- NWA Texas Hardcore Championship
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NWA Texas Hardcore Championship Details Promotion NWA Southwest Date established March 6, 1953 Date retired April 15, 2001 Other name(s) - NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas)
- WCWA Brass Knuckles Championship
- NWA Brass Knuckles Championship
Statistics Most reigns "Wild" Bull Curry (20 reigns) First champion(s) "Wild" Bull Curry Longest reign "Wild" Bull Curry
(421 days)Shortest reign Don Evans, The Golden Giant, and Mark Lewin
(7 days)Heaviest champion Abdullah the Butcher (430 lb (200 kg; 31 st)) Lightest champion Mark Lewin (220 lb (100 kg; 16 st)) The NWA Texas Hardcore Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance. For most of its existence, however, the title served as the Texas territorial version of the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship and was used in matches in which brass knuckles were worn by the combatants.
The title was known by its original name from its inception in 1953 through 1999, and was defended primarily in the Dallas, Texas as part of Southwest Sports, Inc.. It continued to be used after the promotion changed its name to Big Time Wrestling and, finally, World Class Championship Wrestling as were the NWA Texas Heavyweight and Texas Tag Team Championships. In 1987, a year after WCCW left the NWA and became the World Class Wrestling Association, the title was abandoned.
The Texas Brass Knuckles Championship was revived by the NWA in June 1998, and was renamed the NWA Texas Hardcore Championship on April 1, 1999. Finally, the title was abandoned on April 15, 2001.[1]
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Title history
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes: NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version) Bull Curry 1 March 6, 1953 Houston, Texas Defeated Danny McShain to become the first champions. Danny Savich 1 October 1953 Rito Romero 1 1954 Joe Christie 1 September 1954 Johnny Valentine 1 1954 Joe Christie 2 October 15, 1954 Houston, Texas Bull Curry 2 Danny McShain 1 February 10, 1956 Houston, Texas Bull Curry 3 1956 Don Evans 1 March 19, 1956 Fort Worth, Texas Bull Curry 4 March 26, 1956 Fort Worth, Texas El Medíco 1 November 23, 1956 Houston, Texas Don Leo Jonathan 1 April 19, 1957 Houston, Texas Defeated Pepper Gomez. Bull Curry 5 March 1958 Fritz Von Erich 1 April 15, 1958 Dallas, Texas Bull Curry 6 1958 Stu Gibson 1 July 14, 1958 Fort Worth, Texas Bill Longson 1 August 5, 1958 Dallas, Texas Defeated Fritz Von Erich. Vacated 1958 Joe Christie 3 January 6, 1959 Dallas, Texas Defeated Danny McShain, Tosh Togo and Al Costello in a tournament to win the vacant title. Bull Curry 7 April 7, 1959 Dallas, Texas Golden Giant 1 June 9, 1959 Dallas, Texas The Zebra Kid 1 June 16, 1959 Dallas, Texas Danny McShain 2 October 1959 Mike DiBiase 1 1959 Vacated December 1959 Danny McShain 3 December 11, 1959 Houston, Texas Defeated Mr. Moto Tony Borne 1 June 13, 1960 Fort Worth, Texas Defeated Bull Curry Bull Curry 8 January 1961 Stu Gibson 2 1961 Waldo Von Erich 1 August 1961 Bull Curry 9 March 1962 Jack Dalton 1 March 12, 1962 Dallas, Texas Bull Curry 10 March 20, 1962 Dallas, Texas Tony Borne 2 December 10, 1962 Fort Worth, Texas Bull Curry 11 January 21, 1963 Fort Worth, Texas Rock Hunter 1 1963 Fort Worth, Texas Bull Curry 12 February 25, 1963 Fort Worth, Texas Louie Tillet 1 March 18, 1963 Fort Worth, Texas Bull Curry 13 May 16, 1963 Houston, Texas Defeated Jack Dalton Bill Miller 1 September 1963 Bull Curry 14 November 15, 1963 Dallas, Texas Defeated Louie Tillet Bull Curry 15 1964 Killer Karl Kox 1 July 31, 1964 Houston, Texas Bull Curry 16 August 1964 Killer Karl Kox 2 1964 Tony Borne 3 October 26, 1964 Fort Worth, Texas Bull Curry 17 November 30, 1964 Fort Worth, Texas Defeated The Wrecker (Frank Shields) Killer Karl Kox 3 February 21, 1965 Bull Curry 18 May 17, 1965 Fort Worth, Texas Louie Tillet 2 July 12, 1966 Dallas, Texas Tony Borne 4 July 25, 1966 Fort Worth, Texas Waldo Von Erich 2 August 8, 1966 Fort Worth, Texas Bull Curry 19 1967 Brute Bernard 1 August 1967 Bull Curry 20 September 1967 Brute Bernard 2 September 18, 1967 Fort Worth, Texas Louie Tillet 3 October 1967 Tillet defended the title in Atlanta, Georgia Spoiler #1 1 Chris Markoff 1 April 1968 Dallas, Texas Fritz Von Erich 2 July 8, 1968 Fort Worth, Texas Title vacated 1968 Title vacated and becomes a World Class Championship Wrestling title. Kurt Von Hess 1 August 6, 1968 Defeated Duke Keomuka in a tournament final to win the vacant title. Title vacated Baron Von Raschke 1 June 3, 1969 Dallas, Texas Defeated Wahoo McDaniel in a tournament final to win the vacant title. Killer Kowalski 1 November 1970 Johnny Valentine 2 July 1971 Jose Lothario 1 March 1972 Stan Stasiak 1 July 14, 1972 Blackjack Lanza 1 December 1972 Blackjack Lanza 2 October 1974 Defeated Jose Lothario. Mad Dog Vachon 1 July 1975 Billy Graham 1 August 5, 1975 Dallas, Texas Jose Lothario 2 September 23, 1975 Dallas, Texas Davey O'Hannon 1 1976 Fritz Von Erich 3 Killer Karl Krupp 1 February 3, 1978 Houston, Texas Mark Lewin 1 1978 Billy Graham 2 1978 Killer Karl Krupp 2 August 23, 1978 Abilene, Texas Defeated The Lawman. Bruiser Brody 1 August 25, 1979 Houston, Texas Rocky Johnson 1 October 1978 Dusty Rhodes 1 January 1979 Mark Lewin 2 January 28, 1979 Houston, Texas Bruiser Brody 2 June 10, 1979 Dallas, Texas Mark Lewin 3 July 22, 1979 Dallas, Texas Bruiser Brody 3 July 29, 1979 Dallas, Texas Toru Tanaka 1 1979 Bruiser Brody 4 1979 Title vacated 1979 Dusty Rhodes 2 December 21, 1979 Houston, Texas Defeated Mark Lewin. Mark Lewin 4 January 1980 Billy Graham 3 January 18, 1980 Houston, Texas Mark Lewin 5 1980 Bruiser Brody 5 March 14, 1980 Houston, Texas Toru Tanaka 2 April 14, 1980 Fort Worth, Texas Title vacated 1980 Stan Stasiak 2 July 1980 Bruiser Brody 6 November 14, 1980 Houston, Texas Bugsy McGraw 1 December 12, 1980 Houston, Texas Title vacated August 1981 Ernie Ladd 1 November 1981 Defeated Jose Lothario. Jose Lothario 3 December 25, 1981 Dallas, Texas Bugsy McGraw 2 March 29, 1982 Fort Worth, Texas Bugsy McGraw 3 September 1982 Defeated Superfly. The Great Kabuki 1 January 14, 1983 Dallas, Texas Terry Gordy 1 March 25, 1983 Dallas, Texas Chris Adams 1 August 1983 Gino Hernandez 1 October 1984 Title vacated 1985 The Great Kabuki 2 July 1985 Won a tournament to win the vacant title. WCWA Brass Knuckles Championship Abdullah the Butcher 1 July 4, 1986 Dallas, Texas World Class Championship Wrestling leaves the NWA in February 1986. Tony Atlas 1 August 1987 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Title abandoned 1987 NWA Brass Knuckles Championship Khrusher Kong 1 June 2, 1998 Denton, Texas Defeated Perry Jackson in a tournament final to win the title after it is revived by the NWA. Eclipse 1 August 14, 1998 North Richland Hills, Texas Defeated Awesome Kong to win the title. Nitetrain C. Crane October 1998 North Richland Hills Title awarded to Nitetrain C. Crane when Eclipse fails to appear for a title defense. Super T 1 October 9, 1998 North Richland Hills Defeated Nitetrain C. Crane to win the title. Cedric of Hollywood 1 January 22, 1999 North Richland Hills, Texas Jimmy James 1 February 26, 1999 North Richland Hills, Texas Title renamed NWA Texas Hardcore Championship on April 1, 1999. NWA Texas Hardcore Championship Canyon 1 April 9, 1999 North Richland Hills, Texas Jimmy James 2 June 10, 1999 North Richland Hills, Texas The New Dr. X 1 October 1, 1999 North Richland Hills, Texas Canyon 2 November 26, 1999 North Richland Hills, Texas Necro Butcher 1 February 18, 2000 North Richland Hills, Texas Convict 00187 1 March 3, 2000 North Richland Hills, Texas Necro Butcher 2 April 1, 2000 Blue Mound, Texas Abdullah the Butcher 2 April 14, 2000 North Richland Hills, Texas Title vacated May 2000 Abdullah was stripped of the title. Necro Butcher 3 May 26, 2000 North Richland Hills, Texas Defeated Canyon to win the vacant title. Mr. Mayhem 1 October 15, 2000 Nashville, Tennessee Necro Butcher 4 November 24, 2000 North Richland Hills, Texas Beast 1 February 23, 2001 North Richland Hills, Texas Convict 00187 2 March 16, 2001 North Richland Hills, Texas Defeated Beast and Necro Butcher in a three-way match. Title abandoned April 15, 2001 Title abandoned when the NWA Texas hardcore division is discontinued. See also
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Categories:- National Wrestling Alliance championships
- World Class Championship Wrestling championships
- Hardcore wrestling championships
- Regional professional wrestling championships
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