2021/08/16
Welcome to AustralianWrestling.org!
The website devoted to preserving the history of Australian wrestling.
We're in the process of renovating and moving some things around so some things may look a little strange but the aim is to minimise disruption.
This website was designed in 2012 with a scope of covering present and past wrestling in Australia.
The scope will change to prioritise the older stuff and make that a bit more accessible.
Thank you for your patience.
I also have another website (with my good buddy Greg) The Wrestling Roadshow which has more of a global scope. We have a podcast by the same name too and discuss all sorts of wrestling.
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NWA World Heavyweight Championship
National Wrestling Alliance
Recognised by World Championship Wrestling and NWA Pro
| 1948/01/05 | Orville Brown Defeated Sonny Myers for the Midwest Wrestling Association Championship. NWA formed in July 1948 and recognised Brown as champion |
Des Moines, Iowa, USA |
| 1949/11/27 | Lou Thesz Awarded. Brown injured |
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| 1956/03/15 | Whipper Billy Watson | Toronto, Ontario, CANADA |
| 1956/11/09 | Lou Thesz (2) # 1957/08/29 - defended against Ricky Waldo in Sydney, New South Wales # 1957/08/31 - defended against Lord Blears in Melbourne, Victoria # 1957/09/02 - defended against Ricky Waldo in Brisbane, Queensland # 1957/09/05 - defended against Lord Blears in Sydney, New South Wales # 1957/09/07 - defended against Sky Hi Lee in Melbourne, Victoria # 1957/09/09 - defended against Lord Blears in Brisbane, Queensland # 1957/09/14 - defended against Lord Blears in Melbourne, Victoria # 1957/09/16 - defended against Sky Hi Lee in Brisbane, Queensland # 1957/09/18 - defended against Sky Hi Lee in Sydney, New South Wales # 1957/09/21 - defended against Jesse James in Melbourne, Victoria |
St Louis, Missouri, USA |
| 1957/11/14 | Dick Hutton | Toronto, Ontario, CANADA |
| 1959/01/09 | Pat O'Connor | St Louis, Missouri, USA |
| 1961/06/30 | Buddy Rogers | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 1963/01/24 | Lou Thesz (3) | Toronto, Ontario, CANADA |
| 1966/01/07 | Gene Kiniski | St Louis, Missouri, USA |
| 1969/02/11 | Dory Funk | Tampa, Florida, USA |
| 1973/05/24 | Harley Race | Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
| 1974/07/20 | Jack Brisco # 1974/08 - defended against Spiros Arion in Melbourne, Victoria # 1974/08 - defended against Sprios Arion in Sydney, New South Wales |
Houston, Texas, USA |
| 1974/12/02 | Giant Baba | Kagoshima, JAPAN |
| 1974/12/09 | Jack Brisco (2) | Toyohashi, JAPAN |
| 1975/12/10 | Terry Funk | Miami, Florida, USA |
| 1977/02/06 | Harley Race (2) # 1977/03/25 - defended against Ron Miller in Melbourne, Victoria # 1977/03/26 - defended against Ron Miller in Brisbane, Queensland # 1977/07/22 - defended against Ron Miller in Sydney, New South Wales # 1977/07/23 - defended against Ron Miller in Sydney, New South Wales # 1977/09 - defended against Ron Miller in Melbourne, Victoria # 1978/03 - defended against Ron Miller in Brisbane, Queensland # 1978/05 - defended against Ron Miller |
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA |
| 1979/08/21 | Dusty Rhodes | Tampa, Florida, USA |
| 1979/08/26 | Harley Race (3) # 1979/09/18 - defended against Rick Martel |
Orlando, Florida, USA |
| 1979/10/31 | Giant Baba (2) | Nagoya, JAPAN |
| 1979/11/07 | Harley Race (4) | Amagasaki, JAPAN |
| 1980/09/04 | Giant Baba (3) | Saga, JAPAN |
| 1980/09/09 | Harley Race (5) | Ohtsu, JAPAN |
| 1981/04/27 | Tommy Rich | Augusta, Georgia, USA |
| 1981/05/01 | Harley Race (6) | Gainesville, Georgia, USA |
| 1981/06/21 | Dusty Rhodes (2) | Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1981/09/17 | Ric Flair | Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
| 1983/06/10 | Harley Race (7) | St Louis, Missouri |
| 1983/11/24 | Ric Flair (2) | Greensboro, North Carolina, USA |
| 1984/03/21 | Harley Race (8) | Wellington, NEW ZEALAND |
| 1984/03/23 | Ric Flair (3) | Kallang, SINGAPORE |
| 1984/05/06 | Kerry Von Erich | Irving, Texas, USA |
| 1984/05/24 | Ric Flair (4) | Yokosuka, JAPAN |
| 1986/07/26 | Dusty Rhodes (3) | Greensboro, North Carolina, USA |
| 1986/09/09 | Ric Flair (5) | St Louis, Missouri, USA |
| 1987/09/25 | Ron Garvin | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 1987/11/26 | Ric Flair (6) | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 1989/02/20 | Ricky Steamboat | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 1989/05/07 | Ric Flair (7) | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| 1990/07/07 | Sting | Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| 1991/01/11 | Ric Flair (8) | East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA |
| 1991/03/21 | Tatsumi Fujinami | Tokyo, JAPAN |
| 1991/05/19 | Ric Flair (9) | St Petersburg, Florida, USA |
| 1991/09/08 | Vacant Flair left the promotion (WCW) |
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| 1992/08/12 | Masahiro Chono | Tokyo, JAPAN |
| 1993/01/04 | The Great Muta [Keiji Mutoh] | Tokyo, JAPAN |
| 1993/02/21 | Barry Windham | Asheville, North Carolina, USA |
| 1993/07/18 | Ric Flair (10) | Biloxi, Mississippi, USA |
| 1993/09 | Vacant WCW left the NWA |
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| 1994/08/27 | Shane Douglas Defeated 2 Cold Scorpio in a tournament final |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 1994/08/27 | Vacant Douglas refused the NWA title in favour of the ECW title |
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| 1994/11/19 | Chris Candido Defeated Tracy Smothers in a tournament final |
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA |
| 1995/02/24 | Dan Severn | Erlanger, Kentucky, USA |
| 1999/03/14 | Naoya Ogawa |
Yokohama, JAPAN |
| 1999/09/25 | Gary Steele |
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA |
| 1999/10/02 | Naoya Ogawa (2) |
Thomaston, Connecticut, USA |
| 2000/07/02 | Vacant Ogawa vacated the title |
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| 2000/09/19 | Mike Rapada Defeated Jerry Flynn in a tournament final |
Tampa, Florida, USA |
| 2000/11/14 | Sabu |
Tampa, Florida, USA |
| 2000/12/22 | Mike Rapada (2) | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| 2001/04/24 | Steve Corino | Tampa, Florida, USA |
| 2001/10/12 | Vacant Held up after a match with Shinya Hashimoto |
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| 2001/12/15 | Shinya Hashimoto Defeated Steve Corino, Dylan Knight and Gary Steele in a four-way |
McKessport, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2002/03/09 | Dan Severn (2) | Tokyo, JAPAN |
| 2002/05/28 | Vacant Severn stripped for failing to defend in NWA:TNA |
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| 2002/06/19 | Ken Shamrock Defeated Malice |
Huntsville, Alabama, USA |
| 2002/08/07 | Ron Killings | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| 2002/11/20 | Jeff Jarrett | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| 2003/06/11 | AJ Styles | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| 2003/10/22 | Jeff Jarrett (2) | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| 2004/05/19 | Ron Killings (2) | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| 2004/06/02 | Jeff Jarrett (3) | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| 2005/05/15 | AJ Styles (2) | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| 2005/06/19 | Raven | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| 2005/09/15 | Jeff Jarrett (4) | Oldcastle, Ontario, CANADA |
| 2005/10/23 | Rhino | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| 2005/10/25 | Jeff Jarrett (5) | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| 2006/02/12 | Christian Cage [Christian] | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| 2006/06/18 | Jeff Jarrett (6) | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| 2006/10/22 | Sting (2) | Plymouth, Michigan, USA |
| 2006/11/19 | Abyss | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| 2007/01/14 | Christian Cage (2) | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| 2007/05/13 | Kurt Angle Not recognised by NWA |
Orlando, Florida, USA |
| 2007/05/13 | Vacant NWA stripped Cage of the title when TNA left the NWA. |
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| 2007/09/01 | Adam Pearce Defeated Brent Albright in a tournament final |
Bayamon, PUERTO RICO |
| 2008/08/02 | Brent Albright | New York City, New York, USA |
| 2008/09/20 | Adam Pearce (2) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2008/10/25 | Blue Demon, Jr | Mexico City, MEXICO |
| 2010/03/14 | Adam Pearce (3) | Charlotte, North Carolina, USA |
| 2011/03/06 | Colt Cabana | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 2011/04/23 | The Sheik [Joseph Cabbibo] | Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
| 2011/07/11 | Vacant Stripped for refusing to defend the title |
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| 2011/07/31 | Adam Pearce (4) Defeated Chance Prophet, Jimmy Rave and Shawn Tempers in a four-way # 2012/03/03 - defended against Daniel Swagger in Rowville, Victoria |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
| 2012/04/08 | Colt Cabana (2) | Glendale, California, USA |