Championshipname: | NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary) |
Promotion: | Stampede Wrestling |
Created: | November 1, 1946 |
Mostreigns: | Dave Ruhl (8 reigns) |
Firstchamp: | Al Mills |
Shortestreign: | Sammy Burg (1 day) |
Longestreign: | Al Mills (1,578 days) |
Heaviest: | Abdullah the Butcher (430lb) |
Titleretired: | 1972 |
The Calgary version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship was established in 1946, and became the top championship in Stampede Wrestling when that promotion opened in 1948; it held that status until 1972, when the title was vacated and later abandoned after the last champion, Dave Ruhl, was injured.[1]