Like most professional wrestling "brass knuckle" championships, both wrestlers would heavily tape their fists to give the impression that each participant was wearing brass knuckles; the title was generally defended in no-disqualification matches and it was legal to punch an opponent.
The AWA Brass Knuckles Championship was first defended on February 12, 1979, at the Mid-South Coliseum, in a match between Don Fargo and Robert Gibson.
Fargo was billed by the promotion as the "World Brass Knuckles Champion",[1] however, the title mostly defended in the Continental Wrestling Association.
Together with manager Al Greene, Fargo would use the title to engage in wild brawls with other stars of the Memphis territory.
[2] One of his most notable matches as AWA Brass Knuckles Champion was against Jimmy Valiant on September 29, 1980, who defeated Fargo via disqualification.