NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title (Tennessee & Alabama) (original) (raw)
| × date The format is either YYYY-MM-DD or YY-MM-DD. [ ] Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point. [...] Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.* If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious. < Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it. + Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown. @ Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom. # Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files × Code Country AFGAfghanistan ALBAlbania ALGAlgeria ANDAndorra ANGAngola ANTAntigua and Barbuda ARGArgentina ARMArmenia ARUAruba ASAAmerican Samoa AUSAustralia AUTAustria AZEAzerbaijan BAHBahamas BANBangladesh BARBarbados BDIBurundi BELBelgium BENBenin BERBermuda BHUBhutan BIHBosnia and Herzegovina BIZBelize BLRBelarus BOLBolivia BOTBotswana BRABrazil BRNBahrain BRUBrunei BULBulgaria BURBurkina Faso CAFCentral African Republic CAMCambodia CANCanada CAYCayman Islands CGORepublic of the Congo CHAChad CHIChile CHNChina CIVIvory Coast CMRCameroon CODDemocratic Republic of the Congo COKCook Islands COLColombia COMComoros CPVCape Verde CRCCosta Rica CROCroatia CUBCuba CYPCyprus CZECzech Republic DENDenmark DJIDjibouti DMADominica DOMDominican Republic ECUEcuador EGYEgypt ERIEritrea ESAEl Salvador ESPSpain ESTEstonia ETHEthiopia FIJFiji FINFinland FRAFrance FSMFederated States of Micronesia GABGabon GAMThe Gambia GBRGreat Britain GBSGuinea-Bissau GEOGeorgia GEQEquatorial Guinea GERGermany GGYGuernsey GHAGhana GREGreece GRNGrenada GUAGuatemala GUIGuinea GUMGuam GUYGuyana HAIHaiti HKGHong Kong, China HONHonduras HUNHungary INAIndonesia INDIndia IRIIran IRLIreland IRQIraq ISLIceland ISRIsrael ISVVirgin Islands ITAItaly IVBBritish Virgin Islands JAMJamaica JORJordan JPNJapan KAZKazakhstan KENKenya KGZKyrgyzstan KIRKiribati KORKorea, South KOSKosovo KSASaudi Arabia KUWKuwait LAOLaos LATLatvia LBALibya LBNLebanon LBRLiberia LCASaint Lucia LESLesotho LIELiechtenstein LTULithuania LUXLuxembourg MADMadagascar MARMorocco MASMalaysia MAWMalawi MDAMoldova MDVMaldives MEXMexico MGLMongolia MHLMarshall Islands MKDNorth Macedonia MLIMali MLTMalta MNEMontenegro MONMonaco MOZMozambique MRIMauritius MTNMauritania MYAMyanmar NAMNamibia NCANicaragua NEDNetherlands NEPNepal NGRNigeria NIGNiger NORNorway NRUNauru NZLNew Zealand OMAOman PAKPakistan PANPanama PARParaguay PERPeru PHIPhilippines PLEPalestine PLWPalau PNGPapua New Guinea POLPoland PORPortugal PRKKorea, North (DPR of Korea) PURPuerto Rico QATQatar ROURomania RSASouth Africa RUSRussia RWARwanda SAMSamoa SENSenegal SEYSeychelles SGPSingapore SKNSaint Kitts and Nevis SLESierra Leone SLOSlovenia SMRSan Marino SOLSolomon Islands SOMSomalia SRBSerbia SRISri Lanka SSDSouth Sudan STPSão Tomé and Príncipe SUDSudan SUISwitzerland SURSuriname SVKSlovakia SWESweden SWZSwaziland SYRSyria TANTanzania TGATonga THAThailand TJKTajikistan TKMTurkmenistan TLSEast Timor TOGTogo TPETaiwan (Republic of China) TTOTrinidad and Tobago TUNTunisia TURTurkey TUVTuvalu UAEUnited Arab Emirates UGAUganda UKRUkraine URUUruguay USAUnited States UZBUzbekistan VANVanuatu VENVenezuela VIEVietnam VINSaint Vincent and the Grenadines YEMYemen ZAMZambia ZIMZimbabwe Last updated on 2024-09-11 | [ 日本語 ] |
|---|
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title
| National Wrestling Alliance [Nashville office] | ( | 1957-04 | ~ | 1960-12 | ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ( | 1972-06 | ~ | 1980-10 | ) | |
| Championship Wrestling Association | ( | 1981 | ~ | 1987-12 | ) |
| Buddy Rogers | 1957-04 | |
|---|---|---|
| Initially listed as Eastern champion (Nashville Banner, 57-04-12) but billed as "Central American" champion uon arrival (Nashville Banner, 57-04-19); recognized as Mid-America champion from 57-05 (The Tennessean, 57-05-20); still champion as of 57-06-13. | ||
| [...] | ||
| Mighty Atlas | 1958-02 | |
| Billed as champion on arrival (The Birmingham News, 58-02-27). | ||
| Tor Yamato | 1958-04-24 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Held up in Florence, AL on 59-10-23 after the match against Larry Chene ends with a double pinfall in the 3rd fall; Chene wins by default on 59-10-30 in Florence, AL when officials would not allow Yamato to wrestle due to a severe cut over his eye; the commission eventually rules Yamato is still the champion; vacant when Yamato passes away on 60-12-09. | ||
| Tony Charles | 1972-06-04< | |
| Still champion as of 72-07-23. | ||
| [...] | ||
| Don Kent | 1974-09-23< | |
| Rufus R. Jones is billed as champion on 74-12-13 in Birmingham, AL; Kent retains against Jones on 74-12-18 in Nashville, TN; in Chattanooga, TN, Jackie Fargo defeats Kent for the title on 75-01-04. | ||
| Luke Graham | 1975-02-05 | Nashville, TN |
| Still champion as of 75-04-11. | ||
| [...] | ||
| Magnificent Zulu | 1975-08-31< | |
| Harley Race | 1975-09-09 | Memphis, TN |
| Bob Armstrong | 1975-10-13 | Memphis, TN |
| [...] | ||
| Jackie Fargo | 1975-12-22< | Louisville, KY * |
| "Recently" (Birmingham Post-Herald, 75-12-22); still champion as of 76-01-26. | ||
| [...] | ||
| Dick Steinborn # | 1976-03-23< | |
| Billed as champion in Knoxville, TN and Mobile, AL. | ||
| [...] | ||
| Phil Hickerson | 1976-05-03< | |
| [...] | ||
| Tommy Gilbert | 1976-06-14< | |
| Roger Kirby | 1976-06-16 | Nashville, TN |
| Bob Armstrong [2] | 1976-08-14 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Repeated on 76-08-18 in Nashville, TN. | ||
| Big Bad John | 1976-09-08 | Nashville, TN |
| Bob Armstrong [3] | 1976-09-25 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Roger Kirby [2] | 1976-10-03 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Again defeats Armstrong 76-10-04 in Birmingham, AL; Armstrong continues to be billed as champion in Nashville, TN but loses to Jerry Lawler on 76-10-06. | ||
| Tommy Rich | 1976-10-11 | Birmingham, AL |
| Russian Stomper | 1977-01-01 | Nashville, TN |
| Repeated in Chattanooga, TN on 77-01-09. | ||
| Ken Lucas | 1977-02-13 | Chattanooga, TN |
| The Executioner | 1977-04-15 | Huntsville, AL |
| Jackie Fargo [2] | 1977-05-25 | Nashville, TN |
| Repeated on 77-05-28 in Chattanooga, TN (or Executioner may have regained sometime in between); vacant in 77-10 when Fargo is injured. | ||
| Lanny Poffo | 1977-10-09 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Defeats Dennis Hall in one-night 14-man tournament final. | ||
| Don Kent [4] | 1977-12-10 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Randy Savage | 1978-01-03 | Birmingham, AL |
| Dutch Mantell | 1978-03-25 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Ron Garfield (Don Fargo) | 1978-05-21 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [2] | 1978-05-28 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Whipper Watson Jr. | 1978-07-12 | Nashville, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [3] | 1978-07-22 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Repeated on 78-07-24 in Birmingham, AL; Watson is still billed as champion in Louisville, KY as of 78-08-03. | ||
| Blue Yankee | 1978-08-12 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [4] | 1978-08-26 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Tournament ordered in 78-09 after a controversial match against Blue Yankee. | ||
| Mexican Angel | 1978-09-20 | Nashville, TN |
| Wins 13-man tournament. | ||
| Dutch Mantell [5] | 1978-11-08 | Nashville, TN |
| Randy Savage [2] | 1978-11-12< | |
| "Having given Mantell a severe beating on TV recently to take away his title" (Chattanooga News-Free Press, 78-11-19). | ||
| Bobby Eaton | 1979-02-12 | Birmingham, AL |
| Terry Gordy | 1979-03-21 | Nashville, TN |
| Bobby Eaton [2] | 1979-03-28 | Nashville, TN |
| Chris Colt | 1979-04-25 | Nashville, TN |
| Ron Garfield [2] | 1979-05-23 | Nashville, TN |
| [...] | ||
| Gorgeous George Jr. | 1979-06< | |
| Dennis Condrey | 1979-06-02 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [6] | 1979-10-14 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Bobby Eaton [3] | 1979-10-24 | Nashville, TN |
| Chris Colt [2] | 1979-11-25 | Nashville, TN |
| Bobby Eaton [4] | 1979-12-01 | Chattanooga, TN |
| In Chattanooga, TN, Gorgeous George Jr. defeats Eaton on 80-02-17. | ||
| Tōjō Yamamoto | 1980-02-20 | Nashville, TN |
| Steve Travis | 1980-04-03< | |
| "Recently defeated Tojo Yamamoto" for the title (The Chattanooga Times, 80-04-04). | ||
| Roger Mason (Roger Smith) | 1980-04-05 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Rocky Johnson | 1980-05-12 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Great Tōgō (Mr. Pogo) | 1980-06 | |
| Sometime between 80-06-05 and 80-06-21. | ||
| Robert Gibson | 1980-06-25 | Nashville, TN |
| Bobby Eaton [5] | 1980-07-23 | Nashville, TN |
| Still champion as of 80-09-06; in Chattanooga, TN, Tōjō Yamamoto defeats Great Mephisto for the title on 80-09-27; Eaton is still champion as of 80-10-14; title inactive in 80-10 after Jerry Jarrett takes over the Mid-American titles from Nick Gulas; title is revived by Jarrett about a year later. | ||
| Ron Bass | 1981-07 | |
| Awarded. | ||
| Steve Keirn | 1981-07-06 | Memphis, TN |
| Bugsy McGraw | 1981-08-24 | Memphis, TN |
| Steve Keirn [2] | 1981-09-07 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [7] | 1981-09-26 | Memphis, TN |
| Title inactive after Mantell wins AWA Southern Title, defeating the Dream Machine on 81-10-26 in Memphis, TN; reactivated in 82-04. | ||
| Dream Machine | 1982-04-19 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [8] | 1982-05-17 | Memphis, TN |
| Bobby Eaton [6] | 1982-05-24 | Memphis, TN |
| King Cobra | 1982-05-31 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [9] | 1982-07-05 | Memphis, TN |
| Bobby Eaton [7] | 1982-07-12 | Memphis, TN |
| Bill Dundee | 1982-07-24 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [10] | 1982-09-06 | Memphis, TN |
| Jesse Barr | 1982-11-15 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [11] | 1982-11-22 | Memphis, TN |
| Apocalypse | 1982-11-29 | Memphis, TN |
| Jacques Rougeau | 1982-12-05 | Memphis, TN |
| Sabu the Wildman (Coco Samoa) | 1982-12-27 | Memphis, TN |
| Jacques Rougeau [2] | 1983-01-02 | Memphis, TN |
| Bobby Eaton [8] | 1983-01-10 | Memphis, TN |
| Vacant in 83-01. | ||
| Bobby Eaton [9] | 1983-02-14 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Sweet Brown Sugar in tournament final; repeated in Nashville, TN on 83-02-19 and in Lousville, KY on 83-02-22. | ||
| Sweet Brown Sugar (Koko Ware) | 1983-02-25 | Tupelo, MS |
| Bobby Eaton [10] | 1983-02-28 | Memphis, TN |
| Loser-leaves-town match; Sugar reappears as Stagger Lee. | ||
| Stagger Lee (Koko Ware) [2] | 1983-03-07 | Memphis, TN |
| Frankie Laine | 1983-07-04 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [12] | 1983-07-18 | Memphis, TN |
| Buddy Landel | 1983-08-15 | Memphis, TN |
| Stagger Lee/Koko Ware [3] | 1983-08-22 | Memphis, TN |
| Removes mask before the match. | ||
| Buddy Landel [2] | 1983-09-10 | Memphis, TN |
| Terry Taylor | 1983-12-01 | Lexington, KY |
| Randy Savage [3] | 1983-12-26 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler [2] | 1984-04-09 | Lexington, KY |
| Title may have been vacated since Lawler also holds the AWA Southern Title. | ||
| Korstia Korchenko | 1984-11-19 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Jacques Rougeau Jr. | ||
| Mike Sharpe | 1984-12-13< | |
| Jimmy Valiant | 1985-02-21 | Memphis, TN |
| Vacant in 85. | ||
| Rick Link | 1985-07 | |
| Awarded. | ||
| Jerry Lawler [3] | 1985-07-15 | Memphis, TN |
| Vacant on 85-07-29 when Lawler wins AWA Southern Title. | ||
| Koko Ware [4] | 1985-08-12 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Bota the Witch Doctor in 14-man tournament final. | ||
| Harley Race [2] | 1985-10-07 | Memphis, TN |
| Tom Branch | 1985-11 | Kansas City, MO * |
| Koko Ware [5] | 1985-11-16 | Memphis, TN |
| Buddy Landel [3] | 1986-01-21 | Louisville, KY |
| Dirty Rhodes (Roger Smith) | 1986-02-02 | Memphis, TN |
| Buddy Landel [4] | 1986-02-18 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [13] | 1986-04-07 | Memphis, TN |
| Rip Rogers | 1986-05-19 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantell [14] | 1986-06-16 | Memphis, TN |
| Vacant in 86-07 whem Mantell leaves the area. | ||
| Tracy Smothers | 1986-08-11 | Memphis, TN |
| Defeats Basher in tournament final. | ||
| The Ninja (Tony Burton) | 1986-09-20 | Memphis, TN |
| Tracy Smothers [2] | 1986-09-26 | Memphis, TN |
| Boy Tony (Tony Falk) | 1986-10-07 | Memphis, TN |
| Tracy Smothers [3] | 1986-10-20 | Memphis, TN |
| Big Bubba (Fred Ottman) | 1986-10-27 | Memphis, TN |
| Bubba already holds International title and vacates Mid-American title in 86-11. | ||
| Great Kabuki | 1986-11-17 | Jackson, TN |
| Defeats Paul Diamond in tournament final; vacant in 86-12 when Kabuki leaves the area. | ||
| Moondog Spot | 1987-05 | |
| Billed as champions on arrival. | ||
| Jeff Jarrett | 1987-05-11 | Memphis, TN |
| Moondog Spot [2] | 1987-05-30 | Memphis, TN |
| Jeff Jarrett [2] | 1987-06-01 | Memphis, TN |
| Moondog Spot [3] | 1987-06-08 | Memphis, TN |
| Jeff Jarrett [3] | 1987-06-22 | Memphis, TN |
| Carl Fergie | 1987-09-07 | Memphis, TN |
| Jeff Jarrett [4] | 1987-09-14 | Memphis, TN |
| Jimmy Jack Funk (Jesse Barr) | 1987-11-02 | Memphis, TN |
| Jeff Jarrett [5] | 1987-11-09 | Memphis, TN |
| Unified with CWA Heavyweight title on 87-12-07 in Memphis, TN. |
* Unified with CWA Heavyweight Title.
* Thanks to David Taub and Steve Ogilvie for additional information.
| NWA Nashville/Main Event | ( | 2001-03 | ~ | 2012-06 | ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWA Supreme [Indiana] | ( | 2015-10 | ~ | 2017-09 | ) |
| Lightning One | ( | 2024-06 | ~ | ) |
