NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship
Title history

NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship

Section Title: Title history
Table Section Text: None

No.	Champion	Championship change	Reign statistics	Notes	Ref.

Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days

NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship

1	Pat O'Connor	1970	Live event	N/A	1	It was announced in local advertisements that O'Connor was the reigning Eastern Heavyweight Champion until October 13, 1970, when he lost the championship to the Missouri Mauler; this reign was a storyline to introduce the championship to JCP, and as a result, further information regarding how O'Connor won the title is unavailable.

2	The Missouri Mauler	October 13, 1970	Championship Wrestling	N/A	1	275	The Missouri Mauler announced on local television from WGHP television studios that he had defeated O'Connor for the title in New York City; the title change was a continuation of the storyline to introduce the championship to JCP, and as a result, further information regarding the title change is unavailable.

3	Danny Miller	July 15, 1971	Live event	Greensboro, North Carolina	1	67

4	The Missouri Mauler	September 20, 1971	Live event	Charlotte, North Carolina	2	71

5	Jack Brisco	November 30, 1971	Championship Wrestling	High Point, North Carolina	1	76	This title change aired on broadcast delay.

6	Rip Hawk	February 14, 1972	Live event	Charlotte, North Carolina	1	56

7	Jack Brisco	April 10, 1972	Live event	Charlotte, North Carolina	2

8	Rip Hawk	Live event	San Juan, Puerto Rico	2	The exact date on which Rip Hawk won his second reign is unknown, however, it is confirmed by sources that he won the title from Jack Brisco between April 25 and May 25, 1972 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

9	Jerry Brisco	June 13, 1972	Live event	Columbia, South Carolina	1	76

10	Rip Hawk	August 28, 1972	Live event	Greenville, South Carolina	3	7

11	Jerry Brisco	September 4, 1972	Live event	Greenville, South Carolina	2	115

12	Rip Hawk	December 28, 1972	Live event	Greensboro, North Carolina	4	65

13	Jerry Brisco	March 3, 1973	Live vent	Salem, North Carolina	3	67

14	Ole Anderson	May 9, 1973	All Star Wrestling	Raleigh, North Carolina	1	55	This title change aired on broadcast delay.

NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship

15 (1)	Jerry Brisco	July 3, 1973	Live event	Columbia, South Carolina	4	On September 6, 1973 the NWA retired the NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship and introduced the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship to JCP as its replacement.

16 (2)	Johnny Valentine	January 1974	Live event	N/A	1	From the information known, Johnny Valentine was awarded the championship by Jim Crockett Jr. after Brisco traveled to Japan to wrestle and was unable to defend the title in the United States; a formal vacancy was not established, however.

—	Vacated	October 28, 1974	—	—	—	—

17 (3)	Johnny Valentine	November 4, 1974	Live event	N/A	2	135

18 (4)	Paul Jones	March 9, 1975	Live event	Charlotte, North Carolina	1	10	Jones' title win became a controversy as a result of Valentine having his leg on the ring rope when the referee counted the pinfall, which the referee failed to see.

19 (5)	Johnny Valentine	March 19, 1975	All Star Wrestling	Raleigh, North Carolina	3	102	Valentine demanded a review of his match with Jones by NWA President Sam Muchnick, who ruled in favor of Valentine. As a result, Muchnick stripped Jones of the championship and awarded it to Valentine; a formal vacancy was not established, however.

20 (6)	Wahoo McDaniel	June 29, 1975	Live event	Asheville, North Carolina	1

21 (7)	Ric Flair	July 1975	Live event	N/A	1

22 (8)	Wahoo McDaniel	July 26, 1975	Live event	Asheville, North Carolina	2	56

23 (9)	Ric Flair	September 20, 1975	Live event	Hampton, Virginia	2	226

24 (10)	Wahoo McDaniel	May 3, 1976	Live event	Charlotte, North Carolina	3	21

25 (11)	Ric Flair	May 24, 1976	Live event	Charlotte, North Carolina	3	110

26 (12)	Wahoo McDaniel	September 11, 1976	Live event	Greenville, South Carolina	4	35

27 (13)	Ric Flair	October 16, 1976	Live event	Greensboro, North Carolina	4	72

28 (14)	Wahoo McDaniel	December 27, 1976	Live event	Richmond, Virginia	5	166

29 (15)	Greg Valentine	June 11, 1977	Live event	Greensboro, North Carolina	1	59

30 (16)	Wahoo McDaniel	August 9, 1977	Live event	Raleigh, North Carolina	6	29

31 (17)	Greg Valentine	September 7, 1977	Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling	Raleigh, North Carolina	2	207	This title change aired on broadcast delay. As part of the storyline, Valentine "broke" Wahoo's leg, but this was not a legitimate injury.

32 (18)	Wahoo McDaniel	April 2, 1978	Live event	Greensboro, North Carolina	7	7

33 (19)	Ken Patera	April 9, 1978	Live event	Charlotte, North Carolina	1	161

33 (20)	Tony Atlas	September 17, 1978	Live event	Roanoke, Virginia	1	28

34 (21)	Ken Patera	October 15, 1978	Live event	Roanoke, Virginia	2	334

35 (22)	Jim Brunzell	September 14, 1979	Live event	Richmond, Virginia	1	69

36 (23)	Ray Stevens	November 22, 1979	Live event	Greensboro, North Carolina	1	33

37 (24)	Jim Brunzell	December 25, 1979	Live event	Charlotte, North Carolina	2	168

38 (25)	The Iron Sheik	May 11, 1980	Live event	Charlotte, North Carolina	1	174

39 (26)	Ricky Steamboat	November 1, 1980	Live event	Richmond, Virginia	1	166

40 (27)	Ivan Koloff	April 16, 1981	Live event	Norfolk, Virginia	1	177

41 (28)	Ricky Steamboat	October 10, 1981	Live event	Greensboro, North Carolina	2	22

42 (29)	Roddy Piper	November 1, 1981	Live event	Greensboro, North Carolina	1	180

43 (30)	Jack Brisco	May 10, 1982	Live event	Greenville, North Carolina	3 (1)	58

43 (31)	Roddy Piper	July 7, 1982	World Wide Wrestling	Charlotte, North Carolina	2	27	This title change aired on broadcast delay.

44 (32)	Jack Brisco	August 3, 1982	Live event	Raleigh, North Carolina	4 (2)	29

45 (33)	Paul Jones	September 1, 1982	World Wide Wrestling	Charlotte, North Carolina	2	47	This title change aired on broadcast delay.

46 (34)	Jack Brisco	October 18, 1982	Live event	Greenville, South Carolina	5 (3)	15

47 (35)	Paul Jones	November 2, 1982	Live event	Raleigh, North Carolina	3	28

48 (36)	Jack Brisco	November 30, 1982	Live event	Columbia, South Carolina	6	61

49 (37)	Dory Funk Jr.	January 30, 1983	Live event	Charlotte, North Carolina	1	187

50 (38)	Rufus Jones	August 5, 1983	Live event	Richmond, Virginia	1	120

51 (39)	Dick Slater	December 3, 1983	Live event	Hampton, Virginia	1

52 (40)	Ivan Koloff	N/A	2	After Dick Slater won the NWA United States Championship on December 14, 1983, he elected to award Ivan Koloff the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship; however, the exact date and location of this title change is unknown, although it has been confirmed to have aired on broadcast delay.

53 (41)	Angelo Mosca Jr.	January 25, 1984	Live event	Shelby, North Carolina	1	53

54 (42)	Ivan Koloff	March 18, 1984	Live event	Charlotte, North Carolina	3	35

55 (43)	Angelo Mosca Jr.	April 22, 1984	Charlotte, North Carolina	2	20	This title change aired on broadcast delay.

56 (44)	The Masked Outlaw	May 12, 1984	Spencer, North Carolina	2	46	The Masked Outlaw was an alternate ring name of Dory Funk Jr. (who was suspended for shoving NWA representative Sandy Scott), who had won the title under his real name previously.

57 (45)	Angelo Mosca Jr.	June 27, 1984	Norfolk, Virginia	3	63	This title change aired on broadcast delay.

58 (46)	Ron Bass	August 29, 1984	Spartanburg, South Carolina	1	199	This title change aired on broadcast delay.

59 (47)	Buzz Tyler	March 16, 1985	Greensboro, North Carolina	1	This title change aired on broadcast delay.

—	Vacated	July 1985	—	—	—	—	Buzz Tyler was stripped of the championship after he left JCP; title was declared vacant as a result.

60 (48)	Krusher Khrushchev	November 28, 1985	Starrcade (1985)	Greensboro, North Carolina	1	44	Krusher Khrushchev defeated Sam Houston in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.

61 (49)	Sam Houston	January 11, 1986	World Championship Wrestling	Atlanta, Georgia	1	66	This title change aired on broadcast delay. Khrushchev legitimately injured his knee during this match; he would miss six months of action.

62 (50)	Black Bart	March 18, 1986	Live event	Mooresville, North Carolina	1	168

63 (51)	Ron Garvin	September 2, 1986	Live event	Spartanburg, South Carolina	1	115	After winning JCP's version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship with Barry Windham, Garvin vacated the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship and handed it to Jim Crockett Jr.

NWA MACW Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1996-2011)

64 (52)	Preston Quinn	July 17, 1996	Suffolk, Virginia	1	571	Defeated Rising Sun.

65 (53)	Carolina Kid	February 8, 1998	Norfolk, Virginia	1

—	Vacated	1998	—	—	—	—

66 (54)	Colt Steel	October 2, 1999	Columbus, North Carolina	1	371	Defeated The Metal Maniac.

67 (55)	Bunkhouse Buck	October 7, 2000	Morganton, North Carolina	1

68 (56)	Rick Nelson	2001	N/A	1

69 (57)	Buff Bagwell	December 14, 2001	Hartsville, South Carolina]	1

†	N/A	—	—

—	Vacated	2002	—	—	—	—	Title vacated as of September 5, 2002.

70 (58)	Steve Williams	December 30, 2003	Guangzhou, China	1	Defeated Terry Taylor.

—	Vacated	2005	—	—	—	—

71 (59)	Scott Steiner	September 24, 2005	Concord, North Carolina	1	Defeated Buff Bagwell

—	Vacated	2006	—	—	—	—

72 (60)	Buff Bagwell	March 17, 2006	Laurens, South Carolina	2	1,807	Defeated Rikki Nelson

73 (61)	Rick Nelson	February 26, 2011	Cheraw, South Carolina	2	MACW leaves the NWA in 2012. Title vacated as of October 1, 2012.

NWA MACW Heavyweight Championship (2012-present)

—	Vacated	2012	—	—	—	—	NWA Sanctions a new MACW to be formed October 1st, 2012

—	Vacated	2013	—	—	—	—	NWA World Wide introduces new Eastern States Championship but it is not the Mid-Atlantic Championship.

74 (62)	Lance Erikson	July 4, 2015	Beckley, West Virginia	1	239	Lance Erickson becomes first NWA Mid-Atlantic Champion since 2012 when he Defeated William Huckaby.

—	Vacated	February 28, 2016	—	—	—	—	Title vacated when Erickson fails to defend the title

Sentence(s)

In NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship, Ken Patera's second reign was 334 days and Missouri Mauler's reign was 275 days.

final_sentence: In NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship, Ken Patera's second reign was 334 days and Missouri Mauler's reign was 275 days.