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Montreal Athletic Commission
World Heavyweight Championship
(February 11, 1938 - 1964)
International Wrestling Association - Montreal
International Heavyweight Championship
(1965 - Late 1976)
World Heavyweight Championship
(February 11, 1938 - 1964)
Won By: | Date: | Event: | Location: | Reign: |
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Yvon Robert | Dec 15, 1937 | -- | -- | 78 days |
Robert is stripped of the A.W.A. Boston World Championship for failure to meet Lou Thesz in a title defence. Robert is still recognized in Montreal as champion.
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Vic Christy | Mar 3, 1938 | -- | -- | 64 days |
Don McIntyre | May 6, 1938 | -- | -- | 7 days |
Vic Christy | May 13, 1938 | -- | -- | 27 days |
The Masked Marvel | Jun 9, 1938 | -- | -- | 97 days |
Yvon Robert | Sep 14, 1938 | -- | -- | 96 days |
Cy Williams | Dec 19, 1938 | -- | -- | 117 days |
** Title Vacated ** | -- | -- | ||
Williams is stripped of the title after he refuses to put up the bond to defend the title, date unknown.
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Ernie Dusek | Aug 8, 1939 | -- | -- | 56 days |
Dusek defeated Danno O'Mahoney in the finals of a tournament for the vacant title.
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Yvon Robert | Oct 3, 1939 | -- | -- | 147 days |
Joe Cox | Feb 27, 1940 | -- | -- | 83 days |
Leo Numa | May 20, 1940 | -- | -- | 23 days |
Lou Thesz | Jun 12, 1940 | -- | -- | 133 days |
Yvon Robert | Oct 23, 1940 | -- | -- | 266 days |
Lou Thesz | Jul 16, 1941 | -- | -- | 63 days |
Yvon Robert | Sep 17, 1941 | -- | -- | 575 days |
John Katan | Apr 15, 1943 | -- | -- | 13 days |
Yvon Robert | Apr 28, 1943 | -- | -- | 14 days |
Gino Garibaldi | May 12, 1943 | -- | -- | 7 days |
Bobby Managoff | May 19, 1943 | -- | -- | 119 days |
Yvon Robert | Sep 15, 1943 | -- | -- | 189 days |
Sandor Szabo | Mar 22, 1944 | -- | -- | 84 days |
Yvon Robert | Jun 14, 1944 | -- | -- | 35 days |
Frank Sexton | Jul 19, 1944 | -- | -- | 35 days |
Yvon Robert | Aug 23, 1944 | -- | -- | 70 days |
Gino Garibaldi | Nov 1, 1944 | -- | -- | 22 days |
Yvon Robert | Nov 23, 1944 | -- | -- | 223 days |
Joe Savoldi | Jul 4, 1945 | -- | -- | 70 days |
Bobby Managoff | Sep 12, 1945 | -- | -- | 364 days |
Lou Thesz | Sep 11, 1946 | -- | -- | 162 days |
Bobby Managoff | Feb 20, 1947 | -- | -- | 55 days |
Lou Thesz | Apr 16, 1947 | -- | -- | 224 days |
Yvon Robert | Nov 26, 1947 | -- | -- | 798 days |
Bobby Managoff | Feb 1, 1950 | -- | -- | 14 days |
Yukon Eric | Feb 15, 1950 | -- | -- | 266 days |
Bobby Managoff | Nov 8, 1950 | -- | -- | 182 days |
Buddy Rogers | May 9, 1951 | -- | -- | 65 days |
Yvon Robert | Jul 13, 1951 | -- | -- | 232 days |
** Title Vacated ** | 1952 | -- | -- | |
Killer Kowalski | Apr 2, 1952 | -- | -- | 329 days |
Verne Gagne | Feb 25, 1953 | -- | -- | 70 days |
Killer Kowalski | May 6, 1953 | -- | -- | 63 days |
Yvon Robert | Jul 8, 1953 | -- | -- | 42 days |
Killer Kowalski | Aug 19, 1953 | -- | -- | 266 days |
Antonino Rocca | May 12, 1954 | -- | -- | 7 days |
Killer Kowalski | May 19, 1954 | -- | -- | 63 days |
Rocca forfeits the title after the second fall, at one fall a piece, when he is unable to compete in the 3rd fall.
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Pat O'Connor | Jul 21, 1954 | -- | -- | 112 days |
Killer Kowalski | Nov 10, 1954 | -- | -- | 119 days |
Pat O'Connor | Mar 9, 1955 | -- | -- | 91 days |
Don Leo Jonathan | Jun 8, 1955 | -- | -- | 70 days |
Yvon Robert | Aug 17, 1955 | -- | -- | 7 days |
Don Leo Jonathan | Aug 24, 1955 | -- | -- | 112 days |
Killer Kowalski | Dec 14, 1955 | -- | -- | 92 days |
Yvon Robert | 1956 | -- | -- | |
Killer Kowalski | May 30, 1956 | -- | -- | 126 days |
Hard Boiled Haggerty | Oct 3, 1956 | -- | -- | 27 days |
Killer Kowalski | Oct 1956 | -- | -- | |
Edouard Carpentier | May 8, 1957 | -- | -- | 35 days |
Gene Kiniski | Jun 12, 1957 | -- | -- | 35 days |
Killer Kowalski | Jul 17, 1957 | -- | -- | 791 days |
Buddy Rogers | Sep 16, 1959 | -- | -- | 77 days |
Killer Kowalski | Dec 2, 1959 | -- | -- | 44 days |
Buddy Rogers | Jan 1960 | -- | -- | |
Killer Kowalski | Jun 8, 1960 | -- | -- | 105 days |
Edouard Carpentier | Sep 21, 1960 | -- | -- | 302 days |
Hans Schmidt | Jul 20, 1961 | -- | -- | 110 days |
Johnny Rougeau | Nov 7, 1961 | -- | -- | 258 days |
Killer Kowalski | Jul 23, 1962 | -- | -- | 191 days |
Edouard Carpentier | Jan 30, 1963 | -- | -- | 350 days |
Carpentier vacates the title in 1964, after leaving the area, date unknown. The title is renamed the I.W.A. International Heavyweight Championship
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International Heavyweight Championship
(1965 - Late 1976)
Won By: | Date: | Event: | Location: | Reign: |
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Hans Schmidt | Oct 1, 1965 | -- | -- | 48 days |
Johnny Rougeau | Nov 18, 1965 | -- | -- | 103 days |
Hans Schmidt | -- | -- | ||
Edouard Carpentier | Jun 7, 1966 | -- | -- | 29 days |
Hans Schmidt | Jul 6, 1966 | -- | -- | 89 days |
Edouard Carpentier | Oct 3, 1966 | -- | -- | 44 days |
Hans Schmidt | Nov 16, 1966 | -- | -- | 69 days |
Mad Dog Vachon | Jan 24, 1967 | -- | -- | 111 days |
Johnny Rougeau | 1967 | -- | -- | |
Mad Dog Vachon | Aug 14, 1967 | -- | -- | 48 days |
** Title Vacated ** | -- | -- | ||
Vachon vacated the title due to injuries from a car accident, date unknown.
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The Sheik | Oct 23, 1967 | -- | -- | 14 days |
The Sheik defeated Gino Brito in the finals of a tournament for the vacant title.
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Edouard Carpentier | Nov 6, 1967 | -- | -- | 21 days |
Baron Von Raschke | Nov 27, 1967 | -- | -- | 33 days |
Johnny Rougeau | 1967 | -- | -- | |
Recognized as champion after Von Raschke in 1967, date and location unknown.
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Ivan Koloff | 1968 | -- | -- | |
Johnny Rougeau | Apr 22, 1968 | -- | -- | 115 days |
Ivan Koloff | 1968 | -- | -- | |
Abdullah The Butcher | 1969 | -- | -- | |
Jacques Rougeau | Jun 15, 1969 | -- | -- | 183 days |
Abdullah The Butcher | 1969 | -- | -- | |
Johnny Rougeau | 1970 | -- | -- | |
Danny Lynch | 1970 | -- | -- | |
Johnny Rougeau | 1970 | -- | -- | |
Jos Le Duc | 1971 | -- | -- | |
Dr. X | Jun 21, 1971 | -- | -- | 116 days |
Abdullah The Butcher | Oct 1971 | -- | -- | |
Carlos Rocha | Jan 1972 | -- | -- | |
The Sheik | May 1972 | -- | -- | |
Jacques Rougeau | Jul 1972 | -- | -- | |
The Big O | Oct 1972 | -- | -- | |
Jacques Rougeau | Jan 1973 | -- | -- | |
Rougeau was awarded the title when Valentine no-shows the match in January of 1973, date unknown.
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Dick Taylor | 1973 | -- | -- | |
Jacques Rougeau | 1973 | -- | -- | |
Michel Dubois | 1973 | -- | -- | |
The Sheik | 1974 | -- | -- | |
** Title Vacated ** | 1974 | -- | -- | |
The Sheik is stripped of the title by the Montreal Athletic Commission in 1974, date and reason unknown.
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Tiger Jeet Singh | 1974 | -- | -- | |
Jacques Rougeau | 1974 | -- | -- | |
Serge Dumont | Mar 8, 1976 | -- | -- | 148 days |
Billy Two Rivers | Aug 3, 1976 | -- | -- | 151 days |