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NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship Details Current champion(s) None Promotion None Date established October 5, 1962 Other name(s) - NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship
Statistics Most reigns Dick Dunn (8 reigns) First champion(s) Jan Madrid Longest reign Dick Dunn (1,067 days) Shortest reign Billy Boy Hines (Less than one day) The NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship was created in October, 1962. Since its creation, the championship has been defended in a number of NWA territories throughout the decades.
Initially, the title was a part of Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (GCCW) and later Southeastern Championship Wrestling (SCW), which became Continental Championship Wrestling (CCW) in 1985. It is unclear exactly when the championship moved to SCW/CCW, however it was sometime between December 1977 and November 1980. The title stayed there until CCW left the NWA to join the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1988[1].
The championship was then shortly picked up by Alabama Pro Wrestling (APW, now NWA Xtreme) as its major title in May 2001. The title then became again inactive in November 2002, when APW created its own Heavyweight Championship.
Contents
Title history
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
See also
- National Wrestling Alliance
- Southeastern/Continental Championship Wrestling
External links
References
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes: Jan Madrid 1 October 5, 1962 Dothan, Alabama Defeated Don Field in a tournament final to become the first champion. Don Field 1 December 14, 1962 Dothan, Alabama Vacated and inactive August 3, 1963 Title vacated when Field is in a career-ending automobile accident. Ken Lucas 1 May 14, 1969 Mobile, Alabama Defeated Dick Steinborn in a tournament final to win the vacant title. Black Hand 1 July 16, 1969 Mobile, Alabama Ken Lucas 2 July 23, 1969 Mobile, Alabama Rocket Monroe 1 August 27, 1969 Mobile, Alabama Bob Boyer 1 September 24, 1969 Mobile, Alabama Billy Boy Hines 1 November 12, 1969 Mobile, Alabama Stripped November 21, 1969 Dothan, Alabama Billy Boy Hines 2 November 21, 1969 Dothan, Alabama Title was awarded. Rocket Monroe 2 November 21, 1969 Dothan, Alabama Dick Dunn 1 January 2, 1970 Dothan, Alabama The Wrestling Pro 1 December 1972 Dothan, Alabama Rick Gibson 1 December 29, 1972 Dothan, Alabama The Wrestling Pro 2 January 12, 1973 Dothan, Alabama Ken Lucas 3 January 19, 1973 Dothan, Alabama Eddie Sullivan 1 June 16, 1973 New Brocton, Alabama Dick Dunn 2 August 17, 1973 Dothan, Alabama Duke Miller 1 November 23, 1973 Dothan, Alabama Dick Dunn 3 January 4, 1974 Dothan, Alabama The Wrestling Pro 3 January 25, 1974 Dothan, Alabama Ken Lucas 4 April 6, 1974 New Brocton, Alabama Duke Miller 2 October 5, 1974 New Brocton, Alabama Ken Lucas 5 October 19, 1974 New Brocton, Alabama Randy Tyler 1 December 7, 1974 Dothan, Alabama Dick Dunn 4 February 22, 1975 New Brocton, Alabama Rip Tyler 1 March 28, 1975 Dothan, Alabama Dick Dunn 5 April 11, 1975 Dothan, Alabama J.C. Dykes 1 May 9, 1975 Dothan, Alabama Dick Dunn 6 May 30, 1975 Dothan, Alabama Defeated The Mighty Yankee. Don Duffy 1 June 20, 1975 Dothan, Alabama Dick Dunn 7 August 15, 1975 Dothan, Alabama Bill Malone 1 September 25, 1975 New Brocton, Alabama Ken Lucas 6 October 28, 1975 Mobile, Alabama Duke Miller 3 December 13, 1975 New Brocton, Alabama Rick Gibson 2 March 30, 1976 Mobile, Alabama Vacated Title vacated when Gibson leaves GCCW. Greg Peterson 1 August 20, 1976 Title was awarded. The Wrestling Pro 4 October 22, 1976 Ozark, Alabama Greg Peterson 2 November 5, 1976 Dothan, Alabama The Wrestling Pro 5 November 12, 1976 Dothan, Alabama Bob Kelly 1 November 19, 1976 Dothan, Alabama The Wrestling Pro 6 November 23, 1976 Mobile, Alabama Dick Dunn 8 November 26, 1976 Dothan, Alabama Rip Tyler 2 December 3, 1976 Dothan, Alabama Sonny King 1 March 11, 1977 Dothan, Alabama The Blue Yankee 1 June 11, 1977 New Brocton, Alabama Johnny Eagles 1 July 15, 1977 Dothan, Alabama Billy Spears 1 December 3, 1977 New Brocton, Alabama Ricky Fields 1 December 9, 1977 Dothan, Alabama Billy Spears 2 1978 Ricky Fields 2 April 1978 Bob Armstrong 1 November 1980 Won a tournament. Rufus R. Jones 1 Ken Lucas 7 1981 Bob Armstrong 2 March 9, 1981 Birmingham, Alabama Defeated Mr. Saito. Mr. Saito 1 March 1981 Dennis Condrey 1 1981 Bob Armstrong 3 1981 Dennis Condrey 2 1981 Jacques Rougeau 1 1981 Jerry Stubbs 1 1981 George Wells 1 1981 Jimmy Golden 1 1981 Ray Candy 1 August 1981 Mr. Saito 2 Ron Fuller 1 Jimmy Golden 2 January 1982 Terry Gordy 1 April 11, 1982 Jos LeDuc 1 May 1982 Austin Idol 1 1982 Wayne Farris 1 September 11, 1982 Dothan, Alabama Mr. Olympia (Jerry Stubbs) 2 January 1983 Norman Frederick Charles 1 March 1983 Tom Jones 1 March 1983 The Flame 1 March 1983 Rick Gibson 3 May 1983 Rick Harris 1 July 1983 Buck Robley 1 July 1983 Rick Harris 2 July 1983 Mr. Olympia/Jerry Stubbs 3 August 1983 Unmasked after losing a mask vs. mask match to Super Olympia. Charlie Cook 1 January 9, 1984 Birmingham, Alabama Vic Rain 1 April 9, 1984 Birmingham, Alabama Rick McGraw 1 May 28, 1984 Birmingham, Alabama Boris Zhukov 1 August 13, 1984 Birmingham, Alabama Porkchop Cash 1 September 1984 Lord Humongous
(Jeff Van Kamp)1 November 28, 1984 Birmingham, Alabama Johnny Rich 1 1985 Lord Humongous 2 1985 Austin Idol 2 March 4, 1985 Lord Humongous 3 April 7, 1985 Dothan, Alabama Ron Fuller 2 June 17, 1985 Bob Armstrong 4 July 1985 Vacated 1985 Title vacated after Armstrong is injured. Roberto Soto 1 September 20, 1985 Mobile, Alabama Defeated The Flame in a tournament final to win the vacant title. Jerry Stubbs 4 February 24, 1986 Birmingham, Alabama Vacated 1986 Wendell Cooley 1 September 15, 1986 Birmingham, Alabama Defeated Jerry Stubbs in a tournament final to win the vacant title. Tony Anthony 1 November 10, 1986 Birmingham, Alabama Wendell Cooley 2 November 28, 1986 Oxford, Alabama Tony Anthony 2 December 1986 Wendell Cooley 3 January 12, 1987 Birmingham, Alabama Vacated February 1987 Mike Golden 1 April 1987 Billed as champion on arrival to CCW. Mr. Wrestling II 1 April 26, 1987 Birmingham, Alabama Mike Golden 2 June 14, 1987 Marietta, Georgia The Bullet (Bob Armstrong) 5 June 22, 1987 Birmingham, Alabama Won the title in a tag team match with Scott Armstrong against Golden and Tom Prichard. Tony Anthony 3 October 19, 1987 Birmingham, Alabama Tom Prichard 1 October 26, 1987 Birmingham, Alabama Moondog Spot 1 January 3, 1988 Birmingham, Alabama Ranger Ross 1 January 1988 Jonathan Boyd 1 January 11, 1988 Birmingham, Alabama Tom Prichard 2 February 15, 1988 Birmingham, Alabama Tony Anthony 4 March 28, 1988 Birmingham, Alabama Abandoned 1988 Title abandoned when CCW leaves the NWA to join the AWA. John Dalton 1 May 4, 2001 Cornelia, Georgia Defeated Rick Michaels and Robert The Star to win the title on an NWA Wildside card after it is revived by Alabama Pro Wrestling. Abandoned November 2002 Title abandoned when APW creates its own Heavyweight Championship. Categories:- National Wrestling Alliance championships
- Heavyweight wrestling championships
- State heavyweight wrestling championships
- National Wrestling Alliance state heavyweight wrestling championships
- Regional professional wrestling championships
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