#awa world heavyweight championship

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Every year I hope they add new & returning titles to WWE games. WWE 2K22 seen the return of the World Lightweight title & debut (?) of the big green WWE title. So here's some titles I'd hope or want to see.

WWE Women's Championship (early 1990s)

Seriously, why isn't this title in the games?

WCW Women's Championship

Evolve Championship

WWE owns it so why not use it? Incorporate it in the games with BCW.

Evolve Tag Team Championship

World Heavyweight Championship (Vegas)

Never made it to tv but the Rock's ugly belt did. I kind of like this WWE take on Big Gold

NXT Women's Championship (2022)

I'd be surprised if these aren't in.

NXT Championship (2022)

AWA World Heavyweight Championship

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Pro wrestling superstar Nick Bockwinkel posing with his AWA World Heavyweight Championship belt (1982)

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WRESTLING FURY: June 1989

PAUL E. DANGEROUSLY 

The Manager Fans Love To Hate

By Don Laible 

[The original Midnight Express are wreaking havoc in NWA rings everywhere.]

What a difference two years can make. It wasn’t too long ago that this Scarsdale, New York resident was juggling responsibilities as managing editor for several internationally recognized professional wrestling magazines. Always tagged as the ‘Boy Wonder’ who worked best under pressure, a career as a spokesman and manager to some of the most respectable grapplers seems to have been destined to Paul E. Dangerously. 

With the encouragement and support from key wrestling personnel and his family, Dangerously has become the top ‘mouthpiece’ in the sport today, at least he has according to this writer. As a result of his dedication and will to succeed in such a brutal game filled with more disappointments than highlights, Paul E. has overcome the biggest hurdle of them all–the rookie jinx. Dangerously has been riding high on victories and championships for two years now with no let up in sight. 

The weight that tipped the scale in favor of Dangerously giving him a shot at becoming a manager actually occurred several years back.It was the late Grand Wizard of Wrestling, one the sharpest dressers and smoothest talking men among the managerial ranks, that encouraged Paul E. to follow his dream. Through his father-son type of a relationship with the Wizard, the managing seed was planted within Dangerously. 

“The Wizard was a wonderful man who commanded respect,” stated Paul when asked about the man he admired for so many years. “I owe so much to him. You know, I studied his actions both in and out of the ring. To me, he was the master and who better to learn from than a man who managed world heavyweight singles and tag team champions,” continued Dangerously from his home in Atlanta, Georgia. 

[Paul E. and Eddie Gilbert really got things cooking at the CWF.]

Everyone, regardless of their profession, needs a place to begin from, a so-called launching pad. In January 1987, the state of Florida was where Paul E. Dangerously unleashed his managerial talents to the wrestling world. His first proteges who paraded the ‘Sunshine State’ territory were billed as The Motor City Mad Madmen: Tombstone and Man Mountain Mike. What a pair of bookends Dangerously was nestled between! Both men were over 6’4” and 260 lbs. And, needless to say, opponents found it frustrating and difficult to take a swipe at the bold young manager. 

During their first pro tour, Dangerously and his duo wanted to send a message loud and clear that they could not be intimidated. Kevin Sullivan, a seasoned veteran with numerous championship belts displayed in his trophy case, was targeted by Dangerously to be the Madmen’s first victim to get their ‘no mercy’ policy across to the rest of the wrestling pack. 

Sure enough, after being on the receiving end of a few brutal beatings by Dangerously’s duo, the much heralded Sullivan disappeared from the Florida region for apparently safer grounds in the Mid-Atlantic area. In a few short weeks, Paul E. Dangerously was not only a respected managerial mind but the talk of all wrestling promoters throughout North America as well. 

Shortly after his stint drew to a close in Florida, Paul E. Dangerously became a household name with wrestling fans. Once signing on with the Minneapolis, Minnesota based American Wrestling Association, whose television show aired on the ESPN Cable Network, Dangerously was brought into millions of households on a daily basis. With the confidence he gained with the Motor City Madmen carried over into the AWA, Paul E. began an intense search to bring together a wrestling family that would play ‘second fiddle’ to no one. He didn’t just want to make a name for himself, the brash rookie manager was culminating a plan to totally dominate the prestigious organization. 

Paul E. Dangerously didn’t waste any time in ruffling a few feathers within the AWA. “Loverboy” DEnnis Condrey and “Ravishing” Randy Rose, the Original Midnight Express tag team, through lengthy negotiations, were reunited and brought into the AWA by Paul E. They most assuredly entered with a bang. At the time Dangerously brought in the Original Midnight Express, Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee held the AWA Tag Team title. 

[Randy Rose and Paul E. inspect the bloody damage done to Tommy Rich by Austin Idol. Idol was one of the first men handled by Dangerously.]

After winning challenges in convincing fashion from such respected teams as Greg Gagne and Steve O, Dangerously shrewdly secured a contract calling for his prized up to get a shot at the tag champs in a match that was to be held in Whitewater, Wisconsin. The championship match went according to his most fans anticipated, quick paced and lots of high flying maneuvers. However, it was because of Dangerously ‘two cents’ thrown into the encounter that had a profound impact on the outcome. 

As Lawler let his temper get the best of him, he chased Paul E. around the ringside area. With the referee’s back to the action in the ring, Dangerously successfully noticeably flipped his ever present cordless telephone to Dennis Condrey who wacked it across the unsuspecting Dundee’s forehead. The pin was now academic. One, two, three–on October 30, 1987 the new AWA Tag Team Champions, led by Paul E. Dangerously, were the Original Midnight Express. 

The late ‘Adorable’ Adrian Adonis and ‘Cowboy’ Bob Orton, Jr. were two other established wrestling machines who entrusted their careers in the hands of Dangerously. It was through the strategy set forth by Paul E. that enabled Adonis to run Tommy “Wildfire” Rich out of AWA rings.

When asked about his feelings towards Adonis, Paul E. was quoted as saying. “Adrian put on quite a bit of weight when we were together but it never affected his performance on the mat. He was a remarkable athlete and it was a privilege to have worked with him.”

[Veteran wrestling announcer Boyd Pierce puts a headlock on Dangerously as “Kangaroo” Al Costello takes control of the famous phone.]

Once his goals in the AWA were accomplished, it was off to the Alabama headquartered Continental Wrestling Federation. What a greener pasture the CWF proved to be for Paul E. Dangerously. The services of “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert were quickly secured by Dangerously. Together, Gilbert and his manager literally brought back front he grave a promotion experiencing unhealthy low attendance figures to all-time high box office receipt records. 

Dangerously and Gilbert were the pulse that pumped exciting ring action throughout the CWF circuit. Fan favorites Austin Idol and Willie B. Hurt were Eddie and Paul E.’s main adversaries. With some of the painful, degrading stunts executed by Dangerously on Gilbert’s opponents, there wasn’t a fan in Dixie that had any compassion for what would happen to the cocky, quick-talking Yankee. Unfortunately, and much to the fans disappointment, Paul E. Dangerously had the last laugh on all of them. He departed from the CWF without a scratch on his body. 

With all the attention Jim Cornette’s Midnight Express (“Beautiful” Bobby Eaton and “Sweet” Stan Lane) had been receiving, Dangerously regrouped his Express and headed back to the National Wrestling Alliance to reclaim the right to be known as the one and only Midnight Express. Right off the bat, Paul E. got his angered message across to Jim Cornette. 

While the verbose Cornette was being interviewed during an NWA television taping, a phone call for Jim was received. The voice speaking to Cornette was that of Dangerously. Apparently there had been bad blood between the two managers in the past as Jim Cornette was screaming derogatory remarks at Dangerously at the onset of the call. A challenge was then made by Cornette to Dangerously. 

Just moments after the heated conversation, all hell broke loose. Paul E. Dangerously and his Original Midnight Express miraculously appeared on the set. Eaton and Lane were overcome by the surprise attack by Dangerously’s tag unit. Cornette was victimized with a wallop to the forehead by Paul E.’s phone and bled profusely. When order was finally restored, a feud was born within the ranks of the NWA–Express VS Express and manager clawing at manager. 

Intimidation isn’t in Paul E. Dangerously’s  vocabulary. Wherever he turns up, whatever task is put to him, Paul E. challenges it with a vengeance. Young, articulate, professional, agree or disagree with his tactics inside an arena, one fact remains unblemished–Paul E. Dangerously remains on top in wrestling due to his will to be the best. Second best is all the motive the “Scarsdale Superbrat” Needs to keep him working overtime on staying ahead of the rest of the pack.

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Happy Birthday... On this date 73 years ago, December 5th, 1951, Lawrence Whistler (Larry Zbyszko) was born in Chicago, Illinois. Lawrence Whistler, better known by the ring name Larry Zbyszko, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his feud with his mentor, Bruno Sammartino, during the early 1980s as well as his work as a wrestler and color commentator for World Championship Wrestling. Among other accolades, he is a two-time world champion having twice held the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. Zbyszko was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 28, 2015, by Sammartino. Happy 73rd Birthday, Larry Zbyszko!

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WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004

Don "The Rock" Muraco started his wrestling career in 1970 and started to wrestle in various territories like Portland, Vancouver, Florida and Los Angeles. Muraco went to wrestle for the AWA until 1973 where he left and went to wrestle in San Francisco

Muraco went to wrestle in Championship in Florida (CWF) in 1974 and got a match with the late hall of famer, Jack Brisco. Muraco returned to wrestle in California territories after a short stint in Texas and Georgia territory in 1975

Muraco went back and fro from different territories from 1977 to 1981 before going to the WWF.

Muraco debuted for the WWF in 1981 and won his first WWF Intercontinental Championship on June 20th, 1981 and lost it to the late hall of famer, Pedro Morales in Nov. During his first reigns as IC champion, he got to wrestle hall of famer, Bob Backlund for the WWF Championship,

After losing the IC title, Muraco went to wrestle in JCP, NJPW and Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1982 before returning back to WWF roster

Muraco became the first ever two time IC champion on Jan 22, 1983 and started a legendary feud with the late hall of famer Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka which led to the infamous steel cage match in MSG where Muraco won. Muraco lost the IC title to hall of famer Tito Santana on Aug 1984 and went to have a short run in Japan and Polynesian after losing the IC title.

Muraco made his return to active WWF roster in 1985 and missed the first wrestlemania which led to Muraco facing hall of famer Hulk Hogan for three house show in MSG. Muraco became the first ever WWF King of the Ring after winning the tournament in July 8th, 1985.

Muraco and his manager, the later hall of famer Mr Fuji, debuted a show title Fuji Vice. Muraco wrestle a tag team match at Wrestlemania 3 and in Nov 1987, his nickname was changed to 'The Rock' from 'Magnificent Murco' and Muraco participated in the first Royal Rumble match and first Summerslam in 1988 before leaving leaving in Oct after being fired.

Muraco went to wrestle for Stampede Wrestling, AJPW, AWA and UWF after leaving the WWF

Muraco went to wrestle in AJPW in 1989 and worked UWF in 1990.

Muraco went to wrestle for Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1992 before the promotion became Extreme Championship Wrestling and Muraco won the ECW World title on Sept 30th, 1992

Muraco made an appearance for WCW on May 23th 1993 while being the reigning ECW Champion and wrestle on the 1993 Slamboree PPV. Muraco lost the ECW title to Tito Santana on Oct 1993.

After his ECW run is over, Muraco worked Japan and indies until 1995 where he retired.

Don Muraco was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004.

Accolades:

2x WWF Intercontinental Champion

2x ECW World Heavyweight Champion

1x NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion

1x NWA Florida TV Champion

1985 WWF King of the Ring winner

WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004

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I was re-reading an old post of yours about RIc Flair, and I was wondering: what do you think makes it a proper world title? Is it just being the most important belt any promotion has (so, teeny-tiny ones can just say they have the world champion) or is there some measure of size or prestige (if such a thing exists in a fake sport) that a belt has to have before you can say you are an x-time world champion?

I've thought about this over the years, but I don't think a "proper" definition of a world title is possible in pro wrestling. Usage of the term within the business has become totally divorced from the literal meaning of the words.

Semantically, it'd be fair to say a "world title" is any championship with "world" in the name. Realistically, we might limit that to the promotions with a worldwide audience. But by this standard, ROH world six-man tag team champion Austin Gunn has a world title, and undisputed WWE universal champion Roman Reigns does not. And we instinctively know that's not right.

In the context that the term is used, a "world title" is clearly a promotion's main event championship, with the implicit assumption that only a men's world heavyweight singles title could be that top prize. So if we're talking about a 7-time world champion, we might mean Harley Race, but probably not Danny Hodge.

In the old says, the aura of a (men's) world (heavyweight singles) champion was that of a man who could carry the entire company, and defend himself in the event of a double-cross. The mentality was that the world champ had to be the legit toughest guy in an otherwise fake sport, because if he wasn't, someone might take a payoff to go off-script and break his leg. That all kind of faded away 40-50 years ago, but the perception that you have to be on a higher level to win a world title persists. So there's a sense that you have to be the top champion in a promotion big enough for it to mean something that you're on top.

Since anybody can call any championship a world title, there's no obvious place to draw the line as to which of them really matter. It seems to me, though, that a promotion has to have (or once had) nationwide exposure for its world title to be taken seriously. That sounds contradictory, to say that being a national-level promotion makes your top title a "world" title. But going by that definition we can count the top belts in WWE, AEW, WCW, the NWA, the AWA, New Japan, All Japan, Pro Wrestling NOAH, CMLL, the UWA, and AAA, which sounds about right. Of course, this would also include TNA, ECW, and ROH, which would be controversial, but any definition would put somebody on the bubble.

Going forward, I expect the top women's titles in those companies will be treated more and more like "world titles," not just in name but in terms of that tippy-toppy aura. And sooner or later I figure GCW and at least one British promotion to have the credibility to join the club. So even if we could settle on an objectively useful definition, it'll probably need to change within the next 10-20 years.

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Top Five “Other” World Titles

Top Five “Other” World Titles

Rob Faint In the long history of pro wrestling there have been several recognized world heavyweight championships.  The WWE, AEW, NWA, WCW and AWA are a few examples. But did you know there were other organizations/alliances/federations who claimed to have a world champion?  Here are 5 “Other” World Titles.  Continue reading Untitled

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AWA World Heavyweight Champion Curt Hennig [August 1987]

As far as champions go, there aren’t many who personify pure professional wrestling quite like Curt Hennig. With a lineage that dated back 27 years prior to his reign, Hennig’s AWA World Heavyweight Championship was held by some of the greatest professional wrestlers in the history of the business as part of Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association. For over a year, Hennig’s reign as champion included successful defenses against Greg Gagne, Jeff Jarrett, Jerry Blackwell, Wahoo McDaniel, and Nick Bockwinkel, the man who Hennig had defeated for the championship after chasing it for over a month. It wasn’t until May 9th, 1988, a year and a week after first winning the championship, that Hennig would be dethroned in Memphis, Tennessee by hometown hero Jerry “The King” Lawler, ending Hennig’s reign at 373 days. 

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Wish List: Titles in WWE Games

Vegas Big Gold Belt

WCW Television Title

WCW Women's Championship

Smackdown Women's Championship (glow version)

WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship

AWA World Heavyweight Championship

WWE Championship (mystery version?)

World Tag Team Championship (1980s)

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ZERO1 results for June 3, 2018

Pro-Wrestling ZERO1, 6/3/2018 [Sun] @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido

(1) Shoki Kitamura vs. Takuya Sugawara ◆Winner: Sugawara (7:59) following a Lariat. (2) Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. 5th Generation Black Tiger ◆Winner: Yokoyama (9:19) with a High School Boy. (3) SUGI vs. Ikuto Hidaka ◆Winner: Hidaka (11:44) following the Takatsugawa.

(4) NWA UN Heavyweight Championship Match: [30th Champion] Chris…

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The wrestling world is mourning the loss of one of the greatest wrestlers in history.  The former eight time NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harley Race passed away.  He had a number of health issues in recent years including being diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this year.  No official cause has been released.

There are lots of Race matches that one should watch  Many will say the NWA World Championship match at Starrcade 1983 against Ric Flair.  As good as that one was, one I say everybody should watch is the NWA World Heavyweight Championship match in which Race defends against Terry Funk.  It took place on July 1, 1997.  Funk got busted open and his face was a bloody mess.  Nick Kozack stopped the match.  Funk cut a promo saying he wanted a return match where the match wouldn't be stopped for any reason.

You might think the match had slow pacing.  Sure it ended the way it did, but it is still a great match that you should check out.

The term legend is thrown around way too much in this day in age.  But Harley Race is a true legend.  He is highly loved and respected by all who know him.  His career started in an era that was still very closely guarded.  Kayfabe was still a thing.  He was stretched and put through the paces when he was trained.  Or so I've heard.  He had a long career that spanned 31 years.  He wrestled right up until the early 90s.

Condolences to his friends and family.  There will never be another Harley Race.  Rest in peace.

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Shawn Michaels Title History

Intercontinental Title

Vs British Bulldog - Saturday Night's Main Event 1992

Tag Team Championship

Vs Owen Hart/British Bulldog - RAW 5/26/97

Vs Jeri-Show - TLC 2009 (Unified Titles)

European Title

Vs British Bulldog - UK One Night Only 1997

Royal Rumble

1995

1996

WWF/E Championship

Vs Bret Hart - Wrestlemania 12

World Heavyweight Championship

Vs Triple H, Booker T, RVD, Chris Jericho, Kane - Survivor Series Elimination Chamber 2002

Hall of Fame

2011 - Individual

2019 - w/ DX

Not Listed

WWE

Intercontinental Championship

Vs Marty Jenetty - 6/6/1993

Vs Jeff Jarrett - In Your House 2

Tag Team Titles

Vs The Headshrinkers - 8/28/94

Vs Yokozuna/British Bulldog - In Your House 3

Vs Rated RKO - RAW - 1/29/07

WWF/E Championship

Vs Sid - Royal Rumble 1997

Vs Bret Hart - Survivor Series 1997

AWA

AWA Tag Team Championships

Vs Buddy Rose/Doug Somers - 1/27/87

Vs Midnight Express - 12/27/87

CSW

NWA Tag Team Championship

Vs The Batten Twins - 5/15/86

CWA

AWA Southern Tag Team Championship

Vs The Rock N' Roll RPMs - 10/26/87

Vs The Rock N' Roll RPMs - 11/22/87

If you would like to see a certain superstar's title history, feel free to ask!

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WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004

The late Big John Studd was trained by the late hall of famer, Killer Kowalski and made his wrestling debut in 1972 in NWA Hollywood Wrestling as a tag team partner to the late hall of famer "Superstar" Billy Graham.

Studd later wrestle for the WWWF in the mid 1972 and challenged the late hall of famer, Pedro Morales for the WWWF Championship where he lost. He left the WWWF in Feb 1973.

Studd went to wrestle for Jim Crockett Promotion (JCP) in 1974 and won the promotion tag team titles in 1978. In 1981, he has mutiple challenge for the NWA World Heavyweight Champion against the late hall of famer, Dusty Rhodes.

Studd also wrestle with the AWA during his stint with JCP in 1975 to 1976 and later returned to the WWWF where he wore a mask and became The Executioner #2 in a tag team with his mentor, Killer Kowalski as The Executioner tag team and won the WWWF World Tag Team Championship on May 11th, 1976. He left the WWF again in 1977.

Studd returned back to the AWA in 1980 and left in 1981 for his most famous run in the WWF.

Studd returned to the WWF once again under his most well known ring name and started his famous feud with the late hall of famer Andre The Giant in 1982. Studd also challenge hall of famer Bob Backlund for the WWF Championship and his feud with Andre continue for another 3 more years and was paired with his friend, the late hall of famer, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

Studd competed in the first Wrestlemania in a Bodyslam match against Andre and lost. He later formed another alliance with the late King Kong Bundy against Andre The Giant.

His feud with Andre ended in 1986 and he went to compete for the WWF World Tag Team title. He retired at the end of 1986 before coming back from retirement in 1988 as a babyface, feuding with his once manager, Bobby Heenan and his Heenan family.

Studd became the second Royal Rumble winner in 1989 and became a special guest referee in Wrestlemania 5 for Andre match with hall of famer, Jake Roberts. He quitted and left the WWF later in the year and wrestling in the indies until 1993 where he officially retired.

BIg John Studd passed away on Mar 20th, 1995 at the age of 47 and was inducted into both the WCW Hall of fame later in the same year and WWE Hall of Fame as a posthumous inductee in 2004.

Accolades:

1x WWF World Tag Team Champion

1x NWA American Heavyweight Champion

4x NWA Mid Atlantic Tag Team Champion

1989 Royal Rumble winner

WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004

WCW Hall of Fame class of 1995