The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1982

1982
01/01	St. Louis, MO	Dusty Rhodes	W
01/02	Greenville, SC	John Studd	W
01/03	Roanoke, VA	Ole Anderson	W (DQ)
01/04	Toronto, ON	Eanie Ladd	W
01/06	San Juan, PR	Pierre Martel	W
01/08	Cincinnati, OH	Ole Anderson	W
01/10	Kansas City, KS	Rufus Jones	W
01/12	Wichita, KS	Harley Race	W
01/13	Topeka, KS	Bob Brown	W
01/14	Kansas City, KS	Harley Race	D
01/15	Independence, MO	Bob Brown	W
01/16	St. Petersburg, FL	Mr. Wrestling II	W (COR)
01/17	Greensboro, NC	Sgt. Slaughter	W (DQ)
01/18	Augusta, GA	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
01/20	Miami, FL	Mr. Wrestling II	W
01/21	Dayton, OH	Dick Slater	L (DQ)
01/22	Columbus, OH	Tommy Rich	W
01/23	Chattanooga, TN	Tommy Rich	W
01/24	Charlotte, NC	John Studd	W
01/25	Dallas, TX	Kerry Von Erich	W (DQ)
01/27	Miami, FL	Mr. Wrestling II	D
01/31	Orlando, FL	Jack Brisco	L
02/02	Tampa, FL	Mike Graham	L
02/04	Austin, TX	Kerry Von Erich	W
02/05?	Columbia, SC	Ole Anderson	W
02/05	St. Louis, MO	Dick the Bruiser
02/06	Cincinnati, OH	John Studd	W
02/07	Greensboro, NC (aft)	Ricky Steamboat	L (DQ)
02/07	Roanoke, VA (eve)	Barry Windham	W
02/08	Greenville, SC	Harley Race	W
02/09	Orlando, FL	Mike Graham	W
02/10	Haines City, FL?	Butch Reed	W
02/11	Winston-Salem, NC	Leroy Brown	NC
02/12	Charleston, SC	Barry Windham	W
02/	Kansas City, KS	Harley Race	W
02/13	Hampton, VA	Ricky Steamboat	L (DQ)
02/14	Asheville, NC (aft)	Ricky Steamboat	NC
02/14	Charlotte, NC (eve)	Tommy Rich	NC
02/16	Tampa, FL	Dory Funk Jr.	NC
02/17	Melbourne, FL	Dory Funk Jr.	W
02/18	Tampa, FL	Wahoo McDaniel	W
02/18	Jacksonville, FL	Mr. Wrestling II	W
02/20	Tampa, FL (aft)	Bruce Reed	L
02/20	St. Petersburg (eve)	Mike Graham	W (DQ)
02/21	Greensboro, NC	Ricky Steamboat	W
02/22	Birmingham, AL	Ron Fuller	W (DQ)
02/23	Mobile, AL	Jimmy Golden
02/28	Atlanta, GA	Harley Race	W (DQ)
03/03?	Charlotte, NC	Ricky Steamboat
03/03	Hutchinson, KS	Rufus R. Jones
03/04	Kansas City, KS	Harley Race	W (DQ)
03/07	Dallas, TX	The Spoiler	W
???	???	Richard Blood (Tito Santana)	W
03/08	Tulsa, OK	Paul Jones	W (DQ)
03/09	Little Rock, AR	Paul Jones	W
03/10	Springfield, MO	Paul Jones	W (DQ)
03/11	Tampa, FL	Hacksaw Butch Reed	L
03/12	Oklahoma City, OK	Paul Jones	L (DQ)
03/12?	Tulsa, OK	Paul Jones
03/14	Atlanta, GA	Harley Race	W
03/17	Homestead, FL	Mike Graham	W
03/18	Jacksonville, FL	Bruce Reed	NC
03/21	Orlando, FL	Bruce Reed	NC
03/22	Augusta, GA	Tommy Rich	W
03/24	Columbus, GA	Tommy Rich	W
03/25	Gadsden, AL	Bob Armstrong	W
03/26	St. Louis, MO	Dick the Bruiser	W
03/27	St. Petersburg, FL	Bruce Reed	W (DQ)
03/28	Bristol (eve)	Sgt. Slaughter	W
04/01	Kansas City, KS	Harley Race	L (DQ)
04/02	Amarillo, TX	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
04/04	Charlotte, NC	Sgt. Slaughter	W (DQ)
04/07	Miami, FL	Bruce Reed	W
04/10	Portland, OR	Brett Sawyer	W
04/12	Longview, WA	Rocky Johnson	NC
04/13	Portland, OR	Buddy Rose	W
04/14	Seattle, WA	Brett Sawyer	W
04/15	Salem, OR	Rocky Johnson	D
04/16	Eugene, OR	Rocky Johnson	W (2-1)
04/17	Sarasota, FL	Bruce Reed
04/18	Asheville, NC (eve)	Ole Anderson	W
04/19	Ft. Worth, TX	Al Madril	W
04/22	Kansas City, KS	Dewey Robertson	W
04/23	San Antonio, TX	Kerry Von Erich	D
04/25	Toronto, ON	Harley Race	D (DDQ)
04/27	St. Joseph, MO	Michael Hayes	W
04/28	Topeka, KS	Dewey Robertson	W
04/29	Kansas City, KS	Harley Race	D
04/30	St. Louis, MO	Gene Kiniski	W
05/02	Greensboro, NC (aft)	Angelo Mosca	W (DQ)
05/03	Greenville, SC	Wahoo McDaniel	NC
05/04	Raleigh, NC	Wahoo McDaniel	NC
05/06	Norfolk, VA	Wahoo McDaniel	NC
05/09	Orlando, FL (aft)	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
05/09	Ft. Myers (eve)	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
05/10	W. Palm Beach, FL	Bruce Reed	W
05/11	Tampa, FL	Bruce Reed	D
05/12	Miami, FL	Wahoo Mcdaniel
05/12	Miami, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
05/13	Jacksonville, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
05/14	Tampa, FL (aft)	Wahoo McDaniel	D
05/14	Sarasota, FL	Mike Graham	W
05/16	Atlanta, GA	Leroy Brown	W (DQ)
05/17	Birmingham, AL	Terry Gordy	W
05/17?		Ted DeBiase	W
05/18	Mobile, AL	Terry Gordy	W
05/19	Sarasota, FL	Dusty Rhodes
05/22	Dothan, AL (eve)	Ron Fuller	D
05/23	Greensboro, NC (aft)	Jack Brisco	W
05/23	Bristol, TN (eve)	Ivan Koloff	W
05/24	Greenville, SC	Wahoo McDaniel	W
05/25	Raleigh, NC	Wahoo McDaniel	W
05/27	Sumter, SC	Wahoo McDaniel	W
05/28	Knoxville, TN	Harley Race	W
05/29	St. Petersburg, FL	Wahoo McDaniel	W
05/30	Roanoke, VA (aft)	Wahoo McDaniel	W
05/30	Asheville, NC	Jack Brisco	W
05	St. Louis, MO	Dick the Bruiser
06/04	Nagoya, JPN	Ricky Steamboat	W
06/08	Tokyo, JPN	Jumbo Tsuruta	D (double pinfall)
06/11	Charleston, WV	Tommy Rich	W
06/12	St. Louis, MO	Dick the Bruiser	W
06/13	Orlando, FL (eve)	Dusty Rhodes	D
06/14	W. Palm Beach, FL	Mike Graham	L (DQ)
06/15	Tampa, FL	Dusty Rhodes	L
06/16	Sunrise, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
06/17	Amarillo, TX	Ted DiBiase	W
06/19	Sarasota, FL	Dusty Rhodes	NC
06/20	Columbus, GA	Bob Armstrong	W
06/22	Saginaw, MI	Leroy Brown	NC
06/23	Miami, FL	Dusty Rhodes	L
06/24	Grand Rapids, MI	Leroy Brown	W
06/25	Lansing, MI	Michael Hayes	W
06/26	St. Petersburg, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
06/27	Asheville, NC (aft)	Jack Brisco	L (DQ)
06/27	Toronto, ON (eve)	Jack Brisco	W
06/29	Columbia, SC	Jack Brisco	W (DQ)
07/01	Norfolk, VA	Jay Youngblood	W
07/02	Richmond, VA	Jake Roberts	W
07/03	Greensboro, NC	Wahoo McDaniel	W (DQ)
07/04	Atlanta, GA	Bob Backlund	D (DCOR)
Double title match against WWF champion.
07/05	Gainesville, FL	Tommy Rich	W
07/06	Macon, GA	Bob Armstrong	W
07/07	Columbus, GA	Mr. Wrestling II	W
07/08	Lakeland, FL	Mike Graham	W
07/10	Chattanooga, TN	Paul Orndorff	D
07/11	Orlando, FL	Bruce Reed	W (DQ)
07/12	W. Palm Beach, FL	Bruce Reed	W (DQ)
07/13	Tampa, FL	Brian Blair	W
07/14	Miami, FL	Sweet Brown Sugar	D
07/15	Jacksonville, FL	Bruce Reed	W (DQ)
07/16	Lakeland, FL	Barry Windham	W
07/17	Ft. Myers, FL	Bruce Reed	D
07/18	Orlando, FL	Bruce Reed	D
07/22	Kansas City, KS	Buzz Tyler	W
07/23	St. Joseph, MO	Mike George	D
07/25	Orlando, FL	Bruce Reed (cage)	W
07/26	W. Palm Beach, FL	Bruce Reed (cage)	W
07/27	Ottawa, ON	Ricky Steamboat	W (DQ)
07/28	Miami, FL	Dory Funk Jr.	W
07/29	Jacksonville, FL	Bruce Reed	W
07/30	Sunrise, FL	Sweet Brown Sugar	W
07/31	St. Petersburg, FL	Dory Funk Jr.	D
08/01	Atlanta, GA	Paul Orndorff	L (DQ)
08/02	Colmbus, GA	Tommy Rich
08/03	Dallas, TX	Al Madril	D (10min)
08/06	St. Louis, MO	Dory Funk Jr.	W
08/07	Greensboro, NC	Wahoo McDaniel	L (DQ)
08/09	Wichita, KS	Mike George	W
08/11	Topeka, KS	Buzz Tyler	W
08/12	Kansas City, KS	Harley Race	W (DQ)
08/13	Orlando, FL	Dusty Rhodes	D
08/14	Memphis, TN (morn)	Jerry Lawler	L (COR)
08/14?	Hutchinson, KS	Mark Romero
08/14	Columbus, OH (eve)	Dick Slater	NC
08/15	Dallas, TX	Kerry Von Erich	NC
08/16	Greenville, SC	Jake Roberts	W
08/17	Raleigh, NC	Jimmy Valiant	W
08/18	Wadesboro, NC	Jack Brisco	W
08/19	Winston-Salem, NC	Roddy Piper	W (DQ)
08/20	Charleston, SC	Wahoo McDaniel	NC
08/22	Cincinnati, OH	Tommy Rich	W (37:45 pin)
08/27	Manati, PR	Pierre Martel	W
08/28	San Juan, PR	Invader I	W
08/29	Ponce, PR	Carlos Colon	W
08/31	Bayamón, PR	Invader	W
09	St. Domingo, DOM	Jack Veneno	W
09/02	Waterford?	Carlos Colon	W
09/04	Bayamón, PR	Invader I
09/06	Greenville, SC	Roddy Piper	L (DQ)
09/07	Columbia, SC	Jack Brisco	L (DQ)
09/20	W. Palm Beach, FL	Bruce Reed (cage)	W
09/21	Tampa, FL	Ron Bass	L (COR)
09/22	Miami, FL	Sweet Brown Sugar	W
09/23	Jacksonville, FL	Bruce Reed	D
09/25	Tampa, FL	Dusty Rhodes	NC
09/27	Albany, OR	Terry Gibbs	W
09/28	Portland, OR	Buddy Rose	L (DQ)
09/29	Seattle, WA	Buddy Rose	L (DQ)
09/30	Salem, OR	Brett Sawyer	W
10/01	Eugene, OR	Terry Gibbs	W
10/02	Portland, OR	Brett Sawyer	W
10/03	Columbus, GA (aft)	Paul Orndorff	NC
10/03	Atlanta, GA (eve)	Stan Hansen	D (DCOR)
10/07	Kansas City, KS	Manny Fernandez	W
10/08	St. Louis, MO	Harley Race	L
10/10	San Antonio, TX	Kerry Von Erich	D
10/11	Ft. Worth, TX	David Von Erich	W (DQ)
10/11	Greenville, SC	Wahoo McDaniel	W (DQ)
10/12	Columbia, SC	Wahoo McDaniel	W
10/14	Norfolk, VA	Jack Brisco	W
10/15	Richmond, VA	Paul Jones	W
10/17	Toronto, ON (aft)	Dory Funk Jr.	W
10/17	Charlotte, NC (eve)	Roddy Piper	L (DQ)
10/18	W. Palm Beach, FL	Ron Bass	W (DQ)
10/19	Tampa, FL	Barry Windham	W
10/20	Miami, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
10/21	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	Dusty Rhodes
10/24	Columbus, OH	Paul Orndorff	L (DQ)
10/25	Birmingham, AL	Ron Fuller	W
10/28	Gainesville, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W
10/31	St Petersburg	Dusty Rhodes	W
11/01	Greenville, SC	Wahoo McDaniel	NC
11/02	Columbia, SC	Wahoo McDaniel	W
11/03	Miami, FL	Dusty Rhodes	L (DQ)
11/04	Norfolk, VA	Jack Brisco	W
11/05	Richmond, VA	Wahoo McDaniel	W
11/07	Roanoke, VA	Jack Brisco	W
11/09	Tampa, FL	Barry Windham	W
11/10	Sunrise, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
11/16	Joplin, MO	Bob Brown	W
11/18	Kansas City, KS	Harley Race	D
11/19	St. Louis, MO	Ken Patera	W
11/21	Roanoke, VA	Jack Brisco	W
11/22	Greenville, SC	Ricky Steamboat	W
11/23	Raleigh, NC	Roddy Piper	W (DQ)
11/28	Charlotte, NC	Jimmy Valiant	D (DDQ)
12/05	Chattanooga, TN	Paul Orndorff
12/09	Norfolk, VA	Roddy Piper	W (DQ)
12/11	Dothan, AL	Austin Idol	D
12/12	Marietta, GA	Paul Orndorff	W (COR)
12/13	Augusta, GA	Bruce Reed	L
12/25	Dallas, TX	Kerry Von Erich (cage)	W
12/26	Huntington, VA (aft)	Tommy Rich	W
12/26	Columbus, OH (eve)	Paul Orndorff	L (DQ)

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