The NWA Central States Television Championship was the secondary singles chamoionship for the Heart of America Sports Attractions / Central States Wrestling promotion from 1977 until the promotion ceased to exist in 1988. Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[1]
Title History
Key
Symbol
Meaning
#
The overall championship reign
Reign
The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event
The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
—
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation from that time period.
^With gaps in the championship history it is possible someone else held the championship for a longer period of time but that has not been verified.
^With gaps in the championship history it is possible someone else held the championship for a shorter period of time but that has not been verified.
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 271 days
^ abcdefgThe location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
^The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 1,133 days
^The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 125 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 125 days
^The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 69 days
^The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 68 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 49 days and 117days
^The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 57 days and 86 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 124 days and 153 days
^The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 31 days and 61 days
^The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 43 days and 73 days
^The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 91 days
^The date the championship was WON/ost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 47 days and 77 days
^The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 23 days
^The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 3 days and 33 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 31 days
^The date the championship was abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 91 days and 120 days
References
General references
Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Central States Television Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 255–256. ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
^Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson (2005). "The National Era (Mid-1980s to present): The Midnight Rockers". The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams. ECW Press. ISBN978-1-55022-683-6.
