World Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)

The National Wrestling Association version of the World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Association (NWA), an offshoot of the National Boxing Association (NBA). The title existed from 1929 through 1949, when it was unified with the National Wrestling Alliance's World Heavyweight Championship.
==Title history==
Wrestler: 	Times: 	Date: 	Place: 	Notes:
Gus Sonnenberg 	1 	January 4, 1929 	Boston, MA 	Defeated Ed "Strangler" Lewis to become the first champion.
Stripped 	Stripped 	1929 	 	Title stripped for failing to meet "real" contenders.
Dick Shikat 	1 	August 23, 1929 	Philadelphia, PA 	Defeated Jim Londos to win the vacant title.
Jim Londos 	1 	June 6, 1930 	Philadelphia, PA 	
Danno O'Mahony 	1 	June 27, 1935 	Boston, MA 	
Dick Shikat 	2 	March 2, 1936 	New York City, NY	
Ali Baba 	1 	April 25, 1936 	Detroit, MI 	
Everett Marshall 	1 	June 26, 1936 	Columbus, OH 	
Vacated 	Vacated 	September 1936 	 	Title vacated when the NBA and NWA recommend at their annual meetingthat a tournament be held.
John Pesek 	1 	September 13, 1937	 	Title awarded when Pesek is the only contender to post a $1000 bond.
Vacated 	Vacated 	 	 	Pesek's recognition as champion withdrawn.
Lou Thesz 	# 	December 29, 1937 	St. Louis, MO 	Whether or not this reign was recognized by the NBA/NWA is unknown.
Steve Casey 	1 	February 11, 1938 	Boston, MA 	
Vacated 	Vacated 	September 1938 	 	Casey's recognition as champion withdrawn due to his being out of the country.
Everett Marshall 	2 	September 14, 1938	 	Title awarded at the NBA/NWA annual meeting.
Lou Thesz 	1 	February 23, 1939 	St. Louis, MO 	
Bronko Nagurski 	1 	June 23, 1939 	Houston, TX 	
Ray Steele 	1 	March 7, 1940 	St. Louis, MO 	
Bronko Nagurski 	2 	March 11, 1941 	Houston, TX 	
Sandor Szabo 	1 	June 5, 1941 	St. Louis, MO 	
Bill Longson 	1 	February 19, 1942 	St. Louis, MO 	
Yvon Robert 	1 	October 7, 1942 	Montreal, Quebec 	
Bobby Managoff 	1 	November 27, 1942 	Houston, TX 	
Bill Longson 	2 	February 19, 1943 	St. Louis, MO 	
Whipper Billy Watson	1 	February 21, 1947 	St. Louis, MO 	
Lou Thesz 	2 	April 25, 1947 	St. Louis, MO 	
Bill Longson 	3 	November 21, 1947 	Houston, TX 	
Lou Thesz 	3 	July 10, 1948 	Indianapolis, IN 	
Title retired 	Title retired	November 27, 1949 	 	Title unified with NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
==See also==
*National Wrestling Association
*World Heavyweight Championship
==External links==
*Wrestling-Titles.com
* Profile
Category:National Wrestling Association championships
Category:Heavyweight championships
Category:Singles championships