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  NWA World Heavyweight Championship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With controversy of Lou Thesz not dropping the title, Verne Gagne protested by withdrawing his American Wrestling Association from the NWA and declaring the AWA Belt a World Title.
From 1992 to 1993, the NWA belt was defended on WCW television.
Back during the glory days of the NWA, the NWA World Champion was required to to place a $25,000 security deposit to the NWA Treasurer to ensure that the champion doesn't leave the NWA with the belt.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Title   (1146 words)

  
 WCW World Heavyweight Title History
The former NWA World Heavyweight Title was officially referred to as the WCW World Heavyweight Title from January 1991 forward.
World Championship Wrestling is purchased by the World Wrestling Federation during this title reign in March, 2001.
The former WCW World Heavyweight Title is known as "The World Title" from 11/19/01 forward.
www.thehistoryofwcw.com /WCWWorld.html   (1888 words)

  
 The World Titles an Historical Perspective
Luger won a World Title from a man that wasn't a champion and was awarded a belt that was formerly a regional title.
The International Title was abandoned in favor of the WCW World Heavyweight Title, and The WCW World Heavyweight Belt was replaced by The International World Belt (Flair's old belt).
Ric cheated the title from Sting, accidentally headbutted Steamboat in the groin for a title, used Horsemen assistance to dethrone Savage on one occasion, and interference from Elizabeth to dethrone Savage on a second occasion.
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 BODYSLAMMIN' 4EVER - NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
Lou Thesz loses the title to Edouard Carpentier by DQ on June 14, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, but NWA rules prohibit the title change because the NWA title cannot change hands due to an injury and the belt was given back to Thesz.
In September of 1993, WCW left the NWA and the title belt dropped the recognition as being the NWA title.
Dan Severn was stripped of the title in May 28, 2002 by unanimous vote of the NWA Board of Directors for not being able to schedule a title defense on June 19th.
bodyslamming.com /nwa/nwatitle.html   (770 words)

  
 WCW World Heavyweight Title
The NWA World Heavywieght Championship was, considered by many in the wrestling industry, to be the only legitimate world title belt in professional wrestling.
Federations like World Championship Wrestling, American Wrestling Association, Extreme Championship Wrestling, United States Wrestling Association, and now World Wrestling Entertainment have, or had, world title belts that were legitimated by a claimed lineage to the NWA World Heavywieght Championship.
Title was created, but used the NWA belt for its championship.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/wcw_world_heavyweight_title   (665 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: NWA World Heavyweight Title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship is a wrestling title that was spun off from the first "World Title"; which tracks its lineage to George Hackenschmidt's 1905 title and Frank Gotch's 1908 version.
With controversy of Lou Thesz not dropping the title, Verne Gagne protested by withdrawing his American Wrestling Assosciation from the NWA and declaring the AWA Belt a World Title.
He rejected the belt for the new ECW World Heavyweight Championship the Extreme Championship Wrestling World Title.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/NWA-World-Heavyweight-Title   (925 words)

  
 NWA World Heavyweight Title Statement on 28th October 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
October 2001 regarding the NWA World Heavyweight Title Match between Steve Corino and Gary Steele in Andover, Hampshire in the United Kingdom.
"On October 13th the NWA World Heavyweight Title was held-up due to the controversial finish of the match between then champion Steve Corino and challenger Shin’ya Hashimoto.
From the perspective of the NWA Board of Directors, and therefore the official stance on this matter, this means that Gary Steele defeated Steve Corino in a match with no significant consequence except for their individual won-lost records.
www.davejennings.co.uk /nwastatement.htm   (282 words)

  
 NWA World Heavyweight Title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jeff Jarrett defeated Sting on 5/25/03 to unify the NWA World Heavyweight Title with the WWA Heavyweight Title.
He took the recognized NWA World Heavyweight title belt with him and called himself the "Real World's Heavyweight Champion." On the same date, the NWA vacated the World Heavyweight title for the first time in its history.
He recieved the NWA World Heavyweight title on November 27, 1949 when Orville Brown was injured in a car accident and couldn't defend the title.
www.titlehistories.com /NWA%20World%20Heavyweight%20Title.htm   (843 words)

  
 Wrestling Information Archive - NWA World Heavyweight Title History
Lou Thesz unifies the NWA World Heavyweight title with the National Wrestling Assocation's World title on July 20, 1948.
Lou Thesz loses the title to Edouard Carpentier by disqualification on June 14, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, but NWA rules prohibit the title change because the NWA World title cannot change hands due to an injury and the belt was given back to Thesz.
In September of 1993, WCW left the NWA and the title belt dropped the recognition as being the NWA World Heavyweight title.
www.100megsfree4.com /wiawrestling/pages/nwa/nwaworld.htm   (1058 words)

  
 WrestleLine.com: Title Histories - NWA World Heavyweight Title (NWA TNA World Title)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ric Flair was stripped of the NWA World Title on September 8, 1991, for jumping to the WWF, with the gold NWA World Title belt in hand.
Severn was stripped of the title by the NWA Board of Directors on May 28, 2002, for not being able to defend the title.
Jarrett unified the World Wrestling Allstars Title with the NWA World Title on May 25, 2003, by defeating Sting in Aukland, New Zealand.
www.wrestleline.com /titles/tna/nwatitle.shtml   (501 words)

  
 NWA World Heavyweight Title
National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title is a wrestling title that was spun off from the first "World Title"; won by Frank Gotch in 1908.
He made RAW and Smackdown their own brands/federations; with their own World Titles.
Former UFC fighter Ken Shamrock won and was declared the new NWA World Champion.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/nwa_world_heavyweight_title   (911 words)

  
 N.W.A. World Heavyweight Title
Holder of the Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title in Kansas City, recognized as a world champion in Des Moines, IA by Pinkie George, who later founds the current version of the NWA in 48; said to have been the "National Wrestling Alliance" World champion for seven years before losing to Sonny Myers in 47/11.
Holder of the Wichita-based National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Title, recognized as champion in Des Moines, IA by Pinkie George in 43/06 and 43/08.
Biloxi, MS Recognition dropped by NWA in 93/09 after WCW withdraws from NWA; WCW continues to recognize "WCW International" World Heavyweight title with Flair as the champion.
www.wrestling-titles.com /nwa/world/nwa-h.html   (574 words)

  
 wwe world heavyweight title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
WWE World Heavyweight Title (formerly WCW World Title)...
NWA World Heavyweight Championship The National Wrestling Alliance World...
The title is reduced from World to Regional Status after the WWWF joins the NWA in 1971...
www.getwweinfo.com /88/wwe-world-heavyweight-title.html   (316 words)

  
 NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY
In Spetember 1938, the NWA recognized Everett Marshall as the Champion since Steve Crusher Casey was out of America and not defending his title on a regular basis.
However, he was forced to retire and relinquish the title due to injuries suffered in a 11/11/49 automobile accident.
Lou Thesz was scheduled to meet Brown for the title on 25/11/49 and thue was recognized as the new Champion.
members.fortunecity.com /sat31677/wcwnwa.htm   (578 words)

  
 NWA World Heavyweight Title
*It was decided that Brown would be the NWA World Champion by a convention in Iowa.
*(6)When Douglas threw down the NWA belt and disparaged it during his victory speech, he was stripped of the title.
This was a Gauntlet to determine the new champ.
www.angelfire.com /oh/nykk/nwatitle.html   (208 words)

  
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In September 1993, the NWA stripped Ric Flair of the NWA World heavyweight championship.
However, since the title match was not sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance, the title was vacated.
On December 6, 2002, in Glasgow, Scotland, NWA World heavyweight champion Jeff Jarrett defeated Nathan Hales to retain the title.
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 Solie's Title Histories: NWA - NATIONAL WRESTLING ASSOCIATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Danno O1 Mahoney defeated Ed Don George on 07/30/35 in Boston, MA to unify The Boston AWA World Title with the NWA World Heavyweight Title and became the Undisputed World Heavyweight champion; NBA/NWA title declared vacant in September, '36 when NBA/NWA recommends a tournament to be held to determine the champion at the annual meeting.
The National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title was unified with The National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Title on 11/27/49.
The National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title was abandoned.
www.solie.org /titlehistories/nwawht.html   (207 words)

  
 Wrestling Update - NWA World Heavyweight Title History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
* Orville Brown is stripped of the NWA World Heavyweight Title in St. Louis, MO on November 27, 1949 due to an injury.
* Harley Race wrestled WWWF World Heavyweight Champion, Billy Graham to a draw in Miami, FL at Championship Wrestling From Florida: Superbowl of Wrestling on January 25, 1978.
WCW continues to recognize Ric Flair as champion, however as the WCW International World Heavyweight Champion.
www3.telus.net /start/wrestlingupdate/nwa/titlehistory/nwaworldheavyweighttitle.htm   (8067 words)

  
 NWA World Heavyweight Title Holders
Lou Thesz: November 27th, 1949 (Unified many titles to become the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion)
Ric Flair(10th): August 18th, 1993(returned to WCW and won belt; title vacated after WCW withdraws from NWA in September '93)
Jarrett lost to Ron Killings on June 23rd, but the title was returned due to Killings' use of Jarrett's guitar in the match)
www.accelerator3359.com /Wrestling/titles/nwaworld.html   (308 words)

  
 NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title History
* Awarded; leaves NWA in 1988 and defends the title in USA promotion in Knoxville and ACW in the Carolina's until 1989.
* Vacates on 5th Nov 1997 after being forced to drop the WWF Light Heavyweight title drops all titles in the octuple crown excluding the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title.
Parkersburg, WV * Defeats Viper in 4-man tournament final; stripped on 28th Oct 1999 due to a no-show for title defense against Vince Kaplack.
www.davejennings.co.uk /nwajunior.htm   (527 words)

  
 NWA/WCW World Heavyweight Title Holders
Kevin Nash(3rd): January 25th, 2000 (used Commissioner powers to strip Vicious and award title to himself)
Booker T: July 9th, 2000 (Jeff Jarrett laid down to Hulk Hogan earlier in the night; Vince Russo explained that the old WCW World Title was gone, and that Jarrett and Booker T would wrestle for the new one; Booker T defeated Jarrett)
Chris Jericho(2nd): December 9th, 2001 (Unified with WWF World Title)
www.accelerator3359.com /Wrestling/titles/wcwworld.html   (378 words)

  
 LOPforums.com - Hard Justice Predictions Contest!
Winner To Become The New Number-One Contender To The NWA World Heavyweight Title
Winner To Become The New Number-One Contender To The NWA World Heavyweight Title -Lance Hoyt
I'm going to leave it as he'll win, but I think that this is a DQ win for Shocker with Daniels retaining the belt.
www.lopforums.com /printthread.php?t=5115   (2512 words)

  
 AJ Styles wins NWA World Heavyweight Title ~ at runboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In a fantastic Cage match on tonight's NWA:TNA PPV "The Phenomonal" AJ Styles defeated Jeff Jarrett to become the NWA World Heavyweight Champion for the second time.
This means barring anything happening on next weeks edition of NWA:TNA that on May 1st you will have a chance to witness the reigning NWA World Champion in Action.
Also watch NWA:TNA on PPV next week to see if the champ can keep his title going into May 1st.
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 Records of N.W.A. World Heavyweight Championship Matches: 1940s - 1970s   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Records of N.W.A. World Heavyweight Championship Matches: 1940s - 1970s
NOTE: This list may include non-title matches which are to be removed as soon as they are confirmed.
Credits for title history information are given to these sites/people.
www.wrestling-titles.com /nwa/world/nwa-h-matches   (69 words)

  
 BODYSLAMMIN' 4EVER - NWA 2000 WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE(DEFUNCT)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Wins 15 man Battle Royal to win tite.
Wins 2 out of 3 falls match for title.
Defeats Doug Gilbert in tournament final to win vacant title.
www.bodyslamming.com /nwa/2000title.html   (43 words)

  
 National Wrestling Alliance/World Championship Wrestling (NWA/WCW) Tapes
(NWA World Tag Team Title and AWA World Tag Team Title match) The Road Warriors (Hawk/Animal) vs. Ivan Koloff/Krusher Khruschev
(NWA United States Heavyweight Title I Quit Cage match) Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum T.A. (Atlanta Street Fight match) Jimmy Valiant/Ron Garvin vs. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton/Dennis Condrey)
Taped From TV (NWA United States Tag Team Title match) The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers/Bobby Fulton) vs. Eddie Gilbert/Ron Simmons
www.shiningwizard.com /tapes/tapes.php?category=23   (1524 words)

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