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The AWA Brass Knuckles Championship was a short-lived professional wrestling championship contested in the American Wrestling Association between 1979 and 1981.

As the title suggests, in all Brass Knuckles Championship matches both wrestlers would heavily tape their fists, thus giving the impression each contestant is wearing brass knuckles. Most were fought with no disqualification rules and it was legal to punch an opponent. Reginald "The Crusher" Lisowki was one of the many wrestlers who held the title. AWA Superstars also had an "Unsanctioned" Brass Knuckles Title won by Gino Martino. He defeated "The Ugandan Giant" Kamala in a "King of the Jungle Death Match" on a MWF/AWA New England show, Lynn "Massachusetts" on 24 September 2005. The title was defended in MWF/AWA New England and in CWA/AWA of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The title was abandoned in March 2006.

Title History

{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Wrestler:
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Times:
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date:
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Place:
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Notes:
|-
|Don Fargo
|1
|February 1979
|Memphis, TN
|<small>Billed as World Brass Knuckles Champion by the CWA/AWA Booking Office upon arrival. The title was abandoned soon after.
|-
|The Crusher
|1
|October 12, 1980
|Saint Paul, MN
|<small>The Crusher defeated Jerry Blackwell to win the revived title. Then the title was abanonded again in May of 1981.
|-
|Gino Martino
|1
|September 24, 2005
|Lynn, MA
|<small>Martino defeated Kamala to win the title. It was vacated in 2006 when Martino left the AWA.
|-
|}

Source

Official website for The Crusher

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