Australian Heavyweight Championship

Australian Heavyweight Championship

The Australian Heavyweight Wrestling Championship was the first Heavyweight professional wrestling championship in Australia.[1][2][3]

Title history

Wrestler: Times: Date Won: Location: Notes:
"Professor" William Miller 1 before 1880 New South Wales
Clarence Whistler 1 1885/10/26 New South Wales
Vacant/Abandoned Dies in 1885
Harry Pearce 1 1894 Perth, Western Australia [4][5]
Buttan Singh 1 1903 Melbourne, Victoria
Clarence Weber 1 1906/11[6] Melbourne, Victoria
Vacant 1915 Weber retired
Billy Meeske 1 1922/11/22 Melbourne, Victoria Defeated Joe Bailey in a tournament final
Clarence Weber 2 1923/09/01 Melbourne, Victoria
Billy Meeske 2 1926/09/18 Melbourne, Victoria
Joe Dawson 1 1933/03/18 Brisbane, Queensland
Billy Meeske 3 1933/04/15 Brisbane, Queensland Ordered to defend title at Raychard Stadium in 33, but refused
Tom Lurich 1 1933/06/03 New South Wales Defeates Bonny Muir to win the Raychard Stadum version after Meeske refuses to defend the title. Eddie Scarf defeates Jim Barlett in tournament final to win the Stadiums Limited version in 38 and defend it at least until 41 Meeske loses in earlier round. Leo Demetral claims the title in 38.
Eddie Scarf 1 1938 Sydney Stadium, Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales Defeated Chief Little Wolf[7][8][9][10][11]
George Pencheff 1 1939/12/09 Sydney, New South Wales Still recognised as champion of 47; Fred Atkins defeates Leo Demetral to claim the title in 40; Pencheff defeates Atkins on 40/12/07 in Broken Hill ot unify the two versions
Fred Atkins 1 1942/10/10 Sydney, New South Wales Defeated Pat Meehan in a tournament final and left the country in 1949[12]
Fred Atkins 2 1944 [13]
Fred Atkins 3 1947 [14]
Leo Jensen 1 1952/12/03 Leichhardt, New South Wales Defends against Bonnie Muir on this day[15]
Rocky Riley 1 1953 Leichhardt, New South Wales Defeated Alf Greer in a tournament final.[16]
George Pencheff 2 1955 New South Wales Returned from overseas and claimed the title
Baron Von Heczy 1 1957/02/04 Adelaide, South Australia
Kangaroo Kennedy 1 1962/04/14 Newcastle, New South Wales
Brian Ashby 1 1965/05 New South Wales
Larry O'Dea 1 1965/05/07 Sydney, New South Wales
Earl Black 1 1966/01/28 Melbourne, Victoria
Billy White Wolf 1 1967/01/28 Melbourne, Victoria Wins tournament for the title
Vacant/Abandoned 1967/02/11 Melbourne, Victoria White Wolf won the IWA World Heavyweight Championship

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.australianwrestling.org/index.php/title-histories/25-australian-heavyweight-championship
  2. ↑ http://www.wrestling-titles.com/australia/aus-h.html
  3. ↑ http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=titles&titel=239
  4. ↑ https://westsideprowrestling.wordpress.com/results/
  5. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32722450?searchTerm=harry%20watson&searchLimits=
  6. ↑ Weber, Clarence Alfred (1882–1930) - Australian Dictionary of Biography
  7. ↑ http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/scarf-edward-richard-11623
  8. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17534713
  9. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/38725541
  10. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11276161
  11. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17717062
  12. ↑ http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/f/fred-atkins/
  13. ↑ http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/f/fred-atkins/
  14. ↑ http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/f/fred-atkins/
  15. ↑ http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jensen-leo-ejner-10622
  16. ↑ http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/australia/australia.html

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