North American Heavyweight Title
[Tri-State/Mid-South]

Chuck Karbo	69	Los Angeles, CA *
Wins a tournament to become the first champion.
Danny Hodge	69/10/21	Little Rock, AR
Chuck Karbo [2]	69
Tarzan Baxter	69
The Spoiler	70/02<
Bill Watts	70/04/12	Tulsa, OK
Dusty Rhodes	71/05/21	Shreveport, LA
Bill Watts [2]	71/10
The Stomper (John Quinn)	72/03
Bill Watts [3]	72/07<
Tri-State version of the title declared vacant when Watts takes title to Georgia and Florida in 73/09; Watts continues to defend the title in Georgia and Florida.
Buddy Colt	74/05/03	Tampa, FL
Wins title from Watts.
Bob Armstrong	74/06/08	Jacksonville, FL
Buddy Colt [2]	75/02
Bill Watts [4]	75/02/21	Atlanta, GA
Awarded when Colt is injured in a plane crash; unifies Tri-State version, defeating Killer Karl Kox on 75/11/26 in Jackson, MS.
The Spoiler [2]	76/11/09	Shreveport, LA
The Brute	76/11/23
Awarded after filling in for Spoiler; defeats Spoiler in 76/12.
Ted DiBiase	76/12
The Great Zimm (Waldo Von Erich)	77	Shreveport, LA
Dick Murdoch	77/03/01	Shreveport, LA
Stan Hansen	77/05/02	Tulsa, OK
Bill Watts [5]	77/06/20	Tulsa, OK
Dick Murdoch [2]	77/08/04
Jerry Oates	77/08	Albuquerque, NM *
Dick Murdoch [3]	77/11/06	Shreveport, LA
Ernie Ladd	78/02/14	Shreveport, LA
Paul Orndorff	78/05/29	Tulsa, OK
Ernie Ladd [2]	78/06
Paul Orndorff [2]	78/06
Ernie Ladd [3]	78/08/15
Ray Candy	78/11/17	Shreveport, LA
Ernie Ladd [4]	78/12/25	New Orleans, LA
Wins by forfeit.
Mr. Wrestling II	79/02/16	Atlanta, GA
Renamed Mid-South Wrestling Association North American Heavyweight Title in 79/08.
Mike George	79/09/05	Shreveport, LA
Bill Watts #	79/12/04	Baton Rouge, LA
Mike George #	79/12/06
Belt returned to George.
Ted DiBiase [2]	80/02/01	Shreveport, LA
The Grappler	80/09/19	Shreveport, LA
Jake Roberts	81/05/31	Shreveport, LA
Paul Orndorff [3]	81/07/04	New Orleans, LA
Ted DiBiase [3]	81/11/01
Bob Roop	82/03/17	Shreveport, LA
Junkyard Dog	82/06/21	New Orleans, LA
Ted DiBiase [4]	82/06/23	Shreveport, LA
Stagger Lee (Junkyard Dog) [2]	82/11/25	New Orleans, LA
JYD loses a loser-leaves-town tag match and reappears as the masked Stagger Lee; vacant in 83/02 when JYD returns without a mask after his 90-day suspension ends.
Junkyard Dog [3]	83/04/16	New Orleans, LA
Defeats Mr. Olympia in rematch of tournament final after first match ends in controversy.
Butch Reed	83/07/16	New Orleans, LA
Magnum T.A. #	83/10/12	Shreveport, LA
Nikolai Volkoff #	83/10/24	New Orleans, LA
Butch Reed #	83/10/24
Belt returned to Reed when Magnum T.A.'s victory is reversed.
Junkyard Dog [4]	83/10/26	Shreveport, LA
Mr. Wrestling II	84/03/12	New Orleans, LA
Magnum T.A.	84/05/13	Tulsa, OK
Ernie Ladd [5]	84/10/16	Shreveport, LA
Brad Armstrong	84/12/05	Shreveport, LA
Ted DiBiase [5]	85/01/16	Shreveport, LA
Terry Taylor	85/03/13	Shreveport, LA
The Nightmare/Masked Champion	85/05/22	Shreveport, LA
Dick Murdoch [4]	85/08/10	New Orleans, LA
Butch Reed [2]	85/10/14	New Orleans, LA
Dick Slater	86/01/01	Tulsa, OK
Held up after a match against Jake Roberts on 86/01/31 in Houston, TX.
Jake Roberts [2]	86/02/14	Houston, TX *
Defeats Slater in rematch.
Dick Slater [2]	86/02/23	Oklahoma City, OK
Jim Duggan	86/03/16	Oklahoma City, OK
Defeats Buzz Sawyer after Bill Watts tricks Slater into signing a contract requiring Sawyer to defend the title against Duggan; title retired in 86/05.

Tri-State version between 1973 and 1975

Bill Watts [3]	72/07<
Declared vacant in the Tri-State area in 73/09 when Watts leaves the area; Watts defends the title in Georgia and Florida.
Tank Morgan	73/11/12	Shreveport, LA
Defeats Dewey Robertson in tournament final
Rip Tyler	74/02/11	Shreveport, LA
Bull Ramos	74/04
Arman Hussian	74/07/29	Shreveport, LA
Skandor Akbar	74/12	Shreveport, LA
Danny Miller	75/05/14	Jackson, MS
Dick Murdoch	75/06/05	New Orleans, LA
Killer Karl Kox	75/10/28	Shreveport, LA
Bill Watts [4]	74/11/26	Jackson, MS
Unifies with Georgia/Florida version.

See also G.W.F. North American Heavyweight Title.