page_title: NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
hierarchical_section_title: NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
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context_page_description: The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance. The current champion is Nick Aldis, who is in his second reign.
  Although formally established in 1948, its lineage has been traditionally traced back to the first World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship, which traces its lineage to the title first awarded to George Hackenschmidt in 1905. This effectively makes it the oldest surviving wrestling championship in the world.
  The title began as a governing body's world championship and has been competed for in multiple major promotions across the world, including Capitol Wrestling Corporation, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Combat Zone Wrestling and the now-defunct Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, Eastern Championship Wrestling and World Class Championship Wrestling.
  In October 2017, the NWA ceased being a governing body and gradually evolved into a singular wrestling promotion with the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship as its premier title.
context_section_description: The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The current champion is Nick Aldis, who is in his second reign.
  Although formally established in 1948, its lineage has been traditionally traced back to the first World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship, which traces its lineage to the title first awarded to George Hackenschmidt in 1905. This effectively makes it the oldest surviving wrestling championship in the world. 
  The title began as a governing body's world championship and has been competed for in multiple major promotions across the world, including Capitol Wrestling Corporation (which seceded from the NWA and became World Wide Wrestling Federation, now WWE), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling), Ring of Honor (ROH), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and the now-defunct Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW, later Extreme Championship Wrestling) and World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW).
  In October 2017, the NWA ceased being a governing body and gradually evolved into a singular wrestling promotion with the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship as its premier title.
caption: The current NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship belt (1973–1986,1994–present)
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