The AWA Royal Rumble Championshipis a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

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 championship

Championship (professional wrestling)

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 in the South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n professional wrestling promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...

 Africa Wrestling Alliance

Africa Wrestling Alliance

Africa Wrestling Alliance, formerly known as Africa Wrestling Federation, is a South African professional wrestling promotion founded in 1995 . The regionally-based company is owned by Shaun Koen and Koos Rossouw, and is a traditionally-styled promotion influenced by the international wrestling...

, contested in an over-the-top-rope battle royal

Battle royal (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...

 style match held every December at AWA's Coca-Cola Royal Rumble show, usually involving up to 21 participants. It was founded in December, 1995 during the AWA's first year in existence when they were still known as the Africa Wrestling Federation. The current champion is The Oz, who won the title on December 2, 2008.

Title history

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Location	Notes
1	Shaun Koen Shaun Koen Shaun Koen is a South African professional wrestler. He is the owner and promoter of the Africa Wrestling Alliance and is the promotion's current African Heavyweight Champion...	1	December, 1995	Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
2	Shaun Koen Shaun Koen Shaun Koen is a South African professional wrestler. He is the owner and promoter of the Africa Wrestling Alliance and is the promotion's current African Heavyweight Champion...	2	December 6, 1996	Cape Town, South Africa
3	Big Bad Bruce	1	December 4, 1997	Cape Town, South Africa
4	Sunny Surf	1	December 1, 1998	Cape Town, South Africa
5	Bulldog	1	December 4, 1999	Cape Town, South Africa
6	Lightning Shaun	1	December 3, 2000	Cape Town, South Africa
7	The Missing Link	1	December 3, 2005	Cape Town, South Africa
8	African Warrior	1	December 6, 2006	Cape Town, South Africa
9	William McQueen	1	December 3, 2007	Cape Town, South Africa
10	The Oz	1	December 2, 2008	Cape Town, South Africa
11	Vinnie Vegas	1	December 9, 2009	Cape Town, South Africa