NWA Southeast Continental Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA Continental Heavyweight Championship was a major title in the National Wrestling Alliance
's Alabama
territory called Southeastern Championship Wrestling. It existed from 1984 until 1988 when CCW became the Continental Wrestling Federation. The title continued on as the CWF Heavyweight Championship from 1988 until 1989 when the CWF closed.
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 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...
territory called Southeastern Championship Wrestling. It existed from 1984 until 1988 when CCW became the Continental Wrestling Federation. The title continued on as the CWF Heavyweight Championship from 1988 until 1989 when the CWF closed.
Title history
Wrestler: | Reigns: | Date: | Place: | Notes: | |
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NWA Southeast Continental Heavyweight Title | |||||
Ron Fuller Ron Fuller (wrestler) Ronald Welch is a retired professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring names Ron Fuller and Tennessee Stud. He is the elder brother of Robert Fuller... |
1 | May 21, 1984 | Birmingham, AL | Defeated Michael Hayes Michael Hayes (wrestler) Michael Seitz is a retired American professional wrestler and former musician. Seitz is best known for leading The Fabulous Freebirds under the ring name Michael "P.S." Hayes and for his role as the announcer Dok Hendrix in the World Wrestling Federation... . |
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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 1984 | |||
Mr. Wrestling II Mr. Wrestling II John "Johnny" Walker , better known as Mr. Wrestling II, is a retired American professional wrestler. As Mr... |
1 | August 1984 | |||
Bob Armstrong | 2 | November 1984 | |||
Boomer H. Lynch | 1 | May 1985 | |||
Bob Armstrong | 3 | May 1985 | Title returned because Lynch was not the scheduled opponent. | ||
The Flame 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 | 1985 | |||
Bob Armstrong | 4 | 1985 | |||
The Flame | 2 | July 9, 1985 | Mobile, AL | ||
Lord Humongous Jeff Van Kamp Jeff VanCamp, Sr. is former professional wrestler, who wrestled as Lord Humongous in 1984. He wrestled mainly in the South and was managed by Ron Fuller. He feuded with Fuller over the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship.-Career:... |
1 | July 1985 | |||
The Flame | 3 | July 1985 | |||
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 | August 2, 1985 | Birmingham, AL | ||
The Flame | 4 | September 23, 1985 | Birmingham, AL | ||
Roberto Soto Roberto Soto Roberto Soto, known by his ring name Invader II, was a Puerto Rican professional wrestler who was part of The Invaders with Jose Huertas González... |
1 | December 2, 1985 | Birmingham, AL | ||
Robert Fuller Robert Fuller Robert Welch is a professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring names Robert Fuller and Col. Robert Parker. Robert and his brother Ron co-owned Continental Championship Wrestling for a time.-Career:... |
1 | December 23, 1985 | Birmingham, AL | ||
Brad Armstrong | 1 | March 14, 1986 | Mobile, AL | ||
Robert Fuller | 2 | 1986 | Title returned when Armstrong is injured | ||
Jerry Stubbs Jerry Stubbs Jerry Stubbs is a retired professional wrestler. Stubbs wrestled as Mr. Olympia in Bill Watts's Mid-South wrestling area and as the villainous Jerry “Mr. Perfect” Stubbs in Southeast/Continental wrestling promotions... |
1 | May 12, 1985 | Mobile, AL | ||
Brad Armstrong | 2 | June 23, 1986 | Birmingham, AL | ||
Jerry Stubbs | 2 | July 14, 1986 | Birmingham, AL | ||
Brad Armstrong | 3 | September 8, 1986 | Birmingham, AL | ||
Kevin Sullivan Kevin Sullivan (wrestler) Kevin Francis Sullivan is an American professional wrestler and booker, perhaps best known for his role in WCW as "The Taskmaster" and his leading of the "Dungeon of Doom".-Early career:... |
1 | September 22, 1986 | Birmingham, AL | ||
The Bullet (AKA 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... |
5 | December 8, 1986 | Birmingham, AL | ||
Kevin Sullivan | 2 | December 15, 1986 | Birmingham, AL | ||
Ron Fuller | 2 | February 4, 1987 | Houston, TX | ||
Buddy Landell | 1 | February 28, 1987 | Chattanooga, TN | ||
Wendell Cooley | 1 | April 27, 1987 | Birmingham, AL | ||
Vacated | October 1987 | Cooley retired. | |||
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 | October 30, 1987 | Knoxville, TN | Defeated Wendell Cooley. | |
Title Retired | 1988 | SCW closed. | |||
CWF Heavyweight Title | |||||
Tom Prichard Tom Prichard Thomas Prichard is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, working in their developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling as a trainer using his ring name Tom Prichard... |
1 | October 3, 1988 | Birmingham, AL | Defeated Tony Anthony Tony Anthony Darrell W. "Tony" Anthony is a semi-retired American professional wrestler best known as Dirty White Boy, who wrestled primarily for independent promotions in the Southeastern United States... in tournament final. |
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Wendell Cooley | 1 | April 7, 1989 | Knoxville, TN | ||
Tom Prichard | 2 | June 23, 1989 | Knoxville, TN | ||
Dennis Condrey Dennis Condrey Dennis Condrey is an American professional wrestler, best known as being one half of the tag team Midnight Express.... |
1 | July 22, 1989 | Dothan, AL | ||
Tom Prichard | 3 | December 6, 1989 | |||
Title Retired | December 1989 | CWF closed. | |||