World Heavyweight Championship (original)

This is the original World Heavyweight Championship.
==History==
The original World Heavyweight Championship was created in 1905 when European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Champion Georg Hackenschmidt defeated American Heavyweight Champion Tom Jenkins. From that point Hackenschmidt was declared World Champion. Eventually disputes between promoters splintered the World Championship into numerous titles. Occasionally some these titles would be unified, most notably by Lou Thesz in the late 1940s. The NWA World Heavyweight Championship, one of Thesz's unified titles, claims its lineage stems from the original World Title. Since the AWA, WWWF/WWF/WWE, WCW, ECW and TNA World Titles all resulted from breaking ties with the NWA, every major promotion can trace its lineage back to the original championship.
==Past Designs==
Original_World_Heavyweight_Championship_1905.png|May 4, 1905 - ???? 
Stetcher_belt.png|October 9, 1915 - January 1921May 30, 1925 - February 20, 1928
World Title.png|January 1921 - November 28, 1921March 3, 1922 - ????February 20, 1928 - April 23, 1935
Original_wrestling_championship.png|April 23, 1935 - ????
Jim_Londos_Belt.png|November 18, 1938 - January 28, 1946
NWA World TITLE 1948-1956.png|May 21, 1952 - July 24, 1957
==See also==
*NWA World Heavyweight Championship
*AWA World Heavyweight Championship
*WWE Championship
*WCW World Heavyweight Championship
*ECW World Heavyweight Championship
*World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)
*TNA World Heavyweight Championship
*Champion history - History of the wrestlers who have held the belt.
*Title matches - Matches in which the title was defended.
==External links==
* Profile
Category:World heavyweight wrestling championships
Category:Heavyweight championships
Category:Singles championships