NWA North American Heavyweight Championship

NWA North American Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s)	Tim Storm
Date won	July 17, 2015
Date established	October 1994
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Statistics First champion(s) Greg Valentine Most reigns Mike Rapada (5 reigns) Longest reign JT Wolfen (741 days) Shortest reign Barry Windham (1 day)

The NWA North American Heavyweight Championship is the second most prestigious singles title in the National Wrestling Alliance that was created in 1994 after World Championship Wrestling withdrew from the NWA. There were other versions of this title before this one was created. From 1998 through 2000, the title was the major championship in Music City Wrestling.^[1]

Title history

Since 1994, there have been forty four total championship reigns. Greg Valentine was the inaugural champion. The record for most reigns is held by Mike Rapada, who won the title five times. The record for longest reign is held by JT Wolfen, who held the belt for 742 days.

Tim Storm is the current champion, winning a tournament for the vacant title. ^[2]

Title history as of January 31, 2016.

#	Wrestler:	Reigns:	Date:	Days held:	Location:	Notes:
1	Greg Valentine	1	Oct 30, 1994	68	N/A	Valentine was awarded the title. He held the title for at least the number of days shown, as it is unknown when during the month he was awarded the title.
2	Kevin Von Erich	1	Jan 7, 1995	7	Dallas, Texas
3	John Hawk	1	Jan 14, 1995	63	Dallas, Texas
4	Greg Valentine	2	Mar 18, 1995	44	Dallas, Texas
-	Vacated	-	May 1995	N/A	N/A	The title was vacated when Jim Crockett, Jr.'s NWA Dallas closed. Valentine held the title for at least the number of days shown, as it is unknown when during the month NWA Dallas closed.
5	Tommy Cairo	1	Jun 24, 1995	441	Williamstown, New Jersey	Defeated Devon Storm in a tournament final after the title moved to NWA Championship Wrestling America/New Jersey.
6	Reckless Youth	1	Sep 7, 1996	217	Yardville, New Jersey	Defeated Derrick Domino after Cairo no-showed.
7	Lance Diamond	1	Apr 12, 1997	14	Cherry Hill, New Jersey
8	Ace Darling	1	Apr 26, 1997	49	Wilmington, Delaware
9	Reckless Youth	2	Jun 14, 1997	198	Vineland, New Jersey
-	Vacated	-	Dec 29, 1997	N/A	N/A	The title was vacated so it could be used in an NWA angle in the World Wrestling Federation.
10	Jeff Jarrett	1	Jan 5, 1998	61	New Haven, Connecticut	Defeated Barry Windham on WWF RAW is WAR.
11	Barry Windham	1	Mar 1, 1998	1	N/A	Windham was awarded the title by Jim Cornette after Jarrett left Cornette's NWA group.
-	Vacated	-	Mar 2, 1998	N/A	N/A	The NWA stripped Windham of the title.
12	The Colorado Kid	1	Aug 1, 1998	147	Nashville, Tennessee	Defeated Recon. Colorado Kid had already won the Music City Wrestling title from Recon on July 25 in Lebanon, Tennessee. This match was decided to be for the NWA title by the NWA Board of Directors and MCW. The NWA title then replaced the MCW title, as both were being defended in MCW.
13	Chris Michaels	1	Dec 26, 1998	14	Nashville, Tennessee
14	The Colorado Kid	2	Jan 9, 1999	246	Nashville, Tennessee
15	Big Bully Douglas	1	Sep 12, 1999	48	Nashville, Tennessee
16	Mike Rapada (The Colorado Kid)	3	Oct 30, 1999	7	Lebanon, Tennessee
17	Terry Taylor	1	Nov 6, 1999	49	Nashville, Tennessee
18	The Colorado Kid	4	Dec 25, 1999	138	Nashville, Tennessee
19	Air Paris	1	May 11, 2000	9	Fairview, Tennessee
20	Chris Harris	1	May 20, 2000	117	Nashville, Tennessee
21	Mike Rapada	5	Sep 14, 2000	6	Lebanon, Tennessee
-	Vacated	-	Sep 20, 2000	N/A	N/A	The title was vacated after Rapada won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
22	Steve Corino	1	Apr 13, 2001	8	North Richland Hills, Texas	Defeated Redd Dogg.
23	Robbie Royce	1	Apr 21, 2001	85	Winnipeg, Manitoba
-	Vacated	-	Jul 15, 2001	N/A	N/A	The title was vacated after Royce left the Canadian Wrestling Federation.
24	Dark Rain	1	Jul 29, 2001	28	St. Boniface, Manitoba	Defeated Gene Swan in tournament final.
25	Spyder	1	Aug 26, 2001	48	St. Boniface, Manitoba
26	Quinn Magnum	1	Oct 13, 2001	350	St. Petersburg, Florida	Won the title at the NWA 53rd Anniversary Show.
27	Paul Atlas	1	Sep 28, 2002	28	McKeesport, Pennsylvania
28	Jorge Estrada	1	Oct 26, 2002	189	Corpus Christi, Texas
29	Hotstuff Hernandez	1	May 3, 2003	147	Cornelia, Georgia
30	JT Wolfen	1	Sep 27, 2003	742	Hawaii
31	Tommy Marr	1	Oct 8, 2005	196	Nashville, Tennessee	Won the title at the NWA 57th Anniversary Show.
32	Dru Onyx	1	Apr 22, 2006	489	Altamonte Springs, Florida
33	Damien Wayne	1	Aug 24, 2007	106	Las Vegas, Nevada
34	Mike DiBiase	1	Dec 8, 2007	511	Elkin, North Carolina
35	Apolo	1	May 2, 2009	273	Tyler, Texas
36	The Sheik	1	January 30, 2010	451	Fort Pierce, Florida
-	Vacated	-	Apr 26, 2011	N/A	N/A	The title was vacated after The Sheik won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
37	Shaun Tempers	1	June 25, 2011	475	Cornelia, Georgia	Tempers defeated Ace Rockwell to win the vacant title.
38	Carson	1	October 12, 2012	91	Cypress, Texas
39	Byron Wilcott	1	January 11, 2013	99	Cypress, Texas
40	Kahagas	1	April 20, 2013	391	Houston, Texas	[2]
41	Byron Wilcott	2	May 16, 2014	154	Sherman, Texas
42	Tim Storm	1	October 17, 2014	177	Sherman, Texas
43	Jax Dane	1	April 12, 2015	46	Las Vegas, Nevada	Dane becomes holder of two titles, as he is also the reigning National Heavyweight Champion. NWA allows Dane to defend both titles together.
-	Vacated	-	May 28, 2015	N/A	N/A	Jax Dane forced to forfeit both of his titles after sustaining an injury. A tournament to fill the vacant title is announced.[3]
44	Tim Storm	2	July 17, 2015	198+	Sherman, Texas	Defeated Andy Anderson in a tournament final to win the vacant title

See also

• National Wrestling Alliance
• NWA World Heavyweight Championship
• Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship
• GWF North American Heavyweight Championship

References

1. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
2. Caldwell, James (April 20, 2013). "Show Results - 4/20 NWA Houston Parade of Champions: Caldwell's in-person report on Conway vs. Masters for NWA Title, Hoyt & Archer defend IWGP Tag Titles, three title changes". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
3. "NWA President Speaks On The NWA North American and National Championships". NWA Ringside. 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2015-06-22.

External links

• NWA North American Heavyweight Title Histories