NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship was the top singles professional wrestling

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in the Australia

Professional wrestling in Australia

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n World Championship Wrestling promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

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from 1972 until the promotion's 1978 closure.

WCW had joined the National Wrestling Alliance

National Wrestling Alliance

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in August 1969, still recognizing its IWA World Heavyweight Championship

IWA World Heavyweight Championship

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title as its world title. In 1971, that title was abandoned in favor of this one. The NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

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was then recognized in WCW as the world title.

11 different men held the championship, combining for 15 individual title reigns.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:
Spiros Arion Andres Labrakis Andres Labrakis is a Greek retired professional wrestler who had extensive and successful careers in both Australia and the United States. Known as Spiros Arion and The Golden Greek, he debuted in 1961 and retired in 1978.- Europe :...	1	28 April 1972	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
Bulldog Brower	1	8 September 1972	Sydney, New South Wales
Spiros Arion	2	22 September 1972	Sydney, New South Wales
Brute Bernard	1	4 November 1972	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... , Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
Spiros Arion	3	25 November 1972	Sydney, New South Wales
Waldo Von Erich Waldo Von Erich Walter Paul Sieber was a Canadian professional wrestler under the ring name Waldo Von Erich. He was billed as the brother of Fritz Von Erich, but was not actually related to Fritz or the rest of the Von Erich family....	1	December 1974	Fiji Fiji Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
Mario Milano Mario Milano Mario Bulfone, better known by his ring name Mario Milano is a former professional wrestler. Milano got his start in wrestling in Venezuela and later competed in the United States and Australia.-Early career:...	1	19 May 1974	Sydney, New South Wales
Ciclón Negro	1	19 June 1974	Sydney, New South Wales
George Gouliovas	1	1 November 1974	Sydney, New South Wales
The Great Mephisto	1	28 February 1975	Sydney, New South Wales
George Gouliovas	2	7 March 1975	Sydney, New South Wales
Moose Morowski	1	2 August 1975	Melbourne, Victoria
Skandor Akbar	1	12 September 1975	Sydney, New South Wales
The Great Mephisto	2	11 October 1975	Melbourne, Victoria
Ron Miller	1	January 1976	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
WCW closed in December 1978.

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