NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship was the top singles championship in the National Wrestling Alliance's Los Angeles territory (known officially as NWA Hollywood Wrestling) from 1968 until the promotion closed in 1982. The title was first established in 1967 as a secondary championship in NWA Hollywood's predecessor, the World Wrestling Association.
[edit] Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WWA Americas Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| Pampero Firpo | 1 | 1967 | Mexico | Defeats Colosso Colosetti in a fictitious match |
| Mike DiBiase | 1 | June 16, 1967 | ? | |
| Mark Lewin | 1 | July 28, 1967 | ? | |
| Fred Blassie | 1 | August 25, 1967 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Vacant | March 1968 | Blassie is suspended by the WWA | ||
| Mil Mascaras | 1 | June 7, 1968 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| El Mongol | 1 | September 20, 1968 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Renamed NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| Bobo Brazil | 1 | October 4, 1968 | Los Angeles, CA | Has abandoned the WWA World Heavyweight title on October 1, 1968 when the WWA joined the NWA |
| Fred Blassie | 2 | January 10, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Bobo Brazil | 2 | February 7, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| The Sheik | 1 | February 21, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Held up | March 21, 1969 | Title held up after Blassie defeats The Sheik in a non-title match | ||
| Fred Blassie | 2 | April 11, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | Defeats The Sheik in rematch |
| The Sheik | 2 | April 25, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Mil Mascaras | 2 | May 9, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Held up | May 23, 1969 | Title held up after a match against Black Gordman in Los Angeles, CA | ||
| Mil Mascaras | 3 | June 6, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | Defeats Gordman in rematch |
| The Great Kojika | 1 | December 19, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Rocky Johnson | 1 | January 16, 1970 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Fred Blassie | 3 | March 6, 1970 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Held up | March 20, 1970 | Title held up after a match against Rocky Johnson in Los Angeles, CA | ||
| Rocky Johnson | 2 | May 15, 1970 | Los Angeles, CA | Defeats Blassie in rematch |
| Fred Blassie | 4 | June 10, 1970 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Kinji Shibuya | 1 | March 26, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Fred Blassie | 5 | April 23, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 1 | May 7, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Don Carson | 1 | July 16, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 2 | July 30, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Mil Mascaras | 4 | September 24, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Black Gordman | 1 | November 5, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Frankie Laine | 1 | December 8, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Killer Kowalski | 1 | January 31, 1972 | Tampa, FL | Fictitious title change |
| John Tolos | 3 | March 10, 1972 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Black Gordman | 2 | June 30, 1972 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 4 | July 14, 1972 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Ernie Ladd | 1 | July 28, 1972 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Victor Rivera | 1 | December 1, 1972 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Black Gordman | 3 | March 9, 1973 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Victor Rivera | 2 | April 20, 1973 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Terry Funk | 1 | July 3, 1973 | Odessa, TX | Fictitious title change |
| Victor Rivera | 3 | July 27, 1973 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 5 | August 24, 1973 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Pak Song | 1 | November 16, 1973 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 6 | January 15, 1974 | Long Beach, CA | |
| Porkchop Cash | 1 | March 22, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Black Gordman | 4 | May 31, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Porkchop Cash | 2 | June 14, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Ernie Ladd | 2 | July 12, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Pampero Firpo | 2 | August 16, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 7 | November 8, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Pampero Firpo | 3 | November 22, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 8 | November 27, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Edouard Carpentier | 1 | December 25, 1974 | San Diego, CA | |
| Greg Valentine | 1 | February 14, 1975 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 9 | March 27, 1975 | ? | |
| Greg Valentine | 2 | April 4, 1975 | ? | |
| Vacant | April 1975 | Valentine gives up the belt to wrestle for the NWA World Heavyweight title | ||
| Don Muraco | 1 | May 2, 1975 | Los Angeles, CA | Wins tournament |
| Les Thornton | 1 | May 16, 1975 | ? | |
| Louie Tillet | 1 | June 13, 1975 | ? | |
| Ernie Ladd | 3 | October 1975 | Philadelphia, PA | Fictitious title change |
| Chavo Guerrero | 1 | October 31, 1975 | ? | |
| Roddy Piper | 1 | March 12, 1976 | ? | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 2 | April 23, 1976 | ? | |
| Crusher Verdu | 1 | June 11, 1976 | ? | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 3 | July 16, 1976 | ? | |
| The Hangman | 1 | September 3, 1976 | ? | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 4 | October 1, 1976 | ? | |
| Ken Mantell | 1 | October 15, 1976 | ? | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 5 | November 19, 1976 | ? | |
| Dr. Hiro Ota | 1 | November 26, 1976 | ? | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 6 | December 3, 1976 | ? | |
| Dory Funk Jr. | 1 | January 14, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 7 | February 4, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Toru Tanaka | 1 | February 12, 1977 | San Bernardino, CA | |
| The Hangman | 2 | March 18, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Keith Franks (Adrian Adonis) | 1 | May 13, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Mando Guerrero | 1 | May 20, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Texas Red (Red Bastien) | 1 | July 1,1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 8 | August 6, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Roddy Piper | 2 | August 12, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 9 | August 19, 1977 | San Bernardino, CA | |
| Texas Red | 2 | September 7, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Choi Sun | 1 | September 16, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 10 | September 18, 1977 | San Bernardino, CA | |
| The Canadian (Roddy Piper) | 3 | November 4, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Mando Guerrero | 2 | December 9, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| The Canadian | 4 | December 16, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Hector Guerrero | 1 | February 10, 1978 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Moondog Lonnie Mayne | 1 | April 2, 1978 | San Bernardino, CA | |
| Hector Guerrero | 2 | June 30, 1978 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Moondog Lonnie Mayne | 2 | August 11, 1978 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Vacant | August 13, 1978 | Mayne is killed in an auto accident | ||
| Chavo Guerrero | 11 | August 25, 1978 | Los Angeles, CA | Wins tournament |
| Roddy Piper | 5 | September 29, 1978 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Twin Devil #1 | 1 | October 1, 1978 | San Bernardino, CA | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 12 | December 1978 | ? | |
| Twin Devil #1 | 2 | January 12, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 13 | January 26, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Leroy Brown | 1 | April 26, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Al Madril | 1 | June 15, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Bull Ramos | 1 | June 28, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Pat Barrett | 1 | August 8, 1979 | Bakersfield, CA | |
| Pat Patterson | 1 | circa November 1979 | Hawaii | Fictitious title change |
| Chavo Guerrero | 14 | November 16, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| The Hood (Johnny Mantell) | 1 | 1980 | ? | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 15 | March 14, 1980 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| The Spoiler #2 (Ron Starr) | 1 | April 18, 1980 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Walter Johnson | 1 | May 9, 1980 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 9 | August 8, 1980 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| El Medico | 1 | 1980 | ? | |
| Victor Rivera | 4 | December 1980 | ? | |
| Bobo Brazil | 2 | 1981 | ? | |
| Chris Adams | 1 | 1981 | ? | |
| John Tolos | 10 | 1981 | ? | |
| Victor Rivera | 5 | 1981 | ? | |
| Mike Masters | 1 | March 27, 1981 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Rick Davidson | 1 | April 1981 | ? | |
| Peter Maivia | 1 | May 1981 | ? | |
| Chino Chou | 1 | August 7, 1981 | ? | |
| The Monster (Tony Rodriguez) | 1 | 1981 | ? | |
| Timothy Flowers | 1 | October 18, 1981 | ? | |
| Gran Hamada | 1 | November 6, 1981 | ? | |
| Timothy Flowers | 2 | November 13, 1981 | ? | |
| Bobby Lane | 1 | January 1982 | ? | |
| Sweet Brown Sugar | 1 | February 12, 1982 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Adrian Street | 1 | March 12, 1982 | ? | |
| Timothy Flowers | 3 | May 1982 | ? | |
| Kid Koby (Kuniaki Kobayashi) | 1 | July 18, 1982 | San Bernardino, CA | |
| Black Gordman | 5 | August 20, 1982 | ? | |
| Killer Kim | 1 | September 17, 1982 | ? | |
| Chris Adams | 2 | 1982 | ? | |
| El Monarca | 1 | November 5, 1982 | ? | |
| Ciclon Negro | 1 | November 12, 1982 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| El Monarca | 2 | November 26, 1982 | ? | |
| Title retired | December 26, 1982 | Promotion closes | ||
[edit] External link
- NWA Americas Heavyweight title history at Wrestling-titles.com
