NWA Western States Heritage Championship
NWA Western States Heritage Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Universal Wrestling Federation Jim Crockett Promotions World Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | June 20, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
Date retired | January 20, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The NWA Western States Heritage Championship was a short-lived National Wrestling Alliance title in Jim Crockett Promotions that was filled via a tournament in the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1987, and defended in the NWA until it was abandoned in 1989. The belt was created as a tribute to the NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship based in Amarillo, Texas, despite the fact that it was never actually defended there and that most title defenses happened in Eastern Seaboard and at best the Midwest.
The NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship revived in 2015 by the NWA and Vendetta Pro Wrestling, uses a belt design identical to the belt used for the NWA Western States Heritage Championship,[1] prompting many to refer to it as the "NWA Western States Heritage Championship". The title also credits all former Western States Champions—including the Western States Heritage titleholders—with their reigns as champion.
Reigns
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Barry Windham | June 20, 1987 | Live event | Houston, Texas | 1 | 218 | Defeated Black Bart in a tournament to fill the title. | |
2 | Larry Zbyszko | January 24, 1988 | Bunkhouse Stampede | Uniondale, New York | 1 | 319 | Zbyszko's final match in the NWA was on January 16, 1989 in Chicago. He debuted 4 days later in the AWA on January 20, 1989.[2] | |
— | December 8, 1988 | — | Championship retired when Zbyszko left to work for the American Wrestling Association. | [3] |
See also
References
- ^ "NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship Title History". Vendetta Pro Wrestling. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=373&page=4&s=300[bare URL]
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