The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1979

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1979
01/01	Atlanta, GA	Andre the Giant	D (DCOR)
01/02	Tampa, FL	Terry Funk	D (60min)
01/03	Miami Beach, FL	Joe LeDuc	W
01/05	St. Louis, MO	Dick the Bruiser	W (DQ)
01/15	Augusta, GA	Rufus R. Jones	W
01/16	Tampa, FL	Mr. Wrestling II	W
01/17	Miami Beach, FL	Mike Graham	W
01/27	San Francisco, CA	Ron Starr	NC
01/	Lakeland, FL	Dusty Rhodes	NC
01/	Detroit, MI	The Sheik	W
02/05	Hutchinson, KS	Bob Brown
02/08	Kansas City, KS	Bob Sweetan	NC
02/10	Lakeland, FL	Rocky Johnson	W
02/11	Orlando, FL	Andre the Giant	L (DQ)
02/12	Ft. Pierce, FL	Jimmy Garvin	D
02/14	Hollywood, FL	Andre the Giant	D (DCOR)
02/16	Atlanta, GA	Wahoo McDaniel	W (DQ)
02/17	St. Petersburg, FL	Mike Graham	W (DQ)
02/19	Knoxville, TN	Ron Garvin
02/20	Johnson City, TN	Ron Garvin	W
02/23	St. Louis, MO	Ric Flair	W
02/	Wellington, NZL	Peter Maivia	L (DQ)
02/27	Auckland, NZL	Peter Maivia	L (DQ)
02/28	NZL	Peter Maivia	W
03/	Greensboro, NC	Ric Flair	NC
03/11	Dallas, TX	Kevin Von Erich	L (DQ)
03/19	Garden City, KS	Bob Brown
03/20	Hutchinson, KS	Siegfried Stanke
03/22	Kansas City, KS	Bob Sweetan	W
03/23	St. Louis, MO	Bruiser Brody	W
03/25	Lubbock, TX	Dick Murdoch
03/28	Pearl Harbor, HI	Peter Maivia	W (COR)
03/29	Amarillo, TX	Dick Murdoch
03/30	Houston, TX	The Spoiler	W
03/31	St. Petersburg, FL	Dusty Rhodes	NC
03/	St. Louis, MO	Ric Flair	W
04/	Houston, TX	Andre the Giant	NC
04/08	Toronto, ON	Ricky Steamboat	D
04/16	W. Palm Beach, FL	Steve Keirn	W
04/17	Tampa, FL	Jimmy Garvin	W (DQ)
04/18	Hollywood, FL	Jimmy Garvin	D
04/22	Asheville, NC	Ricky Steamboat	W
04/22	Greensboro, NC	Dino Bravo	W
04/	Johnson City, TN	Ron Fuller	W
04/24	Columbia, SC	Tony Atlas	W
04/26	Norfolk, VA	Ricky Steamboat	D
04/27	St. Louis, MO	Ted DiBiase	W
04/28	St. Petersburg, FL	Jimmy Garvin	W
04/30	New York, NY	Steve Travis	W
05/07	Osaka, JPN	Jumbo Tsuruta	D (1-1, DCOR)
05/08	Chiba, JPN	Dick Murdoch	D (1-1, 60min)
05/09	Sendai, JPN	Giant Baba	D (1-1, 60min)
05/16	Miami Beach, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
05/17	Jacksonville, FL	Jimmy Garvin	W
05/18	Knoxville, TN	Ron Fuller	D (DDQ)
05/22	Johnson City, TN	Ron Fuller	W
05/24	Mobile, AL	Terry Boulder (sub Ron Fuller)	W (DQ)
05/25	Dothan, AL	Terry Boulder	W (rev dec)
05/26	St. Petersburg, FL	Steve Keirn	W (DQ)
05/27	Dallas, TX	El Halcon	L (DQ)
05/	Ft. Worth, TX	The Spoiler	W
06/01	Houston, TX	Wahoo McDaniel	W
06/03	St. Petersburg, FL	Dory Funk Jr.	D
06/14	Kansas City, KS	Dick the Bruiser	L (DQ)
06/15	St. Louis, MO	David Von Erich	W
06/17	Greensboro, NC	Ricky Steamboat	L (DQ)
06/21	Norfolk, VA	Tony Atlas	W
06/25	W. Palm Beach, FL	Jack Brisco	W
06/26	Des Moines, IA	Super Destroyer II	W (DQ)
06/27	Miami Beach, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
06/28	Tampa, FL	Jimmy Garvin	W
???	Harlan, KY	Ron Garvin	L (DQ)
07/01	Orlando, FL	Steve Keirn	W (DQ)
07/05	Norfolk, VA	Ricky Steamboat	NC
07/06	Dothan, AL	Terry Boulder	W (DQ)
07/07	Hampton, VA	Jim Brunzell	D
07/08	Augusta, GA	Wahoo McDaniel	L (DQ)
07/09	Greensboro, NC	Ricky Steamboat	L (DQ)
07/13	Calgary, AB	Jake Roberts	W
07/	St. Louis, MO	Dick Murdoch	W
07/	AB	Big Daddy Ritter
07/	Dothan, AL	Terry Boulder	W
07/18	Calgary, AB	Jake Roberts	W
07/19	Kansas City, KS	Dick the Bruiser	W
07/22	Dallas, TX	Kevin Von Erich	D
07/23	Ft. Worth, TX	Kevin Von Erich	W
???	???	David Von Erich	D
07/26	Kansas City, KS	Bruiser Brody	W (DQ)
07/27	Houston, TX	El Halcon	W
07/28	St. Petersburg, FL	Mike Graham	W (DQ)
08/02	Orlando, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W
08/06	Florence, CO	Dick Murdoch	L (DQ)
08/08	Lubbock, TX	Dick Murdoch
08/10	St. Louis, MO	Dick Murdoch	W
08/14	Macon, GA	Tommy Rich	W
08/15	Columbus, GA
08/17	Atlanta, GA	Tony Atlas	W
08/20	W. Palm Beach, FL	Steve Keirn	W
08/21	Tampa, FL	Dusty Rhodes	L
08/23	Key West, FL	Harley Race	W
08/25	St. Petersburg, FL	Terry Funk	W
08/26	Jacksonville, FL (aft)	Don Muraco	W
08/26	Orlando, FL (eve)	Harley Race	L
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08/27	Birgmingham, AL	Ken Lucas
08/31	Houston, TX	El Halcon	W
???	Marietta, GA	Tommy Rich	W
???	Gainesville,GA	Stan Hansen	W
???	Knoxville, TN	Dick Slater	W
???	Marietta, GA	Stan Hansen	W
???	Atlanta, GA	Tommy Rich	W
09/11	Hamilton, NZD	Steve Rickard	L (DQ)
09/12	Wellington, NZD	Peter Maivia	L (DQ)
09/13	Christchurch, NZD	Peter Maivia
09/14	Dunedin, NZD
09/15	Invercargill, NZD	Mr. Fuji
09/16	Palmerston N., NZD	Rocky Johnson	W
09/17	Auckland, NZD	Peter Maivia	L (DQ)
09	AUS	Rick Martel
09/19	Honolulu, HI	Peter Maivia	L (DQ)
09/26	Miami Beach, FL	Dusty Rhodes
09/29	St. Petersburg, FL	Steve Keirn	W
10/04	Kansas City, KS	The Assassin	W
10/05	St. Louis, MO	Bruiser Brody	W
10/15	Augusta, GA	Tommy Rich	W (DQ)
10/18	Marietta, GA	Stan Hansen	W
10/21	Macon, GA	Tony Atlas	W (DQ)
10/26	Matsumoto, JPN	Jumbo Tsuruta	D (DCOR)
10/31	Nagoya, JPN	Giant Baba	L
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11/05	Kushima, JPN	Harley Race	W
11/07	Amagasaki, JPN	Harley Race	L
[4]
11/08	Tokyo, JPN	Abdullah the Butcher	D (DCOR)
11/11	???	Bruiser Brody	nc
01/16	???	Bruiser Brody	D
11/19	Augusta, GA	Tommy Rich	NC
11/20	Warner Robins, GA	Tommy Rich	NC
11/21	Miami Beach, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (12:36)
11/21	Jacksonville, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
11/22	Knoxville, TN	Dick Slater	L (DQ)
11/23	St. Louis, MO	Gene Kiniski	W
11/24	St. Petersburg, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
11/26	W. Palm Beach, FL	Steve Keirn	W
11/27	Tampa, FL	Jack Brisco	W (2-1)
11/28	Miami Beach, FL	Manny Fernandez	NC
11/29	Jacksonville, FL	Dusty Rhodes	L (DQ)
11/30	Atlanta, GA	Tommy Rich	D
12/02	???	Rock Hunter
12/03	???	The Assasin
12/04	Hutchinson, KS	Bob Brown
12/06	???	The Assasin	W
12/11	Dallas, TX	Bruiser Brody	W
12/12	Miami, FL	Manny Fernandez	D (time limit?)
12/13	Kansas City, KS	The Assassin	L (DQ)
12/17	New York, NY	Dusty Rhodes	W
12/22	Charlotte, NC	Ricky Steamboat	D (time limit?)
12/27	???	The Assasin	W
12/28	Houston, TX	Bruiser Brody	W
12/29	???	The Assasin	W
12/30	???	Bob Brown	L (DQ?)

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