Professional wrestling championship
Canadian International Heavyweight Championship Promotion Lutte Internationale Date established March 29, 1976 Date retired 1987
The Canadian International Heavyweight Championship was the top singles title in the Montreal -based wrestling promotion Lutte Internationale (International Wrestling). It was a continuation of the Montreal Athletic Commission's old International Heavyweight Championship, which became inactive after the Commission's promotion, the International Wrestling Association, closed in 1975. The title lasted from 1976 until Lutte Internationale closed in 1987.
Title history [ edit ] Key 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 Serge Dumont March 29, 1976 IW show Montreal, QC 1 127 Defeated Johnny Rougeau 2 Billy Two Rivers August 3, 1976 IW show Montreal, QC 1 N/A 3 Serge Dumont 1976 IW show N/A 2 N/A 4 Johnny Rougeau September 1976 IW show N/A 1 N/A — N/A — — 6 Edouard Carpentier N/A IW show N/A 1 N/A Unknown who Carpentier defeated for the title 7 Java Ruuk February 11, 1980 IW show Montreal, QC 1 N/A 8 Edouard Carpentier 1980 IW show N/A 2 N/A 9 Pierre Lefebvre August 1980 IW show N/A 1 N/A — N/A — — 10 Dino Bravo 1980 IW show N/A 1 N/A Unknown who Bravo defeated for the title 11 Michel Dubois 1981 IW show N/A 1 N/A 12 Dino Bravo June 20, 1981 IW show Ottawa, ON 2 N/A 13 Sailor White 1982 IW show N/A 1 N/A 14 Dino Bravo 1982 IW show N/A 3 N/A — 1982 — — 15 Billy Robinson August 16, 1982 IW show Montreal, QC 1 147 Defeated Rick Martel in tournament final 16 The Destroyer January 10, 1983 IW show Montreal, QC 1 N/A 17 Billy Robinson February 1983 IW show Quebec City, QC 2 N/A 18 Dino Bravo March 7, 1983 IW show Montreal, QC 4 N/A [1] 19 Rick Martel 1983 IW show N/A 1 N/A 20 Dino Bravo September 21, 1983 IW show Montreal, QC 5 384 21 King Tonga October 9, 1984 IW show Hull, QC 1 125 22 Dino Bravo February 11, 1985 IW show Montreal, QC 6 N/A Special referee—Verne Gagne [2] — 1985 — — 23 Dino Bravo May 28, 1985 IW show Montreal, QC 7 398 Defeated King Tonga; recognized by the WWF during their takeover of the Montreal office between August 18, 1985 and January 22, 1986 [3] 24 The Great Samu June 30, 1986 IW show Montreal, QC 1 126 25 David Schultz November 3, 1986 IW show Montreal, QC 1 77 26 Hercules Ayala January 19, 1987 IW show Montreal, QC 1 27 [4] 27 Abdullah the Butcher February 15, 1987 IW show Montreal, QC 1 N/A [5] — Deactivated 1987 — N/A — — Promotion Closed
References [ edit ] ^ Hoops, Brian (March 7, 2020). "Daily Pro Wrestling history (03/07): Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved March 8, 2020 . ^ Hoops, Brian (February 11, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 11): AJ Styles wins the IWGP Title" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017 . ^ F4W Staff (May 28, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 28): Hulk Hogan vs. Nick Bockwinkel, Bruno vs. Superstar Graham double DQ" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017 . {{cite web }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link ) ^ Hoops, Brian (January 19, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/19): Ric Flair wins WWF title in 1992 Royal Rumble" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved January 18, 2019 . ^ Hoops, Brian (February 15, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 15): Eddie Guerrero wins the WWE Championship" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017 . External links [ edit ]