In June 2007, Murdoch made his debut at FCW's inaugural show on June 26, using the name G-Rilla and defeating Shawn Osborne. [10], In 1990, Murdoch attended Quartz Hill High School in Los Angeles County, California, and then in 1992, Antelope Valley College. Wins a fictitious tournament to be recognized by. [51] Big Show then made an appearance on the June 22 episode of SmackDown, leading to Clay physically confronting him. The title ceased to exist when the WWA returned to the NWA on October 1, 1968. Contrary to its name, the title was defended almost exclusively in just one state, Georgia. [5] 49 days later, Mantell defeated Wrestling Pro to claim both titles. On June 7, 2008, at the Ring of Honor (ROH) pay per view, Respect is Earned II, Pearce revealed the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the conclusion of his match, making it officially recognized in ROH. The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. United States Wrestling Association [3] Gagne lost the title to Danny McShain one year later in November 1951. On January 6, 2017, Tyrus and Eli Drake unsuccessfully challenged The Broken Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) for the TNA World Tag Team Championships at TNA One Night Only: Live!. [1][2] The inaugural champion was Orville Brown. On December 14, 2019, the NWA announced they were reintroducing the NWA World Television Championship with a tournament to determine a new champion. On the October 31 edition of Impact Wrestling, Carter announced an eight-man tournament to determine a new TNA World Heavyweight Champion, that would begin on November 7. on May 14, with the episodes set to air on tape delay on May 17 and May 24. [28] This design was revived in 1994 with a new belt that continues to represent the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship in present day. However, he regained the title that same day. The second side plate on the left side of the belt features a modified version of the older Canadian Red Ensign rather than the official Canadian flag, the Maple Leaf, which had been adopted in 1965. The title is currently vacant; the most recent champion was Tyrus who was in his first reign.. On December 14, 2019, the NWA announced they were reintroducing the NWA World Television Spyder stripped of the championship when he no-shows a title defense. On September 1, 1993, WCW withdrew their membership from the NWA but kept the title belt which they owned. [84] On August 18, 2017, the promotion announced that Tyrus was granted his release from his contract. Every year, the NWA World Heavyweight Champion would travel to each territory and defend the title against the territories' top contender or champion. Seven of the eight men were former TNA World Heavyweight Champions including Jeff Hardy, Chris Sabin, Bobby Roode, James Storm, Kurt Angle, Austin Aries, and Samoa Joe. On June 14, 1957 in Chicago, Thesz defended the world title against Canadian wrestler douard Carpentier in a two out of three falls match. List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions Despite this, Del Rio was unsuccessful in winning the match. The words "Heavyweight Wrestling" were printed across the bird's chest. Jerry Blackwell (April 26, 1949 January 22, 1995) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell. In 2021, he began to work with NWA, where he won the NWA World Television Championship. [8] However, Murdoch has stated that his football career ended when surgery to remove a ruptured appendix severed nerves ending in his leg, leaving him with a permanent limp. On March 11, 2021, National Wrestling Alliance announced on their social media that Tyrus would make his NWA debut at Back For The Attack. Team Rhodes Scholars & The Bella Twins", "PWTorch.com - WWE NEWS: Clay & Tensai comment on match cut from WM29", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 4/8: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw - WM29 fall-out, new World Champ, no Rock, Taker live, crowd takes over", "Parks's WWE SmackDown report 11/29: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Friday show, including Cody Rhodes & Goldust vs. In September 2017, GFW reverted their branding to Impact Wrestling, the championship then became known as the Impact Global Championship. [1] TNA commentator Mike Tenay announced when Angle made his way to the ring that Management Director Jim Cornette, TNA's on-screen authority figure at the time, "made the decision that due to TNA's growing worldwide exposure, the company needed to have its own TNA title belts"; thereby not acknowledging the NWA ending their agreement with TNA and giving a storyline explanation as to why the championship was created. In 2021, they replaced the Australian flag side plate with the United Kingdom flag side plate, with the help of then-champion Nick Aldis. The NAWA/WWA in Los Angeles recognized Carpentier as NWA champion in July 1959 as part of gradually splitting from the NWA. [2][17] On June 16, Clay and Marlow challenged Los Aviadores (Hunico and Epico) for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful. During a bout between the two men on May 27, 1960 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Hodge's father Bill Hodge Sr. entered the ring and legitimately stabbed Savoldi.[4]. Part of Cornette's NWA stable was NWA North American Champion Jeff Jarrett, winning the vacant title by defeating Barry Windham on Monday Night Raw. The Colossal Connection would unsuccessfully challenge Los Aviadores and Derrick Bateman and Johnny Curtis for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship over the following months. [86], At Impact's January 2018 tapings, he returned to defeat his former boss Ethan Carter III after turning on him. [4] The alleged motivation behind these actions was because Cage refused to defend the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against wrestlers from NWA territories. champion determined in Texas", "Breaking News: Nick Aldis captures NWA World Hvt. In June 2002, Jeff and Jerry Jarrett formed NWA:Total Nonstop Action (NWA:TNA; now known as Impact Wrestling). [17] He went on to defeat both Jacob Novak and Rudy Parker, before changing his ring name to Brodus Clay, a play on Snoop Dogg's real name (Calvin Cordozar Broadus), in May 2010. However, TNA retained the rights to use the NWA World Heavyweight and Tag Team titles until May 13, 2007, when the agreement ended, with TNA creating its own world and tag team championships. George Murdoch (born February 21, 1973) is an American professional wrestler known by his ring/stage name Tyrus.He is signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is a one-time NWA World Television Champion.Previously he had wrestled for WWE as Brodus Clay and Impact Wrestling as Tyrus.. After training in WWE's farm territories Deep South Wrestling and Wayne defeated Chance Prophet and Lance Erikson in a. Despite losing WCW as its flagship program, the NWA picked up new members and remained in existence as a governing body. Guerrero lost the championship against Mike Davis and, at Starrcade 84, Davis lost the title to Denny Brown. Flair returned to WCW and regained the belt from Barry Windham in July 1993; that same year, WCW recognized the Ric Flair-Tatsumi Fujinami NWA title changes in 1991. The Cobra retained the title until 1985, when NJPW separated from NWA. However, on December 10, 2019, McHenry filed a sexual harassment suit[102] against Fox News and Murdoch. He debuted on the main roster as Alberto Del Rio's bodyguard. After winning the WWF Championship, the "Real World's Heavyweight Champion" angle was dropped. Also the winner for the vacated would be decided at TNA Final Resolution of 2013. 19861993: The fifth design is commonly referred to as the "Big Gold Belt." 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The NWA World(s) Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Pearce and Cabana both broke kayfabe after the match, with Pearce saying that Cabana was the rightful champion and Cabana saying that he did not want the title as it was about the past and he was about the future. Wonderful", was an American professional wrestler and college football player, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a predetermined match. This reign was initially ignored by the NWA and TNA, with Jarrett continuing to be recognized as champion. The NWA organization existed only on paper at this point; on television, it was portrayed that the NWA World Heavyweight Championship simply became the WCW World Heavyweight Championship by late 1990. [40] Clay made his television return on the January 9, 2012 episode of Raw as a face (heroic character) with a fun-loving, funk dancing gimmick, with the nickname "The Funkasaurus" and began using Ernest "The Cat" Miller's theme song "Somebody Call My Momma". Between 1948 and 1952, the title was unified with other junior heavyweight titles. [33][34] In August 2021, after Christian Cage won the title, the TNA belt was retired once again. Aired on tape delay on July 6, 2021. [9] Jushin Thunder Liger is credited with coming up with the idea for the J-Crown. HHG Corporation, doing business as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), was a professional wrestling promotion and media company that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon and in 1993, businessman and wrestling promoter Paul Heyman took over the creative end of the promotion from Eddie Gilbert and rechristened WCW International World Heavyweight Championship [10][11] All tournament competitors, as well as two qualifying matches, were then announced. Tyrus returned to Impact Wrestling and began aligning himself with Eli Drake. The current champion is Trevor Murdoch, who is in his second reign.. Judy Grable [13], After signing a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Murdoch was assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), a WWE developmental territory. The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship World Wrestling Association (Indianapolis After a two year hiatus, in January 2010, Murdoch re-signed with WWE and was assigned to FCW. between A.J. [16] On March 21, 2021 at Back For The Attack, the NWA extended the time limit for World Television title matches on pay-per-views to ten minutes. choose? [50] At No Way Out, Clay defeated David Otunga in the pre-show match. Big Time Wrestling (Detroit This was three matches round robin style; Match ended in controversy, as the referee gave a fast count. [21][22] He made his in-ring debut on NXT on the December 14, 2010 episode, teaming with DiBiase to defeat Byron Saxton and his mentor Chris Masters. WWE airs multiple television programs all over the world in a wide-range of mediums, including on pay-per-view, He picked Alberto Del Rio as his new Pro, and then attacked DiBiase. The team dissolved shortly after.[15]. [4] On that day, NWA's Executive Director Robert Trobich announced that the NWA were ending their five-year agreement with TNA, which had allowed them full control over both titles. NWA allows him to defend both titles together. Also recorded as taking place on September 14, 1970 in, Defeated Chavo Guerrero, Sr. to seemingly win the vacant title, but NWA did not recognize the win as being for the title, though it was recognized by. Owner Booker T started the promotion to give professional wrestlers the opportunity to properly train, as well as to keep the legacy of Paul Boesch's Houston Wrestling alive. Four smaller side plates had an imprint of a globe centered with TNA's logo at the top and bottom of each. [9] The time limit was an homage to the 6:05 PM start time of NWA Power as well as a tribute to the original start time for NWA's World Championship Wrestling that ran from the 1970s to 1992. The NWA World Heavyweight Championship was created that same year. [24] The following week, Clay defeated DiBiase in a singles match; Del Rio "temporarily" passed Pro responsibilities of Clay to his manager Ricardo Rodriguez, but never returned for the rest of the season. Impact World Championship The title Keirn held was later renamed the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship.[7][8]. Carpentier would also be able to make appearances in the US as champion while Thesz was on an overseas tour. During that time, Pro was recognized as champion in the GCCW territory, but not recognized by the NWA. Liger, however, continued to defend the J-Crown with seven titles instead of eight. The organization dealt with the situation by announcing 71 days after Carpentier's win in Chicago that it did not recognize Carpentier's win and had never recognized it. [16] Three months later, on September 15, G-Rilla won a battle royal to become the number one contender to the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship by last eliminating Teddy Hart. Fly! Essentially, the WWF Championship became the Undisputed Championship McGuirk vacated the title in February 1950 after being blinded in a car accident, forcing him to retire. 3 ^ Anderson was not "medically cleared" to compete giving Tim Storm a bye as a result. [48], On the May 28 episode of Raw, Big Show justified his recent heel turn by blaming Clay. Following Slammiversary XV, both the TNA and original GFW Global Championship belts were used in tandem to represent the unification of both titles. Parks defeats Kory Williams to win the vacant championship. The nameplate was only used once, by Jack Brisco, before it was removed from the design. It originally promoted shows, usually headlined by Jerry Lawler, in both Tennessee [35], Overall, there have been 56 reigns shared among 32 wrestlers. For the first few years of its existence, the title was contested largely in Iowa, where George's promotion was based.[2]. Ostensibly, the dispute was over "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers losing the NWA World Heavyweight Championship to Lou Thesz in one fall instead of a best-of-three; the format in which NWA World Heavyweight Championship matches were traditionally decided at the time. Murdock defeated Conscience and The Juggulator in a. [57] Tensai was embarrassed after a dance contest, but Clay encouraged him to dance and have fun because "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas". champion determined today in Charlotte", "NWA News: NWA World Title spoiler result - Pearce vs. Cabana - from Sunday's NWA Hollywood TV taping (updated w/video)", "NWA News: New NWA World Hvt. Flair displayed the "Big Gold Belt" on WWF television, calling himself the "Real World's Heavyweight Champion." 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It was during this time JCP made a failed bid to go national and almost filed for bankruptcy in an attempt to compete with the WWF. The youngest champion is Chris Candido who won the title at the age of 22, while the oldest champion is Tim Storm, who won it at the age of 51. Following the departure of Jeff Jarrett from the promotion, the company reverted to the Impact Wrestling name and the title belt was updated with an Impact name plate to reflect the change. [2] A new title belt was commissioned: its design was a faithful restoration of the 1970s, Crockett/Mid-Atlantic Wrestling version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship belt, with a few modern tweaks. The Great Sasuke won an eight-man tournament to decide the first J-Crown holder, a combination of eight titles categorized junior heavyweight or lower (including the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship). [20] Since the championship change, Ten Pounds of Gold focused on "The Aldis Crusade", a series of 20 title defenses over the course of 60 days in the spring of 2018 and concluding with a title defense against Colt Cabana in Wenzhou, China.[21]. [19] At that point, all existing NWA affiliation agreements were ended and all NWA championships, except the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (renamed the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship) and the NWA World Women's Championship, would be vacated in the months following the acquisition. WCW, which had subsequently filed a lawsuit against the WWF to prevent them from using the Big Gold Belt on television, eventually dropped the action. As a cable news personality, Tyrus appears on Fox News Channel, and its sister streaming service Fox Nation, primarily as a panelist on the late night talk show Gutfeld!, as well as a contributor on other programs. This is considered a continuation of Flair's previous reign. [1], At the November 8, 2010 tapings of the November 11 episode of Impact!, TNA introduced a new design for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship belt, which the champion Jeff Hardy dubbed the "Immortal Championship", as part of the Immortal storyline. During 2012, WWE changed his gimmick to The Funkusaurus, a funk dancer managed by Naomi and Cameron, the Funkydactyls. Terry Eugene Bollea (/ b l e /; born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American retired professional wrestler.He is widely regarded as the most recognized wrestling star worldwide and the most popular wrestler of the 1980s. With many territorial promotions appearing across the United States, the NWA was formed in 1948 as a professional wrestling governing body. Although formally established in 1948, its lineage has been traditionally traced back to the first World The "Ten Pounds of Gold" (aka "Domed Globe") version of the championship belt debuted on July 20, 1973, having been first presented to Harley Race by then-NWA President Sam Muchnick. Wade Barrett Shane Douglas and Ray Gonzlez share the shortest reign as champion with both holding the championship for less than 1 day. NWA World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contenders Tournament (2002) An 8-man tournament was held to crown a #1 contender for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship which was held at the time by Ron Killings. According to Murdoch, he and his brother lived with a foster family for many years; during this time, Murdoch was "obsessed" with changing his skin color, thinking that this would allow him to be reunited with his family. The Rock 'n' Roll Express is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of professional wrestlers Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton.The duo began teaming together in Memphis in the early 1980s, followed by Mid-South Wrestling (later to be known as the Universal Wrestling Federation), followed by a stint with Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). It consisted of more plates than a leather strap. He was a main event star in the American Wrestling Association where he feuded with Mad Dog Vachon, Hulk [103] In July 2021, she voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit and left the Fox network, apparently as part of a legal settlement. There were four irregular dodecagonal side plates on the title belt, shaped like stars with rounded edges on two of the sides of these plates.[29]. Killer Tim Brooks has the shortest reign. At the first taping, Angle came to the ring with the new TNA World Heavyweight Championship belt and announced that he was the "new TNA World Heavyweight Champion". [d], On December 14, 2019, during NWA's Into the Fire pay-per-view, it was announced they were reintroducing the NWA World Television Championship with a tournament to determine a new champion at their next PPV, Hard Times, on January 24, 2020. ", This page was last edited on 22 September 2022, at 18:56. The title was vacated when he joined WWF and, Jim Crockett Promotions gave the title to Hector Guerrero in 1984. It had been planned that the NWA would present Thesz and Carpentier as rival champions in different cities following a similar pattern to the successful title dispute matches between Thesz and Leo Nomellini. Sho! The longest reigning champion is Lou Thesz, who held the title from November 27, 1949 to March 15, 1956, for a total of 2,300 days (6 years, 3 months, and 16 days); Thesz also holds the record for longest combined reign at 3,749 days. JCP had also purchased Championship Wrestling from Georgia (taking over its Saturday morning time slot, as well), and began recognizing CWG's championships. He is signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is a one-time NWA World Television Champion. Trying to get back in the national spotlight, the NWA made a deal with Vincent K. McMahon to appear on WWF television. Gonzlez was stripped of the title later in the evening due to the fall having been counted by the wrong referee. The money made at shows is donated to Fights For Kids Foundation, which helps kids stay off the streets The coffin match was revived as one of The Undertaker's signature matches and first appeared on [1], The first NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion was Ken Fenelon, who was awarded the title on May 15, 1945 by promoter Paul "Pinkie" George, the co-founder and inaugural president of the National Wrestling Alliance. - Page 2 of 7", "TNA One Night Only: Live 2017 Events Database CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database", "Tyrus: 'Cuando Jarrett lleg a Impact, supe que tena que irme', "Tyrus abandona Impact Wrestling por desacuerdos creativos", "Tyrus habla sobre su salida de Impact: 'Algo no est funcionando', "WILLIE MACK VS. SHANE STRICKLAND, THE BRISCOES VS. 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On May 1, 2017, Billy Corgan's company, Lightning One, Inc., purchased the NWA, including its name, rights, trademarks, and championships. In October 1991, it was reported by Wrestling Observer that a tournament to determine a new champion was supposed to take place on November 11 at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis at a television taping, which also would've began a cross-promotion deal between WCW and the United States Wrestling Association. [70] At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Clay faced Woods' partner, R-Truth and continually assaulted Truth instead of going for a win, so Tensai and the Funkadactyls left in protest and Clay lost the match. [22] Ten Pounds of Gold continued to cover subsequent defenses at the NWA 70th Anniversary Show, the NWA New Year's Clash pop-up event, and the Crockett Cup 2019.