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The Nebraska Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship originally sanctioned by the Nebraska office of the National Wrestling Alliance and later the American Wrestling Association.
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The title existed from 1959 through 1967, when it was unified with the AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship.[1]
Title history
editSilver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
---|---|---|---|---|
William Hokuf | 1 | Unknown | ||
Jack Reed | 1 | Unknown | ||
Jack Pesek | 1 | Unknown | ||
Ernie Dusek | 1 | Unknown | ||
Jack Pesek | 2 | 1958 | ||
Ernie Dusek | 2 | Unknown | ||
Crusher Lisowski | 1 | May 4, 1960 (NLT) | Holdrege, NE | |
Jack Kesek | 3 | October 28, 1960 (NLT) | ||
Jack Reed | 2 | April 4, 1962 | ||
Rocky Hamiliton | 1 | April 1962 | ||
Bobby Managoff | 1 | 1962 | ||
Killer Karl Kox | 1 | 1962 | ||
Mike Dibiase | 1 | December 13, 1962 | Amarillo, Texas | |
Ernie Dusek | 3 | Unknown | ||
Mad Dog Vachon | 1 | February 12, 1964 (NLT) | ||
Otto Von Krupp | 1 | August 15, 1964 | Omaha, NE | |
Mad Dog Vachon | 2 | August 22, 1964 | Omaha, NE | |
Billy Red Cloud | 1 | October 9, 1964 | Omaha, NE | |
Pampero Firpo | 1 | December 1964 | ||
Don Jardine | 1 | December 1964 | Hastings, NE | |
Mighty Igor Vodic | 1 | February 17, 1965 | Beatrice, NE | |
Stan Pulaski | 1 | October 2, 1965 | Omaha, NE | |
Tim Woods | 1 | November 25, 1965 | Omaha, NE | |
Mighty Igor Vodic | 2 | February 16, 1966 | Beatrice, NE | |
Dale Lewis | 1 | January 14, 1967 | Omaha, NE | |
Bobby Shane | 1 | March 4, 1967 | Omaha, NE | |
Bob Orton | 1 | May 27, 1967 | Omaha, NE | |
Title retired | July 15, 1967 | Omaha, NE | Orton defeated Doug Gilbert to become the first AWA Midwest Heavyweight Champion and unified the Nebraska title with the Midwest title. |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.