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For the, WCW withdrew from the NWA on September 1, 1993 but the NWA continued to recognize. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! United States Heavyweight Title (Detroit)", "NWA Supreme - Current Champions and Title History", "N.W.A. Canadian Tag Team Title (Vancouver)", "NWA [Mexico] Tag Team Championship Tournament (in Spanish)", "N.W.A. Youngblood won a tournament final to win the vacant championship. Vancouver Island Heavyweight Title", "N.W.A. WWE Network News and Tidbits: 90+Min Interview With NWA Star, NXT Level Up Preview Featuring Former Champions, & More. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, The reign number for the specific champion listed, The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won, Indicates the title changes not recognized by the NWA, Indicates the current reign is changing daily, 1st Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions, NWA Branded Outlaw Wrestling: A Monster's Ball, NWA Branded Outlaw Wrestling: World War Gold. Flair would also become an 8-time WCW World Champion. Sting enjoyed a longer run than Steamboat and held the title until January 1991, when he was beaten by, you guessed it, Ric Flair. This episode aired on tape delay on April 29, 2005. But. Countries of the World. Brisco would be remembered as one of the NWA greats and would later work for the WWF/E. In July 1948, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was founded and Brown was recognized as the first official NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Lynn and Styles defeated the Rainbow Express (, A.J. Over the course of its existence, the title was held by well known names such as Bobo Brazil, The Sheik, Wilbur Snyder, Johnny Valentine, and multi-time AWA World Heavyweight Champions Verne Gagne and Dick the Bruiser. Midwest Tag Team Heavyweight Title", "N.W.A. RIP Harley Race! Tyrus Wins NWA Championship At NWA Hard Times NWA Hard Times 3 Matt Cardona Trevor Murdoch Tyrus Image Credit: NWA Tyrus is the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion. Jones gave up the TV Title after he won the NWA Mid-Atlantic United States Heavyweight Championship on November 27, 1975. Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title (Vancouver)", "N.W.A. By Steve Coulson / April 13, 2023. He was teaming with Larry Hennig at this stage, and the pair quickly won the AWA Tag Team Titles. Pacific Northwest Hardcore Title", "N.W.A. He was the final man to hold the NWA World Championship as an independent wrestler, and just scraped into the top 20 in 20th place. Wrestling JAT Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Southern Tag Team Championship Title (Knoxville)", "N.W.A. During Anderson's reign, the title was renamed the "WCW World Television Championship" following WCW's withdrawal from the NWA. Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Title", "N.W.A. Actor | Black Adam. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat Ricky Steamboat won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship once, when he defeated Ric Flair at the NWA Chi-Town Rumble 1989 PPV. Pacific Coast Tag Team Title (Vancouver)", "N.W.A. Race dropped the belt a little over two months later to Giant Baba on his tour of Japan, only to regain the title a week later. National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling promotion operating via its parent company Lightning One, Inc.[1] The following is a list of its active and inactive/unofficial/defunct championships. WWE Network News and Tidbits: 90+Min Interview With NWA Star, NXT Level Up Preview Featuring Former Champions, & More. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WCW Roster . (04/14/23): Elektra Lopez & Lola Vice vs. Former Champions, Robert Stone In New Role, & More. United States Heavyweight Title (Central States)", "N.W.A. National Wrestling Alliance/Lightning One Inc. 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Nick Bockwinkle in 1981", "8/14 NWA-TNA PPV #9: Full results of live two hour event", "Pro wrestling history (9/18): Flair pins Dusty, Triple H defeats CM Punk in No DQ", "9/18 NWA-TNA PPV review: Lynn vs. Killings, tag title tourney", "11/13 NWA-TNA PPV review: Sempervive's detailed rundown", "NWA TNA PPV report featuring the debut of Dusty Rhodes", "NWA TNA PPV report with no big surprises this week but some good promos", "NWA TNA surprises are: A 50-year old wrestler, two week old boobs and the same interview from everyone that is fired from WWE", "Hot tag title change and ex-ECW champs as surprises highlight TNA", "NWA TNA PPV report featuring Rick Steiner, Buff Bagwell, and Gilbertti juices and gets title shot at Jarrett", "6/25 NWA-TNA PPV report: What was TNA's PPV worth this week? He continued to challenge various NWA Champions, such as Dick Hutton, Billy Watson and would again face off against Lou Thesz. OConnor joined the NWA and won the (Chicago) Tag Team Titles with Roy McClarity in 1955. Steele held the title for a lone week in 1999, but in doing so he became the first British wrestler to ever hold a recognised world championship. The promotion currently has eight championships - four men's singles titles, two men's tag team championships, one women's singles title, and a women's tag team championship. So sit back and enjoy a slide show commemorating these superstars accomplishments. Thesz held the title right up until 1966, finally losing it to Gene Kiniski not a bad run for a guy in his late 40s. Barry Windham. Alex Hammerstone. Finally, Flair lost the belt to Victor Jovica for a spell of three days before regaining the title after it was ruled that Jovicas win was illegal due to his feet being on the ropes. No matter where you went, every organization had it's own champion. This was three matches round robin style; Match ended in controversy, as the referee gave a fast count. 501. N/A. The belt was later vacated and Pearce would win the title back by winning a four way match to crown a new champion in 2011. The Impact World Tag Team Championship (formerly known as the TNA World Tag Team Championship) is a professional wrestling championship contested for in Impact Wrestling's tag team division.After the formation of TNA in June 2002, the company executives signed a contractual agreement with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that allowed them control of the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag . Canadian Heavyweight Title (Calgary)", "N.W.A. Southern Tag Team Title (Mid-Atlantic)", "N.W.A. Pearce wouldnt be belt-less for long, winning the belt back in September 2008. At 26, he was told that he may never wrestle again. The pair would defeat the Junkyard Dog and Tito Santana at Wrestlemania 2. Thesz won the match and the championship by count out. In 1973, Mad Dog Harley Race defeated Dory Funk Jr for his first NWA World title victory, and it would be a new, updated belt Race would receive, often referred to as the 10 pounds of gold NWA title. Zeen is a next generation WordPress theme. Defeated The Fixers to win the titles at NWA Powerrr. This episode aired on tape delay on December 29, 1990. He would defeat Chris Candido and win his first NWA World Heavyweight Championship that same year. This title change is not recognized by the NWA. United States Heavyweight Title", "N.W.A. Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. North American Tag Team Title (Florida version)", "N.W.A. Jim Crockett now owned NWA St Louis, the UWF, his own Jim Crockett Promotions, Georgia Championship Wrestling, Central States Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Georgia and the CWF as well. Retrieved May 26, 2017, List of National Wrestling Alliance championships, Inactive/unofficial/defunct championships, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (New Jersey version), NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (Australian version), NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship, NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship, NWA World Tag Team Championship (Amarillo version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Central States version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Florida version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version), NWA Independent World Heavyweight Championship, NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship, NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version), NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version), NWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship, NWA International Heavyweight Championship, NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA International Light Heavyweight Championship, NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version), NWA International Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version), NWA International Tag Team Championship (Calgary Version), NWA International Tag Team Championship (Maritimes Version), NWA International Tag Team Championship (Georgia Version), NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship, NWA North American Heavyweight Championship, NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Calgary Version), NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Maritimes Version), NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (WWC Version), NWA Pan-Pacific Premium Heavyweight Championship, NWA United National Heavyweight Championship, NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic/Georgia/WCW Version), NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Chicago Version), NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Rocky Mountains Version), NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (St. Joseph Version), NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (Southeast Version), NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State Version), NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (Mid-American Version), NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (Georgia Version), NWA United States Tag Team Championship (, NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship, NWA United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship, NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Championship, NWA Central States Television Championship, NWA Charlotte Legends Heavyweight Championship, NWA City of Mobile Heavyweight Championship, NWA City of Pensacola Heavyweight Championship, NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship, NWA Empire Lord of the Dance Championship, NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Force-1 Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Heartland State Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title (Iowa Version), NWA Massachusetts Heavyweight Championship, NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship, NWA Mountain State Light Heavyweight Championship, NWA New England Colonial Heavyweight Championship, NWA New England Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship (, NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Championship (, NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship, NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship, NWA Pacific Northwest Television Championship, NWA Women's Pacific/NEO Single Championship, NWA Pennsylvania Heavyweight Championship, NWA Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship, NWA San Joaquin Valley Tag Team Championship, NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division), NWA Southeastern Continental Heavyweight Championship, NWA Southeastern Continental Tag Team Championship, NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (Mid-American Version), NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Texas Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship (Alabama Version), NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship (Alabama Version), NWA Upstate Six-Man Tag Team Championship, NWA Vancouver Island Heavyweight Championship, NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship, NWA Wildside Light Heavyweight Championship, NWA Wildside United States Heavyweight Championship, NWA Wrestle Birmingham Heavyweight Championship, NWA Wrestle Birmingham Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Wrestle Birmingham Television Championship, NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship, NWA Houston Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Kansas State Heavyweight Championship, NWA Lone Star Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Mountain State Heavyweight Championship, NWA Pacific Northwest Hardcore Championship, NWA Pacific Northwest SuperGirls Championship, NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Smoky Mountain), NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship (Smoky Mountain), NWA Top of Texas Heavyweight Championship, NWA Top of Texas Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Top of Texas Panhandle Heavyweight Championship, NWA Top Rope Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Top Rope Southern Tag Team Championship, NWA United Kingdom Central Counties Championship, NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship, NWA Smoky Mountain Television Championship, NWA Mountain Empire Heavyweight Championship, List of current champions in the National Wrestling Alliance, List of National Wrestling Alliance territories, "Corgan's reign as NWA owner begins, full details", "N.W.A. 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