NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship

NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion	50th State Big Time Wrestling Island Xtreme Wrestling Federation
Date established	April 23, 1935
Date retired	2010
Other names
Hawaii Heavyweight Championship Hawaii Junior Heavyweight Championship
Statistics First champion Wildcat Pete Final champion J.T. Wolfen Most reigns Ripper Collins (8 reigns) Longest reign Al Lolotai (724 days) Shortest reign Nick Bockwinkel (4 days)

The NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and was defended in the US state of Hawaii. The title, which began in 1935. From February 1940 through 1942 the title was known as the Hawaii Junior Heavyweight Championship.

The title was defended in the NWA affiliated promotion, Island Xtreme Wrestling Federation. Previously it was in 50th State Big Time Wrestling and Polynesian Wrestling. ^[1]

Title history

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
1	Wildcat Pete	April 23, 1935	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	7	Defeated Tetsuo Higami to become the first champion.
2	Toots Estes	April 30, 1935	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	N/A
—	Vacated	1937	—	—	—	—	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
3	Oki Shikina	November 16, 1937	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	434	Defeated Rusty Wescoatt to win the vacant title.
4	Dean Detton	January 24, 1939	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	14
5	Dick Raines	February 7, 1939	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	56
6	Oki Shikina	April 4, 1939	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	224
7	Ignacio Martinez	November 14, 1939	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	14	Won the title by forfeit after Shikina leaves the area.
8	Paul Jones	November 28, 1939	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	N/A
—	Vacated	February 1940	—	—	—	—	Title vacated and renamed Hawaii Junior Heavyweight Championship.
9	Billy Venable	April 24, 1940	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	70	Defeated Kimon Kudo to win the vacant title.
10	Tetsuo Higami	July 3, 1940	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	203
11	Ben Pilar	January 22, 1941	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	182
12	Tony Morelli	July 23, 1941	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	112
13	Bill Weidner	November 12, 1941	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	N/A
	Championship history is unrecorded from November 12, 1941 to 1942.
14	Charley Carr	1942	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
	Championship history is unrecorded from 1942 to 1945.
15	Jimmy Gonsalves	1945	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A	Defeated Ben Sherman.
	Championship history is unrecorded from 1945 to 1947.
16	Lee Grable	1947	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
17	Ted Travis	1947	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
18	Lee Grable	May 2, 1948	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	98
19	Hisao Tanaka	August 8, 1948	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	84
20	Jack Claybourne	October 31, 1948	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	374
21	Bobby Managoff	November 9, 1949	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	32
22	Dean Detton	December 11, 1949	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	3
23	Hans Schnabel	December 14, 1949	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	53
24	Sandor Szabo	February 5, 1950	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	133
25	Arjan Singh	June 18, 1950	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	28
26	Ray Eckert	July 16, 1950	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	7
27	Terry McGinnis	July 23, 1950	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	42
28	Sandor Szabo	September 3, 1950	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	N/A		[2]
—	Vacated	1951	—	—	—	—	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
29	Terry McGinnis	August 20, 1951	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	52	Defeated Ted Travis to win the vacant title.
30	Al Kashey	October 11, 1951	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	171
31	Lucky Simunovich	March 30, 1952	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	49
32	Red Scorpion (Tom Rice)	May 18, 1952	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	N/A
—	Vacated	1952	—	—	—	—	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
33	Bobby Bruns	September 14, 1952	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	266	Defeated Tom Rice to win the vacant title.
34	Hans Schnabel	June 7, 1953	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	42
35	Bobby Managoff	July 19, 1953	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	35
36	Ben Sharpe	August 23, 1953	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	175
37	Al Lovelock	February 14, 1954	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	N/A
—	Vacated	May 1954	—	—	—	—	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
38	Larry Moquin	May 23, 1954	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	49
39	Karl Von Schober	July 11, 1954	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	49
40	John Paul Henning	August 29, 1954	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	84
41	Roger Mackay	November 21, 1954	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	84
42	Lucky Simunovich	February 13, 1955	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	56
43	The Zebra Kid (George Bollas)	April 10, 1955	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	250
44	Al Lolotai	December 16, 1955	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	93
45	Billy Varga	March 18, 1956	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	123
46	Tosh Togo	July 19, 1956	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	80
47	Tom Rice	October 7, 1956	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	224
48	Al Lolotai	May 19, 1957	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	724
49	Ed Francis	May 13, 1959	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	56		[3]
50	Al Lolotai	July 8, 1959	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	3	560
51	Dick Hutton	January 18, 1961	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	7		[4]
52	Sam Steamboat	January 25, 1961	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	80
53	Luigi Macera	April 15, 1961	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	60
54	Neff Maiava	June 14, 1961	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	63
55	King Curtis Iaukea	August 16, 1961	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	70
56	Lord James Blears	October 25, 1961	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	49
57	Masked Executioner	December 13, 1961	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	112
58	Neff Maiava	April 4, 1962	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	317
59	Gene LeBell	February 15, 1963	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	68
60	Neff Maiava	April 24, 1963	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	3	288
61	Hard Boiled Haggerty	February 6, 1964	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	62
62	Neff Maiava	April 8, 1964	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	4	99
63	Gene Kiniski	July 16, 1964	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	42
64	Neff Maiava	August 27, 1964	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	5	41
65	Johnny Barend	October 7, 1964	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	49
66	Nick Bockwinkel	November 25, 1964	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	23
67	King Curtis Iaukea	December 18, 1964	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	285
68	Luther Lindsay	September 29, 1965	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	98
69	Ron Reed	January 5, 1966	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	14
70	Ripper Collins	January 19, 1966	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	217		[5]
71	Neff Maiava	August 24, 1966	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	6	56
72	Ripper Collins	October 19, 1966	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	147
73	Jim Hady	March 15, 1967	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	N/A
74	Dutch Schultz	August 1967	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
75	Jim Hady	October 14, 1967	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	137
76	King Curtis Iaukea	February 28, 1968	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	3	182		[6]
77	Klondike Bill	August 28, 1968	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	42
78	Luke Graham	October 9, 1968	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	N/A
	Championship history is unrecorded from October 9, 1968 to December 25, 1968.
79	Nick Bockwinkel	December 25, 1968	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	N/A	Defeated Johnny Barend to win the title.
	Championship history is unrecorded from December 25, 1968 to December 29, 1968.
80	King Curtis Iaukea	December 29, 1968	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	4	N/A
81	The Missing Link	July 1969	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
82	Ripper Collins	October 29, 1969	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	3	77
83	Sam Steamboat	January 14, 1970	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	21
84	Ripper Collins	February 4, 1970	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	4	126
85	Sam Steamboat	June 10, 1970	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	14		[7]
86	Ripper Collins	June 24, 1970	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	5	35
87	Sam Steamboat	July 29, 1970	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	3	98
88	Ripper Collins	November 4, 1970	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	6	35
89	Johnny Barend	December 9, 1970	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	24
90	Ripper Collins	January 2, 1971	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	35
91	Frankie Laine	February 6, 1971	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	18
92	Mad Dog Mayne	February 24, 1971	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	245		[8]
93	Ed Francis	October 27, 1971	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	112
94	Gene Kiniski	February 16, 1972	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	168
95	Fred Curry	August 2, 1972	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	80
96	The Sheik	October 21, 1972	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	88
97	Ed Francis	January 17, 1973	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	3	357
98	"Superstar" Billy Graham	January 9, 1974	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	N/A
—	Deactivated	N/A	—	—	—	—	50th State Big Time Wrestling became inactive in July 1974.
99	Bill Francis	July 1977	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A	Defeated Steve Strong to win the reactivated title after 50th State Big Time Wrestling resumes operations.
100	Steve Strong	January 1978	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
101	John Tolos	February 1978	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
102	John Anson	March 1978	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
103	Buddy Rose	May 1978	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
104	Don Muraco	July 1978	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
105	Tor Kamata	August 1978	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
106	Don Muraco	September 1978	BTW show	Hawaii	2	N/A
107	Larry Sharpe	November 1978	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A	Awarded title as he was top contender for the title following Muraco's defeat of Big John Studd for the NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship in September 1978.
108	Mando Guerrero	November 22, 1978	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	30
—	Vacated	December 22, 1978	—	—	—	—	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
109	Mando Guerrero	January 1979	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	N/A
	Championship history is unrecorded from January 1979 to March 5, 1979.
110	Hans Schroeder	March 5, 1979	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	N/A		[9]
	Championship history is unrecorded from March 5, 1979 to March 1979.
111	Don Muraco	March 1979	BTW show	Hawaii	3	N/A
—	Vacated	1979	—	—	—	—	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
112	Karl Von Steiger	April 4, 1979	BTW show	Pearl Harbor, HI	1	14	Defeated Kevin Von Erich in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
113	Siva Afi	April 18, 1979	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
114	Ripper Collins	N/A	BTW show	Hawaii	2	N/A
115	Peter Maivia	March 1980	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
116	Hans Schroeder	March 5, 1980	BTW show	Hawaii	2	N/A
117	Tama Tonga	April 1980	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
118	Wildman Austin	July 1980	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A
119	Tor Kamata	October 1980	BTW show	Hawaii	2	N/A
—	Vacated	1980	—	—	—	—	Title vacated when Kamata was injured by the Samoans.
120	Keethan Hawke	February 5, 2000	BTW show	Hawaii	1	N/A	Title awarded when it is revived by the NWA for use in the Island Xtreme Wrestling Federation.
—	Vacated	June 2000	—	—	—	—	Title vacated when Hawke left the IXWF.
121	Dark Ninja	July 16, 2000	BTW show	Waipahu, HI	1	42	Defeated Black Rain and Don Lee in a three-way match to win the vacant title.
122	Black Rain	August 27, 2000	BTW show	Kāne'ohe, HI	1	237	Defeated The Jet, subbing for Dark Ninja.
123	The Jet	April 21, 2001	BTW show	Kāne'ohe, HI	1	119
124	Johnny Allback (Black Rain)	August 18, 2001	BTW show	Kāne'ohe, HI	2	49
125	The Sassy Assassin	October 6, 2001	BTW show	Kāne'ohe, HI	2	14
126	Johnny Allback	October 20, 2001	BTW show	Kāne'ohe, HI	3	257
127	Kaimana	July 4, 2002	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	136
128	Tiki	November 17, 2002	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	223
129	Sickdog	June 28, 2003	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	175
130	Tiki	December 20, 2003	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	84
131	Kris Kavanaugh	March 13, 2004	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	478
132	Superfly Ete	July 4, 2005	BTW show	Pearl Harbor, HI	1	137
133	Kenjiro Katahira	November 18, 2005	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	N/A	Katahira unified the NWA Hawaii title with Hawai'i Championship Wrestling's Kamehameha Heritage Championship.
—	Vacated	March 2006	—	—	—	—	Katahira vacated both his championships upon returning to Japan.
134	Kaimana	March 25, 2006	BTW show	Wahiawā, HI	2	49	Defeated Ahuna, Kapu and Jody Lopez in a four-way elimination match to win the vacant title.
135	Kapu	May 13, 2006	BTW show	Wahiawā, HI	1	378
136	Sickdog	May 26, 2007	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	2	84
137	Jody Lopez	August 18, 2007	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	1	0
138	Sickdog	August 18, 2007	BTW show	Honolulu, HI	3	568
139	Kapu	March 8, 2009	BTW show	N/A	2	118
140	J.T. Wolfen	July 4, 2009	BTW show	Pearl Harbor, HI	1	N/A
—	Deactivated	2010	—	—	—	—		[10]

See also

• National Wrestling Alliance

References

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External links

• Wrestling-Titles.com