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American Heavyweight Title
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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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