NWA Central States United States Championship
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The NWA Central States United States Championship was the version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in the Central States territory around Missouri
. It existed from 1961 until 1968.
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
. It existed from 1961 until 1968.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat O'Connor Pat O'Connor (wrestler) Patrick John "Pat" O'Connor , was a professional wrestler from New Zealand. O'Connor was regarded as one of the premier workers of his era... |
1 | August 24, 1961 | Awarded |
| The Sheik Ed Farhat Edward George Farhat was an American professional wrestler best known as by his ring name The Sheik... |
1 | May 1962 | St. Louis, MO |
| Pat O'Connor | 2 | 1963 | Missouri |
| Bob Geigel Bob Geigel Robert "Bob" Geigel is a former American professional wrestling promoter and also a former professional wrestler. Geigel ran the NWA Central States promotion between 1963 and 1986, until it was bought out by Jim Crockett Promotions... |
1 | June 1963 | Missouri |
| Rock Hunter | 1 | December 1963 | Missouri |
| Enrique Torres Enrique Torres Enrique Torres was a Mexican-American professional wrestler, the oldest three Torres brothers in wrestling, and a major star in the late 1940s and 1950s.-Personal Background:... |
1 | December 13, 1963 | St. Joseph, MO |
| The Stomper | 1 | December 20, 1963 | St. Joseph, MO |
| Rocky Hamilton Larry Hamilton Larry "Rocky" Hamilton , known by his ringname The Missouri Mauler, was an American professional wrestler who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance as well as Florida Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions, becoming a mainstay of the latter promotion throughout the 1960s.One of... |
1 | January 31, 1964 | St. Joseph, MO |
| The Stomper | 2 | May 22, 1964 | St. Joseph, MO |
| Sonny Myers Sonny Myers Harold "Sonny" Myers was an American professional wrestler, involved in the business for sixty years.-Career:... |
1 | June 12, 1964 | St. Joseph, MO |
| Bob Geigel | 2 | July 1964 | Missouri |
| Rocky Hamilton | 2 | December 1964 | Missouri |
| Tom Clark | 2 | December 1964 | Missouri |
| Sonny Myers | 2 | January 2, 1965 | Waterloo, IA |
| The Stomper | 3 | 1965 | Missouri |
| Bobby Shane | 1 | December 4, 1965 | Waterloo, IA |
| Bob Brown | 1 | 1965 or 1966 | Missouri |
| Pat O'Connor | 3 | 1966 | Missouri |
| Jack Donovan | 1 | 1967 | Missouri |
| Ron Etchison | 1 | September 9, 1967 | Waterloo, IA |
| Jack Donovan | 2 | 1967 or 1968 | Missouri |
| Eddie Sharkey Eddie Sharkey Eddie Sharkey is an American professional wrestling trainer. He is often called "The Trainer of Champions", and has been instrumental in training some of the biggest names in the industry, including the Road Warriors , "Ravishing" Rick Rude, Tom Zenk, Bob Backlund, Jerry Lynn, Sean Waltman, Nord... |
1 | September 1968 | Missouri |
| Title Retired | 1968 | Title abandoned | |
| records indicate that Bob Orton Bob Orton Robert Dale "Bob" Orton was an American professional wrestler. He was also known as Bob Orton, Sr. to distinguish him from his son, "Cowboy" Bob Orton, Jr... , The Viking & The Destroyer Dick Beyer Dick Beyer is a retired professional wrestler who is best known by his ring names, The Destroyer or Doctor X.-Early life:... also held this title but no dates are available. |
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