![]() Title returned to Zbyszko AWA Superstars of Wrestling considered this a continuation of Zbyszko's previous reign. Logan is recognized as the inaugural American Wrestling Affiliates World Heavyweight champion due to this victory. The title was returned to Zbyszko, and Logan's reign was never officially recognized by AWA Superstars of Wrestling. Shortly thereafter, Mountaineer Wrestling Association of West Virginia, the promotion for which Logan primarily performed, pulled out of AWA Superstars of Wrestling to form the American Wrestling Affiliates with several other promotions. Logan defeated Zbyszko and Ricky Landell in a triple threat match. Zero1-Max, however, continued to recognize Tanaka's reign as the first reign of the Zero1-Max World Heavyweight Championship.Īwarded the title for being the final holder of the original AWA World Heavyweight Championship. The championship is vacated after Zero1-Max ended its business relationship with AWA Superstars of Wrestling on December 15, 2007. ![]() On March 23, 2007, Corino lost the title to TNT at an AWF event in Sydney, Australia however, on March 28, the AWA Superstars of Wrestling Board of Directors returned the title to Corino when the proper paperwork authorizing the title match could not be found. Karagias was fired in January 2005 by Dale Gagne for misconduct and refusing to defend the title as scheduled.ĪWA Superstars of Wrestling (AWA) / Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max (Zero1-Max)ĭefeated Steve Corino in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant championship. Stripped of the title due to missing mandatory title defenses.ĭefeated Eric Priest to win the vacant title. Previously won the championship as The Patriot. Gagne, owner of AWA Superstars of Wrestling, stripped Bundy of the title and declared himself the new champion. Due to there no longer being connections to the original AWA, WSL began only recognizing championship reigns from 1996 and forward.ĭefeated Larry Gligorovich to win the inaugural AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship. As a result, the organization was renamed to Wrestling Superstars Live (WSL). The court ruling prohibited Gagner and his associates from exploiting or trading on the AWA name or any other derivatives. In October 2008, a court ruled against Gagner and Stewart and ruled in favor of WWE. In April 2007 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) filed a lawsuit against Dale Gagner and Jonnie Stewart, citing trademark infringement, as WWE owned all "American Wrestling Association" properties due to their purchase of the company after the original AWA's closure. On June 6 of that year, Gagner and Stewart created their version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, recognizing all previous AWA world champions. In 1996, Dale Gagner and his associate Jonnie Stewart, former American Wrestling Association (AWA) employees, filed corporate papers to license the AWA name in the state of Minnesota and formed an organization known as AWA Superstars of Wrestling. It was originally known as the AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship. The WSL World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world championship in the Wrestling Superstars Live promotion. AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship
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