EUROPEAN GRECO-ROMAN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY

August 22, 1894--May 5, 1905

From Wrestling Title Histories
by Royal Duncan & Gary Will

1.Tom Cannon
08/22/1894-Liverpool, ENGLAND
Defeats Tom McInerney.

2.Carl Abs
09/05/1894-Hamburg, GERMANY

3.Ernest Roeber
09/26/1894-Hamburg, GERMANY
Awarded.

4.Beck Olsen
03/28/1900-New York, NY

5.Ernest Roeber [2]
09/12/1900-Copenhagen, DENMARK
Vacated in 1901.

6.Tom Cannon [2]
05/03/1901-London, ENGLAND
Defeated Antonio Pierre.

7."Russian Lion" George Hackenschmidt
09/04/1902-Liverpool, ENGLAND
Defeated American champion Tom Jenkins on May 5, 1905 in New York, NY to be the first undisputed World champion.