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Promotion | National Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||
Date established | January 12, 1980 | ||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Thom Latimer | ||||||||||
Date won | March 2, 2024 | ||||||||||
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The NWA National Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the U.S.-based, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).
The championship was established in January 1980 as the top singles title of Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW), a prominent NWA-affiliated promotion. Until its September 1986 deactivation, the title remained Georgia-based—across 3 different owners (GCW; Championship Wrestling from Georgia, and Jim Crockett Promotions).[1]
The title was reactivated in May 1997 and promoted by a handful of NWA-affiliated independent promotions, until it was vacated in October 2017.
In October 2018, the title was renamed the "NWA National Championship", reactivated, and the NWA (now a promotion, instead of a sanctioning body) held an 8-person tournament to crown a new titleholder.[2]
History
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The NWA National Heavyweight Championship was the top singles title in the NWA-affiliated promotion, Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW), from 1980 until 1986. Contrary to its name, the title was defended almost exclusively in just one state, Georgia. When World Wrestling Entertainment (then called, the World Wrestling Federation) purchased GCW (Black Saturday (1984)) in July 1984, then-champion The Spoiler signed with the WWF (which even, briefly, recognized the title).[3] Soon thereafter, Championship Wrestling from Georgia—started by former GCW booker Ole Anderson—launched and gained NWA affiliation. The title was awarded to Ted DiBiase.
In 1985, Jim Crockett Promotions purchased the weekend TBS timeslots for wrestling from the WWF, producing its own version of the "World Championship Wrestling" TV show. JCP had also purchased Championship Wrestling from Georgia (taking over its Saturday morning time slot, as well), and began recognizing CWG's championships. Eventually, Crockett held a unification match between his company's NWA United States Champion Nikita Koloff, and NWA National Champion Wahoo McDaniel, which Koloff won. The National title was deactivated afterwards.[1]
In May 1997, the title was reactivated and promoted by various NWA-affiliated, independent promotions across the United States. During this period it was considered the third most important heavyweight title in the NWA, after the World and North American titles.
In October 2017, Billy Corgan's company Lightning One, Inc., purchased the National Wrestling Alliance's intellectual and physical properties.[4][5] At that point, all pre-existing NWA affiliation agreements with other promotions were ended; most NWA-branded championships (including the National) would be vacated in the months that immediately followed. The only two championships not vacated were the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship, and NWA World Women's Championship. Corgan transformed the NWA from a governing body, to a wrestling promotion—one seeking to proudly revive and preserve the mood, look, and feel of the 1970s/1980s, Georgia/Mid-Atlantic era of wrestling.
In October 2018, the NWA announced the National title would be rebooted on the NWA 70th Anniversary Show, with an eight-man, championship tournament featuring: Jay Bradley; Colt Cabana; Sammy Guevara; Mike Parrow; Scorpio Sky; Sam Shaw; Ricky Starks; and Willie Mack. The championship was officially renamed the "NWA National Championship".[2] A new title belt was commissioned: its design was a faithful restoration of the 1970s, Crockett/Mid-Atlantic Wrestling version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship belt, with a few modern tweaks. In effect, the National title has become the second most important heavyweight title in the NWA.[6]
Belt designs
There have been six belt designs used to represent the NWA National Heavyweight Championship.
Reigns
The NWA currently recognizes 93 individual National Championship reigns.[7]
The inaugural champion was Austin Idol. The longest reigning champion is Phil Shatter, who held the title from January 17, 2009 to February 19, 2011, for a total of 763 days. Ricky Murdock holds the record for longest combined reigns (2) at 817 days. Killer Tim Brooks has the shortest reign. Damien Wayne, Phil "Nitro" Monahan, Greg Anthony, Lou Marconi, Paul Orndorff, Tommy Rich, Larry Zbyszko, and Masked Superstar have the most reigns with 3 apiece.
The current champion is Thom Latimer, who won the vacant title on March 2, 2024 at Hard Times 4 in Dothan, Alabama by defeating Blake "Bulletproof" Troop, Burchill and Zyon in a four-way match.
Names
Name | Years |
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NWA National Heavyweight Championship | January 12, 1980 – October 21, 2018 |
NWA National Championship | October 21, 2018 – present |
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) | ||||||||||
1 | Austin Idol | January 12, 1980 | N/A | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 221 | Also defeated Mr. Wrestling II to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship on March 29, 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia. | |||
— | Vacated | August 20, 1980 | — | — | — | — | Vacated for unknown reasons. | |||
2 | Jack Brisco | October 9, 1980 | N/A | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 58 | Defeated Terry Funk in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | [8] | ||
3 | The Mongolian Stomper | December 12, 1980 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 107 | [9] | |||
4 | Steve Olsonoski | March 29, 1981 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 139 | ||||
5 | The Masked Superstar | August 15, 1981 | Live event | Columbus, GA | 1 | 44 | On September 19, 1981, the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship was unified with the National Heavyweight Championship. | |||
6 | Tommy Rich | September 28, 1981 | Live event | Augusta, GA | 1 | 58 | This was a mask vs. hair steel cage match. | [10] | ||
7 | The Masked Superstar | November 25, 1981 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 2 | 53 | This was a Texas death match. | |||
8 | Tommy Rich | January 17, 1982 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 2 | 57 | This was a steel cage match. | [11] | ||
9 | Ron Bass | March 15, 1982 | Live event | Augusta, GA | 1 | 35 | [12] | |||
10 | Tommy Rich | April 19, 1982 | Live event | Augusta, GA | 3 | 13 | [13] | |||
11 | Buzz Sawyer | May 2, 1982 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 49 | [14] | |||
12 | Paul Orndorff | June 20, 1982 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 40 | [15] | |||
— | Vacated | July 30, 1982 | — | — | — | — | Paul Orndorff vacated the championship in order to focus on a challenge to NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair. | |||
13 | The Super Destroyer | August 29, 1982 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 35 | The Super Destroyer defeated Paul Orndorff in the finals of an 11-man tournament to win the vacant championship. | [16] | ||
14 | Paul Orndorff | October 3, 1982 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 2 | 14 | [17] | |||
15 | The Masked Superstar | October 17, 1982 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 3 | 21 | ||||
16 | Paul Orndorff | November 7, 1982 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 3 | 133 | This was a no disqualification match. While most records show that Orndorff held and defended the title uninterrupted during this reign, some records show that Killer Karl Kox won the title sometime in December 1982, losing it to Tommy Rich in February 1983 before being regained by Orndorff in March. | [18][19][20] | ||
17 | Killer Tim Brooks | March 20, 1983 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 0 | ||||
18 | Larry Zbyszko | March 20, 1983 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 41 | Bought the championship from Killer Tim Brooks for $25,000. | |||
— | Vacated | April 30, 1983 | — | — | — | — | Larry Zbyszko was stripped of the championship by NWA President Bob Geigel for buying it. | |||
19 | Larry Zbyszko | June 5, 1983 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 2 | 14 | Zbyszko Defeated Mr. Wrestling II in the finals of a 12-man tournament to win the vacant championship and a $25,000 cash prize. | |||
20 | Mr. Wrestling II | June 19, 1983 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 28 | Killer Brooks and Mr. Wrestling I served as the special guest referees. | [21] | ||
21 | Larry Zbyszko | July 17, 1983 | Live event | Huntington, WV | 3 | 70 | This was a no time limit no disqualification match. | |||
22 | Brett Wayne | September 25, 1983 | N/A | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 54 | [22] | |||
23 | Ted DiBiase | November 18, 1983 | N/A | Cleveland, OH | 1 | 92 | [23] | |||
24 | Brad Armstrong | February 18, 1984 | World Championship Wrestling | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 54 | Armstrong wrestled under a mask as "Mr. R" (thought to be Tommy Rich under the mask) and pinned Ted DiBiase to win the championship when DiBiase was distracted by Rich standing at the announcers' podium at ringside. | [24] | ||
25 | The Spoiler | April 12, 1984 | Live event | Wheeling, WV | 1 | 22 | [25] | |||
26 | Brad Armstrong | May 4, 1984 | Live event | Marietta, GA | 2 | 58 | ||||
27 | The Spoiler | July 1, 1984 | Live event | Atlanta, GA | 2 | 13 | The Spoiler joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) during this reign and was continued to defend the championship as the "National Heavyweight Championship" on WWF events in Georgia. | [26] | ||
28 | Ted DiBiase | July 14, 1984 | N/A | Macon, GA | 2 | 89 | This was a phantom match after The Spoiler went to the World Wrestling Federation. | [27] | ||
29 | Ron Garvin | October 11, 1984 | GCW Night of Champions | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 233 | [28] | |||
30 | Black Bart | June 1, 1985 | NWA World Championship Wrestling | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 113 | The match also had a Loser Leaves Town match. | [29] | ||
31 | Terry Taylor | September 22, 1985 | N/A | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 67 | ||||
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