PWA Iron Horse Television Championship

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.

PWA Iron Horse Television Championship
Details
PromotionPro Wrestling America
Date establishedJanuary 15, 1985
Date retired1990
Statistics
First champion(s)Danny Gage
Final champion(s)The Lightning Kid
(won April 20, 1990)
Most reignsDerrick Dukes (3)
Longest reignDanny Gage (532 days)
Shortest reignDerrick Dukes (13 days)

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 eight wrestlers, with two vacancies, and one 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. [1]
— 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. [2]
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 [2]
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. [2]
10 The Lightning Kid 1 April 20, 1990 N/A Mora, Minnesota Live event [3]
— 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
  • Palma, Richard; Westcott, Brian. "PWA Iron Horse Television Title History". Wrestling Title Histories by Gary Will and Royal Duncan. Solie.org. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  • Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(Minnesota) PWA Iron Horse Television Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific
  1. Hoops, Brian (January 15, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/15): Big John Studd wins 1989 Royal Rumble". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  2. "Wrestler Profiles". Online World of Wrestling.
  3. Gerweck, Steve (November 15, 2009). "Sean Waltman". Gerweck.net. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
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