WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles)
The WWA World Heavyweight Championship, also known simply as the World Heavyweight Championship, was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Los Angeles, California-based Worldwide Wrestling Associates (WWA). The title was established as an offshoot of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship when Édouard Carpentier became recognized as world champion in Los Angeles, when the promotion was then known as the North American Wrestling Alliance. The championship was renamed with the promotion in 1961, and was abandoned in 1968 after WWA joined the NWA and was renamed NWA Hollywood Wrestling.
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WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles)
The WWA World Heavyweight Championship, also known simply as the World Heavyweight Championship, was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Los Angeles, California-based Worldwide Wrestling Associates (WWA). The title was established as an offshoot of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship when Édouard Carpentier became recognized as world champion in Los Angeles, when the promotion was then known as the North American Wrestling Alliance. The championship was renamed with the promotion in 1961, and was abandoned in 1968 after WWA joined the NWA and was renamed NWA Hollywood Wrestling.
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The WWA World Heavyweight Cham ...... the true WWA or its true heir.
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WWA World Heavyweight Championship
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created
1957-06-14
date
1957-06-14
1961-06-12
1962-03-28
1962-07-25
1962-07-27
1963-05-10
1963-08-23
1963-12-16
1964-01-30
1964-04-22
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JWA show
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WWA show
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Chicago, Illinois
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Indio, California
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Los Angeles, California
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San Diego, California
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Seoul, South Korea
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Tokyo, Japan
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Defeats The Destroyer
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Dick the Bruiser didn't acknow ...... ionship (Indianapolis) holder.
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He won the title when Carpentier was declared unable to continue in third fall.
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Wins by countout. First black wrestler to hold a world title in professional wrestling.
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Wins by forfeit when Wright no-shows a scheduled defense.
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World Heavyweight Championship
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1968-12-18
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deactivated
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unrecognized
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The WWA World Heavyweight Cham ...... named NWA Hollywood Wrestling.
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WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles)
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