NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship

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The NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship started out as the NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship in 1970. The name was changed in September 6, 1973. It was a major singles championship in NWA flagship Jim Crockett Promotions from its establishment until 1986.

At that time, Ron Garvin was both Mid Atlantic Champion and also held the United States Tag team Championship with Barry Windham. On an edition of WTBS' World Championship Wrestling, NWA promoter Jim Crockett asked Garvin which title he'd like to give up because, at the time, no wrestler could hold two championships simultaneously. Garvin decided to give up the Mid Atlantic Championship and the title was retired.

The name "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling" was revived by promoters of a National Wrestling Alliance company based in the old Mid-Atlantic territory in 1996. That title continues to be defended today. Unofficially it is, in a sense, a "world championship" (of lesser importance by far than the NWA World Heavyweight Championship), since it was defended in and won by Steve Williams in China in 2003^[1].

1 Title history
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship
Pat O'Connor	1	October 13, 1970	N/A	Fictitious title reign. Announced as the champion as part of the storyline to introduce the title.
Missouri Mauler	1	October 13, 1970	N/A	Awarded. Announced that Mauler won the title from O'Connor in New York.
Danny Miller	1	July 15, 1971	Greensboro, NC
Missouri Mauler	2	September 24, 1971	Charleston, SC
Jack Brisco	1	November 30, 1971	High Point, NC	Date and location unconfirmed, but established by process of elimination.[1]
Rip Hawk	1	February 14, 1972	Charlotte, North Carolina
Jack Brisco	2	April 10, 1972	Charlotte, North Carolina
Rip Hawk	2	April / May, 1972	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Fictitious title change.
Jerry Brisco	1	June 13, 1972	Columbia, SC
Rip Hawk	3	August 28, 1972	Greenville, SC
Jerry Brisco	2	September 4, 1972	Greenville, SC
Rip Hawk	4	December 28, 1972	Greensboro, NC
Jerry Brisco	3	March 3, 1973	Winston-Salem, NC
Ole Anderson	1	May 9, 1973	Raleigh, North Carolina
Jerry Brisco	4	July 3, 1973	Columbia, SC	Unconfirmed but probable date and location.[2]
Renamed NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Valentine	1	January, 1974	N/A	Awarded after Brisco was stripped of the title for an unclear reason.[3]
Held Up		October 28, 1974		Held up after match with Sonny King
Johnny Valentine	2	November 4, 1974	Charlotte, NC	Defeats King
Ric Flair	1	July 1975	?
Wahoo McDaniel	1	July 26, 1975	Greensboro, NC
Ric Flair	2	September 20, 1975	Hampton, VA
Wahoo McDaniel	2	May 3, 1976	Charlotte, NC
Ric Flair	3	May 24, 1976	Charlotte, NC
Wahoo McDaniel	3	September 11, 1976	Greenville, SC
Ric Flair	4	October 16, 1976	Greensboro, NC
Wahoo McDaniel	4	December 27, 1976	Richmond, VA
Greg Valentine	1	June 11, 1977	Raleigh, NC
Wahoo McDaniel	5	August 9, 1977	Raleigh, NC
Greg Valentine	2	September 10, 1977	Raleigh, NC
Ken Patera	1	April 9, 1978	Charlotte, NC
Tony Atlas	1	September 17, 1978	Roanoke, VA
Ken Patera	2	October 15, 1978	Roanoke, VA
Jim Brunzell	1	September 14, 1979	Richmond, VA
Ray Stevens	1	November 25, 1979	Greensboro, NC
Jim Brunzell	2	January 1980	?
Iron Sheik	1	May 11, 1980	Charlotte, NC
Ricky Steamboat	1	November 1, 1980	?
Roddy Piper	1	January 27, 1981	?
Ivan Koloff	1	April 16, 1981	Norfolk, VA
Ricky Steamboat	2	October 10, 1981	Greensboro, NC
Roddy Piper	2	November 1, 1981	Greensboro, NC
Jack Brisco	3	May 10, 1982	Greenville, SC
Roddy Piper	3	July 7, 1982	?
Jack Brisco	4	August 3, 1982	Raleigh, NC
Paul Jones	1	September 1, 1982	Charlotte, NC
Jack Brisco	5	October 18, 1982	Greenville, SC
Paul Jones	2	October 25, 1982	Fayetteville, NC
Jack Brisco	6	November 1982	?
Dory Funk, Jr.	1	January 23, 1983	Charlotte, North Carolina
Rufus R. Jones	1	August 5, 1983	Richmond, VA
Dick Slater	1	December 3, 1983	Hampton, VA
Ivan Koloff	2	December 14, 1983	Charlotte, North Carolina	Given by Slater after he won US Title.
Angelo Mosca, Jr.	1	January 25, 1984	Shelby, NC
Ivan Koloff	3	March 18, 1984	Charlotte, North Carolina
Angelo Mosca, Jr.	2	April 22, 1984	Charlotte, North Carolina
Masked Outlaw (Dory Funk, Jr.)	2	May 12, 1984	Spencer, NC
Angelo Mosca, Jr.	3	June 27, 1984	?
Ron Bass	1	August 29, 1984	Spartanburg, SC
Buzz Tyler	1	March 16, 1985	Greensboro, NC	Title vacated in July 1985 when Tyler leaves the area.
Krusher Khruschev	1	November 28, 1985	Greensboro, NC	Defeated Sam Houston at Starrcade.
Sam Houston	1	January 11, 1986	Atlanta, GA
Black Bart	1	March 18, 1986
Ron Garvin	1	September 2, 1986	Spartanburg, SC	Title vacated after Garvin won the US Tag Team Title with Barry Windham in December 26, 1986, since under NWA rules, a wrestler could hold only one championship at a time.
Title abandoned
Revived NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title History
Preston Quinn	1	July 17, 1996	Suffolk, VA	Defeats Rising Sun.
Carolina Kid	1	February 8, 1998	Norfolk, VA	Title vacated sometime in 1998.
Colt Steele	1	October 2, 1999	Columbus, NC	Defeats Metal Maniac.
Bunkhouse Buck	1	October 7, 2000	Morganton, NC
Rikki Nelson	1	2001	?
Buff Bagwell	1	December 14, 2001	Hartsville, SC	Title vacated sometime in 2003.
"Dr. Death" Steve Williams	1	December 30, 2003	Guangzhou, China	Defeats Terry Taylor. Title vacated sometime in 2005.
Scott Steiner	1	September 24, 2005	Concord, NC	Defeats Buff Bagwell. Title vacated sometime in 2006.
Buff Bagwell	2	March 17, 2006	Laurens, SC	Defeats Rikki Nelson.