZERO1-MAX split. |
| Takao Omori [3] |
Steve Corino |
3/31/07 |
| Steve Corino [2] |
Ric Converse |
1/7/07 |
TNT defeats Corino on 3/23/07 in Cardiff, AUSTRALIA, but the title is returned to Corino when the AWA board claims that "international paperwork for this title match can not be located, and therefore the title change can not be validated." |
| Ric Converse |
Takao Omori |
6/14/06 |
| Takao Omori [2] |
Shinjiro Otani |
4/1/06 |
| Shinjiro Otani |
Steve Corino |
1/22/06 |
| Steve Corino |
Takao Omori |
6/11/05 |
| Takao Omori |
n/a |
1/23/05 |
| Defeated Steve
Corino in the finals of a six man tournament to win the vacant title. |
| Evan Karagias [3] |
n/a |
7/6/03 |
| Defeated Eric
Priest to win the vacant title. Later stripped by AWA Owner Dale
Gagne. |
| Matt Wiese (AKA
Horshu) |
Evan Karagias |
10/19/02 |
| Title later vacated
when Matt Wiese (Horshu) signs with the WWE. |
| Evan Karagias [2] |
Danny Dominion |
5/4/02 |
| Danny Dominion [2]
(AKA The Patriot) |
Evan Karagias |
5/2/02 |
| Evan Karagias |
Eric Priest |
3/22/02 |
| Eric Priest |
Larry Gligorovich |
6/3/01 |
| Larry Gligorovich |
The Patriot |
7/29/00 |
| The Patriot (AKA
Danny Dominion) |
Dale Gagne |
7/29/00 |
| Dale Gagne |
n/a |
7/29/00 |
| Dale Gagne stripped
King Kong Bundy of the title and named himself champion. |
| King Kong Bundy |
Jonnie Stewart |
3/31/99 |
| Jonnie Stewart |
n/a |
6/6/96 |
| Defeated Larry
Gligorovich to win the vacant title. |
| Larry Zbysko [2] |
Masa Saito |
4/8/90 |
| Larry Zbysko was stripped of
the AWA World title on December 12, 1990 when Zbysko left the inactive AWA
for WCW. The AWA closed in 1991. |
| Masa Saito |
Larry Zbysko |
2/10/90 |
| Larry Zbysko |
n/a |
2/7/89 |
| Larry Zbysko wins the title in
a battle royal after eliminating Tom Zenk. |
| Jerry Lawler |
Curt Hennig |
5/9/88 |
| Jerry Lawler unified the World
Class Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title by defeating Kerry Von
Erich on December 13, 1988 in Chicago, Illinois to become the first Unified
World Heavyweight Champion, but was stripped of the AWA World Heavyweight
title on January 20, 1989 after the CWA split with the AWA. |
| Curt Hennig |
Nick Bockwinkle |
5/2/87 |
| Nick Bockwinkle [4] |
n/a |
6/28/86 |
| The title was awarded to Nick
Bockwinkle when Stan Hansen left the promotion after not appearing in a
match on June 28, 1986 in Denver, Colorado, but Hansen took the belt and
defended it on All-Japan cards in July of 1986. |
| Stan Hansen |
Rick Martel |
12/29/85 |
| Rick Martel |
Jumbo Tsuruta |
5/13/84 |
| Rick Martel wrestled to a
Double Count-Out against NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Ric Flair, on
October 2, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. |
| Jumbo Tsuruta |
Nick Bockwinkle |
2/22/84 |
| Nick Bockwinkle [3] |
Otto Wanz |
10/9/82 |
| Otto Wanz |
Nick Bockwinkle |
8/29/82 |
| Nick Bockwinkle [2] |
n/a |
5/19/81 |
| Nick Bockwinkle was awarded the
title when Verne Gagne retired. |
| Verne Gagne [10] |
Nick Bockwinkle |
7/18/80 |
| Nick Bockwinkle |
Verne Gagne |
11/8/75 |
| Nick Bockwinkle wrestled to a
Double-Count Out against WWF World Heavyweight Champion, Bob Backlund, on
March 25, 1979 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| Verne Gagne [9] |
Dick Beyer |
8/31/68 |
| Dick Beyer |
Verne Gagne |
8/17/68 |
| Verne Gagne [8] |
Maurice Vachon |
2/26/67 |
| Maurice Vachon [5] |
Dick The Bruiser |
11/19/66 |
| Dick The Bruiser |
Maurice Vachon |
11/12/66 |
| Maurice Vachon [4] |
Crusher Lisowski |
11/12/65 |
| Crusher Lisowski [3] |
Maurice Vachon |
8/21/65 |
| Maurice Vachon [3] |
Mighty Igor Vodic |
5/22/65 |
| Mighty Igor Vodic |
Maurice Vachon |
5/15/65 |
| Maurice Vachon [2] |
Verne Gagne |
10/20/64 |
| Verne Gagne [7] |
Maurice Vachon |
5/15/64 |
| Maurice Vachon |
Verne Gagne |
5/2/64 |
| Verne Gagne [6] |
Crusher Lisowski |
12/14/63 |
| Crusher Lisowski [2] |
Verne Gagne |
11/28/63 |
| Verne Gagne [5] |
Fritz Von Erich |
8/8/63 |
| Verne Gagne won the AWA World
title. He then defeated Fritz Von Erich on September 7, 1963 in Oamaha,
Nebraska to unify both titles. |
| Frtiz Von Erich |
Verne Gagne |
7/27/63 |
| Frtiz Von Erich won both the
Omaha version and the AWA World title. |
| Verne Gagne [4] |
Crusher Lisowski |
7/20/63 |
| Verne Gange won both the Omaha
version and the AWA World title. |
| Crusher Lisowski |
Verne Gagne |
7/9/63 |
| Crusher Lisowski won the Omaha
version of the World Heavyweight title from Fritz Von Erich on February 15,
1963 in Omaha, Nebraska. |
| Verne Gagne [3] |
Bill Miller |
8/21/62 |
| Bill Miller |
Verne Gagne |
1/9/62 |
| Verne Gagne [2] |
Gene Kiniski |
8/8/61 |
| Gene Kiniski |
Verne Gagne |
7/11/61 |
| Verne Gagne |
n/a |
8/16/60 |
| The title was awarded to Verne
Gagne after Pat O'Connor failed to defend the title against Gange. |
| Pat O'Conner |
n/a |
1/9/59 |
| Pat O'Connor was recognized as
the first AWA World Heavyweight Champion in May 1960, but was given 90 days
to defend the title against Verne Gange or be stripped of the title. |
