NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship | |
---|---|
Details | |
Promotion | NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling National Wrestling Alliance |
Current champion(s) | The Southern Rebel Denny Ray |
Date won | December 10, 2022 |
Other name(s) | |
|
The NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship is a title controlled by, and defended in NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling.
Southern All-star Wrestling created the SAW Southern Heavyweight Championship in 2010 then later changed its name to the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship in December 2012 after SAW joined the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) under the all new NWA SAW Branding.
# | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days Held | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 3,426 | Millersville, TN | |
29 | Greg Anthony | 1 | June 13, 2015 | 3,272 | ||
29 | Jeremiah Plunkett | 1 | November 14, 2015 | 3,272+ | Nashville, TN | |
30 | Ryan Regal | 1 | May 3, 2017 | 2,736+ | Franklin, TN | |
31 | Chris Classic | 1 | September 10, 2022 | 775+ | Rockwood TN | |
32 | Vacated | 1 | September 15, 2022+ | 775+ | Due to injury Chris Classic was stripped of championship | |
32 | Billy Havoc | 1 | September 17, 2022+ | 773+ | Rockwood TN | Won championship in Battle Royal |
33 | The Southern Rebel Denny Ray | 1 | December 10, 2022+ | 689+ | pigeon forge, TN | Beat Billy havoc in one on one match |
Robert Thomas Conway Jr., is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Post-WWE, he is also known for his work with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is a former two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion.
Rocky Johnson was a Canadian professional wrestler. Among many National Wrestling Alliance titles, he was the first Black Georgia Heavyweight Champion as well as the NWA Television Champion. He won the World Tag Team Championship in 1983, along with his partner Tony Atlas, to become the first black champions in WWE history. He was the father of actor and current WWE wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and the grandfather of Simone Johnson.
Richard Wendell Morton is an American professional wrestler, currently performing on the independent circuit. For most of his career, Morton has performed with Robert Gibson as the Rock 'n' Roll Express, described as "the consummate babyface tag team". Morton has wrestled for multiple promotions in the United States including the Continental Wrestling Association, Mid-South Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and Extreme Championship Wrestling, as well as the Japanese promotions All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and Wrestle Association R.
Brian Lee Harris is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Brian Lee and with the World Wrestling Federation as Chainz and an impersonator version of The Undertaker.
Chase Bradley Stevens is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name of "The Natural" Chase Stevens. He is known primarily for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he was a member of The Naturals alongside his tag team partner Andy Douglas.
Eugene Nicholas Kiniski was a Canadian athlete who played football for the Edmonton Eskimos and then became a three-time professional wrestling world heavyweight champion. "Canada's Greatest Athlete", as he billed himself for promotional purposes, was born in Edmonton, Alberta. Like Bronko Nagurski before him, Kiniski was one of the first world champions in professional wrestling to have a previous background in football. He is the father of professional wrestler Kelly Kiniski and international amateur and professional wrestler Nick Kiniski.
John Tolos, nicknamed "The Golden Greek", was a Canadian professional wrestler, and professional wrestling manager.
Cliff Treiber is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names Domino and Cliff Compton. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
Donald Delbert Jardine was a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his masked gimmick as The Spoiler. Jardine was a major star in various wrestling promotions. He worked in the World Wrestling Federation, first in 1974 and again from 1984 to 1986. However Jardine had his greatest successes in the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated territories of Florida, Georgia and Texas, from the early 1960s through the mid-1980s.
Neal Hargrove, better known by his ring name, Reno Riggins, is an American retired professional wrestler. Riggins has competed in Southeastern independent promotions including the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) during the 1990s.
McRonald Kamaka was an American-Canadian professional wrestler known by the ring name Tor Kamata. He won several heavyweight and tag team championships, most notably the PWF World Heavyweight Championship in All Japan Pro Wrestling and the AWA World Tag Team Championship in the American Wrestling Association. He was a classic heel, reviled for dirty tricks in the ring, included rubbing salt in his opponent's eyes.
Ivor Anthony Patrick Barrett, known as Pat Barrett, was an Irish professional wrestler. During his career, which spanned from 1960 to the later-1980s, he wrestled in countries including Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, appearing with promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wide Wrestling Federation.
Michel Pigeon was a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Jos LeDuc.
Víctor Rivera is a Puerto Rican retired professional wrestler. Between 1967 and 1981, he held the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship thirteen times, the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship five times, the WWWF International Tag Team Championship, and numerous others.
Michael Cole, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Murphy. He has also wrestled under the ring names Judais, Judas and Mikael Judas.
Robert "Kinji" Shibuya was an American professional wrestler and actor.
Jason Kincaid is an American professional wrestler best known for his time in Evolve, Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) in Japan and Ring Of Honor. He is also known for competing on the United States independent scene and within the National Wrestling Alliance, where he is the former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Jackson Dane Laymon is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Jax Dane. He is known for his tenure with various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) member promotions. He is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, NWA National Heavyweight, NWA North American Heavyweight and NWA World Tag Team Champion. He is also known for his work for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Impact Wrestling, and Ring of Honor (ROH).
The IronGodz was a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Jax Dane and Rob Conway, who were aligned with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) where they are former one-time NWA World Tag Team Champions.