The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1948

01/05	Des Moines, IA	Orville Brown	L
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01/14	Winnipeg, MB	Bronko Nagurski	W (DQ)
03/01	Des Moines, IA	Marshall Estep	D (1-1 60min)
03/17	Winnipeg, MB	Bronko Nagurski	W
03/28	Calgary, AB	Earl McCready	W
03/30	Edmonton, AB	Laverne Baxter	W
04/05	Des Moines, IA	Marshall Estep	W
04/18	Waterloo, IA	Joe Dusek	W
06/11	Chillicothe, MO	Ray Villmer
06/14	Wichita, KS	Al Mills	D
06/21	Wichita, KS	Emil Dusek	W (2-0)
06/30	Wichita, KS	Lew Newman	W
07/04	Oelwein, IA	Ken Fenelon
Pinkie George founds the National Wrestling Alliance in 48/07 in Waterloo, IA with 5 other promoters and recognizes Brown as the world heavyweight champion.
07/18	Waterloo, IA	Joe Dusek
08/01	Waterloo, IA	Otto Kuss
08/25	Columbus, OH	Ruffy Silverstein	W
09/17	St. Louis, MO	Otto Kuss	W
09/22	Columbus, OH	Simunovich	W
09/29	Ottawa, ON	Yvon Robert	NC
09/30	Kansas City, KS	Otto Kuss	W
10/01	St. Louis, MO	Don Eagle	W
10/11	Wichita, KS	Don Eagle	W
10/12	Montreal, QC	Chief Don Eagle	W (DQ)
10/12?	Cleveland, OH?	Bobby Bruns	W
10/13	Toronto, ON	Fred Atkins	W (DQ)
10/15	Columbus, OH	Ivan Rasputin	W
10/29	St. Louis, MO	Frankie Talabar	W
11/01	Hollywood, CA	Buddy Rogers	W
11/04	Kansas City, MO	Don Eagle	D
11/08	Hollywood, CA	Buddy Rogers	D
11/16	Cleveland, OH	Ali Baba	W
11/18	Columbus, OH	Don Evans	W
11/22	Des Moines, IA	Ali Baba	W
11/25	Kansas City, MO	Don Eagle	W
11/29	Detroit, MI	Wladek Kowalski	W
12/10	St. Louis, MO	Don Eagle	W
12/14	Minneapolis, MN	Len Hall	D
12/17	St. Joseph, MO	Buddy Rogers
12/20	Wichita, KS	Buddy Rogers	W (2-1 DQ)
12/21	Cleveland, OH	Ed Meske	W
12/22	St. Louis, MO	Ali Baba	W
12/27	Wichita, KS	Ron Etchison	W

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