NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship

The New Zealand version of the NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling regional heavyweight championship recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance and competed for by wrestlers in the Australasian region. It was largely defended in New Zealand's Dominion Wrestling Union from around 1938 to 1951 and in All Star Pro Wrestling from 1964 to 1968. The earliest-known champion was New Zealand wrestler Lofty Blomfield who defended the title until losing it to American wrestler Ray Steele in Auckland on December 12, 1938. Peter Maivia and Steve Rickard feuded over the title during the mid-1960s with Maivia regaining the title in 1968 shortly before it was abandoned. Much of the title's history is unknown, however, there were 7 officially recognized champions during the three decades it was defended.^[1]

Title history

#	Order in reign history
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event	The event in which the title was won
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Reigns

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
01 !1	Lofty Blomfield !Lofty Blomfield	01 !1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Earliest known champion.	[1]
02 !2	Ray Steele !Ray Steele	01 !1	01938-12-10 December 10, 1938	N/A	Auckland !Auckland, New Zealand	Live event !Live event		[1]
2.5 !—	Unknown !N/A	zz !—	1938-1951	zz !—	N/A	N/A	Title history is unrecorded.	[1]
03 !3	Ken Kenneth !Ken Kenneth	01 !1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		[1][2]
04 !4	Al Costello !Al Costello	01 !1	1951	N/A	N/A	N/A		[1]
4.5 !—	Unknown !N/A	zz !—	1951-1964	zz !—	N/A	N/A	Title history is unrecorded.	[1]
05 !5	Kangaroo Kennedy !Kangaroo Kennedy	01 !1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		[1][3][4][5]
06 !6	Peter Maivia !Peter Maivia	02 !2	1964	N/A	Auckland !Auckland, New Zealand	Live event !Live event		[1][3][4][5]
07 !7	Steve Rickard !Steve Rickard	01 !1	1968	N/A	N/A	Live event !Live event		[1][3][4][5]
08 !8	Peter Maivia !Peter Maivia	02 !2	1968	&10000000000000192000000192	Auckland !Auckland	Live event !Live event		[1][4][5]
8.5 !—	Deactivated !Deactivated	zz !—	1968	zz !—	N/A	N/A	The title is abandoned.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} "Australasian Heavyweight Title (New Zealand)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nz/allstar/ausa-h.html. Retrieved 8 July 2010. 
2. ^ "Keeps Title". Sydney Morning Herald. November 25, 1950. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gAERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DpMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3507,4814140&dq=australasian-heavyweight-title&hl=en. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Slagle, Steve (2000). "High Chief Peter Maivia". Photos & Bios: The Stories Behind the Stars. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/petermaivia2.html. Retrieved 8 July 2010. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Hunter, Ian (February 27, 2008). "Torch Trivia: Test your knowledge - and learn new things - about latest WWE Hall of Fame entrants". Torch Trivia. Pro Wrestling Torch. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Torch_Trivia_27/article_24675.shtml. Retrieved 26 July 2010. 
5. ^ ^{a b c d} Hunter, Ian (March 5, 2008). "Torch Trivia: Test your knowledge - and learn new things - about WrestleMania history". Torch Trivia. Pro Wrestling Torch. http://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Torch_Trivia_27/article_24749.shtml. Retrieved 26 July 2010.