World Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)

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The World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship of the National Wrestling Association (NWA), an offshoot of the National Boxing Association (NBA). The title existed from 1929 through 1949, when it was unified with the National Wrestling Alliance's World Heavyweight Championship.

Title history

Wrestler	Times	Date	Days held	Place	Notes
Jim Londos	1	June 6, 1930		Philadelphia, PA	Recognized as the first official champion by the National Wrestling Association after he defeated Dick Shikat for the NYSAC World Title. The wrestling section of the National Boxing Association previously stripped Gus Sonnenberg of the World Title in July, 1929. Also won the NYSAC World Title in June, 1934 and unified both titles.
Danno O'Mahony	1	June 27, 1935		Boston, MA	Defeats Ed Don George in July 30, 1935 unify Boston AWA World Title and becomes the "Unified World Champion".
Dick Shikat	2	March 2, 1936		New York City, NY
Ali Baba	1	April 25, 1936		Detroit, MI
Everett Marshall	1	June 26, 1936	end date needed	Columbus, OH
Vacated		September 1936	start date needed		Title vacated when the NBA and NWA recommend at their annual meeting that a tournament be held.
John Pesek	1	September 13, 1937	end date needed		Title awarded when Pesek is the only contender to post a $1000 bond.
Vacated			start date needed		Pesek's recognition as champion withdrawn.
Lou Thesz	#	December 29, 1937		St. Louis, MO	Defeats Marshall for the Boston AWA title; whether or not this reign was recognized by the NBA/NWA is unknown.
Steve Casey	1	February 11, 1938	end date needed	Boston, MA
Vacated		September 1938	start date needed		Casey's recognition as champion withdrawn due to his being out of the country.
Everett Marshall	2	September 14, 1938			Title awarded at the NBA/NWA annual meeting.
Lou Thesz	1	February 23, 1939		St. Louis, MO
Bronko Nagurski	1	June 23, 1939		Houston, TX
Ray Steele	1	March 7, 1940		St. Louis, MO
Bronko Nagurski	2	March 11, 1941		Houston, TX
Sandor Szabo	1	June 5, 1941		St. Louis, MO
Bill Longson	1	February 19, 1942		St. Louis, MO
Yvon Robert	1	October 7, 1942		Montreal, Quebec
Bobby Managoff	1	November 27, 1942		Houston, TX
Bill Longson	2	February 19, 1943		St. Louis, MO
Whipper Billy Watson	1	February 21, 1947		St. Louis, MO
Lou Thesz	2	April 25, 1947		St. Louis, MO
Bill Longson	3	November 21, 1947		Houston, TX
Lou Thesz	3	July 10, 1948		Indianapolis, IN
Title retired		November 27, 1949	N/A		Title unified with the National Wrestling Alliance's World Heavyweight Championship, which is forfeited to Thesz by previous champion Orville Brown when he cannot defend due to career-ending injuries from an automobile accident on November 1.

See also

• National Wrestling Association
• List of early world heavyweight champions in professional wrestling

External links

• Wrestling-Titles.com