- Source: AWA United States Heavyweight Championship
- Fritz Von Erich
- Ricky Steamboat
- AWA United States Heavyweight Championship
- AWA World Heavyweight Championship
- AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship
- WWWF United States Heavyweight Championship
- USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship
- AWA International Heavyweight Championship
- AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
- NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Detroit version)
- NWA United States Heavyweight Championship
- WCWA World Heavyweight Championship
The AWA United States Championship was a short-lived title in the early days of the American Wrestling Association. It started out as the NWA United States Championship promoted in the Chicago, Illinois from 1953 until 1958. in 1958 then champion Verne Gagne created the American Wrestling Association (AWA) based on Minneapolis, Minnesota and took the championship with him, claiming the lineage of the Chicago version. The Chicago promotion recognized Wilbur Snyder as their next champion, splitting the lineage into their own NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. The Minneapolis version of the championship was renamed the AWA United States Championship in 1960.
Title history
Footnotes
See also
AWA Superstars of Wrestling United States Championship, brief revival.
Professional wrestling in the United States