NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship
| NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||||||
| Date established | 1972 | ||||||
| Date retired | December 1978 | ||||||
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The NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship was the top singles
promotion from 1972 until the promotion's 1978 closure.[1]
WCW had joined the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
was then recognized in WCW as the world title.
11 different men held the championship, combining for 15 individual title reigns.[1]
Title history
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| No. | The overall championship reign |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. |
| Event | The event in which the championship changed hands |
| N/A | The specific information is not known |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| No. | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spiros Arion | 1 | 28 April 1972 | 133 | Sydney, New South Wales | Live event | Defeated Killer Karl Kox to become the first champion | |
| 2 | Bulldog Brower | 1 | 8 September 1972 | 14 | Sydney, New South Wales | Live event | ||
| 3 | Spiros Arion | 2 | 22 September 1972 | 43 | Sydney, New South Wales | Live event | ||
| 4 | Brute Bernard | 1 | 4 November 1972 | 21 | Melbourne, Victoria | Live event | ||
| 5 | Spiros Arion | 3 | 25 November 1972 | [Note 1] | Sydney, New South Wales | Live event | ||
| 6 | Waldo Von Erich | 1 | December 1974 | [Note 2] | Fiji | Live event | It is possible that this was a fictitious title change. | |
| 7 | Mario Milano | 1 | 19 May 1974 | 31 | Sydney, New South Wales | Live event | ||
| 8 | Ciclón Negro | 1 | 19 June 1974 | 135 | Sydney, New South Wales | Live event | Brute Bernard and Ciclón Negro defeated George Gouliovas and Mario Milano in a tag team match with the title at stake, when Negro pinned Milano. | |
| 9 | George Gouliovas | 1 | 1 November 1974 | 119 | Sydney, New South Wales | Live event | George Gouliovas and Mario Milano defeated Ciclón Negro and Lorenzo Parente in a tag team match with the title at stake, when Gouliovas pinned Negro. | |
| 10 | The Great Mephisto | 1 | 28 February 1975 | 7 | Sydney, New South Wales | Live event | ||
| 11 | George Gouliovas | 2 | 7 March 1975 | 148 | Sydney, New South Wales | Live event | ||
| 12 | Moose Morowski | 1 | 2 August 1975 | 41 | Melbourne, Victoria | Live event | ||
| 13 | Skandor Akbar | 1 | 12 September 1975 | 29 | Sydney, New South Wales | Live event | ||
| 14 | The Great Mephisto | 2 | 11 October 1975 | [Note 3] | Melbourne, Victoria | Live event | ||
| 15 | Ron Miller
|
1 | January 1976 | [Note 4] | New Zealand | Live event | It is possible that this was a fictitious title change. | |
| — | Abandoned | — | December 1978 | — | N/A | N/A | World Championship Wrestling closed. |
See also
Footnotes
- ^ The exact date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 736 and 766 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between −226 and −196 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 82 and 112 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was won and abandoned is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 1,035 and 1,077 days.
References
- ^ a b "Austra-Asian Heavyweight Title". Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
- ^ "Pro-Wrestling Title Histories: Australia". Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
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