AWA International Television Championship

The AWA International Television Championship was a short-lived title in the American Wrestling Association from 1987 to 1989. It was filled with a several months long tournament and was defended on their television broadcast on ESPN.

AWA International Television Championship
The championship belt
Details
Promotion	American Wrestling Association
Date established	December 27, 1987
Date retired	October 16, 1989
Statistics First champion(s) Greg Gagne Most reigns Greg Gagne (2 regins) Longest reign Greg Gagne (307 days) Shortest reign Ron Garvin (87 days)

As explained by Larry Nelson on the AWA Championship Wrestling show on ESPN, the first two wrestlers in the tournament to reach 50 points (with 5 points being awarded or deducted for a pinfall or submission victory or loss, and 2.5 points being awarded or deducted for a countout or disqualification victory or loss) faced off in the finals to determine the first champion.

Title history

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
1	Greg Gagne	December 27, 1987	Championship Wrestling	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	265	Defeated Adrian Adonis via disqualification in the finals of the tournament
2	Ron Garvin	September 17, 1988	Championship Wrestling	Nashville, Tennessee	1	87	Title later held up by AWA President Stanley Blackburn after deciding Garvin won under controversial circumstances.
3	Greg Gagne	December 13, 1988	SuperClash III	Chicago, Illinois	2	307	Match for the vacant title. Gagne won by countout. Garvin had signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation and would not lose the match clean
—	Deactivated	October 16, 1989	—	—	—	—	Gagne retired from in-ring competition.

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Combined Reigns

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1.	Greg Gagne	2	572
2.	Ron Garvin	1	87