- NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship
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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship Details Current champion(s) Will Owens Date won March 10, 2011 Promotion NWA Main Event Date established May 1957 Statistics Most reigns Dutch Mantell (13 reigns) First champion(s) "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers Longest reign Lee Condry (645 days)As of January 18, 2009 Shortest reign Dutch Mantel (Less than 1 hour) Oldest champion Tojo Yamamoto (At least 52 years) Youngest champion Tommy Rich (At least 20 years, 98 days) Heaviest champion Big Bubba (385 lb (175 kg)) The NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title defended in the US states of Tennessee and Alabama.
The title began in 1957 and lasted first 1980 when it was first abandoned when Jerry Jarrett took over the Mid-American titles from Nick Gulas. Jarrett revived it in 1981, making it a part of the Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association, and it then lasted until 1987 when it was unified with the newly-created CWA (now renamed Championship Wrestling Association) Heavyweight Championship[1].
The NWA revived the title in 2001 for the NWA Main Event promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee, where it is currently defended.
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Title history
Mid-America / CWA
Silver marks in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
NLT — No later thanWrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes: Buddy Rogers 1 NLT May 1957 Mighty Atlas 1 NLT April 1958 Tor Yamata 1 April 24, 1958 Chattanooga, Tennessee Len Rossi 1 NLT July 1971 Tony Charles 1 NLT June 1972 Don Kent 1 NLT October 1974 Jackie Fargo 1 January 4, 1975 Chattanooga, Tennessee Don Kent 2 January 1975 Luke Graham 1 February 5, 1975 Nashville, Tennessee Don Kent 3 April 1975 Luke Graham 2 May 7, 1975 Nashville, Tennessee Harley Race 1 1975 Magnificent Zulu 1 NLT September 1975 Harley Race 2 September 9, 1975 Memphis, Tennessee Jackie Fargo 2 NLT December 1975 Dick Steinborn 1 NLT March 1976 Roger Kirby 1 NLT June 1976 Bob Armstrong 1 August 14, 1976 Chattanooga, Tennessee Big Bad John 1 September 1976 Bob Armstrong 2 September 25, 1976 Chattanooga, Tennessee Roger Kirby 2 October 1976 Tommy Rich 1 NLT November 1976 Russian Stomper 1 January 1977 Ken Lucas 1 February 13, 1977 Chattanooga, Tennessee The Executioner 1 April 15, 1977 Huntsville, Alabama Jackie Fargo 3 May 28, 1977 Chattanooga, Tennessee Title vacated in 1977 when Fargo was injured. Lanny Poffo 1 October 9, 1977 Chattanooga, Tennessee Defeated Dennis Hall in a tournament final to win the vacant title. Don Kent 4 December 10, 1977 Chattanooga, Tennessee Randy Savage 1 January 3, 1978 Birmingham, Alabama Dutch Mantel 1 March 26, 1978 Chattanooga, Tennessee Don Garfield (Don Fargo) 1 May 21, 1978 Chattanooga, Tennessee Dutch Mantel 2 May 28, 1978 Chattanooga, Tennessee Whipper Watson, Jr. 1 July 12, 1978 Nashville, Tennessee Dutch Mantel 3 July 22, 1978 Chattanooga, Tennessee Blue Yankee 1 August 12, 1978 Chattanooga, Tennessee Title vacated in September 1978 after a match against Dutch Mantel. Mexican Angel 1 September 20, 1978 Nashville, Tennessee Won a 13-man tournament to win the vacant title. Dutch Mantel 4 November 11, 1978 Nashville, Tennessee Randy Savage 2 November 11, 1978 Nashville, Tennessee Bobby Eaton 1 NLT February 1979 Chris Colt 1 April 29, 1979 Nashville, Tennessee Ron Garfield 1 May 23, 1979 Nashville, Tennessee Dennis Condrey 1 June 2, 1979 Chattanooga, Tennessee Defeated Gorgeous George, Jr. Dutch Mantel 5 October 20, 1979 Chattanooga, Tennessee Bobby Eaton 2 October 24, 1979 Nashville, Tennessee Chris Colt 2 November 25, 1979 Nashville, Tennessee Bobby Eaton 3 December 1979 Gorgeous George, Jr. 1 February 17, 1980 Chattanooga, Tennessee Bobby Eaton 4 February 1980 Tojo Yamamoto 1 NLT February 1980 Steve Travis 1 NLT April 1980 Roger Mason (Roger Smith) 1 April 5, 1980 Chattanooga, Tennessee Rocky Johnson 1 May 10, 1980 Chattanooga, Tennessee The Great Togo 1 May 1980 Robert Gibson 1 June 25, 1980 Nashville, Tennessee Bobby Eaton 5 July 23, 1980 Nashville, Tennessee Title abandoned in October 1980 when Jerry Jarrett took over the Mid-American titles from Nick Gulas. Jarrett revived the title as part of the Continental Wrestling Association in 1981. Ron Bass 1 NLT July 1981 Awarded the title. Steve Keirn 1 July 6, 1981 Memphis, Tennessee Bugsy McGraw 1 August 24, 1981 Memphis, Tennessee Steve Keirn 2 September 7, 1981 Memphis, Tennessee Dutch Mantel 6 September 21, 1981 Memphis, Tennessee Title vacated and inactive after Mantel wins the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship on October 26, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee. The title was reactivated in April 1982. Dream Machine 1 April 19, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee Dutch Mantel 7 May 17, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee Bobby Eaton 6 May 24, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee King Cobra 1 May 31, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee Dutch Mantel 8 July 5, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee Bobby Eaton 7 July 12, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee Bill Dundee 1 July 1982 Dutch Mantel 9 September 6, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee Jesse Barr 1 November 15, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee Dutch Mantel 10 November 22, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee Apocalypse 1 November 29, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee Jacques Rougeau 1 December 5, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee Sabu the Wildman 1 December 27, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee Jacques Rougeau 2 January 2, 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Bobby Eaton 8 January 10, 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Title vacated in January 1983. Bobby Eaton 9 February 14, 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Defeated Sweet Brown Sugar in a tournament final to win the vacant title. Sweet Brown Sugar 1 February 25, 1983 Tupelo, Mississippi Bobby Eaton 10 February 28, 1983 Memphis, Tennessee This was a loser leaves town match. Sweet Brown Sugar would reappear as the masked Stagger Lee. Stagger Lee 2 March 7, 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Frankie Laine 1 July 4, 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Dutch Mantel 11 July 18, 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Buddy Landel 1 August 15, 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Stagger Lee / Koko Ware 3 August 22, 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Ware removed his mask before the match with Landel. Buddy Landel 2 September 10, 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Terry Taylor 1 December 1, 1983 Lexington, Kentucky Randy Savage 3 December 26, 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Jerry Lawler 1 April 9, 1984 Lexington, Kentucky The title may have been vacated since Lawler also held the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship when he won the Mid-America title. Korstia Korchenko 1 November 19, 1984 Memphis, Tennessee Defeated Jacques Rougeau. Mike Sharpe 1 NLT December 17, 1984 Jimmy Valiant 1 February 11, 1985 Memphis, Tennessee Man Mountain Link 1 July 1985 Awarded the title. Jerry Lawler 2 July 15, 1985 Memphis, Tennessee Title vacated when Lawler wins the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship on July 29, 1985 in Memphis, Tennessee. Koko Ware 4 August 12, 1985 Memphis, Tennessee Defeated Bota the Witch Doctor in a tournament final to win the vacant title. Bota the Witch Doctor 1 August 1985 Koko Ware 5 September 1985 Harley Race 3 October 7, 1985 Memphis, Tennessee Tom Branch 1 November 1985 Kansas City, Missouri Koko Ware 6 November 16, 1985 Memphis, Tennessee Buddy Landel 3 January 21, 1986 Louisville, Kentucky Dirty Rhodes (Roger Smith) 2 February 2, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee Buddy Landel 4 February 18, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee Dutch Mantel 12 April 7, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee Rip Rogers 1 May 19, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee Dutch Mantel 13 June 16, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee Title vacated in July 1986 when Mantel left the area. Tracy Smothers 1 August 11, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee Boy Tony (Tony Falk) 1 October 7, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee Tracy Smothers 2 October 20, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee Big Bubba 1 October 27, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee Also held CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship. Bubba vacated the title in November 1986. The Great Kabuki 1 November 1986 Jackson, Tennessee Defeated Paul Diamond in a tournament final. Title vacated in December 1986 when Kabuki left the area. Moondog Spot 1 May 1987 Billed as champion on arrival. Jeff Jarrett 1 May 11, 1987 Memphis, Tennessee Moondog Spot 2 May 25, 1987 Memphis, Tennessee Won the title by disqualification. Jeff Jarrett 2 June 1, 1987 Memphis, Tennessee Moondog Spot 3 June 8, 1987 Memphis, Tennessee Jeff Jarrett 3 June 22, 1987 Memphis, Tennessee Carl Fergie 1 September 7, 1987 Memphis, Tennessee Jeff Jarrett 4 September 14, 1987 Memphis, Tennessee Jimmy Jack Funk (Jesse Barr) 2 November 2, 1987 Memphis, Tennessee Jeff Jarrett 5 November 9, 1987 Memphis, Tennessee Jerry Lawler 3 December 7, 1987 Memphis, Tennessee Lawler also defeats Manny Fernandez on December 7, 1987 to win the CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship and unifies the two titles with his AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship to create the CWA Heavyweight Championship. NWA Main Event
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Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes: Title revived by the NWA for use in NWA Main Event in 2001. Kory Williams 1 March 17, 2001 Nashville, Tennessee Defeated Doug Gilbert to win the revived title. Title vacated in June 2001 when Williams leaves the promotion. Rex Sexton 1 December 25, 2002 Columbia, Tennessee Won a battle royal, last eliminating Mikey Woods, to win the vacant title. Mike Woods 1 March 22, 2003 Columbia, Tennessee Kory Williams returns to the promotion in May 2003, claiming to still be champion, since he was never defeated for the title. Kory Williams 2 June 20, 2003 Columbia, Tennessee Defeated Woods to become undisputed champion. Mike Woods 2 September 13, 2003 Columbia, Tennessee Lonestar 1 November 8, 2003 Columbia, Tennessee Tommy Capone 1 April 3, 2004 Columbia, Tennessee Mike Woods 3 May 3, 2004 Columbia, Tennessee Buzz Dupp 3 July 17, 2004 Columbia, Tennessee Won the title by forfeit. Mike Woods 4 NLT January 2005 L.A. Player 1 January 8, 2005 Columbia, Tennessee Mike Woods 5 NLT September 2005 Kevin Rhodes 1 October 7, 2005 Springfield, Tennessee Title vacated NLT March 31, 2006. J.T. Quest 1 April 1, 2006 Columbia, Tennessee Defeated Jason Cain to win the vacant title. Larry Cooter 1 April 29, 2006 Columbia, Tennessee J.T. Quest 2 May 20, 2006 Columbia, Tennessee Steve O 1 July 22, 2006 Columbia, Tennessee J.T. Quest 3 November 4, 2006 Columbia, Tennessee Lee Condry 1 December 23, 2006 Columbia, Tennessee Won a four-corners survival match. Johnny Swinger 1 April 13, 2007 Columbia, Tennessee Lee Condry 2 April 14, 2007 Columbia, Tennessee See also
References
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
External links
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- Heavyweight wrestling championships
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