Wrestler: |
Times: |
Date: |
Location: |
Notes: |
Jonnie Stewart |
1 |
June 6, 1996 |
Rochester, Minnesota |
Defeated Larry Gligorovich to win the AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship. |
King Kong Bundy |
1 |
March 31, 1999 |
Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
Later stripped of the title by owner Dale Gagne. |
The Patriot
(Danny Dominion) |
1 |
July 29, 2000 |
Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
Defeated Dale Gagne in an impromptu match to win the title. |
Ricky Enrique |
1 |
July 29, 2000 |
Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
Eric Priest |
1 |
June 3, 2001 |
Hillside, Illinois |
Evan Karagias |
1 |
March 22, 2002 |
Casa Grande, Arizona |
Horshu |
1 |
October 12, 2002 |
Mercedes, Texas |
Stripped of the title due to missing mandatory title defenses. |
Evan Karagias |
2 |
July 6, 2003 |
Lemoore, California |
Defeated Eric Priest to win the vacated title. Karagias was fired in January 2005 by Dale Gagne for misconduct and refusal of defending the title as scheduled. |
Takao Ōmori |
1 |
February 15, 2005 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Defeated Steve Corino in the finals of a tournament when Pro Wrestling Zero1 joins AWA Superstars of Wrestling. |
Steve Corino |
1 |
June 11, 2005 |
Bay City, Michigan |
Shinjiro Otani |
1 |
January 22, 2006 |
Tokyo, Japan |
|
Takao Ōmori |
2 |
April 1, 2006 |
Tokyo, Japan |
|
Ric Converse |
1 |
June 14, 2006 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Steve Corino |
2 |
January 7, 2007 |
Pottstown, Pennsylvania |
On March 23, 2007, Corino lost the title to TNT at an AWF event; however, on March 28, the AWA Superstars of Wrestling Board of Directors returned the title to Corino when the proper paperwork for the match could not be found. |
Takao Ōmori |
3 |
March 31, 2007 |
Yokohama, Japan |
Masato Tanaka |
1 |
October 26, 2007 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Tanaka is stripped of the title on December 10, 2007, when the Zero1 severs ties with AWA Superstars of Wrestling. Tanaka is still recognized as AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion in Japan, the title is called the Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship in the US. |
Larry Zbyszko |
1* |
February 5, 2008 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Title awarded. |
Brian Logan† |
# |
April 20, 2008 |
Fayetteville, West Virginia |
Logan defeated Zbyszko and Ricky Landell in a triple threat match. Shortly thereafter, Mountaineer Wrestling Association of West Virginia, the promotion for which Logan primarily performs, pulled out of AWA Superstars of Wrestling to form American Wrestling Affiliates with several other promotions. The title was returned to Zbyszko, and Logan's reign was never officially recognized by AWA Superstars of Wrestling. |
Larry Zbyszko |
1* |
|
|
Title returned to Zbyszko. |
Ricky Landell |
1 |
October 11, 2008 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Title becomes known as the WSL World Heavyweight Championship when the promotion is forced to rename. |
Keith Walker |
1 |
February 21, 2009 |
Michigan City, Indiana |
Jonnie Stewart |
2 |
June 9, 2012 |
Landover, Maryland |
In a day referred to as The Saturday Night Massacre, in reference to President Nixon's firing of two Whitehouse attorneys general in one night; President Dale Gagne strips and fires Keith Walker when Walker refuses to defend the title against Ricky Landell, in an event in Landover, Maryland. When Landell is awarded the title, he refuses to accept and is too promptly fired by Gagne, who than awards the title to Jonnie Stewart. |
The Honky Tonk Man |
1 |
August 18, 2012 |
Rockford, Illinois |
The morning of the event, Jonnie Stewart's doctors declare him PUP (physically unable to perform) and WSL officials agree to let Mike Bally sub for Stewart. |