British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship

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Joint Promotions
British Wrestling Federation
All Star Wrestling

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

The British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship was one of the first Heavyweight professional wrestling championships in the United Kingdom and Australia

The championship was recognised and defended on matches screened by UK national television network ITV as part of the professional wrestling slot on World of Sport as well as standalone broadcasts. Pre-publicity for these championship match broadcasts was given in ITV's nationally published listings magazine TVTimes The retirement of final champion Count Bartelli in 1986 received coverage from sources such as ITN.

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
George Pencheff	1	37/07/22	Melbourne
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	George Clark vs George Pencheff on 38/12/13 in Castleford, GBR (champion unknown)
Bill Verna	1		Melbourne
Geoff Portz	1	1959	Newcastle, New South Wales
Vic Stewart	1		Brisbane, Queensland
Ray Hunter	2		Brisbane, Queensland
Allen Garfield	1		New South Wales
Ray Hunter	3		Sydney
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	Title retired on 86/01/18 when Bartelli retires

References

"British Empire Heavyweight Title".
Saalbach, Axel. "British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Title". Wrestlingdata.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
"Count Bartelli successful defence of Commonwealth Heavyweight title against Pete Roberts in Solihull 10 February 1976". World Of Sport – Wrestling. ITV. 10 March 1976.
"Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship: Count Bartelli v Pete Roberts". Saturday 10 March – Friday 16 March 1976 – Saturday listings page. TVTimes. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"Image collections | Getty Images UK".

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British professional wrestling championships

Mountevans Titles

British	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–present) Tag Team (1933–2002) Women's Tag Team (1933–2002) Women's (1933–2002)
European	European Heavyweight Championship (1932–present) European Mid Heavyweight Championship (1939–1981) European Middlweight Championship (1936–1995) European Welterweight Championship (1938–1994) European Lightweight Championship (1932–1994)
British Empire/ Commonwealth	British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (1936-1938, 1959–1986) British Empire/Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship (1964–1981) British Empire/Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Championship(1926–1966) British Empire/Commonwealth Middleweight Championship (1923–1984) British Empire/Commonwealth Welterweight Championship (1954–1966) British Empire/Commonwealth Lightweight Championship (1971–1976, 1991)
World	World Heavyweight Championship (1947-1950, 1979–1989, 1991) World Mid Heavyweight Championship (1952–1999) World Heavy Middleweight Championship (1981-2004, 2008–present) World Middleweight Championship (1948-1975, 1976-1981, 1991-1996) World Lightweight Championship (1950–2001)

Other Titles
(non-Mountevans)

British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship
Grand Prix belt (1980s)
People's Championship (2004-2006)

Brand Titles
(non-Mountevans)

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