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Date established | March 6, 1953 | ||||||||||||||
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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. [1] [2] As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match. [lower-alpha 1]
The NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship was created in 1953 in the Houston, Texas National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory Southwest Sports, promoted by Ed McLemore. The first champion was "Wild" Bull Curry, who defeated Danny McShain in the finals of a tournament. [1] [2] The "Brass Knuckles" title was originally created for Curry, who used a very hard hitting, brawling hardcore style of wrestling, with a "no disqualification" stipulation for all championship matches. [4] Over the years Bull Curry would win the championship a record setting 24 times, with Mark Lewin and Bruiser Brody tied for second most reigns at eight total. [1] [2] Due to a lack of documentation, especially from the 1950s to the 1970s, it is possible that Curry won the championship more than 24 times. [1] [2]
In 1966, Fritz Von Erich bought Southwest Sports from McLemore, and continued to promote the brass knuckle championship in the renamed "Big Time Wrestling" promotion. [1] [2] In 1982 Big Time Wrestling was rebranded as "World Class Championship Wrestling", including all the championships dropping the "NWA" prefix for "WCCW". [1] [2] In 1986 WCCW left the NWA completely and was renamed "World Class Wrestling Association" WCWA and renamed all championships as well. Abdullah the Butcher was the last wrestler to win the championship in Texas, defeating The Great Kabuki on July 4, 1986. [1] [2] The championship was not promoted again until WCWA announced that Tony Atlas had won the championship at a non-WCWA show in Montreal, Canada. No record exists of Montreal show, leading to the possibility that the Atlas title victory was fictitious and used to explain why the championship was no longer used. [1] Over the years the championship has been vacated several times, often with a tournament held to determine the next champion, only details of the 1968 tournament, won by Kurt Von Hess, [5] and the 1969 tournament, won by Baron Von Raschke have been found. [6]
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
N/A | Unknown information |
† | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version) | ||||||||||
1 | Bull Curry | March 6, 1953 | House show | Houston, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 2] | Defeated Danny McShain to become the first champion. | [1] [2] [7] | ||
2 | Danny Savich | October 1953 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 3] | [1] [2] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from October 1953 to April 8, 1954. | ||||||||||
3 | Don Evans | April 8, 1954 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 4] | It is not clear who Don Evans defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from April 8, 1954 to 1954. | ||||||||||
4 | Rito Romero | 1954 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 5] | It is not clear who Romero defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
5 | Joe Christie | September 14, 1954 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 7 | [1] [2] | |||
6 | Johnny Valentine | September 21, 1954 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 24 | [1] [2] | |||
7 | Joe Christie | October 15, 1954 | House show | Houston, Texas | 2 | 151 | [1] [2] | |||
8 | Bull Curry | March 15, 1955 | House show | N/A | 2 | [lower-alpha 6] | Still champion as of April 21, 1955. | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from April 21, 1955 to December 1955. | ||||||||||
9 | Danny Savich | December 1955 | House show | N/A | 2 | [lower-alpha 7] | It is not clear who Savich defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
10 | Duke Keomuka | December 6, 1955 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 8] | [1] [2] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from December 6, 1955 to February 8, 1956. | ||||||||||
11 | Rocky Columbo | February 8, 1956 | House show | N/A | 1 | 2 | It is not clear who Columbo defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
12 | Danny McShain | February 10, 1956 | House show | Houston, Texas | 1 | 11 | [1] [2] | |||
13 | Bull Curry | February 21, 1956 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 3 | 27 | [1] [2] | |||
14 | Don Evans | March 19, 1956 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 2 | 7 | [1] [2] [8] | |||
15 | Bull Curry | March 26, 1956 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 4 | 242 | [1] [2] | |||
16 | El Medíco | November 23, 1956 | House show | Houston, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 9] | Still champion as of December 18, 1956. | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from November 23, 1956 to April 19, 1957. | ||||||||||
17 | Don Leo Jonathan | April 19, 1957 | House show | Houston, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 10] | Defeated Pepper Gomez to win the championship. Uncertain if this was a tournament final or if Gomez was champion | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from April 19, 1957 to January 9, 1958. | ||||||||||
18 | Stu Gibson | January 9, 1958 | House show | Galveston, Texas | 1 | 14 | Defeated Casey McShain in tournament final after the first match on January 2, 1958 ends in a double disqualification. | [1] [2] | ||
19 | Bull Curry | January 23, 1958 | House show | Galveston, Texas | 5 | [lower-alpha 11] | [1] [2] | |||
20 | Danny McShain | March 1958 | House show | N/A | 2 | [lower-alpha 12] | [1] [2] | |||
21 | Bull Curry | March 8, 1958 | House show | Angleton, Texas | 6 | 38 | [1] [2] | |||
22 | Fritz Von Erich | April 15, 1958 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 13] | [1] [2] [9] | |||
23 | Bull Curry | 1958 | House show | N/A | 7 | [lower-alpha 14] | [1] [2] | |||
24 | Stu Gibson | July 14, 1958 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 2 | [lower-alpha 15] | [1] [2] | |||
25 | Fritz Von Erich | August 1958 | House show | N/A | 2 | [lower-alpha 16] | [1] [2] | |||
26 | Bill Longson | August 5, 1958 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 41 | Defeated Fritz Von Erich | [1] [2] | ||
27 | Danny McShain | September 15, 1958 | House show | N/A | 3 | [lower-alpha 17] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Vacated | 1958 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] | ||
28 | Joe Christie | January 6, 1959 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 3 | 91 | Defeated Danny McShain, Tosh Togo and Al Costello in a tournament to win the vacant championship. | [1] [2] | ||
29 | Bull Curry | April 7, 1959 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 8 | 63 | [1] [2] | |||
29 | Golden Giant | June 9, 1959 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 7 | [1] [2] | |||
30 | The Zebra Kid | June 16, 1959 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 18] | [1] [2] [10] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from June 16, 1959 to October 27, 1959. | ||||||||||
31 | Danny McShain | October 27, 1959 | House show | N/A | 4 | [lower-alpha 19] | It is not clear who McShain defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
32 | Iron Mike DiBiase | 1959 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 20] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Vacated | December 1959 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] | ||
33 | Danny McShain | December 11, 1959 | House show | Houston, Texas | 5 | [lower-alpha 21] | Defeated Mr. Moto | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from December 18, 1959 to May 5, 1960. | ||||||||||
34 | Bull Curry | May 5, 1960 | House show | N/A | 9 | 39 | It is not clear who Curry defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
35 | Tony Borne | June 13, 1960 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 22] | [1] [2] [11] | |||
— | Vacated | 1960 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] | ||
36 | Danny McShain | November 10, 1960 | House show | N/A | 6 | 30 | It is not clear who McShain defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
37 | Bull Curry | December 10, 1960 | House show | Beaumont, Texas | 10 | [lower-alpha 23] | Still champion as of March 30, 1961. | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from December 10, 1960 to July 13, 1961. | ||||||||||
38 | Tony Martin | July 13, 1961 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 24] | It is not clear who Martin defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from July 13, 1961 to 1961. | ||||||||||
39 | Stu Gibson | 1961 | House show | N/A | 3 | [lower-alpha 25] | It is not clear who Gibson defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
40 | Waldo Von Erich | August 1961 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 26] | [1] [2] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from August 1961 to February 27, 1962. | ||||||||||
41 | Bull Curry | February 27, 1962 | House show | N/A | 11 | 13 | It is not clear who Curry defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
42 | Jack Dalton | March 12, 1962 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 8 | [1] [2] | |||
43 | Bull Curry | March 20, 1962 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 12 | [lower-alpha 27] | [1] [2] | |||
44 | Jack Dalton | May 1962 | House show | N/A | 2 | [lower-alpha 28] | [1] [2] | |||
45 | Bull Curry | May 15, 1962 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 13 | 209 | [1] [2] | |||
46 | Tony Borne | December 10, 1962 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 2 | 42 | [1] [2] | |||
47 | Bull Curry | January 21, 1963 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 14 | 18 | [1] [2] | |||
48 | Rock Hunter | February 8, 1963 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 1 | 17 | [1] [2] | |||
49 | Bull Curry | February 25, 1963 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 15 | 21 | [1] [2] | |||
50 | Louie Tillet | March 18, 1963 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 1 | 59 | [1] [2] [12] | |||
51 | Bull Curry | May 16, 1963 | House show | Houston, Texas | 16 | [lower-alpha 29] | Defeated Jack Dalton for the championship | [1] [2] [13] | ||
52 | Bill Miller | September 1963 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 30] | [1] [2] | |||
53 | Bull Curry | November 15, 1963 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 17 | 5 | Defeated Louie Tillet. | [1] [2] | ||
54 | Stan Stasiak | November 20, 1963 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 31] | Sometime after November 15, 1963. | [1] [2] | ||
55 | Bull Curry | December 1963 | House show | N/A | 18 | [lower-alpha 32] | [1] [2] | |||
56 | Killer Karl Kox | July 31, 1964 | House show | Houston, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 33] | [1] [2] | |||
57 | Bull Curry | August 1964 | House show | N/A | 19 | [lower-alpha 34] | [1] [2] | |||
58 | Killer Karl Kox | August 21, 1964 | House show | Houston, Texas | 2 | 66 | [1] [2] | |||
59 | Tony Borne | October 26, 1964 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 3 | 35 | [1] [2] [14] | |||
60 | Bull Curry | November 30, 1964 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 20 | 83 | Defeated The Wrecker (Frank Shields). | [1] [2] | ||
61 | Killer Karl Kox | February 21, 1965 | House show | N/A | 3 | 85 | [1] [2] | |||
62 | Bull Curry | May 17, 1965 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 21 | 421 | [1] [2] | |||
63 | Louie Tillet | July 12, 1966 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 2 | 13 | [1] [2] [15] | |||
64 | Tony Borne | July 25, 1966 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 4 | 14 | [1] [2] | |||
65 | Waldo Von Erich | August 8, 1966 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 2 | [lower-alpha 35] | [1] [2] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from August 8, 1966 to 1967. | ||||||||||
66 | Bull Curry | 1967 | House show | N/A | 22 | [lower-alpha 36] | It is not clear who Curry defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
67 | Brute Bernard | August 1967 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 37] | [1] [2] | |||
68 | Bull Curry | September 1967 | House show | N/A | 23 | [lower-alpha 38] | [1] [2] | |||
69 | Brute Bernard | September 18, 1967 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 2 | [lower-alpha 39] | Possibly won the title on September 13, 1967 in San Antonio, Texas or title change was repeated in Fort Worth | [1] [2] | ||
70 | Louie Tillet | October 1967 | House show | Atlanta, Georgia | 3 | [lower-alpha 40] | [1] [2] | |||
71 | Fritz Von Erich | October 31, 1967 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 3 | 14 | [1] [2] | |||
72 | Spoiler #2 | November 14, 1967 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 41] | Previously known as Smasher Sloan | [1] [2] | ||
73 | Chris Markoff | April 1968 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 42] | [1] [2] | |||
74 | El Mongol | June 29, 1968 | House show | Atlanta, Georgia | 1 | 9 | [1] [2] | |||
75 | Fritz Von Erich | July 8, 1968 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 4 | [lower-alpha 43] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Vacated | July 1968 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated when Von Erich became NWA United States Heavyweight Champion. | [1] [2] | ||
76 | Kurt Von Hess | August 6, 1968 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 44] | Defeated Duke Keomuka in the finals of a 6-man tournament final to win the vacant title. | [1] [2] [5] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from August 6, 1968 to June 3, 1969. | ||||||||||
77 | Baron von Raschke | June 3, 1969 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 45] | Defeated Wahoo McDaniel in a tournament final to win the vacant title still champion as of June 17, 1969. | [1] [2] [6] | ||
78 | Bull Curry | August 22, 1969 | House show | Houston, Texas | 23 | [lower-alpha 46] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Vacated | February 1970 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] | ||
79 | Johnny Valentine | February 24, 1970 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 2 | [lower-alpha 47] | Defeated Killer Karl Kox | [1] [2] | ||
80 | The Spoiler | May 1970 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 48] | [1] [2] | |||
81 | Killer Kowalski | May 30, 1970 | House show | Houston, Texas | 1 | 17 | [1] [2] | |||
82 | Johnny Valentine | June 16, 1970 | House show | N/A | 3 | 14 | [1] [2] | |||
83 | Killer Kowalski | June 30, 1970 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 2 | 227 | [1] [2] | |||
84 | Johnny Valentine | February 12, 1971 | House show | Houston, Texas | 4 | 77 | [1] [2] | |||
85 | Toru Tanaka | April 30, 1971 | House show | Houston, Texas | 1 | 63 | [1] [2] | |||
86 | Johnny Valentine | July 2, 1971 | House show | N/A | 5 | 189 | [1] [2] | |||
87 | José Lothario | January 7, 1972 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 49] | [1] [2] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from January 7, 1972 to July 14, 1972. | ||||||||||
88 | Stan Stasiak | July 14, 1972 | House show | N/A | 2 | [lower-alpha 50] | It is not clear who Stasiak defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from July 14, 1972 to December 1972. | ||||||||||
89 | Blackjack Lanza | December 1972 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 51] | It is not clear who Lanza defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from December 1972 to May 29, 1973. | ||||||||||
90 | Blackjack Mulligan | May 29, 1973 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 45 | Won a battle royal to win the vacant championship | [1] [2] | ||
91 | José Lothario | July 13, 1973 | House show | Houston, Texas | 2 | [lower-alpha 52] | [1] [2] | |||
92 | Blackjack Lanza | October 1974 | House show | N/A | 2 | [lower-alpha 53] | [1] [2] | |||
93 | José Lothario | November 1974 | House show | N/A | 3 | [lower-alpha 54] | Sometime after November 22, 1974. | [1] [2] | ||
94 | Blackjack Lanza | December 5, 1974 | House show | Corpus Christi, Texas | 3 | 120 | [1] [2] | |||
95 | Superstar Billy Graham | April 4, 1975 | House show | Houston, Texas | 1 | 28 | [1] [2] | |||
96 | Mad Dog Vachon | May 2, 1975 | House show | N/A | 1 | 95 | [1] [2] | |||
97 | Superstar Billy Graham | August 5, 1975 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 2 | 49 | [1] [2] | |||
98 | José Lothario | September 23, 1975 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 4 | [lower-alpha 55] | Still/again champion as of July 2, 1976. | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from September 23, 1975 to 1976. | ||||||||||
99 | Davey O'Hannon | 1976 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 56] | It is not clear who O'Hannon defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from 1976 to July 7, 1977. | ||||||||||
100 | Captain USA | July 7, 1977 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 57] | It is not clear who Captain USA defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from July 7, 1977 to 1978. | ||||||||||
101 | Fritz Von Erich | N/A | House show | N/A | 5 | [lower-alpha 58] | It is not clear who Von Erich defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
102 | Killer Karl Krupp | February 3, 1978 | House show | Houston, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 59] | [1] [2] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from February 3, 1978 to 1978. | ||||||||||
103 | Mark Lewin | 1978 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 60] | It is not clear who Lewin defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
104 | Superstar Billy Graham | 1978 | House show | N/A | 3 | [lower-alpha 61] | [1] [2] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from 1978 to May 1978. | ||||||||||
105 | Killer Karl Krupp | May 1978 | House show | N/A | 2 | [lower-alpha 62] | It is not clear who Krupp defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
106 | Terry Funk | May 6, 1978 | House show | Houston, Texas | 1 | 83 | [1] [2] | |||
107 | Killer Karl Krupp | July 28, 1978 | House show | N/A | 3 | [lower-alpha 63] | [1] [2] | |||
108 | The Lawman | 1978 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 64] | [1] [2] | |||
109 | Killer Karl Krupp | August 23, 1978 | House show | Abilene, Texas | 4 | 2 | [1] [2] | |||
110 | Bruiser Brody | August 25, 1978 | House show | Houston, Texas | 1 | 14 | [1] [2] | |||
111 | Rocky Johnson | September 8, 1978 | House show | N/A | 1 | 35 | [1] [2] | |||
112 | Bruiser Brody | October 13, 1978 | House show | Houston, Texas | 2 | [lower-alpha 65] | [1] [2] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from October 13, 1978 to December 1978. | ||||||||||
113 | Bull Ramos | December 1978 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 66] | It is not clear who Ramos defeated to win the championship | [1] [2] | ||
114 | Mark Lewin | December 15, 1978 | House show | Houston, Texas | 2 | 23 | [1] [2] | |||
115 | Dusty Rhodes | January 7, 1979 | House show | Houston, Texas | 1 | 21 | [1] [2] | |||
116 | Mark Lewin | January 28, 1979 | House show | Houston, Texas | 3 | 64 | [1] [2] | |||
117 | Bruiser Brody | April 2, 1979 | House show | Ft. Worth, Texas | 3 | [lower-alpha 67] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Vacated | 1979 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] | ||
118 | Mark Lewin | May 18, 1979 | House show | Houston, Texas | 4 | 23 | Won a battle royal. | [1] [2] | ||
119 | Bruiser Brody | June 10, 1979 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 4 | 42 | [1] [2] [16] | |||
120 | Mark Lewin | July 22, 1979 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 5 | 7 | [1] [2] [17] | |||
121 | Bruiser Brody | July 29, 1979 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 5 | [lower-alpha 68] | [1] [2] | |||
122 | Toru Tanaka | 1979 | House show | N/A | 3 | [lower-alpha 69] | [1] [2] | |||
123 | Bruiser Brody | 1979 | House show | N/A | 6 | [lower-alpha 70] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Vacated | 1979 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] | ||
124 | Mark Lewin | December 1979 | House show | N/A | 6 | [lower-alpha 71] | [1] [2] | |||
125 | Dusty Rhodes | December 21, 1979 | House show | Houston, Texas | 2 | 25 | [1] [2] [18] | |||
126 | Mark Lewin | January 15, 1980 | House show | N/A | 7 | 2 | [1] [2] | |||
127 | Dusty Rhodes | January 17, 1980 | House show | Houston, Texas | 3 | 1 | [1] [2] | |||
128 | Superstar Billy Graham | January 18, 1980 | House show | Houston, Texas | 4 | [1] [2] [19] | ||||
129 | Mark Lewin | 1980 | House show | N/A | 8 | [lower-alpha 72] | [1] [2] | |||
130 | Bruiser Brody | March 14, 1980 | House show | Houston, Texas | 7 | 31 | [1] [2] | |||
131 | Toru Tanaka | April 14, 1980 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 4 | [lower-alpha 73] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Vacated | 1980 | — | — | — | — | Sometime after May 6, 1980. No documented reason given | [1] [2] | ||
132 | Stan Stasiak | August 7, 1980 | House show | Amarillo, Texas | 3 | 99 | Won a 10-man battle royal. | [1] [2] | ||
133 | Bruiser Brody | November 14, 1980 | House show | Houston, Texas | 8 | 28 | [1] [2] | |||
134 | Bugsy McGraw | December 12, 1980 | House show | Houston, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 74] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Vacated | August 1981 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from August 1981 to November 1981. | ||||||||||
135 | Ernie Ladd | November 1981 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 75] | Defeated José Lothario,, uncertain if this was a tournament final. | [1] [2] | ||
136 | José Lothario | December 25, 1981 | Christmas Star Wars | Dallas, Texas | 5 | 94 | [1] [2] | |||
137 | Bugsy McGraw | March 29, 1982 | House show | Fort Worth, Texas | 2 | [lower-alpha 76] | [1] [2] [20] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from March 29, 1982 to September 1982. | ||||||||||
138 | Bugsy McGraw | September 1982 | House show | N/A | 3 | [lower-alpha 77] | Defeated Superfly to win the championship, uncertain if this was a tournament final. | [1] [2] | ||
WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Championship | ||||||||||
139 | The Great Kabuki | January 14, 1983 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 70 | [1] [2] | |||
140 | Terry Gordy | March 25, 1983 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 78] | [1] [2] [21] | |||
141 | Chris Adams | August 1983 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 79] | [1] [2] | |||
142 | Gino Hernandez | October 1984 | House show | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 80] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Vacated | 1985 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] | ||
143 | The Great Kabuki | July 1985 | House show | N/A | 2 | [lower-alpha 81] | Won a tournament to win the vacant title. | [1] [2] | ||
WCWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship | ||||||||||
144 | Abdullah the Butcher | July 4, 1986 | Independence Day Star Wars | Dallas, Texas | 1 | [lower-alpha 82] | World Class Championship Wrestling left the NWA in February 1986. | [1] [2] [22] | ||
145 | Tony Atlas | August 1987 | House show | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1 | [lower-alpha 83] | [1] [2] | |||
— | Deactivated | 1987 | — | — | — | — | Championship was never mentioned after Atlas' win. | [1] [2] |
The NWA Brass Knuckles Championship Tournament was a one-night single elimination tournament held on August 6, 1968, for the vacant NWA Brass Knuckles Championship. [5]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Kurt Von Hess | ||||||||||||||
Grizzly Smith | ||||||||||||||
BYE | ||||||||||||||
BYE | ||||||||||||||
Dusty Rhodes | ||||||||||||||
Duke Keomuka | ||||||||||||||
Kurt Von Hess | ||||||||||||||
Duke Keomuka | ||||||||||||||
Spoiler #1 | Draw | |||||||||||||
Sky Hi McKenzie | ||||||||||||||
BYE | ||||||||||||||
BYE | ||||||||||||||
BYE | ||||||||||||||
BYE |
The NWA Brass Knuckles Championship Tournament was a one-night single elimination tournament held in Dallas, Texas on June 3, 1969, for the vacant NWA Brass Knuckles Championship. [6]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Baron Von Raschke | ||||||||||||||
Gorilla Lopez | ||||||||||||||
Baron Von Raschke | ||||||||||||||
Jose Lothario | ||||||||||||||
Mike Paidousis | ||||||||||||||
Jose Lothario | ||||||||||||||
Baron Von Raschke | ||||||||||||||
Wahoo McDaniel | ||||||||||||||
Waldo Von Erich | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Valentine | ||||||||||||||
Waldo Von Erich | ||||||||||||||
Wahoo McDaniel | ||||||||||||||
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The Florida version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary professional wrestling championship for tag teams in Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) that was used between 1961 and 1969. When the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was created in 1948, the board of directors decided to allow each NWA member to create its own local version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively, but instead determined by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
The Detroit version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was the top ranked professional wrestling championship for tag teams in the Detroit, Michigan-based promotion Big Time Wrestling, sometimes referred to as NWA Detroit, between 1965 and 1980. As a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), All-Star Wrestling was entitled to promote their own local version of the championship as the NWA bylaws did not restrict its use in the way they restricted the NWA World Heavyweight Championship to one nationally recognized championship. Because individual NWA members, referred to as NWA territories, were allowed to create their own version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship, at least 22 different versions existed between 1949 and 1991. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively, but instead is determined by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
The Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was the main professional wrestling championship for tag teams in Heart of America Sports Attractions, later known as Central States Wrestling (CSW) from 1951 to 1959, then again from 1962 to 1963 and then finally from 1973 to 1979. CSW was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), whose bylaws allowed any of their members, referred to as NWA territories, to create their own version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship that would be promoted within their territory. The Central States version was primarily defended in CSW's home town of Kansas City and during their shows across Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. As it was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers. The title was awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport. In 1957 there were at least 13 different versions of the NWA World Tag Team Championship being promoted in various NWA territories across the United States.[Championships]
The Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship was the major singles professional wrestling championship in the National Wrestling Alliance's Florida territory, Championship Wrestling Florida. It existed from 1962 until 1987, when the title was abandoned. It was revived by NWA Florida in 1996. At various times, different NWA affiliated promotions used their own regional version of the title including promotions based in Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas.
The NWA Florida Television Championship was a secondary title in Championship Wrestling from Florida. It existed from 1970 until 1987.
The WCWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship promoted by the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area–based World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA). The championship was originally created in June 1966 by WCWA's predecessor NWA Big Time Wrestling (BTW), billed as the local version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship before being renamed the NWA American Heavyweight Championship in May 1968. In 1982, Big Time Wrestling rebranded themselves as "World Class Championship Wrestling" (WCCW) and the championship was renamed the WCCW American Heavyweight Championship. In 1986 WCCW withdrew from the National Wrestling Alliance, creating the World Class Wrestling Association, replacing the WCCW American Heavyweight Championship with the WCWA Heavyweight Championship, replacing the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship as the top title recognized by the promotion. In 1989, the WCWA championship was unified with the AWA World Heavyweight Championship to become the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship as WCWA merged with the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) to become the United States Wrestling Association. In 1990 WCWA split from the USWA, but the promotion folded without determining a WCWA World Heavyweight Champion. As it is a professional wrestling championship, the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship was not won by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.
The WCWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary professional wrestling tag team championship promoted by the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area–based World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA). The championship was originally introduced as the NWA United States Tag Team Championship in 1967, when the promotion was known as NWA Big Time Wrestling. It was later renamed the NWA American Tag Team Championship in 1969. In 1982 Big Time Wrestling, changed their name to World Class Championship Wrestling and the title became the WCCW American Tag Team Championship. In 1987 WCCW became World Class Wrestling Association and the championship was rebranded as the WCWA World Tag Team Championship. In 1989 the title was won by Cactus Jack and Scott Braddock, where it was transformed into the USWA World Tag Team Championship. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match. The WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship served as the secondary tag team championship in the promotion from 1950 to 1989.
The WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship promoted by the promoted by the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area-based World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA) from 1982 until 1988. The company was known as World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) in 1982 as they introduced the WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, on occasion billed as the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship . As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.
The NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title that has existed since the 1930s. Though its exact date of creation isn't known, it is among the oldest championships used in professional wrestling today. The title has used a variety of different names over the years, which consists of initial changes to represent the various companies that have controlled the title at different times. Originally, it was simply known as the Texas Heavyweight Championship until its name was changed after the formation of the National Wrestling Alliance in 1948. For most of the title's existence, at least until the early 1990s, it was defended almost exclusively within the Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio areas of Texas. From the 1930s to the mid-1960s, these cities and the surrounding towns were within the territory operated by Ed McLemore, which was known simply as Southwest Sports, Inc. at the time. After McLemore's death, the territory came under the control of Fritz Von Erich and was renamed as Big Time Wrestling. However, the promotion would be renamed World Class Championship Wrestling in the early 1980s, which is the name the territory is best remembered under today. The championship remained an NWA affiliated title until February 1986.
The WCWA Television Championship was a secondary professional wrestling championship that was used and defended in the World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA). Originally created in 1979 as the NWA Television Championship, one of many television championships across the NWA territories, it was primarily defended on their weekly television show. At the time of its creation the championship was promoted by NWA Big Time Wrestling (BTW). BTW changed its name to "World Class Championship Wrestling" (WCCW) in 1982 and the championship became known as the WCCW Television Championship. In 1986 WCCW withdrew from the NWA and became known as the World Class Wrestling Association. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.
The WCWA Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area-based World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA) promotion from September 13, 1987 until May 1989. The championship was for wrestlers under 230 pounds (100 kg) pounds, the maximum limit of the "Light Heavyweight" division at the time. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.
The AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship was a major professional wrestling title in the Continental Wrestling Association during the 1970s and 1980s. The title is part of a long lineage that was started when the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship, in use since 1939, was renamed the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version) in 1974. The title's name changed again in 1978, when it was renamed the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship due to a partnership with the American Wrestling Association. It was also called the Mid-Southern Heavyweight Championship in Pro Wrestling Illustrated and its sister publications, in order for this title to not be confused with Championship Wrestling from Florida's version of the title.
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 WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship was the secondary professional wrestling tag team championship promoted by the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area-basedWorld Class Wrestling Association (WCWA). The championship was originally known as the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship from its creation in 1942 until 1981. The championship was revived in 1987 as the WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship, and used until 1990, when it was abandoned as WCWA was merged with the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) to become the United States Wrestling Association. The name was also used for a title by NWA Southwest from 1998 to 2011, also known as the NWA Southwest Texas Tag Team Championship. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.
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.
The NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title defended in the US states of Tennessee and Alabama. 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 Heavyweight Championship.
The SWCW Southwest Brass Knuckles Championship was a short-lived secondary title in Southwest Championship Wrestling. It lasted from 1981 until about 1983.
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.
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 in 2008.
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.