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North American Heavyweight Title [Oklahoma & Louisiana & Arkansas & Mississippi]
National Wrestling Alliance [Tulsa office]
(
1969
~
1979-08
)
Mid-South Wrestling Association
(
1979-08
~
1986-05
)
Chuck Karbo
1969-06-13<
Los Angeles, CA *
Wins a fictitious tournament to become the first champion; or wins "in Phoenix, Arizona over 100 other wrestlers" (Longview News-Journal, Longview, TX, 69-07-24).
"On a recent televised bout which local fans can see this Sunday afternoon on Championship Wrestling from Shreveport" (Longview News-Journal, Longview, TX, 69-10-30); "two weeks ago" (Wichita Falls Times, 69-11-09).
"In Jackson, Miss., three weeks ago" (The Shreveport Times, 71-10-10); Jackson paper advertises the match but has no report on the results; held up in Baton Rouge, LA after the match against Dusty Rhodes on 71-10-13.
Declared vacant in 73-08 when Watts leaves the area; Watts continues to claim the title in Florida and Georgia; Tank Morgan defeats Dewey Robertson in tournament final sometime before 73-10-12 in a disputed decision.
Tank Morgan
1973-10-15
Shreveport, LA
Defeats Dewey Robertson.
Rip Tyler
1974-02-04
Shreveport, LA
Bull Ramos
1974-06-24
Shreveport, LA
Arman Hussian
1974-07-29
Shreveport, LA
Skandor Akbar
1974-08-29
New Orleans, LA
Hussian has "lost to Scandor Akbar last week" (New Orleans States-Item, 74-09-03).
Billed as champion as of 77-01-02; wins as the masked Great Zim and and unmasks himself after the match; "by flattening Ted DiBiase on a recent televised Championship Wrestling show" (The Times, Shreveport, LA, 77-01-09).
Some sources have Orndorff losing the title to Stan Hansen and regains it on 78-07-29 in Baton Rouge, LA although Orndorff retains the title against Hansen that day (Advocate, Baton Rouge, LA, 78-07-29).
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]
1983-04-16
New Orleans, LA
Defeats Mr. Olympia in rematch of tournament final after first match on 83-03-21 in New Orleans, LA ends in controversy.
Butch Reed
1983-07-16
New Orleans, LA
Magnum T.A. #
1983-10-12
Shreveport, LA
Nikolai Volkoff #
1983-10-24
New Orleans, LA
Butch Reed #
1983-10-24
Belt returned to Reed when Magnum T.A.'s victory is reversed.
Taped on 86-02-11; possibly aired as a title change when Roberts signs with WWF.
Jim Duggan
1986-03-16
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.