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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Central States) Promotion Central States Wrestling Date established August 24, 1961 Date retired July 1970
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
—
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
#
Wrestler
Reign
Date
Days held
Location
Event
Notes
1
Pat O'Connor
1
August 24, 1961
315
N/A
N/A
Awarded
2
Hans Schmidt
1
July 5, 1962
77
Greensboro, North Carolina
Live event
3
Pat O'Connor
2
August 16, 1962
78
Greensboro, North Carolina
Live event
4
Lee Henning
1
November 2, 1962
14
St. Joseph, Missouri
Live event
5
Pat O'Connor
3
November 16, 1962
114
St. Joseph, Missouri
Live event
6
Bob Orton Sr.
1
March 10, 1963
154
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Live event
7
Pat O'Connor
4
August 11, 1963
69
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Live event
8
Rocky Hamilton
1
October 19, 1963
[Note 2]
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
9
Rock Hunter
1
December 1963
[Note 3]
Missouri
Live event
10
Rocky Hamilton
2
February 4, 1964
95
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
11
Sonny Myers
1
May 9, 1964
42
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
12
Bob Geigel
2
June 20, 1964
119
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
13
Bob Orton Sr.
2
October 17, 1964
14
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
14
The Lawman
1
October 31, 1964
21
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
15
Rocky Hamilton
3
November 21, 1964
7
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
16
Tom Clark
1
November 28, 1964
35
Live event
17
Sonny Myers
2
January 2, 1965
[Note 4]
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
18
Tom Clark
2
January 1965
[Note 5]
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
19
Sonny Myers
3
January 31, 1965
14
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Live event
20
Rocky Hamilton
4
February 14, 1965
[Note 6]
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
—
Vacated
N/A
March 1965
N/A
N/A
N/A
Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
21
Bobby Shane
1
March 21, 1965
28
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
Defeated Rocky Hamilton
22
Rocky Hamilton
5
April 18, 1965
[Note 7]
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
—
Vacated
N/A
1965
N/A
N/A
N/A
Vacated sometime between June 12th to July 6th
23
Rocky Hamilton
6
July 10, 1965
7
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
Defeated Ron Etchison in the finals of a 10 man tournament
24
Ron Etchison
1
July 17, 1965
28
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
25
The Stomper
1
August 14, 1965
112
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
26
Bobby Shane
2
December 4, 1965
175
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
27
Bob Brown
2
February 5, 1966
42
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Live event
28
Bobby Shane
3
March 19, 1966
8
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
29
The Viking
1
March 27, 1966
189
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
30
Pat O'Connor
5
October 2, 1966
238
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Live event
31
Jack Donovan
1
May 27, 1967
105
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
32
Ron Etchison
2
September 9, 1967
35
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
33
Jack Donovan
2
October 14, 1967
29
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
34
Ron Etchison
3
November 12, 1967
126
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Live event
35
Destroyer (Stan Pulaski)
1
March 17, 1968
13
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
36
Ron Etchison
4
March 30, 1968
14
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
37
Destroyer
2
April 13, 1968
43
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
38
Ron Etchison
5
May 26, 1968
62
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Live event
39
Roger Kirby
1
July 27, 1968
35
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
40
Eddie Sharkey
1
August 31, 1968
35
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
41
Ron Etchison
5
October 5, 1968
35
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Live event
42
Dick Murdoch
1
November 9, 1968
126
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
—
Vacated
N/A
February 8, 1969
N/A
N/A
N/A
Held up following a match against Earl Hayward
43
Dick Murdoch
2
February 15, 1969
119
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
Won rematch
44
Ron Etchison
6
June 14, 1969
14
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Live event
45
Dick Murdoch
3
June 28, 1969
49
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
46
Luke Brown
1
August 16, 1969
[Note 8]
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
47
K.O. Cox
1
October 1969
[Note 9]
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
48
Ron Etchison
7
December 28, 1969
48
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
49
Roger Kirby
2
February 14, 1970
112
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
50
The Viking
2
June 6, 1970
[Note 10]
Waterloo, Iowa
Live event
—
Title Retired
N/A
July 1970
N/A
N/A
N/A
Championship abandoned
Reigns by combined length
Key
Symbol
Meaning
¤
The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
^ 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 won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 42 days and 73 days
^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 34 days and 89 days
^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 10 days and 26 days
^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 2 days and 19 days
^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 16 day and 45 days
^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 55 days and 79 days
^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 45 days and 76 days
^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 59 days and 88 days
^ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 24 days and 55 days
See also
References
General references
Specific references
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