how many different men held the wsl title before horshu won his first wsl title?
6
Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Jonnie Stewart 1 June 6, 1996 Rochester, Minnesota Defeated Larry Gligorovich to win the AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship.
King Kong Bundy 1 March 31, 1999 Oshkosh, Wisconsin Later stripped of the title by owner Dale Gagne.
The Patriot\n(Danny Dominion) 1 July 29, 2000 Pine Bluff, Arkansas Defeated Dale Gagne in an impromptu match to win the title.
Ricky Enrique 1 July 29, 2000 Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Eric Priest 1 June 3, 2001 Hillside, Illinois
Evan Karagias 1 March 22, 2002 Casa Grande, Arizona
Horshu 1 October 12, 2002 Mercedes, Texas Stripped of the title due to missing mandatory title defenses.
Evan Karagias 2 July 6, 2003 Lemoore, California Defeated Eric Priest to win the vacated title. Karagias was fired in January 2005 by Dale Gagne for misconduct and refusal of defending the title as scheduled.
Takao Ōmori 1 February 15, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Steve Corino in the finals of a tournament when Pro Wrestling Zero1 joins AWA Superstars of Wrestling.
Steve Corino 1 June 11, 2005 Bay City, Michigan
Shinjiro Otani 1 January 22, 2006 Tokyo, Japan
Takao Ōmori 2 April 1, 2006 Tokyo, Japan
Ric Converse 1 June 14, 2006 Indianapolis, Indiana
Steve Corino 2 January 7, 2007 Pottstown, Pennsylvania On March 23, 2007, Corino lost the title to TNT at an AWF event; however, on March 28, the AWA Superstars of Wrestling Board of Directors returned the title to Corino when the proper paperwork for the match could not be found.
Takao Ōmori 3 March 31, 2007 Yokohama, Japan
Masato Tanaka 1 October 26, 2007 Tokyo, Japan
Larry Zbyszko 1* February 5, 2008 Minneapolis, Minnesota Title awarded.
Brian Logan† # April 20, 2008 Fayetteville, West Virginia Logan defeated Zbyszko and Ricky Landell in a triple threat match. Shortly thereafter, Mountaineer Wrestling Association of West Virginia, the promotion for which Logan primarily performs, pulled out of AWA Superstars of Wrestling to form American Wrestling Affiliates with several other promotions. The title was returned to Zbyszko, and Logan's reign was never officially recognized by AWA Superstars of Wrestling.
Larry Zbyszko 1* Title returned to Zbyszko.
Ricky Landell 1 October 11, 2008 Indianapolis, Indiana Title becomes known as the WSL World Heavyweight Championship when the promotion is forced to rename.
Keith Walker 1 February 21, 2009 Michigan City, Indiana
Jonnie Stewart 2 June 9, 2012 Landover, Maryland In a day referred to as The Saturday Night Massacre, in reference to President Nixon's firing of two Whitehouse attorneys general in one night; President Dale Gagne strips and fires Keith Walker when Walker refuses to defend the title against Ricky Landell, in an event in Landover, Maryland. When Landell is awarded the title, he refuses to accept and is too promptly fired by Gagne, who than awards the title to Jonnie Stewart.
The Honky Tonk Man 1 August 18, 2012 Rockford, Illinois The morning of the event, Jonnie Stewart's doctors declare him PUP (physically unable to perform) and WSL officials agree to let Mike Bally sub for Stewart.
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