British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship

The British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling title for lighter wrestlers in the Canadian professional wrestling promotion Stampede Wrestling. It was created in 1978.^[1][2][3]

British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion	Stampede Wrestling
Date established	1978 1999
Date retired	1989 2008
Statistics First champion The Dynamite Kid Final champions Gama Singh, Jr. Most reigns Bruce Hart (8) Longest reign Duke Durango (483 days) Shortest reign Tiger Kahn, Hubert Gallant, Gama Singh Jr., Keith Hart, Terry Sawyer, Dick Steinborn, Davey Boy Smith, and Dynamite Kid (<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
	British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship (1978-1989)
1	Dynamite Kid	June 1, 1978	Stampede show	N/A	1	9
2	Norman Frederick Charles III	June 10, 1978	Stampede show	Edmonton, Alberta	1	28
3	Fighting Hara	July 8, 1978	Stampede show	Edmonton, Alberta	1	5
4	Norman Frederick Charles III	July 13, 1978	Stampede show	Edmonton, Alberta	2	93
5	Bret Hart	October 14, 1978	Stampede show	Edmonton, Alberta	1	84
6	Dynamite Kid	January 6, 1979	Stampede show	Edmonton, Alberta	2	146
7	Bret Hart	June 1, 1979	Stampede show	N/A	2	36
8	Dynamite Kid	July 7, 1979	Stampede show	N/A	3	84
9	Terry Sawyer	September 29, 1979	Stampede show	N/A	1	13
10	Bret Hart	October 12, 1979	Stampede show	N/A	3	7
—	Vacated	October 19, 1979	Stampede show	N/A	—	—	Bret Hart moved to heavyweight division.
11	Dynamite Kid	March 24, 1980	Stampede show	Red Deer, AB	4	179	Defeated Keith Hart in a tournament final.
12	Bruce Hart	September 19, 1980	Stampede show	N/A	1	175
13	Hubert Gallant	March 13, 1981	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	57
14	Keith Hart	May 9, 1981	Stampede show	N/A	1	177
15	Davey Boy Smith	November 2, 1981	Stampede show	N/A	1	4
16	Gama Singh	November 6, 1981	Stampede show	N/A	1	67
17	Bruce Hart	January 12, 1982	Stampede show	N/A	2	149		[4]
18	Dick Steinborn	June 10, 1982	Stampede show	N/A	1	26
19	Bruce Hart	July 6, 1982	Stampede show	N/A	3	129
20	Danny Davis	November 12, 1982	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	98
21	Bruce Hart	February 18, 1983	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	4	196
22	The Cobra	September 2, 1983	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	77
23	Sonny Two Rivers	November 18, 1983	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	105
24	Ron Starr	March 2, 1984	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	176
25	Bruce Hart	August 25, 1984	Stampede show	Edmonton, Alberta	5	468
26	Gama Singh	December 6, 1985	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	2	14
27	The Cobra	December 20, 1985	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	2	1
28	Gama Singh	December 21, 1985	Stampede show	Edmonton, Alberta	3	119
29	Bruce Hart	April 19, 1986	Stampede show	Edmonton, Alberta	6	69
—	Vacated	June 27, 1986	Stampede show	N/A	—	—	Bruce Hart was injured
30	Gama Singh	August 1, 1986	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	4	7
31	Johnny Smith	August 8, 1986	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	42
32	Les Thornton	September 19, 1986	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	36
33	Owen Hart	October 25, 1986	Stampede show	Edmonton, Alberta	1	286
34	Gama Singh	August 7, 1987	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	5	224
35	Chris Benoit	March 18, 1988	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	84
36	Johnny Smith	June 10, 1988	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	2	7		[5]
37	Chris Benoit	June 17, 1988	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	2	7
38	Johnny Smith	June 24, 1988	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	3	203
39	Chris Benoit	January 13, 1989	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	3	175		[6]
40	Johnny Smith	July 7, 1989	Stampede show	Dawson Creek, BC	4	1
41	Chris Benoit	July 8, 1989	Stampede show	Grande Prairie, AB	4	27
42	Gama Singh	August 4, 1989	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	6	71
43	Bruce Hart	October 14, 1989	Stampede show	Lethbridge, AB	7	41
—	Deactivated	November 24, 1989	Stampede show	N/A	—	—	Stampede closed
	British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (1999-2008)
44	Richard Pound	November 5, 1999	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	210	Defeated Tiger Khan and Greg Pawluk in a three-way match for the reactive title.
45	Tiger Mahatma Khan	June 2, 2000	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	N/A
—	Vacated	August 30, 2000	Stampede show	N/A	—	—	vacated due to lack of defenses
46	Bruce Hart	November 15, 2002	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	8	217	Defeated Kwik Kick and TJ Wilson in a three-way tournament final.
47	Duke Durango	June 20, 2003	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	483
48	TJ Wilson	October 15, 2004	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	91
49	Duke Durango	January 14, 2005	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	2	N/A
—	Vacated	May 20, 2005	Stampede show	N/A	—	—	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
50	Pete Wilson	June 17, 2005	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	343	Defeated Gama Singh, Jr. and Randy Myers.
51	Randy Myers	May 26, 2006	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	231
52	Chucky Blaze	January 12, 2007	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	336
53	Gama Singh, Jr.	December 14, 2007	Stampede show	Calgary, Alberta	1	134
—	Deactivated	April 26, 2008	Stampede show	N/A	—	—	Stampede closed

Combined reigns

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Bruce Hart	8	1444
2	Gama Singh	6	502
3	Duke Durango	2	483
4	Dynamite Kid	4	418
5	Pete Wilson	1	343
6	Chucky Blaze	1	326
7	Chris Benoit	4	293
8	Owen Hart	1	286
9	Johnny Smith	4	253
10	Randy Myers	1	231
11	Richard Pound	1	210
12	Keith Hart	1	177
13	Ron Starr	1	176
14	Gama Singh Jr.	1	134
15	Norman Frederick Charles III	2	121
16	Bret Hart	3	120
17	Sonny Two Rivers	1	105
18	Danny Davis	1	98
19	TJ Wilson	1	91
20	The Cobra	2	78
21	Hubert Gallant	1	57
22	Les Thornton	1	36
23	Tiger Mahatma Khan	1	30
24	Dick Steinborn	1	26
25	Terry Sawyer	1	13
26	Fighting Hara	1	5
27	Davey Boy Smith	1	4