NWF North American Heavyweight Championship

NWF North American Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion National Wrestling Federation
International Wrestling Association
Date established 1968
Date retired 1977 & 1981
Other name(s)
  • NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Buffalo/Cleveland version)
  • IWA North American Heavyweight Championship

The NWF North American Heavyweight Championship was a secondary singles title in the American professional wrestling promotion, the National Wrestling Federation. The title started in 1968 as a National Wrestling Alliance title, named the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Buffalo/Cleveland version) until the NWF was founded in 1970. It was then renamed with the NWF name. The NWF would close in 1974, and the title migrated to New Japan Pro Wrestling. The title was then abandoned in 1981.[1][2]

Title history

Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage. An (n) indicates that a title changes occurred no later than the listed date.

Wrestlers: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Buffalo/Cleveland version)
Moose Cholak 1 October 1968 (n) Still champion as of December 11, 1968.
Johnny Powers 1 1968 (n)
Bulldog Brower 1 1969 (n)
Johnny Powers 2 May 1969 (n)
Bulldog Brower 2 January 1, 1970 Cleveland, Ohio
Johnny Powers 3 1970 (n)
Bulldog Brower 3 July 2, 1970 Cleveland, Ohio
NWF North American Heavyweight Championship
Ernie Ladd 1 December 5, 1970 Akron, Ohio Defeated Bulldog Brower.
Title being held up on April 1, 1971 after a match between Ladd and Tex McKenzie in Cleveland, OH.
Johnny Powers 4 April 3, 1971 Cleveland, Ohio
Ernie Ladd 2 April 8, 1971 Cleveland, Ohio
Waldo Von Erich 1 May 27, 1971 Cleveland, Ohio
Johnny Powers 5 November 17, 1971 Buffalo, New York
Johnny Valentine 1 September 1, 1972 Cleveland, Ohio
Johnny Powers 6 September 22, 1972 Cleveland, Ohio Defeats Johnny Valentine.
Title help up pending a review of the match.
Johnny Valentine 2 October 1972 (n) Wins rematch.
Ernie Ladd 3 November 22, 1972 Buffalo, New York
Johnny Powers 7 November 23, 1972 Cleveland, Ohio
Karl von Krupp 1 February 3, 1973 Akron, Ohio
Johnny Powers 8 February 17, 1973 Akron, Ohio
Eric the Animal 1 May 5, 1973 Cleveland, Ohio
Johnny Powers 9 May 16, 1973 Buffalo, New York
J.B. Psycho 1 June 16, 1973 Buffalo, New York
Johnny Powers 10 June 24, 1973 Akron, Ohio
Ernie Ladd 4 January 31, 1974 Cleveland, Ohio
Ox Baker 1 March 1974 (n)
Ernie Ladd 5 March 14, 1974 Cleveland, Ohio
Johnny Powers 11 March 18, 1974 Akron, Ohio
Dominic DeNucci 1 April 1974 (n)
George Steele 1 May 31, 1974 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dominic Denucci 2 June 21, 1974 (n)
Stan Stasiak 1 July 1974 (n) Sometime between July 5, 1974 and July 27, 1974.
Ox Baker 2 August 20, 1974
Ernie Ladd 6 August 27, 1974
IWA North American Heavyweight Championship
Tarzan Tyler 1 October 28, 1974 On January 1975 billed as champion upon promotion startup.
Ox Baker 3 January 6, 1975 Savannah, Georgia
Vacant on May 1975 when Baker left the promotion.
Bulldog Brower 4 July 1975 Awarded, or possibly by defeating Mighty Igor or Johnny Powers after Baker leaves the promotion; still champion as of August 1977.
NWF North American Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Powers 12 January 1979 (n) Billed as champion for a Japan tour.
Seiji Sakaguchi 1 January 26, 1979 Okayama, Japan
Tiger Jeet Singh 1 September 21, 1979 Sendai, Japan
Title abandoned on May 21, 1981.

See also

References

  1. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. Tanabe, Hisaharu. "N.W.F. North American Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved June 26, 2007.
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