NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling
title
defended in the US states of Tennessee
and Alabama
.
The title began in 1957 and lasted first 1980 when it was first abandoned when Jerry Jarrett
took over the Mid-American titles from Nick Gulas
. Jarrett revived it in 1981, making it a part of the Memphis
-based Continental Wrestling Association
, and it then lasted until 1987 when it was unified with the newly-created CWA (now renamed Championship Wrestling Association
) Heavyweight Championship
.
The NWA revived the title in 2001 for the NWA Main Event promotion
based in Nashville, Tennessee
, where it is currently defended.
— No later than
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
title
Championship (professional wrestling)
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defended in the US states of Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
and Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
.
The title began in 1957 and lasted first 1980 when it was first abandoned when Jerry Jarrett
Jerry Jarrett
Jerry W. Jarrett is an American promoter and former professional wrestler, and the father of wrestler Jeff Jarrett. He is the co-founder and former part-owner of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
took over the Mid-American titles from Nick Gulas
Nick Gulas
Nick Gulas was an American professional wrestling promoter in the Southern United States. Also known as The King of Managers and King B, Gulas helped start the careers of such wrestling stars as Tojo Yamamoto, Jackie Fargo, and Jerry "The King" Lawler in the 1960s and '70s, the Bounty Hunters with...
. Jarrett revived it in 1981, making it a part of the Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
-based Continental Wrestling Association
Continental Wrestling Association
The Continental Wrestling Association was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett. The CWA was the name of the "governing body" for the Championship Wrestling, Inc. promotion which was usually referred to as Mid-Southern Wrestling...
, and it then lasted until 1987 when it was unified with the newly-created CWA (now renamed Championship Wrestling Association
Continental Wrestling Association
The Continental Wrestling Association was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett. The CWA was the name of the "governing body" for the Championship Wrestling, Inc. promotion which was usually referred to as Mid-Southern Wrestling...
) Heavyweight Championship
CWA Heavyweight Championship
The CWA Heavyweight Championship was a major professional wrestling title defended in the Championship Wrestling Association. It was created through the unification of the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight, AWA Southern Heavyweight and CWA/AWA International Heavyweight championships.-Title...
.
The NWA revived the title in 2001 for the NWA Main Event promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
based in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, where it is currently defended.
Mid-America / CWA
Silver marks in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.— No later than
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Buddy Rogers | 1 | May 1957 | ||
| Mighty Atlas | 1 | April 1958 | ||
| Tor Yamata | 1 | April 24, 1958 | Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the US state of Tennessee , with a population of 169,887. It is the seat of Hamilton County... |
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| Len Rossi | 1 | July 1971 | ||
| Tony Charles | 1 | June 1972 | ||
| 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 | October 1974 | ||
| Jackie Fargo | 1 | January 4, 1975 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Don Kent | 2 | January 1975 | ||
| Luke Graham Grady Johnson James Grady Johnson better known as professional wrestler Crazy Luke Graham, was a member of the Graham family, a storyline family of wrestlers.-Career:... |
1 | February 5, 1975 | Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home... |
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| Don Kent | 3 | April 1975 | ||
| Luke Graham | 2 | May 7, 1975 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| 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 | 1975 | ||
| Magnificent Zulu | 1 | September 1975 | ||
| Harley Race | 2 | September 9, 1975 | Memphis, Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.... |
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| Jackie Fargo | 2 | December 1975 | ||
| Dick Steinborn | 1 | March 1976 | ||
| Roger Kirby | 1 | June 1976 | ||
| 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 | August 14, 1976 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Big Bad John | 1 | September 1976 | ||
| Bob Armstrong | 2 | September 25, 1976 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Roger Kirby | 2 | October 1976 | ||
| Tommy Rich Tommy Rich Thomas Richardson , better known by his ring name, "Wildfire" Tommy Rich, is a professional wrestler. He is best known for his wrestling career in Georgia and Memphis throughout the 1980s.-Professional wrestling career:... |
1 | November 1976 | ||
| Russian Stomper | 1 | January 1977 | ||
| Ken Lucas | 1 | February 13, 1977 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| The Executioner | 1 | April 15, 1977 | Huntsville, Alabama Huntsville, Alabama Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census.... |
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| Jackie Fargo | 3 | May 28, 1977 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Title vacated in 1977 when Fargo was injured. | ||||
| Lanny Poffo Lanny Poffo Lanny Mark Poffo , better known by his ring name "Leaping" Lanny is an American professional wrestler. Poffo was born in Calgary, Canada, to Angelo Poffo, an Italian American Catholic, and Judy, a Jewish American. He is also the brother of wrestling legend "Macho Man" Randy Savage... |
1 | October 9, 1977 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Don Kent | 4 | December 10, 1977 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Randy Savage Randy Savage Randall Mario Poffo , better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler, best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling .Savage held twenty championships during his professional wrestling career and was a... |
1 | January 3, 1978 | 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... |
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| Dutch Mantel Wayne Cowan Wayne Keown is an American professional wrestler, and author better known by his ring name, Dutch Mantel or Dutch Mantell. He currently is semi-retired but still makes occasional wrestling appearances. He was previously with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a writer behind the scenes... |
1 | March 26, 1978 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Don Garfield | 1 | May 21, 1978 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Dutch Mantel | 2 | May 28, 1978 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Whipper Watson, Jr. | 1 | July 12, 1978 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Dutch Mantel | 3 | July 22, 1978 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Blue Yankee | 1 | August 12, 1978 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Title vacated in September 1978 after a match against Dutch Mantel. | ||||
| Mexican Angel | 1 | September 20, 1978 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Dutch Mantel | 4 | November 11, 1978 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Randy Savage | 2 | November 11, 1978 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Bobby Eaton Bobby Eaton Robert Lee "Bobby" Eaton is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, who made his debut in 1976. Eaton is most famous for his work in tag teams, especially his days as one-half of the team the Midnight Express. Under the management of Jim Cornette, Eaton originally teamed with Dennis... |
1 | February 1979 | ||
| Chris Colt | 1 | April 29, 1979 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Ron Garfield | 1 | May 23, 1979 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Dennis Condrey Dennis Condrey Dennis Condrey is an American professional wrestler, best known as being one half of the tag team Midnight Express.... |
1 | June 2, 1979 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Dutch Mantel | 5 | October 20, 1979 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Bobby Eaton | 2 | October 24, 1979 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Chris Colt | 2 | November 25, 1979 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Bobby Eaton | 3 | December 1979 | ||
| Gorgeous George, Jr. | 1 | February 17, 1980 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Bobby Eaton | 4 | February 1980 | ||
| Tojo Yamamoto Tojo Yamamoto Harold Watanabe was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Tojo Yamamoto. He was born in Hawaii.-In-ring career:... |
1 | February 1980 | ||
| Steve Travis | 1 | April 1980 | ||
| Roger Mason | 1 | April 5, 1980 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Rocky Johnson Rocky Johnson Rocky Johnson is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. Quite popular in his own right in the 1970s and 1980s, he is also known for being the father of actor and professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson... |
1 | May 10, 1980 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| The Great Togo | 1 | May 1980 | ||
| Robert Gibson Reuben Kane Robert Gibson is a professional wrestler. He is famous as half of the tag team known as Rock 'N Roll Express, with Ricky Morton.-Early career:Cain started wrestling as Robert Gibson in 1977... |
1 | June 25, 1980 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Bobby Eaton | 5 | July 23, 1980 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Title abandoned in October 1980 when Jerry Jarrett Jerry Jarrett Jerry W. Jarrett is an American promoter and former professional wrestler, and the father of wrestler Jeff Jarrett. He is the co-founder and former part-owner of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling... took over the Mid-American titles from Nick Gulas Nick Gulas Nick Gulas was an American professional wrestling promoter in the Southern United States. Also known as The King of Managers and King B, Gulas helped start the careers of such wrestling stars as Tojo Yamamoto, Jackie Fargo, and Jerry "The King" Lawler in the 1960s and '70s, the Bounty Hunters with... . Jarrett revived the title as part of the Continental Wrestling Association Continental Wrestling Association The Continental Wrestling Association was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett. The CWA was the name of the "governing body" for the Championship Wrestling, Inc. promotion which was usually referred to as Mid-Southern Wrestling... in 1981. |
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| Ron Bass Ronald Herd Ronald Heard is a former American professional wrestler, best known under the name Ron Bass. His gimmick was a Texan cowboy who entered World Wrestling Federation rings to the sound of a bullwhip.-Career:... |
1 | July 1981 | ||
| Steve Keirn Steve Keirn Stephen "Steve" Paul Keirn is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for being part of the tag team The Fabulous Ones, with Stan Lane, and later for a run in the World Wrestling Federation as Skinner, a gimmick that portrayed him as a tobacco spitting alligator hunter from... |
1 | July 6, 1981 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Bugsy McGraw 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 | August 24, 1981 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Steve Keirn | 2 | September 7, 1981 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Dutch Mantel | 6 | September 21, 1981 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Title vacated and inactive after Mantel wins the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship The Memphis Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Championship is a major professional wrestling title in the Memphis Wrestling promotion. The title is part of a long lineage that is best known while the title was named the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship for Continental Wrestling Association during... on October 26, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee. The title was reactivated in April 1982. |
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| Dream Machine | 1 | April 19, 1982 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Dutch Mantel | 7 | May 17, 1982 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Bobby Eaton | 6 | May 24, 1982 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| King Cobra | 1 | May 31, 1982 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Dutch Mantel | 8 | July 5, 1982 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Bobby Eaton | 7 | July 12, 1982 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| 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 | July 1982 | ||
| Dutch Mantel | 9 | September 6, 1982 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Jesse Barr | 1 | November 15, 1982 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Dutch Mantel | 10 | November 22, 1982 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Apocalypse | 1 | November 29, 1982 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| 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 | December 5, 1982 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Sabu the Wildman | 1 | December 27, 1982 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Jacques Rougeau | 2 | January 2, 1983 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Bobby Eaton | 8 | January 10, 1983 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Title vacated in January 1983. | ||||
| Bobby Eaton | 9 | February 14, 1983 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Sweet Brown Sugar James Ware (wrestler) James Ware , better known by his ring name Koko B. Ware, is a retired American professional wrestler who made his professional wrestling debut in 1978. He gained most of his popularity in the World Wrestling Federation when he was known as the Birdman... |
1 | February 25, 1983 | Tupelo, Mississippi Tupelo, Mississippi Tupelo is the largest city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. It is the seventh largest city in the state of Mississippi, smaller than Meridian, and larger than Greenville. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city's population was 34,211... |
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| Bobby Eaton | 10 | February 28, 1983 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Stagger Lee James Ware (wrestler) James Ware , better known by his ring name Koko B. Ware, is a retired American professional wrestler who made his professional wrestling debut in 1978. He gained most of his popularity in the World Wrestling Federation when he was known as the Birdman... |
2 | March 7, 1983 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Frankie Laine | 1 | July 4, 1983 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Dutch Mantel | 11 | July 18, 1983 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Buddy Landel Buddy Landel William Ansor is a professional wrestler better knownas "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel.-Career:Buddy Landel started his career in 1979 as a young talented athlete in ICW. He left high school even though he had received letters of intent to play baseball and football at the University of Tennessee... |
1 | August 15, 1983 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Stagger Lee / Koko Ware James Ware (wrestler) James Ware , better known by his ring name Koko B. Ware, is a retired American professional wrestler who made his professional wrestling debut in 1978. He gained most of his popularity in the World Wrestling Federation when he was known as the Birdman... |
3 | August 22, 1983 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Buddy Landel | 2 | September 10, 1983 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| 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 | December 1, 1983 | Lexington, Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region... |
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| Randy Savage Randy Savage Randall Mario Poffo , better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler, best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling .Savage held twenty championships during his professional wrestling career and was a... |
3 | December 26, 1983 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Jerry Lawler Jerry Lawler Jerry O'Neil Lawler is an American professional wrestler, wrestling commentator, musician, businessman, commercial artist and film actor, known throughout the wrestling world as Jerry "The King" Lawler. He is currently signed to WWE, working on its Raw brand as the color commentator and occasional... |
1 | April 9, 1984 | Lexington, Kentucky | |
| Korstia Korchenko | 1 | November 19, 1984 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Mike Sharpe Mike Sharpe Michael "Mike" Sharpe is a Canadian professional wrestler better known as Iron Mike Sharpe.-Career:Sharpe comes from a family legacy of wrestling, as his father and uncle were a successful tag team in the 1950s, recognized as champions from San Francisco to Japan. He grew up in California, but... |
1 | December 17, 1984 | ||
| Jimmy Valiant Jimmy Valiant James Harold Fanning is a former professional wrestler and author better known as Jimmy Valiant.-Personal life:... |
1 | February 11, 1985 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Man Mountain Link Rick Link "The Beastmaster" Rick Link is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, trainer and promoter. He wrestled throughout Canada and the United States for the National Wrestling Alliance during the 1970s and 80s under a number of ringnames, most notably, as M.E.B. in NWA Central States and as... |
1 | July 1985 | ||
| Jerry Lawler | 2 | July 15, 1985 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Title vacated when Lawler wins the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship on July 29, 1985 in Memphis, Tennessee. | ||||
| Koko Ware | 4 | August 12, 1985 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Bota the Witch Doctor | 1 | August 1985 | ||
| Koko Ware | 5 | September 1985 | ||
| Harley Race | 3 | October 7, 1985 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Tom Branch | 1 | November 1985 | Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties... |
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| Koko Ware | 6 | November 16, 1985 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Buddy Landel | 3 | January 21, 1986 | Louisville, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096... |
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| Dirty Rhodes | 2 | February 2, 1986 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Buddy Landel | 4 | February 18, 1986 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Dutch Mantel | 12 | April 7, 1986 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Rip Rogers Rip Rogers Mark Sciarra whose professional name is Rip Rogers is a former professional wrestler and trainer for Ohio Valley Wrestling. He is currently a trainer for Derby City Wrestling in Louisville, Kentucky.-Career:... |
1 | May 19, 1986 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Dutch Mantel | 13 | June 16, 1986 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Title vacated in July 1986 when Mantel left the area. | ||||
| Tracy Smothers Tracy Smothers Tracy Smothers is an American professional wrestler.-Early career:Tracy started his career in the Memphis promotion on Saturday morning TV. Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers started teaming as The Southern Boys in Florida Championship Wrestling in 1987 where they feuded with The New Breed... |
1 | August 11, 1986 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Boy Tony | 1 | October 7, 1986 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Tracy Smothers | 2 | October 20, 1986 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Big Bubba Fred Ottman Fred Ottman is a retired American professional wrestler best known as Tugboat or Typhoon and teaming with John "Earthquake" Tenta as The Natural Disasters in the World Wrestling Federation. Ottman is also well-known for his infamous "Shockmaster" gimmick in World Championship Wrestling... |
1 | October 27, 1986 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Bubba vacated the title in November 1986. | ||||
| The Great Kabuki Akihisa Mera Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera , better known as The Great Kabuki, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He was famous for being the first to blow "Asian mist" in his opponents' faces.-Professional wrestling career:... |
1 | November 1986 | Jackson, Tennessee Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... |
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| Title vacated in December 1986 when Kabuki left the area. | ||||
| Moondog Spot Larry Latham (wrestler) Larry Booker was a professional wrestler best known as Larry Latham, Iss Spot and Moondog Spot.-Career:... |
1 | May 1987 | ||
| Jeff Jarrett Jeff Jarrett Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett is an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , an organization he co-founded along with his father and in which he holds some stock but not total control... |
1 | May 11, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Moondog Spot | 2 | May 25, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Jeff Jarrett | 2 | June 1, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Moondog Spot | 3 | June 8, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Jeff Jarrett | 3 | June 22, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Carl Fergie | 1 | September 7, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Jeff Jarrett | 4 | September 14, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Jimmy Jack Funk | 2 | November 2, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Jeff Jarrett | 5 | November 9, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Jerry Lawler | 3 | December 7, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Lawler also defeats 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:... on December 7, 1987 to win the CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship and unifies the two titles with his AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship The Memphis Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Championship is a major professional wrestling title in the Memphis Wrestling promotion. The title is part of a long lineage that is best known while the title was named the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship for Continental Wrestling Association during... to create the CWA Heavyweight Championship CWA Heavyweight Championship The CWA Heavyweight Championship was a major professional wrestling title defended in the Championship Wrestling Association. It was created through the unification of the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight, AWA Southern Heavyweight and CWA/AWA International Heavyweight championships.-Title... . |
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NWA Main Event
— No later than| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Title revived by the NWA for use in NWA Main Event in 2001. | ||||
| Kory Williams | 1 | March 17, 2001 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Title vacated in June 2001 when Williams leaves the promotion. | ||||
| Rex Sexton | 1 | December 25, 2002 | Columbia, Tennessee Columbia, Tennessee Columbia is a city in Maury County, Tennessee, United States. The 2008 population was 34,402 according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. It is the county seat of Maury County.... |
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| Mike Woods | 1 | March 22, 2003 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| Kory Williams returns to the promotion in May 2003, claiming to still be champion, since he was never defeated for the title. | ||||
| Kory Williams | 2 | June 20, 2003 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| Mike Woods | 2 | September 13, 2003 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| Lonestar | 1 | November 8, 2003 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| Tommy Capone | 1 | April 3, 2004 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| Mike Woods | 3 | May 3, 2004 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| Buzz Dupp | 3 | July 17, 2004 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| Mike Woods | 4 | January 2005 | ||
| L.A. Player | 1 | January 8, 2005 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| Mike Woods | 5 | September 2005 | ||
| Kevin Rhodes | 1 | October 7, 2005 | Springfield, Tennessee Springfield, Tennessee Springfield is a city in Robertson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 14,329 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Robertson County.-Geography:Springfield is located at .... |
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| Title vacated March 31, 2006. | ||||
| J.T. Quest | 1 | April 1, 2006 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| Larry Cooter | 1 | April 29, 2006 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| J.T. Quest | 2 | May 20, 2006 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| Steve O | 1 | July 22, 2006 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| J.T. Quest | 3 | November 4, 2006 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| Lee Condry | 1 | December 23, 2006 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| Johnny Swinger Joseph Dorgan Joseph Robert "Joe" Dorgan is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Johnny Swinger and with World Wrestling Entertainment as Johnny Parisi.... |
1 | April 13, 2007 | Columbia, Tennessee | |
| Lee Condry | 2 | April 14, 2007 | Columbia, Tennessee | |