| NWA Mountain Empire Championship |
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| Details |
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| Promotion |
NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling
National Wrestling Alliance |
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| Date established |
March 24, 2011 |
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| Date retired |
August 19, 2017 |
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| Other name(s) |
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- NWA Mountain Empire Championship
(March 24, 2011-August 19, 2017)
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| Statistics |
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| First champion(s) |
Chase Owens |
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| Final champion(s) |
Toby Farley |
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| Most reigns |
Chase Owens, Sigmon, Vince Brent, Toby Farley (2) |
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| Longest reign |
Chase Owens (773 days) |
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| Shortest reign |
Vince Brent (27 days) |
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The NWA Mountain Empire Championship was originally created to replace the NWA Smoky Mountain Television Championship. On March 24, 2011; Chase Owens defeated Jason Kincaid to become the first champion. On August 19, 2017; at ReGenesis, promoter Tony Givens announced that NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling was leaving the NWA thus the promotion was changing their name to Innovate Wrestling and the NWA Mountain Empire Championship Championship was officially retired as a result. Toby Farley defeated Timmy Lou Retton to become the Interim Innovate Wrestling United States Champion.
Title history
| # |
Numbers in bold indicate that a reign is current and changes daily |
| Reign |
The reign number for the specific wrestler listed |
| Successful defenses |
Accounts how many defenses the champion had during their reign |
| — |
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| + |
Indicates the current reign is changing daily. |
Reigns
| # |
Wrestlers |
Reign |
Date |
Days held |
Location |
Notes |
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| 1 |
Chase Owens |
1 |
March 24, 2011 |
773 |
Morristown, Tennessee |
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| 2 |
Sigmon |
1 |
May 5, 2012 |
109 |
Kingsport, Tennessee |
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| 2 |
Chase Owens |
2 |
August 22, 2012 |
283 |
Lancing, Tennessee |
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| — |
Vacated |
— |
June 1, 2013 |
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| 3 |
Josh Crawford |
1 |
June 1, 2013 |
98 |
Rogersville, Tennessee |
Crawford won the title in a 5-way ladder match. |
| 4 |
Vince Brent |
1 |
September 9, 2013 |
27 |
Rogersville, Tennessee |
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| 5 |
Sigmon |
2 |
October 4, 2013 |
190 |
Rogersville, Tennessee |
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| 6 |
Daniel Mulligan |
1 |
April 12, 2014 |
126 |
Rogersville, Tennessee |
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| 7 |
Cody Blade |
1 |
August 16, 2014 |
266 |
Kingsport, Tennessee |
Blade also held the NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling Television Championship. He defeated Mulligan, Nick Hammonds, and Jeff Connelly in 4-way match to unify both titles. |
| 8 |
Nick Hammonds |
1 |
May 9, 2015 |
276 |
Kingsport, Tennessee |
Hammonds defeated Jeff Connelly, Timmy Lou Retton, and EZ Money in 4-way match. |
| 9 |
Toby Farley |
1 |
February 6, 2016 |
38 |
Princeton, West Virginia |
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| — |
Vacated |
— |
March 15, 2016 |
— |
— |
The title was delcared vacant due to Farley being vacant. |
| 10 |
Vince Brent |
2 |
March 24, 2016 |
261 |
Kingsport, Tennessee |
Defeated Nick Hammonds to win the vacant title. |
| 11 |
Toby Farley |
2 |
December 10, 2016 |
252 |
Kingsport, Tennessee |
On August 19, 2017; at ReGenesis, promoter Tony Givens announced that NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling was leaving the NWA thus the promotion was changing their name to Innovate Wrestling and the NWA Mountain Empire Championship Championship was officially retired as a result. Farley defeated Timmy Lou Retton to become the Interim Innovate Wrestling United States Champion. |
Combined reigns
| Rank |
Champion |
No. of
reigns |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Chase Owens | 2 | 1,056 |
| 2 | Sigmon | 299 |
| 3 | Toby Farley | 290 |
| 4 | Vince Brent | 288 |
| 5 | Nick Hammonds | 1 | 276 |
| 6 | Cody Blade | 266 |
| 7 | Daniel Mulligan | 126 |
| 8 | Josh Crawford | 98 |