GWF North American Heavyweight Championship
| GWF North American Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Global Wrestling Federation | ||||||||||
| Date established | August 10, 1991 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | September 21, 1994 | ||||||||||
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The GWF North American Heavyweight Championship was the major title in the Global Wrestling Federation in Texas. The title existed from 1991 until 1994, when GWF closed. The title was featured on the promotion's show that aired nationally on ESPN.
Title history
[edit]| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| † | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | The Patriot | August 10, 1991 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 6 | Defeated Al Perez in tournament final. | [1] |
| — | Vacated | August 16, 1991 | — | — | — | — | Patriot gave up title because Perez' feet were under the ropes during the pinfall. | |
| 2 | The Patriot | August 23, 1991 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 2 | 161 | Won the rematch. | |
| 3 | The Dark Patriot | January 31, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 56 | ||
| 4 | "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert | March 27, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 56 | ||
| — | Vacated | May 22, 1992 | — | — | — | — | Gilbert was stripped of the title for failing to defend within 30 days. In reality, the GWF was no longer booking out-of-town talent due to budget cut-backs. Gilbert began wrestling for the USWA and defended the title as the GWF World Heavyweight Championship, despite having been stripped of the title upon his departure. He lost his version of the title to Jerry Lawler on June 8, 1992 in Memphis in order to "unify" it with the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship. | |
| 5 | Scott Putski | May 29, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 84 | Defeated Johnny Mantell for the vacant title; top contenders chosen by "Best Won-Loss Record" in the GWF. | |
| 6 | Rod Price | August 21, 1992 | House show | N/A | 1 | 168 | Awarded title after Putski was fired. | |
| 7 | Stevie Ray | February 5, 1993 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 145 | ||
| 8 | Rod Price | June 30, 1993 | House show | N/A | 2 | [Note 1] | Awarded the championship | |
| — | Vacated | August 2, 1993 | — | — | — | — | Stripped for actions while on tour of Japan. | |
| 9 | Iceman Parsons | September 3, 1993 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 113 | Defeated Chris Adams by disqualification | [2] |
| 10 | Chris Adams | December 25, 1993 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 97 | ||
| 11 | Rod Price | April 1, 1994 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 3 | 63 | ||
| — | June 3, 1994 | — | — | Held up after match with Butch Reed. | ||||
| 12 | Butch Reed | June 4, 1994 | House show | Idabel, Oklahoma | 1 | 27 | Wins rematch. | |
| 13 | Chris Adams | July 1, 1994 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 2 | 82 | [3] | |
| — | Deactivated | September 21, 1994 | — | — | — | — | The GWF closes. | |
Tournaments
[edit]1991
[edit]The GWF North American Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a twenty-four man tournament for the inaugural GWF North American Heavyweight Championship held on August 9 and August 10, 1991. The Patriot defeated Al Perez in the final to win the tournament.[4]
| First Round | Second Round | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al Perez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handsome Stranger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al Perez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Tatum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Tatum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Gaylord | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al Perez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Idol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bad News Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| El Azteca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bad News Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Idol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dirty White Boy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Idol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al Perez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Gordy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cactus Jack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gary Young | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cactus Jack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Lee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Lee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Irwin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cactus Jack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Gordy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Dane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tug Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Dane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Gordy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Rhodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Gordy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al Perez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Patriot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Cox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rod Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Cox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stan Lane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stan Lane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Action Jackson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stan Lane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Patriot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Patriot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Soultaker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Patriot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Axis the Demolisher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Axis the Demolisher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Garvin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Patriot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Footnotes
[edit]- ^ The exact date that Rod Price was stripped of the title is uncertain, which puts his title reign at between 32 and 62 days.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "GWF North American Heavyweight Championship Tournament". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (September 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Sept. 3): Ric Flair Vs. Terry Funk Texas Death match, Great Muta Vs. Sting, Ted Dibiase and Stan Hansen wins AJPW tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (July 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ "GWF North American Heavyweight Championship Tournament". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2017-02-08.