Championshipname: | NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Toronto) |
Promotion: | Maple Leaf Wrestling |
Created: | September, 1962 |
Mostreigns: | Johnny Valentine (7 reigns) |
Firstchamp: | Johnny Valentine |
Longestreign: | The Sheik (850 days) |
Shortestreign: | Johnny Valentine and Professor Hiro (7 days) |
Oldest: | The Sheik (52 years, 211 days) |
Youngest: | Bruno Sammartino (27 years, 47 days) |
Titleretired: | July, 1977 |
The NWA Toronto United States Heavyweight Championship was the version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in Frank Tunney's Toronto-based Maple Leaf Wrestling. It existed from 1962 until 1973. A different version of the title was brought to the territory by The Sheik in 1974 and defended until 1977. After that, Maple Leaf Wrestling recognized the Mid-Atlantic version of the title from May 1978 until July 1984 when promoter Jack Tunney allied himself with the WWF.[1]
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