NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Amarillo version)
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The Amarillo version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship was a top singles title in the National Wrestling Alliance's Amarillo, Texas territory, NWA Western States Sports. It lasted from 1957 until 1969.
[edit] Title history
- (n) written after a date indicates the title change occurred no later than that date.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dizzy Davis | 1 | January 3, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | Defeated Jim Wright to become the first champion. |
| Dory Funk | 1 | January 31, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| The Great Bolo | 1 | February 7, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | Also defeated Funk to win the NWA Southwest Heavyweight Championship on February 14, 1957 in Amarillo, Texas. |
| Dory Funk | 2 | February 28, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | Won the Southwest and North American Heavyweight titles. |
| Roy Shire | 1 | April 11, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Don Curtis | 1 | May 1957 (n) | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Bob Geigel | 1 | May 9, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Mike DiBiase | 1 | August 15, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Danny Plechas | 1 | 1957 | ||
| Dory Funk | 3 | December 19, 1957 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Buddy Rogers | 1 | January 23, 1958 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 4 | April 3, 1958 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Mike DiBiase | 2 | 1958 | ||
| Dory Funk | 5 | January 29, 1959 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Nick Roberts | 1 | May 21, 1959 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 6 | 1959 | ||
| Antone Leone | 1 | August 13, 1959 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 7 | December 3, 1959 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Rock Hunter | 1 | January 1960 (n) | ||
| Sonny Myers | 1 | January 21, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Gene LeBell | 1 | March 17, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Pancho Lopez | 1 | 1960 | ||
| Mike DiBiase | 3 | October 27, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Sonny Myers | 2 | November 3, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Nikita Mulkovich | 1 | November 10, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Pancho Lopez | 2 | November 17, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | Defeated Mike DiBiase. |
| Nikita Mulkovich | 2 | November 24, 1960 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 8 | March 16, 1961 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Danny McShain | 1 | June 22, 1961 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 9 | July 13, 1961 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 1 | April 26, 1962 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 10 | June 7, 1962 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 2 | October 1962 (n) | ||
| Dory Funk | 11 | November 1, 1962 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Title vacated between November 1962 and January 1963. | ||||
| Dory Funk | 12 | January 13, 1963 | Lubbock, Texas | Defeated Gene Kiniski in a tournament final. |
| Fritz Von Erich | 3 | February 20, 1963 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 13 | 1963 | ||
| Fritz Von Erich | 4 | July 23, 1964 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 14 | July 30, 1964 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Johnny Valentine | 1 | February 10, 1965 | Lubbock, Texas | |
| Dory Funk, Jr. | 1 | February 11, 1965 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Kinji Shibuya | 1 | July 1967 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 15 | December 1967 (n) | ||
| Clubfoot Inferno | 1 | August 8, 1968 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Dory Funk | 16 | September 5, 1968 | Amarillo, Texas | |
| Title vacated in October 1968 after Funk is injured by Pat Patterson and The Infernos. | ||||
| Pat Patterson | 1 | October 24, 1968 | Amarillo, Texas | Defeated Pat O'Connor in a tournament final. |
| Ricky Romero | 1 | 1968 | ||
| Buddy Colt | 1 | January 9, 1969 | ||
| Dory Funk | 17 | June 12, 1969 | ||
