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British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship

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British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionStampede Wrestling
Date established1978
1999
Date retired1989
2008
Statistics
First champion(s)The Dynamite Kid
Final champion(s)Gama Singh, Jr.
Most reignsBruce Hart (8)
Longest reignDuke Durango (483 days)
Shortest reignTiger Kahn, Hubert Gallant, Gama Singh Jr., Keith Hart, Terry Sawyer, Dick Steinborn, Davey Boy Smith, and Dynamite Kid (<1 day)

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]

Title history

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ Duncan, Royal & Will, Gary (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. ^ Tanabe, Hisaharu. "British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
  3. ^ Mellott, Douglas. "Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title History". Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on 16 March 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
  4. ^ Hoops, Brian (January 12, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/12): The Outsiders win WCW Tag team titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  5. ^ F4W Staff (June 10, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (June 10): Harley Race beats Ric Flair for NWA title, Jerry Blackwell turns babyface". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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