British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship

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First champion(s)	Scotty McDougall
Final champion(s)	Count Bartelli

The British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship was one of the first Heavyweight professional wrestling championship in the United Kingdom and Australia^[1]^[2]

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date Won:	Location:	Notes:
Scotty McDougall	1	29/07/20	Newcastle, New South Wales
Billy Meeske	1	1931	New South Wales
Douglas Clark	1	1936
Tom Lurich	1	36/05/30	Sydney, New South Wales
George Pencheff	1	37/07/22	Melbourne, Victoria
Alan Muir	1	38/02/24		Holds both British and British Empire Titles as of 38/02/24
Earl McCready	1	38/08/23	Melbourne, Victoria	George Clark vs George Pencheff on 38/12/13 in Castleford, GBR (champion unknown)
Bill Verna	1		Melbourne, Victoria
Geoff Portz	1	1959	Newcastle, New South Wales
Vic Stewart	1		Brisbane, Queensland
Ray Hunter	2		Brisbane, Queensland
Alan Garfield	1		New South Wales
Ray Hunter	3		Sydney, New South Wales
Don Steadman	1	64/03/04	London
Ray Hunter	3	64/10/14	London
Laurie Boyd	1		New South Wales
Count Bartelli	1	1969	Adelaide, South Australia
George Gordienko	1	1971	Newcastle, New South Wales
Albert Wall	1	72/01/08	Hanley, Staffordshire
Count Bartelli	2	72/09/02	Hanley, Staffordshire
Hans Streiger	1	1981	Liverpool
Count Bartelli	3	1981	Melbourne, Victoria	Title retired on 86/01/18 when Bartelli retires

British professional wrestling championships

British Titles	Heavyweight (1930–present) Mid-Heavyweight (1952–1981, 2002–present) Light Heavyweight (1920s–2004, 2014–present) Heavy Middleweight (1953–1990s) Middleweight (1930s–2005) Welterweight (1938–present) Lightweight (1933–2002) Flyweight (2005–2012) Tag Team (1933–2002) Women's (1933–2002) Women's Tag Team (1933–2002)

British Empire/Commonwealth titles (defunct)	Heavyweight Junior Heavyweight British Empire/Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship British Empire/Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Championship British Empire/Commonwealth Middleweight Championship

Other Titles	All-England Championship European Heavyweight Championship NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship

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