The World/American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship and the World/European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship was a
Greco-Roman professional wrestling championship
A championship or title in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.
Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in predetermined rivalr ...
contested for throughout the continent of
Australia,
Europe
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and
North America.The title existed from 1875 through approximately 1937.
The final champion
Georg Hackenschmidt
Georg Karl Julius Hackenschmidt ( – 19 February 1968) was an early 20th-century Estonian strongman, professional wrestler, author, and sports philosopher who is recognized as professional wrestling's first world heavyweight champion.
Hack ...
defeated
American Heavyweight Champion,
Tom Jenkins, on May 5, 1905 in New York City, New York to unify both titles and become the undisputed
World Heavyweight Champion
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World/American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship Title history
World/European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship Title history
See also
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American Heavyweight Championship
The American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship was the first heavyweight professional wrestling championship in the United States. The title existed from 1881 through approximately 1922.
Title history
See also
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Early wrestling championships
Early Wrestling Championships started in Ancient Greece. It then spread out to the Celtic culture, North America, and Europe.
Early history
The History of wrestling dates back to the Ancient Greece. There were two wrestling championships since t ...
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European Heavyweight Championship
The European Heavyweight Championship is a name used for various top titles competed for throughout the European professional wrestling circuit.
The title was recognised as official by UK national TV network ITV for the purposes of their coverage ...
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World Catch-as-Catch-Can Championship
The World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship was the first recognized professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created in 1905 to identify the best catch as catch can wrestler in the world.
The subsequent legacy of the championshi ...
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References
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External links
World/American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Title at wrestling-titles.com
World heavyweight wrestling championships
Greco-Roman wrestling