The World/American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship and the World/European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship was a
Greco-Roman
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professional wrestling championship
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contested for throughout the continent of
Australia
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,
Europe
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and
North America
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.The title existed from 1875 through approximately 1937.
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.
World/American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship Title history
World/European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship Title history
See also
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American Heavyweight Championship
The American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship was the first heavyweight professional wrestling championship in the United States. The title existed from 1881 through approximately 1922.
Title history
See also
*Professional wrestling in the ...
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Early wrestling championships
Early wrestling championships started in Ancient Greece, before spreading out to the Celtic culture, North America, and Europe.
Early history
The history of wrestling dates back to the Ancient Greece. There were two wrestling championships sinc ...
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European Heavyweight Championship
The European Heavyweight Championship is a name used for various top titles competed for throughout the European professional wrestling circuit.
The title was recognised as official by UK national TV network ITV for the purposes of their coverage ...
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World Catch-as-Catch-Can Championship
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References
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External links
World/American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Title at wrestling-titles.com
World heavyweight wrestling championships
Greco-Roman wrestling