1. Pat O'Connor was recognized as the first AWA World Heavyweight Champion in May 1960, but was given 90 days to defend the title against Verne Gange or be stripped of the title. 

2. The title was awarded to Verne Gagne after Pat O'Connor failed to defend the title against Gagne. 

3. Crusher Lisowski won the Omaha version of the World Heavyweight title from Fritz Von Erich on February 15, 1963 in Omaha, Nebraska. 

4. Verne Gange won both the Omaha version and the AWA World title. 

5. Fritz Von Erich won both the Omaha version and the AWA World title. 

6. Verne Gagne won the AWA World title. He then defeated Fritz Von Erich on September 7, 1963 in Oamaha, Nebraska to unify both titles. 

7. Nick Bockwinkle wrestled to a Double-Count Out against WWF World Heavyweight Champion, Bob Backlund, on March 25, 1979 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

8. Nick Bockwinkle was awarded the title when Verne Gagne retired. 

9. During this match, manager Bobby Heenan hit Hogan with a foreign object. When he attempted to throw it to Bockwinkle a second time, Hogan caught it and used it himself. Since both men had used the object, the ref allowed the victory to stand.

10. After hearing Heenan’s claims that Hogan won the title unfairly, AWA president Stanley Blackburn made the controversial decision to suddenly strip Hogan of the title and return it to Bockwinkle.

11. To insure that the controversy of their previous encounter would not happen again, this was a no DQ match.

12. After the match Blackburn came down to the ring and tried to have Hogan disqualified for having thrown Bockwinkle over the top rope. But since this was a no DQ match, Blackburn simply stripped Hogan of the belt and again returned it to Bockwinkle. Understandably upset at the way he had been treated, Hogan left the AWA shortly thereafter.

13. Rick Martel wrestled to a Double Count-Out against NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Ric Flair, on October 2, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. 

14. The title was awarded to Nick Bockwinkle when Stan Hansen left the promotion after not appearing in a match on June 28, 1986 in Denver, Colorado, but Hansen took the belt and defended it on All-Japan cards in July of 1986. 

15. Jerry Lawler unified the World Class Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title by defeating Kerry Von Erich on December 13, 1988 in Chicago, Illinois to become the first Unified World Heavyweight Champion, but was stripped of the AWA World Heavyweight title on January 20, 1989 after the CWA split with the AWA. 

16. Larry Zbyszko wins the title in a battle royal after eliminating Tom Zenk. 

17. Larry Zbyszko was stripped of the AWA World title on December 12, 1990 when Zbyszko left the inactive AWA for WCW. The AWA closed in 1991. 

18. The promotion reopens in 1996. Jonnie Stewart defeated Larry Gligorovich to win the title.

19. King Kong Bundy is stripped of the title by AWA Superstars owner Dale Gagne.

20. The Patriot (Danny Dominion) defeated Gagne in an impromptu match to win the title.
21.  Takao Omori defeated Steve Corino in 24 minutes, 53 seconds with the Axe Bomber to become the 32nd AWA World Heavyweight Champion. Evan Karagias had previously been fired by AWA President Dale R. Gagne for misconduct and refusal of defending the Title as scheduled.

23. AWA parts ways with Zero-One MAX and strips Masato Tanaka of the title; Title awarded to Larry Zbyszko since he never was beatem fpr the belt.

AWA World Light Heavyweight Title History

Name	Date	Place	Notes
Mike Graham	1981	Awarded
Buck Zumhofe	June 19, 1983	Hamburg, MN
"Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal	March 25, 1984	St. Paul, MN
Buck Zumhofe (2)	November 28, 1985	St. Paul, MN
Vacated	July, 1986		1
Mike Graham (2)	1988	Awarded
Vacated	1990
Buck Zumhofe (3)	August 11, 1990	Rochester, MN
Title Retired	January 1991	AWA closes
"Krazy K" Kirby Mack	July 30, 2005	Burlington, NC	2
Xsiris (disputed)	September 8, 2006	Charleston, WV	3
"The Man" TJ Mack	December 2, 2006	Burlington, NC
"Krazy K" Kirby Mack (2)	January 7, 2007	Pottstown, PA

1. Zumhofe goes to jail.

2. Tournament final over Shannon Moore.

3. For the first time in AWA history, two World Light Heavyweight Champion's are recognized in a disputed Championship match September 8, 2006 in Charleston, West Virginia. Sanctioned AWA territories are split in who they recognize as AWA World Light Heavyweight Champion.

 
AWA World Tag Team Title History

Team	Date	Place	Notes
"Murder Inc." Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski	August 1960	Awarded
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana	October 4, 1960	Minneapolis, MN
Gene Kiniski & Hard Boiled Haggerty	March 18, 1961	St. Paul, MN	1
Wilbur Snyder & Leo Nomellini	May 23, 1961	Minneapolis, MN
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski (2)	July 19, 1961	St. Paul, MN
Vacated	August 8, 1961	Team splits up
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel	June 26, 1961	St. Paul, MN	2
Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy (Bobby Graham)	November 16, 1961	Rochester, MN
Bob Geigel & Otto Von Krupp	November 23, 1961	Rochester, MN
Vacated	January 1962		3
Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman	January 15, 1962	St. Paul, MN	4
Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski	February 13, 1962	Minneapolis, MN
Art & Stan Neilson	April 1962	Cincinnati, OH
Mr. High & Mr. Low (Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn)	December 16, 1962	St. Paul, MN
Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff	January 1, 1963	Minneapolis, MN
The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser	August 20, 1963	Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne & Moose Evans	February 9, 1964	Minneapolis, MN
The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser (2)	February 23, 1964	St. Paul, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race	January 30, 1965	Minneapolis, MN
The Crusher & Verne Gagne	July 24, 1965	Minneapolis, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race (2)	August 7, 1965	Minneapolis, MN
The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser (3)	May 28, 1966	Minneapolis, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race (3)	January 6, 1967	Chicago, IL
Verne Gagne & Don Leo Jonathan	March 15, 1967	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Larry Hennig & Harley Race (4)	1967		5
Harley Race & Chris Markoff	November 1, 1967		6
Wilbur Snyder & Pat O'Connor	November 10, 1967	Chicago, IL
Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto	December 2, 1967	Chicago, IL
The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser (4)	December 28, 1968	Chicago, IL
"Mad Dog" Maurice Vachon & Paul "The Butcher" Vachon	August 30, 1969	Chicago, IL
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez	May 15, 1971	Milwaukee, WI
Red Bastien & The Crusher	August 1971		7
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens	January 20, 1972	Denver, CO
Ed Francis & Billy Robinson	November 15, 1972	Honolulu, HI
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens (2)	December 1972		8
Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson	December 30, 1972	Minneapolis, MN
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens (3)	January 6, 1973	St. Paul, MN
The Crusher & Billy Robinson	July 21, 1974	Green Bay, WI
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens (4)	October 24, 1974	Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser (5)	August 16, 1975	Chicago, IL
Bobby Duncum & Blackjack Lanza	July 23, 1976	Chicago, IL
"High Flyers" Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell	July 7, 1977	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens	September 23, 1978		9
Verne Gagne & "Mad Dog" Maurice Vachon	June 6, 1979	Winnipeg, Manitoba
"East-West Connection" Jesse Ventura & Adrian Adonis	July 20, 1980	Denver, CO
"High Flyers" Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell (2)	June 14, 1981	Green Bay, WI
"The Sheiks" Jerry Blackwell & Ken Patera	June 26, 1983	Minneapolis, MN
The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke	May 6, 1984	Green Bay, WI
"Road Warriors" Animal & Hawk	August 25, 1984	Las Vegas, NV
Jimmy Garvin & "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal	September 29, 1985	St. Paul, MN
Curt Hennig & Scott Hall	January 18, 1986	Albuquerque, NM
Buddy Rose & Doug Somers	May 17, 1986	Hammond, IN
"Midnight Rockers" Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty	January 27, 1987	St. Paul, MN
Boris Zhukov & Soldat Ustinov	May 25, 1987	Lake Tahoe, NV
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee	October 11, 1987	Memphis, TN
Hector Guerrero & Dr. D	October 19, 1987	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee (2)	October 26, 1987	Memphis, TN
"Original Midnight Express" Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose	October 30, 1987	Whitewater, WI
"Midnight Rockers" Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty (2)	December 27, 1987	Las Vegas, NV
"Badd Company" Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond	March 19, 1988	Las Vegas, NV
"Olympians" Ken Patera & Brad Rheingans	March 25, 1989	Rochester, MN
Vacated	September 18, 1989		10
"Destruction Crew" Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom	October 1, 1989	Rochester, MN	11
The Trooper & D.J. Peterson	August 11, 1990	Rochester, MN
Title Retired	January 1991	AWA closes.
Heaven & Hell	June 27, 1999	Fargo, ND
Jonnie Stewart & The Golden Lion	September 6, 1999	Bozeman, MT
Heaven & Hell (2)	October 9, 1999	Joliet, IL
Jonnie Stewart & Tony Denucci	September 1, 2001	Gallup, NM
Native Blood (Navajo Warrior & Ghostwalker)	September 1, 2001	Gallup, NM
Model's Inc. (GQ Gallo & Charming Chad)	March 26, 2004	Casa Grande, AZ
The Henchmen (Buddha the Beast & Venom) (2)	July 9, 2004	Chicago, IL
The Henchmen (Buddha the Beast & JT Wolfen)	December 5, 2005	Las Vegas, NV
"Team Macktion" Kirby Mack & TJ Mack	June 14, 2006	Indianapolis, IN
"The Old School Blondes" Steve Corino & Ricky Landell	June 14, 2006	Indianapolis, IN	12
The New Generation Dynasty "The 1st" Ric Converse & Xsiris	March 23, 2007	Cameron, North Carolina	13,14
The Heartbreak Express "Fabulous" Phil Davis & "Superstar" Sean Davis	October 6, 2007	Showano, WI	15
Team Vision Chasyn Rance & Mister Saint Laurent	April 18, 2008	Fayetteville, WV

1. Kiniski replaces the injured Len Montana

2. Haggerty defeats Kiniski

3. Von Krupp injured

4. defeating the Kalmikoffs

5. Title returned to Hennig & Race

6. Markoff replaces the injured Larry Hennig (leg broken by Verne Gagne in Winnipeg, Manitoba)

7. Cortez killed in car wreck & replaced by The Crusher

8. Title returned when Robinson & Francis do not defend

9. Awarded when Brunzell injured

10. Patera injured

11. over Greg Gagne & Paul Diamond

12. AWA President Dale Gagne ordered an immediate title defense upon winning the titles against "Old School" Steve Corino & Ricky Landell "The Old
School Blondes"

13. "The Illustious" Jonnie Stewart replaced Steve Corino due to a scheduling conflict and competed with the "Trademark of Excellence" Ricky Landell as the "Old School Blondes".

14. Titles held up due to controversial decision in Indianapolis, IN on 6/13/2007.

15. Tournament final.

AWA World Women's Title History

Name	Date	Location	Notes
Penny Banner	August 26, 1961	Angola, IN (wins battle royal)
vacated	1964	Title becomes inactive
Vivian Vachon	November 4, 1971	Winnipeg, Manitoba (defeats Betty Nicoli)
vacated	1970s or early 1980s	Title becomes inactive
Candi Devine (1)	November 1984	Minneapolis, MN (wins battle royal)
Sherri Martel	September 28 1985	Chicago, IL (at Superclash)
Candi Devine (2)	October 1985	Title returned to Devine
Sherri Martel (2)	October 17 1985	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Candi Devine (3)	January 16 1986	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sherri Martel (3)	June 28 1986	Oakland, CA
vacated	July 25 1987	Martel goes to WWF
Madusa Miceli	December 27 1987	Las Vegas, NV (over Candi Devine)
Wendi Richter	November 26 1988	Bloomington, MN
vacated	December 1989	Richter leaves AWA
Candi Devine (4)	December 6, 1989	Toronto, Ontario	1
Title retired	1990	Title abandoned
Sherri Martel (4)	May 1999	Fargo, ND	2, 3
vacated	2006	Sherri Martel retires

1. Defeats Judy Martin; AWA closes in 91; still/again billed as champion in 95/01

2. Martel is awarded the title by AWA President Dale Gagne but refuses his terms and instead defeats Gagne's hand-picked opponent, Ms. Manners (Adrian Lync) to win the title on 99/06/17 in Fargo, ND.

3. Due to career ending injuries, Martel is recognized as the AWA World Women's Champion, retiring the Championship in late 2006.

AWA United States Title History

Name	Date	Location	Notes
Verne Gagne	September 3, 1953	Awarded
Wilbur Snyder	April 7, 1956	Chicago, IL
Hans Schmidt		Chicago, IL
Wilbur Snyder (2)		Chicago, IL
Dick the Bruiser		Chicago, IL
Verne Gagne (2)		Chicago, IL
Splits into Chicago and Minneapolis versions; Minneapolis version renamed AWA United States Title.
Vacated		Gagne wins AWA World Title
Wilbur Snyder (3)		Minnesota
Gene Kiniski		Minneapolis, MN
Wilbur Snyder (4)		Duluth, MN
Gene Kiniski (2)		St. Paul, MN
Hard Boiled Haggerty		Minnesota
Mr. M (Bill Miller)		Minneapolis, MN
Title Retired		Miller wins AWA World Title & title abandoned
Title Revived under Zero-1 MAX Banner
Ricky Landell	June 13, 2007	Indianapolis, IN	1
Zero-1's sanctioning was terminated therefore changing the title back to the AWA U.S. Championship (as of December 7, 2007)
Title Retired	March 29, 2008	Landell wins Fighting World Title & title abandoned

1. Defeats Zach Gowan to win the vacant title.

AWA Fighting World Title History

Name	Date	Location	Notes
Ricky Landell	March 29, 2008	Racine, WI	1

1. Defeats Keith Walker.

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