PWA Iron Horse Television Championship

PWA Iron Horse Television Championship
Details
Promotion Pro Wrestling America
Date established January 15, 1985
Date retired 1990

The PWA Iron Horse Television Championship was a professional wrestling secondary championship in Pro Wrestling America (PWA). It remained active until 1990 when the title was abandoned.

The inaugural champion was Danny Gage, who defeated Mohammed Abass in Anoka, Minnesota on January 15, 1985 to become the first PWA Iron Horse Television Champion. Derrick Dukes holds the record for most reigns, with three. At 532 days, Danny Gage's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Derrick Dukes's third reign was the shortest in the history of the title lasting 13 days. Overall, there have been 10 reigns shared between 8 wrestlers, with two vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

Key
# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Reigns

# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Danny Gage 1 January 15, 1985 532 Anoka, Minnesota Live event Gage defeated Mohammed Abass to become the first PWA Iron Horse Television Champion.
— Vacated — July 1, 1986 — N/A N/A The championship is vacated when Gage leaves the territory.
2 Derrick Dukes 1 July 4, 1986 498 N/A Live event Dukes defeated Soldat Ustinov to win the vacant championship. [1]
3 Skip Luthor 1 November 14, 1987 90 Thief River Falls, Minnesota Live event
4 Derrick Dukes 2 February 12, 1988 25 Winnipeg, Manitoba Live event [1]
5 Matt Derringer 1 March 8, 1988 243 Winnipeg, Manitoba Live event
6 Tommy Ferrera 1 November 6, 1988 230 New Ulm, Minnesota Live event
— Vacated — June 24, 1989 — N/A N/A The championship is vacated when Tommy Ferrera is unable to defend the title due to a shoulder injury.
7 Randy Gusto 1 February 25, 1999 63 Fridley, Minnesota Live event Gusto defeated King Tut to win the vacant title.
8 J.W. Storm 1 September 13, 1989 204 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
— Vacated — 1990 — N/A N/A The championship is vacated when Storm jumps to the National Wrestling Alliance.
9 Derrick Dukes 3 April 7, 1990 13 Hinckley, Minnesota Live event Dukes defeated Ricky Rice to win the vacant title. [1]
10 The Lightning Kid 1 April 20, 1990 N/A Mora, Minnesota Live event [2]
— Deactivated — 1990 — N/A N/A The title was subsequently abandoned.

List of combined reigns

<1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank[N 1] Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Derrick Dukes 3 536
2 Danny Gage 1 532
3 Matt Derringer 1 243
4 Tommy Ferrera 1 230
5 J.W. Storm 1 204
6 Skip Luthor 1 90
7 Randy Gusto 1 63

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References

General
Specific
  1. 1 2 3 "Wrestler Profiles". Online World of Wrestling.
  2. ↑ Gerweck, Steve (November 15, 2009). "Sean Waltman". Gerweck.net. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
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