Mid-South North American Championship

The Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship was the major singles title in the Mid-South Wrestling Association from 1979 until the promotion became the Universal Wrestling Federation

Universal Wrestling Federation (United States)

The Universal Wrestling Federation was owner Bill Watts' attempt at taking his Mid-South Wrestling promotion to a national level in 1986. The attempt failed and in 1987, Watts sold the promotion to Jim Crockett Promotions and became part of what would later be known as World Championship Wrestling...

in 1986. The title was retired then in favor of the UWF Heavyweight Championship

UWF Heavyweight Championship

The UWF Heavyweight Championship was the premier title in the Universal Wrestling Federation owned by Bill Watts. When Mid-South Wrestling Association changed its name to the UWF, the Mid-South North American title was retired and a tournament was held to crown a new UWF World Heavyweight Champion...

. The promotion was originally a member of the National Wrestling Alliance

National Wrestling Alliance

The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...

referred to as NWA Tri-State, hence the title was originally the Tri-State version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship from 1969 to 1979.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State version)
Chuck Karbo	1	1969	Los Angeles, CA	Wins fictitious tournament
Danny Hodge Danny Hodge Daniel "Danny" Allen Hodge is a retired American wrestler and boxer. He is renowned for his wrestling career, both amateur and professional, and has also been a boxer. Hodge was born, grew up, and still lives in Perry, Oklahoma...	1	October 21, 1969	Little Rock, Arkansas
Chuck Karbo	2	1969	?
Tarzan Baxter	1	1969	?
The Spoiler Don Jardine Don Jardine was a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his masked gimmick as "The Spoiler".-Career:Jardine began wrestling in the mid-1950s,making his wrestling debut in 1955 at the age of 15...	1	circa February 1970	?
Bill Watts Bill Watts William F. "Bill" Watts is a former American professional wrestler and promoter. Watts was famous under his "Cowboy" gimmick in his wrestling career, and then as a tough, no-nonsense promoter in the Mid-South area of the United States, which grew to become the UWF.In 1992, he was the Executive...	1	April 12, 1970	Tulsa, OK
Dusty Rhodes Dusty Rhodes (wrestler) Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr. , better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler currently working for WWE...	1	May 21, 1971	Shreveport, LA
Bill Watts	2	October 1971	?
The Stomper John Quinn (wrestler) John Quinn is a retired Canadian professional wrestler who competed in North American regional promotions including NWA All-Star Wrestling, Pacific Northwest Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling during the 1960s and early 1970s...	1	March 1972	?
Bill Watts	3	circa July 1972	?	Watts takes title to George & Florida to defend/Tri-State version vacant
Buddy Colt	1	May 7, 1974	Tampa, FL
Bob Armstrong Bob Armstrong Joseph Melton James is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Bullet" Bob Armstrong. In the course of his career, which spanned five decades, Armstrong held numerous championships throughout the Southeastern United States...	1	June 8, 1974	Jacksonville, FL
Buddy Colt	2	February 1975	?
Bill Watts	4	February 21, 1975	Atlanta, GA	Awarded when Colt is injured in a plane crash-unifies title with Tri-State version on 11-26-75
The Spoiler	2	November 9, 1976	Shreveport, LA
The Brute Bugsy McGraw Bugsy McGraw is the ring name of former professional wrestler Michael Davis. He also wrestled under the name "The Skull." He is not to be confused with the other wrestler named Mike Davis.-Total Nonstop Action Wrestling :...	1	November 23, 1976	?	Awarded after defending title for The Spoiler
Ted DiBiase Ted DiBiase Theodore Marvin "Ted" DiBiase, Sr. is a retired professional wrestler, manager, ordained minister and color commentator. DiBiase achieved championship success in a number of wrestling promotions, holding thirty titles during his professional wrestling career...	1	December 1976	?
The Great Zimm	1	1977	Shreveport, LA
Dick Murdoch Dick Murdoch Hoyt Richard "Dick" Murdoch was an American professional wrestler.-Professional wrestling career:A second-generation wrestler, the son of 1950s Texas wrestler Frankie Hill Murdoch, Dick Murdoch grew up with fellow second-generation wrestlers Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk, watching their fathers...	1	March 1, 1977	Shreveport, LA
Stan Hansen Stan Hansen John Stanley Hansen, Jr. is an American former professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Stan Hansen. As a wrestler, Hansen was well known for his stiff wrestling style, which he attributes to poor eyesight, as he is nearly blind without glasses...	1	May 2, 1977	Tulsa, OK
Bill Watts	5	June 20, 1977	Tulsa, OK
Dick Murdoch	2	August 4, 1977	?
Jerry Oates	1	August 1977	Albuquerque, NM
Dick Murdoch	3	November 6, 1977	Shreveport, LA
Ernie Ladd Ernie Ladd Ernest "Ernie" Ladd , nicknamed "The Big Cat" was an American collegiate and professional football player and a professional wrestler.-Pro Football career:...	1	February 14, 1978	Shreveport, LA
Paul Orndorff Paul Orndorff Paul Parlette Orndorff, Jr. is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff...	1	May 29, 1978	Tulsa, OK
Ernie Ladd	2	June 1978	?
Paul Orndorff	2	June 1978	?
Ernie Ladd	3	August 15, 1978	?
Ray Candy Ray Candy Ray Canty , known by the ring name Ray Candy, was an American professional wrestler for the Jim Crockett Promotions and various other regional wrestling territories...	1	November 17, 1978	Shreveport, LA
Ernie Ladd	4	December 25, 1978	New Orleans, LA (wins by forfeit)
Mr. Wrestling II Mr. Wrestling II John "Johnny" Walker , better known as Mr. Wrestling II, is a retired American professional wrestler. As Mr...	1	February 16, 1979	Atlanta, GA
Renamed Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship
Mike George	1	September 5, 1979	Shreveport, LA
Bill Watts	6	December 4, 1979	Baton Rouge, LA
Mike George	2	December 6, 1979	?	Title returned
Ted DiBiase	2	February 1, 1980	Shreveport, LA
The Grappler Len Denton Len Denton is a semi-retired professional wrestler, best known by his ring name The Grappler.While wrestling as The Grappler in Pacific Northwest Wrestling , his gimmick was a loaded boot, and later a loaded mask, which he had started wearing earlier in his career after losing a hair match and...	1	September 19, 1980	Shreveport, LA
Jake Roberts Jake Roberts Aurelian Jake Smith, Jr. is a second-generation American professional wrestler, the son of former wrestler Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith...	1	June 1981	?
Paul Orndorff	3	July 4, 1981	New Orleans, LA
Ted DiBiase	3	November 1, 1981	Lake Charles, LA
Bob Roop Bob Roop Bob Roop is a retired amateur and professional wrestler whose career has spanned high school, college, Army, amateur and professional wrestling. He was an American Heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...	1	March 17, 1982	Shreveport, LA
Junkyard Dog Junkyard Dog Sylvester Ritter was an American professional wrestler and professional football player, best known for his work in Mid-South Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as The Junkyard Dog...	1	June 21, 1982	New Orleans, LA
Ted DiBiase	4	June 23, 1982	Shreveport, LA
Stagger Lee (Junkyard Dog)	2	November 25, 1982	New Orleans, LA	JYD lost loser-leaves-town for 90 days match & returned as masked Stagger Lee
Vacated		February 1983		Vacant when Junkyard Dog returns from 90 days unmasked
Junkyard Dog	3	April 16, 1983	New Orleans, LA	Defeats Mr. Olympia Jerry Stubbs Jerry Stubbs is a retired professional wrestler. Stubbs wrestled as Mr. Olympia in Bill Watts's Mid-South wrestling area and as the villainous Jerry “Mr. Perfect” Stubbs in Southeast/Continental wrestling promotions...
Butch Reed Butch Reed Butch Reed is an American professional wrestler best known for his stints in the World Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance/World Championship Wrestling.-Career:...	1	July 16, 1983	New Orleans, LA
Magnum T.A. Magnum T.A. Terry Wayne Allen is a retired American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Magnum T.A..-Early years:...	1	October 12, 1983	Shreveport, LA
Nikolai Volkoff Nikolai Volkoff Josip Nikolai Peruzović , better known by his ring name of Nikolai Volkoff, is a professional wrestler who is best known for his performances for the World Wrestling Federation...	1	October 24, 1983	New Orleans, LA
Butch Reed	2	October 24, 1983	New Orleans, LA	Title returned after Magnum's victory is reversed
Junkyard Dog	4	October 26, 1983	Shreveport, LA
Mr. Wrestling II	2	March 12, 1984	New Orleans, LA
Magnum T.A.	2	May 13, 1984	Tulsa, OK
Ernie Ladd	5	October 16, 1984	Shreveport, LA
Brad Armstrong	1	December 5, 1984	Shreveport, LA
Ted DiBiase	5	January 16, 1985	Shreveport, LA
Terry Taylor Terry Taylor Terry Taylor , is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation...	1	March 13, 1985	Shreveport, LA
The Nightmare Randy Colley Randy Colley is a retired professional wrestler better known as Moondog Rex.-Professional wrestlling career:Colley competed in the World Wrestling Federation, where in 1981 he won the WWF Tag Team Championship with Moondog King as the Moondogs...	1	May 22, 1985	Shreveport, LA
Dick Murdoch	4	August 10, 1985	New Orleans, LA
Butch Reed	3	October 14, 1985	New Orleans, LA
Dick Slater Dick Slater Richard Van Slater , better known by his ring name "Dirty" Dick Slater, is a retired American professional wrestler who wrestled in the 1970s, 1980s, and mid 1990s for various promotions including Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling .Slater began wrestling with Mike...	1	January 1, 1986	Tulsa, OK
Held Up		January 31, 1986		Held up after match against Jake Roberts
Jake Roberts	2	February 14, 1986	Houston, TX (wins rematch)
Dick Slater	2	February 23, 1986	Oklahoma City, OK
Hacksaw Jim Duggan Jim Duggan James Edward Duggan , better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment in the 1980s, when it was known as World Wrestling Federation , and World Championship Wrestling...	1	March 16, 1986	Oklahoma City, OK	Defeats Buzz Sawyer Buzz Sawyer Bruce Woyan was a professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Buzz Sawyer. Throughout his career, he was also known by the nickname "Mad Dog". He was characterized by his crazy antics inside the ring and out.-Career:Sawyer started wrestling in 1979 in the National Wrestling Alliance 's... , who was defending for Slater
Title retired		May 1986		Mid-South Wrestling Association becomes the UWF
Tri-State version while Watts was in Georgia/Florida
Tank Morgan	1	November 12, 1973	Shreveport, LA	Defeats Dewey Robertson Dewey Robertson Byron James John "Dewey" Robertson was a professional wrestler, known best for his ring name The Missing Link.... in tournament final
Rip Tyler	1	February 11, 1974	Shreveport, LA
Bull Ramos	1	April 1974	?
Arman Hussein	1	July 29, 1974	Shreveport, LA
Skandor Akbar	1	December 1974	Shreveport, LA
Danny Miller	1	May 14, 1975	Jackson, MS
Dick Murdoch	1 (5 total)	June 5, 1975	New Orleans, LA
Killer Karl Kox Herb Gerwig Herb Gerwig was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name of Killer Karl Kox, who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance as well as international promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling, the International Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling during the...	1	October 28, 1975	Shreveport, LA
Bill Watts	1 (7 total)	November 26, 1975	Jackson, MS	Unifies both versions

Title history

See also