The Records of
N.W.A. World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1983

1983
01/01	Charlotte (aft)	Roddy Piper	W
01/01	St. Louis (eve)	Bruce Reed	W
01/02	Greensboro (aft)	Roddy Piper	NC
01/03	W. Palm Beach	Barry Windham	L (DQ)
01/04	Tampa, FL	Barry Windham	L (DQ)
01/05	Miami	Rufus Jones	W (DQ)
01/06	San Juan	Carlos Colon	L
01/09	Santo Domingo	Jack Veneno	L (DQ)
01/10	W. Palm Beach	Barry Windham	W
01/12	Miami	Ron Bass	W
01/14	Orlando, FL	Midnight Rider	L
01/15	Tampa, FL	Barry Windham	W
01/17	Wichita, KS	Harley Race
01/18	Joplin	Harley Race	NC
01/19	Decatur	Harley Race	W (DQ)
01/20	Kansas City, KS	Bruiser Brody	D
01/22	Atlanta, GA	Bruce Reed	L
01/24	Charleston	WVA Bruce Reed	W (DQ)
01/25?	Canton	Paul Orndorff	W
01/25	Charleston, WV	Butch Reed	W (DQ)
01/29	Columbus, OH	Bruce Reed	W (DQ)
02/02	Lawton, OK	David Von Erich	W (DQ)
02/03	Dayton	Paul Orndorff	W
02/04	Dallas, TX	Terry Gordy	W
02/05	Seagoville, TX	Kevin Von Erich	NC
02/06	Fayetteville	Ricky Steamboat	W
02/07	Greenville, SC	Mike Rotundo	W
02/08	Columbia, SC	Ricky Steamboat	W
02/09	Miami	Midnight Rider	L
Rider (Dusty Rhodes) wins the title but returns the belt when asked to indentify himself by NWA president Bob Geigel.
02/10	Norfolk, VA	Ricky Steamboat	W
02/11	St. Louis, MO	Bruiser Brody	D
02/12	Sumter	Jimmy Valiant	W
02/13	Ft. Myers	Barry Windham
02/13	Orlando, FL	Andre the Giant	D
02/14	W. Palm Beach	Barry Windham (cage)	W
02/15	Tampa, FL	Scott McGhee	W
02/17	Ocala	Barry Windham	W
02/18	Hollywood, FL	Barry Windham
02/19	Sarasota	Midnight Rider
02/20	Toronto (eve)	Terry Funk	W
02/24	Auckland, NZD	Mark Lewin	W (DQ)
02/25	New Plymouth	Mark Lewin
02/26	Christchurch	Mark Lewin
02/27	Dunedin, NZD	Mark Lewin	W
02/28	Invercargill	Steve Rickard
03/01	Norfolk, VA	Angelo Mosca Jr.	W
03/02	Charleston, SC	Dory Funk Jr.	W
03/03	Auckland, NZD	Mark Lewin	W
03/04	Hamilton, NZD	Steve Rickard
03/10	St. Louis, MO	Bruiser Brody	NC
03/11	Hampton	Dory Funk Jr.	W
03/12	Greensboro, NC	Greg Valentine	D
03/13	Pensacola	Ken Lucas	W (DQ)
03/14	Birmingham	Mr. Olympia	NC
03/15	Richmond, VA	Greg Valentine	D
03/17	Toronto, ON	Roddy Piper	W
03/20	San Antonio, TX	Kerry Von Erich (cage)	W (DQ)
03/21	Wichita, KS	Harley Race	W
03/22	Topeka, KS	Manny Fernandez
03/24	Kansas City, KS	Bruiser Brody	W (DQ)
03/25	St. Louis, MO	Kerry Von Erich	W
03/27	Toronto, ON	Roddy Piper	W
04/01	Dallas, TX	Kevin Von Erich	W (DQ)
04/03	Atlanta, GA	Tony Atlas	NC
04/07	Huntington, WV	Tony Atlas	W
04/08	Dayton	Tony Atlas	L
04/09	Cincinnati, OH	Tony Atlas	L
04/10	Toronto, ON	Roddy Piper	W (DQ)
04/12	Tampa, FL	"Big Daddy"	NC
04/13	Miami	Barry Windham	D
04/16	St. Petersburg, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
04/17	Orlando, FL	Barry Windham	D
04/	St. Louis, MO	Crusher Blackwell	W
04/23	San Juan	Pedro Morales
04/24	Asheville	Greg Valentine	W
04/25	Greenville, SC	Dick Slater	W (DQ)
04/26	Columbia, SC	Jimmy Valiant	W (DQ)
04/28	Norfolk, VA	Dick Slater	W
04/29	St. Louis, MO	Jerry Blackwell	W (COR)
05/01	Atlanta, GA	Tony Atlas	L (DQ)
05/02	Beckley, WV	Tony Atlas	L (DQ)
05/04	Akron, OH	Tony Atlas	L
05/05	Toledo	Tony Atlas	L
05/07	Cincinnati (eve)	Tommy Rich	W (DQ)
05/08	Centralia	Billy Jack Haynes	W (DQ)
05/09	Longview	Buddy Rose	W (COR)
05/10	Portland, OR	Roddy Piper	L
05/11	Seattle	Roddy Piper	W (DQ)
05/12	Yakima	Billy Jack Haynes	W (DQ)
05/13	Eugene	Billy Jack Haynes	W (DQ)
05/15	Toronto, ON	Roddy Piper
05/16	Wichita, KS	Buzz Tyler	W (DQ)
05/19	Kansas City, KS	Harley Race	W
05/20	St. Joseph, MO	Dewey Robertson	W
05/23	Birmingham	Austin Idol	W
05/26	Norfolk, VA	Greg Valentine	W
05/27	Richmond, VA	Greg Valentine	W
05/28	Charlotte, NC	Greg Valentine	L (DQ)
05/29	Asheville (aft)	Greg Valentine	L
05/29	Toronto (eve)	Greg Valentine	W
06/06	Ohtsu, JPN	Bruiser Brody	NC
06/08	Tokyo, JPN	Jumbo Tsuruta	L
Tsuruta only wins by one fall. Flair is said to have traded the title against Carlos Colon in Puerto Rico and Victor Jovica in TRINIDAD in 1982 and 83.
06/10	St. Louis, MO	Harley Race	L
[7]
06/17	Dallas, TX	Kevin Von Erich	W (DQ)
06/19	Orlando, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W
06/22	Miami	Dusty Rhodes	W
06/24	Toronto, ON	Ric Flair	W (DQ)
06/30	Cleveland, OH	Stan Hansen	D (DCOR)
07/01	Dayton	Stan Hansen	D (DCOR)
07/02	Greensboro, NC	Ric Flair	L (DQ)
07/03	Savannah	Ric Flair	L (DQ)
07/04	Greenville, SC	Ric Flair	NC
07/05	Raleigh, NC	Ric Flair	NC
07/06	Sumter	Ric Flair	NC
07/08	Richmond, VA	Ric Flair	W (DQ)
07/09	Charlotte, NC	Ric Flair	NC
07/10	Asheville (aft)	Ric Flair	NC
07/10	Toronto (eve)	Ric Flair	W (DQ)
07/14	Kansas City, KS	Ric Flair	L
07/17	Greensboro, NC	Ric Flair	W (DQ)
07/22	Richmond, VA	Ric Flair	W (DQ)
07/23	Charlotte, NC	Ric Flair	W (DQ)
07/24?	Asheville, NC	Ricky Steamboat	W
07/24	Toronto, ON	Ric Flair	L (DQ)
07/30	San Juan	Gran Apolo
08/05	St. Louis, MO	Ric Flair	L
08/24	Miami	Dusty Rhodes
08/25	Ft. Myers	Barry Windham
09	St. Petersburg, FL	Dusty Rhodes	D
09	Dallas, TX	Iceman King Parsons	W (DQ)
09/07	Miami	Ric Flair	L
09/17	Dallas, TX	Kevin Von Erich	W
09/18	Toronto, ON	Mike Rotundo	W
San Juan	Carlos Colon	D (time limit)
10/08	St. Louis, MO	Hulk Hogan	L (DQ)
10	Seatle	Billy Jack	L
10/18	Toronto, ON	Mike Rotunda	W
10/22	Portland, OR	Billy Jack	D
10/26	Morioka, JPN	Jumbo Tsuruta	D
10/31	Aizu-Wakamatsu, JPN	Ted DeBiase	W
11/24	Greensboro, NC	Ric Flair	L
[2]
11/25	St. Louis, MO	David Von Erich	W
11/27	San Antonio, TX	Kevin Von Erich	L
11/28	Ft. Worth, TX	David Von Erich	L
12/03	Cleveland (eve)	Pez Whatley	D (60min)
12/04	Columbus, GA (aft)	Pez Whatley	D
12/04	Atlanta (eve)	Tommy Rich	W
12/05	Augusta	Tommy Rich	W
12/06	Macon	Pez Whatley	W
12/10	Nagoya	Jumbo Tsuruta	D
12/12	Tokyo, JPN	The Great Kabuki	L (DQ)
12/15	Dallas, TX	Kerry Von Erich	L (?)
12/16	Birmingham	Bob Armstrong	W
12/18	Bayamon	Carlos Colon	L (?)
12/25	Dallas, TX	David Von Erich	L (DQ)
12/29	Kansas City, KS	Bruiser Brody	L (DQ)

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