NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version)

NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary)
Original version of the championship belt
Details
PromotionStampede Wrestling
Date establishedNovember 1, 1946
Date retired1972
Statistics
First champion(s)Al Mills
Most reignsDave Ruhl (8 reigns)
Longest reignAl Mills
(1,578 days)
Shortest reignSammy Burg
(1 day)
Heaviest championAbdullah the Butcher (430 lb (200 kg; 31 st))

The Calgary version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship was established in 1946, and became the top championship in Stampede Wrestling when that promotion opened in 1948; it held that status until 1972, when the title was vacated and later abandoned after the last champion, Dave Ruhl, was injured.[1]

  1. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.