NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship

NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship
NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship
An American wrestler with short blond pompadour-styled hair wearing a blue and black robe poses in the middle of a wrestling ring.
Ric Flair held the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship three times and had the fourth-longest combined reign, at 408 days.
Details
Promotion National Wrestling Alliance and Jim Crockett Promotions
Date established October 13, 1970
Date retired December 26, 1986
Other name(s) NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship contested for in Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), a territory-promotion governed by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The title was only contestable by male individual wrestlers. Since 1974, JCP was also known as "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling" (MACW), which is why all of its championships included "Mid-Atlantic" in their names.[1] Being a professional wrestling championship, it was not won legitimately; it was instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. In 1970, the championship was introduced as the NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship during a taping of Championship Wrestling[Note 2] on October 13, 1970. It was announced that the Missouri Mauler had defeated the defending champion Pat O'Connor in New York to win the title; this title change was fictitious and a storyline to introduce the championship to the promotion; nevertheless, O'Connor's reign is denoted as the first official reign. Because it was fictitious, further information regarding O'Connor's reign is unavailable.

On the September 6, 1973 taping of Championship Wrestling,[Note 2] JCP owner Jim Crockett, Jr. announced the retirement of the NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship and the establishment of the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship; this coincided with the rebranding of JCP as MACW.[1] At the time of this change, Jerry Brisco was in his fourth reign as the NWA Eastern Heavyweight Champion, and as a result of never losing the title, he was recognized as the first NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion. Because Brisco's fourth reign did not end, being awarded the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title is not counted as a new reign overall in the title's history.[2] On December 26, 1986, Ron Garvin, after winning JCP's version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship with Barry Windham, vacated the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title and handed the belt to Crockett, Jr. on a taping of World Championship Wrestling.[Note 3] Crockett, Jr. deactivated the championship for unknown reasons, and eventually, JCP was sold to Ted Turner in 1988.[3] As a result, Garvin was the final wrestler to hold the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title. In the late 1990s, a group of promoters was given permission by the NWA to establish a territory called "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW)"; however, this territory has not claimed any connection to the original JCP/MACW. As a result, their prime championship, called the MACW Heavyweight Championship,[4] has no connection to this original JCP/MACW championship.

Overall, there were 60 reigns shared between 29 wrestlers. Fifteen of those reigns occurred while the title was called the "NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship", while 46 occurred under the "NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship" name. The title had only one official vacancy, which occurred in July 1985. Jack Brisco and Wahoo McDaniel had the most reigns as champion, with six; Jerry Brisco and Rip Hawk had the second-most, with four. Ken Patera's second reign was the longest in the title's history, at 334 days; the Missouri Mauler had the second-longest, at 275 days. Johnny Valentine ranks first in combined reigns by length, at 504 days with 2 reigns; Patera ranks second, at 495 days with 4 reigns. All title changes occurred at JCP–promoted events: live events, pay-per-view events, and on televised events that aired on broadcast delay.

Contents

Title history

NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship

Key
Symbol Meaning
# The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific tag team listed
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known or applicable.
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held
Location Event Notes
1 O'Connor, PatPat O'Connor 1 01970 1970 [Note 1] N/A Live event It was announced in local advertisements that O'Connor was the reigning Eastern Heavyweight Champion until October 13, 1970, when he lost the championship to the Missouri Mauler; this reign was a storyline to introduce the championship to JCP, and as a result, further information regarding how O'Connor won the title is unavailable.[5]
2 Missouri Mauler 1 01970-10-13 October 13, 1970 &10000000000000275000000275 N/A Championship Wrestling[Note 2] The Missouri Mauler announced on local television from WGHP television studios that he had defeated O'Connor for the title in New York; the title change was a continuation of the storyline to introduce the championship to JCP, and as a result, further information regarding the title change is unavailable. This title change aired on broadcast delay.[5]
3 Miller, DannyDanny Miller 1 01971-07-15 July 15, 1971 &1000000000000006700000067 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
4 Missouri Mauler 2 01971-09-20 September 20, 1971 &1000000000000007200000072 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
5 Brisco, JackJack Brisco 1 01971-11-31 November 31, 1971 &1000000000000007500000075 High Point, North Carolina Championship Wrestling
[Note 2]
This title change aired on broadcast delay.
6 Hawk, RipRip Hawk 1 01972-02-14 February 14, 1972 &1000000000000005600000056 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
7 Brisco, JackJack Brisco 2 01972-04-10 April 10, 1972 [Note 4] Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
8 Hawk, RipRip Hawk 2 [Note 5] [Note 5] San Juan, Puerto Rico Live event The exact date on which Rip Hawk won his second reign is unknown, however, it is confirmed by sources that he won the title from Jack Brisco between April 25 and May 25, 1972 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
9 Brisco, JerryJerry Brisco 1 01972-06-13 June 13, 1972 &1000000000000007600000076 Columbia, South Carolina Live event
10 Hawk, RipRip Hawk 3 01972-08-28 August 28, 1972 &100000000000000070000007 Greenville, South Carolina Live event
11 Brisco, JerryJerry Brisco 2 01972-09-04 September 4, 1972 &10000000000000115000000115 Greenville, South Carolina Live event
12 Hawk, RipRip Hawk 4 01972-12-28 December 28, 1972 &1000000000000006500000065 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
13 Brisco, JerryJerry Brisco 3 01973-03-03 March 3, 1973 &1000000000000006700000067 Salem, North Carolina Live vent
14 Anderson, OleOle Anderson 1 01973-05-09 May 9, 1973 &1000000000000005500000055 Raleigh, North Carolina All Star Wrestling
[Note 6]
This title change aired on broadcast delay.
15 Brisco, JerryJerry Brisco 4 01973-07-03 July 3, 1973 [Note 7] Columbia, South Carolina Live event On September 6, 1973, the NWA retired the NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship and introduced the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship to JCP as its replacement. As a result, Brisco was the final wrestler to hold the championship under the "NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship" name.

NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship

Key
Symbol Meaning
# (#) The overall championship reign is listed without parenthesis, while the reign number under the specific name of the championship is enclosed in parenthesis.
Reign The reign number for the specific tag team listed
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known or applicable.
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held
Location Event Notes
15 (1) Brisco, JerryJerry Brisco 4 01973-07-03 July 3, 1973 [Note 7] Columbia, South Carolina Live event As a result of Brisco being recognized as the final NWA Eastern Heavyweight Champion, the NWA recognized him as the first NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion. However, this reign is not considered to be a new reign overall in the title's history because Jerry Brisco originally never lost the title.
16 (2) Valentine, JohnnyJohnny Valentine 1 01974-01 January 1974 [Note 8] N/A N/A From the information known, Johnny Valentine was awarded the championship by Jim Crockett, Jr. after Brisco traveled to Japan to wrestle and was unable to defend the title in the United States; a formal vacancy was not established, however.
17 (3) Jones, PaulPaul Jones 1 01975-03-09 March 9, 1975 &1000000000000001000000010 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event Jones' title win became a controversy as a result of Valentine having his leg on the ring rope when the referee counted the pinfall, which the referee failed to see. If this were seen, the pin count would have been stopped.[6]
18 (4) Valentine, JohnnyJohnny Valentine 2 01975-03-19 March 19, 1975 &10000000000000102000000102 Raleigh, North Carolina All Star Wrestling Valentine demanded a review of his match with Jones by NWA President Sam Muchnick, who ruled in favor of Valentine. As a result, Muchnick stripped Jones of the championship and awarded it to Valentine; a formal vacancy was not established, however. This title change aired on tape delay.[6]
19 (5) McDaniel, WahooWahoo McDaniel 1 01975-06-29 June 29, 1975 &1000000000000008300000083 Asheville, North Carolina Live event
20 (6) Flair, RicRic Flair 1 01975-09-20 September 20, 1975 &10000000000000226000000226 Hampton, Virginia Live event
21 (7) McDaniel, WahooWahoo McDaniel 2 01976-05-03 May 3, 1976 &1000000000000002100000021 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
22 (8) Flair, RicRic Flair 2 01976-05-24 May 24, 1976 &10000000000000110000000110 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
23 (9) McDaniel, WahooWahoo McDaniel 3 01976-09-11 September 11, 1976 &1000000000000003500000035 Greenville, South Carolina Live event
24 (10) Flair, RicRic Flair 3 01976-10-16 October 16, 1976 &1000000000000007200000072 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
25 (11) McDaniel, WahooWahoo McDaniel 4 01976-12-27 December 27, 1976 &10000000000000166000000166 Richmond, Virginia Live event
26 (12) Valentine, GregGreg Valentine 1 01977-06-11 June 11, 1977 &1000000000000005900000059 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
27 (13) McDaniel, WahooWahoo McDaniel 5 01977-08-09 August 9, 1977 &1000000000000002900000029 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
28 (14) Valentine, GregGreg Valentine 2 01977-09-07 September 7, 1977 &10000000000000207000000207 Raleigh, North Carolina Wide World Wrestling
[Note 6]
This title change aired on broadcast delay.
29 (15) McDaniel, WahooWahoo McDaniel 6 01978-04-02 April 2, 1978 &100000000000000070000007 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
30 (16) Patera, KenKen Patera 1 01978-04-09 April 9, 1978 &10000000000000161000000161 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
31 (17) Atlas, TonyTony Atlas 1 01978-09-17 September 17, 1978 &1000000000000002800000028 Roanoke, Virginia Live event
32 (18) Patera, KenKen Patera 2 01978-10-15 October 15, 1978 &10000000000000334000000334 Roanoke, Virginia Live event
33 (19) Brunzell, JimJim Brunzell 1 01979-09-14 September 14, 1979 &1000000000000006900000069 Richmond, Virginia Live event
34 (20) Stevens, RayRay Stevens 1 01979-11-22 November 22, 1979 &1000000000000003300000033 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
35 (21) Brunzell, JimJim Brunzell 2 01979-12-25 December 25, 1979 &10000000000000168000000168 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
36 (22) Iron Sheik 1 01980-05-11 May 11, 1980 &10000000000000174000000174 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
37 (23) Steamboat, RickyRicky Steamboat 1 01980-11-01 November 1, 1980 &10000000000000166000000166 Richmond, Virginia Live event
38 (24) Koloff, IvanIvan Koloff 1 01981-04-16 April 16, 1981 &10000000000000177000000177 Norfolk, Virginia Live event
39 (25) Steamboat, RickyRicky Steamboat 2 01981-10-10 October 10, 1981 &1000000000000002200000022 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
40 (26) Piper, RoddyRoddy Piper 1 01981-11-01 November 1, 1981 &10000000000000180000000180 Greensboro, North Carolina Live event
41 (27) Brisco, JackJack Brisco 3 (1) 01982-05-10 May 10, 1982 &1000000000000005800000058 Greenville, North Carolina Live event
42 (28) Piper, RoddyRoddy Piper 2 01982-07-07 July 7, 1982 &1000000000000002700000027 Charlotte, North Carolina World Wide Wrestling
[Note 9]
This title change aired on broadcast delay.
43 (29) Brisco, JackJack Brisco 4 (2) 01982-08-03 August 3, 1982 &1000000000000002900000029 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
44 (30) Jones, PaulPaul Jones 2 01982-09-01 September 1, 1982 &1000000000000004700000047 Charlotte, North Carolina World Wide Wrestling
[Note 9]
This title change aired on broadcast delay.
45 (31) Brisco, JackJack Brisco 5 (3) 01982-10-18 October 18, 1982 &1000000000000001500000015 Greenville, South Carolina Live event
46 (32) Jones, PaulPaul Jones 3 01982-11-02 November 2, 1982 &1000000000000002800000028 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
47 (33) Brisco, JackJack Brisco 6 01982-11-30 November 30, 1982 &1000000000000006100000061 Columbia, South Carolina Live event
48 (34) Funk, Jr., DoryDory Funk, Jr. 1 01983-01-30 January 30, 1983 &10000000000000187000000187 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
49 (35) Jones, RufusRufus Jones 1 01983-08-05 August 5, 1983 &10000000000000120000000120 Richmond, Virginia Live event
50 (36) Slater, DickDick Slater 1 01983-12-03 December 3, 1983 [Note 10] Hampton, Virginia Live event
51 (37) Koloff, IvanIvan Koloff 2 [Note 11] [Note 11] N/A [Note 12] After Dick Slater won the NWA United States Championship on December 14, 1983, he elected to award Ivan Koloff the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship; however, the exact date and location of this title change is unknown, although it has been confirmed to have aired on broadcast delay.
52 (38) Mosca, Jr., AngeloAngelo Mosca, Jr. 1 01984-01-25 January 25, 1984 &1000000000000005300000053 Shelby, North Carolina Live event
53 (39) Koloff, IvanIvan Koloff 3 01984-03-18 March 18, 1984 &1000000000000003500000035 Charlotte, North Carolina Live event
54 (40) Mosca, Jr., AngeloAngelo Mosca, Jr. 2 01984-04-22 April 22, 1984 &1000000000000002000000020 Charlotte, North Carolina [Note 12] This title change aired on broadcast delay.
55 (41) The Masked Outlaw 2 01984-05-12 May 12, 1984 &1000000000000004600000046 Spencer, North Carolina [Note 12] The Masked Outlaw was an alternate ring name of Dory Funk, Jr., who had won the title under his real name previously. This title change aired on broadcast delay.
56 (42) Mosca, Jr., AngeloAngelo Mosca, Jr. 3 01984-06-27 June 27, 1984 &1000000000000006300000063 N/A [Note 12] It is unknown where this title change occurred, although it has been confirmed that it aired on broadcast delay.
57 (43) Bass, RonRon Bass 1 01984-08-29 August 29, 1984 &10000000000000199000000199 Spartanburg, South Carolina [Note 12] This title change aired on broadcast delay.
58 (44) Tyler, BuzzBuzz Tyler 1 01985-03-16 March 16, 1985 [Note 13] Greensboro, North Carolina [Note 12] This title change aired on broadcast delay.
Vacant 1 01985-07 July 1985 N/A N/A Buzz Tyler was stripped of the championship after he left JCP; title was declared vacant as a result.
59 (45) Khrushchev, KrusherKrusher Khrushchev 1 01985-11-28 November 28, 1985 &1000000000000004400000044 Greensboro, North Carolina Starrcade (1985) Krusher Khrushchev defeated Sam Houston in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
60 (46) Houston, SamSam Houston 1 01986-01-11 January 11, 1986 &1000000000000006600000066 Atlanta, Georgia World Championship Wrestling
[Note 3]
This title change aired on broadcast delay.
61 (47) Black Bart 1 01986-03-18 March 18, 1986 &10000000000000168000000168 Mooresville, North Carolina Live event
62 (48) Garvin, RonRon Garvin 1 01986-09-02 September 2, 1986 &10000000000000115000000115 Spartanburg, South Carolina Live event After winning JCP's version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship with Barry Windham, Garvin vacated the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship and handed it to Jim Crockett, Jr. on the December 26, 1986 taping of World Championship Wrestling. The title was deactivated afterwards for unknown reasons by Crockett, Jr., and JCP was then sold to Ted Turner in 1988.[3] As a result, Ron Garvin was the final wrestler to hold the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title.

List of combined reigns by length

Key
Symbol Meaning
#= The equal sign next to a number means that entry is equal in length with the preceding and/or following entry
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
Rank Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Valentine, JohnnyJohnny Valentine 2 504¤
[Note 8]
2 Patera, KenKen Patera 2 495
3 Brisco, JerryJerry Brisco 4 440¤
[Note 7]
4 Flair, RicRic Flair 3 408
5 Missouri Mauler 2 347
6 McDaniel, WahooWahoo McDaniel 6 341
7 Valentine, GregGreg Valentine 2 266
8 Brisco, JackJack Brisco 6 253¤
[Note 4]
9= Brunzell, JimJim Brunzell 2 237
9= Koloff, IvanIvan Koloff 3 237¤
[Note 11]
10 Dory Funk, Jr./The Masked Outlaw 2 233
11 Piper, RoddyRoddy Piper 2 207
12 Bass, RonRon Bass 1 199
13 Black Bart 1 168
14 Steamboat, RickRick Steamboat 2 188
15 Iron Sheik 1 174
16 Hawk, RipRip Hawk 4 147¤
[Note 5]
17 Mosca, Jr., AngeloAngelo Mosca, Jr. 3 136
18 Jones, RufusRufus Jones 1 120
19 Garvin, RonRon Garvin 1 115
20 Tyler, BuzzBuzz Tyler 1 107¤
[Note 13]
21 Jones, PaulPaul Jones 2 85
22 Miller, DannyDanny Miller 1 67
23 Houston, SamSam Houston 1 66
24 Anderson, OleOle Anderson 1 55
25 Stevens, RayRay Stevens 1 33
26= Atlas, TonyTony Atlas 1 28
26= Slater, DickDick Slater 1 28¤
[Note 10]
27 O'Connor, PatPat O'Connor 1 1¤
[Note 1]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c The exact date on which Pat O' Connor won his only reign is unknown, which means that it lasted between &100000000000000010000001 and &10000000000000285000000285 days.
  2. ^ a b c d Championship Wrestling was a television program for JCP that began airing on local WGHP television markets in 1964.
  3. ^ a b World Championship Wrestling was a television program for JCP that began airing on WTBS television markets in 1981.
  4. ^ a b The exact date on which Jack Brisco lost his second reign in unknown, which means that it lasted between &1000000000000001500000015 and &1000000000000004500000045 days.
  5. ^ a b c The exact date on which Rip Hawk won his second reign is unknown, although it is confirmed in sources that it took place between April 25, 1972 and May 25, 1972. As a result, his reign lasted between 19 and &1000000000000004900000049 days.
  6. ^ a b All Star Wrestling, Wide World Wrestling, and World Wide Wrestling were television programs for JCP that began airing on local WRAL television markets in the late 1950s..
  7. ^ a b c The exact date on which Jerry Brisco lost his fourth reign is unknown, which means that it lasted between &10000000000000182000000182 and &10000000000000212000000212 days.
  8. ^ a b The exact date on which Johnny Valentine won his first reign is unknown, which means that it lasted between &10000000000000402000000402 and &10000000000000432000000432 days.
  9. ^ a b World Wide Wrestling (renamed from Wide World Wrestling in 1978) began airing on local WPCQ television markets in 1981, after it moved from WRAL.
  10. ^ a b The exact date on which Dick Slater awarded Ivan Koloff the championship is unknown, which means that his only reign lasted between &1000000000000001100000011 and &1000000000000002800000028 days.
  11. ^ a b c The exact date on which Ivan Koloff was awarded the championship by Dick Slater took place between December 14 and December 31, 1983, which means that his second reign lasted between &1000000000000002500000025 and 42 days.
  12. ^ a b c d e f From 1983 to 1984, JCP taped programming in indoor arenas to air on television markets; however, the name of the programming and the markets it aired on is unknown.
  13. ^ a b The exact date on which Buzz Tyler was stripped of the championship is unknown, which means that his only reign lasted between &10000000000000107000000107 and &10000000000000137000000137 days.

References

General (title history)
General (television programming)
Specific
  1. ^ a b Bourne, Dick; David Chappell. "What's In a Name?". Mid-Atlantic Gateway. http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/Almanac/mid_a_history/mid-a_era_timeframe.htm. Retrieved July 27, 2009. 
  2. ^ Bourne, Dick. "The Origin and Evolution of the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship". Mid-Atlantic Gateway. http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/Almanac/mid_a_history/mid-a_title_origin.htm. Retrieved July 30, 2009. 
  3. ^ a b Beekman, Scott (2006). Ringside: a history of professional wrestling in America. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 129 – 132. ISBN 027598401X. 
  4. ^ "MACW's Latest Rankings". Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling. http://www.midatlanticwrestling.com/macw_ranks.html. Retrieved August 1, 2009. 
  5. ^ a b "Clippings from the collection of Mark Eastridge". Mid-Atlantic Gateway. January 1971. http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/Almanac/mid_a_history/mid_a_history_images/titlehistoryimages/710106_Asheville_Eastern_Oconner_reference.jpg. Retrieved July 26, 2009. 
  6. ^ a b Bourne, Dick. "Why Paul Jones' victory over Johnny Valentine for the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship Should Be Recognized". Mid-Atlantic Gateway. http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/Almanac/mid_a_history/mid_a_title_history/support/7503_jones_macw/750309_Jones_Valentine.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 

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