NWA Illinois Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA Illinois Heavyweight Championship is a championship
defended in the NWA Midwest
professional wrestling
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Championship (professional wrestling)
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defended in the NWA Midwest
National Wrestling Alliance
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Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
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| Colt Cabana Scott Colton Scott Colton is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Colt Cabana. A former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Colton is most notably known from his time in Ring of Honor... |
1 | October 26, 2002 | Grayslake, IL Grayslake, Illinois Grayslake is a village in Lake County in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area, about north of Chicago’s downtown, west of Lake Michigan, and south of the Wisconsin border.... |
Defeated Reckless Youth to become the first champion. |
| Marco Cordova | 1 | March 26, 2005 | Streamwood, IL Streamwood, Illinois Streamwood is a village of Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 39,497 at the 2006 census. It is a suburb of Chicago.Streamwood, along with Bartlett and Hanover Park, is one of the three communities that make up the so called "Tri Village" area... |
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| Dysfunction | 1 | 2005 | ||
| Marco Cordova | 2 | June 17, 2005 | Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the... |
Was stripped of the title in 2007 after losing a loser leaves town match, restored as champion in 2010, but vacant again due to injury. |