AWA Roster in 1963: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full AWA Roster in the year 1963. This includes the list of all AWA Wrestlers, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in American Wrestling Association.
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1963AWA: All (16)
Champions
AWA World Heavyweight Championship |  | Verne Gagne Won: December 14, 1963 Minneapolis, Minnesota | House show | 17+ days |
 | The Crusher Won: November 16, 1963 Saint Paul, Minnesota | House show | 28 days | |
| Verne Gagne Won: August 8, 1963 Amarillo, Texas | House show Fritz Von Erich's Omaha Championship was not at stake. On September 7, 1963, Gagne defeated Von Erich in Omaha to unify both titles. | 100 days | |
 | Fritz von Erich Won: July 27, 1963 Omaha, Nebraska | House show Von Erich won both the AWA Championship and the Omaha Championship. | 12 days | |
| Verne Gagne Won: July 20, 1963 Minneapolis, Minnesota | House show Gagne won both the AWA Championship and the Omaha Championship. | 7 days | |
| The Crusher Won: July 9, 1963 Minneapolis, Minnesota | House show The Crusher also won the Omaha version of World Heavyweight Championship from Verne Gagne on February 15, 1963, in Omaha, Nebraska. | 11 days | |
| Verne Gagne Won: August 21, 1962 Minneapolis, Minnesota | House show | 322 days |
AWA World Tag Team Championship |  | The Crusher & Dick The Bruiser Won: August 20, 1963 Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | 133+ days |
 | The Kalmikoffs Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff Won: January 1, 1963 Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | 231 days | |
| Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn Won: December 16, 1962 St. Paul, Minnesota | Live event | 16 days |
AWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship | | Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa Won: March 22, 1963 Winnipeg, Manitoba | House Show Defeat Dick Steinborn & Doug Gilbert in a one-night tournament final. | 284 days |
| Vacant Won: December 31, 1962 | 81 days |
AWA World Women's Championship |  | Kay Noble Won: April 13, 1963 Saint Paul, MN | House show Defeated Kathy Starr to win the vacant championship. | 262+ days |
| Vacant Won: January 1, 1963 The AWA vacated the championship on January 1, 1963, but June Byers continued to be recognized as champion by the NWA until she retired in January 1964. | 102 days | |
| Penny Banner Won: August 26, 1961 Angola, IN | House show AWA ceased to recognize June Byers as women's champion after she no-showed a title defense. Banner won a battle royal to become the new AWA World Women's Champion. | 493 days |
Extras
The profile of each AWA wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics.
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