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IW North American Heavyweight Championship

This is a list of people who held the "North American Heavyweight Title" under the banner of International Wrestling (IW) from 1969 to 1984. The promotion was owned by the Eastern Sports Association from 1969 until 1976. The IW promotion ends with end of 1984 season, and the title was discontinued.

North American Heavyweight Title

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
 1 The Beast July 8, 1969  IW show N/A  1 49
 2 Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie August 26, 1969  IW show N/A  1 42
 3 Bobo Brazil October 7, 1969  IW show N/A  1 224
 4  Bobby Red Cloud May 19, 1970  IW show N/A  1 14
 5 Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie June 2, 1970  IW show N/A  2 63
 6 The Beast August 4, 1970  IW show N/A  2 280
 7  Eric Pomeroy May 11, 1971  IW show N/A  1 42
 8 Leo Burke June 22, 1971  IW show N/A  1 92
 9 Gino Brito September 22, 1971  IW show Halifax, Nova Scotia  1 5
 10 Leo Burke September 27, 1971  IW show Halifax, Nova Scotia  2 257
 11 Killer Karl Krupp June 10, 1972  IW show N/A  1  N/A
 12  Eric Pomeroy July 1972  IW show N/A  2  N/A
 13 Killer Karl Krupp July 25, 1972  IW show Halifax, Nova Scotia  2 49
 14 The Beast September 12, 1972  IW show Halifax, Nova Scotia  3  N/A
 15  Jim Dillon May 1973  IW show N/A  1  N/A
 16 Killer Karl Krupp August 1973  IW show N/A  3  N/A
 17 Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie September 1973  IW show N/A  3  N/A  In October, the Stomper returned to Stampede Wrestling, and in December won their North American title from Omar Atlas. On February 22, 1974, in Calgary, the Stomper lost the (Stampede) North American Title to Harley Race. ESA may have used this title change to explain Harley Race entering the Maritimes at the start of the 1974 season in possession of the North American belt - omitting that the Stomper had won back the Stampede version in March.
 18 Harley Race May 7, 1974  IW show N/A  1  N/A
 19 Leo Burke May 1974  IW show N/A  3  N/A
 20 Great Kuma May 1974  IW show N/A  1  N/A
 21 The Beast June 1974  IW show N/A  4  N/A
 22 Great Kuma June 1974  IW show N/A  2  N/A
 23  Eric Pomeroy July 1974  IW show N/A  3  N/A
 24 August 1974  IW show N/A  1  N/A
 25 Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie September 1974  IW show N/A  4  N/A
 26 September 1974  IW show N/A  2  N/A
 27 Leo Burke May 6, 1975  IW show N/A  4 84  Was supposedly won in Detroit.
 28 Bob Brown July 29, 1975  IW show N/A  1 84
 29 Leo Burke October 21, 1975  IW show N/A  5  N/A  Substituting for Pat O’Connor.
 30 Bob Brown 1975  IW show N/A  5  N/A  Returned to Brown upon appeal.
 31 Rudy Kay November 1975  IW show N/A  1  N/A
N/A N/A N/A  The season ended without notice, leaving Rudy Kay unable to defend within 30 days.
 32  Tommy Gilbert April 24, 1976  IW show USA  1  N/A  Won a tournament to be crowned champion.
 33 The Brute May 1976  IW show N/A  1  N/A
 34  Tommy Gilbert May 27, 1976  IW show Saint John, New Brunswick  2  N/A
 35 The Brute June 1976  IW show N/A  2  N/A
 36 Leo Burke September 1976  IW show N/A  5  N/A
 37  Michel Dubois 1976  IW show N/A  1  N/A
 38  N/A  IW show N/A  N/A
 39  Steve Bolus June 9, 1977  TCW show N/A  1  N/A  Arrived as champion
 40 Frenchy Martin June 1977  TCW show N/A  1  N/A
 41 Leo Burke July 14, 1977  TCW show N/A  6  N/A
— Deactivated July 1977}}  IW show — — —  TCW closed

There was not a North American Title in the Maritimes again until 1984, when there were two of them.

  1. 84/04 Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie arrived at rival Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling as North American Champion. This was a newly created title for AGPW.
  2. 84/06 Leo Burke arrives at International Wrestling as North American Champion, this title had a history with Toronto's Maple Leaf Wrestling, starting in 1982, when Leo Burke arrived there as Champion, with the old ESA/North American belt.
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
 1 Leo Burke October 1982  MLW show N/A  1 N/A
 2 Johnny Weaver April 10, 1983  MLW show Toronto, Ontario  1 49
 3 Leo Burke May 29, 1983  MLW show Toronto, Ontario  2  N/A
— Deactivated June 1984 — — — —  Maple Leaf Wrestling was sold to WWF. Leo Burke returned to Maritimes as North American champion.
 4 Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie August 1984 N/A N/A  1  The Stomper jumped to International Wrestling, won title unification match over Leo Burke.

Sources

Title history at wrestling-titles.com

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