NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Central States version)

The NWA Central States United States Championship was the version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in the Central States Wrestling territory around Missouri. It existed from 1961 until 1968. Records indicate that Bob Orton, The Viking and The Destroyer also held championship but no specific dates were found for those reigns. Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[1]

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Central States)
Details
PromotionCentral States Wrestling
Date establishedAugust 24, 1961
Date retiredJuly 1970

Title History
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Pat O'Connor August 24, 1961 N/A N/A 1 315 Awarded
2 Hans Schmidt July 5, 1962 CSW show Greensboro, North Carolina 1 77
3 Pat O'Connor August 16, 1962 CSW show Greensboro, North Carolina 2 78
4 Lee Henning November 2, 1962 CSW show St. Joseph, Missouri 1 14
5 Pat O'Connor November 16, 1962 CSW show St. Joseph, Missouri 3 114
6 Bob Orton Sr. March 10, 1963 CSW show Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1 154
7 Pat O'Connor August 11, 1963 CSW show Cedar Rapids, Iowa 4 69
8 Rocky Hamilton October 19, 1963 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 [Note 2]
9 Rock Hunter December 1963 CSW show Missouri 1 [Note 3]
10 Rocky Hamilton February 4, 1964 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 2 95
11 Sonny Myers May 9, 1964 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 42
12 Bob Geigel June 20, 1964 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 2 119
13 Bob Orton Sr. October 17, 1964 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 2 14
14 The Lawman October 31, 1964 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 21
15 Rocky Hamilton November 21, 1964 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 3 7
16 Tom Clark November 28, 1964 CSW show N/A 1 35
17 Sonny Myers January 2, 1965 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 2 [Note 4]
18 Tom Clark January 1965 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 2 [Note 5]
19 Sonny Myers January 31, 1965 CSW show Cedar Rapids, Iowa 3 14
20 Rocky Hamilton February 14, 1965 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 4 [Note 6]
— Vacated March 1965 — — — — Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
21 Bobby Shane March 21, 1965 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 28 Defeated Rocky Hamilton
22 Rocky Hamilton April 18, 1965 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 5 [Note 7]
— Vacated 1965 — — — — Vacated sometime between June 12 to July 6
23 Rocky Hamilton July 10, 1965 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 6 7 Defeated Ron Etchison in the finals of a 10 man tournament
24 Ron Etchison July 17, 1965 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 28
25 The Stomper August 14, 1965 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 112
26 Bobby Shane December 4, 1965 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 2 175
27 Bob Brown February 5, 1966 CSW show Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2 42
28 Bobby Shane March 19, 1966 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 3 8
29 The Viking March 27, 1966 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 189
30 Pat O'Connor October 2, 1966 CSW show Cedar Rapids, Iowa 5 238
31 Jack Donovan May 27, 1967 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 105
32 Ron Etchison September 9, 1967 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 2 35
33 Jack Donovan October 14, 1967 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 2 29
34 Ron Etchison November 12, 1967 CSW show Cedar Rapids, Iowa 3 126
35 Destroyer (Stan Pulaski) March 17, 1968 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 13
36 Ron Etchison March 30, 1968 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 4 14
37 Destroyer April 13, 1968 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 2 43
38 Ron Etchison May 26, 1968 CSW show Cedar Rapids, Iowa 5 62
39 Roger Kirby July 27, 1968 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 35
40 Eddie Sharkey August 31, 1968 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 35
41 Ron Etchison October 5, 1968 CSW show Cedar Rapids, Iowa 5 35
42 Dick Murdoch November 9, 1968 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 126
— Vacated February 8, 1969 — — — — Held up following a match against Earl Hayward
43 Dick Murdoch February 15, 1969 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 2 119 Won rematch
44 Ron Etchison June 14, 1969 CSW show Cedar Rapids, Iowa 6 14
45 Dick Murdoch June 28, 1969 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 3 49
46 Luke Brown August 16, 1969 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 [Note 8]
47 K.O. Cox October 1969 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 1 [Note 9]
48 Ron Etchison December 28, 1969 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 7 48
49 Roger Kirby February 14, 1970 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 2 112
50 The Viking June 6, 1970 CSW show Waterloo, Iowa 2 [Note 10]
— Deactivated July 1970 — — — — Championship abandoned

Reigns by combined length
Key
Symbol Meaning
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
Rank Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1Pat O'Connor3252¤
2The Sheik1215¤
3Bob Geigel2147¤
4Rocky Hamilton2113¤
5The Stomper364¤
6Sonny Myers220¤
7Enrique Torres17
8Jack Donovan22¤
9Tom Clark12¤
10"Bulldog" Bob Brown11¤
11Bobby Shane11¤
12Eddie Sharkey11¤
13Rock Hunter11¤
14Ron Etchison11¤

Footnotes
  1. Due to gaps in record keeping it is possible that someone else has held the championship for longer but that cannot be verified.
  2. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 42 days and 73 days
  3. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 34 days and 89 days
  4. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 10 days and 26 days
  5. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 2 days and 19 days
  6. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 16 day and 45 days
  7. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 55 days and 79 days
  8. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 45 days and 76 days
  9. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 59 days and 88 days
  10. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 24 days and 55 days

See also

References
General references
  • Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Central States: NWA United States Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 255–256. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  • "NWA United States Heavyweight Title (Central States version)". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
Specific references
  1. Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

See also
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