PWA Heavyweight Championship (Minnesota)

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PWA Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Pro Wrestling America
Date establishedJanuary 15, 1985
Current champion(s)Udo
Date wonSeptember 10, 2011
Statistics
First champion(s) Mad Dog Vachon
Most reigns Charlie Norris (5)
Longest reign Ricky Rice (554 days)
Shortest reignErik Lockhart (>1 day)

The PWA Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Pro Wrestling America (PWA). It is the only remaining championship after PWA began running occasional events in the mid-1990s.

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The inaugural champion was Mad Dog Vachon, who defeated "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal in Anoka, Minnesota on January 15, 1985 to become the first PWA Heavyweight Champion. Charlie Norris holds the record for most reigns, with five. At 554 days, Ricky Rice's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Erik Lockhart's only title reign is the shortest, at less than a day. Overall, there have been 26 reigns shared between 15 wrestlers with two vacancies.

Title history

Key
#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event in which the title was won
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Reigns

#WrestlersReignDateDays
held
LocationEventNotesRef.
1 Mad Dog Vachon 1January 15, 1985426 Anoka, Minnesota Live event Vachon defeated Steve Regal to become the first PWA Heavyweight Champion. [1] [2]
2 Ricky Rice 1March 17, 1986544 Omaha, Nebraska Live event
3 Larry Cameron 1September 12, 1987N/A Fridley, Minnesota Live event [3]
Vacated 1989N/AN/ATitle is vacated when Cameron leaves the territory.
4Ricky Rice2July 8, 198988 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Live event
5 Charlie Norris 1October 4, 1989222 Fridley, Minnesota Live event [4]
6Ricky Rice3May 14, 199090 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
7 Jerry Lynn 1August 12, 199041 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
8Ricky Rice4September 22, 1990114 St. Charles, Illinois Live event
9Terminator Riggs1January 14, 199124 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
10Charlie Norris2February 7, 19914 Minneapolis, Minnesota Live event [5]
11Terminator Riggs2February 11, 1991120 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
12Charlie Norris3May 11, 1991156 Shakopee, Minnesota Live event Defeated The Golden Idol when Riggs failed to appear. [6]
13 Teijo Khan 1October 14, 199169 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
14Charlie Norris4December 22, 199157N/A Live event
15 Punisher Sledge 1February 17, 199269 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
16Charlie Norris5April 26, 1992177 Minneapolis, Minnesota Live event
17The Hater1October 20, 1992202 Minneapolis, Minnesota Live event
18Tommy Ferrera1May 10, 199333 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
19The Hater2June 12, 199374 Albertville, Minnesota Live event
20Wellington Wilkens, Jr.1August 25, 1996N/A Sendai, Japan Live event Title change occurred at a Michinoku Pro event. [7]
Vacated N/AN/AN/A
21Mitch Paradise12003N/AN/AN/A [8]
22Asylum1June 28, 2008N/A St. Paul, Minnesota Kaposia Days Festival (2008) [8] [9]
23Mitch Paradise2N/AN/AN/AN/A
24Erik Lockhart1June 25, 20110 St. Paul, Minnesota Kaposia Days Festival (2011)
25Mitch Paradise3June 25, 201179 St. Paul, Minnesota Kaposia Days Festival (2011)Paradise invoked his "automatic rematch clause" soon after the initial contest concluded. After regaining his title, Paradise, Lenny Lane, Billy Blaze, and Nick Mason attacked Lockhart, leaving the former champion incapacitated.
26Udo1September 10, 20114527+ Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota Inver Grove Heights Days Festival (2011) [10] [11]

List of combined reigns

<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank [N 1] Wrestler# of reignsCombined days
1 Ricky Rice 4836
2 Charlie Norris 5616
3 Mad Dog Vachon 1426
4The Hater2276
5Terminator Riggs2144
6 Teijo Khan 169
7Punisher Sledge169
8 Jerry Lynn 141
9Tommy Ferrera133

Footnotes

  1. Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

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