About: NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

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dbo:abstract	The NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title defended in the US states of Tennessee and Alabama. The title began in 1957 and lasted first until 1980 when it was first abandoned when Jerry Jarrett took over the Mid-American titles from Nick Gulas. Jarrett revived it in 1981, making it a part of the Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association, and it then lasted until 1987 when it was unified with the newly created CWA (now renamed Championship Wrestling Association) Heavyweight Championship. (en)
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dbp:caption	The original championship belt (en)
dbp:champion	(en) Bota the Witch Doctor (en) Apocalypse (en) Big Bad John (en) Blue Yankee (en) Boy Tony (en) Dirty Rhodes (en) Gorgeous George Jr. (en) King Cobra (en) Magnificent Zulu (en) Mexican Angel (en) Mighty Atlas (en) Moondog Spot (en) Russian Stomper (en) Whipper Watson Jr. (en)
dbp:championshipname	NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (en)
dbp:created	May 1957 (en)
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dbp:event	(en) House show (en)
dbp:firstchamp	dbr:Buddy_Rogers_(wrestler)
dbp:heaviest	dbr:Fred_Ottman (en)
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dbp:longestreign	dbr:Jerry_Lawler (en)
dbp:mostreigns	dbr:Dutch_Mantell
dbp:name	Revived the title in Continental Wrestling Association (en)
dbp:notes	dbr:House_show Championship vacated for undocumented reasons (en) Vacated for undocumented reasons (en) Awarded the championship. (en) NWA Mid-America ceases to operate, Jerry Jarrett gains control of the championship (en) Vacated and inactive after Mantel won the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (en) Billed as champion on arrival. (en) Defeated Gorgeous George Jr. (en) Defeated Jacques Rougeau to win the championship (en) Defeated Paul Diamond in a tournament final. (en) Dundee won the title on Memphis TV (en) Previous held the championship under the name Jesse Barr (en) Jackie Fargo was injured (en) Mantel left the CWA (en) The Great Kabuki left the CWA (en) Vacated after a match against Dutch Mantel (en) Won a 13-man tournament to win the vacant title. (en) Won the title by disqualification. (en) This was a loser leaves town match. Sweet Brown Sugar would reappear as the masked Stagger Lee. (en) Defeated Sweet Brown Sugar in a tournament final to win the vacant title. (en) Defeated Dennis Hall in a tournament final to win the vacant title. (en) The title may have been vacated since Lawler also held the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship when he won the Mid-America title. (en) Vacated when Lawler won the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (en) Defeated Bota the Witch Doctor in a tournament final to win the vacant title. (en) Also held CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship. (en) Championship merged with the AWA International Heavyweight Championship and the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship to form the CWA Heavyweight Championship. (en) Ware removed his mask before the match with Landel. (en)
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dbp:shortestreign	Dutch Mantel (en)
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