NWA Toronto United States Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Toronto United States Heavyweight Championship was the version of the United States heavyweight championship that was defended in Frank Tunney's Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

-based Maple Leaf Wrestling

Maple Leaf Wrestling

Maple Leaf Wrestling was the unofficial name in the 1970s and 1980s of the professional wrestling promotion run by Frank Tunney in Toronto.-Queensbury Athletic Club:...

. It existed from 1962 until 1973. A different version of the title was brought to the territory by The Sheik

Ed Farhat

Edward George Farhat was an American professional wrestler best known as by his ring name The Sheik...

in 1974 and defended until 1977. After that, Maple Leaf Wrestling recognized the Mid-Atlantic version of the title from May 1978 until July 1984 when promoter Jack Tunney

Jack Tunney

John "Jack" Tunney was a Canadian wrestling promoter. Tunney was known worldwide for his appearances on World Wrestling Federation television as the promotion's figurehead president, suspending wrestlers, stripping them of titles, and ordering matches...

allied himself with the WWF

World Wrestling Entertainment

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Johnny Valentine Johnny Valentine Johnny Valentine was a professional wrestler with a career spanning almost three decades. He has been inducted into four halls of fame for his achievements in wrestling...	1	September 1962		Billed as champion on arrival in Toronto
Bruno Sammartino Bruno Sammartino Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino is an Italian-American former professional wrestler, best known for being the longest-running champion of the World Wide Wrestling Federation , holding the title across two reigns for over 11 years in total, as well as the longest single WWE Championship reign...	1	November 22, 1962	Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... , ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
Johnny Valentine	2	December 14, 1962	Toronto, ON
John Paul Henning	1	June 1963	Washington, DC	Fictitious title change
Johnny Valentine	3	July 11, 1963	Toronto, ON
The Beast	1	October 17, 1963	Toronto, ON
Johnny Valentine	4	March 5, 1964	Toronto, ON
Professor Hiro	1	June 4, 1964	Toronto, ON
Johnny Valentine	5	October 15, 1964	Toronto, ON	Wins by referee's decision
Professor Hiro	2	October 22, 1964	Toronto, ON	Wins by disqualification
Johnny Valentine	6	October 30, 1964	Toronto, ON
The Sheik Ed Farhat Edward George Farhat was an American professional wrestler best known as by his ring name The Sheik...	1	December 27, 1964	Toronto, ON
Johnny Valentine	7	January 3, 1965	Toronto, ON
Tiger Jeet Singh Tiger Jeet Singh Jagjit Singh Hans is a semi-retired professional wrestler, known better by his ring name Tiger Jeet Singh. He wrestled as a crazed heel, coming to the ring with a sword in his mouth . Singh wrestled in Japan for 22 years...	1	June 11, 1967	Toronto, Ontario	Title inactive from 1968 to 1971; recognized as champion again in 1971
Vacant		January 1973		Title vacated
The Sheik	2	July 1974		Reigning Detroit version champion-recognized in Toronto
Thunderbolt Patterson Claude Patterson Claude Patterson, better known professionally as Thunderbolt Patterson, was an American professional wrestler best known for his efforts at starting a union for wrestlers...	1	November 19, 1976	Toronto, Ontario
The Sheik	3	December 26, 1976	Toronto, Ontario
Bobo Brazil	1	February 6, 1977	Toronto, Ontario
The Sheik	4	February 27, 1977	Toronto, Ontario
Vacated		July 1977		Sheik leaves Toronto area; Mid-Atlantic version is recognized in Toronto from May 1978 until July 1984

Title history

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