New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship

New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionNew York State Athletic Commission
Statistics
First champion(s)Jim Londos
Final champion(s)Jim Londos
Most reignsJim Londos (3 reigns)

The NYSAC World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the New York State Athletic Commission.[1][2] The title existed from 1929 through 1934.

Title history

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 Dick Shikat August 23, 1929 live event Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 287 Defeated Jim Londos in the tournament final, after that Athletic Commissions in New York and Pennsylvania and the National Boxing Association, they had stripped Gus Sonnenberg of the World Title, for failing to meet "real" contenders, in July 1929. Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion. [1][2]
2 Jim Londos June 6, 1930 live event Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 847 Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion until June 26, 1935. [1][2]
— Vacated September 30, 1932 — — — — Stripped of the title for refusing to defend against the winner of Ed "Strangler" Lewis vs. Dick Shikat [1][2]
3 Ed Lewis October 10, 1932 live event New York City, New York 1 133 Defeated Jack Sherry to win the vacant title. [1][2]
4 Jim Browning February 20, 1933 live event New York City, New York 1 490   [1][2]
5 Jim Londos June 25, 1934 live event New York City, New York 2 367 Also won the National Wrestling Association's World Heavyweight Championship in June, 1930 and unified both titles. [1][2]
6 Danno O'Mahoney June 27, 1935 live event Boston, Massachusetts 1 249 Unified title with the Boston version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion. [1][2]
7 Dick Shikat March 2, 1936 live event New York City, New York 2 53 Does not win the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion. [1][2]
8 Ali Baba April 24, 1936 live event Detroit, Michigan 1 49 Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion. [1][2]
9 Dave Levin June 12, 1936 live event Newark, New Jersey 1 108 Won by disqualification; recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion". Ali Baba continues to claim the title but loses to Everett Marshall on June 26, 1936 in Columbus, Ohio, retroactive Alliance recognition switched to MWA World Heavyweight Championship. Levin also wins Los Angeles version, defeating Vincent Lopez on August 19, 1936 in Los Angeles. [1][2]
10 Dean Detton September 28, 1936 live event Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 274 Recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion". Detton also defeated Ed "Strangler" Lewis in a title tournament final earlier in the year in Philadelphia [1][2]
11 Bronko Nagurski June 29, 1937 live event Minneapolis, Minnesota 1 507 Recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion". [1][2]
12 Jim Londos November 18, 1938 live event Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3 2,601 Recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion" until Londos retired in 1946. [1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship". The Pro Wrestling Historical Society. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "World Heavyweight Title [New York State Athletic Commission]". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved September 15, 2018.