Stampede Wrestling World Mid-Heavyweight Championship Explained
Championshipname: | Stampede World Mid-Heavyweight Championship |
Finalchamp: | Dynamite Kid |
Promotion: | Stampede Wrestling |
Created: | June 1959 |
Firstchamp: | Johnny Demchuck |
Titleretired: | February 26, 1983 |
The Stampede World Mid-Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling title, one of the lesser known secondary titles created for Stampede Wrestling in 1959, and was the focal point of the 1982-83 feud between the Dynamite Kid and the Great Gama. The title would be defended for roughly four years, although being recognized by the promotion until it was abandoned some time around October 1985, when Dynamite Kid (who was wrestling in the WWF at that point) was last recognized as still holding the title. There have been a total of six recognized champions who have had a combined 11 official reigns.[1] [2] [3]
Title history
KeyNo. | The overall championship reign |
Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. |
Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands |
N/A | The specific information is not known |
— | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation in that time period. | |
width=0 data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | No. | width=14% scope="col" | Champion | width=0 scope="col" | Reign | width=16% scope="col" | Date | width=0 data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | Days held | width=14% scope="col" | Location | width=17% scope="col" | Event | width=51% class="unsortable" scope="col" | Notes | width=0 class="unsortable" scope="col" | |
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scope=row | 1 | | 1 | | | N/A | N/A | Billed as World Junior Heavyweight Champion. | |
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scope=row | 2 | | 1 | | | N/A | N/A | Dick Steinborn is billed as champion on arrival. | |
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scope=row | 3 | | 1 | | | Calgary, Alberta | House show | | |
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scope=row | 4 | Dynamite Kid | 1 | | | N/A | House show | | |
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scope=row | 5 | | 2 | | | N/A | House show | | |
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scope=row | 6 | | 1 | | | N/A | House show | | |
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scope=row | 7 | | 2 | | | N/A | House show | | |
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scope=row | 8 | Dynamite Kid | 2 | | | N/A | House show | | |
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scope=row | 9 | | 1 | | | Calgary, Alberta | House show | | |
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scope=row | 10 | | 1 | | | Calgary, Alberta | House show | | |
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scope=row | 11 | Dynamite Kid | 3 | | | Regina, Saskatchewan | House show | | |
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scope=row | 12 | | 2 | | | N/A | House show | Still champion as of February 1, 1983; may be held up after a match against Dynamite Kid on February 18, 1983 in Calgary, Alberta | |
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scope=row | 13 | | 3 | | | Regina, Saskatchewan | House show | | [4] |
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scope=row | 14 | Dynamite Kid | 4 | | | N/A | House show | | |
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| | | | | | | Title is still recognized as of October 1985 but is not mentioned again thereafter. | | |
Notes and References
- Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . 2006. 4th . 0-9698161-5-4 .
- Web site: Stampede World Mid-Heavyweight Title . 2003 . Puroresu Dojo .
- Web site: British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title History . 2003 . Solie's Title Histories .
- Web site: Daily pro wrestling history (02/22): Sting defeats Hogan to win vacant WCW title . February 22, 2017 . February 27, 2017 . Brian . Hoops . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.