Professional wrestling championship
Original version of the championship belt
Promotion Stampede Wrestling Date established November 1, 1946 Date retired 1972 First champion(s) Al Mills Most reigns Dave Ruhl (8 reigns ) Longest reign Al Mills (1,578 days) Shortest reign Sammy Burg (1 day) Heaviest champion Abdullah the Butcher (430 lb (200 kg; 31 st))
The Calgary version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship was established in 1946, and became the top championship in Stampede Wrestling when that promotion opened in 1948; it held that status until 1972, when the title was vacated and later abandoned after the last champion, Dave Ruhl, was injured.[1]
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Title history
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
Jack Taylor
1
Stampede show
N/A
1
[Note 1]
Records are unclear on how Jack Taylor became champion
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
2
Earl McCready
April 20, 1933
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
[Note 1]
Also won the British Empire Title; still champion on October 19, 1934 and February 7, 1935.
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
3
Jack Forsgren
November 28, 1936
Stampede show
N/A
1
[Note 2]
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
4
Pat Meehan
February 10, 1939
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
[Note 3]
Lost to Earl McCready on January 11, 1940 in Vancouver, may have been a non-title match
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
5
Al Mills
November 1, 1946
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
[Note 4]
Defeated Chief Thunderbird; also defeated Billy Watson on February 28, 1950 in Edmonton, Alberta to be recognized as Dominion Heavyweight champion by Stampede Wrestling.
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
6
Ski Hi Lee
February 26, 1951
Stampede show
Edmonton, Alberta
1
8
Also billed as Western Canadian Title.
[2] [3]
7
Al Mills
March 6, 1951
Stampede show
Edmonton, Alberta
2
56
Also billed as Western Canadian Championship.
[2]
8
Jack McDonald
May 1, 1951
Stampede show
Edmonton, Alberta
1
7
[2]
9
Al Mills
May 8, 1951
Stampede show
Edmonton, Alberta
3
266
[2]
10
Ski Hi Lee
January 29, 1952
Stampede show
Edmonton, Alberta
2
7
[2]
11
Al Mills
February 5, 1952
Stampede show
Edmonton, Alberta
4
98
Recognized as champion in the '52 Official NWA Newsletter.
[2]
12
Bob Langevin
May 13, 1952
Stampede show
Edmonton, Alberta
1
28
Won by forfeit when Mills no-showed a title match.
[2]
13
Mr. X
June 10, 1952
Stampede show
Edmonton, Alberta
1
477
[2]
14
Al Mills
September 30, 1953
Stampede show
Edmonton, Alberta
5
[Note 1]
Still/again champion as of October 21, 1953.
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
15
Lou Newman
October 18, 1954
Stampede show
Edmonton, Alberta
1
[Note 1]
Tournament for the vacant title.
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
16
George Gordienko
June 4, 1955
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
9
Defeated Adrien Baillargeon in tournament final for what was billed as "Alberta Gold Belt".
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
17
George Gordienko
June 13, 1955
Stampede show
Lethbridge, Alberta
2
[Note 5]
Defeated Earl McCready
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
18
Lou Newman
October 18, 1955
Stampede show
Edmonton, Alberta
1
176
Defeated Al Mills
[2]
19
George Gordienko
April 11, 1956
Stampede show
Regina, Saskatchewan
3
[Note 6]
Still champion as of March 10, 1956
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
20
Johnny Valentine
December 17, 1956
Stampede show
N/A
1
51
[2]
21
Sammy Berg
February 6, 1957
Stampede show
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1
0
Title is stripped from Valentine and awarded to Berg as a result of a disputed decision on a January 30, 1957 match.
[2]
22
Johnny Valentine
February 6, 1957
Stampede show
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2
37
[2]
23
John Paul Henning
March 15, 1957
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
[Note 1]
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
—
Vacated
1957 (NLT)
—
—
—
—
Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
[2]
24
Whipper Billy Watson
1958
Stampede show
N/A
1
[Note 1]
Won a tournament
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
25
Johnny Valentine
January 1959
Stampede show
N/A
3
[Note 1]
Unknown who he defeated for the title.
[2]
25.5
vacated
1959
N/A
N/A
Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
[2]
26
John Foti
June 5, 1959
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
[Note 7]
Defeated Charro Azteca in 8-man tournament final.
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
—
Vacated
July 14, 1959 (NET)
—
—
—
—
Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
[2]
27
Dave Ruhl
November 13, 1959
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
336
Defeated Al Mills
[2]
28
Cyclops
October 14, 1960
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
[Note 8]
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
29
Ed Francis
January 1961
Stampede show
N/A
1
[Note 9]
Unknown whom Francis defeated for the title.
[2]
30
John Smith
February 24, 1961
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
105
[2]
31
John Foti
June 9, 1961
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
2
[Note 10]
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
32
Killer Kowalski
November 17, 1961
Stampede show
N/A
1
112
Recognized as N.A.W.A. Canadian champion; unknown whom Kowalski defeated for the title.
[2]
33
Czaya Nandor
March 9, 1962
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
[Note 11]
[2]
34
Alexis Bruga
March 1962
Stampede show
N/A
1
[Note 12]
[2]
35
Czaya Nandor
March 23, 1962
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
2
[Note 13]
[2]
36
Killer Kowalski
May 1962
Stampede show
N/A
2
[Note 14]
[2]
37
Czaya Nandor
May 12, 1962
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
3
55
[2]
38
Killer Kowalski
July 6, 1962
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
3
[Note 15]
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
39
Waldo Von Erich
March 9, 1964
Stampede show
N/A
1
[Note 1]
Unknown whom Von Erich defeated for the title and still/again champion as of July 6, 1964.
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
40
Don Leo Jonathan
1964
Stampede show
N/A
1
[Note 1]
Unknown whom Jonathan defeated for the title.
[2]
41
Stan Stasiak
1965
Stampede show
N/A
1
[Note 1]
[2]
42
Don Leo Jonathan
1965
Stampede show
N/A
2
[Note 1]
[2]
43
Sweet Daddy Siki
1965
Stampede show
N/A
1
[Note 1]
[2]
44
Dave Ruhl
1966
Stampede show
N/A
2
[Note 1]
[2]
45
The Beast
1966
Stampede show
N/A
1
[Note 1]
[2]
46
Dave Ruhl
December 6, 1966
Stampede show
N/A
3
[Note 16]
[2]
47
Stan Stasiak
March 1967
Stampede show
N/A
2
[Note 1]
[2]
48
Luther Lindsay
1967
Stampede show
N/A
1
[Note 1]
[2]
49
Stan Stasiak
June 5, 1967
Stampede show
N/A
3
22
[2]
50
Dave Ruhl
June 27, 1967
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
4
2
[2]
51
Stan Stasiak
June 29, 1967
Stampede show
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
4
5
[2]
52
Dave Ruhl
July 4, 1967
Stampede show
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
5
136
[2]
53
Archie Gouldie
November 17, 1967
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
−254
[2]
54
Ox Baker
March 8, 1967
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
7
[2]
55
Waldo Von Erich
March 15, 1967
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
2
[Note 17]
[2]
—
N/A
—
—
56
Dave Ruhl
December 2, 1967
Stampede show
N/A
6
755
[2]
57
Danny Lynch
December 26, 1969
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
14
[2]
58
Dave Ruhl
January 9, 1970
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
7
21
[2]
59
Abdullah the Butcher
January 30, 1970
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
21
[2]
60
Billy Robinson
February 20, 1970
Stampede show
Calgary, Alberta
1
[Note 1]
[2]
61
Dave Ruhl
1971
Stampede show
N/A
8
[Note 1]
[2]
—
Vacated
1972
—
—
—
—
Rhul was injured and the championship was abandoned
[2]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r The length of this championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 804 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 2,821 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 1,578 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 127 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 250 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 39 and 161 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between −287 and −257 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 390 and 420 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 161 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 13 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 13 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 39 and 50 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 12 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 612 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 85 and 115 days.
^ The date the championship was either won or lost is uncertain, which means this specific reign lasted between 1 and 262 days.
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