- NWA National Heavyweight Championship
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NWA National Heavyweight Championship Details Current champion(s) Chance Prophet Date won February 19, 2011 Promotion National Wrestling Alliance Date established October, 1980 Statistics Most reigns Paul Orndorff & Tommy Rich - each with (4 reigns) First champion(s) Jack Brisco Longest reign Phill Shatter (763 days) Shortest reign Killer Tim Brooks (5 minutes) Oldest champion Killer Karl Kox (51 years) The original version NWA National Heavyweight Championship was the major singles title in the NWA-affiliated Georgia Championship Wrestling from 1980 until 1986. In spite of its name, the championship was never defended on a national basis but, rather, it was used only within the territorial region in which Georgia Championship Wrestling ran its operations.
In 1984, Vince McMahon's Titan Sports, Inc. (which operated under the World Wrestling Federation brand name) bought Georgia Championship Wrestling, Inc. The National champion at the time of the sale was The Spoiler (Don Jardine). Spoiler went to work for the WWF and was briefly recognized by that company as National Heavyweight Champion.
Meanwhile, a rival group with NWA sanctioning began in Georgia. This group was called Championship Wrestling from Georgia. They awarded the NWA National Heavyweight Championship to Ted DiBiase (proclaiming that he had won the title from The Spoiler, which actually wasn't the case except for storyline purposes).
In 1985, Jim Crockett Promotions purchased the TBS Saturday night and Sunday night television slots from the WWF and began production on a new era of "World Championship Wrestling." JCP essentially consolidated Championship Wrestling from Georgia (taking over that group's Saturday morning time slot as well) and began to recognize their championships.
Eventually Crockett held a unification match between his company's United States champion and the National champion. The U.S. champ won and that version of the National title was abandoned[1].
Beginning in 1997, the NWA Board of Directors created another NWA National Heavyweight Championship. Unlike some other NWA sanctioned championships that were once inactive, the NWA had to create another title with a separate lineage from the first one as Georgia Championship Wrestling, its video archives and championships are currently owned by World Wrestling Entertainment. Unlike the original version, the current NWA National Heavyweight Championship is defended in various NWA affiliated promotions throughout the United States.
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Title history
Original version (1980–1986)
Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes: Jack Brisco 1 October 1980 Defeated Terry Funk in a tournament final to become the first champion. Mongolian Stomper 1 December 6, 1980 Atlanta, Georgia Steve Olsonoski 1 March 29, 1981 Atlanta, Georgia Masked Superstar 1 August 15, 1981 Columbus, Georgia Tommy Rich 1 September 28, 1981 Augusta, Georgia Masked Superstar 2 November 25, 1981 Atlanta, Georgia Tommy Rich 2 January 17, 1982 Atlanta, Georgia Ron Bass 1 March 15, 1982 Augusta, Georgia Tommy Rich 3 April 19, 1982 Augusta, Georgia Buzz Sawyer 1 May 2, 1982 Atlanta, Georgia Paul Orndorff 1 June 20, 1982 Atlanta, Georgia Vacated 1982 Orndorff vacated the title to train for a World Title match. Super Destroyer 1 August 29, 1982 Atlanta, Georgia Won a tournament to win the vacant title. Paul Orndorff 2 October 3, 1982 Atlanta, Georgia Masked Superstar 3 October 17, 1982 Atlanta, Georgia Paul Orndorff 3 November 17, 1982 Atlanta, Georgia Killer Karl Kox 1 1982 Tommy Rich 4 1983 Paul Orndorff 4 March 1983 Killer Tim Brooks 1 March 20, 1983 Atlanta, Georgia Larry Zbyszko 1 March 20, 1983 Atlanta, Georgia Bought the title from Brooks for $25,000 Vacated April 30, 1983 Zbyszko was stripped of the title by NWA President Bob Geigel for buying it. Larry Zbyszko 2 June 5, 1983 Atlanta, Georgia Defeated Mr. Wrestling II in a tournament final to win the vacant title. Brett Wayne 1 September 25, 1983 Atlanta, Georgia Ted DiBiase 1 November 18, 1983 Cleveland, Ohio Brad Armstrong 1 February 18, 1984 Atlanta, Georgia Wrestled under a mask as "Mr. R"(thought to be Tommy Rich under the mask) and pinned DiDibase to win the title when DiBiase was distracted by Rich standing at the announcers' podium at ringside. The Spoiler 1 April 12, 1984 Wheeling, West Virginia Brad Armstrong 2 May 4, 1984 Marietta, Georgia The Spoiler 2 July 1, 1984 Atlanta, Georgia Ted DiBiase 2 July 14, 1984 Macon, Georgia This was a phantom match after The Spoiler went to the World Wrestling Federation. Ron Garvin 1 October 11, 1984 Baltimore, Maryland Black Bart 1 June 1, 1985 Atlanta, Georgia The match also had a Loser Leaves Town stipulation Terry Taylor 1 September 22, 1985 Atlanta, Georgia Buddy Landel 1 November 28, 1985 Greensboro, North Carolina Won at Starrcade. Dusty Rhodes 1 December 19, 1985 Atlanta, Georgia Rhodes was awarded the title in a phantom match after Landel was fired due to his drug problem. Tully Blanchard 1 March 4, 1986 Spartanburg, South Carolina Wahoo McDaniel 1 August 28, 1986 Los Angeles, California Nikita Koloff 1 September 28, 1986 Atlanta, Georgia Title retired September 28, 1986 Atlanta, Georgia The title was unified with the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, which Koloff won from Magnum T.A. on August 17, 1986 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Revived version (1997–)
Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes: Big Slam 1 1997 Title was awarded after the NWA revived it. Salvatore Sincere 1 July 18, 1997 Raeford, North Carolina Vacated October 11, 1997 Doug Gilbert 1 March 27, 1998 Mount Holly, New Jersey Defeated Barry Windham and Rocco Rock in a three-way match to win the vacant title. Stevie Richards 1 August 22, 1998 Mount Holly, New Jersey Doug Gilbert 2 October 24, 1998 Cherry Hill, New Jersey Won the title in an eight-man tag team steel cage match at the NWA 50th Anniversary Show. Don Brodie 1 January 15, 2000 Memphis, Tennessee Kevin Northcutt 1 April 14, 2000 North Richland Hills, Texas Stone Mountain 1 September 13, 2000 Athens, Georgia Terry Knight 1 November 4, 2000 Cornelia, Georgia Defeated Jesse Taylor on November 18, 2000 in Cornelia, Georgia to unify the NWA Wildside United States Heavyweight Championship. Don Brodie 2 January 12, 2001 Greenville, Mississippi Vacated August 2001 Title vacated after Brodie is injured in an automobile accident. Kevin Northcutt 2 August 22, 2001 Northcutt was awarded the title. Hotstuff Hernandez 1 October 13, 2001 St. Petersburg, Florida Won the title at the NWA 53rd Anniversary Show. Shinya Hashimoto # May 23, 2002 Tokyo, Japan Hotstuff Hernandez 1 May 2002 Title returned to Hernandez after Hashimoto refuses it. The NWA later claimed that Hashimoto and Hernandez's match in Japan was not for the title. Ricky Murdock 1 January 11, 2003 Greenville, Mississippi Also won the NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship on October 10, 2003, defeating Shane Somers at the NWA 55th Anniversary Show in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Spyder 1 October 15, 2004 Winnipeg, Manitoba Won the title at the NWA 56th Anniversary Show. Vacated October 8, 2005 Nashville, Tennessee Spyder stripped of the title when he no-shows a title defense. Ricky Murdock 2 October 8, 2005 Nashville, Tennessee Defeated Conscience and The Juggulator in a three-way match at the NWA 57th Anniversary Show to win the vacant title. Vacated March 31, 2006 Lebanon, Tennessee Title held up after a match against Big Bully Douglas, due to interference from Kory Williams. Big Bully Douglas 1 April 1, 2006 Columbia, Tennessee Defeated Murdock in a rematch to win the held up title. Kory Williams 1 September 30, 2006 Lebanon, Tennessee Chance Prophet 1 May 5, 2007 Salyersville, Kentucky Stripped of the title on October 12, 2007 by the NWA Board of Director due to injury. Pepper Parks 1 October 20, 2007 Lebanon, Tennessee Defeats Kory Williams in a match to determine the new champion. Crusher Hansen 1 April 18, 2008 McKeesport, Pennsylvania Phill Shatter 1 January 19, 2009 McKeesport, Pennsylvania Chance Prophet 2 February 19, 2011 Franklinville, New Jersey Shatter has signed a contract with TNA Wrestling and the decision was made to drop the title to former champion Prophet. References
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See also
NWA Anarchy Championships Roster Categories:- Georgia Championship Wrestling championships
- Jim Crockett Promotions championships
- National Wrestling Alliance championships
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