American Heavyweight Title (19th Century)

American Heavyweight Title
(turn of the century)

Evan "Strangler" Lewis	1893/03/02	New Orleans, LA
Has defeated Joe Acton to win catch-as-catch-can title on 1887/03/14 in Chicago, IL; defeats greco-roman title holder Ernest Roeber on 1893/03/02 in a mixed match with Greco-Roman and Catch-as-Catch-Can styles in best of 5 falls to become the mixed-style/freestyle champion..
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]	1902/12/25	Worcester, MA
Tom Jenkins [2]	1903/04/03	Buffalo, NY
Frank Gotch	1904/01/27	Bellingham, WA
Defeats alleged Cornish-style world champion Tim Harrington on 04/11/04 in Butte, MT.
Tom Jenkins [3]	1905/03/15	New York, NY
Frank Gotch [2]	1906/05/23	Kansas City, MO
Fred Beell	1906/12/01	New Orleans, LA
Frank Gotch [3]	1906/12/17	Kansas City, MO
Vacant when Gotch defeats Georg Hackenschmidt on 1908/04/03 in Chicago, IL to win the World title.
Henry Ordemann	1910/10/25	Minneapolis, MN
Defeats Charlie Cutler and awarded the title by the special referee Frank Gotch.
Jess Westergaard	1913/01/07	Minneapolis, MN
Henry Ordemann *	1913	Omaha, NE
Charlie Cutler	1914/07	Minneapolis, MN *
No verification has been found for above two title changes; Cutler is recognized as American champion in1914 and starts claiming world title after 1915/02.
Wladek Zbyszko	1917/01/08	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.F. United States Heavyweight Title	(	1963 - 71; 2003 -			)
N.W.A. American Heavyweight Title [Texas]	(	1966	-	1986	)
N.W.A. National Heavyweight Title	(	1980 - 86/08; 97 -			)

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