NWA National Heavyweight Championship

Not to be confused with NWA United National Championship or NWA United National Heavyweight Championship.

NWA National Championship
The current NWA National Championship belt (2018-present)
Details
PromotionNational Wrestling Alliance
Date establishedJanuary 12, 1980
Current champion(s)Mims
Date wonAugust 31, 2024
Other name(s)
  • NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1980–2018)
  • NWA National Championship (2018–present)
Statistics
First champion(s)Austin Idol
Most reignsDamien Wayne, Phil "Nitro" Monahan, Greg Anthony, Lou Marconi, Paul Orndorff, Tommy Rich, Larry Zbyszko, and The Masked Superstar (3 reigns)
Longest reignPhil Shatter (763 days)
Shortest reignNikita Koloff (<1 day)

The NWA National Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the U.S.-based, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).

The championship was established in January 1980 as the top singles title of Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW), a prominent NWA-affiliated promotion. Until its September 1986 deactivation, the title remained Georgia-based—across 3 different owners (GCW; Championship Wrestling from Georgia, and Jim Crockett Promotions).[1]

The title was reactivated in May 1997 and promoted by a handful of NWA-affiliated independent promotions, until it was vacated in October 2017.

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]

  1. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. ^ Currier, Joseph (October 18, 2018). "NWA unveils new National Championship belt". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 18, 2019.