NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship | |
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Details | |
Promotion | NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling National Wrestling Alliance |
Current champion(s) | The Southern Rebel Denny Ray |
Date won | December 10,2022 |
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# | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days Held | Location | Notes | |
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1 | Rick Santel | 1 | January 1, 2010 | 49 | Millersville TN | Defeated Arrick Andrews and Gary Valiant in 3-way match to become the first champion | |
2 | Arrick Andrews | 1 | February 19, 2010 | 77 | Millersville TN | ||
3 | Chris Michaels | 1 | May 7, 2010 | 7 | Millersville, TN | ||
4 | Derek Neal | 1 | May 14, 2010 | 7 | Millersville, TN | ||
5 | Chris Michaels | 2 | May 21, 2010 | 140 | Millersville, TN | ||
6 | Hammerjack | 1 | October 8, 2010 | 70 | Millersville, TN | ||
7 | Lonestar | 1 | December 17, 2010 | 43 | Millersville, TN | ||
8 | Hammerjack | 2 | January 29, 2011 | 174 | Nashville, TN | ||
9 | Derek Neal | 2 | July 22, 2011 | 41 | Millersville, TN | ||
10 | Hammerjack | 3 | September 1, 2011 | 342 | Millersville, TN | ||
11 | Derek Neal | 3 | August 8, 2012 | 9 | Millersville, TN | ||
12 | Allen Shepard | 1 | August 17, 2012 | 42 | Millersville, TN | ||
13 | Dyron Flynn | 1 | September 28, 2012 | 56 | Millersville, TN | Wins 3-way match against Shepard and Arrick Andrews | |
14 | Wolfie D | 1 | November 23, 2012 | 78 | Millersville, TN | Reigning SAW Southern Heavyweight Champion, recognized as NWA Southern Heavyweight Champion after SAW becomes an NWA licensee in 12/12 | |
- | Vacated | — | February 22, 2013 | — | Millersville, TN | Stripped on February 22, 2013 for missing a scheduled title defense, due to back injury | |
15 | Shane Williams | 1 | February 22, 2013 | 14 | Millersville, TN | Defeated Gary Valiant | |
16 | Gary Valiant | 1 | March 8, 2013 | 7 | Millersville, TN | ||
17 | Jocephus Brody | 1 | March 15, 2013 | 28 | Millersville, TN | ||
18 | Gary Valiant | 2 | April 12, 2013 | 77 | Millersville, TN | ||
19 | Hot Rod Biggs | 1 | June 28, 2013 | 70 | Millersville, TN | Defeated Valiant, Hammerjack, and Brody in 4-way match | |
20 | Crimson | 1 | September 6, 2013 | 35 | Millersville, TN | ||
- | Vacated | — | October 11, 2013 | — | Millersville, TN | Vacated the title due to injury | |
21 | Cliff Compton | 1 | November 1, 2013 | 63 | Millersville, TN | Defeated Jocephus Brody in the tournament finals [1] | |
22 | Jocephus Brody | 2 | January 3, 2014 | 22 | Millersville, TN | ||
23 | Chase Owens | 1 | January 25, 2014 | 20 | Millersville, TN | ||
24 | Jason Kincaid | 1 | February 14, 2014 | 63 | Millersville, TN | Defeated Chase Owens and Shawn Shultz in a Triple Title Turmoil match [2] | |
25 | Lance Erikson | 1 | April 18, 2014 | 7 | Millersville, TN | ||
26 | Arrick Andrews | 2 | April 25, 2014 | 161 | Millersville, TN | ||
27 | Shawn Hoodrich | 1 | October 3, 2014 | 35 | Millersville, TN | ||
28 | Arrick Andrews | 3 | November 7, 2014 | 2,739 | Millersville, TN | ||
29 | Greg Anthony | 1 | June 13, 2015 | 2,585 | |||
29 | Jeremiah Plunkett | 1 | November 14, 2015 | 2,585+ | Nashville, TN | ||
30 | Ryan Regal | 1 | May 3, 2017 | 2,049+ | Franklin, TN | ||
31 | Chris Classic | 1 | September 10, 2022 | 88+ | Rockwood TN | ||
32 | Vacated | 1 | September 15, 2022+ | 88+ | Due to injury Chris Classic was stripped of championship | ||
32 | Billy Havoc | 1 | September 17, 2022+ | 86+ | Rockwood TN | Won championship in Battle Royal | |
33 | The Southern Rebel Denny Ray | 1 | December 10, 2022+ | 2+ | pigeon forge,TN | Beat Billy havoc in one on one match | |