WWA World Heavyweight Championship

WWA World Heavyweight Championship

The WWA Championship belt
(October 19, 2001 – May 25, 2003)
Details
Date established October 19, 2001
Date retired May 25, 2003
Promotion World Wrestling All-Stars

The World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in World Wrestling All-Stars. It was the primary championship in the WWA. The title was sanctioned by WWA as their world title and defended in multiple countries. It was unified with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on May 25, 2003.

History

The WWA World Heavyweight Championship was unveiled in 2001 and first won by Road Dogg on October 19, 2001 by defeating Jeff Jarrett in Australia.[3][4][5] Shortly after, however, the title was vacated for WWA's first pay-per-view, The Inception, on October 26, 2001. There, the title was contested in a tournament won by Jeff Jarrett.[6] The title was contested in the WWA as its primary title until May 25, 2003, where the title was unified with the National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion in Auckland, New Zealand by Jeff Jarrett, the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, who defeated Sting, the WWA World Heavyweight Champion.[7]

Title history

Wrestlers Reign Date Location Event Notes
Road Dogg 1 October 19, 2001 Perth, Australia Live event Defeated Jeff Jarrett to become the first WWA World Heavyweight Champion.
Vacant N/A N/A N/A N/A Title vacated to be made available for a tournament.[3]
Jeff Jarrett 1 October 26, 2001 Sydney, Australia WWA Inception Defeated B.G. James in the final of the Seven Deadly Sins Tournament at The Inception.[3]
Nathan Jones 1 April 7, 2002 Sydney, Australia Live event Four Way Match also involving Brian Christopher and Scott Steiner.[8]
Scott Steiner 1 April 13, 2002 Melbourne, Australia WWA Eruption Featured Sid Vicious as Special Outside Enforcer.[9]
Vacant N/A N/A N/A N/A Steiner was stripped of the title after signing with WWE.[3]
Lex Luger 1 December 6, 2002 Glasgow, Scotland WWA Retribution Defeated Sting to win the vacant title (Jeff Jarrett interfered on behalf of Luger).[10]
Sting 1 December 13, 2002 Zurich, Switzerland Live event Three Way Match also involving Malice.[11]
Jeff Jarrett 2 May 25, 2003 Auckland, New Zealand WWA Reckoning Unified with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=71
  2. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=71
  3. 1 2 3 4 "World Wrestling All-Stars World Heavyweight Title". Jump City Productions. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  4. ↑ World Wrestling All-Stars, October 23, 2001 - Canberra, Australia. Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  5. ↑ BJ James - 2001. The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  6. ↑ "WWA The Inception PPV Results". pwwew.com. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  7. 1 2 "NWA World Heavyweight Championship". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  8. ↑ "WWA Wrestling Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  9. ↑ "WWA Wrestling Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  10. ↑ "WWA Wrestling Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  11. ↑ "WWA Wrestling Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-09-18.


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