NWA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship is the major championship
in the National Wrestling Alliance
member promotion
NWA Top Rope, based in Lebanon, Tennessee
.
There have been two versions of the championship. The title existed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the NWA Mid-America territory, and the current version began in 2005.
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in the National Wrestling Alliance
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member promotion
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NWA Top Rope, based in Lebanon, Tennessee
Lebanon, Tennessee
Lebanon is a city in Wilson County, Tennessee, in the United States. The population was 20,235 at the 2000 census. It serves as the county seat of Wilson County. Lebanon is located in middle Tennessee, approximately 25 miles east of downtown Nashville. Local residents have also called it...
.
There have been two versions of the championship. The title existed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the NWA Mid-America territory, and the current version began in 2005.
NWA Mid-America
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wicks | 1 | June 29, 1959 | Defeated Sputnik Monroe in a tournament final to become the first champion. | |
| Sputnik Monroe | 1 | August 3, 1959 | Memphis, TN 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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| Billy Wicks | 2 | August 10, 1959 | Memphis, TN | |
| Sputnik Monroe | 2 | March 1960 |
NWA Top Rope
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Notes: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Santel | 1 | November 12, 2005 | Lebanon, TN Lebanon, Tennessee Lebanon is a city in Wilson County, Tennessee, in the United States. The population was 20,235 at the 2000 census. It serves as the county seat of Wilson County. Lebanon is located in middle Tennessee, approximately 25 miles east of downtown Nashville. Local residents have also called it... |
Defeated Jason James and Jason Brisbane in a three-way match to become the first champion in NWA Top Rope. |
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| Stripped | February 2006 | Title stripped from Santel due to injuries. | |||
| Kory Williams | 1 | February 2006 | Williams was awarded the title as the current NWA Top Rope Southern Heavyweight Champion. |
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| Casey Kage | 1 | September 30, 2006 | Lebanon, TN | This was a Texas Bullrope match. | |
| Title vacated | January 27, 2007 | ||||
| Vic the Bruiser | 1 | February 24, 2007 | Lebanon, TN | Won a battle royal to win the vacant title. | |
| Gary Valiant | 1 | June 2007 | Lebanon, TN | Defeated Vic The Bruiser | |