NWA North American Heavyweight Title

(as of 10/27/01)

 

Revived version after 1994
Greg Valentine		10/94
           Awarded.
Kevin Von Erich		01/07/95	Dallas, TX
John Hawk		01/14/95	Dallas, TX
Greg Valentine [2]	03/18/95	Dallas, TX
   Vacant when Dallas group closes in 05/95.
Tommy Cairo		06/24/94	Williamstown, NJ
   Defeats Devon Storm in tournament final.
Reckless Youth		09/07/96	Yardville, NJ
   Defeats Derrick Domino to win title when Cairo no shows.
Lance Diamond		04/12/97	Cherry Hill, NJ
   Defeats Youth and Cheetah Master in a triangle match.
Ace Darling		06/14/97	Wilmington, DE
Reckless Youth [2]	06/14/97	Vineland, NJ
   Vacates voluntarily on 12/29/97.
Jeff Jarrett		12/30/97	New Haven, CT
   Defeats Barry Windham; vacates title on 03/02/98.
Roddy Piper		03/08/98	Vineland, NJ
   Defeats Slim Dragger in tournament final.
Dory Funk Jr.		04/16/98	Seattle, WA
Slim Dragger		09/13/98	New York, NY
Nightmare		11/02/98	North Richland Hills, TX
   Title abandoned in favor of NWA International Title.
Sid Vicious		06/24/99	Knoxville, TN
   Won tournament final to revive title.  Vacated title
   on 07/22/99 upon winning NWA World Title.
Jeff Jarrett [2]	07/25/99	Atlanta, GA
   Defeated Ron Simmons for vacant title.
Chris Benoit		06/18/00	Tampa, FL
   Defeated Jeff Jarrett in a best-of-seven series.
Steve Austin		12/24/00	New York, NY
   Stripped of title on 05/01/01 when Prime Time Sports, the
   current owner of the NWA, is purchased by Sports
   Entertainment Productions, the parent company of World
   Professional Wrestling.
Buff Bagwell		06/28/01	Dalton, GA
   Defeated Tully Blanchard in 16-man tournament final for
   vacant title.
The Great Muta		07/09/01	Dyersburg, TN
Rico Constantino	07/29/01	Glensboro, KY
Ernest Miller		10/21/01	Columbia, SC
The Sandman		10/27/01	Atlanta, GA