2429:: "On Nov. 10, 1939 at Bridgeport, Conn., Bobby Bruns defeated Jack Pfefer's world light heavyweight champion Maurice Boyer. From that point forward in New England and the Atlantic Coast, the title changed to a heavyweight title and Pfefer billed Bruns as heavyweight world champion .. On Jan. 18, 1940, Bruns defended this title in a clean win over Brown."
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in two-straight falls in Kansas City. A week later, he returned to the
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2553:"On this day in pro wrestling history: 2nd Steve Austin WWE title reign begins, infamous Stan Hansen AWA title belt stripping story"
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254:Maurice Boyer
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92:Orville Brown
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2201:May 5, 1950
2198:Deactivated
2182:Frank Sexton
1498:Tom Zaharias
1404:# of reigns
1348:
546:Tom Zaharias
271:
266:Jack Pfeffer
235:world title.
195:Houston Post
121:
119:
66:October 1948
63:Date retired
58:January 1940
2536:January 18,
2480:January 18,
2164:May 5, 1950
2053:Dick Shikat
1892:Steve Casey
1620:Tug Carlson
1576:Vic Christy
1473:Bobby Bruns
1446:Lee Wyckoff
1326:May 4, 1948
1271:Bobby Bruns
1194:Tug Carlson
1086:Vic Christy
1009:Bobby Bruns
932:Lee Wyckoff
907:May 4, 1944
739:Lee Wyckoff
663:Lee Wyckoff
466:Lee Wyckoff
378:Bobby Bruns
188:Peter Sauer
88:Most reigns
83:Bobby Bruns
2669:Categories
2413:2008-08-03
2364:2008-08-03
2294:References
2098:John Pesek
1958:John Pesek
1758:Live event
1748:John Pesek
1598:Roy Graham
1551:Dave Levin
1338:Live event
1295:Live event
1255:Live event
1215:Live event
1181:Live event
1141:Live event
1120:Roy Graham
1107:Live event
1073:Live event
1033:Live event
993:Live event
954:Live event
918:Live event
896:Dave Levin
881:Dave Levin
876:Live event
836:Live event
800:Live event
760:Live event
725:Live event
685:Live event
647:Live event
609:Live event
567:Live event
531:Live event
490:Live event
448:Live event
402:Live event
229:John Pesek
199:Jim Londos
75:Statistics
2508:April 17,
2331:March 24,
2256:Footnotes
2180:Defeated
2159:Don Eagle
1856:Lou Thesz
1733:Location
1708:Champion
1401:Wrestler
358:Location
344:Wrestler
268:version).
242:match to
172:St. Louis
43:Promotion
2229:See also
2184:for the
2066:Ed Lewis
1841:for the
1839:Ali Baba
1523:Ed Lewis
1381:Meaning
1355:champion
748:May 1943
300:Meaning
260:for the
184:Colorado
176:Missouri
2129:Vacated
1998:Vacated
1983:as the
1928:Vacated
1786:Vacated
1378:Symbol
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297:Symbol
203:Detroit
135:-based
131:in the
38:Details
2386:
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2116:2,165
1736:Reign
1730:Event
1717:Notes
1683:Reign
364:Notes
361:Event
347:Reign
321:Event
313:Reign
143:(NWA)
124:was a
2133:1949
1790:1933
1739:Days
1727:Date
1691:Days
1432:2,409
1398:Rank
355:held
350:Date
264:(the
2561:2017
2538:2019
2510:2020
2482:2019
2384:ISBN
2333:2015
2311:ISBN
2168:N/A
2107:N/A
2075:N/A
2048:889
2039:N/A
1976:613
1967:N/A
1910:231
1901:N/A
1865:N/A
1834:548
1825:N/A
1768:647
1721:Ref.
1675:No.
1670:Key
1246:125
1172:253
1064:218
984:673
867:147
791:169
600:123
558:112
522:140
481:182
439:308
393:147
353:Days
182:(of
120:The
94:(11)
2155:10
2084:56
1874:44
1704:No.
1508:112
1486:201
1457:282
1371:Key
1322:11
1308:25
1264:24
1238:10
1224:23
1190:22
1150:21
1132:11
1116:20
1098:16
1082:19
1042:18
1024:49
1002:17
962:16
945:48
927:15
911:56
889:14
845:13
809:12
769:11
734:10
676:35
638:80
290:Key
256:in
170:in
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