NWA Pacific International Championship
(Redirected from NWA Hawaii United States Heavyweight Championship)
The NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship was the primary singles championship of 50th State Big Time Wrestling, 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]
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| Promotion | 50th State Big Time Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Title history
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||||
| 1 | Nick Bockwinkel | 1962 | BTW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | Records unclear as to how he got title. | |||
| 2 | King Curtis Iaukea | June 6, 1962 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 168 | ||||
| 3 | Billy White Wolf | November 21, 1962 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 21 | ||||
| 4 | King Curtis Iaukea | December 12, 1962 | BTW show | Hawaii | 2 | 215 | ||||
| 5 | Dick the Bruiser | July 15, 1963 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 114 | ||||
| 6 | King Curtis Iaukea | November 6, 1963 | BTW show | Hawaii | 3 | N/A | ||||
| 7 | Luther Lindsay | June 1964 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 8 | King Curtis Iaukea | July 1964 | BTW show | Hawaii | 4 | N/A | ||||
| 9 | Enrique Torres | December 12, 1964 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 74 | ||||
| 10 | Hard Boiled Haggerty | February 24, 1965 | BTW show | N/A | 1 | 203 | ||||
| 11 | King Curtis Iaukea | September 15, 1965 | BTW show | Hawaii | 5 | 49 | ||||
| 12 | Killer Kowalski | November 3, 1965 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 63 | ||||
| 13 | Nick Kozak | January 5, 1966 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 28 | ||||
| 14 | Johnny Barend | February 2, 1966 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 392 | ||||
| 15 | King Curtis Iaukea | March 1, 1967 | BTW show | Hawaii | 6 | 251 | ||||
| 16 | Johnny Barend | November 7, 1967 | BTW show | Hawaii | 2 | 169 | ||||
| 17 | Jim Hady | April 24, 1968 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | Ray Stevens | May 15, 1968 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | Jim Hady | June 12, 1968 | BTW show | Hawaii | 2 | N/A | ||||
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| 20 | Toru Tanaka | December 25, 1968 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 56 | ||||
| 21 | Gene Kiniski | February 19, 1969 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 119 | [2] | |||
| 22 | Pedro Morales | June 18, 1969 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 98 | ||||
| 23 | King Curtis Iaukea | September 24, 1969 | BTW show | Hawaii | 7 | 42 | ||||
| 24 | Pedro Morales | November 5, 1969 | BTW show | Hawaii | 2 | 94 | ||||
| 25 | Johnny Barend | February 7, 1970 | BTW show | Hawaii | 3 | 179 | [3] | |||
| 26 | Pedro Morales | August 5, 1970 | BTW show | Hawaii | 3 | 56 | ||||
| 27 | The Destroyer | September 30, 1970 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 77 | ||||
| 28 | Billy Robinson | December 16, 1970 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 24 | ||||
| 29 | King Curtis Iaukea | January 9, 1971 | BTW show | Hawaii | 8 | 46 | ||||
| 30 | Sam Steamboat | February 24, 1971 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 77 | ||||
| 31 | Gene Kiniski | May 12, 1971 | BTW show | Hawaii | 2 | 105 | ||||
| 32 | Ed Morrow | August 25, 1971 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 15 | ||||
| 33 | Gene Kiniski | September 9, 1971 | BTW show | Hawaii | 3 | 20 | ||||
| 34 | Sam Steamboat | September 29, 1971 | BTW show | Hawaii | 2 | 28 | ||||
| 35 | Sweet Daddy Siki | October 27, 1971 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 147 | ||||
| 36 | Johnny Barend | March 22, 1972 | BTW show | Hawaii | 4 | 126 | ||||
| 37 | Freddie Blassie | July 26, 1972 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 63 | ||||
| 38 | Sam Steamboat | September 27, 1972 | BTW show | Hawaii | 3 | 59 | ||||
| 39 | Dusty Rhodes | November 25, 1972 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | 193 | ||||
| 40 | Billy Robinson | June 6, 1973 | BTW show | Hawaii | 2 | N/A | ||||
| — | Vacated | 1974–1977 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when 50th State Big Time Wrestling becomes inactive in July 1974 | |||
| N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| 41 | John Tolos | July 1977 | BTW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | Awarded when 50th State Big Time Wrestling resumes operations | |||
| 42 | Sam Steamboat | October 1977 | BTW show | Hawaii | 4 | N/A | ||||
| 43 | Tor Kamata | December 1977 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 44 | Rick Martel | March 1978 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 45 | Big John Studd | June 1978 | BTW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | Awarded when Martel leaves. | |||
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| 46 | Don Muraco | September 1978 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 47 | Tor Kamata | 1979 | BTW show | Hawaii | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 48 | Masked Cyclops | 1980 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 49 | Siva Afi | 1980 | BTW show | Hawaii | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | Deactivated | 1980 | — | — | — | — | ||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (February 19, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (02/19): Kurt Angle vs. Undertaker at No Way Out 2006". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (February 7, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 7): Bobby Roode & Austin Aries wins tag gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017.