| NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | NWA Hollywood Wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Date established | June, 1967 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | December 26, 1982 | ||||||||||||
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The NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship was the top singles championship in the National Wrestling Alliance's Los Angeles territory, known officially as NWA Hollywood Wrestling, from 1968 until the promotion closed in 1982. The title was first established in 1967 as a secondary championship in NWA Hollywood's predecessor, Worldwide Wrestling Associates.[1][2] Although the name of the title implies that it was defended throughout North, Central and South America, it was rarely defended outside of Southern California. As a result, the title was essentially a regional title rather than a national one. A number of NWA affiliated promoters at various points over the years have used their own regional versions or variations of "national" championships for the purpose of giving crowds the idea that the company was larger than it actually was, or that the company was the biggest or most successful within the ranks of the National Wrestling Alliance.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| WWA Americas Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| Pampero Firpo | 1 | 1967 | Mexico | Defeats Coloso Colosetti in a fictitious match |
| Mike DiBiase | 1 | June 16, 1967 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Mark Lewin | 1 | July 28, 1967 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Fred Blassie | 1 | August 25, 1967 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Vacant | March 1968 | Blassie is suspended by WWA. | ||
| Mil Mascaras | 1 | June 7, 1968 | Los Angeles, CA | Defeats Buddy Austin in tournament final. |
| El Mongol | 1 | September 20, 1968 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Renamed NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| Bobo Brazil | 1 | October 4, 1968 | Los Angeles, CA | Has abandoned the WWA World Heavyweight title on October 1, 1968, when WWA rejoined the NWA. |
| Fred Blassie | 2 | January 10, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Bobo Brazil | 2 | February 7, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| The Sheik | 1 | February 21, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Held up | March 21, 1969 | Title held up after Blassie defeats The Sheik in a non-title match | ||
| Fred Blassie | 3 | April 11, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | Defeats The Sheik in rematch. |
| The Sheik | 2 | April 25, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Mil Mascaras | 2 | May 9, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Held up | May 23, 1969 | Title held up after a match against Black Gordman in Los Angeles, CA | ||
| Mil Mascaras | 3 | June 6, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | Defeats Gordman in rematch. |
| The Great Kojika | 1 | December 19, 1969 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Rocky Johnson | 1 | January 16, 1970 | Los Angeles, CA | [3] |
| Fred Blassie | 4 | March 6, 1970 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Held up | March 20, 1970 | Title held up after a match against Rocky Johnson in Los Angeles, CA | ||
| Rocky Johnson | 2 | May 15, 1970 | Los Angeles, CA | Defeats Blassie in rematch |
| Fred Blassie | 5 | June 12, 1970 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Kinji Shibuya | 1 | March 26, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Fred Blassie | 6 | April 23, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 1 | May 7, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Don Carson | 1 | July 16, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 2 | July 30, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Mil Mascaras | 4 | September 24, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | Held up after a match against John Tolos. |
| Mil Mascaras | 5 | 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | Wins rematch. |
| Black Gordman | 1 | November 5, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Frankie Laine | 1 | December 8, 1971 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Killer Kowalski | 1 | January 31, 1972 | Tampa, FL | Fictitious title change |
| John Tolos | 3 | March 10, 1972 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Black Gordman | 2 | June 30, 1972 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 4 | July 14, 1972 | Los Angeles, CA | Wins rematch. |
| Ernie Ladd | 1 | July 28, 1972 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Victor Rivera | 1 | December 1, 1972 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Black Gordman | 3 | March 9, 1973 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Victor Rivera | 2 | April 20, 1973 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Terry Funk | 1 | July 3, 1973 | Odessa, TX | Fictitious title change. |
| Victor Rivera | 3 | July 27, 1973 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 5 | August 24, 1973 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Pak Song | 1 | November 16, 1973 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 6 | January 15, 1974 | Long Beach, CA | [4] |
| Porkchop Cash | 1 | March 22, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Black Gordman | 4 | May 31, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Porkchop Cash | 2 | June 14, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Ernie Ladd | 2 | July 12, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | [5] |
| Pampero Firpo | 2 | August 16, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 7 | November 8, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | In San Diego, CA, Firpo defends against Tolos on 74/11/12 but loses to Tolos on 74/11/19. |
| Pampero Firpo | 3 | November 22, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | Tolos may continue to be billed as champion in San Diego, CA but loses to Firpo on 74/11/26. |
| John Tolos | 8 | November 27, 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Edouard Carpentier | 1 | December 25, 1974 | San Diego, CA | |
| Greg Valentine | 1 | February 14, 1975 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 9 | March 27, 1975 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Greg Valentine | 2 | April 4, 1975 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Vacant | April 1975 | Valentine gives up the belt to wrestle for the NWA World Heavyweight title | ||
| Don Muraco | 1 | May 2, 1975 | Los Angeles, CA | Wins tournament |
| Les Thornton | 1 | May 16, 1975 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Louie Tillet | 1 | June 13, 1975 | Hollywood, CA | |
| Ernie Ladd | 3 | October 1975 | Philadelphia, PA | Fictitious title change. |
| Chavo Guerrero | 1 | October 31, 1975 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Inferno I | 1 | January 30, 1976 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 2 | February 6, 1976 | ||
| Roddy Piper | 1 | March 12, 1976 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 3 | April 23, 1976 | ||
| Crusher Verdu | 1 | June 11, 1976 | Los Angeles, CA | Defeats Gori Guerrero. |
| Chavo Guerrero Sr. | 4 | July 16, 1976 | Los Angeles, California | |
| The Hangman | 1 | September 3, 1976 | Los Angeles, California | [6] |
| Chavo Guerrero | 5 | October 1, 1976 | ||
| Ken Mantell | 1 | October 15, 1976 | ||
| Chavo Guerrero | 6 | November 19, 1976 | ||
| Dr. Hiro Ota | 1 | November 26, 1976 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 7 | December 3, 1976 | ||
| Dory Funk Jr. | 1 | January 14, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | [7] |
| Chavo Guerrero | 8 | February 4, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Toru Tanaka | 1 | February 12, 1977 | San Bernardino, CA | [8] |
| The Hangman | 2 | March 18, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Keith Franks | 1 | May 13, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Mando Guerrero | 1 | May 20, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Texas Red | 1 | July 1, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | [9] |
| Chavo Guerrero | 9 | August 6, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Roddy Piper | 2 | August 12, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 10 | August 19, 1977 | San Bernardino, CA | |
| Texas Red | 2 | September 7, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Choi Sun | 1 | September 16, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 11 | September 18, 1977 | San Bernardino, CA | |
| The Masked Canadian | 3 | November 4, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Mando Guerrero | 2 | December 9, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| The Masked Canadian | 4 | December 16, 1977 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Hector Guerrero | 1 | February 10, 1978 | Los Angeles, CA | [10] |
| Moondog Lonnie Mayne | 1 | April 2, 1978 | San Bernardino, CA | |
| Hector Guerrero | 2 | June 30, 1978 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Moondog Lonnie Mayne | 2 | August 11, 1978 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Vacant | August 13, 1978 | Mayne is killed in an auto accident | ||
| Chavo Guerrero | 12 | August 25, 1978 | Los Angeles, CA | Wins tournament. |
| Roddy Piper | 5 | September 29, 1978 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Twin Devil #1 | 1 | October 1, 1978 | San Bernardino, CA | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 13 | December 1978 | ||
| Twin Devil #1 | 2 | January 12, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | [11] |
| Chavo Guerrero | 14 | January 26, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Eddie Mansfield | 1 | March 16, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 15 | March 23, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Leroy Brown | 1 | April 26, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Al Madril | 1 | June 15, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Bull Ramos | 1 | June 28, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | Al Hobman is billed as champion in San Bernardino, CA as of 79/08/12. |
| Pat Barrett | 1 | August 8, 1979 | Bakersfield, CA | |
| Pat Patterson | 1 | November 1979 | Hawaii | Fictitious title change and Sometime after 79/09/30. |
| Chavo Guerrero | 16 | November 16, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| The Hood (Johnny Mantell) | 1 | 1980 | Sometime after 80/01/26. | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 17 | March 14, 1980 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| The Spoiler #2 | 1 | April 18, 1980 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Walter Johnson | 1 | May 9, 1980 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| John Tolos | 10 | August 8, 1980 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| El Medico | 1 | October 26, 1980 | Sometime after 80/08/24. | |
| Victor Rivera | 4 | December 1980 | Sometime after 80/12/07; still champion as of 81/02/08. | |
| Bobo Brazil | 2 | 1981 | ||
| Chris Adams | 1 | March 01, 1981 | ||
| John Tolos | 11 | 1981 | ||
| Victor Rivera | 5 | March 1981 | ||
| Mike Masters | 1 | March 27, 1981 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Bobo Brazil | 3 | April 10, 1981 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Rick Davidson | 1 | April 17, 1981 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Victor Rivera | 6 | May 01, 1981 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Peter Maivia | 1 | May 25, 1981 | San Jose, CA | |
| Chino Chou | 1 | August 7, 1981 | Los Angeles, CA | Starts claiming the title after his match against Maivia ends as a draw; Maivia is still billed as champion in San Bernardino, CA as of 81/08/23. |
| The Monster | 1 | October 17, 1981 | ||
| Timothy Flowers | 1 | October 18, 1981 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Gran Hamada | 1 | November 6, 1981 | ||
| Timothy Flowers | 2 | November 13, 1981 | ||
| Bobby Lane | 1 | December 13, 1982 | Sometime after 81/11/29. | |
| Sweet Brown Sugar | 1 | February 12, 1982 | Los Angeles, CA | [8] |
| Adrian Street | 1 | March 12, 1982 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Timothy Flowers | 3 | May 1982 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Kid Koby | 1 | July 18, 1982 | San Bernardino, CA | |
| Black Gordman | 5 | August 20, 1982 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Killer Kim | 1 | September 17, 1982 | ||
| Chris Adams | 2 | 1982 | ||
| El Monarca | 1 | November 5, 1982 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Ciclon Negro | 1 | November 12, 1982 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| El Monarca | 2 | November 26, 1982 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Title retired | December 26, 1982 | Promotion closes on 82/12/26; Falco de Oro is billed as champion San Bernardino, CA on 83/07/16 | ||