Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship

Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion	Mid-South Wrestling Association
Date established	October 16, 1964
Date retired	1983
Other name(s)	NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Championship (Gulf Coast) NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State)
Statistics Most reigns Bobby Fields (7 reigns) First champion(s) Bobby Fields Longest reign Bobby Fields (270 days) Shortest reign Don Carson & Eddie Sullivan (7 days)

The Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship was a secondary professional wrestling championship that was used and defended from 1964 though 1983. Initially, the championship originated in the NWA affiliated Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling. During this time, it was referred to as the NWA Gulf Coast Louisiana Heavyweight Championship until 1972. Beginning in '72, the title was used in the NWA affiliated NWA Tri-State then was called the NWA Tri-State Louisiana Heavyweight Championship from 1972 until 1979. In 1979, however, wrestler and promoter "Cowboy" Bill Watts purchased the Tri-State territory and renamed it Mid-South Wrestling Association. Although Watts kept close ties with the NWA for purpose of having access to wrestling talent, he withdrew Mid-South from the NWA and, as a result, renamed all of the promotion's championships accordingly.

Title history

Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
NWA Gulf Coast Louisiana Championship
Bobby Fields	1	October 16, 1964	Lafayette, LA	Defeats Terry Garvin in tournament final
Sputnik Monroe	1	July 13, 1965	Baton Rouge, LA
Bobby Fields	2	September 21, 1965	Baton Rouge, LA
Danny McShain	1	October 22, 1965	Lafayette, LA
Bobby Fields	3	December 3, 1965	Lafayette, LA
Jack Dalton	1	February 17, 1966	Lafayette, LA
Bobby Fields	4	May 17, 1966	Baton Rouge, LA
Don Carson	1	July 12, 1966	Baton Rouge, LA
Bobby Fields	5	July 19, 1966	Baton Rouge, LA
Don Carson	2	August 2, 1966	Baton Rouge, LA
Ken Lucas	1	October 5, 1966	Alexandria, LA
Jack Dalton	2	November 1, 1966	Baton Rouge, LA
Danny Little Bear	1	February 3, 1967	Lafayette, LA
Ken Lucas	2	March 31, 1967	Lafayette, LA
Stripped				Stripped for no defense
Pepe Perez	1	July 25, 1967	?	Awarded
Jack Dalton	3	October 10, 1967	Baton Rouge, LA
Bobby Fields	6	November 28, 1967	Baton Rouge, LA
Don Carson	3	December 12, 1967	Baton Rouge, LA
Bob Kelly	1	December 29, 1967	Lafayette, LA
Eddie Sullivan	1	January 23, 1968	Baton Rouge, LA
Frank Dalton	1	January 30, 1968	Baton Rouge, LA
Bobby Fields	7	February 6, 1968	Baton Rouge, LA
Vacant		March 1, 1968		Gulf Coast stops promoting in Louisiana
Jack Brisco	1	1960s	?
Renamed NWA Tri-State Louisiana Championship
Don Duffy	1	circa 1972	?
Assassin #1	1	April 27, 1978	Baton Rouge, LA	Wins tournament
Jose Lothario	1	September 20, 1978	Monroe, LA
Assassin #1	2	October 14, 1978	Shreveport, LA
Jerry Stubbs	1	December 25, 1978	New Orleans, LA
Mike George	1	April 21, 1979	New Orleans, LA
Renamed Mid-South Louisiana Championship
Ernie Ladd	1	January 18, 1980	Shreveport, LA
Junkyard Dog	1	March 14, 1980	Shreveport, LA
Terry Gordy	1	May 2, 1980	Shreveport, LA
Junkyard Dog	2	1980	Louisiana
Vacated		1980		JYD injured by the Fabulous Freebirds
Ken Mantell	1	July 25, 1980	Shreveport, LA	Defeats Wahoo McDaniel in tournament final
Johnny Mantell	1	1980		Defends the title for his brother Ken
Jake Roberts	1	1980	Louisiana
Ernie Ladd	2	January 16, 1981	Shreveport, LA
Jimmy Garvin	1	March 1981	Shreveport, LA
Super Destroyer	1	May 1, 1981	Louisiana
Bob Roop	1	July 22, 1981	Shreveport, LA
Great Kabuki	1	October 1981	Shreveport, LA
Junkyard Dog	3	December 7, 1981	New Orleans, LA
Vacated		June 1982		JYD wins North American Title
Killer Khan	1	July 6, 1982	Baton Rouge, LA
Mike Sharpe	1	September 1982	Shreveport, LA
Hacksaw Jim Duggan	1	November 1982	Shreveport, LA
Title Retired		1983		Title abandoned

See also

• Universal Wrestling Federation

External links

• Louisiana Heavyweight title history