NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Championship
{{short description|Professional wrestling championship}}
{{Infobox professional wrestling championship
| name=NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Championship
| image=NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Championship.png
| alt=
| caption=The championship belt
| currentholder=
| won=
| aired=
| created=October 1975
| promotion=Southeastern Championship Wrestling
Continental Championship Wrestling
Continental Wrestling Federation
| firstchamp=Mike Graham
| lastchamp=Downtown Bruno
| retired=September 22, 1989
| mostreigns=Bill Ash/Tim Horner (5 reigns)
| longestreign=
| shortestreign=
| oldest=
| youngest=
| heaviest=
| lightest=
| pastnames=
}}
The NWA Southeastern Junior Heavyweight Championship was a secondary title for wrestlers considered "Junior Heavyweights", that is weighing under 230 lbs. It was promoted in the Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and Mississippi region from 1975 until 1989, first by Southeastern Championship Wrestling from 1975 to 1985 then by its successor Continental Championship Wrestling from 1985 to 1988 and finally by the Continental Wrestling Federation between 1988 and 1989.{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2006|edition=4th | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}
Title history
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|number=1
|champion=Mike Graham
|reign=1
|date={{dts|October 1975}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain|Due to at least one date being uncertain it is not possible to correctly calculate the reign length}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=Recognized in Florida, defends title in Knoxville
|ref=
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|number=2
|champion=Kevin Sullivan
|reign=1
|date={{dts|May 18, 1979}}
|days={{age in days nts|May 18, 1979|June 22, 1979}}
|location=Knoxville, Tennessee
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=3
|champion=Tony Charles
|reign=1
|date={{dts|June 22, 1979}}
|days={{age in days nts|June 22, 1979|June 26, 1979}}
|location=Knoxville, Tennessee
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=4
|champion=Kevin Sullivan
|reign=2
|date={{dts|June 26, 1979}}
|days={{age in days nts|June 26, 1979|July 13, 1979}}
|location=Knoxville, Tennessee
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=5
|champion=Tony Charles
|reign=2
|date={{dts|July 13, 1979}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=Knoxville, Tennessee
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=6
|champion=Dick Steinborn
|reign=1
|date={{dts|1980}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
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|number=7
|champion=Jerry Stubbs
|reign=1
|date={{dts|1980}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=8
|champion=Norvell Austin
|reign=1
|date={{dts|1980}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=9
|champion=Jerry Stubbs
|reign=2
|date={{dts|1981}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=Title may have been vacant in 81
|ref=
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|number=10
|champion=Brad Armstrong
|reign=1
|date={{dts|January 20, 1981}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=Mobile, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=Wins tournament
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|number=11
|champion=Jerry Stubbs
|reign=3
|date={{dts|February 1981}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=12
|champion=Brad Armstrong
|reign=2
|date={{dts|February 1981}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
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|number=13
|champion=Jerry Stubbs
|reign=4
|date={{dts|April 1981}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
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|type=unrecorded
|start={{dts|April 1981}}
|end={{dts|June 2, 1981}}
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|number=14
|champion=Bill Dundee
|reign=1
|date={{dts|June 2, 1981}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=Memphis, Tennessee
|event=House show
|notes=Defeated Stan Lane. Title change may be recognized only in Memphis
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|sortnumber=14.5
|type=unrecorded
|start={{dts|June 2, 1981}}
|end={{dts|1981}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=15
|champion=Tommy Wright
|reign=1
|date={{dts|1981}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=Dothan, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=Won tournament
|ref=
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|number=16
|champion=Norvell Austin
|reign=2
|date={{dts|August 1981}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=17
|champion=Ken Lucas
|reign=1
|date={{dts|1981}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=18
|champion=Luke Williams
|reign=1
|date={{dts|1981}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=19
|champion=Tony Charles
|reign=3
|date={{dts|1981}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|sortnumber=19.5
|type=unrecorded
|start={{dts|1981}}
|end={{dts|1982}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=20
|champion=Scott McGhee
|reign=1
|date={{dts|1982}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=21
|champion=Ted Oates
|reign=1
|date={{dts|1982}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=22
|champion=Scott McGhee
|reign=2
|date={{dts|May 1982}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=23
|champion=Brad Armstrong
|reign=3
|date={{dts|June 27, 1982}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=Vacant in August 1982 when Armstrong moves up to heavyweight
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|number=24
|champion=Scott McGhee
|reign=3
|date={{dts|September 1982}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=Won tournament
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|number=25
|champion=Bill Ash
|reign=1
|date={{dts|November 1982}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=26
|champion=Robert Gibson
|reign=1
|date={{dts|December 1982}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=27
|champion=Wayne Ferris
|reign=1
|date={{dts|December 1982}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=Vacant December 1982 when Ferris cannot make weight limit
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|number=28
|champion=Norman Frederick Charles III
|reign=1
|date={{dts|January 1, 1983}}
|days={{age in days nts|January 1, 1983|January 19, 1983}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=Won tournament
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=29
|champion=Robert Gibson
|reign=2
|date={{dts|January 19, 1983}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=30
|champion=Bill Ash
|reign=2
|date={{dts|March 1983}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=31
|champion=Johnny Rich
|reign=1
|date={{dts|March 1983}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=32
|champion=Bill Ash
|reign=3
|date={{dts|1983}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=33
|champion=Tommy Rogers
|reign=1
|date={{dts|May 2, 1983}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=34
|champion=Chick Donovan
|reign=1
|date={{dts|July 1983}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=35
|champion=Rick Gibson
|reign=1
|date={{dts|September 1983}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=36
|champion=Chick Donovan
|reign=2
|date={{dts|October 1983}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=37
|champion=Tim Horner
|reign=1
|date={{dts|October 1983}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=38
|champion=Ken Lucas
|reign=2
|date={{dts|1983}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=39
|champion=Rip Rogers
|reign=1
|date={{dts|November 1983}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=40
|champion=Ken Lucas
|reign=3
|date={{dts|December 1983}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=41
|champion=David Morgan
|reign=1
|date={{dts|February 2, 1984}}
|days={{age in days nts|February 2, 1984|February 27, 1984}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=42
|champion=Larry Hamilton
|reign=1
|date={{dts|February 27, 1984}}
|days={{age in days nts|February 27, 1984|March 5, 1984}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=43
|champion=Rip Rogers
|reign=2
|date={{dts|March 5, 1984}}
|days={{age in days nts|March 5, 1984|March 26, 1984}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=44
|champion=Johnny Rich
|reign=2
|date={{dts|March 26, 1984}}
|days={{age in days nts|March 26, 1984|May 7, 1984}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=45
|champion=Tommy Gilbert
|reign=1
|date={{dts|May 7, 1984}}
|days={{age in days nts|May 7, 1984|July 2, 1984}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=46
|champion=Scott Armstrong
|reign=1
|date={{dts|July 2, 1984}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=47
|champion=Tommy Gilbert
|reign=2
|date={{dts|September 1984}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=48
|champion=Scott Armstrong
|reign=2
|date={{dts|September 1984}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=49
|champion=Bill Ash
|reign=3
|date={{dts|November 12, 1984}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=Montgomery, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=50
|champion=Scott Armstrong
|reign=3
|date=N/A
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=51
|champion=Bill Ash
|reign=4
|date={{dts|March 1985}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=52
|champion=Scott Armstrong
|reign=4
|date={{dts|July 5, 1985}}
|days={{age in days nts|July 5, 1985|July 15, 1985}}
|location=Montgomery, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=53
|champion=Bill Ash
|reign=5
|date={{dts|July 15, 1985}}
|days={{age in days nts|July 15, 1985|September 30, 1985}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=54
|champion=Roy Lee Welch
|reign=1
|date={{dts|September 30, 1985}}
|days={{age in days nts|September 30, 1985|November 30, 1985}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=55
|champion=Ken Timbs
|reign=1
|date={{dts|November 30, 1985}}
|days={{age in days nts|November 30, 1985|December 30, 1985}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=56
|champion=Tim Horner
|reign=2
|date={{dts|December 30, 1985}}
|days={{age in days nts|December 30, 1985|March 3, 1986}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=57
|champion=Tom Prichard
|reign=1
|date={{dts|March 3, 1986}}
|days={{age in days nts|March 3, 1986|March 21, 1986}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=58
|champion=Tim Horner
|reign=3
|date={{dts|March 21, 1986}}
|days={{age in days nts|March 21, 1986|March 31, 1986}}
|location=Knoxville, Tennessee
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=59
|champion=Tom Prichard
|reign=2
|date={{dts|March 31, 1986}}
|days={{age in days nts|March 31, 1986|April 28, 1986}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=60
|champion=Tim Horner
|reign=4
|date={{dts|April 28, 1986}}
|days={{age in days nts|April 28, 1986|May 10, 1986}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=61
|champion=Tom Prichard
|reign=3
|date={{dts|May 10, 1986}}
|days={{age in days nts|May 10, 1986|May 28, 1986}}
|location=Dothan, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=62
|champion=Tim Horner
|reign=5
|date={{dts|May 28, 1986}}
|days={{age in days nts|May 28, 1986|September 1, 1986 }}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=Teams with Brad Armstrong to defeat Prichard & Jerry Stubbs (Southeastern Champ) in which losing champ would lose his belt
|ref=
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|number=63
|champion=The Ninja
|reign=1†
|date={{dts|September 1, 1986 }}
|days={{age in days nts|September 1, 1986 |September 1, 1986 }}
|location=Daytona Beach, Florida
|event=CWF NWA Battle of the Belts III
|notes=Stripped of the title and the reign was unrecognized due to outside interference
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|number=64
|champion=Tim Horner
|reign=5(6)†
|date={{dts|September 1, 1986 }}
|days={{age in days nts|September 1, 1986 |September 30, 1986}}
|location=Daytona Beach, Florida
|event=House show
|notes=Returns to Continental with the title
|ref=
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|number=65
|champion=Roy Lee Welch
|reign=2
|date={{dts|September 30, 1986}}
|days={{age in days nts|September 30, 1986|November 10, 1986}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=66
|champion=Tom Prichard
|reign=4
|date={{dts|November 10, 1986}}
|days={{age in days nts|November 10, 1986|January 9, 1987}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=67
|champion=Larry Hamilton
|reign=2
|date={{dts|January 9, 1987}}
|days={{age in days nts|January 9, 1987|February 2, 1987}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=68
|champion=Tom Prichard
|reign=5
|date={{dts|February 2, 1987}}
|days={{age in days nts|February 2, 1987|May 25, 1987}}
|location=Knoxville, Tennessee
|event=House show
|notes=
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|number=69
|champion=Scott Armstrong
|reign=5
|date={{dts|May 25, 1987}}
|days={{age in days nts|May 25, 1987|September 7, 1987}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=70
|champion=Larry Hamilton
|reign=3
|date={{dts|September 7, 1987}}
|days={{age in days nts|September 7, 1987|March 9, 1988}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=71
|champion=Ken Wayne
|reign=1
|date={{dts|March 9, 1988}}
|days={{age in days nts|March 9, 1988|August 8, 1988}}
|location=Hattiesburg, Missippii
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=72
|champion=Nightmare Danny Davis
|reign=1
|date={{dts|August 8, 1988}}
|days={{age in days nts|August 8, 1988|August 8, 1988}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=73
|champion=Ken Wayne
|reign=2
|date={{dts|August 8, 1988}}
|days={{age in days nts|August 8, 1988|September 13, 1988}}
|location=Birmingham, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=74
|champion=Nightmare Danny Davis
|reign=2
|date={{dts|September 13, 1988}}
|days={{age in days nts|September 13, 1988|October 1, 1988}}
|location=Montgomery, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=75
|champion=Ken Wayne
|reign=3
|date={{dts|October 1, 1988}}
|days={{age in days nts|October 1, 1988|November 2, 1988}}
|location=Dothan, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=76
|champion=Nightmare Danny Davis
|reign=3
|date={{dts|November 2, 1988}}
|days={{age in days nts|November 2, 1988|April 30, 1989}}
|location=Harriman, Tennessee
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=77
|champion=Alan Martin
|reign=1
|date={{dts|April 30, 1989}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=Montgomery, Alabama
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
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|number=78
|champion=Nightmare Danny Davis
|reign=4
|date={{dts|May 1989}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=N/A
|event=House show
|notes=
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=79
|champion=Kevin Dillinger
|reign=1
|date={{dts|May 5, 1989}}
|days={{age in days nts|May 5, 1989|June 9, 1989}}
|location=Knoxville, Tennessee
|event=House show
|notes=
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|number=80
|champion=Nightmare Danny Davis
|reign=5
|date={{dts|June 9, 1989}}
|days={{age in days nts|June 9, 1989|September 22, 1989}}
|location=Knoxville, Tennessee
|event=House show
|notes=Vacant in 89 when Davis leaves the area
|ref=
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number=81
|champion=Downtown Bruno
|reign=1
|date={{dts|September 22, 1989}}
|days={{sort|1|{{efn|name=Uncertain}}}}
|location=Knoxville, Tennessee
|event=House show
|notes=Defeats Butch Cassidy in elimination match. CWF had withdrawn from NWA in 87. Title deactivated when promotion closes in 1989
|ref=
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