NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship a professional wrestling championship that currently serves as the main title for the National Wrestling Alliance
promotion, NWA Midwest. For most of its existence, however, the title was defended in the NWA affiliate Central States Wrestling
from 1950 to 1989.
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...
promotion, NWA Midwest. For most of its existence, however, the title was defended in the NWA affiliate Central States Wrestling
Heart of America Sports Attractions
Heart of America Sports Attractions, also known as the Midwest Wrestling Association, Central States Wrestling and the World Wrestling Alliance, was an American professional wrestling promotion that ran shows mainly in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa...
from 1950 to 1989.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Bill Longson Bill Longson William Longson was a professional wrestler, who spent most of his career in St. Louis, Missouri under the ring name "Wild Bill" Longson... |
1 | May 18, 1950 | Kansas City, KS Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified... |
Defeats Sonny Myers in tournament final to become first champion |
| Tarzan Kowalski Killer Kowalski Władek "Killer" Kowalski was a Canadian professional wrestler. Kowalski wrestled for numerous promotions during his career, including the NWA and WWF, and was a known heel wrestler... |
1 | January 25, 1951 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Dennis Clary | 1 | April 26, 1951 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Sonny Myers Sonny Myers Harold "Sonny" Myers was an American professional wrestler, involved in the business for sixty years.-Career:... |
1 | May 3, 1951 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Dennis Clary | 2 | May 10, 1951 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Jimmy Coffield | 1 | November 6, 1951 | Topeka, KS Topeka, Kansas Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was... |
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| Alo Leilani | 1 | November 29, 1951 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Orton Bob Orton Robert Dale "Bob" Orton was an American professional wrestler. He was also known as Bob Orton, Sr. to distinguish him from his son, "Cowboy" Bob Orton, Jr... |
1 | December 20, 1951 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Enrique Torres Enrique Torres Enrique Torres was a Mexican-American professional wrestler, the oldest three Torres brothers in wrestling, and a major star in the late 1940s and 1950s.-Personal Background:... |
1 | February 28, 1952 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Sonny Myers | 2 | March 6, 1952 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Vacant | 1952 | Title vacant | ||
| Sonny Myers | # | April 1952 | Wichita, KS Wichita, Kansas Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area... |
Defeats Bob Orton in 13-man tournament final, but Orville Brown refuses to present him with the title because the final was only one fall |
| Sonny Myers | 3 | 1952 | ? | Defeats Bob Orton in 3-fall match |
| Red Berry Red Berry (wrestler) Ralph L. Berry was an American professional wrestler known by his ring name "Wild" Red Berry. He was a multiple time World Light-Heavyweight Champion and an important smaller wrestler of the 1930s to the 1950s, as well as a famous wrestling manager in his later years.-Professional wrestling... |
1 | circa September 1952 | ? | |
| Bobby Lane | 1 | November 1952 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Dave Sims | 1 | January 15, 1953 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Lenny Montana Lenny Montana Lenny Montana was an American actor, who played the role of feared hitman Luca Brasi in The Godfather. Prior to becoming an actor, he had a successful career as a professional wrestler,... |
1 | October 1, 1953 | ? | |
| Sonny Myers | 4 | December 11, 1953 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Dave Sims | 2 | January 1954 | ? | |
| Bob Orton | 2 | January 28, 1954 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Sonny Myers | 5 | March 1954 | ? | |
| El Toro | 1 | 1954 | ? | Unknown whom El Toro defeated for the title |
| Sonny Myers | 6 | 1954 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Joe Dusek | 1 | September 13, 1954 | Wichita, KS | |
| Ray Villmer | 1 | December 16, 1954 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Lu Kim | 1 | ? | ? | |
| Ray Villmer | 2 | ? | ? | |
| Mike DiBiase | 1 | circa April 1956 | ? | Unknown whom DiBiase defeated for the title |
| Richard Brown | 1 | April 10, 1956 | Topeka, KS | |
| Mighty Atlas | 1 | circa 1956 | ? | Unknown whom Atlas defeated for the title |
| Sonny Myers | 7 | circa February 1957 | ? | Unknown whom Myers defeated for the title |
| Richard Brown | 2 | 1957 | ? | Unknown whom Brown defeated for the title |
| Red Berry | 2 | September 15, 1957 | Wichita, KS | |
| Richard Brown | 3 | October 7, 1957 | Wichita, KS | |
| Vacant | 1958 | Title vacant | ||
| Sonny Myers | 8 | July 25, 1958 | St. Joseph, MO | Wins tournament |
| Vacant | circa October 1958 | Title vacant | ||
| Bob Geigel Bob Geigel Robert "Bob" Geigel is a former American professional wrestling promoter and also a former professional wrestler. Geigel ran the NWA Central States promotion between 1963 and 1986, until it was bought out by Jim Crockett Promotions... |
1 | October 3, 1958 | ? | Defeats Bob Ellis in tournament final |
| Bob Ellis | 1 | November 28, 1958 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Lee Henning | 1 | January 22, 1960 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Kinji Shibuya Kinji Shibuya Kinji Shibuya was an American professional wrestler and actor.-Professional wrestling career:In 1952, promoter Al Karasick suggested Shibuya try professional wrestling. He was originally given a villainous gimmick of a Japanese bad guy after World War II. He wrestled in the United States and... |
1 | 1960 | ? | Unknown whom Shibuya defeated for the title |
| Bob Ellis | 2 | March 10, 1960 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Lee Henning | 2 | April 1960 | ? | |
| Thor Hagen | 1 | May 27, 1960 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Ricky Lee | 1 | June 1960 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Thor Hagen | 2 | August 1960 | ? | |
| Mike Paidousis | 1 | September 29, 1960 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Lee Henning | 3 | November 18, 1960 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Ron Etchison | 1 | March 31, 1961 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Lee Henning | 4 | April 21, 1961 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Bob Ellis | 3 | circa May 1961 | ? | |
| Vacant | 1961 | Ellis leaves the area | ||
| Buddy Austin | 1 | June 2, 1961 | ? | Awarded title |
| Sonny Myers | 9 | November 3, 1961 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Tarzan Tyler | 1 | November 10, 1961 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Buddy Austin | 2 | November 1961 | ? | |
| Ray Gordon | 1 | February 9, 1962 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Lee Henning | 5 | May 4, 1962 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Pat O'Connor Pat O'Connor (wrestler) Patrick John "Pat" O'Connor , was a professional wrestler from New Zealand. O'Connor was regarded as one of the premier workers of his era... |
1 | circa October 1962 | ? | |
| Lee Henning | 6 | November 2, 1962 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Pat O'Connor | 2 | November 16, 1962 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Sonny Myers | 10 | February 1, 1963 | St. Joseph, MO | Unknown whom Myers defeated for the title |
| Rock Hunter | 1 | May 17, 1963 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Enrique Torres | 2 | December 20, 1963 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| 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 | December 20, 1963 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Mike DiBiase | 1 | circa December 1964 | ? | Unknown whom DiBiase defeated for the title |
| Ron Reed | 1 | January 11, 1965 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| The Stomper | 1 | June 4, 1965 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Sonny Myers | 11 | July 4, 1965 | ? | |
| Bob Geigel | 2 | January 7, 1966 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Ron Reed | 2 | February 18, 1966 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| The Viking Bob Morse Robert "Bob" Morse is an American former basketball player.His tremendous scoring ability helped the great Ignis Varese of the seventies to lift three Euroleague titles in seven consecutive final appearances.On February 3, 2008, Morse was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities to... |
1 | June 17, 1966 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Mike DiBiase | 2 | December 16, 1966 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Sonny Myers | 12 | January 13, 1967 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Bob Geigel | 3 | February 24, 1967 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| The Viking | 2 | April 7, 1967 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Sonny Myers | 13 | June 9, 1967 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| The Hangman | 1 | October 27, 1967 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Bob Geigel | 4 | November 17, 1967 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Sonny Myers | 14 | December 12, 1967 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Harley Race Harley Race Harley Leland Race is a retired American professional wrestler and current promoter and trainer. During his career as a wrestler, he held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 7 times... |
1 | April 5, 1968 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Ron Etchison | 2 | May 3, 1968 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Roger Kirby Roger Kirby Professor Roger Kirby is a prostate surgeon in the UK. He has performed over 2000 radical prostatectomy operations in his career and has written over 60 books and published more than 300 scientific papers... |
1 | May 10, 1968 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Vacant | May 1968 | Title vacant | ||
| "Bulldog" Bob Brown Bob Brown (wrestler) Robert Harold Brown was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Bulldog" Bob Brown.- Early life :... |
1 | June 4, 1968 | St. Joseph, MO | Defeats Thor Hagen in tournament final |
| Tommy Martin Leo Burke Leonce Cormier is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. He was born in Dorchester, New Brunswick. He competed across Canada, in several American promotions, and wrestled internationally for both Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council and the National Wrestling Alliance in New Zealand... |
1 | October 11, 1968 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| 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 | December 13, 1968 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| "Bulldog" Don Kent Don Kent (wrestler) Leo Joseph "Joe" Smith Jr. was an American professional wrestler who wrestled as Don Kent and also as The Black Dragon, Doug Kent, Joe Smith and Super Medico III during his 20 years in professional wrestling.Don Kent is one half of The Fabulous Kangaroos alongside partners Al Costello, Bruno... |
1 | January 10, 1969 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| 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 | February 28, 1969 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Pat O'Connor | 3 | June 20, 1969 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Vacant | October 1969 | Title vacant | ||
| Danny Little Bear Danny Little Bear Danny Little Bear was an American professional wrestler who competed in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance, particularly the Central States and Gulf Coast territories, where he remained one of the region's most popular stars during the 1960s and 70s... |
1 | November 28, 1969 | St. Joseph, MO | Wins tournament |
| Roger Kirby | 2 | April 3, 1970 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Bob Geigel | 5 | January 1, 1971 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Harley Race | 2 | 1971 | ? | |
| Bob Geigel | 6 | 1971 | ? | |
| Harley Race | 3 | circa June 1971 | ? | Pat O'Connor defeats Race for the title on January 28, 1972 in St. Louis, MO, but Race continues to be recognized by other promoters, and Sam Muchnick withdraws recognition of the title and later creates the Missouri Heavyweight title NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship The NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship was the secondary singles championship in the National Wrestling Alliance's St. Louis Wrestling Club and Central States Wrestling promotions in the 1970's and 1980's... |
| Danny Little Bear | 2 | February 11, 1972 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Black Angus Campbell Frank Hoy Frances "Frank" Patrick Hoy was a Scottish professional wrestler who wrestled variously as Wild Angus, Angus Campbell, Black Angus Campbell or Rasputin... |
1 | 1972 | ? | |
| The Stomper | 2 | June 8, 1972 | ? | |
| Harley Race | 4 | July 7, 1972 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Omar Atlas | 1 | November 24, 1972 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Roger Kirby | 1 | December 1972 | ? | |
| Danny Little Bear | 3 | April 27, 1973 | ? | |
| Bob Brown | 2 | June 1973 | ? | |
| Harley Race | 5 | September 22, 1973 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown | 3 | October 11, 1973 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Mike George | 1 | March 21, 1974 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Roger Kirby | 2 | June 1974 | ? | |
| Bob Brown | 4 | July 4, 1974 | Kansas City, KS | Defeats Don Fargo |
| Harley Race | 6 | July 11, 1974 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown | 5 | August 1, 1974 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Terry Martin | 1 | December 1974 | ? | |
| Jerry Oates | 1 | February 7, 1975 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Ed Wiskoski | 1 | May 31, 1975 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Mike George | 2 | February 12, 1976 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown | 6 | April 10, 1976 | Wichita, KS | |
| Mike George | 3 | April 17, 1976 | Wichita, KS | |
| Bob Brown | 7 | May 18, 1976 | Topeka, KS | |
| Harley Race | 7 | July 8, 1976 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown | 8 | September 5, 1976 | Wichita, KS | |
| Rick Gibson Rick Gibson Rick Gibson is a Canadian sculptor and artist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and he studied Psychology at the University of Victoria. Between 1973 and 1974 he drew weekly comics for the student newspaper. After completing his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 he moved to Vancouver, Canada. He... |
1 | October 1, 1976 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Bob Slaughter Sgt. Slaughter Robert Remus , better known by his ring name Sgt. Slaughter, is an American former WWE personality and semi-retired professional wrestler. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Slaughter had success in the National Wrestling Alliance, American Wrestling Association, and World Wrestling... |
1 | January 1977 | ? | Unknown whom Slaughter defeated for the title |
| Ted Oates | 1 | February 4, 1977 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Bob Slaughter | 2 | February 11, 1977 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Bob Brown | * | 1977 | ? | |
| Bob Slaughter | 3 | 1977 | ? | |
| 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 | May 19, 1977 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Sweetan Bob Sweetan Bob Sweetan better known as "Bruiser" Bob Sweetan or "Mr. Piledriver" Bob Sweetan, after his signature finishing maneuver, was born in 1940. Bob was a professional wrestler who over his long career held numerous titles. Bob enjoyed tremendous success with the National Wrestling Alliance... |
1 | 1977 | ? | Unknown whom Sweetan defeated for the title |
| Bob Brown | 9 | October 30, 1977 | Topeka, KS | |
| Ted DiBiase | 2 | January 7, 1978 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Alexis Smirnoff | * | January 7, 1978 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Ken Lucas | 1 | February 16, 1978 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Sweetan | 2 | April 27, 1978 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Doug Gilbert (Not the brother Doug Gilbert Doug Gilbert is a professional wrestler from Memphis, Tennessee who wrestles on the independent circuit. He is the brother of "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert and the son of wrestler/referee/promoter Tommy Gilbert.... of Eddie Gilbert Eddie Gilbert Edward Gilbert may refer to:*Eddie Gilbert , Australian Aboriginal cricketer*Eddie Gilbert , American wrestler*Ed Gilbert *Edward Gilbert, U.S... ) |
1 | August 31, 1978 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Buck Robley | 1 | October 7, 1978 | Des Moines, IA Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857... |
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| Dick Murdoch | * | December 30, 1978 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Randy Alls Randy Rose "Ravishing" Randy Rose is a professional wrestler.-Career:Randy Rose competed in 1981 in Alabama's Southeast Championship Wrestling and formed The Midnight Express with Dennis Condrey and Norvell Austin. They dominated the tag team scene there until Condrey signed with Mid-South Wrestling in 1984... |
1 | January 2, 1979 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Bob Sweetan | 3 | February 22, 1979 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Ron Starr | 1 | September 17, 1979 | Wichita, KS | |
| The Turk | 1 | October 4, 1979 | Kansas City, KS | |
| The Avenger | 1 | November 22, 1979 | Kansas City, KS | |
| The Assassin 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 | January 24, 1980 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown | 10 | February 4, 1980 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bruiser Brody | 1 | April 10, 1980 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Dick Murdoch | 2 | May 22, 1980 | Kansas City, KS | |
| 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 | July 24, 1980 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown | 11 | August 16, 1980 | Topeka, KS | |
| Mike George | 4 | September 11, 1980 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown | 12 | October 23, 1980 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Buzz Tyler Buzz Tyler Buzz Tyler is a retired American professional wrestler who competed in North American regional promotions during the 1970s and 1980s including the National Wrestling Alliance, most notably teaming with J.J... |
1 | April 1, 1981 | Des Moines, IA | |
| Bob Sweetan | 4 | July 23, 1981 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Tommy Martin | 2 | November 19, 1981 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Sweetan | 5 | December 10, 1981 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown | 13 | December 14, 1981 | Wichita, KS | |
| Held up | ? | Held up at some point during this reign | ||
| Roger Kirby | 3 | April 27, 1982 | St. Joseph, MO | Defeats Harley Race |
| Manny Fernandez Manny Fernandez (wrestler) Emanuel "Manny" Fernandez is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for different independent promotions. He is best known by the his ring name "The Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez.-Professional wrestling career:... |
1 | September 16, 1982 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Dewey Robertson Dewey Robertson Byron James John "Dewey" Robertson was a professional wrestler, known best for his ring name The Missing Link.... |
1 | February 10, 1983 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown | 14 | May 12, 1983 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Dewey Robertson | 2 | May 19, 1983 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Harley Race | 8 | June 2, 1983 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Vacant | June 10, 1983 | Race wins NWA World Heavyweight title | ||
| Super Destroyer Super Destroyer -In wrestling:* "The Super Destroyer" Hulk Hogan* "The Super Destroyers" from WCWA - tag team wrestling team** "Super Destroyer #2" Barney Irwin** "Super Destroyer #1" Scott Irwin* "Super Destroyer" Don Jardine... |
1 | June 30, 1983 | Kansas City, KS | Defeats Buck Robley in tournament final |
| Buzz Tyler | 2 | October 20, 1983 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Tully Blanchard Tully Blanchard Tully Arthur Blanchard is a semi-retired second generation American professional wrestler. He is best known as an original member of the Four Horsemen.... |
1 | January 26, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Buzz Tyler | 3 | February 9, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
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1 | April 19, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Ted Oates | 2 | June 21, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Buzz Tyler | 4 | August 11, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Hacksaw Higgins | 1 | October 6, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Harley Race | 8 | October 25, 1984 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Mr. Pogo | 1 | January 10, 1985 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Marty Jannetty Marty Jannetty Frederick Marty Jannetty is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation as part of tag team The Rockers with partner Shawn Michaels, and later as a singles competitor. While in the WWF, he became a one time Intercontinental Champion and a one time... |
1 | September 22, 1985 | Des Moines, IA | |
| Brett Sawyer | 1 | December 5, 1985 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Bob Brown | 15 | December 17, 1985 | Ames, IA Ames, Iowa Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa in Story County, and approximately north of Des Moines. The U.S. Census Bureau designates that Ames, Iowa metropolitan statistical area as encompassing all of Story County, and which, when combined with the Boone, Iowa... |
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| Vacant | May 30, 1986 | Brown vacates due to an ankle injury | ||
| The Shadow | * | May 30, 1986 | Des Moines, IA | Wins 13-man battle royal |
| Marty Jannetty | 2 | June 1, 1986 | Marshalltown, IA | |
| Bob Brown | 16 | June 1986 | ? | Brown was defending title against Sam Houston. Because of Brown's illegal tactics, Dusty Rhodes ran down and delivered a piledriver to him on the floor. Brown was listed as being out with a neck injury. |
| Vacant | September 26, 1986 | Jim Crockett Jr. Jim Crockett James Allen Crockett was a professional wrestling promoter sometimes known as Jim Crockett, Sr. or to people within the business simply as "Big Jim".-Early life:... buys out the promotion and uses his own wrestlers |
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| Sam Houston | 1 | November 16, 1986 | St. Louis, MO St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St... |
Defeats Bill Dundee in a tournament final |
| Bill Dundee Bill Dundee William "Bill" Cruickshanks is a Scottish born-Australian professional wrestler better known by his stage name Bill Dundee. Cruickshanks is the father of Jamie Dundee and the father-in-law of wrestler Bobby Eaton.... |
1 | January 3, 1987 | Topeka, KS | |
| Bob Brown | 17 | February 27, 1987 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Rufus R. Jones | 2 | May 21, 1987 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Porkchop Cash Porkchop Cash Bobby Cash is a semi-retired American professional wrestler. He competed primarily in promotions operated by the National Wrestling Alliance... |
1 | July 10, 1987 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Rufus R. Jones | 3 | July 17, 1987 | Kansas City, KS | |
| Earthquake Ferris | 1 | September 27, 1987 | Des Moines, IA | |
| Bob Brown | 18 | October 30, 1987 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Dave Peterson David Peterson (wrestler) David W. Peterson was an American professional wrestler, known by his ringname D.J. Peterson, who competed in North American regional promotions during the 1980s in the Universal Wrestling Federation, the National Wrestling Alliance and the American Wrestling Association during its final days,... |
1 | December 25, 1987 | St. Joseph, MO | |
| Held up | ? | Title held up | ||
| Dave Peterson | 2 | February 18, 1988 | Kansas City, KS | Defeats Cuban Assassin Cuban Assassin Ángel Acevedo is a professional wrestler known by his ring name The Cuban Assassin and for his famous appearances with Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, Central States Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling.... for the held-up title; promotion withdraws from NWA in 1988 |
| Akio Sato | 1 | March 23, 1989 | Kansas City, KS | Defeats T.C. Carter |
| Title retired | 1989 | Promotion closes | ||
| Title revived in NWA Midwest | ||||
| Shane Somers Shane Somers Shane Somers, also known by his ring name "ShowTime" Shane Somers, is an American professional wrestler. Somers held the National Wrestling Alliance's NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship three times and has also held the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship... |
1 | March 30, 2002 | Rolla, MO | Defeats Butch McClain when the title is revived |
| Vacant | October 22, 2002 | Somers is injured | ||
| Derek Stone | 1 | November 16, 2002 | Coffeyville, KS Coffeyville, Kansas Coffeyville is a city situated along the Verdigris River in the southeastern part of Montgomery County, located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,295... |
Defeats Michael Barry, Griz and Gary Jackson |
| Raven Scott Levy Scott Anthony Levy , better known by his ring name Raven, is an American professional wrestler, wrestling producer, wrestling writer, and occasional author and actor currently working for Juggalo Championship Wrestling , where he is co-holder of the JCW Tag Team Championship, as well as other... |
1 | June 25, 2005 | Lawrence, KS Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County... |
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| Vacant | June 2, 2006 | Stripped for lack of title defenses | ||
| Michael Strider | 1 | October 14, 2006 | Muscatine, IA Muscatine, Iowa Muscatine is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 22,886 in the 2010 census, an increase from 22,697 in the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Muscatine County... |
Defeats Woody Maguire, Mississippi Madman, Derek Stone, Marek Brave, and Mark Sterling |
| Mark Sterling | 1 | July 25, 2009 | House Springs, MO House Springs, Missouri House Springs is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. It is located just off Route 30 at the intersection with Routes MM and W near Byrnes Mill. The community is named after Adam House, who settled here ca. 1796, and for the two large springs here. In the... |
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| Jeremy Wyatt | 1 | May 7, 2011 | Lawrence, KS Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County... |
Defeats Sterling, Tyler Cook and Jaysin Strife in a four-way elimination |