Roots of the NWA/WCW World Heavyweight Championship, 1890s
- American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Title (1880-1893)
- American Heavyweight Title (1893-1906)
- European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Title (1894-1902)
American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Title
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No. |
Champion |
Date won |
Location |
Reign |
Event |
Note |
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VACANT |
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2. |
Ernest Roeber |
1892 |
Brooklyn, NY |
about 426 d |
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| 3. | Evan "Stranger" Lewis | 3/2/1893 | New Orleans, LA | 806 d | 3 |
Notes:
3. Lewis defeated Joe Acton to win the Catch-as-Catch-Can title on 03/14/1887 in Chicago, IL; defeats Roeber in a mixed match with Greco-Roman and Catch-as-Catch-Can styles in best of 5 falls and becomes the unified American Heavyweight champion.
American Heavyweight Title
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No. |
Champion |
Date won |
Location |
reign |
Event |
Note |
| 1. | Evan "Strangler" Lewis | 03/02/1893 | New Orleans, LA | 806 d | 1 | |
| 2. | Martin "Farmer" Burns | 04/20/1895 | Chicago, IL | 920 d | ||
| 3. | Dan McLeod | 10/26/1897 | Indianapolis, IN | 3363 d |
Notes:
1. Has defeated Joe Acton to win Catch-as-Catch-Can title on 03/14/1887 in Chicago, IL; unifies American Greco-Roman title to become the unified American Heavyweight champion, defeating Ernest Roeber on 03/02/1893 in a mixed match with Greco-Roman and Catch-as-Catch-Can styles in best of 5 falls.
European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Title
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No. |
Champion |
Date won |
Location |
reign |
Event |
Note |
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1. |
Tom Cannon |
08/22/1894 |
Liverpool, ENGLAND |
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2. |
Carl Abs |
09/05/1894 |
Hamburg, GERMANY |
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| 3. | Ernest Roeber | 09/26/1894 | Hamburg, GERMANY | 2 |
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