NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Central States version)

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Central States)
Details
Date established	August 24, 1961
Date retired	1968
Promotion	Central States Wrestling
Statistics First champion(s) Pat O'Connor Most reigns Pat O'Connor and The Stomper - each with (3 reigns) Longest reign Rocky Hamilton (112 days)[Note 1] Shortest reign Enrique Torres (7 days)

The NWA Central States United States Championship was the version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in the Central States Wrestling territory around Missouri. It existed from 1961 until 1968. Records indicate that Bob Orton, The Viking and The Destroyer also held championship but no specific dates were found for those reigns. Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.^[1]

Title History

Key

Symbol	Meaning
#	The overall championship reign
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
—	Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign

#	Wrestler	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	Pat O'Connor	1	August 24, 1961	[Note 2]	N/A	N/A	Awarded
2	The Sheik	1	May 1962	[Note 3]	St. Louis, Missouri	Live event
3	Pat O'Connor	2	1963	[Note 4]	Missouri	Live event
4	Geigel, BobBob Geigel	1	July 1963	[Note 5]	Missouri	Live event
5	Rock Hunter	1	December 1963	[Note 6]	Missouri	Live event
6	Torres, EnriqueEnrique Torres	1	December 13, 1963	7	St. Joseph, Missouri	Live event
7	The Stomper	1	December 20, 1963	42	St. Joseph, Missouri	Live event
8	Rocky Hamilton	1	January 31, 1964	112	St. Joseph, Missouri	Live event
9	The Stomper	2	May 22, 1964	21	St. Joseph, Missouri	Live event
10	Myers, SonnySonny Myers	1	June 12, 1964	[Note 7]	St. Joseph, Missouri	Live event
11	Geigel, BobBob Geigel	2	July 1964	[Note 8]	Missouri	Live event
12	Rocky Hamilton	2	December 1964	[Note 9]	Missouri	Live event
13	Tom Clark	1	December 1964	[Note 10]	Missouri	Live event
14	Myers, SonnySonny Myers	2	January 2, 1965	[Note 11]	Waterloo, Iowa	Live event
15	The Stomper	3	1965	[Note 12]	Missouri	Live event
16	Shane, BobbyBobby Shane	1	December 4, 1965	[Note 13]	Waterloo, Iowa	Live event
17	"Bulldog" Bob Brown	1	1965-1966	[Note 14]	Missouri	Live event
18	Pat O'Connor	3	1966	[Note 15]	Missouri	Live event
19	Jack Donovan	1	1967	[Note 16]	Missouri	Live event
20	Etchison, RonRon Etchison	1	September 9, 1967	[Note 17]	Waterloo, Iowa	Live event
21	Jack Donovan	2	1967-1968	[Note 18]	Missouri	Live event
22	Sharkey, EddieEddie Sharkey	1	September 1968	[Note 19]	Missouri	Live event
—	Title Retired	N/A	1986	N/A	N/A	N/A	Championship abandoned

Reigns by combined length

Key

Symbol	Meaning
¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.

Rank	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days
1	Pat O'Connor	3	252¤
2	The Sheik	1	215¤
3	Geigel, BobBob Geigel	2	147¤
4	Rocky Hamilton	2	113¤
5	The Stomper	3	64¤
6	Myers, SonnySonny Myers	2	20¤
7	Torres, EnriqueEnrique Torres	1	7
8	Jack Donovan	2	2¤
9	Tom Clark	1	2¤
10	"Bulldog" Bob Brown	1	1¤
11	Shane, BobbyBobby Shane	1	1¤
12	Sharkey, EddieEddie Sharkey	1	1¤
13	Rock Hunter	1	1¤
14	Etchison, RonRon Etchison	1	1¤

Footnotes

1. Due to gaps in record keeping it is possible that someone else has held the championship for longer but that cannot be verified.
2. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 250 days and 280 days
3. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 215 days and 245 days
4. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and −6,367 days
5. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 123 days and 183 days
6. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 12 days
7. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 19 days and 48 days
8. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 124 days and 183 days
9. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 28 days
10. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 2 days and 32 days
11. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 335 days
12. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 335 days
13. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 26 days
14. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 390 days
15. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 615 days
16. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 250 days
17. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 386 days
18. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 385 days
19. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 121 days

References

General references

• Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Central States: NWA United States Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 255–256. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
• Wrestling-Titles.com "NWA United States Heavyweight Title (Central States version)". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.

Specific references

1. Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

See also

• National Wrestling Alliance
• Central States Wrestling