Professional wrestling championship
World Heavyweight Championship Promotion National Wrestling Alliance (Nebraska) Date established June 14, 1957 Date retired September 7, 1963
The World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship sanctioned by a group of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) promoters led by the NWA affiliate in Omaha, Nebraska , United States. These promoters chose to recognize Édouard Carpentier as NWA World Heavyweight Champion following his disputed win over NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz on June 14, 1957.[1] The majority of NWA promoters continued to recognize Thesz as their champion.
It was often contested alongside the AWA World Heavyweight Championship , and the two titles were finally unified when AWA champion Verne Gagne defeated Omaha champion Fritz Von Erich on September 7, 1963.
Title history [ edit ] 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 Édouard Carpentier June 14, 1957 House show Chicago, Illinois 1 421 Recognized as champion after a disputed win over NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz . The majority of the NWA promotions continue to recognize Thesz as their champion. [1] 2 Verne Gagne August 9, 1958 House show Omaha, Nebraska 1 98 3 Wilbur Snyder November 15, 1958 House show Omaha, Nebraska 1 189 4 Dick the Bruiser May 23, 1959 House show Detroit, MI 1 63 This match was also for the Fred Kohler Chicago version of the NWA United States Championship. 5 Wilbur Snyder July 25, 1959 House show Omaha, Nebraska 2 70 6 Dr. X October 3, 1959 House show Omaha, Nebraska 1 96 7 Don Leo Jonathan January 7, 1960 House show Omaha, Nebraska 1 394 8 Dr. X February 4, 1961 House show Omaha, Nebraska 2 58 9 Don Leo Jonathan April 3, 1961 House show Omaha, Nebraska 2 17 [2] — Vacated April 20, 1961 — — — — Vacant after a disqualification loss to Bobo Brazil . 10 Don Leo Jonathan May 20, 1961 House show Omaha, Nebraska 3 119 Defeated Bobo Brazil in a lumberjack match to win the vacant title. 11 Verne Gagne September 16, 1961 House show Omaha, Nebraska 2 318 12 Fritz Von Erich July 31, 1962 House show Omaha, Nebraska 1 25 13 Verne Gagne August 25, 1962 House show Omaha, Nebraska 3 174 14 The Crusher February 15, 1963 House show Omaha, Nebraska 1 155 Also won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from Verne Gagne on July 9, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota 15 Verne Gagne July 20, 1963 House show Minneapolis, Minnesota 4 7 Won both the Omaha title and AWA title. 16 Fritz Von Erich July 27, 1963 House show Omaha, Nebraska 2 42 Won both the Omaha title and AWA title. 17 Verne Gagne September 7, 1963 House show Omaha, Nebraska 5 0 Won the AWA title from Fritz Von Erich on August 8, 1963 in Amarillo, Texas . — Unified September 7, 1963 — — — — The Omaha title was unified with the AWA title.
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