Talk:List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions

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NWA / IWGP Unification???
On the March 21, 1991 title change you have "Briefly unified with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship". I dunno on that... To me, two separate belts on the same man do NOT a unified title make... I'm open to hear both sides of this argument...Blozier2006 (talk) 05:42, 21 August 2010 (UTC)Bryce L.
 * Fixed... I suppose-- Unquestionable Truth -- 06:20, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Ray Gonzalez?
There is no source for this and no mention of the actual circumstances on his own Wikipedia page. Futher, the editor lists it as "unrecognised" - I believe this addition should be removed as it's unverified and reliable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.242.198.97 (talk) 13:25, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Here. He was subsequently stripped because the referee wasn't "recognized by the NWA", but the reign itself was ackowledged in IWA TV. El Alternativo (talk) 01:49, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

NWA first dont recognize Ray Gonzalez reing because the referee who make the 3 count was not from NWA or TNA and Ray gonzalez get stripped but at that time IWA was affiliate whit NWA, in 2015 NWA recognize Ray Gonzalez reing and says he was stripped off the title by NWA referee the same night but here are the official reings lists
 * Here.

NoelCruz (talk)

Unrecognized Reigns
Is there a WP:RS which contains a list of all the unrecognized NWA Title reigns? Eg. Buddy Landell, Wahoo McDaniel, Bruiser? It would be nice if there was, as it would make the article more complete. 41.132.228.79 (talk) 15:47, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Any takers? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.133.47.225 (talk) 18:23, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Why is the Flair/Race Starrcade 83 title change not recognized?
That's my question. Why is it not recognized? I get the New Zealand ones, but not that one. 173.18.208.35 (talk) 01:40, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I see that you guys went and fixed the issue. Thank you. 173.18.208.35 (talk) 05:43, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Greyed reigns
Pertaining to the Buddy Rogers period in the 60s, since we list Bobo Brazil in September 1962 (greyed and un-numbered) in spite of the NWA not recognizing the exchange, I think we should not merely shove in the right 'notes' column things pertaining to similar events with Bruno Sammartino in August 1962 and Killer Kowalski in November 1961. I'm going to split these as their own columns and grey them (and not number them) as was done with Bobo Brazil. To do otherwise doesn't establish a proper timeline. It's a confusing period and notes on the rightmost column should pertain to the event in question, not jump all over the place with unrelated events.

I'm glad I did this, because there was actually an error in calculating the reign length. The previous version listed the length of the 7th reign (Rogers' first) as 414 days. This used the end date of 18 august 1962 though, the start of Brazil's greyed-out unrecognized win. The actual period of time between the 7th and 8th officially recognized reigns (30 june 1961 with Rogers and 24 january 1963 with Thesz) is 573 days.

Rogers' first reign has 2 lesser options (which we could optionally grey out to recognize that the shorter numbers are not official, and pertain to recognition of the subsequent greyed disputed Reigns) which take into account losses (allegedly for the title, to some) to Kowalski in 61 and Brazil in 62 prior to the Thesz incident in 63.

To avoid confusion, since this row takes up multiple lines due to the explanations anyway, I listed all 3 lengths with notations as to what those different lengths pertain to.

Roger had a row listed for his greyed-out unofficial second reign, as it pertained to Brazil. However, since the Kowalski incident is just as controversial and unofficial as the Brazil incident, it is equally worth a row, and equally leads to a different calculation of a separate reign length.

These two alternate timelines divide up the 573 day official period. With the Kowalski flip, it goes 145+425+3 while with the Brazil flip it goes 414+73+86. It should be noted that the loss and later victory to Brazil occurred during the period after having lost to Kowalski and prior to the later victory over Kowalski. Listing these separately is essential, and they can't be combined in one timeline, because if Kowalski was considered champion then Brazil's reign is nullified due to not defeating the actual champion.

Bruno Sammartino?

I think we might also potentially address the 2 August 1962 incident with Sammartino, but that adds too much confusion and might wait for a later day until issues pertaining to Rogers>Thesz v. Rogers>Kowalski>Thesz v. Rogers>Brazil>Thesz are well settled in. Based on the data present in the table, the Kowalski/Brazil victories seem more deserving as a row due to actual matches occuring where Rogers felt the need to battle them later to establish himself as champion, something that did not occur with Sammartino for the NWA title.

That's not to say the Sammartino victory didn't leave a sour taste and similar need for ramification, but rather that these issues were solved later, after Rogers' abdication to WWWF, when Bruno challenged him for that title. So in Bruno's case, it probably is just worth the note on the right. I would not be opposed to giving him a grey row too, which would after Kowalski and before Brazil, but the problem in that case is I would not know what to put for reign length. If Bruno refused to accept the title, do we consider it a 0 day reign length, and a 2nd reign of Rogers beginning on that day, dividing it into 2 days which sum to 573? Ranze (talk) 09:47, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

WWE?
Why does this article even mention that certain NWA World Heavyweight Title reigns are not recognized by WWE? WWE does not control the NWA, is not a member of the NWA, and has no authority whatsoever in regards to NWA titles regardless of what Vince McMahon would like to believe.Kdb1965 (talk) 12:39, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Actually, when the NWA and WCW filed lawsuits against each other c. 1993/1994, the official verdict of the Court was that the NWA retained the name 'NWA' and the likeness of the Domed Globe Belt, and WCW retained usage of the Big Gold Belt as well as the right to list all Champions from Orville Brown in 1948 onwards as former WCW World heavyweight Champions. Numerous shows show video packages etc. of former WCW Champions, which include Thesz, Rhodes, Funk etc. Guys like Gene Kiniski, Rick Steamboat, Dusty Rhodes, Terry Funk, Harley Race all appeared on WCW television from 1994-2001, and were officially and legally recognized as former WCW World Heavyweight Champions. Ironically WWE(actually the WWF) were the ones who created the problems. During the Monday Night wars, as a way of undermining WCW, Jim Cornette wrote articles for World Wrestling Federation Magazine and RAW Magazine stating how the WCW Championship goes back only to 1991. And WWF television had people like then-NWA Champion Dan Severn appear on WWF television, where the WWF guys talked about the legacy and history of the NWA. But in fact, as expert books published in the 1990's made clear, the NWA of Severn stretches back only to 1994. The NWA World Heavyweight Championship(actually Championships) of 1948-1993 are part of the legacy and lineage of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. And it was the WWF themselves who pushed the 1994- NWA World heavyweight Championship as being the exact same thing as the 1948-1993 NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Of course in 2001 WWF bought out WCW. Then in 2002 WWF became WWE, and they brought out The World Heavyweight Championship, which they were never clear on whether it was the same thing as the WCW world Heavyweight Championship or not. One week it was, the next week it date only back to 2002. This indecision, as well as TNA using the NWA World heavyweight Championship, having their first show have all the Legends, and their repeatedly telling their fans that the Championship Jarrett, Styles, killings etc. were fighting over was the exact same Championship that Race, Rhodes and Flair had fought over, led to the convoluted mess we have today. Bizarrely as WCW had the rights to the 1948-1993 lineages(though definitely not the name "NWA" or the rights to the Domed Globe image), and WWF/E bought WCW, WWE does have the rights to the 1948-1993 lineages, while the present NWA lineage goes back only to one night in the ECW Arena in 1994... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.88.26.17 (talk) 06:19, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

House Shows?
This might not be the most appropriate place to ask, but is 'House show' really the best term to describe a non-televised event? Would perhaps 'live event' be a better term, instead of using insider lingo? BoosterBronze (talk) 15:24, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * How would "live event" be distinguished from televised shows? Last I checked, all televised wrestling matches (even the ones shown on tape delay) were "live events" because they involved actual people, not cartoons.--Khajidha (talk) 14:12, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Shane Douglas vacated date
The article currently lists 8/27 as the vacated date. Although they may have retroactively considered this the date, the next day the NWA released a statement stating that they still recognize Douglas as the champion. Therefore this needs a ref to show what exactly happened. -  Galatz Talk  17:47, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Ray Gonzalez
It says NWA recognizes his reign in 2005. But I clicked on the source and it doesn't recognize him as champ. So who actually recognizes him as champ? Only Wikipedia? Should we delete his reign?WrestlingLegendAS (talk) 19:15, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Before Corgan buyed NWA, the official website recognized him as champion. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 23:57, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Do we have a reference for that? And since right now he isn't recognized anymore, shouldn't we put him in grey?WrestlingLegendAS (talk) 17:32, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Here is the list of champions. However, the web has disapreared, but i don't know if the gonzalez reigns is declared unofficial again --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 18:29, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Flair/Race 1984 and Flair/Fujinami 1991 never happened.
These "title switches" were never acknowledged at the time, because they never happened. They do not figure into Flair's 16 reigns. In 1984 promoter Rickard wanted to switch the title, but it never happened. There is physical evidence showing Flair was the defending champion in Singapore. Fujinami never won anything either. It was a Dusty Finish, plain and simple. Even when Flair beat Vader at Starrcade 1993, he claimed ELEVEN World Titles. Namely, 2 WWF, the NWA title he won in 1993, his win over Vader for the WCW title...and SEVEN reigns from 81-91. It was only after the WCW/NWA split that the new greatly reduced NWA started claiming that these two title changes were "real". Because one of the main movers and shakers of the post-WCW was the same Rickard who was still upset over not being allowed to book the title change in 1984. And the post-WCW NWA hoped to win over New Japan by declarung Fujinami as a former Champion. But, NEITHER event ever happened. You can make a stronger case for Hulk Hogan being a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion.

Yes, the NWA, and then PWI started recognising these fictitious reigns. But nobody at the time did, because they never happened. If Wikipedia recognises them, then it becomes a gag encyclopedia.

Fujinami..
How does anyone explain this.. , ?

Flair-Race 84, and Flair-Fujinami 91 should not be there
If they are not recognized right now, as the article states, they should be grayed out, like with Carpentier, Colon etc. 197.89.23.74 (talk) 07:45, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Where does THIS come from?
This appears to date from when Cody was Champion.  What is it? How official is it? It opens up yet another can of worms... 197.89.23.184 (talk) 14:25, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

NWA doesn't recognize 1984 "switches" or Ray Gonzales
https://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html

But seems they do recognize Fujinami now .. Of course, the NWA USED TO recognize Carpentier. For a long time, they never recognized Shane Douglas. And, some of you may remember a time when Chris Candido's reign was not recognized. Of course, there was no recognition of either the 1984 Flair/Race OR the 1991 Flair-Fujinami "switches" until 1996. And now, the 84 "changes" are not recognized. What we need is the current NWA to make a statement, not people using outdated sources. But, remember, recognition comes and goes for some reigns, just like WWF/E with Antonio Inoki. I can show you old newspapers saying that eg. Bobo Brazil or Killer Kowalski or Jack Veneno are "NWA Champion". But what counts is right now. 197.89.23.184 (talk) 14:18, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * https://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h-matches/1980s/nwa-h-matches1984.html

There are also Japanese and Singaporean newspaper articles giving reports on Ric Flair's title defense against Harley Race in Singapore where he retained the title... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.89.23.184 (talk) 14:29, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

I understand what you say, but if NWA decided that those reigns are official, we can't do nothing. Everytime that there is an anniversary, the NWA official page confirm those reigns.

https://www.facebook.com/NWA/posts/pfbid029wj85nuMzRVDNjV2ainpYZzjGmubYt8GSnU7bFEASs4vp59uFi4JhcQNG14wUi45l (Harley Race's 8th reign)

https://www.facebook.com/NWA/posts/pfbid0TuNW8edKB3K2qTaDFoqKCPXRBvdMK3eGJ1JJyptJ3osGNt8mDjJVMKJFUjdeC3D1l (Tastumi Fujinami reign)

We can put a note that explain what happened at the time, it's not a problem. But if we talk about a current official list, sorry, but we can't do nothing. If NWA decided that those reigns are official, they are official. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.148.11.131 (talk) 23:46, 14 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Are you gonna add these Reigns too, and make them official...?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.86.195.234 (talk) 05:44, 15 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I think that's only advertising. Many of those people never recognised as NWA Champion on the official Facebook page. An example, Lou Thesz is recognised as a 3-time NWA Champ, not 5-time: https://www.facebook.com/NWA/posts/pfbid02sHeuCEu3t8yUtDgdSyg154LPTNTbvPa5P2tFhVTCoLSxt33AgaFMAirFR1VxNnEPl (April 2022)
 * When NWA was still a governing body under the previous administration, it recognised the wrestling-titles list as official: http://web.archive.org/web/20160215193745/http://nwaringside.com/title-history/worlds-heavyweight-title-history/ (2016 list)
 * Fujinami was recognised as champion (NWA did it at least since 2011), but not Race's 8th reign (it was recognised only in the first half of the '10s).
 * When Lightning One bought NWA, the list was the same of the previous administration: http://web.archive.org/web/20170907100335/http://www.ringside.nwaondemand.com/champions/nwa-world-heavyweight-championship (2017 list)
 * It began to recognise Race's 8th reign from 2018-19, when Harley Race began to appear on the NWA shows before his death. I suppose that it was the effect of a partnership. It's the only different reign with wrestling-titles. Fujinami is also listed as champion by wrestling-titles.
 * Recently, NWA confirmed both Fujinami and Race's 8th reign as official.
 * https://www.facebook.com/NWA/posts/pfbid029wj85nuMzRVDNjV2ainpYZzjGmubYt8GSnU7bFEASs4vp59uFi4JhcQNG14wUi45l (Race)
 * https://www.facebook.com/NWA/posts/pfbid0TuNW8edKB3K2qTaDFoqKCPXRBvdMK3eGJ1JJyptJ3osGNt8mDjJVMKJFUjdeC3D1l (Fujinami)
 * For this reason i say that we can't do nothing. We can put only notes that explain the situations, but if NWA choose to recognise these reigns, we must list them as official.
 * About Fujinami, i think that his reign is now totally accepted everywhere and not only outside USA. WWE (that owns WCW) considers Fujinami as a former NWA Champion, but Ric Flair as an 8-time NWA Champ and not 9-time (as wrestling-titles doing and the old NWA done). I suppose that WWE sees the situation as a sort of co-holder titles, similar to the John Cena / CM Punk situation of Summer 2011. When Punk beat Cena, it was a continuation of his reign, not a new reign. Same thing in Flair / Fujinami situation. That's a good escamotage to keep Flair's NWA reigns at 8 (to keep his total to 16 world titles) and to have Fujinami as a former NWA Champ.
 * Yes, i know that at the time NWA Championship was the WCW Championship, but in that event there was a sort of split, because WCW never recognised that change, but NWA done it.
 * About Race's 8th reign, i don't agree with this recognition, but as i said above, i can't do nothing. NWA decides, not us. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.148.11.131 (talk) 22:37, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
 * The thing though is that the NWA DIDN'T recognize Fujinami in 1991. In 1990 Sting won the NWA Title. He was called "World Champion", then both "World Champion" and "WCW Champion". When Flair beat Sting in January 1991, he was called "WCW Champion".

At no point in 1991 was Flair referred to as a double champion. And, as far as I can find, Flair was never called "NWA" Champion in 1991 either. So, Flair had a single title(the WCW Title). He had a match against Tatsumi Fujinami that ended with a Dusty finish. Flair left with the ONE title he arrived with...the WCW Title. There was no recognition of Fujinami as "NWA Champion" in 1991. And Fujinami never made one single NWA Title defense. The second match was WCW Champion Flair retaining his WCW Title against challenger Fujinami. JUST LIKE the first match. Again, and this needs stressing, at no point in 1991 was Flair ever said to be a "double Champion" or to hold "two titles". Tatsumi Fujinami "winning" the WCW Title in 1991 was a Dusty finish, no different to Jerry Lawler in 1976, or Hulk Hogan in 1979, or several dozen other such finishes. Flair was stripped of his seventh overall World Title in July 1991. Then Luger beat Windham for that same vacant Championship. Flair still held a physical belt, but he had no Championship recognition after July 1991. The linear Championship that Flair had held, that Sting held before him, was now held by Luger. The "but the NWA recognized Flair until he signed with WWF in September"...can that be verified with a source FROM July to September 1991? Because, if that is true, nobody heard that in 1991. And, wrestling-titles says something about Luger and the NWA Title. About how "some people say Luger was recognized as NWA Champion in 1991, but he's not recognized as a former NWA Champion"? In reality, Flair was the WCW Champion, he was stripped of the WCW Championship, and then Luger won the same WCW Championship. Nobody in 1991 was recognized as "NWA" Champion. Not Sting, not Flair, not Fujinami, not Luger. It was only in August 1992 when New Japan created an "NWA" Championship, while Ron Simmons was the linear WCW Champion, that the idea that these were in fact two separate titles first emerges. Masahiro Chono was the first person to be called "NWA" Champion since Sting. Even in 1996 PWI Almanac, there is no mention of Tatsumi Fujinami's "reign". None at all. (And no mention of Race-Flair in 1984 either). This is also when Flair becomes "first WCW Champion", as Flair in 1991 was first person to be referred to exclusively as WCW Champion. But 1997 PWI Almanac had both Race-Flair, and Flair-Fujinami. It also added an extra WCW reign to Flair, the Phantom "Flair vacates, then regains", "reign" from 1994. So, what gives? Well, WCW under Eric Bischoff wanted to recognize Flair's NUMBER OF reigns, but not WHERE. Basically, they wanted to keep his number, but ignore his 2 1992 WWF and 1 1993 NWA reigns. So, 3 new "reigns" were FABRICATED. Flair remained "13-time"(at the time) World Champion, but WWF and NWA 93 were ignored. In 2001 WWFE buys WCW, and ignores three phantom reigns. But the "NWA" continues, and in 2010's these two bogus switches(Flair-Race in 84, and Flair-Fujinami in 91) now become "official". Same as phony Ray Gonzalez in 2005. Dusty finish. Jarrett wins match, and leaves with belt. But then years later, Ray Gonzalez is suddenly a former World Champion. Again, the NWA did NOT recognize Fujinami in 1991. There was no "split recognition". There was no "title vs title" match. In 1991, Ric Flair only ever held ONE Championship, the WCW Title, from January to July. That's how it really happened. I know we have sources, written YEARS later, telling us Flair was both WCW and NWA Champion, how Fujinami won one but not the other, Flair became double Champion again, was stripped of one title in July and the other in September.. ...but that simply never happened. It's not true, and never was. Can anyone provide sources from 1991 saying that? No. If NWA wants to act like that happened, and they control title lineage, yeah. But it's pure revisionist fiction. And this article needs to state that it's "won a tournament in Rio de Janeiro" level. Actually, it's worse, as Rogers was actually WWWF Champion in 1963. Fujinami was never actually NWA Champion in 1991. Gonzalez was never actually NWA Champion in 2005. If NWA suddenly recognizes that Don Slatton or Sid Vicious or Ranger Ross is a former NWA Champion, then yes, we should say so. But the truth needs to be told too. Again, can anyone find RS FROM 1991 saying Flair was double Champion, that Fujinami won NWA Title, that Flair was still NWA Champion until September? Not stuff written later telling us that, but sources actually from 1991...? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.86.195.234 (talk) 12:12, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

More... Original poster for Great American Bash 1991. Only WCW Championship is mentioned. Flair was NOT double champion..

Original poster for SuperBrawl(1991). Flair is WCW Champion. Fujinami is NOT "NWA" Champion.(And neither is Flair.) It's a WCW Title match. There is only one Championshipon the line, the WCW Title.[]

Clash of the Champions XV poster. It's just WCW. There is NO MENTION of any separate "NWA Title".(Because no such title existed at the time...) []

"NWA" had already been phased out in 1990.. [], [], [], [] etc...

And here's a promotion for the FIRST Flair-Fujinami match(in Japan)... []. Again, WCW, not "NWA". Again, yes, I understand that the NWA in 2022 recognizes certain "NWA reigns", but the Truth is still the Truth. Just because wrestling-titles or some fanboy site in 2022 says something, the actual Reality of 1990-1991, of what ACTUALLY happened, ±is crystal clear. Simple... in early 1990, all promotion is for NWA/National Wrestling Alliance. Flair, Sting Luger etc. are "Stars of the NWA".Flair is unambiguously NWA Champion. Promotion for Flair vs Sting at Great American Bash 1991 is for NWA Title. Sting wins. Shortly after, all promotion is for WCW/World Championship Wrestling. Sting, Luger, Flair etc. are "Stars of WCW". Sting is "World Heavyweight Champion"....of WCW. "NWA" is no longer mentioned. There is ONLY WCW Title. January 1991 Ric Flair wins seventh World Title from Sting. Flair is WCW Champion, and only WCW Champion. First match in Japan, Flair vs Fujinami is for Flair's WCW Title. It has s Dusty finish,but officially ends with Flair winning by dq. Flair returns to US, and continues defending WCW Title. Fujinami does not defend NWA or WCW Title, because he doesn't hold it/either. Flair vs Fujinami 2 in USA at SuperBrawl. Flair successfully defends WCW Title against Fujinami a second time. There is nothing, I repeat nothing, about him winning another title in same match. July 1991...Flair is stripped of WCW Title. There is nothing about him still being Champion of another organization. Shortly afterwards Luger wins vacant WCW Title. February 1992..Sting defeats Luger to become 2-time WCW Champion. Nowhere after GAB 1990 was Flair "NWA" Champion(until he beat Windham in 1993..) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.86.195.234 (talk) 15:14, 17 July 2022 (UTC) []. The first "WCW" World Champion was Sting. Period.
 * One more..[] PWI rankings from the period when Fujinami was allegedly "NWA Champion". Flair is listed as "WCW Champion". Fujinami is "#2 contender to WCW Title". There is NOTHING AT ALL about him being "NWA Champion". Again, there was no title called the "NWA Title" in the calendar year 1991. WCW only had the "WCW Title", and everyone just took it for granted that it was the NWA Title, renamed. Fujinami never held it.

Is anyone gonna try and refute this with RS from 1990/1991? Because nobody can.

Secondary sources do not replace official ones
Until somebody can produce an official reference excluding González, stop greying him as unrecognized. I don’t care if it was “phony” or a “dusty finish” or whatever, this is hardly the first time that a reign is recognized retroactively for whatever reason. The source is from the NWA itself, Wrestling-Titles is not the NWA. - El Alternativo (talk) 17:23, 29 July 2023 (UTC)


 * For the record, Wrestling-Titles is considered an “unproven” source according to wp:PW/RS. The continuos use of the website as *the source* by this anon is odd. So are the arguments in his edit summaries, which are strangely identical to the comments that the site has in their own list. This makes me wonder if this is actually a case of self-promotion (which is strictly prohibited, see wp:NOTPROMO) by the caretaker of WT. - El Alternativo (talk) 17:24, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Gene Lebell- Amarillo Tex.
According to Judo Gene Lebell's autobiography, he won the NWA championship from Pat O'Connor in 1959. Lebell apparently hit the Texas athletic commissioner with the belt. Upon this the commissioner "held up the belt" and suspended Gene Lebell. Lebell said he held the belt for 12 seconds. Again this is from Gene Lebell's autobiography "The Godfather of Grappling ". 2600:1702:AC0:4690:3031:6576:3DC4:73D0 (talk) 17:55, 3 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Added Mt.FijiBoiz (talk) 00:42, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Orphaned references in List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

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