| NWA Western States Heritage Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Universal Wrestling Federation Jim Crockett Promotions World Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | June 20, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | January 20, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The NWA Western States Heritage Championship was a short-lived National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) title in Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) that was filled via a tournament in the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1987 and defended in JCP and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) until it was abandoned in 1989. The belt was created as a tribute to the NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship, a retired territorial championship based in Amarillo, Texas; despite this, the NWA Western States Heritage Championship was never actually defended in Amarillo and most title defenses occurred on the East Coast or in the Midwest.
The NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship was revived in 2015 by NWA Vendetta Pro Wrestling, using a belt design identical to that of the NWA Western States Heritage Championship.[1] NWA Vendetta Pro Wrestling recognized all former Western States Champions — including the Western States Heritage titleholders. The NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship was retired and replaced with the Vendetta Pro Western States Championship on September 8, 2017.