NWA Oklahoma Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA Oklahoma Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling
championship
sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance
as the top title contested for in its member promotion
NWA Oklahoma.
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
Championship (professional wrestling)
A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...
sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
as the top title contested for in its member promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
NWA Oklahoma.
Title history
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| Jack Brisco Jack Brisco Freddie Joe Brisco was an American professional wrestler, better known as Jack Brisco or Uvalde Slim. He performed for various territories of the National Wrestling Alliance , becoming a two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA Tag Team Champion with his brother Gerald Brisco... |
1 | 1960s | ||
| "Mr. Saturday Night" Michael Barry | 1 | April 23, 2004 | Ponca City, Oklahoma Ponca City, Oklahoma Ponca City is a small city in Kay and Osage counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, which was named after the Ponca Tribe. Located in north central Oklahoma, it lies approximately south of the Kansas border, and approximately east of Interstate 35. 25,919 people called Ponca City home at the... |
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| Brandon Groom | 1 | May 8, 2004 | Bristow, Oklahoma Bristow, Oklahoma Bristow is a city in Creek County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 4,325 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bristow is located at .... |
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| "Mr. Saturday Night" Michael Barry | 2 | September 25, 2004 | Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Broken Arrow is a city located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, primarily in Tulsa County but also with a small section of the city in western Wagoner County. It is the largest suburb of Tulsa. According to the 2010 US Census, Broken Arrow has a population of 98,850 residents... |
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| Big John O'Malley | 1 | April 9, 2005 | Tahlequah, Oklahoma Tahlequah, Oklahoma Tahlequah is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It was founded as a capital of the original Cherokee Nation in 1838 to welcome those Cherokee forced west on the Trail of Tears. The city's population was 15,753 at the 2010 census. It... |
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| NWA Oklahoma changes its name to NWA Universal in April 2005. NWA Universal was inactive from September 2005 through May 2006. | ||||
| "The Oklahoma Legend" Rocco Valentino | 1 | August 25, 2006 | Tahlequah, Oklahoma | |
| Big John O'Malley | 2 | October 28, 2006 | Tahlequah, Oklahoma | |
| Title vacated on November 29, 2006 when O'Malley leaves NWA Universal. | ||||
| Slam Shady | 1 | April 14, 2007 | Wagoner, Oklahoma Wagoner, Oklahoma Wagoner is a city in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 7,669 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wagoner County.-Geography:Wagoner is located at .... |
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| NWA Universal changes its name back to NWA Oklahoma in June 2008. | ||||
| "The Shooter" Brent Albright Brent Albright Brent Alan Albright is an American professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment, during which he appeared on Friday Night SmackDown! as Gunner Scott... |
1 | June 14, 2008 | Tahlequah, Oklahoma | |
| Albright relenquished the title on September 5, 2008 due to the overwhelming schedule he faced as NWA World Champion. | ||||
| Spoiler 2000 | 1 | October 3, 2008 | Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's... |
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| Carnage | 1 | October 18, 2009 | Ada, Oklahoma Ada, Oklahoma Ada is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 16,008 at the 2000 census. As of 2009, the city population was estimated at 17,019.... |
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| Dane Griffin | 1 | Jan 23, 2010 | Amarillo, Texas Amarillo, Texas Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census... |
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