The Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship was a secondary professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 championship

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 that was used and defended from 1964 though 1983. Initially, the championship originated in the NWA

National Wrestling Alliance

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 affiliated Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling

Continental Championship Wrestling

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. During this time, it was referred to as the NWA Gulf Coast Louisiana Heavyweight Championship until 1972. Beginning in '72, the title was used in the NWA affiliated NWA Tri-State then was called the NWA Tri-State Louisiana Heavyweight Championship from 1972 until 1979. In 1979, however, wrestler and promoter "Cowboy" Bill Watts

Bill Watts

William F. "Bill" Watts is a former American professional wrestler and promoter. Watts was famous under his "Cowboy" gimmick in his wrestling career, and then as a tough, no-nonsense promoter in the Mid-South area of the United States, which grew to become the UWF.In 1992, he was the Executive...

 purchased the Tri-State territory and renamed it Mid-South Wrestling Association. Although Watts kept close ties with the NWA for purpose of having access to wrestling talent, he withdrew Mid-South from the NWA and, as a result, renamed all of the promotion's championships accordingly.

Title history

Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
NWA Gulf Coast Louisiana Championship
Bobby Fields	1	October 16, 1964	Lafayette, LA	Defeats Terry Garvin Terry Garvin Terry Joyal, better known by his ring name Terry Garvin, was a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with kayfabe brother Ron Garvin, with whom he won several tag team championships in the Southern United States...  in tournament final
Sputnik Monroe	1	July 13, 1965	Baton Rouge, LA
Bobby Fields	2	September 21, 1965	Baton Rouge, LA
Danny McShain	1	October 22, 1965	Lafayette, LA
Bobby Fields	3	December 3, 1965	Lafayette, LA
Jack Dalton	1	February 17, 1966	Lafayette, LA
Bobby Fields	4	May 17, 1966	Baton Rouge, LA
Don Carson	1	July 12, 1966	Baton Rouge, LA
Bobby Fields	5	July 19, 1966	Baton Rouge, LA
Don Carson	2	August 2, 1966	Baton Rouge, LA
Ken Lucas	1	October 5, 1966	Alexandria, LA
Jack Dalton	2	November 1, 1966	Baton Rouge, LA
Danny Little Bear Danny Little Bear Danny Little Bear was an American professional wrestler who competed in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance, particularly the Central States and Gulf Coast territories, where he remained one of the region's most popular stars during the 1960s and 70s...	1	February 3, 1967	Lafayette, LA
Ken Lucas	2	March 31, 1967	Lafayette, LA
Stripped				Stripped for no defense
Pepe Perez	1	July 25, 1967	?	Awarded
Jack Dalton	3	October 10, 1967	Baton Rouge, LA
Bobby Fields	6	November 28, 1967	Baton Rouge, LA
Don Carson	3	December 12, 1967	Baton Rouge, LA
Bob Kelly	1	December 29, 1967	Lafayette, LA
Eddie Sullivan	1	January 23, 1968	Baton Rouge, LA
Frank Dalton	1	January 30, 1968	Baton Rouge, LA
Bobby Fields	7	February 6, 1968	Baton Rouge, LA
Vacant		March 1, 1968		Gulf Coast stops promoting in Louisiana
Jack Brisco	1	1960s	?
Renamed NWA Tri-State Louisiana Championship
Don Duffy	1	circa 1972	?
Assassin #1	1	April 27, 1978	Baton Rouge, LA	Wins tournament
Jose Lothario Jose Lothario Guadalupe Robledo is an American professional wrestler, best known by the ring name of Jose Lothario.-Career:Lothario competed in the National Wrestling Alliance for most of his career...	1	September 20, 1978	Monroe, LA
Assassin #1	2	October 14, 1978	Shreveport, LA
Jerry Stubbs Jerry Stubbs Jerry Stubbs is a retired professional wrestler. Stubbs wrestled as Mr. Olympia in Bill Watts's Mid-South wrestling area and as the villainous Jerry “Mr. Perfect” Stubbs in Southeast/Continental wrestling promotions...	1	December 25, 1978	New Orleans, LA
Mike George	1	April 21, 1979	New Orleans, LA
Renamed Mid-South Louisiana Championship
Ernie Ladd Ernie Ladd Ernest "Ernie" Ladd , nicknamed "The Big Cat" was an American collegiate and professional football player and a professional wrestler.-Pro Football career:...	1	January 18, 1980	Shreveport, LA
Junkyard Dog	1	March 14, 1980	Shreveport, LA
Terry Gordy Terry Gordy Terry Ray 'Bam Bam' Gordy, Sr. was a professional wrestler who was best known in North America for being a member of the Fabulous Freebirds.-Career:...	1	May 2, 1980	Shreveport, LA
Junkyard Dog	2	1980	Louisiana
Vacated		1980		JYD injured by the Fabulous Freebirds Fabulous Freebirds The Fabulous Freebirds were a professional wrestling tag team that attained fame in the 1980s, performing into the 1990s. The team usually consisted of three wrestlers, although in different situations and points in its history, just two performed under the Freebirds name.-History:The Fabulous...
Ken Mantell	1	July 25, 1980	Shreveport, LA	Defeats Wahoo McDaniel Wahoo McDaniel Edward "Wahoo" McDaniel was a Choctaw-Chickasaw Native American who achieved fame as a professional American football player and later as a professional wrestler.-Early life:...  in tournament final
Johnny Mantell	1	1980		Defends the title for his brother Ken
Jake Roberts	1	1980	Louisiana
Ernie Ladd	2	January 16, 1981	Shreveport, LA
Jimmy Garvin Jimmy Garvin James Williams is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name "Gorgeous" Jimmy "Jam" Garvin and as a member of the legendary Fabulous Freebirds....	1	March 1981	Shreveport, LA
Super Destroyer Scott Irwin Scott K. Irwin was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tag team with his brother Barney "Bill" Irwin.-Debut and the World Wide Wrestling Federation:...	1	May 1, 1981	Louisiana
Bob Roop Bob Roop Bob Roop is a retired amateur and professional wrestler whose career has spanned high school, college, Army, amateur and professional wrestling. He was an American Heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...	1	July 22, 1981	Shreveport, LA
Great Kabuki	1	October 1981	Shreveport, LA
Junkyard Dog	3	December 7, 1981	New Orleans, LA
Vacated		June 1982		JYD wins North American Title
Killer Khan Killer Khan is a retired professional wrestler. Popularly known as Killer Khan, he was billed from Mongolia and had numerous high-profile matches with André the Giant in the World Wrestling Federation during the 1980s, including the first ever "stretcher match"...	1	July 6, 1982	Baton Rouge, LA
Mike Sharpe Mike Sharpe Michael "Mike" Sharpe is a Canadian professional wrestler better known as Iron Mike Sharpe.-Career:Sharpe comes from a family legacy of wrestling, as his father and uncle were a successful tag team in the 1950s, recognized as champions from San Francisco to Japan. He grew up in California, but...	1	September 1982	Shreveport, LA
Hacksaw Jim Duggan Jim Duggan James Edward Duggan , better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment in the 1980s, when it was known as World Wrestling Federation , and World Championship Wrestling...	1	November 1982	Shreveport, LA
Title Retired		1983		Title abandoned

External links

• Louisiana Heavyweight title history