The NWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship is the top professional wrestling title in the NWA Midwest promotion. The title has been in use since 2001.[1] On November 1, 2011, the title was renamed Zero1 Pro Wrestling USA Midwest Heavyweight Championship, when NWA Midwest left the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).[2]
Title history
edit| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Samson | 1 | March 17, 2001 | Hillside, Illinois | Defeated Turbo to become the first champion. The two had been the final men remaining in a 20-man battle royal. |
| Samson was stripped of the title on September 5, 2002. | ||||
| Danny Dominion | 1 | October 28, 2002 | Grayslake, IL | Defeated Donovan Morgan. |
| Dominion was stripped of the title on January 17, 2004 in Green Bay, Wisconsin due to no-showing a title defense. | ||||
| Adam Evans | 1 | January 17, 2004 | Green Bay, WI | Defeated Chris Jordan and Eric Priest in a three-way match. |
| Silas Young | 1 | February 22, 2004 | Wheaton, IL | |
| Ken Anderson | 1 | July 16, 2004 | Milwaukee, WI | Defeated Silas Young and Colt Cabana in a three-way match. |
| Chris Candido | 1 | November 12, 2004 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| Title vacated after Chris Candido died on April 28, 2005. | ||||
| Johnny Candido | 1 | September 17, 2005 | Streamwood, IL | Defeated Danny Daniels to win the vacant championship. |
| Title vacated in January 2007. | ||||
| Jay Ryan | 1 | May 5, 2007 | Streamwood, IL | Defeated Marek Brave. |
| Silas Young | 2 | August 15, 2008 | Milwaukee, WI | On February 13, 2009 the NWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship was unified with the ICW Midwest Championship. |
| The Sheik | 1 | October 23, 2009 | Ashton, Illinois | Defeated Silas Young |
| Silas Young | 3 | December 4, 2009 | Green Bay, WI | |
| The Sheik | 2 | December 5, 2009 | Pulaski, WI | |
| Sadist | 1 | January 14, 2011 | West Allis, WI | |
| Steve Corino | 1 | August 20, 2011 | West Allis, WI | |
| Sebastian Rose | 1 | June 23, 2013 | Toledo, OH | |
| Nitro | 1 | March 23, 2014 | Oregon, OH | Sebastian gave Nitro to win due to his retirement |
References
edit- ^ Tanabe, Hisaharu. "N.W.A. Midwest Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- ^ "Announcing: Zero1 Pro Wrestling USA". Zero1 USA. 2011-11-01. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-08-02.