NWA Texas Hardcore Championship
| NWA Texas Hardcore Championship | |||||||||||||||
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| Date established | March 6, 1953 | ||||||||||||||
| Date retired | April 15, 2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Promotion | NWA Southwest | ||||||||||||||
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The NWA Texas Hardcore Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance. For most of its existence, however, the title served as the Texas territorial version of the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship and was used in matches in which brass knuckles were worn by the combatants.
The title was known by its original name from its inception in 1953 through 1999, and was defended primarily in the Dallas area as part of Southwest Sports, Inc.. It continued to be used after the promotion changed its name to Big Time Wrestling and, finally, World Class Championship Wrestling as were the NWA Texas Heavyweight and Texas Tag Team Championships. In 1987, a year after WCCW left the NWA and became the World Class Wrestling Association, the title was abandoned.
The Texas Brass Knuckles Championship was revived by the NWA in June 1998, and was renamed the NWA Texas Hardcore Championship on April 1, 1999. Finally, the title was abandoned on April 15, 2001.[1]
Title history
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version) | ||||
| Bull Curry | 1 | March 6, 1953 | Houston, Texas | Defeated Danny McShain to become the first champion. |
| Danny Savich | 1 | October 1953 | ||
| Don Evans | 1 | April 8, 1954 | ||
| Rito Romero | 1 | 1954 | ||
| Joe Christie | 1 | September 14, 1954 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Johnny Valentine | 1 | September 21, 1954 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Joe Christie | 2 | October 15, 1954 | Houston, Texas | |
| Bull Curry | 2 | March 15, 1955 | Still champion as of April 21, 1955. | |
| Danny Savich | 2 | December 1955 | ||
| Duke Keomuka | 1 | December 6, 1955 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Rocky Columbo | 1 | February 8, 1956 | ||
| Danny McShain | 1 | February 10, 1956 | Houston, Texas | |
| Bull Curry | 3 | February 21, 1956 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Don Evans | 1 | March 19, 1956 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Bull Curry | 4 | March 26, 1956 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| El Medíco | 1 | November 23, 1956 | Houston, Texas | Still champion as of December 18, 1956. |
| Don Leo Jonathan | 1 | April 19, 1957 | Houston, Texas | Defeated Pepper Gomez. |
| Stu Gibson | 1 | January 9, 1958 | Galveston, Texas | Defeats Casey McShain in tournament final after the first match on January 2, 1958 ends as double DQ. |
| Bull Curry | 5 | January 23, 1958 | Galveston, Texas | |
| Danny McShain | 2 | March 1958 | Sometime after May 21, 1958. | |
| Bull Curry | 6 | March 8, 1958 | Angleton, Texas | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 1 | April 15, 1958 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Bull Curry | 7 | 1958 | ||
| Stu Gibson | 2 | July 14, 1958 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 2 | August 1958 | ||
| Bill Longson | 1 | August 5, 1958 | Dallas, Texas | Defeated Fritz Von Erich. |
| Danny McShain | 3 | September 15, 1958 | ||
| Vacated | 1958 | |||
| Joe Christie | 3 | January 6, 1959 | Dallas, Texas | Defeated Danny McShain, Tosh Togo and Al Costello in a tournament to win the vacant title. |
| Bull Curry | 8 | April 7, 1959 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Golden Giant | 1 | June 9, 1959 | Dallas, Texas | |
| The Zebra Kid | 1 | June 16, 1959 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Danny McShain | 4 | October 27, 1959 | ||
| Mike DiBiase | 1 | 1959 | ||
| Vacated | December 1959 | |||
| Danny McShain | 5 | December 11, 1959 | Houston, Texas | Defeated Mr. Moto; still champion as of Decmber 18 1959. |
| Bull Curry | 9 | May 5, 1960 | ||
| Tony Borne | 1 | June 13, 1960 | Fort Worth, Texas | Defeated Bull Curry. |
| Vacated | 1960 | |||
| Danny McShain | 6 | November 10, 1960 | ||
| Bull Curry | 10 | December 10, 1960 | Beaumont, Texas | Still champion as of March 30, 1961. |
| Tony Martin | 1 | July 13, 1961 | ||
| Stu Gibson | 3 | 1961 | ||
| Waldo Von Erich | 1 | August 1961 | ||
| Bull Curry | 11 | February 27, 1962 | ||
| Jack Dalton | 1 | March 12, 1962 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Bull Curry | 12 | March 20, 1962 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Jack Dalton | 2 | May 1962 | ||
| Bull Curry | 13 | May 15, 1962 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Tony Borne | 2 | December 10, 1962 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Bull Curry | 14 | January 21, 1963 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Rock Hunter | 1 | February 8, 1963 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Bull Curry | 15 | February 25, 1963 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Louie Tillet | 1 | March 18, 1963 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Bull Curry | 16 | May 16, 1963 | Houston, Texas | Defeated Jack Dalton. |
| Bill Miller | 1 | September 1963 | ||
| Bull Curry | 17 | November 15, 1963 | Dallas, Texas | Defeated Louie Tillet. |
| Stan Stasiak | 1 | November 20, 1963 | Sometime after November 15, 1963. | |
| Bull Curry | 18 | December 1963 | ||
| Killer Karl Kox | 1 | July 31, 1964 | Houston, Texas | |
| Bull Curry | 19 | August 1964 | ||
| Killer Karl Kox | 2 | August 21, 1964 | Houston, Texas | |
| Tony Borne | 3 | October 26, 1964 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Bull Curry | 20 | November 30, 1964 | Fort Worth, Texas | Defeated The Wrecker (Frank Shields). |
| Killer Karl Kox | 3 | February 21, 1965 | ||
| Bull Curry | 21 | May 17, 1965 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Louie Tillet | 2 | July 12, 1966 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Tony Borne | 4 | July 25, 1966 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Waldo Von Erich | 2 | August 8, 1966 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Bull Curry | 22 | 1967 | ||
| Brute Bernard | 1 | August 1967 | ||
| Bull Curry | 23 | September 1967 | ||
| Brute Bernard | 2 | September 18, 1967 | Fort Worth, Texas | Or September 13, 1967 in San Antonio, Texas. |
| Louie Tillet | 3 | October 1967 | Atlanta, Georgia | Tillet defended the title. |
| Fritz Von Erich | 3 | October 31, 1967 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Spoiler #2 | 1 | November 14, 1967 | Former Known as Smasher Sloan. | |
| Chris Markoff | 1 | April 1968 | Dallas, Texas | |
| El Mongol | 1 | June 29, 1968 | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 4 | July 8, 1968 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Title vacated | July 1968 | Title vacated when Von Erich becomes a WCCW World Heavyweight Champion. | ||
| Kurt Von Hess | 1 | August 6, 1968 | Defeated Duke Keomuka in a 6 man tournament final to win the vacant title. | |
| Title vacated | ||||
| Baron von Raschke | 1 | June 3, 1969 | Dallas, Texas | Defeated Wahoo McDaniel in a tournament final to win the vacant title still champion as of June 17, 1969. |
| Bull Curry | 23 | August 22, 1969 | Houston, Texas | |
| Title vacated | February 1970 | |||
| Johnny Valentine | 2 | February 24, 1970 | Dallas, Texas | Defeats Killer Karl Kox. |
| The Spoiler | 1 | May 1970 | ||
| Killer Kowalski | 1 | May 30, 1970 | Houston, Texas | |
| Johnny Valentine | 3 | June 16, 1970 | ||
| Killer Kowalski | 2 | June 30, 1970 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Johnny Valentine | 4 | February 12, 1971 | Houston, Texas | |
| Toru Tanaka | 1 | April 30, 1971 | Houston, Texas | |
| Johnny Valentine | 5 | July 2, 1971 | ||
| Jose Lothario | 1 | January 7, 1972 | ||
| Stan Stasiak | 2 | July 14, 1972 | ||
| Blackjack Lanza | 1 | December 1972 | ||
| Blackjack Mulligan | 1 | May 29, 1973 | Dallas, Texas | Wins a battle royal. |
| Jose Lothario | 2 | July 13, 1973 | Houston, Texas | |
| Blackjack Lanza | 2 | October 1974 | ||
| Jose Lothario | 3 | November 1974 | Sometime after November 22, 1974. | |
| Blackjack Lanza | 3 | December 5, 1974 | Corpus Christi, Texas | |
| Superstar Billy Graham | 1 | April 4, 1975 | Houston, Texas | |
| Mad Dog Vachon | 1 | May 2, 1975 | ||
| Superstar Billy Graham | 2 | August 5, 1975 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Jose Lothario | 4 | September 23, 1975 | Dallas, Texas | Still/again champion as of July 2, 1976. |
| Davey O'Hannon | 1 | 1976 | ||
| Captain USA | 1 | July 7, 1977 | ||
| Fritz Von Erich | 5 | |||
| Killer Karl Krupp | 1 | February 3, 1978 | Houston, Texas | |
| Mark Lewin | 1 | 1978 | ||
| Superstar Billy Graham | 3 | 1978 | ||
| Killer Karl Krupp | 2 | May 1978 | ||
| Terry Funk | 1 | May 6, 1978 | Houston, Texas | |
| Killer Karl Krupp | 3 | July 28, 1978 | ||
| The Lawman | 1 | 1978 | ||
| Killer Karl Krupp | 4 | August 23, 1978 | Abilene, Texas | Defeated The Lawman. |
| Bruiser Brody | 1 | August 25, 1978 | Houston, Texas | |
| Rocky Johnson | 1 | September 8, 1978 | ||
| Bruiser Brody | 2 | October 13, 1978 | Houston, Texas | |
| Bull Ramos | 1 | December 1978 | ||
| Mark Lewin | 2 | December 15, 1978 | Houston, Texas | |
| Dusty Rhodes | 1 | January 7, 1979 | Houston, Texas | Defeats Mark Lewin. |
| Mark Lewin | 3 | January 28, 1979 | Houston, Texas | |
| Bruiser Brody | 3 | April 2, 1979 | Ft. Worth, Texas | |
| Title vacated | 1979 | |||
| Mark Lewin | 4 | May 18, 1979 | Houston, Texas | Wins battle royal. |
| Bruiser Brody | 4 | June 10, 1979 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Mark Lewin | 5 | July 22, 1979 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Bruiser Brody | 5 | July 29, 1979 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Toru Tanaka | 3 | 1979 | ||
| Bruiser Brody | 6 | 1979 | ||
| Title vacated | 1979 | |||
| Mark Lewin | 6 | December 1979 | ||
| Dusty Rhodes | 2 | December 21, 1979 | Houston, Texas | Defeated Mark Lewin. |
| Mark Lewin | 7 | January 15, 1980 | ||
| Dusty Rhodes | 3 | January 17, 1980 | Houston, Texas | |
| Billy Graham | 4 | January 18, 1980 | Houston, Texas | |
| Mark Lewin | 8 | 1980 | ||
| Bruiser Brody | 7 | March 14, 1980 | Houston, Texas | |
| Toru Tanaka | 4 | April 14, 1980 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Title vacated | 1980 | Sometime after May 6, 1980. | ||
| Stan Stasiak | 3 | August 7, 1980 | Amarillo, Texas | Wins a 10-man battle royal. |
| Bruiser Brody | 8 | November 14, 1980 | Houston, Texas | |
| Bugsy McGraw | 1 | December 12, 1980 | Houston, Texas | |
| Title vacated | August 1981 | |||
| Ernie Ladd | 1 | November 1981 | Defeated Jose Lothario. | |
| Jose Lothario | 5 | December 25, 1981 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Bugsy McGraw | 2 | March 29, 1982 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Bugsy McGraw | 3 | September 1982 | Defeated Superfly. | |
| The Great Kabuki | 1 | January 14, 1983 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Terry Gordy | 1 | March 25, 1983 | Dallas, Texas | |
| Chris Adams | 1 | August 1983 | ||
| Gino Hernandez | 1 | October 1984 | ||
| Title vacated | 1985 | |||
| The Great Kabuki | 2 | July 1985 | Won a tournament to win the vacant title. | |
| WCWA Brass Knuckles Championship | ||||
| Abdullah the Butcher | 1 | July 4, 1986 | Dallas, Texas | World Class Championship Wrestling leaves the NWA in February 1986. |
| Tony Atlas | 1 | August 1987 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| Title abandoned | 1987 | |||
| NWA Brass Knuckles Championship | ||||
| Krusher Kong | 1 | June 2, 1998 | Denton, Texas | Defeated Perry Jackson in a tournament final to win the title after it is revived by the NWA. |
| Eclipse | 1 | August 14, 1998 | North Richland Hills, Texas | Defeated Awesome Kong to win the title. |
| Nitetrain C. Crane | October 1998 | North Richland Hills | Title awarded to Nitetrain C. Crane when Eclipse fails to appear for a title defense. | |
| Super T | 1 | October 9, 1998 | North Richland Hills | Defeated Nitetrain C. Crane to win the title. |
| Cedric of Hollywood | 1 | January 22, 1999 | North Richland Hills, Texas | |
| Jimmy James | 1 | February 26, 1999 | North Richland Hills, Texas | Title renamed NWA Texas Hardcore Championship on April 1, 1999. |
| NWA Texas Hardcore Championship | ||||
| Canyon | 1 | April 9, 1999 | North Richland Hills, Texas | |
| Jimmy James | 2 | June 10, 1999 | North Richland Hills, Texas | |
| The New Dr. X | 1 | October 1, 1999 | North Richland Hills, Texas | |
| Canyon | 2 | November 26, 1999 | North Richland Hills, Texas | |
| Necro Butcher | 1 | February 18, 2000 | North Richland Hills, Texas | |
| Convict 00187 | 1 | March 3, 2000 | North Richland Hills, Texas | |
| Necro Butcher | 2 | April 1, 2000 | Blue Mound, Texas | |
| Abdullah the Butcher | 2 | April 14, 2000 | North Richland Hills, Texas | |
| Title vacated | May 2000 | Abdullah was stripped of the title. | ||
| Necro Butcher | 3 | May 26, 2000 | North Richland Hills, Texas | Defeated Canyon to win the vacant title. |
| Mr. Mayhem | 1 | October 15, 2000 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Necro Butcher | 4 | November 24, 2000 | North Richland Hills, Texas | |
| Beast | 1 | February 23, 2001 | North Richland Hills, Texas | |
| Convict 00187 | 2 | March 16, 2001 | North Richland Hills, Texas | Defeated Beast and Necro Butcher in a three-way match. |
| Title abandoned | April 15, 2001 | Title abandoned when the NWA Texas hardcore division is discontinued. | ||
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