NWA Pacific International Championship
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NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date established | 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||
Date retired | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||
Promotion | Mid-Pacific Promotions | ||||||||||||||||||
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The NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship was the primary singles championship of Mid-Pacific Promotions, the NWA territory based in Hawaii. The title was originally the Hawaiian version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in Hawaii. It existed from 1962 until 1968. It was renamed the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Hawaii version) in 1968 and renamed again as the NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship in 1978, which was the name it used until it was retired in 1980.[1]
Title history
Wrestler | Reigns | Date | Place | Notes | |
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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Hawaii version) | |||||
Nick Bockwinkel | 1 | 1962 | Records unclear as to how he got title. | ||
King Curtis Iaukea | 1 | June 6, 1962 | Hawaii | ||
Billy White Wolf | 1 | November 21, 1962 | Hawaii | ||
King Curtis Iaukea | 2 | December 12, 1962 | Hawaii | ||
Dick the Bruiser | 1 | July 15, 1963 | Hawaii | ||
King Curtis Iaukea | 3 | November 6, 1963 | Hawaii | ||
Luther Lindsay | 1 | June 1964 | Hawaii | ||
King Curtis Iaukea | 4 | July 1964 | Hawaii | ||
Enrique Torres | 1 | December 12, 1964 | Hawaii | ||
Hard Boiled Haggerty | 1 | February 24, 1965 | Honolulu, Hawaii | ||
King Curtis Iaukea | 5 | September 15, 1965 | Hawaii | ||
Killer Kowalski | 1 | November 3, 1965 | Hawaii | ||
Nick Kozak | 1 | January 5, 1966 | Hawaii | ||
Johnny Barend | 1 | February 2, 1966 | Hawaii | ||
King Curtis Iaukea | 6 | March 1, 1967 | Hawaii | ||
Johnny Barend | 2 | November 7, 1967 | Hawaii | ||
Jim Hady | 1 | April 24, 1968 | Hawaii | ||
Ray Stevens | 1 | May 15, 1968 | Hawaii | ||
Jim Hady | 2 | June 12, 1968 | Hawaii | ||
NWA North American Championship (Hawaii version) | |||||
Toru Tanaka | 1 | December 25, 1968 | Hawaii | ||
Gene Kiniski | 1 | February 19, 1969 | Hawaii | ||
Pedro Morales | 1 | June 18, 1969 | Hawaii | ||
King Curtis Iaukea | 7 | September 24, 1969 | Hawaii | ||
Pedro Morales | 2 | November 5, 1969 | Hawaii | ||
Johnny Barend | 3 | February 7, 1970 | Hawaii | ||
Pedro Morales | 3 | August 5, 1970 | Hawaii | ||
The Destroyer | 1 | September 30, 1970 | Hawaii | ||
Billy Robinson | 1 | December 16, 1970 | Hawaii | ||
King Curtis Iaukea | 8 | January 9, 1971 | Hawaii | ||
Sam Steamboat | 1 | February 24, 1971 | Hawaii | ||
Gene Kiniski | 2 | May 12, 1971 | Hawaii | ||
Ed Morrow | 1 | August 25, 1971 | Hawaii | ||
Gene Kiniski | 3 | September 9, 1971 | Hawaii | ||
Sam Steamboat | 2 | September 29, 1971 | Hawaii | ||
Sweet Daddy Siki | 1 | October 27, 1971 | Hawaii | ||
Johnny Barend | 4 | March 22, 1972 | Hawaii | ||
Freddie Blassie | 1 | July 26, 1972 | Hawaii | ||
Sam Steamboat | 3 | September 27, 1972 | Hawaii | ||
Dusty Rhodes | 1 | November 25, 1972 | Hawaii | ||
Billy Robinson | 2 | June 6, 1973 | Hawaii | ||
Vacated | between 1973 & 1977 | Title inactive. | |||
John Tolos | 1 | July 1977 | Awarded | ||
Sam Steamboat | 4 | October 1977 | Hawaii | ||
Tor Kamata | 1 | December 1977 | Hawaii | ||
Rick Martel | 1 | March 1978 | |||
Big John Studd | 1 | June 1978 | Awarded when Martel leaves. | ||
NWA Pacific International Championship | |||||
Don Muraco | 1 | September 1978 | Hawaii | ||
Tor Kamata | 2 | 1979 | Hawaii | ||
Masked Cyclops (AKA Frenchy Martin) | 1 | 1980 | Hawaii | ||
Siva Afi | 1 | 1980 | Hawaii | ||
Title Retired | 1980 | Title abandoned. |
See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.