Professional wrestling championship
World Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles version) Date established 1930 Date retired May 21, 1952 First champion(s) Ed Don George Final champion(s) Lou Thesz Most reigns Jim Londos (3 reigns)
The World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship of the Pacific Northwest defended in the states of Oregon , Washington , and California from 1930 until 1952, when it was unified with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship .
Key Symbol Meaning N. The overall championship reign Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. Event The event in which the championship changed hands
N. Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref. 1 Ed Don George 1 December 10, 1930 124 Los Angeles, California House Show Defeated Gus Sonnenberg to win the AWA Boston version of the World title ; recognized in California. [1 ] 2 Ed Lewis 1 April 13, 1931 322 Los Angeles, California House Show 2 - Vacated - February 28, 1932 - - - 3 Jim Londos 1 March 2, 1932 407 Los Angeles, California House Show Has defeated Dick Shikat on 30/06/06 in Philadelphia, PA to be recognized as world champion by the state athletic commissions of New York and Pennsylvania; recognized as champion in Los Angeles, CA as late as 33/04/12. - Vacated - April 12, 1933 - - - 4 Jim Browning 1 May 1, 1933 421 Los Angeles, California House Show Has defeated Ed "Strangler" Lewis on 33/02/20 in New York, NY to be recognized as world champion by the state athletic commissions of New York and Pennsylvania; recognized as champion in Los Angeles, CA from 33/05. 5 Jim Londos 2 June 25, 1934 311 New York City, New York House Show Suspended by the California Athletic Commission when Londos fails to appear for the scheduled title defense against Chief Little Wolf on 35/02/27; recognition officially withdrawn in Los Angeles in 35/05 for failure to enter an international tournament. - Vacated - May 1, 1935 - - - 6 Vincent Lopez 1 July 24, 1935 392 Los Angeles, California House Show Defeats Man Mountain Dean in the tournament final. 7 Dave Levin 1 August 19, 1936 41 Los Angeles, California House Show 8 Dean Detton 1 September 28, 1936 262 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania House Show 9 Bronko Nagurski 1 June 16, 1937 520 Minneapolis, Minnesota House Show 10 Jim Londos 3 November 18, 1938 2628 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania House Show - Vacated - January 28, 1946 - - - 11 Babe Sharkey 1 February 1, 1946 213 Los Angeles, California House Show Billed as champion on arrival. Previously held the Maryland version of the Title. 3 12 George Becker 1 September 1, 1946 Portland, Oregon House show [4] 13 Enrique Torres 1 December 11, 1946 106 Los Angeles, California House Show 14 Gorgeous George 1 March 26, 1947 699 Los Angeles, California House Show 15 Enrique Torres 2 February 22, 1949 638 Los Angeles, California House Show 16 Baron Michele Leone 1 November 22, 1950 Los Angeles, California House show 17 Lou Thesz 1 May 21, 1952 <1 Los Angeles, California House show Unified with NWA World Heavyweight Championship as a result of the match - Deactivated - May 21, 1952 - - -
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