title: NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version)
text: # NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version)
  
  The Toronto version of the NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship was a major singles title in that city's NWA affiliate, Maple Leaf Wrestling, from 1941 until 1967, when the title was abandoned.
  
  ## Title history
  
  Key :
  
  | No. | Overall reign number |
  | - | - |
  | Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
  | Days | Number of days held |
  | No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
  | No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
  | 1 | Earl McCready | June 1941 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | N/A | Reigning New Zealand version champion - recognized in Toronto | |
  | 2 | Nanjo Singh | February 12, 1942 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | 77 | | |
  | 3 | Whipper Billy Watson | April 30, 1942 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 154 | | |
  | 4 | John Katan | October 1, 1942 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 41 | | |
  | 5 | Earl McCready | November 11, 1942 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 2 | 22 | | |
  | 6 | John Katan | December 3, 1942 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 2 | 56 | | |
  | 7 | Whipper Billy Watson | January 28, 1943 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 2 | N/A | Defeated Nanjo Singh when Katan no-showed a scheduled defense; defeated Katan on February 25, 1943 | |
  | 8 | Jack Claybourne | 1943 | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | N/A | | |
  | 9 | Whipper Billy Watson | March 18, 1943 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 3 | 70 | | |
  | 10 | Yvon Robert | May 27, 1943 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 7 | | |
  | — | Vacated | June 3, 1943 | — | — | — | — | Title held up after Robert Defeated Whipper Billy Watson by DQ in Toronto, ON | |
  | 11 | Whipper Billy Watson | June 10, 1943 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 4 | 42 | Defeated Robert in rematch | |
  | 12 | Earl McCready | July 22, 1943 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 3 | N/A | | |
  | — | | N/A | — | — | | | | |
  | 13 | Whipper Billy Watson | July 1944 (NLT) | Stampede show | N/A | 5 | N/A | Unknown whom Watson defeated for the title | |
  | 14 | Frank Sexton | N/A | Stampede show | N/A | 1 | N/A | | |
  | 15 | Whipper Billy Watson | October 26, 1944 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 6 | 848 | | |
  | — | Vacated | February 21, 1947 | — | — | — | — | Watson won the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight title | |
  | 16 | Nanjo Singh | May 13, 1948 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 2 | 21 | | |
  | 17 | Whipper Billy Watson | June 3, 1948 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 7 | 273 | | |
  | 18 | Fred Atkins | March 3, 1949 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 152 | | |
  | 19 | Whipper Billy Watson | August 2, 1949 | Stampede show | Hamilton, ON | 8 | 65 | | |
  | 20 | Yvon Robert | October 6, 1949 | Stampede show | Montreal, QC | 2 | 42 | | |
  | 21 | Whipper Billy Watson | November 17, 1949 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 9 | 69 | | |
  | 22 | Yvon Robert | January 25, 1950 | Stampede show | Montreal, QC | 3 | 260 | | |
  | 23 | Whipper Billy Watson | October 12, 1950 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 9 | 1,981 | | |
  | — | Vacated | March 15, 1956 | — | — | — | — | Watson won the NWA World Heavyweight title | |
  | 24 | Pat O'Connor | March 29, 1956 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 1 | 399 | Defeated Lord Athol Layton | |
  | 26 | Gene Kiniski | May 2, 1957 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 5 | 35 | | |
  | 26 | Whipper Billy Watson | June 6, 1957 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 10 | 680 | | |
  | 27 | Gene Kiniski | April 17, 1959 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 2 | 62 | | |
  | 28 | Whipper Billy Watson | June 18, 1959 | Stampede show | Toronto, ON | 11 | N/A | | |
  | — | Deactivated | 1967 | — | — | — | — | Title abandoned | |
  