AWA World Title

Won By	Defeated	Location	Date
Verne Gagne-1			8-16-60
Gene Kiniski	Verne Gagne	Minneapolis, MN	7-11-61
Verne Gagne	Gene Kiniski	Minneapolis, MN	8-8-61
Mr. M (Bill Miller)	Verne Gagne	Minneapolis, MN	1-9-62
Verne Gagne	Mr. M	Minneapolis, MN	8-21-62
Crusher	Verne Gagne	Minneapolis, MN	7-9-63
Verne Gagne	Crusher	Minneapolis, MN	7-20-63
Fritz Von Erich	Verne Gagne	Omaha, NE	7-27-63
Verne Gagne	Fritz Von Erich	Amarillo, TX	8-8-63
Crusher	Verne Gagne	St. Paul, MN	11-28-63
Verne Gagne	Crusher	Minneapolis, MN	12-14-63
Mad Dog Vachon	Verne Gagne	Omaha, NE	5-2-64
Verne Gagne	Mad Dog Vachon	Omaha, NE	5-16-64
Mad Dog Vachon	Verne Gagne	Minneapolis, MN	10-20-64
Mighty Igor	Mad Dog Vachon	Omaha, NE	5-15-65
Mad Dog Vachon	Mighty Igor	Omaha, NE	5-22-65
Crusher	Mad Dog Vachon	St. Paul, MN	8-21-65
Mad Dog Vachon	Crusher	Denver, CO	11-12-65
Dick the Bruiser	Mad Dog Vachon	Omaha, NE	11-12-66
Mad Dog Vachon	Dick the Bruiser	Omaha, NE	11-19-66
Verne Gagne	Mad Dog Vachon	St. Paul, MN	2-26-67
Dr. X (Dick Beyers)	Verne Gagne	Bloomington, MN	8-17-68
Verne Gagne	Dr. X	Minneapolis, MN	8-31-68
Nick Bockwinkel	Verne Gagne	St. Paul, MN	11-8-75
Verne Gagne	Nick Bockwinkel	Chicago, IL	7-18-80
Nick Bockwinkel-2			5-19-81
Otto Wanz	Nick Bockwinkel	St. Paul, MN	8-29-82
Nick Bockwinkel	Otto Wanz	Chicago, IL	10-9-82
Nick Bockwinkel	Jerry Lawler-3	Memphis, TN	1-10-83
Jumbo Tsuruta	Nick Bockwinkel	Tokyo, Japan-4	2-22-84
Rick Martel	Jumbo Tsuruta	St. Paul, MN	5-13-84
Stan Hansen	Rick Martel	East Rutherford, NJ	12-29-85
Nick Bockwinkel	Stan Hansen	Denver, CO-5	6-29-86
Curt Hennig	Nick Bockwinkel	San Francisco, CA-6	5-2-87
Jerry Lawler	Curt Hennig	Memphis, TN	5-9-88
Larry Zbyszko-7		St. Paul, MN	2-7-89
Masa Saito	Larry Zbyszko	Tokyo, Japan	2-10-90
Larry Zbyszko	Masa Saito	St. Paul, MN-8	4-8-90



1- Gagne was awarded the title after he failed to receive an NWA World title match
2- Bockwinkel was awarded the title after Gagne retired on 5-10-81
3- Rematch for vacant title. Title held up after match on 12-27-82
4- Terry Funk was the special referee
5- Bockwinkel was awarded the title after Hansen left the arena before the match
6- Hennig was officially awarded the title on 5-13-87 after the championship committee ruled that Larry Zbyszko had
not illegally interefered in the match
7- Zbyszko won a battle royal by eliminating Tom Zenk to win the vacant title.
Lawler was stripped of the title on 1-20-89 after he missed several title defenses
8- Zbyszko was stripped of the title on 12-12-90 after he left the inactive AWA for WCW.
The AWA officially folded in 1991

Tag Team Title | U.S. Title | TV Title | Light-Heavyweight Title
Women's Title | Americas Title | British Empire Title | Canadian Title



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