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Mid-West Wrestling Association
World Heavyweight Championship (Ohio)
(March 21, 1931 - November 1952)
World Heavyweight Championship (Ohio)
(March 21, 1931 - November 1952)
| Won By: | Date: | Event: | Location: | Reign: |
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| John Pesek | Mar 21, 1931 | Live Event | Columbus, OH, USA | 666 days |
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Began claiming to be World Champion after Gus Sonnenberg ignores his challenge, defeated Marin Plestina to become the inaugural champion.
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| ** Title Vacated ** | 1933 | -- | -- | |
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Pesek drops the title claim in 1933 after he begins wrestling for Jim Londos' Maryland organization, date unknown.
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| Everett Marshall | Jun 26, 1936 | -- | -- | 224 days |
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Recognized after defeating Ali Baba for a disputed claim to the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.
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| Ray Steele | Feb 5, 1937 | Live Event | Columbus, OH, USA | 34 days |
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Steele is awarded the title after the decision is reversed in his loss to Marshall. Offices in Illinois, Indiana and Kansas still recognize Marshall as World Champion.
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| Everett Marshall | Mar 11, 1937 | -- | -- | 293 days |
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Marshall is recognized as champion after Steele is injured in a car accident on March 11 and is unable to compete.
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| Lou Thesz | Dec 29, 1937 | Live Event | St. Louis, MO, USA | 44 days |
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Title changed is retroactively recognized after unification with N.W.A. World Heavyweight Championship.
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| Steve Casey | Feb 11, 1938 | Live Event | Boston, MA, USA | 216 days |
| ** Title Vacated ** | Sep 1938 | -- | -- | |
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After Casey leaves the country and unable to defend the title.
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| John Pesek | Oct 17, 1938 | -- | -- | 613 days |
| ** Title Vacated ** | Jun 21, 1940 | -- | -- | |
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After Pesek was unwilling to defend the championship on multiple occasions.
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| Orville Brown | Jun 27, 1940 | Live Event | Columbus, OH, USA | 889 days |
| Ed Lewis | Dec 3, 1942 | Live Event | Columbus, OH, USA | 56 days |
| John Pesek | Jan 28, 1943 | Live Event | Columbus, OH, USA | 2149 days |
| ** Title Vacated ** | -- | -- | ||
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Pesek last defends the title on December 16, 1948, reason and date it was vacated unknown.
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| Don Eagle | May 25, 1950 | -- | -- | 891 days |
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Eagle is recognized in Ohio after defeating Gorgeous George for the A.W.A. Boston World Championship
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Eagle would defend the title until November of 1952 when he becomes unable to compete due to back injuries. The title is then abandoned.
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