The (Soon-to-be Complete?) Records of
N.W.A. World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1978 - 1979

[2] 1978
01/18	Sapporo	Giant Baba	L (DQ)
01/20	Obihiro, JPN	Jumbo Tsuruta	D (1-1, 60min)
01/25	Miami	Billy Graham
Double title match against WWF champion.
02/01	Miami Beach	Ivan Putski
02/15	Mami	Andre the Giant	D (DCOR)
02/17	St. Louis	Rocky Johnson	D
02/23	Jacksonville	Bob Backlund	D
Double title match against WWF champion.
02/27	Wellington, NZD	Les Thornton	D
03/01	Christchurch	Les Thornton	D
03/02	Aukland, NZD	Jack Claybourne Jr.	W
03/	AUSTRALIA	Ron Miller	D (time limit)
03/	(S. Pacific)	Pat Barrett	W
03/	(S. Pacific)	Les Thornton	W
03/	(S. Pacific)	Afi Taogaga	W
03/17	St. Joseph	Mike George	W
03/18	Detroit	The Sheik	D (NC)
03/20	Wichita	Alexi Smirnoff	W
03/23	Kansas City, KS	Ken Lucas	D
03/24	Houston	Wahoo McDaniel	D (NC)
???	Tampa	Steve Keirn	D (NC)
???	St. Louis	Dick the Bruiser	D
04/	St. Louis	Terry Funk	W
04/	Knoxville	Joe LeDuc	W
04/	St. Petersburg	Jack Brisco	W
04/01	New Orleans	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
04/02	Greensboro	Ricky Steamboat	W (DQ)
04/03	Greenville, SC	Ricky Steamboat	W
04/07	St. Louis	Terry Funk	W
04/09	Orlando	Jack Brisco	W
04/10	W. Palm Beach	Jack Brisco	W
04/11	Tampa	Dusty Rhodes	W
04/	Knoxville	Ron Fuller	D
???	???	David Von Erich	D
04/21	Mexico City	Halcon Ortiz	W
04/26	Miami	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
04/29	St. Petersburg	Jack Brisco	W
???	???	Al Madril	D
???	Chattanooga	Lanny Poffo	D
???	AUSTRALIA	Ron Miller	D
05/11	Harlan, KY	Ron Garvin	L (DQ)
05/	Knoxville	Ron Fuller	D
05/26	Oklahoma City	Jose Lothario	D (NC)
05/28	Houston	Wahoo McDaniel	W (DQ)
06/01	Kansas City, KS	Buck Robley	W
06/03	Tampa	Dory Funk Jr.	D (NC)
06/07	Miami	Jack Brisco	W
06/12	Greenville, SC	Black Jack Mulligan	D (DCOR)
06/16	St. Louis	Dick Murdoch	W
06/24	San Francisco	Dean Ho	L (DQ)
06/25	Houston	Wahoo McDaniel (cage)	W
06/26	Tampa	Jim Garvin	W
06/27	Miami Beach	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
07/01	Chattanooga	Lou Thesz	D
07/02	Greensboro	Dick Murdoch	W
07/03	Greenville, SC	Black Jack Mulligan	L (DQ)
07/04	Columbia, SC	Dick Murdoch	D (NC)
07/07	Calgary	Dory Funk Jr.	W (DQ)
07/08	Edmonton	Duke Sakurada
07/10	Greenville	Blackjack Mulligan	W
07/13	Regina	Leo Burke
07/14	Calgary	Leo Burke	W
07/15	Edmonton	Leo Burke
07/18	Columbia, SC	Ricky Steamboat	W
07/24?	Dallas	Rocky Johnson	W
07/24	Augusta	Thunderbolt Patterson
07/25	Macon	Stan Hansen
07/26	Columbus, GA	Mr. Wrestling #2
07/28	Atlanta	Thunderbolt Patterson	W
08/11	St. Louis	Dick the Bruiser
???	Houston	Wahoo McDaniel	W (DQ)
???	St. Petersburg	Dory Funk Jr.	D (NC)
???	NEW ZEALAND	Pat Barrett	W
???	NEW ZEALAND	Les Thornton	W
???	NEW ZEALAND	Afi Taogaga	W
???	St. Louis	Dick Murdoch	W
08/08	Macon	Stan Hansen
08/09	Miami	Wahoo McDaniel	L (DQ)
08/11	St. Louis	Dick the Bruiser	D (NC)
08/12	St. Petersburg	Jack Brisco	D
???	W. Palm Beach	Jack Brisco	W
???	Tampa	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
08/28	Augusta	Thunderbolt Patterson	D
08/31	Rome	Stan Hansen
09/01	Atlanta	Thunderbolt Patterson	D (NC)
???	St. Louis	Ernie Ladd	W
???	Atlanta	Paul Jones	W
???	Kansas City, KS	Lord Al Hayes	W
???	???	Ricky Steamboat	D
09/04	W. Palm Beach	Jack Brisco	W
09/05	Tampa	Dusty Rhodes	L (DQ)
09/06	Miami Beach	Wahoo McDaniel	W
???	Tampa	Jack Brisco	L (DQ)
???	Colorado Springs	Dory Funk Jr.	D
???	Orlando	Wahoo McDaniel	W (DQ)
???	Sarasota	Jack Brisco	W
???	Orlando	Dusty Rhodes	D
10/	Des Moines	Terry Funk	D
10/03	Dallas	Bruiser Brody	W
10/06	St. Louis	Ric Flair	W (DQ)
10/13	Houston	Andre the Giant	W (DQ)
10/16	Greenville, SC	Ricky Steamboat	D
10/17	Columbia, SC	Tony Atlas	W
10/20	Charleston, SC	Ricky Steamboat	L (DQ)
10/21	Greensboro	Ricky Steamboat	W
10/22	Charlotte	Blackjack Mulligan	L (DQ)
10/26	Kansas City, MO	Bruiser Brody	W
10/29	Orlando	Bob Backlund	D
???	Norfolk	Blackjack Mulligan	D (NC)
???	Orlando	Dusty Rhodes	D
10/	St. Petersburg	Dusty Rhodes	W
10/	Tampa	Wahoo McDaniel	L (DQ)
10/	W. Palm Beach	Rocky Johnson	W
11/01	Miami	Wahoo McDaniel	L (DQ)
???	Spartanburg, SC	Tony Atlas	D (NC)
11/3?	Tampa	Joe LeDuc	W
11/05	Lakeland,FL	Dusty Rhodes	D
???	Norfolk	Tony Atlas	W
11/06	W. Palm Beach	Wahoo McDaniel	W (DQ)
11/09	Amarillo	Dory Funk Jr.	W
11/16	Kansas City, MO	Bruiser Brody	W
11/22	Miami	Dusty Rhodes
11/24	St. Louis	Ted DiBiase	W
11/28	Tampa	Jack Brisco	W
11/29	Miami	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
11/	St. Petersburg	Joe LeDuc	W
???	Roanoke	Paul Jones	D (NC)
???	Richmond	Dino Bravo	D
???	Richmond	Wahoo McDaniel	W
???	Richmond	Wahoo McDaniel	L (DQ)
???	St. Louis	Ric Flair	W
11/	Miami Beach	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
12/01	Atlanta	Thunderbolt Patterson	W
???	Baton Rouge	"Masked Assassin"	W
???	San Antonio	Ricky Steamboat	W
???	Sarasota	Mike Graham	W
12/18	New York City	Tony Garea	W
12/22	Atlanta	Dick Slater	W
12/28	Kansas City, MO	Bruiser Brody	W
1979
01/01	Atlanta	Andre the Giant	D (DCOR)
01/02	Tampa	Terry Funk	D
01/03	Miami Beach	Joe LeDuc	W
01/05	St. Louis	Dick the Bruiser	W (DQ)
01/15	Augusta	Rufus R. Jones	W
01/16	Tampa	Mr. Wrestling II	W
01/17	Miami Beach	Mike Graham	W
01/27	San Francisco	Ron Starr	D (NC)
01/	Lakeland, FL	Dusty Rhodes	D (NC)
01/	Detroit	The Sheik	W
02/08	Kansas City, KS	Bob Sweetan	D (NC)
02/10	Lakeland	Rocky Johnson	W
02/12	Ft. Pierce, FL	Jimmy Garvin	D
02/14	Hollywood, FL	Andre the Giant	D (NC)
02/16	Atlanta	Wahoo McDaniel	W (DQ)
02/17	St. Petersburg	Mike Graham	W (DQ)
02/20	Johnson City	Ron Garvin	W
02/	Wellington, NLD	Peter Maivia	L (DQ)
02/27	Auckland, NLD	Peter Maivia	L (DQ)
02/28	NZL	Peter Maivia	W
03/	Greensboro	Ric Flair	D (NC)
03/11	Dallas	Kevin Von Erich	L (DQ)
03/22	Kansas City, KS	Bob Sweetan	W
03/23	St. Louis	Bruiser Brody	W
03/28	Pearl Harbor	Peter Maivia	W (COR)
03/29	Amarillo	Dick Murdoch
03/30	Houston	The Spoiler	W
03/31	St. Petersburg	Dusty Rhodes	D (NC)
03/	St. Louis	Ric Flair	W
04/	Houston	Andre the Giant	D (NC)
04/08	Toronto	Ricky Steamboat	D
04/16	W. Palm Beach	Steve Keirn	W
04/17	Tampa	Jimmy Garvin	W (DQ)
04/18	Hollywood, FL	Jimmy Garvin	D (NC)
04/22	Asheville, NC	Ricky Steamboat	W
04/22	Greensboro	Dino Bravo	W
04/	Johnson City	Ron Fuller	W
04/24	Columbia, SC	Tony Atlas	W
04/26	Norfolk, VA	Ricky Steamboat	D
04/27	St. Louis	Ted DiBiase	W
04/28	St. Petersburg	Jimmy Garvin	W
04/30	New York	Steve Travis	W
05/07	Osaka	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	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
05/17	Jacksonville	Jimmy Garvin	W
05/18	Knoxville	Ron Fuller	D
05/22	Johnson City	Ron Fuller	W
05/26	St. Petersburg	Steve Keirn	W (DQ)
05/27	Dallas	El Halcon	L (DQ)
05/	Ft. Worth	The Spoiler	W
06/01	Houston	Wahoo McDaniel	W
06/	Dothan	Steling Golden (Hogan)	W
06/14	Kansas City, KS	Dick the Bruiser	L (DQ)
06/15	St. Louis	David Von Erich	W
06/17	Greensboro	Ricky Steamboat	L (DQ)
06/25	W. Palm Beach	Jack Brisco	W
06/26	Tampa	Jimmy Garvin	W
06/26	Des Moines	Super Destroyer II	W (DQ)
06/27	Miami Beach	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
???	Harlan, KY	Ron Garvin	L (DQ)
07/01	Orlando	Steve Keirn	W (DQ)
07/05	Norfolk	Ricky Steamboat	D (NC)
07/07	Hampton	Jim Brunzell	D
07/08	Augusta	Wahoo McDaniel	L (DQ)
07/09	Greensboro	Ricky Steamboat	L (DQ)
07/13	Calgary	Jake Roberts	W
07/	St. Louis	Dick Murdoch	W
07/	Alberta	Big Daddy Ritter
07/18	Calgary	Jake Roberts	W
07/19	Kansas City	Dick the Bruiser	W
07/22	Dallas	Kevin Von Erich	D
07/23	Ft. Worth	Kevin Von Erich	W
???	???	David Von Erich	D
07/26	Kansas City	Bruiser Brody	W (DQ)
07/27	Houston	El Halcon	W
07/28	St. Petersburg	Mike Graham	W (DQ)
08/02	Orlando	Dusty Rhodes	W
08/06	Florence, CO	Dick Murdoch	L (DQ)
08/10	St. Louis	Dick Murdoch	W
08/14	Macon	Tommy Rich	W
08/15	Columbus, GA
08/17	Atlanta	Tony Atlas	W
08/20	W. Palm Beach	Steve Keirn	W
08/21	Tampa	Dusty Rhodes	L
08/23	Key West	Harley Race	W
08/24?	Jacksonville	Don Muraco	W
08/25	St. Petersburg	Terry Funk	W
08/26	Orlando	Harley Race	L
[3]
08/27	Birgmingham	Ken Lucas
08/31	Houston	El Halcon	W
???	Marietta	Tommy Rich	W
???	Gainesville,GA	Stan Hansen	W
???	Knoxville	Dick Slater	W
???	Marietta	Stan Hansen	W
???	Atlanta	Tommy Rich	W
09/11	Hamilton, NZD	Steve Rickard	L (DQ)
09/12	Wellington, NZD	Peter Maivia	L (DQ)
09/13	Christchurch	Peter Maivia
09/14	Dunedin, NZD
09/15	Invercargill	Mr. Fuji
09/16	Palmerston N.	Rocky Johnson	W
09/17	Auckland, NZD	Peter Maivia	L (DQ)
09	AUSTRALIA	Rick Martel
09/19	Honolulu	Peter Maivia	L (DQ)
09/26	Miami Beach	Dusty Rhodes
09/29	St. Petersburg	Steve Keirn	W
10/04	Kansas City	The Assassin	W
10/05	St. Louis	Bruiser Brody	W
10/15	Augusta	Tommy Rich	W (DQ)
10/18	Marietta	Stan Hansen	W
10/26	Matsumoto, JPN	Jumbo Tsuruta	D (DCOR)
10/31	Nagoya	Giant Baba	L
[2]
11/05	Kushima, JPN	Harley Race	W
11/07	Amagasaki, JPN	Harley Race	L
Race wins the title.
[4]
11/08	Tokyo	Abdullah the Butcher	D (DCOR)
11/11	???	Bruiser Brody	nc
01/16	???	Bruiser Brody	D
11/19	Augusta	Tommy Rich	NC
11/21	Miami Beach	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
11/22	Jacksonville	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
11/23	St. Louis	Gene Kiniski	W
11/24	St. Petersburg	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
11/24	Knoxville	Dick Slater	L (DQ)
11/26	W. Palm Beach	Steve Keirn	W
11/27	Tampa	Jack Brisco	W (2-1)
11/28	Miami Beach	Manny Fernandez	D (NC)
11/29	Jacksonville	Dusty Rhodes	L (DQ)
11/30	Atlanta	Tommy Rich	D
12/02	???	Rock Hunter
12/03	???	The Assasin
12/04	???	Bob Brown
12/06	???	The Assasin	W
12/11	Dallas	Bruiser Brody	W
12/12	Miami	Manny Fernandez	D (time limit?)
12/13	Kansas City, KS	The Assassin	L (DQ)
12/17	New York	Dusty Rhodes	W
12/22	Charlotte	Ricky Steamboat	D (time limit?)
12/27	???	The Assasin	W
12/28	Houston	Bruiser Brody	W
12/29	???	The Assasin	W
12/30	???	Bob Brown	L (DQ?)

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