As of 1st January 1980

Before we start our chronological look through the history books, here is a list of the affiliated National Wrestling Alliance titleholders from the beginning of 1980. We will update this on a regular basis and inform you of all title changes as they happened in our ‘Monthly Round-ups’. The first one for January 1980 is coming this week.

As you can see from plethora of titles below, we will be taking a comprehensive look at the championships throughout all 26 affiliated territories from January 1980 onwards.

NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION

Harley Race (defeated Giant Baba – 7^th November 1979 – AJPW Giant Series 1979 Day 28 – Amagasaki, Japan)

NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS

(Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling)

Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood (defeated Baron von Raschke and Paul Jones – 24th October 1979 – Mid-Atlantic TV Show – WRAL Studios, Raleigh, NC)

NWA UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION

(Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling)

Jimmy Snuka (defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final – 1^st September 1979 – MACW Event – Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC)

NWA TELEVISION CHAMPION

(Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling)

VACANT

NWA WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION

(Empresa Mexicana De La Lucha Libre)

Satoru Sayama (defeated Ringo Mendoza – 21^st September 1979 – EMLL 46^th Aniversario Event – Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico)

NWA WORLD WOMENS CHAMPION

The Fabulous Moolah (defeated Evelyn Stevens – 9^th October 1978 – Big Time Wrestling Event – Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth, TX)

NWA NATIONAL TELEVISION CHAMPION

(Georgia Championship Wrestling)

Austin Idol (defeated Ray Candy – 8^th December 1979 – Georgia TV – WTBS Studios, Atlanta, GA)

NWA INTERNATIONAL TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS

(All Japan Pro Wrestling)

Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta (defeated Abdullah the Butcher and Ray Candy – 19^th October 1979 – AJPW Giant Series 1979 Day 12 – City Gymnasium, Fukushima, Japan)

NWA FLORIDA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION

(Championship Wrestling from Florida)

Manny Fernandez (defeated Terry Funk – 21^st October 1979 – CWF Event – Eddie Graham Sports Stadium, Orlando, FL)

NWA FLORIDA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS

(Championship Wrestling from Florida)

Bryan St. John and Stan Lane (defeated Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada – 26^th November 1979 – CWF Event – The Auditorium, West Palm Beach, FL

NWA GEORGIA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS

(Georgia Championship Wrestling)

Alexis Smirnoff and Ivan Koloff (defeated Ole Anderson and Gerry Brisco – 7^th December 1979 – GCW Event – Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA)

NWA MID-ATLANTIC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION

(Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling)

Jim Brunzell (defeated Ray Stevens – 25^th December 1979 – MACW Event – Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC)

NWA MISSOURI HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION

(St. Louis Wrestling)

Kevin Von Erich (defeated Dick Murdoch – 2nd November 1979 – St. Louis Wrestling Event – Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MS)

NWA SOUTHEASTERN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION

(Southeastern Championship Wrestling)

“Bullet” Bob Armstrong (defeated Sterling Golden – 25^th December 1979 – SECW Event – Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN)

NWA TEXAS BRASS KNUCKLES CHAMPION

(Big Time Wrestling Texas and Houston Wrestling)

Dusty Rhodes (defeated Mark Lewin – 21^st December 1979 – Houston Wrestling Event – Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX)

NWA WESTERN STATES TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS

(Western States Sports)

Gypsy Joe & Killer Tim Brooks (defeated Gary Young and Gino Caruso – 25^th December 1979 – WSS Event – Sports Arena, Amarillo, TX)

 

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