List of National Wrestling Alliance championships
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[edit] World Championships
Upon its founding in 1948, the NWA Board of Directors recognized only three championships as world titles. There were however no rules within the organization preventing individual members promoting titles in other divisions as world titles. Only the first two are still recognized by the Board.
- NWA World Heavyweight Championship
- NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
- NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (not an official NWA Title)
NWA promoters from EMLL in Mexico began promoting two more championships as World Titles, which were essentially regional titles controlled by EMLL. When EMLL withdrew from the organization in the 90's, the titles were no longer officially sanctioned by the NWA, however they were still promoted as NWA sanctioned titles by EMLL. In Lucha Libre, titles generally stay with their holder when that competitor leaves a region or company. This practice, has caused theses titles, along with the Light Heavyweight Championship, to be accepted as "world titles" in Japan and Mexico. Weight limits for the titles are loosely followed by Lucha Libre promotions.
- NWA World Middleweight Championship (not an official NWA Title)
- NWA World Welterweight Championship (not an official NWA Title)
In 1992, after decades of regional tag team championships being labeled as world titles by various promoters, the NWA held a tournament to crown the first Board of Directors recognized World Tag Team Champions. The tournament was conducted by member promotion WCW, which continued to recognize the NWA Mid-Atlantic/WCW version of the Tag Team Championship as well.
Prior to 1992, many NWA promoters sanctioned a regional version of a tag team championship as the "World Championship". Although named as world titles, none of the titles were sanctioned as the official world title by the Board of Directors, and were technically regional championships. The Mid-Atlantic version, promoted by Jim Crockett Promotions, became widely accepted as the legitimate World Title when many promotions began folding, or being bought out by JCP. With this consolidation, the Mid-Atlantic version became known as the World Tag Championship, although it was not technically recognized as such by the Board of Directors. It was, however, recognized as such by kayfabe magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated. As JCP evolved into World Championship Wrestling, this version of the title would become known as the WCW World Tag Team Title.
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic Version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Florida version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Central States version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version)
The following titles were also called "World Championships", but were actually just regional or company titles.
- NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic/World Class Championship Wrestling)
- NWA World Television Championship (Mid-Atlantic Version)
- NWA World Brass Knuckles Championship (Tennessee Version)
- NWA World Women's Championship
- NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship
- NWA World Midget's Championship
- NWA Independent World Heavyweight Championship
[edit] National Championships
- NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
- NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (defunct)
- NWA American Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA American Tag Team Championship (defunct)
- NWA North American Heavyweight Championship
- NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Amarillo version) (defunct)
- NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Hawaii version) (defunct)
- NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State version) (defunct)
- NWA North American Tag Team Championship
- NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic/Georgia/WCW Version) (defunct-now a WWE Title)
- NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Chicago version) (defunct)
- NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Central States version) (defunct)
- NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Hawaii version) (defunct)
- NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version) (defunct)
- NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Detroit version) (defunct)
- NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (San Francisco version) (defunct)
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic/Georgia/WCW Version) (defunct)
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Northeast version) (defunct)
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (defunct-renamed NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship in 1980)
- NWA United States Women's Championship (defunct)
- NWA National Heavyweight Championship (US Version)
- NWA National Tag Team Championship (US Version)
- NWA National Television Championship (defunct)
- NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version) (defunct)
- NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Halifax version) (defunct)
- NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version) (defunct)
- NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version) (defunct)
- NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship
- NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Calgary version) (defunct)
- NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (defunct)
- NWA Ireland Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Ireland Tag Team Championship
- NWA New Zealand Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship
- NWA United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship
- NWA United Kingdom Junior Heavyweight Championship
[edit] Regional Championships
- NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Arizona Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Arkansas Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship (defunct)
- NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Championship (defunct)
- NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship
- NWA California Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Central States Television Championship (defunct)
- NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (defunct)
- NWA Colorado Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Florida Television Championship (defunct)
- NWA Florida Bahamian Championship (defunct)
- NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Championship (defunct)
- NWA Florida X Division Championship
- NWA Florida Women's Championship
- NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Florida Tag Team Championship
- NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship (defunct)
- NWA Florida Southern Tag Team Championship (defunct)
- NWA Florida Global Tag Team Championship (defunct)
- NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Georgia Southern Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Georgia Television Championship (defunct)
- NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship
- NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship
- NWA Heartland State Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Heritage Heavweight Championship
- NWA Idaho Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Illinois Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Indiana Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Iowa Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship
- NWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Midwest X Division Championship
- NWA Midwest Tag Team Championship
- NWA Midwest Women's Championship
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (defunct)
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Women's Championship
- NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Mountain State Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Mountain State Light Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Mountain State Tag Team Championship
- NWA New England Heavyweight Championship
- NWA New England Junior Heavyweight Championship
- NWA New England Tag Team Championship
- NWA New England Television Championship
- NWA New England Colonial Heavyweight Championship
- NWA New England Brass Knuckles Championship
- NWA New England Women's Championship
- NWA New England X Division Championship
- NWA New York Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Ohio Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Oklahoma Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Oregon Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Pacific International Championship (defunct)
- NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship (San Francisco version) (defunct)
- NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (defunct)
- NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version) (defunct)
- NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (defunct)
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Pacific Northwest Television Championship (defunct)
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (defunct)
- NWA Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Shockwave Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Shockwave Internet Championship
- NWA Shockwave Cruiser X Championship
- NWA Shockwave Tag Team Championship
- NWA Shockwave Women's Championship
- NWA Southeast Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Southeast Continental Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Southeast Tag Team Championship (defunct)
- NWA Southeast Continental Tag Team Championship (defunct)
- NWA Southeast Television Championship (defunct)
- NWA Southeast United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Southeast Alabama Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Southeast Alabama Junior Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Southern Tag Team Championship
- NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (defunct)
- NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (defunct)
- NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast version) (defunct)
- NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Knoxville version) (defunct)
- NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (defunct-renamed AWA Southern Tag Team Championship)
- NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (defunct)
- NWA Southern Women's Championship (defunct)
- NWA Southwest Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Tennessee Southern Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (defunct)
- NWA United Kingdom Central Counties Championship
- NWA Upstate Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Virginia Alpha Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Virginia Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Virginia Junior Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Virginia Tag Team Championship
- NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Western States Heritage Championship (defunct)
- NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (defunct)
- NWA Wildside Hardcore Championship (defunct)
- NWA Wildside Light Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Wildside United States Heavyweight Championship (defunct)
- NWA Wisconsin Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Wisconsin Tag Team Championship
- NWA Wisconsin X Division Championship
