National Wrestling Alliance	[Mid-America]	(	1974	-	1978/07	)
American Wrestling Association		(	1978/07	-	1987/12	)

Southern Heavyweight Title

Don McIntyre	50/10/11<
Defends Georgia version in Tennessee until 53.
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Fred Blassie	54/03/11<
Defends Georgia version in Tennessee until 59.
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Eddie Graham	63/09/23<
Defends Florida version in Tennessee.
Jerry Lawler	74/08
Defeats Tommy Gilbert for Southern Junior Heavyweight Title on 74/07/27 in Chattanooga, TN; renamed Southern Heavyweight Title in 74/08.
Robert Fuller	74/10/23	Nashville, TN
Jerry Lawler [2]	74/10/30	Nashville, TN
Vacant in 74/12.
Ron Fuller	74/12/29	Memphis, TN
Wins an 8-man tournament.
Mongolian Stomper (Archie Gouldie)	75/06/09	Memphis, TN
Robert Fuller [2]	75/06/21<
Mongolian Stomper [2]	75/06/28<
Jerry Lawler [3]	75/07/14	Memphis, TN
Mongolian Stomper [3]	75/07/28<
Sometime after 75/07/21; held up after a match against Bob Armstrong on 75/09/09 in Memphis, TN; rematch on 75/09/15 ends as a draw.
Bob Armstrong	75/09/29<
May be help up again after a match against Mongolian Stomper sometime before 75/10/07..
Bob Armstrong [2]	75/10/09	Chattanooga, TN
Defeats Stomper in rematch; may be a repeat of a match on 75/10/07 in Louisville, KY; also wins Mid-America Title, defeating Harley Race on 75/10/13 in Memphis, TN.
Jerry Lawler [4]	75/10	Huntsville, AL
Sometime after 75/10/20.
Bob Armstrong [3]	75/11/07<
Vacant sometime between 75/11/25 and 75/11/30.
Jerry Lawler [5]	75/12/15	Memphis, TN
Defeats Ron Fuller in a tournament final; held up after a match against Ricky Gibson in 76/01.
Jerry Lawler [6]	76/01/12	Memphis, TN
Defeats Gibson in a rematch.
Tommy Rich	76/02/22	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [7]	76/04/05<
Sometime after 76/03/15.
Jack Brisco	76/08/09	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [8]	76/08/16	Memphis, TN
Tommy Rich [2]	76/09/14	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [9]	76/10<
Sometime between 76/09/20 and 76/10/03..
Jackie Fargo	76/10/04	Memphis, TN
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Jerry Lawler [10]	76/10/23<
Rocky Johnson	76/11/01	Memphis, TN
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Tommy Rich [3]	76/11/21<
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Rocky Johnson	77/03<
Title moves to Jerry Jarrett's group on 77/03/20.
Jerry Lawler [11]	77/04/11	Memphis, TN
Bob Armstrong [4]	77/04/28	Knoxville, TN
Jerry Lawler [12]	77/05/01	Memphis, TN
Paul Orndorff	77/05/29	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [13]	77/07/18	Memphis, TN
Bill Dundee	77/07/25	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [14]	77/08/01	Memphis, TN
Bill Dundee [2]	77/08/22	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [15]	77/08/29	Memphis, TN
Bill Dundee [3]	77/08/30	Louisville, KY
Jerry Lawler [16]	77/09<
Vacates after a match against Bill Dundee on 77/09/13 when Lawler retires temporarily.
Jimmy Valiant	77/09/19	Memphis, TN
Defeats Mr. Wrestlig in a one-night 6-man tournament; repeated on 77/09/25 in Louisville, KY.
Jerry Lawler [17]	77/10/10	Memphis, TN
Jimmy Valiant [2]	77/11/28	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [18]	77/12/05	Memphis, TN
Billed as an AWA title after 78/07; Lou Thesz is recognized as NWA Southern Heavyweight champion by Nick Gulas in Nashville and Chattanooga but the title is retired in 78/08 when Thesz wrestles for Jerry Jarrett.
Jos LeDuc	78/08/07	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [19]	78/08/14	Memphis, TN
Jos LeDuc [2]	78/08/28	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [20]	78/09/25<
Sometime after 78/09/04.
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Don Fargo	78/11/06<
Tommy Gilbert	78/11/20	Memphis, TN
Don Fargo [2]	78/11/27	Memphis, TN
Tommy Gilbert [2]	78/12<
Jerry Lawler [21]	78/12/04	Memphis, TN
Austin Idol	78/12/25	Memphis, TN
Ron Fuller [2]	79/01/15	Memphis, TN
Toru Tanaka	79/02
Sometime between 79/02/13 and 79/02/17.
Robert Fuller [3]	79/03/19	Memphis, TN
Wins by default.
Toru Tanaka [2]	79/03/26	Memphis, TN
Buzz Sawyer	79/03/31	Memphis, TN
Held up after a match against the Mongolian Stomper on 79/04/02.
Mongolian Stomper [4]	79/04/16<
Terry Boulder (Hulk Hogan)	79/05/14	Memphis, TN
Mongolian Stomper [5]	79/06<
Robert Fuller [4]	79/06/04	Memphis, TN
Ron Bass	79/06	Bluefield, WV *
Sometime after 79/06/11.
Randy Taylor *	79/06
Ron Bass *	79/07/02	Memphis, TN
May be for vacant title or contendership.
Bill Dundee [4]	79/08/27	Memphis, TN
Held up after a match against Ron Bass on 79/09/11 in Memphis, TN.
Bill Dundee [5]	79/09/17	Memphis, TN
Defeats Bass in rematch.
Jerry Lawler [22]	79/09/24	Memphis, TN
Bill Dundee [6]	79/10/01	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [23]	79/10/15	Memphis, TN
Jackie Fargo [2]	79/11/22	Jackson, TN
Jimmy Valiant [3]	80/01/03	Jackson, TN
Paul Ellering	80/04/07	Memphis, TN
Bill Dundee [7]	80/07/07	Memphis, TN
Vacant on 80/08/04 when Dundee wins CWA World Heavyweight title.
Bill Irwin	80/08/11	Memphis, TN
Defeats Jimmy Valiant in a one-night 8-man tournament final; held up after a match against Jimmy Valiant on 80/08/18 in Memphis, TN.
Jimmy Valiant [4]	80/08/25	Memphis, TN
Defeats Irwin in rematch.
Tommy Rich [4]	80/09/01	Memphis, TN
Jimmy Valiant [5]	80/09/09	Memphis, TN
Tommy Rich [5]	80/10/06<
Sometime after 80/09/22; vacant in 80/11.
Jimmy Valiant [6]	81/01/17	Memphis, TN
Defeats Hector Guerrero in tournament final.
Jerry Lawler [24]	81/02/15	Memphis, TN
Jimmy Hart	81/06/22	Memphis, TN
Chick Donovan	81/06/27	Memphis, TN
Pins Hart when Hart lays down and lets himself be pinned but is stripped in in 81/07 because of that.
Steve Keirn	81/07/20	Memphis, TN
Defeats Bugsy McGraw in tournament final.
Dream Machine (Troy Graham)	81/08/16	Jackson, TN
Jerry Lawler [25]	81/08/24	Memphis, TN
Dream Machine [2]	81/09/07	Memphis, TN
Jimmy Valiant [7]	81/09/14	Memphis, TN
Dream Machine [3]	81/10<
Sometime between 81/09/26 and 81/10/12.
Dutch Mantell	81/10/26	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [26]	81/01/18	Memphis, TN
Dutch Mantell [2]	82/02/14	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [27]	82/03/01	Memphis, TN
Dutch Mantell [3]	82/03/22	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [28]	82/03/29	Memphis, TN
Kendo Nagasaki	82/05
Jerry Lawler [29]	82/05/24	Memphis, TN
Kimala	82/06/07	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [30]	82/08/09	Memphis, TN
Nick Bockwinkel	82/10/11	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [31]	82/11/08	Memphis, TN
Sabu the Wildman (Coco Samoa)	82/11/15	Memphis, TN
Jimmy Hart & Sabu defeat Lawler in a handicap match; originally Hart wins the title but later Sabu is recognized as the champion.
Terry Taylor	82/11/29	Memphis, TN
Jacques Rougeau	83/01/30	Memphis, TN
Terry Taylor [2]	83/02/14	Memphis, TN
Bill Dundee [8]	83/03/21	Memphis, TN
Dutch Mantell [4]	83/05/09	Memphis, TN
Bill Dundee [9]	83/05/16	Memphis, TN
Dutch Mantell [5]	83/05/23	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [32]	83/05
Bill Dundee [10]	83/05/30	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [33]	83/06/06	Memphis, TN
Man Mountain Link	83/06/20	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [34]	83/06/20	Memphis, TN
Man Mountain Link [2]	83/07<
Jerry Lawler [35]	83/07/04	Memphis, TN
Vacant in 83/09< after Lawler fails to defend title within 30 days.
Jerry Lawler [36]	83/09/10	Memphis, TN
Defeats Bill Dundee in tournament final.
Jesse Ventura	83/09
Jerry Lawler [37]	83/10/03	Memphis, TN
Jesse Ventura [2]	83/10/10	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [38]	83/11	Chicago, IL *
Humongous (Mike Stark)	84/04/30	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [39]	84/05/21	Memphis, TN
Rick Rude	84/06/11	Memphis, TN
Tommy Rich [5]	84/07/16	Memphis, TN
King Kong Bundy	84/07/30	Memphis, TN
Special referee: Eddie Gilbert.
Jerry Lawler [40]	84/11/12	Memphis, TN
Held up after a match against Eddie Gilbert on 85/01/28 in Memphis, TN.
Eddie Gilbert	85/02<
Defeats Lawler in rematch.
Jerry Lawler [41]	85/02/12	Memphis, TN
Randy Savage	85/03/17	Memphis, TN
Jerry Oske	85/05/07	Louisville, KY
Randy Savage [2]	85/05/13	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [42]	85/06/03	Memphis, TN
Bota the Witch Doctor	85/06/24	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [43]	85/07/29	Memphis, TN
Tarras Bulba	85/08/16	Selmer, TN
Jerry Lawler [44]	85/09/06	Martin, TN
Bill Dundee [11]	85/10/19	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [45]	85/12/21	Memphis, TN
Bill Dundee [12]	85/12/30	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [46]	86/04/08	Memphis, TN
Bill Dundee [13]	86/05/02	Jackson, TN
Buddy Landel *	86/06/02	Memphis, TN
Held up after winning the title; vacant in 86/06.
Buddy Landel [2]	86/06/16	Memphis, TN
Defeats The Flame (Roger Smith) in tournament final; vacant in 86/07 when Landell leaves the area.
Crusher Yurkov (Bam Bam Bigelow)	86/07/28	Memphis, TN
Wins a battle royal.
Jerry Lawler [47]	86/09/08	Memphis, TN
Vacant on 87/01/11 when Lawler injured.
Austin Idol [2]	87/02/02	Memphis, TN
Defeats Soul Train Jones in tournament final.
Jerry Lawler [48]	87/04/20	Memphis, TN
Austin Idol [3]	87/04/27	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [49]	87/06/08	Memphis, TN
Brickhouse Brown	87/07/06	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [50]	87/07/13	Memphis, TN
Title held-up after match with Don Bass on 87/08/03 in Memphis, TN.
Don Bass	87/08/03	Memphis, TN
Wins title in a special tag team match with Lawler and Rocky Johnson against Bass and Brickhouse Brown.
Jerry Lawler [51]	87/08
Don Bass [2]	87/08/24	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [52]	87/08/31	Memphis, TN
Vacates in 87/10 to concentrate on AWA World Tag Team title.
Bobby Jaggers	87/10/19	Memphis, TN
Defeats Billy Travis in a tournament final.
Jerry Lawler [52]	87/11/21	Memphis, TN
Unified with CWA Heavyweight title on 87/12/07 in Memphis, TN; Southern Heavyweight title is revived by USWA in 89/10.