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 worl
Frank Gotch and George Hackenschmidt were the first two champions
Hackenschmidt and Jenkins on the front page of the Daily Mirror, July 2, 1904
Lou Thesz was the final champion
Ed Lewis had most reigns and the longest combined reign
Ed Lewis (wrestler)
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Robert Herman Julius Friedrich, better known by the ring name Ed "Strangler" Lewis, was an American professional wrestler and trainer. During his wrestling career, which spanned four decades, Lewis wa
World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (original version)
…Frank Gotch. After Joe Stecher lost the title to Johan Olin by countout, Olin started his own line, with both iterations of the title being defended. Ed Lewis defeated Olin while Earl Caddock defeated Stecher. Lewis and Wladek Zbyszko traded the title on multiple occasions between 1917 and 1919, making Zbyszko…
Lewis in 1947
Lewis pins an opponent, 1929
Lewis managing Lou Thesz in the 1950s
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