This is a list of people who held the "North American Heavyweight Title" under the banner of ''International Wrestling'' (IW) from 1969 to 1984. The promotion was owned by the
Eastern Sports Association
The Eastern Sports Association, often referred to in the business simply as "the Maritimes," was a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It ran during the spring and summer months from 1969 to 1976.
History
The ...
from 1969 until 1976. The IW promotion ends with end of 1984 season, and the title was discontinued.
North American Heavyweight Title
There was not a North American Title in the Maritimes again until 1984, when there were two of them.
#84/04 Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie arrived at rival
Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling
Grand Prix Wrestling (GPW) is a professional wrestling promotion run and owned by Emile Duprée. Grand Prix Wrestling has recently finished the 2013 Rising Sun In The Maritimes Tour. Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling tours parts of New Brunswick, P ...
as North American Champion. This was a newly created title for AGPW.
#84/06 Leo Burke arrives at International Wrestling as North American Champion, this title had a history with Toronto's
Maple Leaf Wrestling
Maple Leaf Wrestling was the unofficial name in the 1970s and 1980s of the professional wrestling promotion run by Frank Tunney in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
History
Queensbury Athletic Club
The promotion, initially known as the Queensbury Athle ...
, starting in 1982, when Leo Burke arrived there as Champion, with the old ESA/North American belt.
Sources
Title history at wrestling-titles.com
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National Wrestling Alliance championships
Heavyweight wrestling championships
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