Pat O'Connor 59/01/09 St. Louis, MO
Reigning NWA World Heavyweight champion, recognized as the first AWA World Heavyweight champion in 60/05, but given 90 days to defend the title against Verne Gagne or be stripped.
Verne Gagne 60/08/16
Awarded after O'Connor fails to defend the title against Gagne.
Gene Kiniski 61/07/11 Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne [2] 61/08/08 Minneapolis, MN
Mister M (Bill Miller) 62/01/09 Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne [3] 62/08/21 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski 63/07/09 Minneapolis, MN
Has won Omaha version of the World Title from Verne Gagne on 63/02/15 in Omaha, NE.
Verne Gagne [4] 63/07/20 Minneapolis, MN
Wins both Omaha and AWA titles.
Fritz Von Erich 63/07/27 Omaha, NE
Wins both Omaha and AWA titles.
Verne Gagne [5] 63/08/08 Amarillo, TX
Wins AWA world title; defeats Von Erich on 63/09/07 in Omaha, NE to unify Omaha version.
Crusher Lisowski [2] 63/11/16 St. Paul, MN
Verne Gagne [6] 63/12/14 Minneapolis, MN
Mad Dog Vachon 64/05/02 Omaha, NE
Verne Gagne [7] 64/05/16 Omaha, NE
Mad Dog Vachon [2] 64/10/20 Minneapolis, MN
Mighty Igor Vodic 65/05/15 Omaha, NE
Mad Dog Vachon [3] 65/05/22 Omaha, NE
Crusher Lisowski [3] 65/08/21 St. Paul, MN
Mad Dog Vachon [4] 65/11/12 Denver, CO
Tim Woods # 66/01/08 Omaha, NE
Mad Dog Vachon # 66/01/14 Omaha, NE
AWA president Stanley Blackburn reviews the match from 66/01/08 and declares it "no contenst" on 66/01/14 since Woods's legs are on the rope while pinning Vachon during the final fall; Vachon defeats Woods on 66/01/14.
Dick the Bruiser 66/11/12 Omaha, NE
Mad Dog Vachon [5] 66/11/19 Omaha, NE
Verne Gagne [8] 67/02/26 St. Paul, MN
Dr. X (Dick Beyer) 68/08/17 Bloomington, MN
Verne Gagne [9] 68/08/31 Minneapolis, MN
Nick Bockwinkel 75/11/08 St. Paul, MN
Wrestle to a double cout-out against WWF Heavyweight champion Bob Backlund on 79/03/25 in Toronto, ON.
Verne Gagne [10] 80/07/18 Chicago, IL
Nick Bockwinkel [2] 81/05/19
Awarded when Gagne retires.
Hulk Hogan # 82/04/18 St. Paul, MN
Defeats Bockwinkle, with both parties using a foreign object during the match, and is declared by the referee as champion.
Nick Bockwinkel # 82/04/24
Awarded back by AWA president Stanley Blackburn due to the involvement of a foreign object during the match.
Otto Wanz 82/08/29 St. Paul, MN
Nick Bockwinkel [3] 82/10/09 Chicago, IL
Jerry Lawler # 82/12/27 Memphis, TN
Held up afterwards.
Nick Bockwinkel # 83/01/10 Memphis, TN
Defeats Lawler in rematch; Hulk Hogan defeats Bockwinkle on 83/04/24 in Minneapolis, MN in a no DQ match; however, AWA president Stanley Blackburn, unable to disqualify Hogan for throwing Bockwinkle over the tope rope, strips Hogan of the title anyway and returns it to Bockwinkle right after the match.
Jumbo Tsuruta 84/02/23 Tokyo, JPN
Rick Martel 84/05/13 St. Paul, MN
Wrestles to a double count-out against NWA World heavyweight champion Ric Flair on 85/10/21 in Tokyo, JPN.
Stan Hansen 85/12/29 E. Rutherford, NJ
Nick Bockwinkel [3] 86/06/29 Denver, CO
Awarded when Hansen leaves the promotion after not appearing the match on 86/06/28 in Denver, CO, but Hansen takes the belt and defends it on All Japan cards in 86/07.
Curt Hennig 87/05/02 San Francisco, CA
Jerry Lawler 88/05/09 Memphis, TN
Unifies WCWA World title defeating Kerry Von Erich on 88/12/13 in Chicago, IL to become Unified World Heavyweight Champion, but stripped of AWA title on 89/01/20 after CWA splits with AWA.
Larry Zbyszko 89/02/07 St. Paul, MN
Wins title in battle royal, eliminating Tom Zenk.
Mr. Saito (Masa Saito) 90/02/10 Tokyo, JPN
Larry Zbyszko [2] 90/04/08 St. Paul, MN
Stripped on 90/12/12 when Zbyszko leaves inactive AWA for WCW; AWA closes in 91; still claims the title as of 95/01.
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