NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship
NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
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Details | |||||||
Promotion | Central States Wrestling and St. Louis Wrestling Club (through 1986) | ||||||
Date established | October - December 1899 (original) September 16, 1972 (current) | ||||||
Other name(s) | |||||||
Missouri Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
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The NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship was a singles championship in the
World Wrestling Federation
's national expansion.
Pre National Wrestling Alliance Title history
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 | George Baptiste | October 1899 (NLT) | Missouri show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 2] | Records are unclear as to whom he defeated. | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from October 1899 (NLT) to 1921. | ||||||||||
2 | Jake Reed | 1921 | Missouri show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 3] | Defeated Lloyd Carter to win the championship. Unclear if Carter was the champion or if this was a tournament final. | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from 1921 to March 6, 1930. | ||||||||||
3 | Jake Ross | March 6, 1930 | Missouri show | Chillicothe, Missouri | 1 | 705 | Defeated Charles Santen to win the championship, unclear if Santen was the champion or if this was a tournament final. | |||
4 | Fred Peterson | February 9, 1932 | Missouri show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 4] | ||||
5 | Billy Wolf | March 1934 | Missouri show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 5] | ||||
6 | Lou Thesz | June 18, 1937 | Missouri show | Kansas City, Missouri | 1 | [Note 6] | Defeated Warren Bockwinkel to win the championship | |||
— | Deactivated | N/A | — | — | — | — | Uncertain when the championship was abandoned |
National Wrestling Alliance Title history
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 | Tommy O'Toole | March 10, 1950 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | 35 | Defeated Sonny Myers in a 10-man tournament final. | |
2 | Sonny Myers | April 14, 1950 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | 273 | ||
3 | Ron Etchison | January 12, 1951 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | 14 | ||
4 | Sonny Myers | January 26, 1951 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 2 | 7 | ||
5 | Ron Etchison | February 2, 1951 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 2 | 7 | ||
6 | Ray Eckert | February 9, 1951 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | 20 | ||
6 | Ron Etchison | March 1, 1951 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 3 | 99 | ||
— | Vacated
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June 8, 1951 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated, reason undocumented | |
8 | Sonny Myers | February 1, 1952 | CSW/SLWC show | [Note 1] | 3 | 14 | ||
9 | Joe Dusek
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February 15, 1952 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | 273 | ||
10 | Sonny Myers | November 14, 1952 | CSW/SLWC show | [Note 1] | 4 | 42 | ||
11 | Ron Etchison | December 26, 1952 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 4 | 155 | ||
— | Vacated
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May 30, 1953 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated, no reason documented | |
12 | Sonny Myers | December 18, 1953 | CSW/SLWC show | [Note 1] | 5 | 14 | ||
13 | Bob Orton | January 1, 1954 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | 63 | ||
14 | Ray Eckert | March 5, 1954 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 2 | 33 | ||
— | Vacated
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April 7, 1954 | — | — | — | — | Championship held up due to a controversial ending of a match against Sonny Myers | |
15 | Sonny Myers | April 9, 1954 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 6 | 43 | Defeated Ray Eckert to win the vacant championship. | |
16 | Larry Hamilton
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May 22, 1954 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 1 | 167 | ||
17 | Ron Etchison | November 5, 1954 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Joseph, Missouri | 5 | 308 | ||
— | Vacated
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September 9, 1955 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated, reason not documented | |
18 | Joe Dusek
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April 1956 | CSW/SLWC show | Sedalia, Missouri | 2 | [Note 7] | ||
— | Vacated
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September 19, 1956 | — | — | — | — | Championship inactive. | |
19 | Harley Race | September 16, 1972 | Wrestling at the Chase | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 91 | Defeated Pak Song in a tournament final for the revived championship. | |
— | Vacated
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December 16, 1972 | — | — | — | — | Championship held up after a match against Johnny Valentine | |
20 | Johnny Valentine | January 19, 1973 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 22 | Defeated Harley Race in a rematch. | [1] |
21 | Terry Funk | February 10, 1973 | Wrestling at the Chase | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 34 | [2] | |
22 | Gene Kiniski | March 16, 1973 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 211 | ||
23 | Harley Race | October 13, 1973 | Wrestling at the Chase | St. Louis, Missouri | 2 | 223 | ||
24 | Dory Funk, Jr.
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May 24, 1974 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 273 | ||
25 | Harley Race | February 21, 1975 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 3 | 427 | ||
26 | Bob Backlund | April 23, 1976 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 217 | ||
27 | Jack Brisco | November 26, 1976 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 259 | ||
28 | Dick Slater | August 12, 1977 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 184 | ||
29 | Ted DiBiase | February 12, 1978 | Wrestling at the Chase | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 14 | [3] | |
30 | Dick Murdoch | February 26, 1978 | Wrestling at the Chase | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 138 | [4] | |
31 | Dick the Bruiser | July 14, 1978 | Wrestling at the Chase | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 246 | [5] | |
32 | Dick Murdoch | March 18, 1979 | Wrestling at the Chase | St. Louis, Missouri | 2 | 61 | ||
33 | Dick the Bruiser | May 18, 1979 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 2 | 56 | ||
34 | Dick Murdoch | July 13, 1979 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 3 | 133 | ||
35 | Kevin Von Erich | November 23, 1979 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 154 | ||
36 | Ken Patera | April 25, 1980 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 210 | ||
37 | Ted DiBiase | November 21, 1980 | Wrestling at the Chase | St. Louis, Missouri | 2 | 315 | ||
38 | Jack Brisco | October 2, 1981 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 2 | 21 | ||
39 | Ken Patera | October 23, 1981 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 2 | 70 | ||
40 | Dick the Bruiser | January 1, 1982 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 3 | 259 | ||
41 | Harley Race | September 17, 1982 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 4 | 128 | ||
42 | Kerry Von Erich | January 23, 1983 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 82 | [6] | |
43 | Jerry Blackwell | April 15, 1983 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 28 | ||
44 | Harley Race | May 13, 1983 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 5 | 28 | [7] | |
— | Vacated
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June 10, 1983 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Champion Harley Race won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
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[8] |
45 | Ric Flair | July 15, 1983 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 63 | Defeated David Von Erich in a tournament final. | |
46 | David Von Erich | September 16, 1983 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 112 | ||
47 | Harley Race | January 6, 1984 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 6 | 315 | ||
48 | Jerry Blackwell | November 16, 1984 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 2 | 259 | ||
49 | Harley Race | August 2, 1985 | CSW/SLWC show | St. Louis, Missouri | 7 | [Note 8] | [9] | |
— | Vacated
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February 2, 1986 | — | — | — | — | Championship retired when Jim Crockett Promotions bought the St. Louis Wrestling Club. Crockett also bought Central States Wrestling in September. |
See also
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
- ^ The date the championship was won and later lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted more than 1 day but it is impossible to say how long exactly.
- ^ The date the championship was won and later lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted more than 1 day but it is impossible to say how long exactly.
- ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 21 days and 51 days
- ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 751 days and 781 days
- ^ The date the championship was vacated has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted more than 1 day but it is impossible to say how much more.
- ^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 142 days and 171 days
- ^ The date the championship was vacated has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 183 days and 210 days
References
- General references
- Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). "(Kansas and Western Missouri) West Missouri: NWA Missouri Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 254. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. (through 2000)
- "Missouri Heavyweight Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (January 19, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/19): Ric Flair wins WWF title in 1992 Royal Rumble". Wrestling Observer NewsletterWrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (February 10, 2017). "DAILY PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (02/10): MASA SAITO WINS AWA GOLD AT THE TOKYO DOME". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (February 12, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 12): Christian Cage wins gold in TNA". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (February 26, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/26): Verne Gagne wins AWA title on his birthday". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (July 14, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 14): Bruiser & Crusher vs. Stevens & Bockwinkel, Gagne vs. Superstar, Lex Luger wins WCW title, Snuka wins ECW title, Sting wins TNA belt". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (January 23, 2020). "Pro wrestling history (01/23): Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik for WWF title". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (May 13, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 13): Rick Martel wins AWA gold, Kurt Angle wins TNA title, Nash & Hall beat one man to win tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ F4W Staff (June 10, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (JUNE 10): HARLEY RACE BEATS RIC FLAIR FOR NWA TITLE, JERRY BLACKWELL TURNS BABYFACE". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
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