NWA North American Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA North American Heavyweight Championship is the second most prestigious title in the National Wrestling Alliance that was created in 1994 after World Championship Wrestling withdrew from the NWA. There were other versions of this title before this one was created. From 1998 through 2000, the title was the major championship in Music City Wrestling.
[edit] Title history
| Wrestlers: | Reigns: | Date: | Place: |
| Greg Valentine | 1 | October 1994 | Awarded |
| Kevin Von Erich | 1 | January 7, 1995 | Dallas, TX |
| John Hawk | 1 | January 14, 1995 | Dallas, TX |
| Greg Valentine | 2 | March 18, 1995 | Dallas, TX |
| Vacated | May 1995 | Dallas promotion closed | |
| Tommy Cairo | 1 | June 24, 1995 | Williamstown, NJ (Defeated Devon Storm in tournament final) |
| Reckless Youth | 1 | September 7, 1996 | Yardville, NJ (Defeated Derrick Domino when Cairo no-showed) |
| Lance Diamond | 1 | April 12, 1997 | Cherry Hill, NJ |
| Ace Darling | 1 | April 26, 1997 | Wilmington, DE |
| Reckless Youth | 2 | June 14, 1997 | Vineland, NJ |
| Vacated | December 29, 1997 | Vacated so title could be used in NWA Angle in World Wrestling Federation (WWF) | |
| Jeff Jarrett | 1 | December 30, 1997 | New Haven, CT (Defeated Barry Windham) |
| Barry Windham | 1 | March 1, 1998 | Jarrett left and Jim Cornette gave title to Windham |
| Stripped | March 2, 1998 | NWA does not allow Windham to hold title | |
| Colorado Kid | 1 | August 1, 1998 | Nashville, TN |
| Chris Michaels | 1 | December 26, 1998 | Nashville, TN |
| Colorado Kid | 2 | January 9, 1999 | Nashville, TN |
| Big Bully Douglas | 1 | September 12, 1999 | Nashville, TN |
| Mike Rapada (AKA Colorado Kid) | 3 | October 30, 1999 | Lebanon, TN |
| Terry Taylor | 1 | November 6, 1999 | Nashville, TN |
| Colorado Kid | 4 | December 25, 1999 | Nashville, TN |
| Air Paris | 1 | May 11, 2000 | Fairview, TN |
| Chris Harris | 1 | May 20, 2000 | Nashville, TN |
| Mike Rapada | 5 | September 14, 2000 | Lebanon, TN |
| Vacated | September 20, 2000 | Rapada won NWA Title | |
| Steve Corino | 1 | April 13, 2001 | N. Richland Hills, TX (Defeated Rodney Begnaud) |
| Robbie Royce | 1 | April 21, 2001 | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Vacated | July 15, 2001 | Royce left | |
| Dark Rain | 1 | July 29, 2001 | St. Boniface, Manitoba (Defeated Gene Swan in tournament final) |
| Spyder | 1 | August 26, 2001 | St. Boniface, Manitoba |
| Quinn Magnum | 1 | October 13, 2001 | St. Petersburg, FL |
| Paul Atlas | 1 | September 28, 2002 | McKeesport, PA |
| Jorge Estrada | 1 | October 26, 2002 | Corpus Christi, TX |
| Hotstuff Hernandez | 1 | May 3, 2003 | Cornelia, GA |
| JT Wolfen | 1 | September 27, 2003 | Hawaii |
| Tommy Marr | 1 | October 8, 2005 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Dru Onyx | 1 | April 22, 2006 | Almonte Springs Florida |
