NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship.png
The original championship belt
Details
Promotion National Wrestling Alliance
Date established1957
Current champion(s)Jeremiah Plunkett
Date wonJune 1, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s) "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers
Most reigns Dutch Mantell (13 reigns)
Longest reign Jerry Lawler (343 days)
Shortest reignDutch Mantel (53 minutes)
Oldest champion Tojo Yamamoto (At least 52 years)
Youngest champion Tommy Rich (20 years old)
Heaviest champion Big Bubba (385 lb (175 kg))

The NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title that was originally defended in the United States of Tennessee and Alabama. The current champion is Jeremiah Plunkett.

Contents

History

In 1957 "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers became the inaugural champion. The title began in 1957 and lasted first until 1980 when it was first abandoned when Jerry Jarrett took over the Mid-American titles from Nick Gulas. Jarrett revived it in 1981, making it a part of the Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association, and it then lasted until 1987 when it was unified with the newly created CWA (now renamed Championship Wrestling Association) Heavyweight Championship. [1] [2]

Inaugural champion Buddy Rogers. Buddy Rogers original WWWF World Heavyweight Championship.png
Inaugural champion Buddy Rogers.

The title was originally defended in the United States in Tennessee and Alabama.

On May 10, 2024, NWA President Billy Corgan announced that the NWA will reactivate the Mid-America Heavyweight Championship and a new champion will be crowned at their Back to the Territories event on June 1, 2024, in Knoxville, Tennessee; [3] Jeremiah Plunkett defeated Dante Casanova, Hunter Drake, and Mario Parua in a four-way elimination match to be crowned the new champion.

Reigns

Names

NameYears
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship1957–present
Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
 1  Buddy Rogers  May 1957(NLT)  [Note 1]  1  [Note 2] House show [1] [2]
Championship history is unrecorded from May 1957 to April 1958.
 2 Mighty Atlas April 1958(NLT) House show [Note 1]  1  [Note 3] [1] [2]
 3 Tor Yamata April 24, 1958 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1  [Note 2] [1] [2]
Championship history is unrecorded from April 24, 1958 to July 1971.
 4 Len Rossi  July 1971(NLT) House show [Note 1]  1  [Note 2] [1] [2]
Championship history is unrecorded from July 1971 to June 1972.
 5 Tony Charles June 1972(NLT) House show [Note 1]  1  [Note 2] [1] [2]
Championship history is unrecorded from June 1972 to October 1974.
 6  Don Kent  October 1974(NLT) House show [Note 1]  1  [Note 4] [1] [2]
 7  Jackie Fargo  January 4, 1975 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1  [Note 5] [1] [2]
 8  Don Kent  January 1975 House show [Note 1]  2  [Note 6] [1] [2]
 9  Luke Graham  February 5, 1975 House show Nashville, Tennessee 1  [Note 7] [1] [2]
 10  Don Kent  April 1975 House show Louisville, Kentucky 3  [Note 8] [1] [2]
 11  Luke Graham  May 7, 1975 House show Nashville, Tennessee 2  [Note 9] [1] [2] [4]
Championship history is unrecorded from May 7, 1975 to 1975.
 12  Harley Race  1975 House show [Note 1]  1  [Note 10] [1] [2]
 13 Magnificent Zulu September 1975(NLT) House show [Note 1]  1  [Note 11] [1] [2]
 14  Harley Race  September 9, 1975 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2  [Note 12] [1] [2]
Championship history is unrecorded from September 9, 1975 to December 1975.
 15  Jackie Fargo  December 1975(NLT) House show [Note 1]  2  [Note 13] [1] [2]
Championship history is unrecorded from December 1975 to March 1976.
 16 Dick Steinborn March 1976(NLT) House show [Note 1]  1  [Note 14] [1] [2]
Championship history is unrecorded from March 1976 to June 1976.
 17  Bill Dundee  June 1976(NLT) House show Seymour, Indiana  1  [Note 15] [1] [2]
 18  Bob Armstrong  August 14, 1976 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1  [Note 16] [1] [2]
 19 Big Bad John September 1976 House show [Note 1]  1  [Note 17] [1] [2]
 20  Bob Armstrong  September 25, 1976 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 2  [Note 18] [1] [2]
 21  Bill Dundee  October 1976 House show [Note 1]  2  [Note 19] [1] [2]
 22  Tommy Rich  November 1976(NLT) House show [Note 1]  1  [Note 20] [1] [2]
 23 Russian Stomper January 1977 House show Madison, Indiana  1  [Note 21] [1] [2]
 24  Ken Lucas  February 13, 1977 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 61 [1] [2]
 25 The Executioner April 15, 1977 House show Huntsville, Alabama 1 43 [1] [2]
 26  Jackie Fargo  May 28, 1977 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 3  [Note 22] [1] [2] [5]
— Vacated  1977————Jackie Fargo was injured [1] [2]
 27  Lanny Poffo  October 9, 1977 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 62Defeated Dennis Hall in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [1] [2]
 28  Don Kent  December 10, 1977 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 4 24 [1] [2]
 29  Randy Savage  January 3, 1978 House show Birmingham, Alabama  1 82 [1] [2]
 30  Dutch Mantel  March 26, 1978 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 56 [1] [2]
 31  Don Garfield  May 21, 1978 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 7Vacated after a match against Dutch Mantel [1] [2]
 32  Dutch Mantel  May 28, 1978 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 2 45 [1] [2] [5]
 33 Whipper Watson Jr. July 12, 1978 House show Nashville, Tennessee 1 10 [1] [2] [6]
 34  Dutch Mantel  July 22, 1978 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 3 21 [1] [2]
 35 Blue Yankee August 12, 1978 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1  [Note 23] [1] [2]
— Vacated  September 1978————Vacated after a match against Dutch Mantel [1] [2]
 36 Mexican Angel September 20, 1978 House show Nashville, Tennessee 1 52Won a 13-man tournament to win the vacant title. [1] [2]
 37  Dutch Mantel  November 11, 1978 House show Nashville, Tennessee 4 0 [1] [2]
 38  Randy Savage  November 11, 1978 House show Nashville, Tennessee 2  [Note 24] [1] [2]
 39  Bobby Eaton  February 1979(NLT) House show [Note 1]  1  [Note 25] [1] [2]
 40  Chris Colt  April 29, 1979 House show Nashville, Tennessee 1 24 [1] [2]
 41 Ron Garfield May 23, 1979 House show Nashville, Tennessee 1 10 [1] [2]
 42  Dennis Condrey  June 2, 1979 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 140Defeated Gorgeous George Jr. [1] [2] [7]
 43  Dutch Mantel  October 20, 1979 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 5 4 [1] [2]
 44  Bobby Eaton  October 24, 1979 House show Nashville, Tennessee 2 32 [1] [2]
 45  Chris Colt  November 25, 1979 House show Nashville, Tennessee 2  [Note 26] [1] [2]
 46  Bobby Eaton  December 1979 House show Miami, Florida 3  [Note 27] [1] [2]
 47 Gorgeous George Jr. February 17, 1980 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1  [Note 28] [1] [2]
 48  Bobby Eaton  February 1980 House show Madison, Indiana  4  [Note 29] [1] [2]
 49  Tojo Yamamoto  February 1980 House show Versailles, Indiana  1  [Note 30] [1] [2]
 50  Steve Travis  April 1980(NLT) House show Lexington, Kentucky 1  [Note 31] [1] [2]
 51 Roger Mason April 5, 1980 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 35 [1] [2]
 52  Rocky Johnson  May 10, 1980 House show Chattanooga, Tennessee 1  [Note 32] [1] [2]
 53  The Great Togo  May 1980 House show Louisville, Kentucky 1  [Note 33] [1] [2]
 54  Robert Gibson  June 25, 1980 House show Nashville, Tennessee 1 28 [1] [2]
 55  Bobby Eaton  July 23, 1980 House show Nashville, Tennessee 5  [Note 34] [1] [2]
— Vacated  October 1980————NWA Mid-America ceases to operate, Jerry Jarrett gains control of the championship [1] [2]
Revived the title in Continental Wrestling Association
 56  Ron Bass  July 1981 House show Seymour, Indiana  1  [Note 35] Awarded the championship. [1] [2]
 57  Steve Keirn  July 6, 1981 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 49 [1] [2]
 58  Bugsy McGraw  August 24, 1981 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 14 [1] [2]
 59  Steve Keirn  September 7, 1981 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2 14 [1] [2]
 60  Dutch Mantel  September 21, 1981 House show Memphis, Tennessee 6 35 [1] [2]
— Vacated  October 26, 1981————Vacated and inactive after Mantel won the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship [1] [2]
 61  The Dream Machine  April 19, 1982 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 28 [1] [2]
 62  Dutch Mantel  May 17, 1982 House show Memphis, Tennessee 7 7 [1] [2]
 63  Bobby Eaton  May 24, 1982 House show Memphis, Tennessee 6 7 [1] [2]
 64 King Cobra May 31, 1982 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 35 [1] [2]
 65  Dutch Mantel  July 5, 1982 House show Memphis, Tennessee 8 7 [1] [2]
 66  Bobby Eaton  July 12, 1982 House show Memphis, Tennessee 7  [Note 36] [1] [2] [6]
 67  Bill Dundee  July 24, 1982 House show Memphis, Tennessee  3  [Note 37] Dundee won the title on Memphis TV [1] [2]
 68  Dutch Mantel  September 6, 1982 House show Memphis, Tennessee 9 70 [1] [2]
 69  Jesse Barr  November 15, 1982 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 7 [1] [2]
 70  Dutch Mantel  November 22, 1982 House show Memphis, Tennessee 10 7 [1] [2]
 71 Apocalypse November 29, 1982 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 6 [1] [2]
 72  Jacques Rougeau  December 5, 1982 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 22 [1] [2]
 73  Sabu the Wildman  December 27, 1982 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 6 [1] [2]
 74  Jacques Rougeau  January 2, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2 8 [1] [2]
 75  Bobby Eaton  January 10, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 8  [Note 38] [1] [2]
— Vacated  January 1983————Vacated for undocumented reasons [1] [2]
 76  Bobby Eaton  February 14, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 9 7Defeated Sweet Brown Sugar in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [1] [2] [8]
 77  Sweet Brown Sugar  February 21, 1983 House show Tupelo, Mississippi  1 7 [1] [2] [9]
 78  Bobby Eaton  February 28, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 10 7This was a loser leaves town match. Sweet Brown Sugar would reappear as the masked Stagger Lee. [1] [2] [10]
 79  Stagger Lee  March 7, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2 119 [1] [2] [11]
 80  Frankie Laine  July 4, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 14 [1] [2]
 81  Dutch Mantel  July 18, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 11 28 [1] [2]
 82  Buddy Landel  August 15, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 7 [1] [2]
 83  Stagger Lee / Koko Ware  August 22, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 3 19Ware removed his mask before the match with Landel. [1] [2]
 84  Buddy Landel  September 10, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2 82 [1] [2]
 85  Terry Taylor  December 1, 1983 House show Lexington, Kentucky 1 25 [1] [2]
 86  Randy Savage  December 26, 1983 House show Memphis, Tennessee 3 105 [1] [2]
 87  Jerry Lawler  April 9, 1984 House show Lexington, Kentucky 1 224The title may have been vacated since Lawler also held the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship when he won the Mid-America title. [1] [2]
 88 Korstia Korchenko November 19, 1984 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1  [Note 39] Defeated Jacques Rougeau to win the championship [1] [2]
 89  Mike Sharpe  December 17, 1984(NLT) House show [Note 1]  1  [Note 40] [1] [2]
 90  Jimmy Valiant  February 11, 1985 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1  [Note 41] [1] [2]
 91  Man Mountain Link  July 1985 House show [Note 1]  1  [Note 42] Awarded the championship. [1] [2]
 92  Jerry Lawler  July 15, 1985 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2 14 [1] [2]
— Vacated  July 29, 1985————Vacated when Lawler won the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship [1] [2]
 93  Koko Ware  August 12, 1985 House show Memphis, Tennessee 4  [Note 43] Defeated Bota the Witch Doctor in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [1] [2]
 94 Bota the Witch Doctor August 1985 House show Richmond, Indiana  1  [Note 44] [1] [2]
 95  Koko Ware  September 1985 House show North Vernon, Indiana  5  [Note 45] [1] [2]
 96  Harley Race  October 7, 1985 House show Memphis, Tennessee 3  [Note 46] [1] [2]
 97 Tom Branch November 1985 House show Kansas City, Missouri  1  [Note 47] [1] [2]
 98  Koko Ware  November 16, 1985 House show Memphis, Tennessee 6 66 [1] [2]
 99  Buddy Landel  January 21, 1986 House show Louisville, Kentucky 3 12 [1] [2]
 100 Dirty Rhodes (Roger Smith) February 2, 1986 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2 16 [1] [2]
 101  Buddy Landel  February 18, 1986 House show Memphis, Tennessee 4 48 [1] [2]
 102  Dutch Mantel  April 7, 1986 House show Memphis, Tennessee 12 42 [1] [2]
 103  Rip Rogers  May 19, 1986 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 28 [1] [2]
 104  Dutch Mantel  June 16, 1986 House show Memphis, Tennessee 13  [Note 48] [1] [2]
— Vacated  July 1986————Mantel left the CWA [1] [2]
 105  Tracy Smothers  August 11, 1986 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 57 [1] [2]
 106 Boy Tony (Tony Falk) October 7, 1986 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 13 [1] [2]
 107  Tracy Smothers  October 20, 1986 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2 7 [1] [2]
 108  Big Bubba  October 27, 1986 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1  [Note 49] Also held CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship. [1] [2]
— Vacated  November 1988————Championship vacated for undocumented reasons [1] [2]
 109  The Great Kabuki  November 1986 House show Jackson, Tennessee 1  [Note 50] Defeated Paul Diamond in a tournament final. [1] [2]
— Vacated  1986————The Great Kabuki left the CWA [1] [2]
 110 Moondog Spot  May 1987  [Note 1]  1  [Note 51] Billed as champion on arrival. [1] [2]
 111  Jeff Jarrett  May 11, 1987 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 14 [1] [2] [12]
 112 Moondog Spot  May 25, 1987 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2 7Won the title by disqualification. [1] [2]
 113  Jeff Jarrett  June 1, 1987 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2 7 [1] [2] [13]
 114 Moondog Spot  June 8, 1987 House show Memphis, Tennessee 3 14 [1] [2]
 115  Jeff Jarrett  June 22, 1987 House show Memphis, Tennessee 3 77 [1] [2]
 116 Carl Fergie September 7, 1987 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 7 [1] [2]
 117  Jeff Jarrett  September 14, 1987 House show Memphis, Tennessee 4 49 [1] [2]
 118  Jimmy Jack Funk  November 2, 1987 House show Memphis, Tennessee 2 7Previous held the championship under the name Jesse Barr [1] [2]
 119  Jeff Jarrett  November 9, 1987 House show Memphis, Tennessee 5 28 [1] [2]
 120  Jerry Lawler  December 7, 1987 House show Memphis, Tennessee 3 343 [1] [2]
—Deactivated November 14, 1988————Championship merged with the AWA International Heavyweight Championship and the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship to form the CWA Heavyweight Championship. [1] [2]
Revived the title in the National Wrestling Alliance/Lightning One Inc.
 121Jeremiah Plunkett June 1, 2024 NWA Back to the Territories Knoxville, Tennessee  1 194+This was a four-way elimination match also involving Dante Casanova, Hunter Drake, and Mario Parua.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 The location of the match was not found documented.
  2. 1 2 3 4 The length of this championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  3. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 357 days.
  4. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted at least 65 days.
  5. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 26 days.
  6. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 26 days.
  7. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 0 and 84 days.
  8. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 7 and 36 days.
  9. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 146 days.
  10. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 145 days.
  11. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 124 days.
  12. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 113 days.
  13. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 61 and 202 days.
  14. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 62 and 212 days.
  15. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 45 and 165 days.
  16. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 18 and 41 days.
  17. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 25 days.
  18. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 6 and 36 days.
  19. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 31 days.
  20. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 32 and 122 days.
  21. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 13 and 43 days.
  22. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 196 days.
  23. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 20 and 38 days.
  24. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 109 days.
  25. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 60 and 87 days.
  26. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 6 and 36 days.
  27. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 48 and 78 days.
  28. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 16 days.
  29. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 11 days.
  30. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 33 and 46 days.
  31. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 46 days.
  32. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 21 days.
  33. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 25 and 45 days.
  34. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 70 and 100 days.
  35. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 6 days.
  36. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 18 days.
  37. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 37 and 55 days.
  38. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 21 days.
  39. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 28 days.
  40. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 56 and 83 days.
  41. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 140 and 154 days.
  42. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 15 days.
  43. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 18 days.
  44. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 49 days.
  45. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 7 and 36 days.
  46. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 25 and 54 days.
  47. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 16 days.
  48. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 15 and 45 days.
  49. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 5 and 34 days.
  50. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 60 days.
  51. ↑ The date for the start or the end of the reign is uncertain, which means that this championship reign lasted between 1 and 11 days.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">USWA World Tag Team Championship</span> Professional wrestling tag team championship

The USWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary professional wrestling tag team championship promoted by the Memphis, Tennessee-based United States Wrestling Association (USWA). The Continental Wrestling Association and World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA) merged in 1989 to form the USWA. In the merger the USWA replaced both the WCWA World Tag Team Championship and the CWA Tag Team Championship with the USWA version. The promotion awarded Cactus Jack and Scott Braddock the championship after they won the WCWA championship on August 4, 1989. The USWA closed in 1997, with PG-13 as the final champions. There were a total of 116 reigns in the eight year lifetime of the championship.

The NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship that served as the main title for the National Wrestling Alliance promotion, NWA Central-States Championship Wrestling. For most of its existence, however, the title was defended in the NWA affiliate Central States Wrestling from 1950 to 1989.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">World Light Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)</span>

The National Wrestling Association World Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship originally sanctioned by the National Boxing Association (NBA) and subsequently sanctioned by the National Wrestling Association (NWA), an offshoot of the NBA. The championship had an upper limit of 175 lb (79 kg), anyone above that limit was considered a heavyweight. The championship was created in 1930 and abandoned in the early 1960s.

The Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in All Japan Pro Wrestling, created in 1984. It was unified with the NWA International Tag Team Championship in 1988, to create the World Tag Team Championship, or Double Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">AWA Southern Tag Team Championship</span> Professional wrestling tag team championship

The AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship due to a partnership with the American Wrestling Association. The title existed until 1988 when it was replaced with the Continental Wrestling Association Tag Team Championship.

This was a regional NWA championship based in Japan. For the version of this title that was promoted in NWA All Star Wrestling in Canada, see NWA International Tag Team Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship</span> Professional wrestling tag team championship

The Stampede International Tag Team Championship was the main tag team title in the Canadian professional wrestling promotion Stampede Wrestling. It was created in 1958 as the NWA International Tag Team Championship. When promoter Stu Hart resigned from the National Wrestling Alliance in 1982, the title was renamed the Stampede International Tag Team Championship. When Stampede wrestling closed down in 1989, the titles were retired, but brought back in 2000 when Stampede Wrestling was restarted by Bruce Hart and Ross Hart, and remained active until the promotion closed again in 2008.

The Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship that was contended for in the Pacific Northwest from the early 1940s until 1957. When the title was retired in 1957, it was the top singles title in the Pacific Northwest area.

The Florida version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a top tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance's Florida territory, Championship Wrestling from Florida. It existed from 1960 until 1971, when the title was abandoned.

The Florida version of the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship was a secondary professional wrestling championship defended sporadically in the National Wrestling Alliance's Florida territory, Championship Wrestling from Florida. As its name suggests, the title was contested in matches in which the participants wore brass knuckles and it existed from 1960 until the title was abandoned, no earlier than late 1984.

The NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship was the top tag team professional wrestling title in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from 1972 through the promotion's 1978 closure.

The NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling regional championship in Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (GCCW). It was a secondary title, complementing the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship, and one of several state championships recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance. The title was deactivated with the retirement of "Cowboy" Bob Kelly on September 3, 1976.

The WCWA Brass Knuckles Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and promoted primarily in the Texas territory. Initially the championship saw wrestlers literally using brass knuckles during matches, but was later modified to simply be "No Disqualification" matches. The brass knuckles championship was promoted from 1953 through 1987, and was defended primarily in the Dallas–Fort Worth area as part of Southwest Sports, Inc. It continued to be used after the promotion changed its name to Big Time Wrestling and, finally, World Class Championship Wrestling. In 1987, a year after WCCW left the NWA and became the World Class Wrestling Association, the title was abandoned. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.

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