Over the center plate was a large TNA Wrestling logo and below it the words "Heavyweight Champion" engraved in silver. In June 2002, Jeff and Jerry Jarrett formed NWA:Total Nonstop Action (NWA:TNA; now known as Impact Wrestling). The current champion is Cyon, who is in his first reign. At Destination X 2017, the GFW Global Championship belt, with an updated color scheme and Impact logos on the side plates, became the sole belt used. ", This page was last edited on 22 September 2022, at 18:56. A one-night tournament was held in Kingsport, TN in lieu of the Douglas-Owens match. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a predetermined match. Ronnie Aaron Killings (born January 19, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and rapper.He is currently signed to WWE, performing on the Raw brand under the ring name R-Truth.. Killings worked for World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as K-Kwik from 1998 to 2002, forming a team with "Road Dogg" Jesse James, and winning the WWF Hardcore Championship twice. The NWA World(s) Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Thesz defeated Carpentier by disqualification in a Montreal rematch on July 24. Since then, TNA began airing vignettes for the "fixer" gimmick on Impact Wrestling on weekly basis. 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He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Jon Moxley and is the current AEW World Champion in his record-setting third reign.He also makes appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Guerrero lost the championship against Mike Davis and, at Starrcade 84, Davis lost the title to Denny Brown. [81] At Lockdown, Tyrus defeated Spud and Mark Andrews in a 2-on-1 Six Sides of Steel match. choose? On December 9, 2017, Nick Aldis won the championship on a Combat Zone Wrestling show. The title is currently vacant; the most recent champion was Tyrus who was in his first reign. When The Cobra was stripped from the title in 1985, NWA vice president Shohei Baba recognized Davis as the official champion. Colon's. Killer Tim Brooks has the shortest reign. He debuted on the main roster as Alberto Del Rio's bodyguard. It had been planned that the NWA would present Thesz and Carpentier as rival champions in different cities following a similar pattern to the successful title dispute matches between Thesz and Leo Nomellini. There have been six belt designs used to represent the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. Ricky Murdock holds the record for longest combined reigns (2) at 817 days. Despite this blow to the organization, the NWA held another tournament three months later in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, hosted by promoter Dennis Coralluzzo and Smoky Mountain Wrestling owner Jim Cornette. The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance.From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed member promotions to create their own territorial version of the "NWA World Tag Team Championship" without oversight from the board of directors. Murdock defeated Conscience and The Juggulator in a. The NAWA/WWA in Los Angeles recognized Carpentier as NWA champion in July 1959 as part of gradually splitting from the NWA. The championship was vacated when NWA terminated all contracts with its licensees. [55] At the Survivor Series pay-per-view, Clay took part in 10 man elimination tag team match alongside Tyson Kidd, Justin Gabriel, Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara, but he was the first man out after being eliminated by Tensai. As a result, the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship was vacated. He defeated Moose on April 23, 2022, at Rebellion in Poughkeepsie, New York. The design uses a dual-colored leather strap (black front, red back) as the base. On June 12, 1961, Carpentier lost a match to Freddie Blassie which created the basis for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles version). [16] After 64 years, the new organization moved from a membership model to a licensing model, licensing the NWA brand name to wrestling promotions which caused many promotions to immediately cut ties with the NWA, including some of the biggest promotions that had been hosting NWA matches since 2007. National Wrestling Alliance/Lightning One Inc. He is currently signed to WWE, where he is a color commentator on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Wade Barrett.. Later during the pay-per-view, Clay interfered in the main event steel cage match, costing Big Show the match to John Cena and as per the match stipulation, causing the firing of John Laurinaitis. The current design is the same that Jim Crockett Promotions used from April 1985 to November 1988. The championship was held up after a match against Big Bully Douglas, due to interference from Kory Williams. This was three matches round robin style; Match ended in controversy, as the referee gave a fast count. The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The promotion's president and on-camera interviewer is David Marquez. Jerry Blackwell (April 26, 1949 January 22, 1995) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell. The WCW Cruiserweight Championship and the matches contested for that title had always been a unique feature on WCW programming. Defeated Reynolds and Jeremy Lopez in a three-way match. During that time, Pro was recognized as champion in the GCCW territory, but not recognized by the NWA. The Pro Wrestling Alliance's first show was held in December 2006. [12] He played college football during his school days. Flair was booked by WCW to lose the championship to Rick Rude in the 1993 Fall Brawl event. [90] On the August 6, 2021 edition of NWA Powerrr, Tyrus defeated The Pope to win the NWA World Television Championship. Spyder stripped of the championship when he no-shows a title defense. Tyrus returned to Impact Wrestling and began aligning himself with Eli Drake. He is signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is a one-time NWA World Television Champion. Kahagas won an elimination match for the vacant title by last eliminating Damien Wayne. In October 2017, the NWA ceased being a governing body and gradually evolved into a singular wrestling promotion with the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship as its premier title.[4][5][6]. In July 1992, the NWA board authorized WCW and New Japan Pro-Wrestling to hold a tournament to decide a new NWA World Heavyweight Champion using the Big Gold Belt, now owned by WCW. According to Murdoch, he and his brother lived with a foster family for many years; during this time, Murdoch was "obsessed" with changing his skin color, thinking that this would allow him to be reunited with his family. [13] The third qualification match was held on the May 31 episode of Impact! Verne Gagne, who had been trying to become NWA World Heavyweight Champion for some time, defeated Carpentier in Omaha, Nebraska on August 9, 1958. [26], Following his stint in NXT, on the March 7 episode of Raw, Clay debuted as Del Rio's new bodyguard and replaced him in his match against Christian in a losing effort. The NWA World(s) Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The first NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion was Ken Fenelon, who was awarded the title on May 15, 1945 by promoter Paul "Pinkie" George, the co-founder and inaugural president of the National Wrestling Alliance.For the first few years of its existence, the title was contested largely in Iowa, where George's promotion was based.. Kowalski's victory created what was after known as the ACC World Heavyweight Title and later the Big Time Wrestling (Boston) World title. PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (1984) PWI ranked him #143 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003; United States Wrestling Association. [d], On December 14, 2019, during NWA's Into the Fire pay-per-view, it was announced they were reintroducing the NWA World Television Championship with a tournament to determine a new champion at their next PPV, Hard Times, on January 24, 2020. On September 1, 1993, WCW withdrew their membership from the NWA but kept the title belt which they owned. Despite this, Del Rio was unsuccessful in winning the match. The National title was deactivated, after that.[1]. [1][2] The inaugural champion was Orville Brown. [92], In November 2016, Fox News host Greg Gutfeld invited Murdoch to appear as a guest commentator on The Greg Gutfeld Show; after Murdoch's first appearance, Gutfeld offered to have him back on the show - using his stage name "Tyrus" - twice a month. Flair took the NWA belt with him because WCW and Herd had not returned the $25,000 bond Flair had paid on the belt. 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In 1958, Quinn started shopping Carpentier around to promoters interested in leaving the NWA. : Big E Langston delivers an early Christmas surprise to The Shield", "Raw: 2013 comes to a shocking end for Daniel Bryan", "James's WWE Superstars results 1/16: Players vs. 3MB back-to-back shows, Brodus vs. Xavier", "WWE NXT Report: Heavyweight and Tag Team Champions in Action; New Challengers for Tag Titles? [23][24], * Angle and Hardy wrestled another draw on the September 16 edition of Impact!, which led to Eric Bischoff making the final match at Bound for Glory a threeway.[27]. [94] Gutfeld has jokingly referred to Tyrus as his "massive sidekick. In most cases (such as the case of Jack Veneno), these "switches" are ignored. Ric Flair retained possession of the original belt. NWA National Heavyweight Championship (19802018), This page was last edited on 20 October 2022, at 17:56. [14] The next bout pitted Chris Harris against James Storm on the June 7 episode Impact!, which ended in a double disqualification, therefore neither man advanced to the King of the Mountain match. The bout between Brown and Royal aired on NWA World Championship Wrestling. The NWA sanctioned the match as a world championship match and Pearce emerged victorious to become a five-time world champion. [1][10] Cornette then announced the championship would be contested for at TNA's Slammiversary on June 17, 2007, in a King of the Mountain matcha match which involves five participants racing to gain a pinfall or submission to become eligible to hang a championship belt to win. Founded in 1948, the NWA began as a governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, the heads of which made up the Board of Directors.The group operated [49] On the June 8 episode of SmackDown, Clay was banned by General Manager John Laurinaitis from appearing on Raw "to protect him from Big Show" so he was transferred to SmackDown. The Rock 'n' Roll Express is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of professional wrestlers Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton.The duo began teaming together in Memphis in the early 1980s, followed by Mid-South Wrestling (later to be known as the Universal Wrestling Federation), followed by a stint with Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). Capitol Wrestling Corporation executives held majority control over the NWA board of directors at the time. Nellya Baughman (August 21, 1935 May 11, 2008) was an American professional wrestler who was best known by her ring name Judy Grable.She was an active wrestler during the 1950s and 1960s. The NWA recognized champion was The Cobra, who worked for NJPW. [19] While the title was not recognized as an official championship by Impact, Moose had several title defenses. "[95] Subsequently, he became a regular contributor on Fox News host Dana Perinos former daytime news show, The Daily Briefing. Damien Wayne, Phil "Nitro" Monahan, Greg Anthony, Lou Marconi, Paul Orndorff, Tommy Rich, Larry Zbyszko, and Masked Superstar have the most reigns with 3 apiece. . The Immortal title belt was replaced by the third design of the championship belt at the March 14, 2011 tapings of the March 17 episode of Impact!, introduced by the reigning champion at the time, Sting. Every year, the NWA World Heavyweight Champion would travel to each territory and defend the title against the territories' top contender or champion. The money made at shows is donated to Fights For Kids Foundation, which helps kids stay off the streets Christopher Alan Pallies (November 7, 1954 March 5, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, actor and stand-up comedian, better known by his wrestling gimmick and ring name, King Kong Bundy.Under this gimmick, he portrayed a pugnacious, trash-talking villain character. [a] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. Owner Booker T started the promotion to give professional wrestlers the opportunity to properly train, as well as to keep the legacy of Paul Boesch's Houston Wrestling alive. Fly! The World Wrestling Association (WWA), operating under the legal name Championship Wrestling of Indiana, Inc., was established in 1964 by William Afflis and Wilbur Snyder. 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