NATIONAL WRESTLING FEDERATION |
| WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE |
( |
70 - 76/08 |
) |
| HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE |
( |
76/08 - 81/04; 03/01 - |
) |
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| Johnny Powers |
70 |
Los Angeles, CA * |
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Defeats Fred Blassie. |
| Waldo Von Erich |
71/11/20 |
Cleveland, OH |
| Dominic Denucci |
71/12/08 |
Buffalo, NY |
| Waldo Von Erich [2] |
72/01/05 |
Buffalo, NY |
| Ernie Ladd |
72/06/09 |
Cleveland, OH |
| Abdullah the Butcher |
72/06/24 |
Akron, OH |
| Victor Rivera * |
72/09< |
| Abdullah the Butcher * |
72/10< |
| Johnny Valentine |
72/10/19 |
Cleveland, OH |
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Held up after a match against Johnny Powers on 72/12/07 in Cleveland, OH; Valentine may have won the rematch but is stripped in 73/01. |
| Jacques Rougeau |
73/01/24 |
Buffalo, NY |
|
Defeats Waldo Von Erich in tournament final. |
| Johnny Valentine [2] |
73/08 |
| Johnny Powers [2] |
73 |
| Antonio Inoki |
73/12/10 |
Tokyo |
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NWF orders Inoki to accept the title match against Tiger Jeet Singh; Inoki refuses and vacates the title on 75/02/12. |
| Tiger Jeet Singh |
75/03/13 |
Hiroshima |
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Defeats Antonio Inoki. |
| Antonio Inoki [2] |
75/06/26 |
Tokyo |
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Told to stop referring to the title as a world title at the annual NWA meeting on 76/08/07. |
| Stan Hansen |
80/02/08 |
Tokyo |
| Antonio Inoki [3] |
80/04/03 |
Tokyo |
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Title held up after match against Stan Hansen on 81/04/17 in Kagoshima ends as no-contest. |
| Antonio Inoki [4] |
81/04/23 |
Tokyo |
Defeats Stan Hansen in rematch; abandons title immediately after the match to enter the International Wrestling Grand Prix tournament.
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| Yoshihiro Takayama |
03/01/04 |
Tokyo |
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Defeats Tsuyoshi Kosaka in the final of 4-man tournament. |
| Shinsuke Nakamura |
04/01/04 |
Tokyo |
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