The NWA Central States United States Championship was the version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in the Central States Wrestling territory around Missouri. It existed from 1961 until 1968. Records indicate that Bob Orton, The Viking and The Destroyer also held championship but no specific dates were found for those reigns. 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
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Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
^Due to gaps in record keeping it is possible that someone else has held the championship for longer but that cannot be verified.
^The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 250 days and 280 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 215 days and 245 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and −6,367 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 123 days and 183 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 12 days
^The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 19 days and 48 days
^The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 124 days and 183 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 28 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 2 days and 32 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 335 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 335 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 26 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 390 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 615 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 250 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 386 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 385 days
^The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 121 days
References
General references
Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Central States: NWA United States Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 255–256. ISBN0-9698161-5-4.