NWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship is the top professional wrestling

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title

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in the NWA Midwest

National Wrestling Alliance

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. The title has been in use since 2001.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:
Mike Samson	1	March 17, 2001	Hillside, Illinois Hillside, Illinois Hillside is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,155 at the 2000 census.One notable landmark in Hillside is the Mount Carmel Cemetery. On the grounds of the cemetery are the graves of a number of organized crime figures, such as Al Capone and Dion O'Bannion...
Samson was stripped of the title on September 5, 2002.
Danny Dominion	1	October 28, 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....
Dominion was stripped of the title on January 17, 2004 in Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,... due to no-showing a title defense.
Adam Evans	1	January 17, 2004	Green Bay, WI Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...
Silas Young	1	February 22, 2004	Wheaton, IL Wheaton, Illinois Wheaton is an affluent community located in DuPage County, Illinois, approximately west of Chicago and Lake Michigan. Wheaton is the county seat of DuPage County...
Ken Anderson	1	July 16, 2004	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...
Chris Candido Chris Candido Christopher Raul Candito was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Chris Candido...	1	November 12, 2004	Milwaukee, WI
Title vacated after Chris Candido died on April 28, 2005.
Johnny Candido Johnny Candido Johnny Candido is an American professional wrestler, and is the younger brother of Chris Candido.-Career:Candido trained under his brother and debuted in 2000. He did not reach a prominent position on the independent circuit until the death of his brother in April 2005, at which point he competed...	1	September 17, 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...
Title vacated in January 2007.
Jay Ryan	1	May 5, 2007	Streamwood, IL
Silas Young	2	August 15, 2008	Milwaukee, WI
The Sheik Joseph Cabibbo Joseph Cabibbo is an American professional wrestler, who is currently wrestling under the ring name The Sheik. He is a one-time former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and Pro Wrestling Zero1 World Heavyweight Champion....	1	October 23, 2009	Ashton, WI Ashton, Illinois Ashton is a village in Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 972 at the 2010 census, down from 1,142 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ashton is located at ....
Silas Young	3	December 4, 2009	Green Bay, WI
The Sheik	2	December 5, 2009	Pulaski, WI Pulaski, Wisconsin Pulaski is a village in Brown, Oconto, and Shawano Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 3,060 at the 2000 census.The Brown and Oconto County portions of Pulaski are part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
Sadist	1	January 14, 2011	West Allis, WI West Allis, Wisconsin West Allis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 61,254 at the 2000 census. Its name derives from Edward P. Allis, who started the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company in the 19th century. The site of the town was...
Steve Corino Steve Corino Steven Eugene "Steve" Corino is a Canadian professional wrestler, who currently works for Pro Wrestling Zero1, Ring of Honor and numerous other independent promotions. Corino is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and ECW World Heavyweight Champion.-Early years :Corino began wrestling in 1994...	1	August 20, 2011	West Allis, WI

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