AWA International Television Championship
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| AWA International Television Championship | |||||||||||
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 The championship belt | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | American Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
| Date established | December 27, 1987 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | October 16, 1989 | ||||||||||
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The AWA International Television Championship was a short-lived title in the American Wrestling Association from 1987 to 1989. It was filled with a several months long tournament and was defended on their television broadcast on ESPN.[1]
As explained by Larry Nelson on the AWA Championship Wrestling show on ESPN, the first two wrestlers in the tournament to reach 50 points (with 5 points being awarded or deducted for a pinfall or submission victory or loss, and 2.5 points being awarded or deducted for a countout or disqualification victory or loss) faced off in the finals to determine the first champion.
Title history[edit]
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Greg Gagne | December 27, 1987 | Championship Wrestling | Las Vegas, Nevada | 1 | 265 | Defeated Adrian Adonis via disqualification in the finals of the tournament | |
| 2 | Ron Garvin | September 17, 1988 | Championship Wrestling | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 87 | Title later held up by AWA President Stanley Blackburn after deciding Garvin won under controversial circumstances. | |
| 3 | Greg Gagne | December 13, 1988 | SuperClash III | Chicago, Illinois | 2 | 307 | Match for the vacant title. Gagne won by countout. Garvin had signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation and would not lose the match clean | |
| — | Deactivated | October 16, 1989 | — | — | — | — | Gagne retired from in-ring competition. | |
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References[edit]
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.