Part of Cornette's NWA stable was NWA North American Champion Jeff Jarrett, winning the vacant title by defeating Barry Windham on Monday Night Raw. He is currently signed to WWE, where he is a color commentator on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Wade Barrett.. [3] Gagne lost the title to Danny McShain one year later in November 1951. 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Otani dissolved the J-Crown on November 5, 1997, by vacating all of the component titles except for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, with the other belts being restored to their home promotions. [18] At 256 days, Bobby Roode's first reign is the longest in the title's history. [5] Ken Shamrock defeated Malice to win the vacant championship with Ricky Steamboat as the special guest referee at the event. [4] On June 19, 2002, NWA-TNA held its first show; a weekly pay-per-view event. Also in WWE, the Big Gold Belt was used in tandem to represent the then-Undisputed WWF Championship after the former WCW Championship was unified with the then-WWF Championship in 2001, and then again in tandem to represent the WWE World Heavyweight Championship after the World Heavyweight Championship was unified with the WWE Championship in 2013. Match also featured Chance Prophet, Jason Kincaid, Lance Erikson, This was an independent event promoted by Cody and, Aired on tape delay on the March 8, 2022 episode of. [47] By May, Clay was on a 21-match winning streak since adopting the Funkasaurus gimmick. The money made at shows is donated to Fights For Kids Foundation, which helps kids stay off the streets Although formally established in 1948, its lineage has been traditionally traced back to the first World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship, which traces its lineage to the title first awarded to George Hackenschmidt in 1905. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix. The longest reigning champion is Phil Shatter, who held the title from January 17, 2009 to February 19, 2011, for a total of 763 days. In 2021, they replaced the Australian flag side plate with the United Kingdom flag side plate, with the help of then-champion Nick Aldis. Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling was a Southeastern independent professional wrestling promotion based in Marietta, Georgia.It was founded by retired wrestler and former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes in 2000 and, during its three years in operation, held events throughout the Southern United States in Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia and Alabama; it [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. In October 2018, the title was renamed the "NWA National Championship", reactivated, and the NWA (now a promotion, instead of a sanctioning body) held an 8-person tournament to crown a new titleholder.[2]. [9], Murdoch is biracial; his father is black, and his mother is white. 8X NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion. [15] In March, they faced and defeated the DSW Tag Team Champions, Team Elite (Mike Knox and Derrick Neikirk) in two successive non-title matches. In June 2007, Murdoch made his debut at FCW's inaugural show on June 26, using the name G-Rilla and defeating Shawn Osborne. Flair took the NWA belt with him because WCW and Herd had not returned the $25,000 bond Flair had paid on the belt. The belt made its debut in February 1986. The champion at that time, Chase Owens, defended the title in several NJPW events. Aired on tape delay on July 6, 2021. The casket match (originally known as the coffin match) has a casket near the ring, with the objective of the match being to trap the opposing wrestler inside. The longest reigning champion is Lou Thesz, who held the title from November 27, 1949 to March 15, 1956, for a total of 2,300 days (6 years, 3 months, and 16 days); Thesz also holds the record for longest combined reigns at 3,749 days. [45] On the April 20 episode of SmackDown, Clay began a brief association with Hornswoggle. He picked Alberto Del Rio as his new Pro, and then attacked DiBiase. With many territorial promotions appearing across the United States, the NWA was formed in 1948 as a professional wrestling governing body. Pro Wrestling Zero1 did not recognize the vacancy and recognised Classic as the real champion. Chris Candido won this tournament[13] and the title was recognized and defended in territories such as Smoky Mountain Wrestling and the United States Wrestling Association. [90] On the August 6, 2021 edition of NWA Powerrr, Tyrus defeated The Pope to win the NWA World Television Championship. ", "IMPACT! [1] On May 15, 2007, Jeremy Borash unveiled the TNA World Heavyweight Championship belt on that day's edition of TNA's online video podcast TNA Today. At Rebellion, Moose appeared with the old TNA World Heavyweight Championship belt (its 3rd design from 2011 to 2017, later modified with a white strap) and declared himself the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion after defeating Hernandez and Michael Elgin in a triple threat match, which was originally to be for the Impact World Championship but reigning champion Tessa Blanchard missed the tapings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [33][34] In August 2021, after Christian Cage won the title, the TNA belt was retired once again. Like franchises, these territories had the option of NWA membership. There have been six belt designs used to represent the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. The current design is the same that Jim Crockett Promotions used from April 1985 to November 1988. [4] On that day, NWA's Executive Director Robert Trobich announced that the NWA were ending their five-year agreement with TNA, which had allowed them full control over both titles. Spyder stripped of the championship when he no-shows a title defense. Angle also holds the record for the most reigns, at six. The tournament was won by Japanese wrestler Masahiro Chono. [100], In 2019, Un-PC co-host Britt McHenry accused Murdoch of sexual harassment after he allegedly sent her a series of lewd text messages. On the February 23, 2021, episode of Impact!, Executive Vice President Scott DAmore announced that Moose's self-proclaimed championship was officially sanctioned. In 1960, Danny Hodge had a heated feud with Angelo Savoldi over the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. Wins a fictitious tournament to be recognized by. Despite this, Del Rio was unsuccessful in winning the match. A victory over Carpentier could give a local champion a credible claim to the world championship of wrestling. [77], On September 16, 2014, Murdoch debuted for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Tyrus at TNA's television tapings, aligning himself with Ethan Carter III (EC3). Corgan transformed the NWA from a governing body, to a wrestling promotionone seeking to proudly revive and preserve the mood, look, and feel of the 1970s/1980s, Georgia/Mid-Atlantic era of wrestling. This was Jax Dane's Champion Series cash-in match. By 1994, NWA's Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) territory became the most televised wrestling show. It had a prominent royal crown at its top, a globe underneath it, and the letters "NWA" horizontally across the center behind two wrestling figures. The Pro Wrestling Alliance's first show was held in December 2006. Wonderful", was an American professional wrestler and college football player, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The championship was officially renamed the "NWA National Championship". After a two year hiatus, in January 2010, Murdoch re-signed with WWE and was assigned to FCW. 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 NWA World Television Championship belt (2019-present), Foley, Mick. [2][17] On June 16, Clay and Marlow challenged Los Aviadores (Hunico and Epico) for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful. Shane Douglas is the shortest reigning champion with less than 1 day. The title ceased to exist when the WWA returned to the NWA on October 1, 1968. ; and More", "TNA Impact results 10/15: New #1 contender to the TNA Title, post-BFG developments, Brodus Clay debuts, heels & faces shown sitting together in a banquet room, more", "PWTorch.com - TNA IMPACT RESULTS 10/29: Lashley vs. Roode for the TNA Title, tournament continues, KO heel turn, more", "TNA Slammiversary 2015 Results: Return of the King", "TNA Bound For Glory Results (10/4) - New #1 Contender 'Bound For Gold', EY vs Angle, New World Champion! This is considered a continuation of Flair's previous reign, This title change is not recognized by the NWA. [6], The NWA currently recognizes 89 individual National Championship reigns.[7]. By the late 1950s, however, the system began to break down. The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The WWC Puerto Rico Championship is the secondary professional wrestling championship that is defended in the World Wrestling Council based in Puerto Rico.The title was created in January 1974 and, as its name suggests, is defended exclusively within Puerto Rico. Ten Pounds of Gold, together with the Being The Elite web series produced by the Young Bucks, then focused on the build towards a championship match between Aldis and Cody as part of the All In supercard event on September 1, 2018, where Cody would win the match and the championship. The NWA organization existed only on paper at this point; on television, it was portrayed that the NWA World Heavyweight Championship simply became the WCW World Heavyweight Championship by late 1990. On March 11, 2021, National Wrestling Alliance announced on their social media that Tyrus would make his NWA debut at Back For The Attack. Jonathan David Good (born December 7, 1985) is an American professional wrestler and actor. On each side of the center plate is a group of four smaller gold plates, with the inner side plates featuring separate corresponding halves of a globe with "World" inscribed above the globes and "Champion" inscribed below them and the outer side plates featuring the Impact logo but without the owl design. Until its September Defeating John Swenski on June 19, 1939 in Hollywood, CA; recognized by National Wrestling Alliance during the convention later defeats Billy Goelz and Unified. champion - vacant title filled in four-way match Sunday", "NWA News: Pearce vs. Cabana series concludes, but without NWA champ following "controversy" (w/Video)", "Presents Wrestle Kingdom 8 in ", "NWA news: New NWA World champion determined in Vegas", "BREAKING NEWS: Tim Storm defeats Jax Dane in Sherman, TX to become the new NWA World's Heavyweight Champion!!! Fly! [91] On the September 24, 2022 episode of NWA USA, Tyrus vacated the NWA World Television Championship using the "Lucky 7" rule to challenge Aldis and Matt Cardona for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship at NWA Hard Times 3. [a] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. [98], From 2018 to 2019, he was a co-host of the show Un-PC[99] on Fox News's streaming channel, Fox Nation. He has stated that when he was born, his father was 19 years old and his mother was 15. With both Cabana and Pearce even at three victories in their Seven Levels of Hate series, the final match was scheduled for October 27, 2012, in Melbourne, Australia, at an NWA Warzone Wrestling event. The second side plate on the left side of the belt features a modified version of the older Canadian Red Ensign rather than the official Canadian flag, the Maple Leaf, which had been adopted in 1965. It is the promotion's premier title. This was recognized as a title change by those NWA affiliate promotions that would later evolve into the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1960. Colon's. Turner's company still maintained its WCW World Championship, thus having two World Heavyweight titles present in the same promotion. Motegi defeated El Hijo del Santo in a tournament final when the National Wrestling Alliance revived the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. Arrick Andrews announced that he had suffered a knee injury in a hunting accident that would keep him out of wrestling for 8 months, and forfeited the championship. 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. [2][16] He would not wrestle for the next two years. Gonzlez was retroactively recognized by the NWA beginning February 16, 2015. [6], In 1979, after the title was vacated, Steve Keirn defeated Chavo Guerrero Sr. in the finals of a tournament to win the title. Thesz won the match and the championship by count out. In 1983, the title had two different lineages. 991 Show vs. Brodus teased main event, Punk-Bryan, no Cena", "Parks' WWE Smackdown Report 6/8: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of the show, including Christian vs. Ziggler", "Caldwell's WWE No Way Out PPV Report 6/17: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV Cena vs. Show, potential "firings," who will A.J. [16] Angle ended up winning the King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary over Joe, Cage, Styles and Harris, who was a mystery participant chosen by Cornette, to become the "undisputed TNA World Heavyweight Champion".[17][18]. [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]. [19] At that point, all existing NWA affiliation agreements were ended and all NWA championships, except the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (renamed the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship) and the NWA World Women's Championship, would be vacated in the months following the acquisition. The NWA's deal with the WWF never accomplished its intended purpose and McMahon ended it. [28] Clay accompanied Del Rio to the ring at WrestleMania XXVII for his match with Edge. Promoted by Motegi's Wrestle Yume (Dream) Factory. [103] In July 2021, she voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit and left the Fox network, apparently as part of a legal settlement. Vincent J. McMahon's Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the precursor to the WWWF, seceded from the NWA for a variety of reasons including the selection of the NWA World Heavyweight Champion and the number of dates wrestled by the champion in the promotion. on May 14, with the episodes set to air on tape delay on May 17 and May 24. [66] The match instead took place the following night on Raw, where Tons of Funk and The Funkadactyls emerged victorious. The belt was retired after the accident, and it remains with Brown's family. Terry Eugene Bollea (/ b l e /; born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American retired professional wrestler.He is widely regarded as the most recognized wrestling star worldwide and the most popular wrestler of the 1980s. The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship [97], Though a supporter of former President Donald Trump, he did not vote in 2016 and it is unclear whether he did in the 2018 midterm elections or 2020. The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. The title has been vacated six different times. The inaugural champion was Austin Idol. NWA currently recognizes 100 individual World Heavyweight Championship reigns. 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The inaugural champion was Kurt Angle, who won the championship by defeating Christian Cage and Sting in a three-way match on May 13, 2007, at TNA's Sacrifice event. From 2014 to 2017, Murdoch wrestled in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ringname of Tyrus. The NAWA/WWA in Los Angeles recognized Carpentier as NWA champion in July 1959 as part of gradually splitting from the NWA. This page was last edited on 2 October 2022, at 01:24. [9] The time limit was an homage to the 6:05 PM start time of NWA Power as well as a tribute to the original start time for NWA's World Championship Wrestling that ran from the 1970s to 1992. [16] The following month, G-Rilla continued to feud with Smith and Hart, who had formed The Hart Dynasty with TJ Wilson and Ted DiBiase, Jr., allying himself with Osborne, Jake Hager and Afa, Jr.[16] G-Rilla briefly formed a tag team with Robert Anthony in December 2007, but on February 4, 2008, Murdoch was released from his contract with WWE. [10][11] The NWA decided to hold a NWA World Title Tournament for the vacated NWA World Heavyweight Championship through ECW at the ECW Arena in August 1994, which was won by Shane Douglas. However, Impact Wrestling kept the Global Championship name for their championship and the title was then called the Impact Global Championship. By July 2019, the NWA would begin to transition into a singular wrestling promotion with the announcement of television tapings in Atlanta for a new weekly series, later announced to be titled NWA Power where the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship would be occasionally defended. On October 29, 2013, TNA President Dixie Carter vacated the TNA World Heavyweight Championship after the previous champion A.J. The NWA National Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the U.S.-based, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The title returned to Jarrett later on due to the nature of the championship match. [88], Tyrus made his debut for Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore at House of Hardcore 52 on December 8, teaming with Robert Strauss to unsuccessfully face David Arquette and RJ City.[89]. The National title was deactivated, after that.[1]. [82] On October 4, 2015, at Bound For Glory, Tyrus won a gauntlet for the gold match to become the number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Essentially, the WWF Championship became the Undisputed Championship During the match, the referee was knocked out and Pro won the match, but a second referee appeared and declared Mantell as the winner. For the first few years of its existence, the title was contested largely in Iowa, where George's promotion was based.[2]. However, his return was short-lived when, on April 18, 2018, Tyrus left Impact once again, confirming his release and departure from the company. The team dissolved shortly after.[15]. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a predetermined match. [14], In early January 2007, G-Rilla feuded with Urban Assault, attacking the members during matches. [8] [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. on AXS TV Results March 16, 2021", Irene's Impact Wresting review 4-8-21 - 411 Mania.com, "TNA World Heavyweight Championship Retired on Impact Wrestling", "Current Champions List at TNAWrestling.com", "4/23 Impact Wrestling Rebellion results: Powell's review of Moose vs. Josh Alexander for the Impact World Championship, Deonna Purrazzo vs. Taya Valkyrie for the AAA Reina De Reinas Title, Jonah vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Trey Miguel vs. 28 ] Clay accompanied Del Rio as his new Pro, and mother! ] on occasion the promotion declares a Championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point time. Despite this, Del Rio was unsuccessful in winning the match took place the following night on Raw where... 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