American Heavyweight Title
[Turn of the Century]

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Joe Acton	1882/08/07	New York, NY
Has defeated Tom Cannon on 1881/12/09 in London, GBR for Catch-as-Catch-Can Title; defeats a title claimant Edwin Bibby on 82/08/07 to end the dispute (Bibby billed as champion for a match against world greco-roman champion William Muldoon on 82/09/03 in Elmira, NY).
Evan "Strangler" Lewis	1887/04/11	Chicago, IL
The match, initially scheduled on 87/03/14, is postponed to 87/04/11; also defeats Greco-Roman Title holder Ernest Roeber on 93/03/02 in New Orleans, LA in a best-of-5-falls mixed match with greco-roman and catch-as-catch-can styles.
Martin "Farmer" Burns	1895/04/20	Chicago, IL
Dan McLeod	1897/10/26	Indianapolis, IN
Tom Jenkins	1901/01/11	Cleveland, OH
Dan McLeod [2]	02/12/25	Worcester, MA
Tom Jenkins [2]	03/04/03	Buffalo, NY
Frank Gotch	04/01/27	Bellingham, WA
Defeats alleged Cornish-style world champion Tim Harrington on 04/11/04 in Butte, MT.
Tom Jenkins [3]	05/03/15	New York, NY
Frank Gotch [2]	06/05/23	Kansas City, MO
Fred Beell	06/12/01	New Orleans, LA
Frank Gotch [3]	06/12/17	Kansas City, MO
Vacant when Gotch defeats Georg Hackenschmidt on 08/04/03 in Chicago, IL to win the World title.
Henry Ordemann	10/10/25	Minneapolis, MN
Defeats Charlie Cutler and awarded the title by the special referee Frank Gotch.
Charlie Cutler	11/02/01	Minneapolis, MN
Dr. Benjamin Roller	11/03/06	Chicago, IL
Charlie Cutler [2]	11/03/25	Buffalo, NY
Henry Ordemann [2]	11/11/21	Minneapolis, MN
Jess Westergaard	13/01/07	Minneapolis, MN
Charlie Cutler [3]	13/01/22	Dallas, TX
Also defeats a claimant Henry Ordemann on 14/02/02 in Minneapolis, MN; starts claiming world title after 15/02/21.
Wladek Zbyszko	17/01/08	Wilkes-Barre, PA
Defeats Dr. B.F. Roller.
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Joe Stecher	22/02<
Wladek Zbyszko [2]	22/02/21	New York, NY

The U.S. national titles since 20th Century

N.W.A. United States Heavyweight Title [various versions]	(	1953/09	-	2000/11	)
American Heavyweight Title [Los Angeles]	(	1957	-	1963	)
A.W.A. United States Heavyweight Title	(	1960	-	1962	)
W.W.W.F./W.W.E. United States Heavyweight Title	(	1963 - 71; 2003 -			)
N.W.A. United States/American Heavyweight Title [Texas]	(	1966	-	1986	)
N.W.A. National Heavyweight Title	(	1980 - 86/08; 97 -			)