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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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Northern Wrestling Federation
Tri-State Heavyweight Title (as of 2025-09-26)
This title is controlled by one of those independent promotions that do/did not post its match results consistently. Please do not expect frequent updates or more detail/accuracy for this page. If you have additional information for this title, please send in!
Bret Michaels
1996-01-13
Price Hill, OH
Defeats Unpredictable JoMott to become the first champion.
King Kahuna
1996-06-08
Price Hill, OH
Billy Niles
1997-06-21
Erlanger, KY
Suicide
1997-10-15
Erlanger, KY
Tiny Tim
1999-01-23
Erlanger, KY
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Angel
1999-12-12<
Still champion as of 00-02-11.
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Dozer
2001-06-30<
Still champion as of 01-08-25.
Nick Rivers
2002-02-23
Erlanger, KY
Stripped on 02-07-12.
Brian Beech
2002-07-27
Wilmington, OH
Defeats Taxi.
Tiny Tim
2003-04-28
Covington, KY
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Chad Allegra (Karl Anderson)
2004-01-05<
Pompano Joe
2004-05-01
Fairfield, OH
Vacant after the match against Ryan Stone on 04-12-04 in Fairfield, OH.
Ryan Stone
2005-01-15
Fairfield, OH
Defeats Jay Donaldson.
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Melvin Winkleman
2006-05
Jay Donaldson
2006-09
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Ice
2007-02-17<
Anthony Bryant
2007-07-14
Fairfield, OH
Ice [2]
2007-08-11<
Sometime after 07-12-15.
Melvin Winkleman [2]
2007-12-29<
Ice [3]
2008-01-18<
Sometime after 08-02-02.
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Austin Meddler
2008-12-13
Ft. Wright, KY
Wins tournament.
The Genuine Superstar
2010-08-07
Fairfield, OH
Wins the title in a 6-man ladder match in which Meddler participates; still champion as of 10-08-21.
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Samson
2012-06<
Danny Todd
2012-07-07
Fairfield, OH
Joseph Park
2013-05-11
Florence, KY
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Vacant in 14.
Jeremiah
2014-08-16
Fairfield, OH
Wins a 7-way match; holds Tri-State and Unified Titles as of 15-03-15.
Nicholas the Titan
2015-03-21
Fairfield, OH
Wins both titles.
T-Money
2015-04-10
Cincinnati, OH
Wins battle royal.
Samson [2]
2015-05-16
Fairfield, OH
Still champion as of 15-06-09.
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Jesse Hyde
2015-08-14<
Anthony Bryant
2016-02-27
Fairfield, OH
Larry D.
2016-08-13
Fairfield, OH
Teams with David Taylor & Jesse Hyde to defeat Bryant & Lord Crewe & Chris Harris.
Pompano Joe
2017-08-19
Fairfield, OH
Defeats Larry D, T-Money, and KYRON in a 4-way match; still champion as of 17-12-29.
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Star Rider
2019-08-16<
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D.C. Holloway
2020-03-13<
Sinclair Octavius Bentley
2021-08-14
Covington, KY
Defeats Holloway, Kimba, and Alex Hayden in a 4-way match; still champion as of 22-01-07.
