NWA World Brass Knuckles Championship

NWA World Brass Knuckles Championship
Details
Promotion	NWA Mid-America, Southern Championship Wrestling (Tennessee)
Date established	November 15, 1978
Date retired	May 1982
Statistics First champion Gypsy Joe Most reigns Gypsy Joe (4 reigns)

The NWA World Brass Knuckles Championship was a short-lived title promoted by National Wrestling Alliance NWA Mid-America territory from 1978 until 1981. The championship was used in specialty matches in which the combatants would wear brass knuckles. There were other such championships used in a number of NWA territories throughout the United States of America, including versions in the Florida territory, Amarillo, New England, the Mid-Atlantic region and in NWA Tri-State. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen wrestler "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport. ^[1]

Title history

Key

Symbol	Meaning
#	The overall championship reign
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
—	Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
	Indicates periods of unknown lineage

#	Wrestler	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	Gypsy Joe	1	November 15, 1978	[Note 1]	Nashville, Tennessee	Mid-America Live event	Defeated the Mexican Angel in a tournament final.
2	Don Fargo	1	February 12, 1979(NLT)	[Note 2]	[Note 3]	Mid-America Live event	Won Sometime after January 13, 1979.
3	Gypsy Joe	2	March 3, 1979(NLT)	[Note 4]	[Note 3]	Mid-America Live event
4	Don Fargo	2	March 25, 1979(NLT)	[Note 5]	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Mid-America Live event	Still billed as champions on May 26, 1979.
5	Gypsy Joe	3	August 1979(NLT)	[Note 6]	[Note 3]	Mid-America Live event [Note 3]
6	Dennis Condrey	1	August 15, 1979	[Note 7]	Nashville, Tennessee	Mid-America Live event
7	Gypsy Joe	4	August 1979	[Note 8]	[Note 3]	Mid-America Live event
8	David Schultz	1	August 18, 1979	[Note 9]	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Mid-America Live event
9	Don Fargo	3	September 29, 1980(NLT)	[Note 10]	[Note 3]	Mid-America Live event
—	Abandoned	N/A	1981	N/A	N/A	N/A	Championship Abandoned when the NWA Mid-America territory closed.
10	Steve Muslin	1	July 1981(NLT)		[Note 3]
11	Rick Conners	1	July 17, 1981	35	Knoxville, Tennessee
12	Ron Wright	1	August 21, 1981	14	Knoxville, Tennessee
13	Rick Conners	2	September 1981(NLT)		Knoxville, Tennessee
14	Ron Wright	2	May 1982(NLT)		Knoxville, Tennessee
—	Title Retired	N/A	May 1982	N/A	N/A	N/A

See also

• National Wrestling Alliance
• NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version)
• NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Amarillo version)
• NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (New England version)
• NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Dallas version)
• NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Mid-Atlantic version)
• NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Tri-State version)

Footnotes

1. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 89 days.
2. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 133 days.
3. The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
4. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 39 days.
5. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 179 days.
6. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 142 days.
7. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between day and 3 days.
8. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 3 days.
9. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 407 days.
10. The date the championship was abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 94 days and 458 days.

References

General

• Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "(Memphis, Nashville) Tennessee: NWA World Brass Knuckles Title [Nick Gulas & Roy Welsch]". Wrestling Title Histories (4 ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN   0-9698161-1-1.
• "NWA World Brass Knuckles Title [Mid-America]". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved April 19, 2015.

Specific

1. Ed Grabianowski (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved April 5, 2009.