[46] At Extreme Rules, Clay defeated Ziggler. The Great Sasuke won an eight-man tournament to decide the first J-Crown holder, a combination of eight titles categorized junior heavyweight or lower (including the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship). [83], On a June 28, 2016 taping of Impact Wrestling, Tyrus returned as a "fixer" for hire, siding with Grado and Mahabali Shera in a match against The Tribunal and Al Snow. The current NWA World Television Championship belt (2019-present), Foley, Mick. [4][5] At that point, all pre-existing NWA affiliation agreements with other promotions were ended; most NWA-branded championships (including the National) would be vacated in the months that immediately followed. The youngest champion is Chris Candido who won the title at the age of 22, while the oldest champion is Tim Storm, who won it at the age of 51. The IWGP Intercontinental Championship (IWGP, IWGP intkonchinentaru za) was a professional wrestling championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. He debuted on the main roster as Alberto Del Rio's bodyguard. The current champion is Trevor Murdoch, who is in his second reign.. [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. In October 2017, the NWA ceased being a governing body and gradually evolved into a singular wrestling promotion with the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship as its premier title.[4][5][6]. The inaugural champion was Kurt Angle, who also holds the record for the most reigns at six. choose? He debuted in September 2006, and began using the ring name G-Rilla along with adopting the gimmick of a street thug. In 1958, Quinn started shopping Carpentier around to promoters interested in leaving the NWA. The USWA was founded as an attempt to create a fourth national promotion, alongside Jim Crockett Promotions/WCW, AWA and the WWF (now known as WWE).The USWA was created through a merger of the WCCW (from Texas) and the CWA (based in Memphis, Tennessee). The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [9], Murdoch is biracial; his father is black, and his mother is white. Although formally established in 1948, its lineage has been traditionally traced back to the first World The center plate had faux diamonds aligned along its multiple rounded edges, similar to that of the Big Gold Belt. 1948-1949: The first design was only held by the very first NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, Orville Brown, who suffered a career ending injury resulting from a motorcycle crash in late 1949. Impact Wrestling was formed as NWA: Total Nonstop Action in May 2002. It was during this time, Severn had a customized NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt made exclusively for him. The organization dealt with the situation by announcing 71 days after Carpentier's win in Chicago that it did not recognize Carpentier's win and had never recognized it. In 2004, NWA:TNA withdrew from the NWA, dropping the NWA from their promotion name to just TNA. [5] The main event of the telecast was a twenty-man Gauntlet for the Gold match in which 20 men sought to throw each other over the top rope and down to the floor in order to eliminate others, until there were two men left who wrestle a standard singles match to become the first ever TNA-era NWA World Heavyweight Champion. - Page 2 of 7", "TNA One Night Only: Live 2017 Events Database CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database", "Tyrus: 'Cuando Jarrett lleg a Impact, supe que tena que irme', "Tyrus abandona Impact Wrestling por desacuerdos creativos", "Tyrus habla sobre su salida de Impact: 'Algo no est funcionando', "WILLIE MACK VS. SHANE STRICKLAND, THE BRISCOES VS. 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NWA World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contenders Tournament (2002) An 8-man tournament was held to crown a #1 contender for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship which was held at the time by Ron Killings. It consisted of more plates than a leather strap. Ric Flair retained possession of the original belt. The WCW Championship (rebranded as World Championship) and the WWF Championship were unified to create the Undisputed WWF Championship on December 9, 2001 at Vengeance when Chris Jericho defeated WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin and World Champion The Rock in the same night. Trevor Murdoch is the current champion in his second reign. [14] On the January 21 episode of NWA Power, the final two competitors in the first round of the tournament were named: Matt Cross from the independent circuit and Dan Maff from Ring of Honor.[15]. [1], At the November 8, 2010 tapings of the November 11 episode of Impact!, TNA introduced a new design for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship belt, which the champion Jeff Hardy dubbed the "Immortal Championship", as part of the Immortal storyline. They did anyway, with Cabana winning the match. 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. Ric Flair holds the record for most reigns with 10. A new title design was announced and introduced at Impact Wrestling's Redemption on April 22, 2018. In June 2007, Murdoch made his debut at FCW's inaugural show on June 26, using the name G-Rilla and defeating Shawn Osborne. Stuart Alexander Bennett (born 10 August 1980) is an English professional wrestling commentator, actor, and former professional wrestler who holds both British and American citizenship. 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 Storm/Roode match was originally a Bull Rope match but Storm asked Carter to change it to a Florida Death match, which was not on the "Wheel of Dixie", which Carter agreed to. There have been six belt designs used to represent the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. The NWA National Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the U.S.-based, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). In the third fall, Thesz was disqualified by referee Ed Whalen who raised Carpentier's hand in victory. This match had no time limit and the title could change hands on a disqualification. [28] The belt originally had a red suede/velvet strap along with a nameplate (the first world championship belt to incorporate this). Murdoch and his brother eventually lived with their mother again, but Murdoch left home at age 15. In early-to-mid-2012, Colt Cabana and Adam Pearce began facing each other in a series of matches dubbed the "Seven Levels of Hate" best of seven series. After this title win, Sting was recognized as the first, This title change was originally ignored in the United States, presenting Flair's reign as one continuous reign. [52] With Laurinaitis fired, Clay was allowed to return to Raw from June 25, where he faced Big Show; Big Show defeated Clay to end Clay's 24-match winning streak. [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]. 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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. Blue shading had filled the Impact logo, the owl design, and the globes and logos on the side plates, but in 2020, the belt was modified with red shading replacing the previous blue to reflect the new color of the Impact Wrestling logo introduced following the move to AXS TV. NWA World Title Stripped", "NWA News: New NWA World Hvt. [51] Big Show then made an appearance on the June 22 episode of SmackDown, leading to Clay physically confronting him. Ric Flair holds the record for most reigns with 10. During this agreement Jarrett held the title more often with six reigns, followed by AJ Styles, Ron Killings and Christian Cage with two reigns each. It is the promotion's principal championship. 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. 2 ^ Replaced an injured Zane Dawson when Anderson won an 8-man Last Chance Gauntlet match to fill the spot. Founded in 1948, the NWA began as a governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, the heads of which made up the Board of Directors.The group operated [6], The NWA currently recognizes 89 individual National Championship reigns.[7]. The Jarretts worked out a licensing deal with the NWA and affiliated their promotion with the NWA World Heavyweight and NWA World Tag Team titles. The NAWA/WWA in Los Angeles recognized Carpentier as NWA champion in July 1959 as part of gradually splitting from the NWA. 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[23] Clay won a four-way elimination match on the January 25 episode of NXT, earning the right to choose a new Pro. "[95] Subsequently, he became a regular contributor on Fox News host Dana Perinos former daytime news show, The Daily Briefing. TNA commentator Mike Tenay announced when Angle made his way During that time, Pro was recognized as champion in the GCCW territory, but not recognized by the NWA. [3] Gagne lost the title to Danny McShain one year later in November 1951. [54] Clay and Sandow finally faced off on the August 20 episode of Raw, where Sandow won, but he was attacked by Clay after the match. [30][31] The design featured seven gold plates over a black leather strap. [12] He played college football during his school days. Owner Booker T started the promotion to give professional wrestlers the opportunity to properly train, as well as to keep the legacy of Paul Boesch's Houston Wrestling alive. This was three matches round robin style; Match ended in controversy, as the referee gave a fast count. Kowalski's victory created what was after known as the ACC World Heavyweight Title and later the Big Time Wrestling (Boston) World title. 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. [2][17] On June 16, Clay and Marlow challenged Los Aviadores (Hunico and Epico) for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful. [57] Tensai was embarrassed after a dance contest, but Clay encouraged him to dance and have fun because "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas". Candido held the belt for a few months before dropping it to Ultimate Fighting Championship's (UFC) Dan Severn in February 1995. At the top of the center plate there was TNA logo. Before the championship was created, the promotion, then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), controlled the NWA World Heavyweight Championship via an agreement with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The NWA National Heavyweight Championship was the top singles title in the NWA-affiliated promotion, Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW), from 1980 until 1986. PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (1984) PWI ranked him #143 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003; United States Wrestling Association. Big Show's attack also led Clay to vow to be more aggressive in the ring. Awarded when NWA officials review the tape of a title match between Rockford and Kozina on August 26. However, Impact Wrestling kept the Global Championship name for their championship and the title was then called the Impact Global Championship. The Impact X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling.It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of then-TNA's second weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. However, by the late 1990s, the NWA recognized the Flair-Race switches that had occurred in March 1984 in New Zealand and Singapore. 995 Cena vs. Jericho, MITB hype", "Caldwell's WWE Raw Results 7/30: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw #1,000 Punk explains heel turn, No. In 1985, Jim Crockett Promotions purchased the weekend TBS timeslots for wrestling from the WWF, producing its own version of the "World Championship Wrestling" TV show. After winning the WWF Championship, the "Real World's Heavyweight Champion" angle was dropped. [44] Clay and Marella beat Ziggler and Swagger on the April 9 episode of Raw. 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). In 2018, Murdoch disclosed a childhood incident in which his abusive father damaged his eye by hitting him; this incident led his mother to leave his father.
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