NWA National Heavyweight Championship

NWA National Heavyweight Championship
The current NWA National Heavyweight Championship belt.
Details
Promotion NWA
Date established January 12, 1980
Current champion(s) Vacant

The NWA National Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. It was the major singles title in the NWA-affiliated Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) from 1980 until 1986 and was defended within the territorial region in which GCW operated. When GCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation in July 1984 the then-NWA National Champion The Spoiler went to work for the WWF and was briefly recognised by that promotion as National Champion.[1] Soon thereafter, a new promotion (Championship Wrestling from Georgia) was formed and sanctioned by the NWA. They awarded the NWA National Championship to Ted DiBiase.

In 1985, Jim Crockett Promotions purchased the TBS Saturday 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. champion won and that version of the National title was abandoned.[2]

In 1997, the NWA reactivated the National Heavyweight Championship, which has since been defended throughout the United States in various NWA-affiliated promotions. The title is currently vacant. The NWA have announced that a new National champion will be crowned at their 70th Anniversary Show on October 21, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.[3]

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
Original version (1980 – 1986)
1 Austin Idol January 12, 1980 N/A N/A 1 221 Also defeated Mr. Wrestling II to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship on March 29, 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia.
— Vacated August 20, 1980 — — — — Vacated for unknown reasons.
2 Jack Brisco October 10, 1980 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 1 57 Defeated Terry Funk in a tournament final for the vacated title.
3 Mongolian Stomper December 6, 1980 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 1 113
4 Steve Olsonoski March 29, 1981 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 1 139
5 Masked Superstar August 15, 1981 N/A Columbus, Georgia 1 44 On September 19, 1981, the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship was unified with the National Heavyweight Championship.
6 Tommy Rich September 28, 1981 N/A Augusta, Georgia 1 59
7 Masked Superstar November 26, 1981 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 2 52
8 Tommy Rich January 17, 1982 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 2 57
9 Ron Bass March 15, 1982 N/A Augusta, Georgia 1 35
10 Tommy Rich April 19, 1982 N/A Augusta, Georgia 3 13
11 Buzz Sawyer May 2, 1982 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 1 49
12 Paul Orndorff June 20, 1982 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 1 40
— Vacated July 30, 1982 — — — — Orndorff vacated the title in order to focus on a challenge to NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair.
13 Super Destroyer August 29, 1982 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 1 35 Won a tournament to win the vacant title.
14 Paul Orndorff October 3, 1982 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 2 14
15 Masked Superstar October 17, 1982 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 3 31
16 Paul Orndorff November 17, 1982 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 3 14 – 44
17 Killer Karl Kox December 1982 N/A N/A 1 32 – 89
18 Tommy Rich February 1983 N/A N/A 4 1 – 47
19 Paul Orndorff March 1983 N/A N/A 4 0 – 19
20 Killer Tim Brooks March 20, 1983 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 1 0
21 Larry Zbyszko March 20, 1983 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 1 41 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.
22 Larry Zbyszko June 5, 1983 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 2 14 Defeated Mr. Wrestling II in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
23 Mr. Wrestling II June 19, 1983 N/A N/A 28
24 Larry Zbyszko July 17, 1983 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 3 70
25 Brett Wayne September 25, 1983 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 1 54
26 Ted DiBiase November 18, 1983 N/A Cleveland, Ohio 1 92
27 Brad Armstrong February 18, 1984 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 1 54 Wrestled under a mask as "Mr. R" (thought to be Tommy Rich under the mask) and pinned DiBiase to win the title when DiBiase was distracted by Rich standing at the announcers' podium at ringside. [4]
28 The Spoiler April 12, 1984 N/A Wheeling, West Virginia 1 22
29 Brad Armstrong May 4, 1984 N/A Marietta, Georgia 2 58
30 The Spoiler July 1, 1984 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 2 13 The Spoiler left for the World Wrestling Federation during this reign and was briefly recognized as the National Champion by the WWF. [5]
31 Ted DiBiase July 14, 1984 N/A Macon, Georgia 2 89 This was a phantom match after The Spoiler went to the World Wrestling Federation. [6]
32 Ron Garvin October 11, 1984 N/A Baltimore, Maryland 1 233
33 Black Bart June 1, 1985 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 1 113 The match also had a Loser Leaves Town stipulation. [7]
34 Terry Taylor September 22, 1985 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 1 67
35 Buddy Landel November 28, 1985 Starrcade (1985). Greensboro, North Carolina 1 21
36 Dusty Rhodes December 19, 1985 N/A Albuquerque, New Mexico 1 75 Rhodes was awarded the title in a phantom match after Landel was fired due to his drug problem.
37 Tully Blanchard March 4, 1986 N/A Spartanburg, South Carolina 1 177 [8]
38 Wahoo McDaniel August 28, 1986 N/A Los Angeles, California 1 31
39 Nikita Koloff September 28, 1986 N/A Atlanta, Georgia 1 0
— Deactivated September 28, 1986 — — — — The title was unified with the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship.
Revived version (1997 – present)
40 Big Slam May 17, 1997 N/A N/A 1 62 Title was awarded after the NWA revived it.
41 Salvatore Sincere July 18, 1997 N/A Raeford, North Carolina 1 85
— Vacated October 11, 1997 — — — — Vacated for undocumented reasons
42 Doug Gilbert March 27, 1998 N/A Mount Holly, New Jersey 1 148 Defeated Barry Windham and Rocco Rock in a three-way match to win the vacant title.
43 Stevie Richards August 22, 1998 N/A Mount Holly, New Jersey 1 63
44 Doug Gilbert October 24, 1998 N/A Cherry Hill, New Jersey 2 448 Won the title in an eight-man tag team steel cage match at the NWA 50th Anniversary Show.
45 Don Brodie January 15, 2000 N/A Memphis, Tennessee 1 90
46 Kevin Northcutt April 14, 2000 N/A North Richland Hills, Texas 1 152
47 Stone Mountain September 13, 2000 N/A Athens, Georgia 1 52
48 Terry Knight November 4, 2000 N/A Cornelia, Georgia 1 69 Defeated Jesse Taylor on November 18, 2000 in Cornelia, Georgia to unify the NWA Wildside United States Heavyweight Championship
49 Don Brodie January 12, 2001 N/A Greenville, Mississippi 1 201 – 222
— Vacated August 2001 — — — — Title vacated after Brodie is injured in an automobile accident.
50 Kevin Northcutt August 22, 2001 N/A N/A 2 52 Northcutt was awarded the title.
51 Hotstuff Hernandez N/A N/A St. Petersburg, Florida 1 455 Won the title at the NWA 53rd Anniversary Show. On May 5, 2002, Shinya Hashimoto defeated Hernandez in a title match in Tokyo. The title was returned to Hernandez after Hashimoto refused it. The NWA later claimed that Hashimoto and Hernandez's match in Japan was not for the title.
52 Ricky Murdock January 11, 2003 N/A Greenville, Mississippi 1 643
53 Spyder October 15, 2004 NWA 56th Anniversary Show. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1 358
— Vacated October 8, 2005 — — — — Spyder stripped of the title when he no-shows a title defense.
54 Ricky Murdock October 8, 2005 NWA 57th Anniversary Show Nashville, Tennessee 2 174 Defeated Conscience and The Juggulator in a three-way match
— Vacated March 31, 2006 — — — — Title held up after a match against Big Bully Douglas, due to interference from Kory Williams.
55 Big Bully Douglas April 1, 2006 N/A Columbia, Tennesseelocation= 1 182 Defeated Murdock in a rematch to win the held up title.
56 Kory Williams September 30, 2006 N/A Lebanon, Tennessee 1 217
57 Chance Prophet May 5, 2007 N/A Salyersville, Kentucky 1 160
— Vacated October 12, 2007 — — — — Stripped of the title by the NWA Board of Directors due to injury.
58 Pepper Parks N/A N/A Lebanon, Tennessee 1 181 Defeats Kory Williams in a match to determine the new champion.
59 Crusher Hansen April 18, 2008 N/A McKeesport, Pennsylvania 1 239
60 Brandon K December 13, 2008 N/A McKeesport, Pennsylvania 1 4
61 Crusher Hansen December 17, 2008 N/A McKeesport, Pennsylvania 2 33
62 Phill Shatter January 19, 2009 N/A McKeesport, Pennsylvania 1 761
63 Chance Prophet February 19, 2011 N/A Franklinville, New Jersey 2 404
64 Kahagas March 29, 2012 NWA Ring Warriors Battle of the Belts Miami, Florida 1 230
— Vacated November 14, 2012 — — — — [9]
65 Damien Wayne January 5, 2013 N/A Nashville, North Carolina 1 160 Defeated Chance Prophet and Lance Erikson in a three-way match to fill the vacant title. [10]
66 Vordell Walker June 14, 2013 N/A Millersville, Tennessee 1 49 [11]
67 Damien Wayne August 2, 2013 N/A Millersville, Tennessee 2 43 [12]
68 Phil Nitro Monahan September 14, 2013 N/A Toledo, Ohio 1 168
69 Lou Marconi March 1, 2014 N/A Williamston, North Carolina 1 21
70 Phil Nitro Monahan N/A N/A Hillsdale, Michigan 2 1
71 Lou Marconi March 23, 2014 N/A Toledo, Ohio 2 13
72 Phil Nitro Monahan April 5, 2014 N/A Carolina Beach, North Carolina 3 93
73 Lou Marconi July 7, 2014 N/A Carolina Beach, North Carolina 3 214
74 Jax Dane February 6, 2015 N/A Millersville, Tennessee 1 111 From April 12, Dane holds the National and North American championships. NWA allows him to defend both titles together. [13]
— Vacated May 28, 2015 — — — — Dane forfeits both of his titles due to injury.
75 July 11, 2015 N/A Cookeville, Tennessee 1 175 Defeated Chase Owens in an eight-man tournament final. [14]
— Vacated January 2, 2016 — — — — Andrews announced that he had suffered a knee injury in a hunting accident that would keep him out of wrestling for 8 months, and forfeited the title.
76 John Saxon January 9, 2016 N/A Dyersburg, Tennessee 1 21 Won a battle royal for the vacant title.
77 Greg Anthony January 30, 2016 N/A Dyersburg, Tennessee 1 154
78 Mustang Mike Beadle July 2, 2016 N/A Morgan City, Louisiana 1 7 This was a steel cage match.
79 Greg Anthony July 9, 2016 N/A Dyersburg, Tennessee 2 70
80 Jake Logan September 17, 2016 N/A Amarillo, Texas 1 42
81 Greg Anthony October 29, 2016 N/A Dyersburg, Tennessee 3 21
82 Damien Wayne November 19, 2016 N/A Gallatin, Tennessee 3 76
83 Kahagas February 3, 2017 N/A Franklin, Kentucky 2 239
— Vacated September 30, 2017 — — — — Vacant when NWA terminated all contracts with its licensees

Combined reigns

† Indicates the current champion
<1 The reign is shorter than one day.
Rank Wrestler[15] No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Kahagas2602
2 Phil Shatter1763
3 Ricky Murdock2643
4 Chance Prophet2564
5 Spyder1532
6 Hotstuff Hernandez1455
7 Damien Wayne3279
8 Crusher Hansen2270
9 Phil Nitro Monahan3267
10 Greg Anthony3245
11 Lou Marconi3243
12 Ron Garvin1233
13 Kory Williams1217
14 Kevin Northcutt2204
15 Big Bully Douglas]1182
16 Pepper Parks1181
17 Ted DiBiase2181
18 Tully Blanchard1177
19 Doug Gilbert2148
20 Brad Armstrong2117

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wrestling Observer (17 December 2006). "Spoiler succumbs to leukemia".
  2. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/NWA/photos/a.272936456121108/1842439169170821/?type=3&theater
  4. ↑ Hoops, Brian (February 18, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (February 18): WWF War to settle the score". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  5. ↑ Hoops, Brian (July 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  6. ↑ Hoops, Brian (July 14, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 14): Bruiser & Crusher vs. Stevens & Bockwinkel, Gagne vs. Superstar, Lex Luger wins WCW title, Snuka wins ECW title, Sting wins TNA belt". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  7. ↑ Hoops, Brian (June 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (June 1): Rogers beats Gomez, Gordman & Goliath, Baba loses PWF Title, Flair Vs. KVE, Lawler Vs. Son, Undertaker Vs. Edge". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ Hoops, Brian (March 4, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/04): ROH 10th Anniversary Show". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  9. ↑ Martin, Adam (2012-11-14). "NWA Heavyweight Title once again vacated on 11/2". WrestleView. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
  10. ↑ Martin, Adam (2013-01-06). "New NWA Champion crowned this weekend". WrestleView. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
  11. ↑ "Vordell Walker wins NWA National Heavyweight Title". gerweck.net. 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  12. ↑ "Breaking news: Damien Wayne Regains National Title". Alliance-Wrestling.com. 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  13. ↑ Caldwell, James (2015-02-07). "NWA news: Former TNA KO captures Women's Title, Jax captures Nat'l Title, Conway defends NWA World Title, two big title matches at NJPW's "New Beginning" next week". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  14. ↑ "New NWA National Champion Crowned at last nights NWA SAW Event!". NWA Ringside. 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
  15. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=131&page=3
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