The NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship or Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship was one of two identically named regional championship titles, a Southern and Northern division promoted by Southeast Championship Wrestling. The Southern division was established in 1978 as a continuation of the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship and existed until its merge with the Northern division in 1980. The unified championship continued to be active until 1988 when it was abandoned.[1]
| NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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| Promotion | Southeast Championship Wrestling | ||||||||
| Date established | March 10,1978 | ||||||||
| Date retired | After May 4, 1980 | ||||||||
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Title history
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| 1 | Bob Armstrong | March 10, 1978 | SCW show | Dothan, Alabama | 1 | N/A | defeated David Schultz to become the first champion | |||
| 2 | Ken Lucas | April 1978 | SCW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | defeated David Schultz to win title | |||
| 3 | Ron Fuller | April 5, 1978 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 1 | 70 | Won Tournament | |||
| 4 | Bob Armstrong | June 14, 1978 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 2 | 35 | ||||
| 5 | Ron Fuller | July 19, 1978 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 2 | 56 | ||||
| 6 | Bob Armstrong | September 13, 1978 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 3 | N/A | ||||
| 7 | Mongolian Stomper | October 1978 | SCW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 8 | Masked Superstar | 1978 | SCW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from November 19, 1978 to April 27, 1979. | ||||||||||
| 9 | David Schultz | April 27, 1979 | SCW show | Dothan, Alabama | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 10 | Ron Slinker | May 4, 1979 | SCW show | Dothan, Alabama | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | David Schultz | May 6, 1979 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 2 | N/A | Title change in dispute as Shutlz is recorded defending his title in Mobile, Alabama two days later | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from May 6, 1979 to May 23, 1979. | ||||||||||
| 12 | Ox Baker | May 23, 1979 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 1 | 14 | ||||
| 13 | Terry Boulder | June 6, 1979 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 14 | Austin Idol | June 13, 1979 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 1 | N/A | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from June 13, 1979 to October 31, 1979. | ||||||||||
| 15 | Terry Boulder | October 31, 1979 | SCW show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 16 | Toru Tanaka | November 1979 | SCW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 17 | Bob Armstrong | November 23, 1979 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 4 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | Jos Leduc | December 7, 1979 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 1 | 60 | ||||
| 19 | Ron Fuller | February 5, 1980 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 4 | 25 | ||||
| 20 | Jimmy Golden | March 1, 1980 | SCW show | Dothan, Alabama | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 21 | Ron Fuller | March 4, 1980 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 5 | N/A | ||||
| 22 | Jos Leduc | March 16, 1980 (NLT) | SCW show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 23 | Mongolian Stomper | April 1, 1980 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 2 | 21 | ||||
| 24 | Georgia Jawjacker | April 22, 1980 | SCW show | Mobile, Alabama | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 25 | Mongolian Stomper | May 4, 1980 | SCW show | N/A | 3 | N/A | ||||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.