| World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship |
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The World/American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship and the World/European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship was a Greco-Roman professional wrestling championship contested for throughout the continent of Australia, Europe and North America.The title existed from 1875 through approximately 1937.[1][2][3]
The final champion Georg Hackenschmidt defeated American Heavyweight Champion, Tom Jenkins, on May 5, 1905 in New York City, New York to unify both titles and become the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date Won: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Christol | 1 | Claims United States Graeco-Roman Title; loses to William Miller on in New York, NY but continues to claim the title due to injury during the match; rematch on November 9, 1875 ends as a draw. | ||
| Thiebaud Bauer | 1 | New York City | Billed as World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship. | |
| Andre Christol | 2 | New York City | ||
| William Miller | 1 | |||
| Thiebaud Bauer | 2 | Cincinnati | ||
| William Miller | 2 | Billed as American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship in New York, NY; still champion as of June 15, 1877. | ||
| William Muldoon | 1 | New York City | Defeats Thiebaud Bauer;[4] announces his (temporary) retirement in September 1882. | |
| Duncan C. Ross | 1 | Jacksonville, Florida | Defeats Thiebaud Bauer. | |
| Thiebaud Bauer | 3 | New Orleans | ||
| William Muldoon | 2 | New York City | Vacates in 1891 upon retirement. | |
| Ernest Roeber | 1 | Awarded by Muldoon upon retirement (or 91/12/31; one source says Muldoon awards the title to Ernest Roeber in 87); also defeats French title claimant Apollon on 92/07/25 in New York, NY; also awarded the European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship on 94/09/26 in Hamburg, Germany. Evan "Strangler" Lewis defeats Roeber on 93/03/02 in New Orleans in mixed-style match to become American Heavyweight champion. | ||
| Magnus Bech-Olsen | 1 | New York City | ||
| Ernest Roeber | 2 | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| John Piening | 1 | New York City | Defeats Raoul de Cahors; also defeats title claimant Nehmed Nachad, who may have been claiming the title, on 02/01/02 in New York, NY; Charles Wittmer also claims the title as of 02/01/07. | |
| Henry H. Edgeberg | 1 | New York City | ||
| John Piening | 2 | New York City | Still champion as of 07/06/05. | |
| Aleksander Aberg | 1 | |||
| Stanislaus Zbyszko | 1 | |||
| Aleksander Aberg | 2 | Boston | Still recognized in 16/01/29. |
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date Won: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Cannon | 1 | August 22, 1886 | Melbourne, Australia | Defeated William Miller also defeats Tom McInerney to become the first champion. |
| Antonio Pierri | 1 | September 5, 1886 | Manchester, England, Great Britain | |
| Tom Cannon | 2 | September 26, 1886 | Manchester, England, Great Britain | |
| Carl Abs | 1 | September 5, 1894 | Hamburg, Germany | |
| Ernest Roeber | 1 | September 26, 1894 | Hamburg, Germany | Awarded. |
| Magnus Beck-Olsen | 1 | March 28, 1900 | New York City, New York | Has been billed as the "champion wrestler of Europe"; defeats Roeber, billed as "Graeco-Roman champion of America", in a world championship match. |
| Ernest Roeber | 2 | September 12, 1900 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Vacates in 1901 |
| Title vacated | - | 1901 | ||
| Antonio Pierri | 2 | May 3, 1901 | London, England | Claims the title in Czech Republic and Hungary for having defeated Tom Cannon "fifty times"; loses to Tom Cannon on 97/03/01 in Liverpool, ENG, GBR (see below) but continues to claim the title; loses to Magnus Bech-Olsen on 97/10/10 in Copenhagen, DEN (see above). |
| Tom Cannon | 3 | May 3, 1901 | London, England | Defeated Antonio Pierre for the vacant title. |
| Georg Hackenschmidt | 1 | September 4, 1902 | Liverpool, England | Defeats George Rasso (or has continued to claim the title since losing to Carl Abs on 91/07/25 and retains it this day); also defeats Antonio Pierri on 97/03/01 in Liverpool, ENG, GBR; still recognized in Liverpool as of 95/05/31, 97/03/01, and 98/07/30; billed as undisputed champion in Middlesbrough, N. Yorkshire, ENG, GBR as of 00/11/24 (The North-Eastern Daily Gazette); defeats Jack Carkeek on 99/12/04 in Liverpool and is also recognized in London. |
| Title retired | May 5, 1905 | New York City, New York | Hackenschmidt defeats American Heavyweight Champion Tom Jenkins to become the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion. |