NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship was created in October, 1962. Since its creation, the championship has been defended in a number of NWA territories throughout the decades.

Initially, the title was a part of Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (GCCW) and later Southeastern Championship Wrestling (SCW), which became Continental Championship Wrestling (CCW) in 1985. It is unclear exactly when the championship moved to SCW/CCW, however it was sometime between December 1977 and November 1980. The title stayed there until CCW left the NWA to join the American Wrestling Association

American Wrestling Association

The American Wrestling Association was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 to 1991. It was owned and founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo...

(AWA) in 1988.

The championship was then shortly picked up by Alabama Pro Wrestling (APW, now NWA Xtreme) as its major title in May 2001. The title then became again inactive in November 2002, when APW created its own Heavyweight Championship.

Title history

Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
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|Jan Madrid
|1
|October 5, 1962
|Dothan, Alabama

Dothan, Alabama

Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the US state of Alabama, situated approximately west of the Georgia state line and north of Florida. It is the seat of Houston County, with portions extending into nearby Dale County and Henry County...

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|Don Field
|1
|December 14, 1962
|Dothan, Alabama
|-
|colspan=2|Vacated and inactive
|August 3, 1963
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|
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|Ken Lucas
|1
|May 14, 1969
|Mobile, Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...

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|Black Hand
|1
|July 16, 1969
|Mobile, Alabama
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|Ken Lucas
|2
|July 23, 1969
|Mobile, Alabama
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|Rocket Monroe
|1
|August 27, 1969
|Mobile, Alabama
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|Bob Boyer
|1
|September 24, 1969
|Mobile, Alabama
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|Billy Boy Hines
|1
|November 12, 1969
|Mobile, Alabama
|-
|colspan=2|Stripped
|November 21, 1969
|Dothan, Alabama
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|Billy Boy Hines
|2
|November 21, 1969
|Dothan, Alabama
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|-
|Rocket Monroe
|2
|November 21, 1969
|Dothan, Alabama
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|Dick Dunn
|1
|January 2, 1970
|Dothan, Alabama
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|colspan=5 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|
|-
|The Wrestling Pro
|1
|December 1972
|Dothan, Alabama
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|Rick Gibson
|1
|December 29, 1972
|Dothan, Alabama
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|The Wrestling Pro
|2
|January 12, 1973
|Dothan, Alabama
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|Ken Lucas
|3
|January 19, 1973
|Dothan, Alabama
|-
|Eddie Sullivan
|1
|June 16, 1973
|New Brocton, Alabama
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|Dick Dunn
|2
|August 17, 1973
|Dothan, Alabama
|-
|Duke Miller
|1
|November 23, 1973
|Dothan, Alabama
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|Dick Dunn
|3
|January 4, 1974
|Dothan, Alabama
|-
|The Wrestling Pro
|3
|January 25, 1974
|Dothan, Alabama
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|Ken Lucas
|4
|April 6, 1974
|New Brocton, Alabama
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|Duke Miller
|2
|October 5, 1974
|New Brocton, Alabama
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|Ken Lucas
|5
|October 19, 1974
|New Brocton, Alabama
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|Randy Tyler
|1
|December 7, 1974
|Dothan, Alabama
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|Dick Dunn
|4
|February 22, 1975
|New Brocton, Alabama
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|Rip Tyler
|1
|March 28, 1975
|Dothan, Alabama
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|Dick Dunn
|5
|April 11, 1975
|Dothan, Alabama
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|J.C. Dykes
|1
|May 9, 1975
|Dothan, Alabama
|-
|Dick Dunn
|6
|May 30, 1975
|Dothan, Alabama
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|-
|Don Duffy
|1
|June 20, 1975
|Dothan, Alabama
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|Dick Dunn
|7
|August 15, 1975
|Dothan, Alabama
|-
|Bill Malone
|1
|September 25, 1975
|New Brocton, Alabama
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|Ken Lucas
|6
|October 28, 1975
|Mobile, Alabama
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|Duke Miller
|3
|December 13, 1975
|New Brocton, Alabama
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|Rick Gibson
|2
|March 30, 1976
|Mobile, Alabama
|-
|colspan=2|Vacated
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|
|
|-
|Greg Peterson
|1
|August 20, 1976
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|-
|The Wrestling Pro
|4
|October 22, 1976
|Ozark, Alabama

Ozark, Alabama

Ozark is a city in and the county seat of Dale County, Alabama, United States. In 1990 the city population was 12,922. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 15,119....

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|Greg Peterson
|2
|November 5, 1976
|Dothan, Alabama
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|The Wrestling Pro
|5
|November 12, 1976
|Dothan, Alabama
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|Bob Kelly
|1
|November 19, 1976
|Dothan, Alabama
|-
|The Wrestling Pro
|6
|November 23, 1976
|Mobile, Alabama
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|Dick Dunn
|8
|November 26, 1976
|Dothan, Alabama
|-
|Rip Tyler
|2
|December 3, 1976
|Dothan, Alabama
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|Sonny King
|1
|March 11, 1977
|Dothan, Alabama
|-
|The Blue Yankee
|1
|June 11, 1977
|New Brocton, Alabama
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|Johnny Eagles
|1
|July 15, 1977
|Dothan, Alabama
|-
|Billy Spears
|1
|December 3, 1977
|New Brocton, Alabama
|-
|Ricky Fields
|1
|December 9, 1977
|Dothan, Alabama
|-
|colspan=5 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|
|-
|Billy Spears
|2
|1978
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|-
|Ricky Fields
|2
|April 1978
|
|-
|colspan=5 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|
|-
|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
|November 1980
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|-
|colspan=5 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|
|-
|Rufus R. Jones
|1
|
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|-
|colspan=5 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|
|-
|Ken Lucas
|7
|1981
|
|-
|colspan=5 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|
|-
|Bob Armstrong
|2
|March 9, 1981
|Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

|
|-
|Mr. Saito

Masa Saito

is a former Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Saito or . He wrestled for several years in various promotions operated by the National Wrestling Alliance . He later joined the World Wrestling Federation , where he teamed with Mr. Fuji to hold the World Tag Team Championship twice...

|1
|March 1981
|
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|colspan=5 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|
|-
|Dennis Condrey

Dennis Condrey

Dennis Condrey is an American professional wrestler, best known as being one half of the tag team Midnight Express....

|1
|1981
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|-
|Bob Armstrong
|3
|1981
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|-
|Dennis Condrey
|2
|1981
|
|-
|Jacques Rougeau

Jacques Rougeau

Jacques Rougeau Jr. is a retired French-Canadian professional wrestler from Saint-Sulpice, Quebec, best known for his appearances in the 1980s and 1990s with the World Wrestling Federation under his own name, and as The Mountie. Rougeau has held fifteen championships during his career...

|1
|1981
|
|-
|Jerry Stubbs
|1
|1981
|
|-
|George Wells

George Wells (wrestler)

George Wells or Welles is a retired American professional wrestler and Canadian Football League football player who competed in North American regional promotions during the early 1970s and 1980s including the Continental Wrestling Association, Pacific Northwest Wrestling, Stampede Wrestling, the...

|1
|1981
|
|-
|Jimmy Golden

Jimmy Golden

James "Jimmy" Golden is an American professional wrestler, who is better known as Bunkhouse Buck.Golden has many relatives in wrestling: his cousins are Robert & Ron Fuller, his father is Billy Golden and his uncle is Buddy Fuller and his nephew is Eddie Golden. His grandfather is Roy Welch...

|1
|1981
|
|-
|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
|August 1981
|
|-
|Mr. Saito
|2
|
|
|-
|Ron Fuller
|1
|
|
|-
|colspan=5 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|
|-
|Jimmy Golden
|2
|January 1982
|
|-
|colspan=5 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|
|-
|Terry Gordy

Terry Gordy

Terry Ray 'Bam Bam' Gordy, Sr. was a professional wrestler who was best known in North America for being a member of the Fabulous Freebirds.-Career:...

|1
|April 11, 1982
|
|-
|Jos LeDuc
|1
|May 1982
|
|-
|Austin Idol

Austin Idol

Mike McCord is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name the "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol.-Professional wrestling career:McCord graduated from Robinson High School in Tampa, Florida...

|1
|1982
|
|-
|Wayne Farris

The Honky Tonk Man

Roy Wayne Farris , better known by his ring name The Honky Tonk Man, is an American professional wrestler. A 1975 graduate from University of Memphis with a B.S. degree in Education. Coached high school football 2 seasons at Munford High School in Munford, Tennessee...

|1
|September 11, 1982
|Dothan, Alabama
|-
|Mr. Olympia (Jerry Stubbs)
|2
|January 1983
|
|-
|Norman Frederick Charles
|1
|March 1983
|
|-
|Tom Jones
|1
|March 1983
|
|-
|The Flame

Jody Hamilton

Joseph "Jody" Hamilton is an American retired professional wrestler and current wrestling promoter and trainer. In his active days Hamiltion was best known as known as one half of the tag team The Assassins where he was called "Assassin #1"...

|1
|March 1983
|
|-
|Rick Gibson
|3
|May 1983
|
|-
|Rick Harris

Rick Harris

Rick Harris is a former professional wrestler better known by his ring name , Black Bart. He is the son of the late George "Two Ton" Harris.-Career:Rick Harris started wrestling in 1975...

|1
|July 1983
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|-
|Buck Robley
|1
|July 1983
|
|-
|Rick Harris
|2
|July 1983
|
|-
|Mr. Olympia/Jerry Stubbs
|3
|August 1983
|
|
|-
|Charlie Cook
|1
|January 9, 1984
|Birmingham, Alabama
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|Vic Rain
|1
|April 9, 1984
|Birmingham, Alabama
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|Rick McGraw
|1
|May 28, 1984
|Birmingham, Alabama
|-
|Boris Zhukov

Jim Barrell

James Kirk Harrell is an American professional wrestler best known as Boris Zhukov in his time with the World Wrestling Federation.-Professional wrestling career:...

|1
|August 13, 1984
|Birmingham, Alabama
|-
|Porkchop Cash
|1
|September 1984
|
|-
|Lord Humongous

Lord Humongous

Lord Humongous is a professional wrestling character who was introduced in Memphis' Mid-South Wrestling by "Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart as a heel to challenge the long-time dominant Jerry "the King" Lawler...

(Jeff Van Kamp

Jeff Van Kamp

Jeff VanCamp, Sr. is former professional wrestler, who wrestled as Lord Humongous in 1984. He wrestled mainly in the South and was managed by Ron Fuller. He feuded with Fuller over the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship.-Career:...

)
|1
|November 28, 1984
|Birmingham, Alabama
|-
|Johnny Rich
|1
|1985
|
|-
|Lord Humongous
|2
|1985
|
|-
|Austin Idol
|2
|March 4, 1985
|
|-
|Lord Humongous
|3
|April 7, 1985
|Dothan, Alabama
|-
|Ron Fuller
|2
|June 17, 1985
|
|-
|Bob Armstrong
|4
|July 1985
|
|-
|colspan=2|Vacated
|1985
|
|
|-
|Roberto Soto
|1
|September 20, 1985
|Mobile, Alabama
|
|-
|Jerry Stubbs
|4
|February 24, 1986
|Birmingham, Alabama
|-
|colspan=2|Vacated
|1986
|
|-
|Wendell Cooley
|1
|September 15, 1986
|Birmingham, Alabama
|
|-
|Tony Anthony

Tony Anthony

Darrell W. "Tony" Anthony is a semi-retired American professional wrestler best known as Dirty White Boy, who wrestled primarily for independent promotions in the Southeastern United States...

Oxford, Alabama

Oxford is a city in Calhoun and Talladega counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 14,592 at the 2000 census. Oxford is one of two principal cities of and included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area...

|-
|Tony Anthony
|2
|December 1986
|
|-
|Wendell Cooley
|3
|January 12, 1987
|Birmingham, Alabama
|-
|colspan=2|Vacated
|February 1987
|
|-
|Mike Golden
|1
|April 1987
|
|
|-
|Mr. Wrestling II

Mr. Wrestling II

John "Johnny" Walker , better known as Mr. Wrestling II, is a retired American professional wrestler. As Mr...

Marietta, Georgia

Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs...

|-
|The Bullet (Bob Armstrong)
|5
|June 22, 1987
|Birmingham, Alabama
|
|-
|Tony Anthony
|3
|October 19, 1987
|Birmingham, Alabama
|-
|Tom Prichard

Tom Prichard

Thomas Prichard is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, working in their developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling as a trainer using his ring name Tom Prichard...

Larry Latham (wrestler)

Larry Booker was a professional wrestler best known as Larry Latham, Iss Spot and Moondog Spot.-Career:...

|1
|January 3, 1988
|Birmingham, Alabama
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|Ranger Ross
|1
|January 1988
|
|-
|Jonathan Boyd

Jonathan Boyd

Jonathan Barry Boyle was an Australian professional wrestler who is known worldwide under the name "Lord" Jonathan Boyd. Initially Boyd competed both in North American and international promotions as part of the Royal Kangaroos with his cousin Norman Frederick Charles III...

|1
|January 11, 1988
|Birmingham, Alabama
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|Tom Prichard
|2
|February 15, 1988
|Birmingham, Alabama
|-
|Tony Anthony
|4
|March 28, 1988
|Birmingham, Alabama
|-
|colspan=2|Abandoned
|1988
|
|
|-
|John Dalton
|1
|May 4, 2001
|Cornelia, Georgia

Cornelia, Georgia

Cornelia is a city in Habersham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,834 at the 2010 census. It is home to one of the world's largest apple sculptures, which is displayed on top of an obelisk shaped monument...

Title history

See also