NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship

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Australasian Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Dominion Wrestling Union (1938–1951)
All Star Pro Wrestling (1964–1968)
Date established1938
Date retired1968
Statistics
First champion Lofty Blomfield
Final champion Peter Maivia
Most reignsPeter Maivia

The New Zealand version of the NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling regional heavyweight championship recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance and competed for by wrestlers in the Australasian region. It was largely defended in New Zealand's Dominion Wrestling Union from around 1938 to 1951 and in All Star Pro Wrestling from 1964 to 1968. The earliest-known champion was New Zealand wrestler Lofty Blomfield who defended the title until losing it to American wrestler Ray Steele in Auckland on December 12, 1938. Peter Maivia and Steve Rickard feuded over the title during the mid-1960s with Maivia regaining the title in 1968 shortly before it was abandoned. Much of the title's history is unknown, however, there were 7 officially recognized champions during the three decades it was defended. [1]

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Title history

#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event in which the title was won
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Reigns

#WrestlersReignDateDays
held
LocationEventNotesRef.
1 Lofty Blomfield 1N/AN/AN/AN/AEarliest known champion. [1]
2 Ray Steele 1December 10, 1938N/A Auckland, New Zealand Live event [1]
N/A1938-1951N/AN/ATitle history is unrecorded. [1]
3 Ken Kenneth 1N/AN/AN/AN/A [1] [2]
4 Al Costello 11951N/AN/AN/A [1]
N/A1951-1964N/AN/ATitle history is unrecorded. [1]
5 Kangaroo Kennedy 1N/AN/AN/AN/A [1] [3] [4] [5]
6 Peter Maivia 21964N/A Auckland, New Zealand Live event [1] [3] [4] [5]
7 Steve Rickard 11968N/AN/A Live event [1] [3] [4] [5]
8 Peter Maivia 21968192 Auckland Live event [1] [4] [5]
Deactivated 1968N/AN/AThe title is abandoned.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Australasian Heavyweight Title (New Zealand)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  2. "Keeps Title". Sydney Morning Herald . November 25, 1950.
  3. 1 2 3 Slagle, Steve (2000). "High Chief Peter Maivia". Photos & Bios: The Stories Behind the Stars. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 17 March 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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