Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship
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The Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship is the major title in the Canadian professional wrestling promotion Stampede Wrestling. From its establishment in 1968 until 1972, it was Stampede's secondary singles championship, becoming the top title in 1972 after the previous top championship, the Calgary version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight title, was abandoned.
[edit] Title history
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage or a break in the history.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Notwes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Gouldie | 1 | February 28, 1968 | Saskatoon, SK | Defeated Pat O'Connor to become the first champion. |
| Ox Baker | 1 | March 8, 1968 | Calgary, AB | |
| Waldo Von Erich | 1 | March 15, 1968 | Calgary, AB | |
| Archie Gouldie | 2 | July 1968 | ||
| Vic Rossitani | 1 | September 1968 | ||
| Stan Stasiak | 1 | October 11, 1968 | Calgary, AB | |
| Archie Gouldie | 3 | December 1968 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Angelo Mosca | 1 | April 25, 1969 | Calgary, AB | |
| Held up | May 2, 1969 | Calgary, AB | Title held up following a match against Archie Gouldie. | |
| Archie Gouldie | 4 | May 16, 1969 | Calgary, AB | Defeated Angelo Mosca in a rematch to win the held up title. |
| Dave Ruhl | 1 | 1969 | ||
| Archie Gouldie | 5 | 1969 | ||
| Billy Robinson | 1 | 1969 | ||
| Abdullah the Butcher | 1 | February 6, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
| Billy Robinson | 2 | February 20, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
| Abdullah the Butcher | 2 | February 27, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
| Jerry Christy | 1 | April 17, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
| Abdullah the Butcher | 3 | May 1, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
| Jerry Christy | 2 | May 7, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
| Abdullah the Butcher | 4 | May 14, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
| Dave Ruhl | 2 | August 21, 1970 | ||
| Sweet Daddy Siki | 1 | September 15, 1970 | Calgary, AB | |
| Abdullah the Butcher | 5 | March 12, 1971 | ||
| Les Thornton | 1 | April 23, 1971 | ||
| Black Angus Campbell | 1 | August 14, 1971 | Edmonton, AB | |
| John Quinn | 1 | October 1971 | ||
| Black Angus Campbell | 2 | November 6, 1971 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Bob Lueck | 1 | 1971 | ||
| Kurt Von Hess | 1 | 1971 | ||
| Tor Kamata | 1 | February 1972 | ||
| Geoff Portz | 1 | 1972 | ||
| Tor Kamata | 2 | 1972 | ||
| Dan Kroffat | 1 | July 1972 | ||
| Geoff Portz | 2 | August 25, 1972 | ||
| Tor Kamata | 3 | 1972 | ||
| Geoff Portz | 3 | September 2, 1972 | Calgary, AB | |
| Kendo Nagasaki | 1 | September 23, 1972 | Calgary, AB | |
| Geoff Portz | 4 | December 23, 1972 | Calgary, AB | |
| Abdullah the Butcher | 6 | January 12, 1973 | Calgary, AB | |
| Archie Gouldie | 6 | April 21, 1973 | Calgary, AB | |
| Dan Kroffat | 2 | 1973 | ||
| Archie Gouldie | 7 | July 6, 1973 | Calgary, AB | |
| Dan Kroffat | 3 | August 13, 1973 | Regina, SK | |
| Gil Hayes | 1 | August 27, 1973 | Lethbridge, AB | |
| Dan Kroffat | 4 | October 13, 1973 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Gil Hayes | 2 | 1973 | ||
| Omar Atlas | 1 | November 9, 1973 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Archie Gouldie | 8 | December 28, 1973 | Calgary, AB | |
| Harley Race | 1 | February 22, 1974 | Calgary, AB | |
| Archie Gouldie | 9 | March 8, 1974 | Calgary, AB | |
| Danny Little Bear | 1 | April 12, 1974 | ||
| John Quinn | 2 | September 13, 1974 | ||
| Les Thornton | 2 | November 6, 1974 | ||
| John Quinn | 3 | 1975 | ||
| Larry Lane | 1 | 1975 | ||
| King Curtis | 1 | February 7, 1975 | Calgary, AB | |
| Larry Lane | 2 | 1975 | ||
| Vacated | 1975 | Title vacated after Lane is injured. | ||
| Frankie Laine | 1 | December 12, 1975 | Calgary, AB | Defeated Butcher Brannigan to win the vacant title. |
| Gilles Poisson | 1 | January 16, 1976 | Calgary, AB | |
| Frankie Laine | 2 | January 24, 1976 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Karl Von Schotz | 1 | February 6, 1976 | Calgary, AB | |
| Eddie Morrow | 1 | 1976 | ||
| Karl Von Schotz | 2 | 1976 | ||
| Archie Gouldie | 10 | July 2, 1976 | Calgary, AB | |
| Dan Kroffat | 5 | September 11, 1976 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Larry Lane | 3 | October 29, 1976 | ||
| Tim Brooks | 1 | March 17, 1977 | ||
| Dan Kroffat | 6 | July 1977 | ||
| Vacated | September 2, 1977 | Title vacated after Kroffat retires. | ||
| Don Gagné | 1 | October 28, 1977 | Defeated Bobby Burk in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | |
| Leo Burke | 1 | January 8, 1978 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Michel Martel | 1 | March 12, 1978 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Leo Burke | 2 | April 29, 1978 | ||
| Mr. Sakurada | 1 | May 20, 1978 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Paddy Ryan | 1 | September 1, 1978 | Calgary, AB | |
| Kasavudu | 1 | September 22, 1978 | Calgary, AB | |
| Alo Leilani | 1 | November 12, 1978 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Big Daddy Ritter | 1 | December 1, 1978 | Calgary, AB | |
| Jake Roberts | 1 | April 6, 1979 | Calgary, AB | |
| Big Daddy Ritter | 2 | August 1979 | ||
| Larry Lane | 4 | August 11, 1979 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Leo Burke | 3 | 1979 | ||
| Don Gagné | 2 | November 18, 1979 | ||
| Mr. Sekigawa | 1 | December 8, 1979 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Leo Burke | 4 | January 1980 | ||
| Bret Hart | 1 | 1980 | ||
| Leo Burke | 5 | 1980 | ||
| Bret Hart | 2 | May 1980 | ||
| Duke Myers | 1 | 1980 | ||
| Bret Hart | 3 | 1980 | ||
| David Schultz | 1 | January 31, 1981 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Leo Burke | 6 | February 21, 1981 | Calgary, AB | |
| David Schultz | 2 | February 27, 1981 | Calgary, AB | |
| Mr. Hito | 1 | September 18, 1981 | Calgary, AB | |
| David Schultz | 3 | October 2, 1981 | Calgary, AB | |
| Mr. Hito | 2 | November 6, 1981 | Calgary, AB | |
| Vacated | March 19, 1982 | Title vacated after Hito is injured. | ||
| Leo Burke | 7 | March 21, 1982 | Calgary, AB | Defeated Duke Meyets in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| Bret Hart | 4 | June 26, 1982 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Bad News Allen | 1 | September 3, 1982 | Calgary, AB | |
| Bret Hart | 5 | October 17, 1982 | Calgary, AB | |
| Leo Burke | 8 | January 14, 1983 | Calgary, AB | |
| Bret Hart | 6 | May 3, 1983 | Regina, SK | |
| Bad News Allen | 2 | July 16, 1983 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Archie Gouldie | 11 | December 23, 1983 | Calgary, AB | |
| Killer Khan | 1 | January 20, 1984 | Calgary, AB | |
| Dynamite Kid | 1 | March 9, 1984 | Calgary, AB | |
| Bad News Allen | 3 | March 30, 1984 | Calgary, AB | Dynamite Kid defeated Allen on April 23, 1984 in Vancouver, BC, however, this was later overturned. |
| Davey Boy Smith | 1 | June 18, 1984 | Vancouver, BC | |
| Kerry Brown | 1 | November 21, 1985 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Ron Ritchie | 1 | March 21, 1986 | Vancouver, BC | |
| Held up | March 21, 1986 | Calgary, AB | Title held up following a match against Kerry Brown. | |
| Ron Ritchie | 2 | March 22, 1986 | Edmonton, AB | Defeated Kerry Brown in a rematch to win the held up title. |
| Steve DiSalvo | 1 | May 5, 1986 | Vancouver, BC | |
| Bad News Allen | 4 | May 12, 1986 | Swift Current, SK | |
| Wayne Farris | 1 | June 20, 1986 | Calgary, AB | |
| Vacated | August 29, 1986 | Title vacated when Farris leaves for the World Wrestling Federation. | ||
| Makhan Singh | 1 | October 31, 1986 | Calgary, AB | Defeated Owen Hart in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| Owen Hart | 1 | January 19, 1987 | Medicine Hat, AB | |
| Makhan Singh | 2 | January 30, 1987 | Calgary, AB | |
| Owen Hart | 2 | April 10, 1987 | Calgary, AB | |
| Makhan Singh | 3 | May 6, 1988 | Calgary, AB | |
| Don Muraco | 1 | December 9, 1988 | Edmonton, AB | |
| Davey Boy Smith | 2 | March 24, 1989 | Calgary, AB | |
| Larry Cameron | 1 | April 28, 1989 | Calgary, AB | |
| Title retired | December 1989 | Title retired when Stampede closed. | ||
| Tatanka | 1 | October 1998 | Tampa, FL | Defeated Sid Vicious in a tournament final to win the revived title. |
| Principal Richard Pound | 1 | April 2000 | Michigan | |
| Bruce Hart | 1 | April 13, 2001 | Calgary, AB | |
| Michael Modest | 1 | June 20, 2001 | Lethbridge, AB | |
| Bruce Hart | 2 | June 22, 2002 | Calgary, AB | |
| Vacated | June 2003 | Hart vacated the title to concentrate on defenses of the Stampede International Tag Team Championship. |
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| Karnage | 1 | August 22, 2003 | Calgary, AB | Defeated Harry Smith in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| Harry Smith | 1 | January 16, 2004 | Calgary, AB | |
| Vacated | May 2005 | |||
| Eddie Mustang | 1 | June 3, 2005 | Calgary, AB | Defeated Karnage and Tiger Raj Singh in a three-way match to win the vacant title. |
| Vacated | September 2005 | |||
| T.J. Wilson | 1 | November 25, 2005 | Calgary, AB | Defeated Harry Smith in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| Apocalypse | 1 | March 10, 2006 | Calgary, AB | Apocalypse eliminated Wilson in a battle royal in which the title was on the line. |
| T.J. Wilson | 2 | September 15, 2006 | Calgary, AB | |
