Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship

Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion	Mid-South Wrestling Association
Date established	1969
Date retired	May, 1986
Other name(s)	NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State)
Statistics Most reigns Bill Watts (7 reigns) First champion(s) Chuck Karbo Longest reign Bill Watts (626 days) Shortest reign Butch Reed (2 days) Oldest champion The Great Zimm (At least 43 years, 90 days) Youngest champion Ted DiBiase (22 years, 320 days) Heaviest champion Ernie Ladd (325 lb (147 kg; 23.2 st)) Lightest champion Terry Taylor (225 lb (102 kg; 16.1 st))

The Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship was the major singles title in the Mid-South Wrestling Association from 1979 until the promotion became the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1986. The title was retired then in favor of the UWF Heavyweight Championship. The promotion was originally a member of the National Wrestling Alliance referred to as NWA Tri-State, hence the title was originally the Tri-State version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship from 1969 to 1979.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State version)
Chuck Karbo	1	1969	Los Angeles, CA	Wins fictitious tournament
Danny Hodge	1	October 21, 1969	Little Rock, Arkansas
Chuck Karbo	2	1969	?
Tarzan Baxter	1	1969	?
The Spoiler	1	circa February 1970	?
Bill Watts	1	April 12, 1970	Tulsa, OK
Dusty Rhodes	1	May 21, 1971	Shreveport, LA
Bill Watts	2	October 1971	?
The Stomper	1	March 1972	?
Bill Watts	3	circa July 1972	?	Watts takes title to George & Florida to defend/Tri-State version vacant
Buddy Colt	1	May 7, 1974	Tampa, FL
Bob Armstrong	1	June 8, 1974	Jacksonville, FL
Buddy Colt	2	February 1975	?
Bill Watts	4	February 21, 1975	Atlanta, GA	Awarded when Colt is injured in a plane crash-unifies title with Tri-State version on 11-26-75
The Spoiler	2	November 9, 1976	Shreveport, LA
The Brute	1	November 23, 1976	?	Awarded after defending title for The Spoiler
Ted DiBiase	1	December 1976	?
The Great Zimm	1	1977	Shreveport, LA
Dick Murdoch	1	March 1, 1977	Shreveport, LA
Stan Hansen	1	May 2, 1977	Tulsa, OK
Bill Watts	5	June 20, 1977	Tulsa, OK
Dick Murdoch	2	August 4, 1977	?
Jerry Oates	1	August 1977	Albuquerque, NM
Dick Murdoch	3	November 6, 1977	Shreveport, LA
Ernie Ladd	1	February 14, 1978	Shreveport, LA
Paul Orndorff	1	May 29, 1978	Tulsa, OK
Ernie Ladd	2	June 1978	?
Paul Orndorff	2	June 1978	?
Ernie Ladd	3	August 15, 1978	?
Ray Candy	1	November 17, 1978	Shreveport, LA
Ernie Ladd	4	December 25, 1978	New Orleans, LA (wins by forfeit)
Mr. Wrestling II	1	February 16, 1979	Atlanta, GA
Renamed Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship
Mike George	1	September 5, 1979	Shreveport, LA
Bill Watts	6	December 4, 1979	Baton Rouge, LA
Mike George	2	December 6, 1979	?	Title returned
Ted DiBiase	2	February 1, 1980	Shreveport, LA
The Grappler	1	September 19, 1980	Shreveport, LA
Jake Roberts	1	June 1981	?
Paul Orndorff	3	July 4, 1981	New Orleans, LA
Ted DiBiase	3	November 1, 1981	Lake Charles, LA
Bob Roop	1	March 17, 1982	Shreveport, LA
Junkyard Dog	1	June 21, 1982	New Orleans, LA
Ted DiBiase	4	June 23, 1982	Shreveport, LA
Stagger Lee (Junkyard Dog)	2	November 25, 1982	New Orleans, LA	JYD lost loser-leaves-town for 90 days match & returned as masked Stagger Lee
Vacated		February 1983		Vacant when Junkyard Dog returns from 90 days unmasked
Junkyard Dog	3	April 16, 1983	New Orleans, LA	Defeats Mr. Olympia
Butch Reed	1	July 16, 1983	New Orleans, LA
Magnum T.A.	1	October 12, 1983	Shreveport, LA
Nikolai Volkoff	1	October 24, 1983	New Orleans, LA
Butch Reed	2	October 24, 1983	New Orleans, LA	Title returned after Magnum's victory is reversed
Junkyard Dog	4	October 26, 1983	Shreveport, LA
Mr. Wrestling II	2	March 12, 1984	New Orleans, LA
Magnum T.A.	2	May 13, 1984	Tulsa, OK
Ernie Ladd	5	October 16, 1984	Shreveport, LA
Brad Armstrong	1	December 5, 1984	Shreveport, LA
Ted DiBiase	5	January 16, 1985	Shreveport, LA
Terry Taylor	1	March 13, 1985	Shreveport, LA
The Nightmare	1	May 22, 1985	Shreveport, LA
Dick Murdoch	4	August 10, 1985	New Orleans, LA
Butch Reed	3	October 14, 1985	New Orleans, LA
Dick Slater	1	January 1, 1986	Tulsa, OK
Held Up		January 31, 1986		Held up after match against Jake Roberts
Jake Roberts	2	February 14, 1986	Houston, TX (wins rematch)
Dick Slater	2	February 23, 1986	Oklahoma City, OK
Hacksaw Jim Duggan	1	March 16, 1986	Oklahoma City, OK	Defeats Buzz Sawyer, who was defending for Slater
Title retired		May 1986		Mid-South Wrestling Association becomes the UWF
Tri-State version while Watts was in Georgia/Florida
Tank Morgan	1	November 12, 1973	Shreveport, LA	Defeats Dewey Robertson in tournament final
Rip Tyler	1	February 11, 1974	Shreveport, LA
Bull Ramos	1	April 1974	?
Arman Hussein	1	July 29, 1974	Shreveport, LA
Skandor Akbar	1	December 1974	Shreveport, LA
Danny Miller	1	May 14, 1975	Jackson, MS
Dick Murdoch	1 (5 total)	June 5, 1975	New Orleans, LA
Killer Karl Kox	1	October 28, 1975	Shreveport, LA
Bill Watts	1 (7 total)	November 26, 1975	Jackson, MS	Unifies both versions

See also

• Universal Wrestling Federation
• UWF Heavyweight Championship
• Georgia Championship Wrestling
• Florida Championship Wrestling