AWA United States Heavyweight Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	Verne Gagne
Most reigns	Wilbur Snyder (5 reigns)
Longest reign	Verne Gagne (857 days)
Shortest reign	Wilbur Snyder (7 days)

AWA United States 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);
First champion(s)
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]

Title history

Key
No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Notes	Ref.
	National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
1	Verne Gagne	September 3, 1953	House show	N/A	1	947	Gagne was awarded the championship	^[1]^[2]
2	Wilbur Snyder	April 7, 1956	House show	Chicago, Illinois	1	195		^[1]^[2]
3	Hans Schmidt	October 19, 1956	House show	Chicago, Illinois	1	123		^[1]^[2]
4	Wilbur Snyder	February 19, 1957	House show	Chicago, Illinois	2	298		^[1]^[2]
5	Dick the Bruiser	December 14, 1957	House show	Chicago, Illinois	1	119		^[1]^[2]
	American Wrestling Association (AWA)
6	Verne Gagne	April 12, 1958	House show	Chicago, Illinois	2	857	The title was split from the original championship, which retained the same joint lineage in the Chicago territory. Minneapolis version renamed "AWA United States Championship" in 1960.	^[1]^[2]
—	Vacated	August 16, 1960	—	—	—	—	Vacated when Gagne won AWA World Heavyweight Championship.	^[1]^[2]
7	Gene Kiniski	November 19, 1960	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1	17	Defeated Nick Roberts in a house show in St. Paul, Minnesota; match was not billed for the title.	^[1]^[2]
8	Wilbur Snyder	December 6, 1960	House show	Minnesota	3	7		^[1]^[2]
9	Gene Kiniski	December 13, 1960	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	2	64		^[1]^[2]
10	Wilbur Snyder	February 15, 1961	House show	Duluth, Minnesota	4	^{[Note 1]}		^[1]^[2]
11	Gene Kiniski	February 1961	House show	^{[Note 2]}	3	^{[Note 3]}		^[1]^[2]
12	Wilbur Snyder	March 1, 1961	House show	Duluth, Minnesota	5	31		^[1]^[2]
13	Gene Kiniski	April 1, 1961	House show	Saint Paul, Minnesota	4	^{[Note 4]}		^[1]^[2]
14	Hard Boiled Haggerty	September 1961	House show	Minnesota	1	^{[Note 5]}	Sometime after September 5, 1961.	^[1]^[2]
15	Mr. M	October 17, 1961	House show	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1	84		^[1]^[2]
—	Vacated	January 9, 1962	—	—	—	—	Vacated when Mr. M won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship.	^[1]^[2]
16	Pat O'Connor	February 17, 1962	House show	St. Paul, Minnesota	1	^{[Note 6]}	Was awarded the NWA (Central States) version of the US Championship on August 24, 1961; defends title against Bob Geigel.	^[1]^[2]
—	Deactivated	1962	—	—	—	—	O'Connor spent the rest of his AWA stint challenging Mr. M unsuccessfully for the AWA World championship, while defending his title in other NWA territories until he lost it to Hans Schmidt on July 5, 1962, in Greensboro, North Carolina in a Jim Crockett Promotions card; AWA abandons recognition.	^[1]^[2]

Footnotes

^ The exact date that the championship was lost has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 1 day and 13.
^ The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
^ The exact date that the championship was won has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 1 day and 13.
^ The exact date that the championship was lost has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 153 days and 182.
^ The exact date that the championship was won has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 17 days and 41.
^ The exact date the championship was abandoned has not been documented, which means that the title reign is too uncertain to calculate.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "United States Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved December 27, 2015.

[3] The exact date that the championship was lost has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 1 day and 13.

[Location-4] The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.

[5] The exact date that the championship was won has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 1 day and 13.

[6] The exact date that the championship was lost has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 153 days and 182.

[7] The exact date that the championship was won has not been documented, which means that the title reign lasted between 17 days and 41.

[8] The exact date the championship was abandoned has not been documented, which means that the title reign is too uncertain to calculate.

[TitleBook-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

[USWeb-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "United States Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved December 27, 2015.

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AWA United States Heavyweight Championship

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