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Professional wrestling championship
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Toronto) Promotion Maple Leaf Wrestling Date established September, 1962 Date retired July, 1977 First champion(s) Johnny Valentine Most reigns Johnny Valentine (7 reigns )Longest reign The Sheik (850 days) Shortest reign Johnny Valentine and Professor Hiro (7 days) Oldest champion The Sheik (52 years, 211 days) Youngest champion Bruno Sammartino (27 years, 47 days)
The NWA Toronto United States Heavyweight Championship was the version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in Frank Tunney's Toronto -based Maple Leaf Wrestling . It existed from 1962 until 1973. A different version of the title was brought to the territory by The Sheik in 1974 and defended until 1977. After that, Maple Leaf Wrestling recognized the Mid-Atlantic version of the title from May 1978 until July 1984 when promoter Jack Tunney allied himself with the WWF .[1]
Title history [ ]
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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
Johnny Valentine
September 1962
MLW show
N/A
1
N/A
Billed as champion on arrival in Toronto
2
Bruno Sammartino
November 22, 1962
MLW show
Toronto, ON
1
22
3
Johnny Valentine
December 14, 1962
MLW show
Toronto, ON
2
N/A
4
John Paul Henning
June 1963
N/A
Washington, DC
1
N/A
Fictitious title change
5
Johnny Valentine
July 11, 1963
MLW show
Toronto, ON
3
98
6
The Beast
October 17, 1963
MLW show
Toronto, ON
1
140
7
Johnny Valentine
March 5, 1964
MLW show
Toronto, ON
4
91
[2]
8
Professor Hiro
June 4, 1964
MLW show
Toronto, ON
1
133
9
Johnny Valentine
October 15, 1964
MLW show
Toronto, ON
5
7
Won by referee's decision
10
Professor Hiro
October 22, 1964
MLW show
Toronto, ON
2
8
won by disqualification
11
Johnny Valentine
October 30, 1964
MLW show
Toronto, ON
6
58
12
The Sheik
December 27, 1964
MLW show
Toronto, ON
1
7
13
Johnny Valentine
January 3, 1965
MLW show
Toronto, ON
7
889
14
Tiger Jeet Singh
June 11, 1967
MLW show
Toronto, ON
1
N/A
Title inactive from 1968 to 1971; recognized as champion again in 1971
—
Vacated
January 1973
—
Title vacated
—
—
Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
15
The Sheik
July 1974
N/A
N/A
2
N/A
Reigning Detroit version champion-recognized in Toronto
16
Thunderbolt Patterson
November 19, 1976
MLW show
Toronto, ON
1
37
17
The Sheik
December 26, 1976
MLW show
Toronto, ON
3
42
18
Bobo Brazil
February 6, 1977
MLW show
Toronto, ON
1
21
19
The Sheik
February 27, 1977
MLW show
Toronto, ON
4
N/A
—
Vacated
July 1977
N/A
—
—
—
Sheik left the Toronto area; Mid-Atlantic version is recognized in Toronto from May 1978 until July 1984
See also [ ]
United States portal
References [ ]
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