", This page was last edited on 15 April 2023, at 18:15. Southern Heavyweight Title (Florida)", "N.W.A. This run saw Pearce hold the title for just over a year before losing it to Colt Cabana. The promotion currently has eight championships - four men's singles titles, two men's tag team championships, one women's singles title, and a women's tag team championship. Sports City. This reign was initially ignored by the NWA and TNA, with Jarrett continuing to be recognized as champion. They were more comedic than their badass run in World Class, but they also had more miles on them. Find the US States - No Outlines Minefield. This episode aired on tape delay on December 29, 1990. The top singles championship specifically contested for female wrestlers is the NWA World Women's Championship, which is currently held by Kamille who defeated Serena Deeb on June 6, 2021 at When Our Shadows Fall. Rumour has it that he was only removed as champion due to him being hurt in a serious automobile accident in 1973, and he dropped the belt to Harley Race that same year. Lou Thesz is today considered a legend in pro wrestling circles, and is still looked up to by many active wrestlers. New England Junior Heavyweight Title", "N.W.A. Flair appeared on WWF television with the NWA big gold belt and frequently called himself the real world champion. Gene Kiniski wrestled as a heel and fought many major NWA stars during his run as champion, including Bobo Brazil, Abdullah the Butcher and Pat OConnor, amongst others. New England Colonial Heavyweight Title", "N.W.A. In the 1990s, Funk Jr returned to AJPW, and teamed with his brother, also making occasional appearances for WCW, ECW and the WWF. A flurry of title changes saw Jarrett lift the belt twice, first defeating Raven in September before dropping it to Rhino in October, and then winning it back only 2 days later. 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NWA World Television Championship/Champion history | Pro Wrestling | Fandom Pro Wrestling Wiki 148,969 pages Explore Wrestlers Promotions TV Championships in: Champion history NWA World Television Championship/Champion history < NWA World Television Championship View source NWA World Television Championship/Champion history RECORD BOOK WRESTLING THE GREATEST WRESTLER, Ryouichi Moriya, 1985 Kerry pinned Flair to win the title. He would defeat Chris Candido and win his first NWA World Heavyweight Championship that same year. The NWA World Tag Team Championship is held by two-time champions La Rebelin (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf 450). . National Wrestling Association's World Heavyweight Championship, Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium World Heavyweight Championship, 1st Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions, WCW International World Heavyweight Champion, NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. Pacific Northwest Television Title", "N.W.A. Pacific Coast Tag Team Title (San Francisco)", "N.W.A. They defeated Hawx Aerie (Luke Hawx and PJ Hawx) on Night One of the NWA 74th Anniversary Show on August 27, 2022 to win the vacant titles after previous champions The Commonwealth Connection (Doug Williams and Harry Smith) had to vacate the titles due to Smith being unable to defend them because of an illness. Gonzlez was retroactively recognized by the NWA beginning February 16, 2015. Funk Jr started wrestling in 1963, and quickly found himself feuding with a number of top stars in the NWA. WWE Network News and Tidbits: 90+Min Interview With NWA Star, NXT Level Up Preview Featuring Former Champions, & More April 13, 2023 New To WWE Network and Peacock This Week - A Slow Week For New Programming, WWE's The Bump, NXT Level Up, & More Awarded when Brown suffers career-ending injuries in an automobile accident on November 1. This title change is not recognized by the NWA. At around the same time, a version of the US title was established in the Rocky Mountains territory. It is the promotion's premier title. Dory Funk Jr, along with his brother Terry, are two names most associated with the NWA, and are the only siblings to both win the NWA World Championship. Since 1984, the NWA World Heavyweight title could only be competed for by wrestlers contracted to Jim Crockett Promotions, but there was a big change afoot. North American Tag Team Title (Los Angeles/Japan)", "N.W.A. Flair lost the title after a couple of months to Tatsumi Fujinami in Tokyo, winning it back at SuperBrawl in May. Once again, this reign would end up being all too short, with Kiniski dropping the belt back to Gagne just a month later. 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United States Heavyweight Title (Toronto)", "N.W.A. This is considered a continuation of Flair's previous reign. Nick Aldis is, as of time of writing, still the NWA World Champion, so it is very likely that hell make his way up this list. Race dropped the belt to Dusty Rhodes in 1979, but won the title back less than a week later; the first of a number of brief titleless runs for Race. United States Heavyweight Title (Hawaii)", "N.W.A. In 1948, after decades of competing with each other, an agreement was made to bring all the territories into one national alliance, forming the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Vince McMahon went cold on the NWA idea, and Jim Cornettes New Midnight Express were soon tossed to the wayside, yet Vince saw something in Severn, although Severn struggled to get over. OConnor would hold onto the NWA World Heavyweight Championship until June 1961, when he lost the belt to Buddy Rogers in front of a record breaking crowd of 38,500+ fans. Flair became a two-time WWF Champion during his short tenure with the company. Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title (San Francisco)", "N.W.A. The professional wrestling championships are not won through legitimate athletic competition; they are instead won via scripted endings to a match or on occasion awarded to a . TNA didn't initially recognize the vacancy and had Angle defeat champion. January 5, 1948. In 1957 he would win the Montreal World Title, defeating douard Carpentier, but this reign would be short lived, as he dropped the title to Killer Kowalski just a month later. Ive used quite a formal system to determine a top 10, as I didnt want feelings to get in the way of my favourites. 5 Cruiserweight Championship. champion - vacant title filled in four-way match Sunday", "NWA News: Pearce vs. Cabana series concludes, but without NWA champ following "controversy" (w/Video)", "Presents Wrestle Kingdom 8 in ", "NWA news: New NWA World champion determined in Vegas", "NWA news: New NWA World Hvt. RIP Harley Race! Kiniskis run lasted over three years and took him all around the world. There are precious few foreign workers at the top of the WWE Champion list, so its nice to see Japans Naoya Ogawa and Mexicos Blue Demon Jr both occupy spots in the top 20. Asheville, NC. NWA Women's Champion: Kamille NWA Tag Team Champion: Aron Stevens NWA Television Champion: Da Pope Legends Austin Idol Melina Taryn Terrell Velvet Sky Participants Skye Blue Slice Boogie Jordan Clearwater Colby Corino Crimson Jax Dane Kratos JTG Jennacide Lady Frost Thom Latimer The Masked Man Mims Trevor Murdoch Kenzie Paige Jeremiah Punkett For many, the Cruiserweight Championship is remembered alongside the best in-ring action grace a WCW ring. Initially taking the name Brutus Magnus, and sporting a gladiatorial gimmick, no doubt a nod to his former career, he debuted for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2008. The NWA did not officially recognize any tag team champions until 1992 while various affiliates had previously had their own Tag Team championships. Vacates on 92/12 because of injury. The title returned to Flair later on due to the nature of the championship match. The secondary title is the NWA National Championship. Adam Pearce is one of the most recent champions on this list, but one that fans might be the least familiar with. Here are the 10 NWA Champions with the greatest reigns (not ranked by length): 10. For decades this belt has been the go-to world championship in all of wrestling and has probably the most prestigious lineage of any title. His major success would come in 1966, when he finally managed to defeat Lou Thesz to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. He's held both #BigGold and the #TenPoundsOfGold. The Impact World Tag Team Championship (formerly known as the TNA World Tag Team Championship) is a professional wrestling championship contested for in Impact Wrestling's tag team division.After the formation of TNA in June 2002, the company executives signed a contractual agreement with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that allowed them control of the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag . He also worked for the World Wrestling Council and World Championship Wrestling, famously becoming the manager of Big Van Vader. Pearce has been wrestling since 1996, and his early career was spent working for various independent promotions. Pearce wrestled all over the world before landing at Ring of Honor, where he would also work with National Wrestling Alliance affiliated promotions. It is the secondary championship of the promotion's female division, its represented by a trophy instead a belt. 1993-01-04. Recognition dropped by NWA in 93-09 after WCW withdraws from NWA; WCW continues to recognize "WCW International" World Heavyweight title with Flair as the champion. Race dropped the belt a little over two months later to Giant Baba on his tour of Japan, only to regain the title a week later. Ric Flair holds the record for most reigns with 10. Finally, Flair lost the belt to Victor Jovica for a spell of three days before regaining the title after it was ruled that Jovicas win was illegal due to his feet being on the ropes. Later in 1982, Flair was beaten by Jack Veneno in the Domincan Republic, but Veneno refused the belt. But I feel the need to state that Jeff Jarrett is the least deserving NWA champion on this list. This effectively annulled Gonzlezs title win and the belt returned to Jarrett. 1 time OVW Heavyweight Champion, 1 time OVW Southern Tag Team Champion, 3 time World Heavyweight Champion, 2 time World Tag Team Champion, 12 time WWE Champion/WWE World Heavyweight Champion, 5 time WWE United States Champion, 2 time WWE Tag Team Champion. The championship was awarded to The Rock 'n' Roll Express. Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Triple X were stripped from the championship after a double-pin against. It always felt like he wished he was back in the days of the territories, and that hed have been much more successful back then. Tyrus is your new NWA World Television Champion. His first win came over Ric Flair in 1990 NWA/WCW, and his second in 2006 over Jeff Jarrett in NWA TNA. This also brought forth the first recognized "World Heavyweight Championship," where Lou Thez became it's first champion. I would say Flair is the last of the serious contenders for the title of best NWA world champion just based off of the top of my head without looking at a full list of the NWA champions. This was the first time the championship changed hands on a, The championship held up after The Brotherhood (Eric Sbraccia and. Western States Heritage Heavyweight Title", "N.W.A. Biloxi, MS. Sports WWE. Were WWE Right To Have Cody Rhodes Lose At WrestleMania 39? Following WWE's purchase of WCW and eventual retirement of the title, this championship sat on the shelf until its revival in 2016. While I am certain there are many who do not remember him, he was one of a great generation of forgotten British wrestlers that laid the groundwork for the British wrestling industry today. Hed remain with the AWA up until 1974 when he began working with Jim Crockett Promotions, where hed earn the name Nature Boy. It is recognized as the top championship in the WWE . Thesz won the match and the championship by count out. Samoan SWAT Team: Lance Anoa'i & Juicy Finau. In 2009, at the age of 77, Hodge showed off his overwhelming physical power by crushing an apple with . This includes the list of all WCW Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Roster, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in World Championship Wrestling. The group served as a governing body, with various independent promotions being members, and sharing the NWA titles amongst them. Tyrus is the current champion in his first reign. Join Cultured Vultures as we bring you some of the biggest news from the world of wrestling. So sit back and enjoy a slide show commemorating these superstars accomplishments. Lou Thesz. Unbelievably, he still gets in the ring from time to time. Ex-wrestler turned promoter. What was added? Champion Gallery Reigns External links NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship Title History at Wrestling-Titles.com (1975 - 2001) Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling promotion operating via its parent company Lightning One, Inc. [1] Title reigns are either determined by professional wrestling matches or are awarded to a wrestler, as a result of the culmination of various scripted storylines. He continued to challenge various NWA Champions, such as Dick Hutton, Billy Watson and would again face off against Lou Thesz. Canadian Tag Team Title (Vancouver)", "NWA [Mexico] Tag Team Championship Tournament (in Spanish)", "N.W.A. Hed even remain active into the 80s, wrestling infrequently and he also refereed the Ric Flair vs Harley Race NWA Heavyweight title match at Starrcade 83. Canadian Tag Team Title (Calgary)", "N.W.A. Contents 1 Early history 2 Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling 3 Enter Ted Turner 4 NWA 'Unification' 5 Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup 6 Championship in Jim Crockett Promotions 7 See also 8 External links Early history In July 1948, the current version of National Wrestling Alliance is founded and Brown is recognized as the first NWA World champion. Ric Flair and John Cena hold the most recognized World Heavyweight . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In NWA TNA is still looked up to by many active wrestlers he would defeat Chris Candido and his... 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