- NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Amarillo version)
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NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Amarillo) Details Promotion NWA Western States Sports Date established January 3, 1957 Date retired June 12, 1969 Statistics Most reigns Dory Funk (17 reigns) First champion(s) Dizzy Davis Longest reign Buddy Colt
(154 days)Shortest reign Johnny Valentine
(1 day)The Amarillo version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship was a top singles title in the National Wrestling Alliance's Amarillo, Texas territory, NWA Western States Sports. It lasted from 1957 until 1969, when it was replaced with the NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship.[1].
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Title history
- (n) written after a date indicates the title change occurred no later than that date.
Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes: Dizzy Davis 1 January 3, 1957 Amarillo, Texas Defeated Jim Wright to become the first champion. Dory Funk 1 January 31, 1957 Amarillo, Texas The Great Bolo 1 February 7, 1957 Amarillo, Texas Also defeated Funk to win the NWA Southwest Heavyweight Championship on February 14, 1957 in Amarillo, Texas. Dory Funk 2 February 28, 1957 Amarillo, Texas Won the Southwest and North American Heavyweight titles. Roy Shire 1 April 11, 1957 Amarillo, Texas Don Curtis 1 May 1957 (n) Amarillo, Texas Bob Geigel 1 May 9, 1957 Amarillo, Texas Mike DiBiase 1 August 15, 1957 Amarillo, Texas Danny Plechas 1 1957 Dory Funk 3 December 19, 1957 Amarillo, Texas Buddy Rogers 1 January 23, 1958 Amarillo, Texas Dory Funk 4 April 3, 1958 Amarillo, Texas Mike DiBiase 2 1958 Dory Funk 5 January 29, 1959 Amarillo, Texas Nick Roberts 1 May 21, 1959 Amarillo, Texas Dory Funk 6 1959 Antone Leone 1 August 13, 1959 Amarillo, Texas Dory Funk 7 December 3, 1959 Amarillo, Texas Rock Hunter 1 January 1960 (n) Sonny Myers 1 January 21, 1960 Amarillo, Texas Gene LeBell 1 March 17, 1960 Amarillo, Texas Pancho Lopez 1 1960 Mike DiBiase 3 October 27, 1960 Amarillo, Texas Sonny Myers 2 November 3, 1960 Amarillo, Texas Nikita Mulkovich 1 November 10, 1960 Amarillo, Texas Pancho Lopez 2 November 17, 1960 Amarillo, Texas Defeated Mike DiBiase. Nikita Mulkovich 2 November 24, 1960 Amarillo, Texas Dory Funk 8 March 16, 1961 Amarillo, Texas Danny McShain 1 June 22, 1961 Amarillo, Texas Dory Funk 9 July 13, 1961 Amarillo, Texas Fritz Von Erich 1 April 26, 1962 Amarillo, Texas Dory Funk 10 June 7, 1962 Amarillo, Texas Fritz Von Erich 2 October 1962 (n) Dory Funk 11 November 1, 1962 Amarillo, Texas Title vacated between November 1962 and January 1963. Dory Funk 12 January 13, 1963 Lubbock, Texas Defeated Gene Kiniski in a tournament final. Fritz Von Erich 3 February 20, 1963 Amarillo, Texas Dory Funk 13 1963 Fritz Von Erich 4 July 23, 1964 Amarillo, Texas Dory Funk 14 July 30, 1964 Amarillo, Texas Johnny Valentine 1 February 10, 1965 Lubbock, Texas Dory Funk, Jr. 1 February 11, 1965 Amarillo, Texas Kinji Shibuya 1 July 1967 Amarillo, Texas Dory Funk 15 December 1967 (n) Clubfoot Inferno 1 August 8, 1968 Amarillo, Texas Dory Funk 16 September 5, 1968 Amarillo, Texas Title vacated in October 1968 after Funk is injured by Pat Patterson and The Infernos. Pat Patterson 1 October 24, 1968 Amarillo, Texas Defeated Pat O'Connor in a tournament final. Ricky Romero 1 1968 Buddy Colt 1 January 9, 1969 Dory Funk 17 June 12, 1969 Title replaced with the NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship in 1969. See also
References
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
External links
Categories:- National Wrestling Alliance championships
- Heavyweight wrestling championships
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