Canadian International Heavyweight Championship
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| Canadian International Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Lutte Internationale (1976–1987) Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2024–present) | ||||||||||||||
| Date established | March 29, 1976 | ||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | PCO | ||||||||||||||
| Date won | July 20, 2024 | ||||||||||||||
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The Canadian International Heavyweight Championship was the top singles title in the Montreal-based wrestling promotion Lutte Internationale (International Wrestling). It was the successor to the Montreal Athletic Commission's MAC World Heavyweight Championship (later renamed the International Heavyweight Championship), which was retired after the Commission's promotion, the International Wrestling Association, closed in 1975. The title was promoted from 1976 until Lutte Internationale closed in 1987, upon which the title was retired.
In 2024, the title was revived by the American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as the International Heavyweight Wrestling Championship by A. J. Francis, with the explanation that Francis purchased the rights to the title and declared himself champion. This occurred on June 15, 2024 in Cicero, Illinois during the Impact! tapings which aired on June 27.[1][2] The current champion is PCO in his first reign. He defeated Francis in a Montreal Street Fight at Slammiversary on July 20, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec.[3]
Title history
[edit]| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| Lutte Internationale | ||||||||||
| 1 | Serge Dumont | March 29, 1976 | IW show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1 | 127 | Defeated Johnny Rougeau. | |||
| 2 | Billy Two Rivers | August 3, 1976 | IW show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1 | 160 | ||||
| 3 | Serge Dumont | September 1976 | IW show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 4 | Johnny Rougeau | September 1976 | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from September 1976 to February 1980. | ||||||||||
| 5 | Edouard Carpentier | 1980 | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | Unknown who Carpentier defeated for the title. | |||
| 6 | Java Ruuk | February 11, 1980 | IW show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1 | 189 | ||||
| 7 | Edouard Carpentier | August 18, 1980 | IW show | N/A | 2 | 40 | ||||
| 8 | Pierre Lefebvre | September 27, 1980 | IW show | N/A | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | Dino Bravo | September 30, 1980 | IW show | N/A | 1 | 107 | Unknown who Bravo defeated for the title. | |||
| 10 | Michel Dubois | January 12, 1981 | IW show | N/A | 1 | 159 | ||||
| 11 | Dino Bravo | June 20, 1981 | IW show | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 12 | Sailor White | January 1982 | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 13 | Dino Bravo | July 1982 | IW show | N/A | 3 | N/A | ||||
| — | Vacated | July 1982 | — | N/A | — | — | ||||
| 14 | Billy Robinson | August 16, 1982 | IW show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1 | 147 | Defeated Rick Martel in tournament final. | |||
| 15 | The Destroyer | January 10, 1983 | IW show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 16 | Billy Robinson | January 12, 1983 | IW show | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | 2 | 54 | ||||
| 17 | Dino Bravo | March 7, 1983 | IW show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 4 | N/A | [4] | |||
| 18 | Rick Martel | June 1983 | IW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 19 | Dino Bravo | September 21, 1983 | IW show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 5 | 384 | ||||
| 20 | King Tonga | October 9, 1984 | IW show | Hull, Quebec, Canada | 1 | 125 | ||||
| 21 | Dino Bravo | February 11, 1985 | IW show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 6 | 91 | Special referee—Verne Gagne. | [5] | ||
| — | Vacated | May 13, 1985 | — | N/A | — | — | ||||
| 22 | Dino Bravo | May 28, 1985 | IW show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 7 | 398 | Defeated King Tonga; recognized by the WWF during their takeover of the Montreal office. | [6] | ||
| 23 | The Great Samu | June 30, 1986 | IW show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1 | 126 | ||||
| 24 | David Schultz | November 3, 1986 | IW show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1 | 77 | ||||
| 25 | Hercules Ayala | January 19, 1987 | IW show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1 | 27 | [7] | |||
| 26 | Abdullah the Butcher | February 15, 1987 | IW show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1 | 197 | [8] | |||
| — | Deactivated | August 31, 1987 | — | N/A | — | — | Title retired upon the closing of Lutte Internationale. | |||
| Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) | ||||||||||
| 27 | A. J. Francis | June 15, 2024 | Impact! | Cicero, Illinois, United States | 1 | 35 | Title revived by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as the International Heavyweight Wrestling Championship, with the explanation that Francis bought the rights to the title and declared himself as champion. This episode aired on tape delay on June 27, 2024. |
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| 28 | PCO | July 20, 2024 | Slammiversary | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1 | 125+ | This was a Montreal Street Fight. This was also for Francis' TNA Digital Media Championship. | [3] | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "TNA iMPACT! on AXS TV Results: June 27, 2024". TNA Wrestling.com. TNA Wrestling. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
- ^ a b Thomas, Jeremy. "AJ Francis Proclaims Himself International Heavyweight Champion On TNA Impact". 411 Mania. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
- ^ a b Powell, Jason (July 20, 2024). "TNA Slammiversary results: Powell's live review of Moose vs. Joe Hendry vs. Josh Alexander vs. Nic Nemeth vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Steve Maclin in an elimination match for the TNA Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
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