American Heavyweight Championship/Champion history

The following champion history features the American Heavyweight Championship.
==Champion history==
Wrestler: 	Times:	Date Won: 	Location: 	Notes:
Edwin Bibby 	1 	January 19, 1881 	New York City, New York 	Defeats Duncan C. Ross in a catch-as-catch-can match for "the championship of America".
Joe Acton 	1 	August 7, 1882 	New York City, New York 	Has defeated Tom Cannon on December 9, 1881 in London, England for the Catch-as-Catch-Can Title; Bibby is billed as champion for a match against World Greco-Roman champion William Muldoon on September 3, 1882 in Elmira, NY.
Evan "Strangler" Lewis	1 	April 11, 1887 	Chicago, Illinois 	Lewis unified the American Catch-as-Catch Can Championship and the American Greco-Roman Championship by defeating Ernest Roeber on March 2, 1893 in a 3 out of 5 falls match with alternating Greco-Roman match and Catch-as-Catch can matches. The two titles became known as the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.
Martin 'Farmer' Burns 	1 	April 20, 1895 	Chicago, Illinois 	
Dan McLeod 	1 	October 26, 1897 	Indianapolis, Indiana 	
Tom Jenkins 	1 	November 7, 1901 	 	
Dan McLeod 	2 	December 25, 1902 	Worcester, Massachusetts 	Jenkins forfeited the title to McLeod after having blood poisoning in his leg during their match.
Tom Jenkins 	2 	April 3, 1903 	Buffalo, New York 	
Frank Gotch 	1 	January 27, 1904 	Bellingham, Washington 	
Tom Jenkins 	3 	March 15, 1905 	New York City, New York 	
Frank Gotch 	2 	May 23, 1906 	Kansas City, Missouri 	
Fred Beell 	1 	December 1, 1906 	New Orleans, Louisiana 	
Frank Gotch 	3 	December 17, 1906 	Kansas City, Missouri 	
Vacant 	 	April 3, 1908 	 	Gotch vacates the title after defeating Georg Hackenschmidt, the World Heavyweight Champion, to win that title on April 3, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois.
Henry Ordemann 	1 	October 25, 1910 	Minneapolis, Minnesota 	Defeats Charlie Cutler and awarded the title by special referee Frank Gotch.
Charlie Cutler 	1 	February 1, 1911 	Minneapolis, Minnesota 	
Dr. Benjamin Roller 	1 	March 6, 1911 	Chicago, Illinois 	
Charlie Cutler 	2 	March 25, 1911 	Buffalo, New York 	
Jess Reimer 	1 	November 7, 1911 	Des Moines, Iowa 	
Henry Ordemann 	2 	December 14, 1911 	Minneapolis, Minnesota 	
Charlie Cutler 	3 	March 25, 1912 	Chicago, Illinois 	Jess Westergaard (Reimer) defeats Ordemann on January 7, 1913 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to claim a title but loses to Cutler on January 22, 1913 in Dallas, Texas.
Dr. Benjamin Roller 	2 	July 4, 1913 	Benton Harbor, Michigan 	
Ed "Strangler" Lewis 	1 	September 18, 1913	Lexington, Kentucky 	
William Demetral 	1 	October 21, 1913 	Lexington, Kentucky 	
Dr. Benjamin Roller 	3 	July 10, 1914 	Rock Island, Illinois 	Ed "Strangler" Lewis defeats Roller during an international tournament on January 15, 1916 in New York City, New York (title may not be on line).
Wladek Zbyszko 	1 	January 8, 1917 	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	Still/again champion as of September 22, 1922 (or a different reign, possibly by winning a tournament which has started on February 21, 1922).
Retired 	 	 	 	Title forgotten and abandoned
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