The Records of
AWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1979

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Nick Bockwinkel
01/07	Green Bay, WI	Billy Robinson	W
01/09	Omaha, NE	Greg Gagne	W
01/12	Rockford, IL	Billy Robinson	W
01/14	Toronto, ON	Dino Bravo	L (20:32 DQ)
01/28	Minneapolis, MN	Billy Robinson	D (DCOR)
02/01	Winnipeg, MB	Billy Robinson	D (DCOR)
02/04	Toronto, ON	Tiger Jeet Singh	W (DQ)
02/10	Chicago, IL	Verne Gagne	L (DQ)
02/11	Minneapolis, MN	Giant Baba	L (DQ)
02/14	Honolulu, HI	Jumbo Tsuruta	L (1-2 DQ)
02/16	Omaha, NE	Greg Gagne	D (DCOR)
02/18	Toronto, ON	Billy Robinson
02/24	Milwaukee, WI	Billy Robinson	NC
03/04	Toronto, ON	Billy Robinson	W (20:18 pin)
03/07	Davenport, IA	Greg Gagne	L (DQ)
03/14	Jackson, MS	Mongolian I
03/21	Stevens Point, WI	Crusher Lisowski	L (DQ)
03/23	Denver, CO	Mad Dog Vachon	L (DQ)
03/25	Toronto, ON	Bob Backlund	D (39:10 DCOR)
Double title match against WWF champion
03/30	Omaha, NE	Mad Dog Vachon	L (DQ)
03/31	Milwaukee, WI	Jim Brunzell	W
04/05	Winnipeg, MB	Mad Dog Vachon	L
Decision reversed afterwards
04/11	Omaha, NE	Mad Dog Vachon	D (DCOR)
04/14	Denver, CO	Mad Dog Vachon	W (DQ)
04/20	Kingsport, TN	Dino Bravo
04/22	Greensboro, NC	Paul Orndorff	W
04/23	Greenville, SC	Pedro Morales	W
04/24	Raleigh, NC	Ricky Steamboat	L (DQ)
05/07	Peoria, IL	Billy Robinson	L (DQ)
05/10	Winnipeg, MB	Mad Dog Vachon	L (DQ)
05/12	Milwaukee, WI	Crusher Lisowski	L (13min DQ)
05/25	Denver, CO	Greg Gagne	W (18:16)
06/03	St. Paul, MN	Mad Dog Vachon	D
06/10	Green Bay, WI	Mad Dog Vachon	NC
06/16	Omaha, NE	Greg Gagne	D
06/28	Winnipeg, MB	Super Destroyer II	W (DQ)
06/30	Chicago, IL	Andre the Giant	L (DQ)
07/07	Omaha, NE	Billy Robinson	W (DQ)
07/15	Minneapolis, MN	Greg Gagne	L (DQ)
07/19	Winnipeg, MB	Super Destroyer II	W
07/20	Rockford, IL	Greg Gagne	W (DQ)
07/21	Chicago, IL	Billy Robinson	W
07/29	Green Bay, WI	Greg Gagne	W
07/30	Memphis, TN	Bill Dundee	W
08/04	Milwaukee, WI	Greg Gagne	L (DQ)
08/10	Rockford, IL	Greg Gagne	D
08/11	Omaha, NE	Greg Gagne	W (COR)
08/15	Winnipeg, MB	Greg Gagne	L (DQ)
08/22	Honolulu, HI	Rick Martel	W
08/24	Denver, CO	Greg Gagne	W
08/25	Milwaukee, WI	Greg Gagne	W (DQ)
08/26	Minneapolis, MN	Greg Gagne	W (DQ)
08/27	Memphis, TN	Jerry Lawler	D (60min)
08/31	Houston, TX	Bruiser Brody	L (DQ)
09/02	Columbia, SC	Ricky Steamboat	L (DQ)
Double title match(?) against NWA TV champion
09/08	Omaha, NE	Greg Gagne	D (DDQ)
09/12	Winnipeg, MB	Greg Gagne	W (COR)
09/16	Green Bay, WI	Greg Gagne	D (DCOR)
09/18	Raleigh, NC	Ricky Steamboat
Double title match(?) against NWA TV champion
09/20	Austin, MN	Greg Gagne
09/21	Houston, TX	Bruiser Brody	D (DCOR)
09/28	Denver, CO	Greg Gagne	L (13:21 DQ)
10/05	Tokyo, JPN	Rusher Kimura	L (16:30 DQ)
Double title match against IWA World champion
10/11	Winnipeg, MB	Greg Gagne	L (DQ)
10/14	Charlotte, NC	Jim Brunzell	L (DQ)
10/15	Toronto, ON	Dewey Robertson	D (curfew)
10/19	Hampton, VA	Ricky Steamboat	L (COR)
Double title match(?) against NWA TV champion
10/20	Winston Salem, NC	Ricky Steamboat
11/04	Minneapolis, MN	Andre the Giant	D (60min)
11/07	Omaha, NE	Andre the Giant	D (DCOR)
11/08	Lexington, KY	Bill Dundee
11/12	Winnipeg, MB	Andre the Giant	D (DCOR)
11/19	Memphis, TN	Sonny King	W
11/20	Louisville, KY	Jackie Fargo
11/21	Evansville, IN	Jackie Fargo
12/01	Chicago, IL	Bobo Brazil	W
12/02	Green Bay, WI	Crusher Lisowski	W (18:12 DQ)
12/03	Peoria, IL	Greg Gagne	W
12/09	Minneapolis, MN	Crusher Lisowski	NC
12/10	Memphis, TN	Jerry Lawler	W (DQ)
Double title match against CWA World champion
12/14	Milwaukee, WI	Greg Gagne	W
12/28	Green Bay, WI	Crusher Lisowski	L (12:28 pin)
Decision reversed afterwards
12/29	Milton, WI	Crusher Lisowski	L (DQ)
12/30	Milwaukee, WI	Greg Gagne	L (23:48 pin)
Decision most likely reversed afterwards

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