Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship

The Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship was the major title in the Canadian professional wrestling promotion Stampede Wrestling. From its establishment in 1968 until 1972, it was Stampede's secondary singles championship, becoming the top title in 1972 after the previous top championship, the Calgary version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version), was abandoned.

Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship
The original championship belt
Details
Promotion	Stampede Wrestling
Date established	February 28, 1968
Date retired	1989 & 2008
Statistics First champion Archie Gouldie Final champion Randy Myers Most reigns Archie Gouldie (14) Longest reign Davey Boy Smith (521 days) Shortest reign Stan Stasiak and Geoff Portz (1 day)

Title history

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
	Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (1968-1989)
1	Archie Gouldie	February 28, 1968	Stampede show	Saskatoon, SK	1	9	Defeated Pat O'Connor to become the first champion[1]
2	Ox Baker	March 8, 1968	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	7
3	Waldo Von Erich	March 15, 1968	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	80
4	Archie Gouldie	June 3, 1968	Stampede show	N/A	2	105
5	Stan Stasiak	September 16, 1968	Stampede show	Lethbridge, AB	1	1
6	Archie Gouldie	September 17, 1968	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	3	7
7	Vic Rossitani	September 24, 1968	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	1	6
8	Bob Sweetan	September 30, 1968	Stampede show	N/A	1	1
9	Vic Rossitani	October 1, 1968	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	2	10
10	Stan Stasiak	October 11, 1968	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	6
11	Vic Rossitani	October 17, 1968	Stampede show	Regina, SK	3	1
12	Stan Stasiak	October 18, 1968	Stampede show	N/A	3	60
13	Archie Gouldie	December 17, 1968	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	4	92
14	Angelo Mosca	March 19, 1969	Stampede show	N/A	1	21
15	Archie Gouldie	April 9, 1969	Stampede show	Regina, SK	5	13
16	Angelo Mosca	April 22, 1969	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	N/A
—	Vacated	May 3, 1969	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	—	—	Title held up between Angelo Mosca and Archie Gouldie.
17	Archie Gouldie	May 6, 1969	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	6	51	Defeated Angelo Mosca in a rematch to win the held up title.
18	Billy Robinson	June 26, 1969	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	225	Awarded when Gouldie did not show up for a championship match
19	Abdullah the Butcher	February 6, 1970	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	14
20	Billy Robinson	February 20, 1970	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	7
21	Abdullah the Butcher	February 27, 1970	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	49
22	Jerry Christy	April 17, 1970	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	14
23	Abdullah the Butcher	May 1, 1970	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	3	6
24	Jerry Christy	May 7, 1970	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	7		[2]
25	Abdullah the Butcher	May 14, 1970	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	4	92
26	Dave Ruhl	August 14, 1970	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	42
27	Sweet Daddy Siki	September 25, 1970	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	168
28	Abdullah the Butcher	March 12, 1971	Stampede show	N/A	5	6
29	Les Thornton	March 18, 1971	Stampede show	Saskatoon, SK	1	N/A
—	Vacated	August 25, 1971	Stampede show	—	—	—	After a match between Les Thornton and Black Angus Campbell.
30	Black Angus Campbell	August 28, 1971	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	1	N/A	Defeated Thornton in rematch.
31	John Quinn	October 1971	Stampede show	N/A	1	N/A
32	Black Angus Campbell	November 6, 1971	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	2	13
33	Bob Lueck	November 19, 1971	Stampede show	N/A	1	14
34	Kurt Von Hess	December 3, 1971	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	73
35	Tor Kamata	February 14, 1972	Stampede show	Lethbridge, AB	1	109
36	Geoff Portz	June 2, 1972	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	21
37	Tor Kamata	June 23, 1972	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	26
38	Dan Kroffat	July 19, 1972	Stampede show	Saskatoon, SK	1	16
39	Tor Kamata	August 4, 1972	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	3	20
40	Geoff Portz	August 24, 1972	Stampede show	N/A	2	5
41	Tor Kamata	August 29, 1972	Stampede show	N/A	4	4
42	Geoff Portz	September 2, 1972	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	3	21
43	Kendo Nagasaki	September 23, 1972	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	91	This was the original British masked version of the character, not the face-painted Japan/US version (although he would also later hold the title as Mr Sakurada in 1978)
44	Geoff Portz	December 23, 1972	N/A	Calgary, AB	4	20
45	Abdullah the Butcher	January 12, 1973	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	6	99		[3]
46	Archie Gouldie	April 21, 1973	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	8	67
47	Dan Kroffat	June 27, 1973	Stampede show	Saskatoon, SK	2	7
48	Archie Gouldie	July 4, 1973	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	9	42
49	Dan Kroffat	August 15, 1973	Stampede show	Regina, SK	3	12
50	Gil Hayes	August 27, 1973	Stampede show	Lethbridge, AB	1	74
51	Omar Atlas	November 9, 1973	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	1	49
52	Archie Gouldie	December 28, 1973	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	10	46
53	Larry Lane	February 12, 1974	Stampede show	Prince Albert, SK	1	2
54	Archie Gouldie	February 14, 1974	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	11	8
55	Harley Race	February 22, 1974	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	14		[4]
56	Archie Gouldie	March 8, 1974	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	12	35
57	Danny Little Bear	April 12, 1974	Stampede show	N/A	1	101
58	John Quinn	July 22, 1974	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	137
59	Les Thornton	December 6, 1974	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	14
60	Larry Lane	December 20, 1974	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	49
61	King Curtis Iaukea	February 7, 1975	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	181
62	Larry Lane	August 7, 1975	Stampede show	Regina, SK	3	53
—	Vacated	September 29, 1975	—	—	—	—	Lane was injured.
64	Frankie Laine	December 12, 1975	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	35	Defeated Butcher Brannigan to win the vacant title.
65	Gilles Poisson	January 16, 1976	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	8		[5]
66	Frankie Laine	January 24, 1976	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	2	13
67	Karl Von Schotz	February 6, 1976	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	N/A
68	Eddie Morrow	April 6, 1976	Stampede show	N/A	1	N/A
69	Karl Von Schotz	May 6, 1976	Stampede show	N/A	2	N/A
70	Archie Gouldie	July 2, 1976	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	13	71
71	Dan Kroffat	September 11, 1976	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	4	48
72	Larry Lane	October 29, 1976	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	4	139
73	"Killer" Tim Brooks	March 17, 1977	Stampede show	N/A	1	127
74	Dan Kroffat	July 22, 1977	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	5	42
—	Vacated	September 2, 1977	—	—	—	—	Kroffat retired
75	Don Gagné	October 7, 1977	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	91	Defeated Bobby Burke in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
76	Leo Burke	January 6, 1978	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	1	65
77	Michel Martel	March 12, 1978	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	1	12
78	Leo Burke	March 24, 1978	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	15
79	Michel Martel	April 8, 1978	Stampede show	N/A	2	6
80	Leo Burke	April 14, 1978	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	3	36
81	Mr. Sakurada	May 20, 1978	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	1	104
82	Paddy Ryan	September 1, 1978	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	21
83	Kasavubu	September 22, 1978	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	51
84	Alo Leilani	November 12, 1978	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	1	19
85	Big Daddy Ritter	December 1, 1978	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	126
86	Jake Roberts	April 6, 1979	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	112
87	Big Daddy Ritter	July 27, 1979	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	15
88	Larry Lane	August 11, 1979	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	5	N/A
89	Leo Burke	September 1979	Stampede show	N/A	4	N/A
90	Don Gagné	November 18, 1979	Stampede show	N/A	2	20
91	Mr. Sekigawa	December 8, 1979	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	1	N/A
92	Leo Burke	January 1980	Stampede show	N/A	5	N/A
93	Bret Hart	May 2, 1980	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	65
94	Duke Myers	July 6, 1980	Stampede show	N/A	1	5
95	Bret Hart	July 11, 1980	Stampede show	N/A	2	204
96	David Schultz	January 31, 1981	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	1	21
97	Leo Burke	February 21, 1981	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	6	6
98	David Schultz	February 27, 1981	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	203		[6]
99	Mr. Hito	September 18, 1981	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	14
100	David Schultz	October 2, 1981	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	3	35
101	Mr. Hito	November 6, 1981	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	133
—	Vacated	March 19, 1982	—	—	—	—	Hito was injured
102	Leo Burke	March 21, 1982	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	7	97	Defeated Duke Myers in a tournament final to win the vacant title
103	Bret Hart	June 26, 1982	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	3	69
104	Bad News Allen	September 3, 1982	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	44		[7]
105	Bret Hart	October 17, 1982	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	4	89
106	Leo Burke	January 14, 1983	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	8	109		[8]
107	Bret Hart	May 3, 1983	Stampede show	Regina, SK	5	74		[9]
108	Bad News Allen	July 16, 1983	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	2	160
109	Archie Gouldie	December 23, 1983	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	14	28
—	Vacated	January 20, 1984	Stampede show	N/A	—	—	Title is held up by referee Cedric Hathaway after a No Disqualification title but between Gouldie and Killer Khan is stopped due to a bad cut near Gouldie's eye; a rematch is signed for the following week
111	Killer Khan	January 27, 1984	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	42
112	Dynamite Kid	March 9, 1984	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	21
113	Bad News Allen	March 30, 1984	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	3	80	Dynamite Kid Defeated Allen on April 23, 1984 in Vancouver, BC, however, this was later overturned.
114	Davey Boy Smith	June 18, 1984	Stampede show	Vancouver, BC	1	521
115	Kerry Brown	November 21, 1985	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	1	120
116	Ron Ritchie	March 21, 1986	Stampede show	Vancouver, BC	1	0		[10]
—	Vacated	March 21, 1986	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	—	—	Title held up between Kerry Brown and Ron Ritchie.
117	Ron Ritchie	March 22, 1986	Stampede show	Edmonton, AB	2	44	Defeated Kerry Brown in a rematch to win the held up title.
118	Steve DiSalvo	May 5, 1986	Stampede show	Vancouver, BC	1	7		[11]
119	Bad News Allen	May 12, 1986	Stampede show	Swift Current, SK	4	39
120	Honky Tonk Wayne	June 20, 1986	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	70
—	Vacated	August 29, 1986	—	—	—	—	Farris leaves for the World Wrestling Federation
121	Makhan Singh	October 31, 1986	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	80	Defeated Owen Hart in a tournament final to win the vacant title
122	Owen Hart	January 19, 1987	Stampede show	Medicine Hat, AB	1	11		[12]
123	Makhan Singh	January 30, 1987	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	70
124	Owen Hart	April 10, 1987	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	392
125	Makhan Singh	May 6, 1988	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	3	217		[13]
126	Don Muraco	December 9, 1988	Stampede show	Medicine Hat, AB	1	105
127	Davey Boy Smith	March 24, 1989	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	35
128	Larry Cameron	April 28, 1989	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	210
—	Deactivated	November 24, 1989	—	—	—	—	Stampede closed
	Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (1998-2008)
129	Tatanka	April 8, 1998	Stampede show	Tampa, FL	1	743	Defeated Sid Vicious in a fictitious tournament final to win the revived title
130	Richard Pound	April 20, 2000	Stampede show	Michigan	1	358	Fictitious title change.
131	Bruce Hart	April 13, 2001	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	68
132	Michael Modest	June 20, 2001	Stampede show	Lethbridge, AB	1	367
133	Bruce Hart	June 22, 2002	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	2	28
—	Vacated	July 20, 2002	—	—	—	—	Hart vacates the title to concentrate on defenses of the Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship.
134	Karnage	August 22, 2003	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	147	Defeated Harry Smith in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
135	Harry Smith	January 16, 2004	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	N/A		[5]
—	Vacated	April 20, 2005	—	—	—	—	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
136	Eddie Mustang	June 3, 2005	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	159	Defeated Karnage and Tiger Raj Singh in a 3-way match to win the vacant title.
—	Vacated	September 9, 2005	—	—	—	—	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
137	TJ Wilson	November 25, 2005	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	105	Defeated Harry Smith in a tournament final to win the vacant title
138	Apocalypse	March 10, 2006	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	189	Apocalypse eliminates Wilson in a battle royal in which the title was on the line
139	TJ Wilson	September 15, 2006	CFL game	Calgary, AB	2	15	This match took place during halftime of a Calgary Stampeders vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers CFL game at McMahon Stadium.
140	Apocalypse	September 30, 2006	Stampede show	N/A	2	479	Belt returned as Apocalypse claimed the September 15 match was not a sanctioned match. Wins a 3-way match against Wilson and Duke Durango.
—	Vacated	August 22, 2007	—	—	—	—	Championship vacated after Apocalypse suffer an injury.
141	Chris Steel	September 21, 2007	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	84	Won a Fatal 4-Way match against Gama Singh, Jr., Tiger Raj Singh, and "Ravenous" Randy Myers to win vacant title.
142	Randy Myers	December 14, 2007	Stampede show	Calgary, AB	1	134
—	Deactivated	April 26, 2008	—	—	—	—	Stampede closed

See also

• Stampede Wrestling