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Last updated on 2025-09-16

The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1982

NOTE: This list may include non-title matches which are to be removed as soon as they are confirmed.


1981 <<

01-01 St. Louis, MO Dusty Rhodes W
01-02 Greenville, SC John Studd W
01-03 Roanoke, VA Ole Anderson W (DQ)
01-03 Greensboro, NC John Studd W (27min)
01-04 Fayetteville, NC Ole Anderson  
01-05 Columbia, SC Ole Anderson W
01-06 San Juan, PR Pierre Martel W
01-07 Santo Domingo, DOM Jack Veneno D (30min)
01-08 Cincinnati, OH Ole Anderson W
01-10 Kansas City, KS Rufus Jones W
01-11 Maquoketa, IA Bob Brown  
01-12 Wichita, KS Harley Race W
01-13 Topeka, KS Bob Brown W
01-14 Kansas City, KS Harley Race D
01-15 Independence, MO Bob Brown W
01-16 St. Petersburg, FL Mr. Wrestling II W (COR)
01-17 Kingsport, TN (aft) Ivan Koloff  
01-17 Greensboro, NC (eve) Sgt. Slaughter W (DQ)
01-18 Augusta, GA Dusty Rhodes W (DQ)
01-19 Pensacola, FL Ron Fuller  
01-20 Miami Beach, FL Mr. Wrestling II D
01-21 Dayton, OH Dick Slater L (DQ)
01-22 Columbus, OH Tommy Rich W
01-22 Cincinnati, OH Dick Slater W
01-23 Chattanooga, TN Tommy Rich W
01-24 Charlotte, NC John Studd W (pin)
01-25 Dallas, TX Kerry Von Erich W (DQ)
01-27 Lawton, OK Kevin Von Erich  
01-30 Lakeland, FL Butch Reed W (26:04)
01-31 Orlando, FL Jack Brisco L
02-02 Columbia, SC Ole Anderson W
02-02 Tampa, FL Mike Graham L
02-03 Charlotte, NC Jay Youngblood D
02-04 Austin, TX Kerry Von Erich W
02-05 St. Louis, MO Dick the Bruiser
02-06 Cincinnati, OH John Studd W
02-07 Greensboro, NC (aft) Ricky Steamboat L (38:34 DQ)
02-07 Roanoke, VA (eve) Blackjack Mulligan Jr. (Barry Windham) W
02-08 Greenville, SC Harley Race W
02-09 Tampa, FL Mike Graham D (60min)
02-10 Haines City, FL? Butch Reed W
02-11 Winston-Salem, NC Leroy Brown NC
02-12 Charleston, SC Blackjack Mulligan Jr. (Barry Windham) W
02- Kansas City, KS Harley Race W
02-13 Hampton, VA Ricky Steamboat L (DQ)
02-14 Asheville, NC (aft) Ricky Steamboat D (DCOR)
02-14 Charlotte, NC (eve) Tommy Rich D (DDQ)
02-15 W. Palm Beach, FL Mr. Wrestling II W
02-16 Tampa, FL Dory Funk Jr. NC
02-17 Tampa, FL (aft) Butch Reed D (30min)
02-17 Melbourne, FL Dory Funk Jr. W
02-18 Tampa, FL Wahoo McDaniel W
02-18 Jacksonville, FL Mr. Wrestling II W
02-20 St. Petersburg (eve) Mike Graham W (DQ)
02-21 Greensboro, NC Ricky Steamboat W (pin)
02-21 Mobile, AL Jimmy Golden  
02-22 Birmingham, AL Ron Fuller W (DQ)
02-25 Mobile, AL Jimmy Golden  
02-28 Atlanta, GA Harley Race D (DQ)
03-01 Powhattan, KS Rufus Jones  
03-02 Garden City, KS Bob Brown  
03-03 Hutchinson, KS Rufus R. Jones  
03-04 Kansas City, KS Harley Race W (DQ)
03-05 Quincy, IL Harley Race  
03-07 Dallas, TX The Spoiler W
03-08 Tulsa, OK Paul Jones W (DQ)
03-09 Little Rock, AR Paul Jones W
03-10 Springfield, MO Paul Jones W (DQ)
03-11 Tampa, FL Hacksaw Butch Reed L
03-12 Oklahoma City, OK Paul Jones L (DQ)
03-14 Atlanta, GA Harley Race W
03-15 Ft. Pierce, FL Butch Reed  
03-17 Homestead, FL Mike Graham W
03-18 Jacksonville, FL Bruce Reed NC
03-19 Lakeland, FL Mike Graham W
03-20 Ft. Myers, FL Mike Graham  
03-21 Orlando, FL Bruce Reed NC
03-22 Augusta, GA Tommy Rich W
03-24 Columbus, GA Tommy Rich W
03-25 Gadsden, AL Bob Armstrong W
03-26 St. Louis, MO Dick the Bruiser W
03-27 St. Petersburg, FL Bruce Reed W (DQ)
03-28 Bristol (eve) Sgt. Slaughter W
03? Charlotte, NC Ricky Steamboat  
04-01 Kansas City, KS Harley Race L (DQ)
04-02 Amarillo, TX Dusty Rhodes W (DQ)
04-04 Charlotte, NC Sgt. Slaughter W (DQ)
04-07 Miami, FL Bruce Reed W
04-10 Portland, OR Brett Sawyer W
04-11 Finley, WA Rocky Johnson D (DDQ)
04-12 Longview, WA Rocky Johnson NC
04-13 Portland, OR Buddy Rose W
04-14 Seattle, WA Brett Sawyer W
04-15 Salem, OR Rocky Johnson D
04-16 Eugene, OR Rocky Johnson W (2-1)
04-17 Sarasota, FL Bruce Reed  
04-18 Asheville, NC (eve) Ole Anderson W
04-19 Ft. Worth, TX Al Madril W
04-20 Tyler, TX Kevin Von Erich  
04-22 Kansas City, KS Dewey Robertson W
04-23 San Antonio, TX Kerry Von Erich D
04-25 Toronto, ON, CAN Harley Race NC
04-26 Wichita, KS Michael Hayes  
04-27 St. Joseph, MO Michael Hayes W
04-28 Topeka, KS Dewey Robertson W
04-29 Kansas City, KS Harley Race D
04-30 St. Louis, MO Gene Kiniski W
05-02 Greensboro, NC (aft) Angelo Mosca W (DQ)
05-03 Greenville, SC Wahoo McDaniel NC
05-04 Raleigh, NC Wahoo McDaniel NC
05-06 Norfolk, VA Wahoo McDaniel NC
05-07 Midlothian, VA Angelo Mosca  
05-09 Orlando, FL (aft) Dusty Rhodes W (DQ)
05-09 Ft. Myers (eve) Dusty Rhodes W (DQ)
05-10 W. Palm Beach, FL Bruce Reed W
05-11 Tampa, FL Bruce Reed D
05-12 Miami, FL Wahoo McDaniel  
05-12 Miami, FL Dusty Rhodes W (DQ)
05-13 Jacksonville, FL Dusty Rhodes W (DQ)
05-14 Tampa, FL (aft) Wahoo McDaniel D
05-14 Sarasota, FL Mike Graham W
05-15 Lakeland, FL Wahoo McDaniel L (DQ)
05-16 Atlanta, GA Leroy Brown W (DQ)
05-17 Birmingham, AL Terry Gordy W
05-17? Ted DiBiase W
05-18 Mobile, AL Terry Gordy W
05-19 Sarasota, FL Dusty Rhodes  
05-21 Tallahassee, FL Terry Gordy  
05-22 Dothan, AL (eve) Ron Fuller D (60min)
05-23 Greensboro, NC (aft) Jack Brisco W
05-23 Bristol, TN (eve) Ivan Koloff W
05-24 Greenville, SC Wahoo McDaniel W
05-25 Raleigh, NC Wahoo McDaniel W
05-27 Sumter, SC Wahoo McDaniel W
05-28 Knoxville, TN Harley Race W (pin)
05-29 St. Petersburg, FL Wahoo McDaniel W
05-30 Roanoke, VA (aft) Wahoo McDaniel W
05-30 Asheville, NC Jack Brisco W
05 St. Louis, MO Dick the Bruiser  
06-04 Nagoya, JPN Ricky Steamboat W
06-08 Tōkyō, JPN Jumbo Tsuruta D (double pinfall)
06-11 Charleston, WV Tommy Rich W
06-12 St. Louis, MO Dick the Bruiser W
06-13 Orlando, FL (eve) Dusty Rhodes D
06-14 W. Palm Beach, FL Mike Graham L (DQ)
06-15 Tampa, FL Dusty Rhodes L
06-16 Sunrise, FL Dusty Rhodes W (DQ)
06-17 Amarillo, TX Ted DiBiase W
06-18 Ft. Pierce, FL Butch Reed  
06-19 Sarasota, FL Dusty Rhodes NC
06-20 Columbus, GA Bob Armstrong W
06-22 Saginaw, MI Leroy Brown NC
06-23 Miami, FL Dusty Rhodes L
06-24 Grand Rapids, MI Leroy Brown W
06-25 Lansing, MI Michael Hayes W
06-26 St. Petersburg, FL Dusty Rhodes W (DQ)
06-27 Asheville, NC (aft) Jack Brisco L (DQ)
06-27 Toronto, ON (eve) Jack Brisco W (18:02 pin)
06-29 Columbia, SC Jack Brisco W (DQ)
06-30 Rocky Mount, NC Jack Brisco  
07-01 Norfolk, VA Jay Youngblood W
07-02 Richmond, VA Jake Roberts W
07-03 Greensboro, NC Wahoo McDaniel W (DQ)
07-04 Atlanta, GA Bob Backlund D (DCOR)
Double title match against WWF champion.
07-05 Gainesville, FL Tommy Rich W
07-06 Macon, GA Bob Armstrong W
07-07 Columbus, GA Mr. Wrestling II W
07-08 Lakeland, FL Mike Graham W
07-10 Chattanooga, TN Paul Orndorff D
07-11 Orlando, FL Bruce Reed W (DQ)
07-12 W. Palm Beach, FL Bruce Reed W (DQ)
07-13 Tampa, FL Brian Blair W
07-14 Miami, FL Sweet Brown Sugar D
07-15 Jacksonville, FL Bruce Reed W (DQ)
07-16 Lakeland, FL Barry Windham W
07-17 Ft. Myers, FL Bruce Reed D
07-18 Orlando, FL Bruce Reed D
07-22 Kansas City, KS Buzz Tyler W
07-23 St. Joseph, MO Mike George D
07-25 Orlando, FL Bruce Reed (cage) W
07-26 W. Palm Beach, FL Bruce Reed (cage) W
07-27 Ottawa, ON, CAN Ricky Steamboat W (DQ)
07-28 Miami, FL Dory Funk Jr. W
07-29 Jacksonville, FL Bruce Reed W
07-30 Sunrise, FL Sweet Brown Sugar W
07-31 St. Petersburg, FL Dory Funk Jr. D
08-01 Atlanta, GA Paul Orndorff L (DQ)
08-02 Colmbus, GA Tommy Rich  
08-03 Dallas, TX Al Madril D (10min)
08-04 Midland, TX Kevin Von Erich  
08-06 St. Louis, MO Dory Funk Jr. W
08-07 Greensboro, NC Wahoo McDaniel L (DQ)
08-09 Wichita, KS Mike George W
08-10 Joplin, MO Buzz Tyler  
08-11 Topeka, KS Buzz Tyler W
08-12 Kansas City, KS Harley Race W (DQ)
08-13 Hannibal, MO Rufus Jones  
08-14Memphis, TN (morn) Jerry Lawler L (COR)
08-14? Hutchinson, KS Mark Romero  
08-14 Columbus, OH (eve) Dick Slater NC
08-15 Dallas, TX Kerry Von Erich NC
08-16 Greenville, SC Jake Roberts W
08-17 Raleigh, NC Jimmy Valiant W
08-18 Wadesboro, NC Jack Brisco W
08-19 Winston-Salem, NC Roddy Piper (sub. for Jack Brisco) W (DQ)
08-20 Charleston, SC Wahoo McDaniel NC
08-22 Cincinnati, OH Tommy Rich W (37:45 pin)
08-27 Manati, PR Pierre Martel W
08-28 San Juan, PR Invader I W
08-29 Ponce, PR Carlos Colón W
08-30 Bayamón, PR? Carlos Colón  
08-31 Bayamón, PR Invader W
09-01 Port-of-Spain, TTP Victor Jovica  
09-02 Waterford? Carlos Colón W
09-04 Bayamón, PR Invader I  
09-05 Aguadilla, PR Invader I  
09-05 St. Domingo, DOM Jack Veneno  
09-06 Greenville, SC Roddy Piper L (DQ)
09-07 Columbia, SC Jack Brisco L (DQ)
09-19 Orlando, FL Mike Graham W
09-20 W. Palm Beach, FL Bruce Reed (cage) W
09-21 Tampa, FL Ron Bass L (COR)
09-22 Miami, FL Sweet Brown Sugar W
09-23 Jacksonville, FL Bruce Reed D
09-25 Tampa, FL Dusty Rhodes NC
09-26 Prineville, OR Brett Sawyer W
09-27 Albany, OR Terry Gibbs W
09-28 Portland, OR Buddy Rose L (DQ)
09-29 Seattle, WA Buddy Rose L (DQ)
09-30 Salem, OR Brett Sawyer W
10-01 Eugene, OR Terry Gibbs W
10-02 Portland, OR Brett Sawyer W
10-03 Columbus, GA (aft) Paul Orndorff NC
10-03 Atlanta, GA (eve) Stan Hansen D (DCOR)
10-04 Wichita, KS Buzz Tyler  
10-05 Miami, OK Manny Fernandez  
10-06 Des Moines, IA Manny Fernandez  
10-07 Kansas City, KS Manny Fernandez W
10-08 St. Louis, MO Harley Race L
10-09 Quincy, IL Manny Fernandez  
10-10 San Antonio, TX Kerry Von Erich D
10-11 Ft. Worth, TX David Von Erich W (DQ)
10-11 Greenville, SC Wahoo McDaniel W (DQ)
10-12 Columbia, SC Wahoo McDaniel W
10-14 Norfolk, VA Jack Brisco W
10-15 Richmond, VA Wahoo McDaniel W (DQ)
10-16 San Juan, PR Carlos Colón (for WWC Universal TItle?) L
10-17 Toronto, ON (aft) Dory Funk Jr. W (pin)
10-17 Charlotte, NC (eve) Roddy Piper L (DQ)
10-18 W. Palm Beach, FL Ron Bass W (DQ)
10-19 Tampa, FL Barry Windham W
10-20 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Dusty Rhodes W (DQ)
10-21 Naples, FL Barry Windham  
10-22 Daytona, FL Dusty Rhodes W
10-23 Sarasota, FL Butch Reed W
10-24 Columbus, OH Paul Orndorff L (DQ)
10-25 Birmingham, AL Ron Fuller W
10-26 Mobile, AL Ron Fuller L (DQ)
10-28 Gainesville, FL Dusty Rhodes W
10-29 Charleston, SC Wahoo McDaniel NC
10-31 Mobile, AL (aft) Austin Idol  
10-31 St. Petersburg, FL Dusty Rhodes W
11-01 Greenville, SC Wahoo McDaniel NC
11-02 Columbia, SC Wahoo McDaniel W
11-03 Miami, FL Dusty Rhodes L (DQ)
11-04 Norfolk, VA Jack Brisco W
11-05 Richmond, VA Wahoo McDaniel W
11-06 Greensboro, NC Dusty Rhodes W (DQ)
11-07 Roanoke, VA Jack Brisco W
11-08 W. Palm Beach, FL Jake Roberts W (DQ)
11-09 Tampa, FL Barry Windham W
11-10 Sunrise, FL Dusty Rhodes W (DQ)
11-14 Orlando, FL Dusty Rhodes W (DQ)
11-15 Wichita, KS Manny Fernandez  
11-16 Joplin, MO Bob Brown W
11-17 Decatur, IL Harley Race  
11-18 Kansas City, KS Harley Race D
11-19 St. Louis, MO Ken Patera W
11-21? Roanoke, VA? Jack Brisco W
11-21 Des Moines, IA (eve) Manny Fernandez  
11-22 Greenville, SC Ricky Steamboat W
11-23 Raleigh, NC Roddy Piper W (DQ)
11-25 Greensboro, NC Roddy Piper W
11-27 Greenville, SC Roddy Piper W (DQ)
11-28 Charlotte, NC Jimmy Valiant D (DDQ)
11-29 Ft. Worth, TX Bugsy McGraw W
12-01 San Antonio, TX David Von Erich (sub. for Kerry Von Erich) D (60min)
12-02 Marshall, TX David Von Erich W (DQ)
12-04 Ft. Leonard Wood, MO Bob Brown W
12-05 Chattanooga, TN Paul Orndorff  
12-07 Columbia, SC Roddy Piper W
12-09 Norfolk, VA Roddy Piper W (DQ)
12-11 Dothan, AL Austin Idol D
12-12 Marietta, GA Paul Orndorff W (COR)
12-15 or 12-16 Waterford, BAR Carlos Colón W
12-14 Port-of-Spain, TTP Victor Jovica  
12-18 San Juan, PR Carlos Colón  
12-19 Santo Domingo, DOM Jack Veneno L
Flair allows himself to be pinned in order to avoid the riot from the audience; Veneno returns the title to Flair reportedly for not willing to leave his country to defend it.
12-25 Dallas, TX Kerry Von Erich (cage) W
12-26 Huntington, VA (aft) Tommy Rich (non-title?) L?
12-26 Columbus, OH (eve) Paul Orndorff (non-title?) L (DQ)

>> 1983

* Thanks to "cman73" for the additional information.