NWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship is the top professional wrestling title in the NWA Midwest promotion. The title has been in use since 2001.[1] On November 1, 2011, the title was renamed Zero1 Pro Wrestling USA Midwest Heavyweight Championship, when NWA Midwest left the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).[2]

Title history

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Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Mike Samson 1 March 17, 2001 Hillside, Illinois Defeated Turbo to become the first champion. The two had been the final men remaining in a 20-man battle royal.
Samson was stripped of the title on September 5, 2002.
Danny Dominion 1 October 28, 2002 Grayslake, IL Defeated Donovan Morgan.
Dominion was stripped of the title on January 17, 2004 in Green Bay, Wisconsin due to no-showing a title defense.
Adam Evans 1 January 17, 2004 Green Bay, WI Defeated Chris Jordan and Eric Priest in a three-way match.
Silas Young 1 February 22, 2004 Wheaton, IL
Ken Anderson 1 July 16, 2004 Milwaukee, WI Defeated Silas Young and Colt Cabana in a three-way match.
Chris Candido 1 November 12, 2004 Milwaukee, WI
Title vacated after Chris Candido died on April 28, 2005.
Johnny Candido 1 September 17, 2005 Streamwood, IL Defeated Danny Daniels to win the vacant championship.
Title vacated in January 2007.
Jay Ryan 1 May 5, 2007 Streamwood, IL Defeated Marek Brave.
Silas Young 2 August 15, 2008 Milwaukee, WI On February 13, 2009 the NWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship was unified with the ICW Midwest Championship.
The Sheik 1 October 23, 2009 Ashton, Illinois Defeated Silas Young
Silas Young 3 December 4, 2009 Green Bay, WI
The Sheik 2 December 5, 2009 Pulaski, WI
Sadist 1 January 14, 2011 West Allis, WI
Steve Corino 1 August 20, 2011 West Allis, WI
Sebastian Rose 1 June 23, 2013 Toledo, OH
Nitro 1 March 23, 2014 Oregon, OH Sebastian gave Nitro to win due to his retirement

References

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  1. ^ Tanabe, Hisaharu. "N.W.A. Midwest Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  2. ^ "Announcing: Zero1 Pro Wrestling USA". Zero1 USA. 2011-11-01. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-08-02.