NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Amarillo version)

The Amarillo version of the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship was a secondary championship that was defended in Dory Funk, Sr.'s NWA Western States Sports promotion based in Amarillo, Texas.^[1] Originally created in August 1964, the title was used briefly before being abandoned. It was reactivated three years later and was defended sproadically until the promotion closed in 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 America, with some of the more prominent ones being Fritz Von Erich's World Class Championship Wrestling and Eddie Graham's Championship Wrestling from Florida.

Wrestler	Reigns	Date	Location	Notes
Louie Tillet	1	August 24, 1964	Unknown	Title is vacated at an unknown time. Tillet and The Lawman (Don Slatton) wrestle for the vacant title on September 14, 1967 in Amarillo, TX but the match ends as a no contest.
The Lawman	1	September 28, 1967	Amarillo, Texas	Defeats Thunderbolt Patterson for the vacated title.
Thunderbolt Patterson	1	October 5, 1967	Amarillo, Texas	N/A
Dr. Blood	1	Unknown	Unknown	It is believed he won the title after November 2, 1967
Thunderbolt Patterson	2	January 18, 1968	Unknown	N/A
Kurt Von Brauner	1	February 29, 1968	Amarillo, Texas	N/A
Larry Hennig	1	March 6, 1968	Lubbock, Texas	Title is vacated sometime after March 18, 1968 and May 1968
Kurt Von Brauner	2	May, 1968	Unknown	N/A
Thunderbolt Patterson	3	May 30, 1968	Amarillo, Texas	N/A
Pat Patterson	1	July 18, 1968	Amarillo, Texas	N/A
Dory Funk, Sr.	1	November 28, 1968	Amarillo, Texas	Title is vacated sometime after the win and isn't used for most of 1969.
The Lawman	2	December, 1969	Unknown	N/A
Dick Murdoch	1	January 1, 1970	Amarillo, Texas	Title is vacated soon afterward.
Apache Bull Ramos	1	August, 1970	Unknown	N/A
Bob Griffin	1	August 27, 1970	Amarillo, Texas	N/A
Thunderbolt Patterson	4	October 15, 1970	Amarillo, Texas	N/A
Dory Funk, Sr.	2	November 19, 1970	Amarillo, Texas	Vacates sometime prior to 1971 and isn't used the entire year.
Dick Murdoch	2	February, 1972	Unknown	N/A
Bobby Duncum, Sr.	1	March 2, 1972	Unknown	N/A
Dick Murdoch	3	July, 1972	Unknown	N/A
Terry Funk	1	July 13, 1972	Amarillo, Texas	N/A
Ciclon Negro	1	February 11, 1973	Unknown	N/A
Ricky Romero	1	October 4, 1973	Amarillo, Texas	N/A
Killer Karl Krupp	1	November 1, 1973	Amarillo, Texas	N/A
Killer Karl Kox	1	December 13, 1973	Amarillo, Texas	Vacates title sometime later
Ray Stevens	1	July, 1975	Unknown	N/A
Johnny Starr	1	July 30, 1975	Lubbock, Texas	Wins by forfeit when Stevens no-shows
Ray Stevens	2	July 31, 1975	Amarillo, Texas	N/A
The Lawman	3	September, 1975	Unknown	N/A
Ray Stevens	3	October 1, 1975	Unknown	N/A
Hank James	1	April, 1976	Unknown	N/A
Dennis Stamp	1	June, 1976	Unknown	N/A
Dory Funk, Jr.	1	September 3, 1976	Lubbock, Texas	N/A
Dennis Stamp	2	September 9. 1976	Lubbock, Texas	N/A
Dory Funk, Jr.	2	September, 1976	Unknown	N/A
Dennis Stamp	3	September 30, 1976	Lubbock, Texas	N/A
Ciclon Negro	2	March, 1977	Unknown	N/A
Terry Funk	2	October, 1977	Unknown	N/A
Mr. Pogo	1	June 15, 1978	Amarillo, Texas	N/A
El Mongol	1	June, 1979	Unknown	N/A
Stan Stasiak	1	August 8, 1980	Amarillo, Texas	Wins a tournament for the vacated title. Title is abandoned when the promotion closes in 1981.

References

1. ^ NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Amarillo)