NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Amarillo version)
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The Amarillo version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship
was a top singles title
in the National Wrestling Alliance
's Amarillo, Texas
territory, NWA Western States Sports. It lasted from 1957 until 1969, when it was replaced with the NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship
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NWA North American Heavyweight Championship
The NWA North American Heavyweight Championship is the second most prestigious title in the National Wrestling Alliance that was created in 1994 after World Championship Wrestling withdrew from the NWA. There were other versions of this title before this one was created...
was a top singles title
Championship (professional wrestling)
A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...
in the National Wrestling Alliance
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...
's Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...
territory, NWA Western States Sports. It lasted from 1957 until 1969, when it was replaced with the NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship
NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling title in the National Wrestling Alliance's Amarillo, Texas territory, NWA Western States Sports....
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Title history
written after a date indicates the title change occurred no later than that date.| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Dizzy Davis | 1 | January 3, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas Amarillo, Texas Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census... |
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| Dory Funk Dory Funk Dorrance Wilhelm "Dory" Funk was a professional wrestler. He is the father of wrestlers Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk.-Career:... |
1 | January 31, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| The Great Bolo | 1 | February 7, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 2 | February 28, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Roy Shire | 1 | April 11, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Don Curtis | 1 | May 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| 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 | May 9, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Mike DiBiase Michael DiBiase "Iron" Mike DiBiase was an Italian professional wrestler and the adoptive father of professional wrestler "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. He married Ted's mother Helen Hild , and legally adopted and raised Ted... |
1 | August 15, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Danny Plechas | 1 | 1957 | ||
| Dory Funk | 3 | December 19, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Buddy Rogers | 1 | January 23, 1958 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 4 | April 3, 1958 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Mike DiBiase | 2 | 1958 | ||
| Dory Funk | 5 | January 29, 1959 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Nick Roberts | 1 | May 21, 1959 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 6 | 1959 | ||
| Antone Leone | 1 | August 13, 1959 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 7 | December 3, 1959 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Rock Hunter | 1 | January 1960 | ||
| Sonny Myers Sonny Myers Harold "Sonny" Myers was an American professional wrestler, involved in the business for sixty years.-Career:... |
1 | January 21, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Gene LeBell Gene LeBell Ivan Gene LeBell is a former American Judo champion, instructor, stunt performer, stunt coordinator, and professional wrestler born in Los Angeles, California. LeBell has worked on over 1,000 films and TV shows, and has authored a number of books.In 2000, he was promoted to 9th Dan in US Ju-Jitsu... |
1 | March 17, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Pancho Lopez | 1 | 1960 | ||
| Mike DiBiase | 3 | October 27, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Sonny Myers | 2 | November 3, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Nikita Mulkovich | 1 | November 10, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Pancho Lopez | 2 | November 17, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Nikita Mulkovich | 2 | November 24, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 8 | March 16, 1961 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Danny McShain | 1 | June 22, 1961 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 9 | July 13, 1961 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Fritz Von Erich Fritz Von Erich Jack Barton Adkisson was an American professional wrestler under the ring name Fritz Von Erich, better known today as a wrestling promoter and the patriarch of the Von Erich family... |
1 | April 26, 1962 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 10 | June 7, 1962 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 2 | October 1962 | ||
| Dory Funk | 11 | November 1, 1962 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Title vacated between November 1962 and January 1963. | ||||
| Dory Funk | 12 | January 13, 1963 | Lubbock, Texas Lubbock, Texas Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University... |
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| Fritz Von Erich | 3 | February 20, 1963 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 13 | 1963 | ||
| Fritz Von Erich | 4 | July 23, 1964 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 14 | July 30, 1964 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Johnny Valentine Johnny Valentine Johnny Valentine was a professional wrestler with a career spanning almost three decades. He has been inducted into four halls of fame for his achievements in wrestling... |
1 | February 10, 1965 | Lubbock, Texas | |
| Dory Funk, Jr. Dory Funk, Jr. Dory Ernest Funk Jr. known professionally as Dory Funk, Jr. is a professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. He is the son of Dory Funk Sr. and brother of Terry Funk. He is credited with the invention of the Texas cloverleaf submission hold and runs the Funking Conservatory, a professional... |
1 | February 11, 1965 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| 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 | July 1967 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 15 | December 1967 | ||
| Clubfoot Inferno | 1 | August 8, 1968 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 16 | September 5, 1968 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Title vacated in October 1968 after Funk is injured by Pat Patterson and The Infernos. | ||||
| Pat Patterson | 1 | October 24, 1968 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Ricky Romero | 1 | 1968 | ||
| Buddy Colt | 1 | January 9, 1969 | ||
| Dory Funk | 17 | June 12, 1969 | ||
| Title replaced with the NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship The NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling title in the National Wrestling Alliance's Amarillo, Texas territory, NWA Western States Sports.... in 1969. |
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