NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version)
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The Vancouver
version of the NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship was defended as the top singles title in Vancouver-based Big Time Wrestling and its successor, NWA All Star Wrestling
, from 1959 until sometime after the last champion, Gene Kiniski
, won the title in 1963
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
version of the NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship was defended as the top singles title in Vancouver-based Big Time Wrestling and its successor, NWA All Star Wrestling
NWA All Star Wrestling
NWA All Star Wrestling is a former Canadian professional wrestling promotion, based in Vancouver, British Columbia.-Early History:Although other wrestling promotions existed in Vancouver prior to the early 1960s , All Star became the...
, from 1959 until sometime after the last champion, Gene Kiniski
Gene Kiniski
Eugene Nicholas "Gene" Kiniski was a Canadian professional wrestler and the father of wrestlers Nick Kiniski and Kelly Kiniski. "Canada's Greatest Athlete" as he billed himself for promotional purposes was born outside of Edmonton, Alberta...
, won the title in 1963
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Whipper Billy Watson Whipper Billy Watson William John Potts, O.Ont was a Canadian professional wrestler best known by his ring name Whipper Billy Watson, and was a two-time world heavyweight wrestling champion.-Early life:... |
1 | Prior to July 1959 | Reigning Toronto version NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version) The Toronto version of the NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship was a major singles title in that city's NWA affiliate, Maple Leaf Wrestling, from 1941 until 1967, when the title was abandoned.-Title history:... champion - recognized in Vancouver |
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| Gene Kiniski Gene Kiniski Eugene Nicholas "Gene" Kiniski was a Canadian professional wrestler and the father of wrestlers Nick Kiniski and Kelly Kiniski. "Canada's Greatest Athlete" as he billed himself for promotional purposes was born outside of Edmonton, Alberta... |
1 | August 21, 1961 | Vancouver, BC | |
| Whipper Billy Watson | 2 | August 23, 1961 | Vancouver, BC | |
| Mike Sharpe Sr. | 1 | December 14, 1962 | Calgary, AB | |
| Whipper Billy Watson | 3 | December 21, 1962 | Calgary, AB | |
| Gene Kiniski | 2 | July 22, 1963 | Vancouver, BC | |
| Title retired | Title abandoned |