AWA International Television Championship
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| AWA International Television Championship | |||||||||||
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| Date established | December 27, 1987 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | October 1, 1989 | ||||||||||
| Promotion | American Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
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The AWA International Television Championship was a short-lived title in the American Wrestling Association from 1987 to 1989. It was filled with a several months long tournament and was defended on their television broadcast on ESPN.[1]
As explained by Larry Nelson on the AWA Championship Wrestling show on ESPN, the first two wrestlers in the tournament to reach 50 points (with 5 points being awarded or deducted for a pinfall or submission victory or loss, and 2.5 points being awarded or deducted for a countout or disqualification victory or loss) faced off in the finals to determine the first champion.
- Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
| No. | The overall championship reign |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. |
| Event | The event in which the championship changed hands |
| N/A | The specific information is not known |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| [Note #] | Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details. |
| # | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1 | Greg Gagne | 1 | December 27, 1987 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Las Vegas, Nevada | AWA Championship Wrestling | Defeated Adrian Adonis via disqualification in the finals of the tournament | |
| 2 | Ron Garvin | 1 | September 17, 1988 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Nashville, Tennessee | AWA Championship Wrestling | Title later held up by AWA President Stanley Blackburn after deciding Garvin won under controversial circumstances. | |
| 3 | Greg Gagne | 2 | December 13, 1988 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Chicago, Illinois | SuperClash III | Match for the vacant title. Gagne won by countout. Garvin had signed a contract with for the World Wrestling Federation and would not lose the match clean | |
| - | Championship Retired | - | October 1, 1989 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Gagne retired from in-ring competition. |
See also
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