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NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship#Title history

{{Short description|Professional wrestling championship}}

{{Infobox pro wrestling championship

| name = NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship

| image =JimmysnukaatMapleleafgardens1981.jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption = Jimmy Snuka is a former NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Champion.

| created = March 31, 1954

| retired = No later than March 1982

| promotion = NWA Tri-State
NWA Mid-America {{small|(1960-1974)}}

| firstchamp = Whitey Whittler

| finalchamp = Paul Jones

| mostreigns = Jimmy Golden (4)

| longestreign = Mike George (81 days)

| shortestreign = Whitey Whittler (28 days)

| oldest =

| youngest =

| heaviest =

| lightest =

| pastnames =NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship (Alabama version)

}}

The NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Tri-States Wrestling (NWA Tri-State). The original version was created in 1954, however, it was phased out in favor of the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/uwf/uwf35.htm |title=Regional Territories: UWF #35 |author=Laffere, Charles |date=2004 |website=KayfabeMemories.com |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=}}{{cite web |url=http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/midsouth/msw8-2.htm |title=Regional Territories: Mid-South #8 Page #2 |author=Rowland, Sean |date=2004 |website=KayfabeMemories.com |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=}}

The Alabama version of the NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship existed from 1960 until 1974. It was defended primarily in Alabama under the banner of NWA Tri-State Wrestling, and at times in Tennessee for NWA Mid-America. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen team "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.{{cite web| url= http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm | title= How Pro Wrestling Works | author= Ed Grabianowski | publisher= How Stuff Works | accessdate= April 5, 2009}}

The title was revived to replace the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship as the promotion's top singles title after Bill Watts left to form Mid-South Wrestling in 1979.{{cite web |url=http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/midsouth/msw8-2.htm |title=Regional Territories: Mid-South #8 Page #2 |author=Rowland, Sean |date=2004 |website=KayfabeMemories.com |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=}} It was vacated and decommissioned when Tri-State promoter Leroy McGuirk closed the promotion in 1982.

Title history

;Key

class="wikitable"

!Symbol

!Meaning

#

|The overall championship reign

Reign

|The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.

Event

|The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands

—

|Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign

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|Indicates periods of unknown lineage

{{small|(NLT)}}

|Indicates that the championship changed hands "No Later Than" a certain date.

¤

|Indicates that the data presented in this cell is uncertain.

Names

class="wikitable"

! Name{{cite web|title=NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Title|work=Wrestling-Titles.com|url= http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/nwa/tri-h.html|accessdate=2007-10-02}}

! Years

NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship

|March 31, 1954 – April 28, 1954

NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship (Alabama version)

|September 12, 1960 – October 3, 1974

NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship

|September 7, 1980 – 1982

NWA-MCW Heavyweight Championship

|1982 – March 1982

Title history

=NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship (Original version)=

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|number=1

|champion={{sort|Whitey|Whitey Whittler}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1954|03|31}}

|days={{age in days nts|month1=03|day1=31|year1=1954|month2=04|day2=28|year2=1954}}

|location=Joplin, MO

|event=House show

|notes=Defeated Red Berry in a tournament final.

|ref= {{cite web |url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/mcguirk.html#tristate1954 |title=Tri-State Title Tournament 1954 |author= |date= |website=ProWrestlingHistory.com |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=}}

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=2

|champion={{sortname|Red|Berry|Red Berry (wrestler)}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1954|04|28}}

|days=

|location=Joplin, MO

|event=House show

|notes=

|ref=

}}

{{BundleEnd}}

=NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship (Alabama version)=

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|number={{sort|01|1}}

|champion={{sortname|Joe|Scarpa}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1960|9|12}}

|days={{sort|0|The length of this reign is too uncertain to calculate.}}

|location=Memphis, Tennessee

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=Defeated Mario Galento in tournament final to become the first champion.

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|sort number=1.5

|type=unrecorded

|start={{dts|1960|9|12}}

|end={{dts|1971|09}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days=

|location=

|event=

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number={{sort|02|2}}

|champion={{sortname|Jerry|Lawler}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1971|09}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=1|year1=1971|month2=10|day2=29|year2=1972}} days.}}

|location={{sort|0|The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.}}

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=Won a battle royal, last eliminating Jimmy Golden.

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|sort number=2.5

|type=unrecorded

|start={{dts|1971|09}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|end={{dts|1971|10|29}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days=

|location=

|event=

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number={{sort|03|3}}

|champion={{sortname|Jimmy|Golden}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1971|10|29}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=2|year1=1971|month2=11|day2=5|year2=1971}} days.}}

|location={{sort|0|}}

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number={{sort|04|4}}

|champion={{sort|Russo|Tony Russo}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1971|11|05}}

|days={{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=5|year1=1971|month2=11|day2=25|year2=1971}}

|location=Gadsden, Alabama

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number={{sort|05|5}}

|champion={{sort|Martin|Gary Martin}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1971|11|25}}

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=25|year1=1971|month2=12|day2=31|year2=1972}} days.}}

|location=Anniston, Alabama

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number={{sort|06|6}}

|champion={{sort|Russo|Tony Russo}}

|reign=2

|date={{dts|1971|12}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=26|year1=1971|month2=12|day2=16|year2=1971}} days.}}

|location={{sort|0|}}

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number={{sort|07|7}}

|champion={{sort|Hawk|The Golden Hawk}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1971|12|16}}

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=12|day1=16|year1=1971|month2=3|day2=16|year2=1972}} days.}}

|location=Anniston, Alabama

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=Still billed as champion on January 6, 1972

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|sort number=7.5

|type=unrecorded

|start={{dts|1971|12|16}}

|end={{dts|1972|03|16}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days=

|location=

|event=

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number={{sort|08|8}}

|champion={{sort|Wayne|Buddy Wayne}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1972|03|16}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=7|year1=1972|month2=4|day2=6|year2=1972}} days.}}

|location={{sort|0|}}

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number={{sort|09|9}}

|champion={{sortname|Jimmy|Golden}}

|reign=2

|date={{dts|1972|04|06}}¤

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=4|day1=6|year1=1972|month2=10|day2=5|year2=1972}} days.}}

|location=Anniston, Alabama¤

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=Still champion as of 72/06/08

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|sort number=9.5

|type=unrecorded

|start={{dts|1972|04|06}}¤

|end={{dts|1972|10|05}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days=

|location=

|event=

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=10

|champion={{sort|Perez|Ramon Perez}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1972|10|05}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=4|day1=7|year1=1972|month2=12|day2=21|year2=1972}} days.}}

|location={{sort|0|}}

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|sort number=10.5

|type=unrecorded

|start={{dts|1972|10|05}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|end={{dts|1972|12|21}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days=

|location=

|event=

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=11

|champion={{sort|Russo|Tony Russo}}

|reign=3

|date={{dts|1972|12|21}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=6|year1=1972|month2=1|day2=26|year2=1973}} days.}}

|location={{sort|0|}}

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|sort number=11.5

|type=unrecorded

|start={{dts|1972|12|21}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|end={{dts|1973|01|26}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days=

|location=

|event=

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=12

|champion={{sort|Wayne|Buddy Wayne}}

|reign=2

|date={{dts|1973|01|26}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=12|day1=22|year1=1972|month2=3|day2=7|year2=1974}} days.}}

|location={{sort|0|}}

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|sort number=12.5

|type=unrecorded

|start={{dts|1973|01|26}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|end={{dts|1974|03|07}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days=

|location=

|event=

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=13

|champion={{sortname|Jimmy|Golden}}

|reign=3

|date={{dts|1974|03|07}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=27|year1=1973|month2=3|day2=7|year2=1974}} days.}}

|location={{sort|0|}}

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=14

|champion={{sort|Donovan|Jack Donovan}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1974|03|14}}¤

|days={{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=14|year1=1974|month2=5|day2=23|year2=1974}}

|location=Anniston, Alabama¤

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=15

|champion={{sortname|Jimmy|Golden}}

|reign=4

|date={{dts|1974|05|23}}¤

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=5|day1=23|year1=1974|month2=10|day2=3|year2=1974}} days.}}

|location=Anniston, Alabama¤

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|sort number=15.5

|type=unrecorded

|start={{dts|1974|05|23}}¤

|end={{dts|1974|10|03}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days=

|location=

|event=

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=16

|champion={{sortname|Dennis|Condrey}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1974|10|03}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=5|day1=24|year1=1974|month2=12|day2=31|year2=1974}} days.}}

|location={{sort|0|}}

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|sort number=16.5

|type=deactivated

|reign=

|date={{dts|1974}}

|days={{sort|0|N/A}}

|location=

|event=

|notes=Championship abandoned.

}}

{{BundleEnd}}

=NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship (Final version)=

{{Professional wrestling title history top}}

{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=1

|champion={{sort|Jones|Tom Jones}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1981}}

|days=

|location=

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=2

|champion={{sortname|Mr.|Pogo}}

|reign=2

|date={{dts|1981}}

|days=

|location=

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=3

|champion={{sort|Jones|Tom Jones}}

|reign=2

|date={{dts|1981}}

|days=

|location=

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

|ref= {{cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/t/tom-jones/ |title=Tom Jones |author= |date= |website=Online World of Wrestling |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=}}

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=4

|champion={{sortname|Mike|George|Mike George (wrestler)}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1981|02|28}}

|days={{age in days nts|month1=02|day1=28|year1=1981|month2=03|day2=30|year2=1981}}

|location=Tulsa, OK

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

|ref= {{cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/m/mike-george/ |title=Mike George |author= |date= |website=Online World of Wrestling |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=}}

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=5

|champion={{sortname|Bob|Sweetan}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1981|03|30}}

|days={{age in days nts|month1=03|day1=30|year1=1981|month2=06|day2=01|year2=1981}}

|location=Tulsa, OK

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

|ref= {{cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/b/bob-sweetan/ |title=Bob Sweetan |author= |date= |website=Online World of Wrestling |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=}}

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=6

|champion={{sortname|Mike|George|Mike George (wrestler)}}

|reign=2

|date={{dts|1981|06|01}}

|days={{age in days nts|month1=06|day1=01|year1=1981|month2=08|day2=21|year2=1981}}

|location=Tulsa, OK

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|sort number=11.5

|type=vacated

|reign=

|date={{dts|1981|08|21}}

|days=

|location=

|event=

|notes=Championship vacated when George leaves the territory.

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=7

|champion={{sortname|Jimmy|Snuka}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1982|1|18}}

|days={{age in days nts|month1=01|day1=18|year1=1982|month2=03|day2=01|year2=1982}}

|location=Tulsa, OK

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=Won tournament.

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=8

|champion={{sortname|Paul|Jones|Paul Jones (wrestler)}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1982|03|01}}

|days=

|location=Tulsa, OK

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

|ref= {{cite web |url=http://www.midatlanticwrestling.net/resourcecenter/results/pages/results_jones_paul.htm |title=Paul Jones |author=Baker, David |date=July 23, 2011 |website=Mid-Atlantic Gateway |publisher=David Baker's Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Results |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=}}

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=9

|champion={{sort|Mansfield|Eddie Mansfield}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1982|03}}

|days={{sort|{{age in days nts|month1=03|day1=02|year1=1982|month2=03|day2=17|year2=1982}}|The exact date on which the title was won is not known, which means their title reign lasted between {{age in days nts|month1=03|day1=16|year1=1982|month2=03|day2=17|year2=1982}} and {{age in days nts|month1=03|day1=02|year1=1982|month2=03|day2=17|year2=1982}} days.}}

|location=

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=10

|champion={{sortname|Paul|Jones|Paul Jones (wrestler)}}

|reign=2

|date={{dts|1982|03|17}}

|days=

|location=Springfield, MO

|event=Tri-State show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=

|type=deactivated

|reign=

|date={{dts|1982}}

|days=

|location=

|event=

|notes=NWA Tri-State closed in 1982, and the championship was subsequently abandoned.

|ref=

}}

{{BundleEnd}}

List of top combined reigns

File:Mr. Pogo.JPG, who was the fifth longest-reigning Tri-State Heavyweight Champion]]

class="wikitable"

|style="background-color:#bbeeff"|¤

|The exact length of several title reigns are uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+List of combined reigns

!scope=col|Rank

!scope=col|Champion

!scope=col|No. of reigns

!scope=col|Combined days

scope=row|1

|{{sort|George, Mike|Mike George}}

|2

|111

scope=row|2

|{{sort|Sweetan, Bob|Bob Sweetan}}

|1

|63

scope=row|3

|{{sort|Gibbs, Terry|Terry Gibbs}}

|1

|style="background-color:#bbeeff"|55¤

scope=row|4

|{{sort|Snuka, Jimmy|Jimmy Snuka}}

|1

|style="background-color:#bbeeff"|42¤

scope=row|5

|{{sort|Mr. Pogo|Mr. Pogo}}

|2

|style="background-color:#bbeeff"|29¤

scope=row|6

|{{sort|Whittler, Whitey|Whitey Whittler}}

|1

|28

scope=row|7

|{{sort|Mansfield, Eddie|Eddie Mansfield}}

|1

|style="background-color:#bbeeff"|1¤

scope=row|8

|{{sort|Berry, Red|Red Berry}}

|1

|N/A

scope=row|9

|{{sort|Orndorff, Terry|Terry Orndorff}}

|1

|N/A

scope=row|10

|{{sort|Jones, Tom|Tom Jones}}

|2

|N/A

scope=row|11

|{{sort|Jones, Paul|Paul Jones}}

|2

|N/A

Explanatory footnotes

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References

= General references =

  • {{cite book |author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|chapter=United States: Louisiana/Oklahoma|pages=235|title=Wrestling Title Histories |publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/nwa/tri-h.html |title=NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Title |author= |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |work=Wrestling-Titles.com|accessdate=}}
  • {{cite web | url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/nwa/al-tri-h.html | title=NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship (Alabama version) | accessdate=April 20, 2015 | publisher=Wrestling-Titles.com}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/tristate/tristate.htm |title=Regional Territories: Tri-State |author=Miller, Bob |date=2004 |website=KayfabeMemories.com |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=}}

= Specific =

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=titles&kategorie=11&liga=607&titel=472 NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlingdata.com]

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