AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Boston version)

The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship promoted by Paul Bowser in Boston.

This article is about the regional championship contested from 1928–1952. For the championship contested from 1960–1990, see AWA World Heavyweight Championship.
AWA World Heavyweight Championship
Details
Date establishedFebruary 21, 1928
Date retiredNovember 1952
Statistics
First champion(s)Ed Lewis
Final champion(s)Don Eagle
Most reignsSteve Casey (6 reigns)
Longest reignFrank Sexton (1791 days)
Shortest reignDon Eagle (3 days)

The title was created by Bowser after Gus Sonnenberg, who had beaten Ed Lewis for the original World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1929, was stripped of recognition as champion by the National Boxing Association. Browser continued to recognize Sonnenberg as champion and named his championship after the "American Wrestling Association" governing body, which hitherto did not actually exist. Rival promoters, including Jack Curley, countered by forming the National Wrestling Association and its NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

During Don Eagle's second reign, splinter titles were created by regional promoters in Chicago and Ohio. Bowser abandoned the championship later in Eagle's reign, while he was rendered inactive due to injuries in November 1952.

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