Texas Heavyweight Title

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Martino Angelo	30s
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Paul Jones	34/03/03<
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Leo Savage
Chief Little Beaver	38<	Houston, TX
Awarded when Savage runs out.
Everett Marshall	38/03<
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Juan Humberto	42/02/17	Dallas, TX
Defeats Bobby Managoff in a tournament final.
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Lou Thesz	44/05/12	Houston, TX
Defeats Hans Schnabel.
Ernie Dusek	44/06/30	Houston, TX
Lou Thesz [2]	44/08/18	Houston, TX
Olaf Olson	44/12/08	Houston, TX
Bobby Managoff	45/03/02	Houston, TX
Hans Schnabel	45/04/20	Houston, TX
Jules Strongbow	45/05/11	Houston, TX
Bobby Managoff [2]	45/05/18	Houston, TX
Dave Levin	45/07/13	Houston, TX
Buddy Rogers	45/07/27	Houston, TX
Ted Cox	45/08/31	Houston, TX
Buddy Rogers [2]	45/09/07	Houston, TX
Cox again loses the title to Juan Humberto on 45/09/10 in Galveston, TX, where he is still billed as champion as of the end of the month.
Jim Casey	45/09/19	San Antonio, TX
Buddy Rogers [3]	45/11/23	Houston, TX
Lou Thesz [3]	46/05/03	Houston, TX
Buddy Rogers [4]	46/05/10	Houston, TX
Kay Bell	46/06/24	Ft. Worth, TX
Dave Levin [2]	46/07/26	Houston, TX
Ted Cox [2]	46/08/16	Houston, TX
Gino Garibaldi	46/09
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Lou Thesz [4]	46/12/17<
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Miguel Guzman	47/08/01	Houston, TX
Defeats Sonny Myers.
Sonny Myers	48/01/23	Houston, TX
Yukon Eric	48/01/30	Houston, TX
Miguel Guzman [2]	48/02/06	Houston, TX
Danny McShain	48/05/07	Houston, TX
Miguel Guzman [3]	48/06/11	Houston, TX
Dizzy Davis	48/07/30	Houston, TX
Antonino Rocca	48/08/06	Houston, TX
Danny McShain [2]	48/11/12	Houston, TX
Antonino Rocca [2]	48/11/30	Dallas, TX
Dizzy Davis [2]	49/01/01	Waco, TX
Red Berry	49/01/28	Houston, TX
Miguel Guzman [4]	49/03/02	San Antonio, TX
Danny McShain [3]	49/04/01	Houston, TX
Sonny Myers [2]	49/04/22	Houston, TX
Bob Wagner	49/05	Houston, TX
Rito Romero	49/06	San Antonio, TX
Sonny Myers [3]	49/07/08	Dallas, TX
Sandy O'Donne (Ray Eckert) #	49/07/26	Dallas, TX
Wins title by DQ; title declared vacant.
Sonny Myers [4]	49/08/05	Houston, TX
Defeats Sandy O’Donnell in rematch.
Miguel Guzman [5]	49/08/19	Houston, TX
Red Berry [2]	49/10/25	Dallas, TX
Leo Newman	49/11/29	Dallas, TX
Vacant in 49/12.
Verne Gagne	49/12/16	Houston, TX
Defeats Sonny Myers in tournament final.
Danny McShain [4]	50/01/13	Houston, TX
Declared vacant after a match against Timmy Geohagen.
Danny McShain [5]	50/03/17	Houston, TX
Defeats Timmy Geohagen.
Miguel Guzman [6]	50/04/14<
Danny McShain [6]	50/05/05	Houston, TX
Rito Romero [2]	50/06/06	Dallas, TX
Sonny Myers [5]	50/06/30	Houston, TX
Miguel Guzman [7]	50/08/07
Verne Gagne [2]	50/09/08	Houston, TX
Rito Romero [3]	50/10/27	Houston, TX
Danny McShain [7]	50/12/15	Houston, TX
Danny Savich	51/01/05	Houston, TX
Danny McShain [8]	51/01/13	Houston, TX
Rito Romero [4]	51/06/06	Dallas, TX
Miguel Guzman [8]	51/06/08	Houston, TX
Wayne Martin	51/06/12	Dallas, TX
Miguel Guzman [9]	51/06/18	Ft. Worth, TX
Awarded after Sonny Myers interferes on Martin's behalf in a rematch.
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Duke Keomuka	51/08/17	Houston, TX
Defeats Ray Gunkel.
Ray Gunkel	51/09/04	Dallas, TX
Miguel Guzman [10]	51/10/23	Dallas, TX
Mighty Atlas	51/11/16	Houston, TX
Duke Keomuka [2]	51/12/18	Dallas, TX
Ray Gunkel [2]	52/05/23	Houston, TX
Duke Keomuka [3]	52/09/26	Houston, TX
Cyclone Anaya	52/11/14	Houston, TX
Duke Keomuka [4]	52/12<
Cyclone Anaya [2]	53/01/06<
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Mr. Moto	53/02/16<
Ray Gunkel [3]	53/02/18	Austin, TX
Bull Curry	54/05/07	Houston, TX
Enrique Guzman	54/05/21	Houston, TX
Ed Francis	54/06/11	Houston, TX
Johnny Valentine	54/07
Sometime between after 54/07/22 and 54/07/27.
The Sheik	54/10/22	Houston, TX
Polo Torres	54/11/19	Houston, TX
Mr. Moto [2]	55/07
Sometime after 55/07/12.
Pepper Gomez	55/08/05	Houston, TX
Duke Keomuka [5]	55/12
Pepper Gomez [2]	56/01
Buddy Rogers [5]	56/06/01	Houston, TX
Kay Bell *	56/07/05	Houston, TX
Buddy Rogers *	56/08/02	Houston, TX
Pepper Gomez [3]	56/08/03	Houston, TX
Gene Kelly (Gene Kiniski)	56/08/17	Houston, TX
Wins in a tag team match, teaming with Lenny Montana to defeat Gomez & Ray Gunkel; held up after a match against Pepper Gomez on 56/08/24 in Houston, TX.
Pepper Gomez [4]	56/08/31	Houston, TX
Defeats Kelly in rematch.
El Medico	56/10/19	Houston, TX
Pepper Gomez [5]	57/02/08	Houston, TX
El Medico [2]	57/02
Pepper Gomez [6]	57/02/22	Houston, TX
Don Leo Jonathan	57/04/19	Houston, TX
Ivan the Terrible (Pampero Firpo)	57/08/30	Houston, TX
El Medico [3]	57/09/13	Houston, TX
Pepper Gomez [7]	57/11/01	Houston, TX
Crusher Duggan (Boris Malenko)	57/11/08	Houston, TX
Bill Melby	57/11/15	Houston, TX
Johnny Valentine [2]	58/01/21	Dallas, TX
Melby continues to defend the title in Idaho and Utah until 59.
El Medico [4]	58/03/28	Houston, TX
Pepper Gomez [8]	58/04/25	Houston, TX
El Medico [5]	58/05/09	Houston, TX
Dick Steinborn	58/07/25	Houston, TX
Tosh Togo	58/10/17	Houston, TX
Pepper Gomez [9]	58/11/07	Houston, TX
Danny McShain [5]	58/12/16<
Sometime after 58/11/18.
Pepper Gomez [10]	58/12
Held up after a match against Joe Christie on 59/01/13 in Dallas, TX.
Joe Christie	59/01/20	Dallas, TX
Defeats Gomez in rematch.
Luis Hernandez	59/05/08	Houston, TX
Corsica Joe	59/06/04	San Antonio, TX
Still champion as of 59/06/25.
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Nick Kozak	59/07/10<
Pete Managoff	60/01/08	Houston, TX
Torbellino Blanco	60/04/08	Houston, TX
Danny McShain [6]	60/04/26	Dallas, TX
Torbellino Blanco [2]	60/05/10	Dallas, TX
Duke Keomuka [6]	60/06/22	San Antonio, TX
Torbellino Blanco [3]	60/07/06	San Antonio, TX
Don Leo Jonathan [2]	60/07/22	Houston, TX
Torbellino Blanco [4]	60/09/02	Houston, TX
Ciclon Negro	60/09
Sometime between 60/09/10 and 60/09/29.
Dan Manoukian	61/01/20	Houston, TX
Pepper Gomez [11]	61/02/10	Houston, TX
Held up after a match against Angelo Poffo on 61/05/16 in Dallas, TX.
Pepper Gomez [12]	61/05/23	Dallas, TX
Wins rematch.
Waldo Von Erich	61/06/23	Houston, TX
Dory Dixon	61/07/14	Houston, TX
Sputnik Monroe	61/10/27	Houston, TX
Pepe Gonzales	61/11/17	Houston, TX
Jack Dalton (Don Fargo)	61/12/01	Houston, TX
Dory Dixon [2]	62/01/05	Houston, TX
The Mummy	62/05/18	Houston, TX
Art Thomas	62/06/15	Houston, TX
El Medico II	62/10/26	Houston, TX
Rip Hawk	63/01/11	Houston, TX
Sweet Daddy Siki	63/02/15	Houston, TX
Art Thomas [2]	63/04/26	Houston, TX
Bill Watts	63/05/03	Houston, TX
Pepper Gomez [13]	63/06/21	Houston, TX
Mark Lewin	63/06/29	Houston, TX
Chief White Wolf (Adnon Kaissey)	63/09/24	Dallas, TX
Joe Blanchard	63/12/03	Dallas, TX
Tokyo Tom	64/06/24	Houston, TX
Most likely Rey Urbano although Antonio Inoki has also wrestled as Tokyo Tom in his early days in the US.
Pepper Gomez [14]	64/07
Fritz Von Erich	65/01/05	Dallas, TX
Or 65/01/08 in Houston, TX.
Ernie Ladd	65/04<
Fritz Von Erich [2]	65/04/30	Houston, TX
Declared vacant after a controversial match against Billy Red Lyons on 65/12/07 in Dallas, TX; the rematch on 65/12/21 ends as a 60min time limit draw.
Fritz Von Erich [3]	66/01/11	Dallas, TX
Defeats Lyons in rematch.
Joe Blanchard [2]	66/11/21	Ft. Worth, TX
Fritz Von Erich [3]	67/01/16	Ft. Worth, TX
Vacates on 67/03/27 when Von Erich wins NWA United States Title.
Buddy Austin	67/05/02	Dallas, TX
Defeats Paul DeMarco in 16-man tournament final.
Buddy Moreno	67/08/09	San Antonio, TX
Or 67/08/03 in Corpus Christi, TX; vacant sometime after 67/09/14 when Moreno injured.
Billy Red Lyons	67/11/08	San Antonio, TX
Defeats Duke Keomua by default in tournament final when Keomuka is unable to wrestle due to injuries inflicted by The Spoiler in earlier round.
Spoiler #1 (Don Jardine)	68/03/29	Houston, TX
Grizzly Jake Smith	68/07/20	San Antonio, TX
Held up after a match against Spoiler I on 68/08/17 in San Antonio, TX.
Spoiler #1 [2]	68/08/20	Dallas, TX
Defeats Smith in rematch; starts wrestling as Don Jardine without the mask in 68/10.
Dan Miller	68/12/10	Dallas, TX
Johnny Valentine [3]	69/02/28	Houston, TX
Jose Lothario	69/06/07	San Antonio, TX
Johnny Valentine [4]	69/08/20	San Antonio, TX
Wahoo McDaniel	69/10<
Johnny Valentine [5]	69/10/29	Austin, TX
Wahoo McDaniel [2]	70/01/26	Ft. Worth, TX
Wins the title again defeating Valentine on 70/02/06 in Houston, TX.
Johnny Valentine [6]	70/02/10	Dallas, TX
George Scott	70/10/13	Dallas, TX
Johnny Valentine [6]	70/11
Mr. Wrestling	70/11/11	San Antonio, TX
Johnny Valentine [7]	71/02<
Pepper Gomez [15]	71/02/17	San Antonio, TX
Johnny Valentine [8]	71/03<
Jose Lothario [2]	71/11/17	San Antonio, TX
Red Bastien	72/03/08	San Antonio, TX
Stan Stasiak	72/06/24	Irving, TX
Jose Lothario [3]	72/10/25	San Antonio, TX
Missouri Mauler	73/01/19	Houston, TX
Jose Lothario [4]	73
Blackjack Mulligan	73/04/28<
Jose Lothario [5]	73/05<
Blackjack Mulligan [2]	73/05/04	Houston, TX
Jose Lothario [6]	73/05/18
Or 73/05/23 in San Antonio, TX; held up on 73/12/26 after a match against Great Mephisto in San Antonio, TX.
Great Mephisto	74/01/15	Dallas, TX
Wins rematch.
Red Bastien [2]	74/05/28	Dallas, TX
El Gran Markus	74/09
Jose Lothario *	75/02
El Gran Marcus *	75/02/26	San Antonio, TX
Al Madril	75/02/28	Houston, TX
John Tolos	75/05/14	San Antonio, TX
Al Madril [2]	75/07/15	Dallas, TX
Held up after a match against John Tolos.
John Tolos [2]	75/09/16	Dallas, TX
Wins rematch.
Peter Maivia	75/10/31	Houston, TX
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Peter Maivia [2]	75/11/26	Houston, TX
Defeats Stan Hansen.
Stan Hansen	76/02/20	Houston, TX
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Rocky Johnson	76/08/11<
Seigfreid Steinke	76/08/20	Houston, TX
Rocky Johnson [2]	76
Seigfreid Steinke [2]	76
Moondog Mayne	77/03
Scott Casey	77/05
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Jimmy Snuka	77/05/27	Houston, TX
Defeats El Gran Goliath.
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Ox Baker	77
Al Madril [3]	77/11/02	San Antonio, TX
Dale Valentine (Buddy Roberts)	78/03/24	Houston, TX
Bruiser Brody	78/05/28	Houston, TX
David Von Erich	78/09/10	Dallas, TX
Gino Hernandez	78/10	Ft. Worth, TX
Sometime after 78/11/07.
David Von Erich [2]	78	Dallas, TX
Gino Hernandez [2]	78/12	Dallas, TX
David Von Erich [3]	79/02	Dallas, TX
Mark Lewin [2]	79/12/10	Ft. Worth, TX
Gino Hernandez [3]	80
Mark Lewin [3]	80/05/25	Dallas, TX
Gino Hernandez [4]	80
David Von Erich [4]	80/06/03	Amarillo, TX
Killer Tim Brooks	81/05
Awarded.
Al Madril [4]	81	Ft. Worth, TX
Bill Irwin	82/08	Lawton, OK
Held up after a match against David Von Erich on 82/09/05 in Ft. Worth, TX.
David Von Erich [5]	82/09/19	San Antonio, TX
Defeats Irwin in rematch.
Jimmy Garvin	83/03	Dallas, TX
David Von Erich [6]	83/04/04	Ft. Worth, TX
Title held-up after a match against Jimmy Garvin in 83/04; title is immediately help up again after Garvin's victory in first rematch on 83/06/17 in Dallas, TX because of Sunshine's interference.
David Von Erich [7]	83/07/04	Dallas, TX
Defeats Jimmy Garvin in rematch; title held up after a match against Garvin on 83/07/11.
David Von Erich [8]	83
Wins rematch against Garvin; vacant on 84/02/11 when Von Erich dies in Tokyo.
Gino Hernandez [5]	84/06/23	San Antonio, TX
Injures and replaces Kerry Von Erich in tournament final and defeats Ric Flair.
Brian Adias	85/07/29	Ft. Worth, TX
Gino Hernandez [6]	85/09/02	Ft. Worth, TX
Brian Adias [2]	85/09/27	Ft. Worth, TX
The Grappler	85/12/09	Ft. Worth, TX
World Class withdraws from NWA in 86/02.
Brian Adias [3]	86/03/10	Ft. Worth, TX
Buzz Sawyer	86/07/04	Dallas, TX
Vacant in 87/01.
Bob Bradley	87/01/12	Ft. Worth, TX
Defeats Dingo Warrior in tournament final.
Dingo Warrior	87/02/02	Ft. Worth, TX
Al Perez	87/06/21	Puerto Rico *
Vacates when Perez wins WCWA World title on 87/08/21.
Ted Arcidi	87/08/31	Ft. Worth, TX
Wins title in a battle royal.
Matt Borne	87/11/10	Midland, TX *
Terry Taylor	88/02/26	Dallas, TX
Kevin Von Erich	88/07/04	Dallas, TX
Awarded when Taylor leaves World Class.
Iceman King Parsons	88/08/05	Dallas, TX
Defeats Kerry Von Erich.
Brickhouse Brown	89/02/03	Dallas, TX
Gary Young	89/03/04	San Antonio, TX
Wins by forfeit; or on 89/03/06 in Sweeny, TX.
Eric Embry	89/04/07	Dallas, TX
Super Zodiac (Gary Young)	89/05/19	Dallas, TX
Eric Embry [2]	89/05/26	Dallas, TX
P. Y. Chu-Hi	89/07/03	Wichita Falls, TX
Eric Embry [3]	89/08/18	Dallas, TX
The Punisher	89/10/05	Dallas, TX
Wins by forfeit.
Kerry Von Erich	89/10/20	Dallas, TX
Jerry Lawler	89/12/12	Dallas, TX
Kerry Von Erich [2]	90/01/05	Dallas, TX
Matt Borne [2]	90/05/25	Dallas, TX
Kerry Von Erich [3]	90/06/01	Dallas, TX
Angel of Death	90/07/13	Dallas, TX
Wins by forfeit.
Kevin Von Erich [2]	90/11/23	Dallas, TX
Vacant when the World Class promotion closes in 91/01.
Bill Dundee	91/01/25	Dallas, TX
Defeats Gary Young in tournament final; Kevin Von Erich is recognized as champion by Texas Wrestling Federation after defeating Angel of Death on 91/02/03 in Dallas, TX until TWF closes in 91/05.
Eric Embry [4]	91/02/15	Dallas, TX
Title held-up with Bill Dundee on 91/03/29.
Bill Dundee [2]	91/04/05	Dallas, TX
Defeats Embry in rematch.
Eric Embry [5]	91/04/12	Dallas, TX
Defeated by Jerry Lawler on 91/04/26 in Dallas, TX, but the decision is later overturned; held up after a match against Bill Dundee on 91/05/24 in Dallas, TX.
Bill Dundee [3]	91/05/31	Dallas, TX
Defeats Tom Prichard, subbing for Embry in rematch.
Tom Prichard	91/06/07	Dallas, TX
Lord Humongous	91/08/12	Memphis, TN
Tom Prichard [2]	91/08/19	Memphis, TN
Brian Christopher	92/02/10	Memphis, TN
Vacant in 92.
Rod Price	98/05/01	Dallas, TX
Defeats Action Jackson in tournament final to be recognized by NWA; stripped on 98/06/28 for refusing to pay a fine.
Brian Adias	98/07/03	N. Richland Hills, TX
Defeats Kritical Mass in tournament final; vacant on 98/07/30 due to injury.
Action Jackson	98/07/31	N. Richland Hills, TX
Defeats Kit Carson.
Rodney Begnaud	98/11/27	N. Richland Hills, TX
Defeats Action Jackson and Kit Carson in a triangle match; vacant on 99/02/03 when Begnaud leaves the promotion.
Khris Germany	99/02/05	N. Richland Hills, TX
Defeats Jimmy James.
Brian Adias [2]	99/02/19	N. Richland Hills, TX
Defeats Khris Germany and Jimmy James in Triple Threat match.
Steven Dunn	99/03/26	N. Richland Hills, TX
Stripped on 99/06/10 due to no-show.
Kevin Northcutt	99/06/10	Dallas, TX
Defeats Rodney Begnaud.
Rodney Begnaud [2]	99/07/29	Dallas, TX
Vacant in 99/09.
Kevin Northcutt [2]	99/09/25	N. Richland Hills, TX
Defeats Jimmy James.
Cedric of Hollywood	00/02/18	N. Richland Hills, TX
Kevin Northcutt [3]	00/04/08	Galveston, TX
Vacates after winning NWA National Heavyweight Title on 00/04/14.
Mike Fox	00/04/28	N. Richland Hills, TX
Defeats Rodney Begnaud in tournament final.
Rodney Begnaud [3]	00/05/26	N. Richland Hills, TX
Vacant on 00/09/29.
Al Jackson	00/09/29	N. Richland Hills, TX
Wins a four-way match against Action Jackson, Tiger Steele, New Doctor X by pinning Action.
Hotstuff Hernandez	00/12/01	N. Richland Hills, TX
Gary Tool	01/02/02	N. Richland Hills, TX
Hotstuff Hernandez [2]	01/03/16	N. Richland Hills, TX
Kevin Northcutt [4]	01/05/23	San Antonio, TX
Hotstuff Hernandez [3]	01/08/17	Refugio, TX
Vacant after winning NWA National Heavyweight Title on 01/10/13 in St. Petersburg, FL.
Kevin Northcutt [5]	01/10/26	N. Richland Hills, TX
Defeats Mike Anthony.
Mike Anthony	01/12/14	N. Richland Hills, TX
Stripped on 02/03/05.
J.P. Black	02/03/22	N. Richland Hills, TX
Defeats Chaz Taylor to win vacant title.
Steve DeMarco	02/06/21	N. Richland Hills, TX
J. P. Black [2]	02/08/01	Ft. Worth, TX
Steve DeMarco [2]	02/10/26	Corpus Christi, TX
J.P. Black [3]	03/05/31	Pasadena, TX
Al Jacson [2]	03/09/20	Greenville, TX
Stripped on 04/02/01 for failure to appear at two scheduled title defenses.
J.P. Black [4]	04/02/01
Awarded as the previous champion.
Al Jackson [3]	04
Tejas	04/04/24	Perry, OK
Kevin Northcutt [6]	05/04/16	Ponca City, OK
Mark Orton	06/07/15	Beaumont, TX
Chaz Taylor	06/08/12	Houston, TX
Seth Korbin	07/07/13	Cypress, TX
Defeats Taylor and Silky Barnes in a 3-way match.
Chaz Taylor [2]	07/08/10	Cypress, TX
Defeats Korbin and Chance Christopher in 3-way match.
Kevin Northcutt [7]	07/10/14	Corpus Christi, TX
Chaz Taylor [2]	08/08/24	San Antonio, TX
Mike DiBiase	08/09/06	Amarillo, TX
Vacant on 08/10/04 when DiBiase no-shows the scheduled title defense.
Kevin Northcutt [8]	08/10/04	Robstown, TX
Defeats El Diablo Rojo.
Michael Faith	09/01/09	Cypress, TX
Stripped on 09/03/14 due to leg injury.
Spoiler 2000	09/03/21	Livingston, TX
Defeats Seth Korbin.
Kevin Northcutt [9]	09/05/02	Tyler, TX
Vacant on 10/02/26 due to injury.
Ben Galvan	10/02/26	Robstown, TX
Defeats Chad Thomas; originally scheduled as a top contender match.
Chad Thomas	10/05/15	Amarillo, TX
Michael Faith [2]	10/08/14	Gainesville, TX
Charlie Haas	10/09/04	Amarillo, TX
Lance Hoyt	11/01/07	Robstown, TX
Scott Summers	12/01/13	Cypress, TX
Jax Dane	12/12/14	Cypress, TX
Defeats Summers, NWA Lonestar champion Ryan Genesis, and Ray Rowe in a 4-way match to unify both titles.

* Unified with NWA Lonestar Heavyweight Title.