IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Australia) explained

Championshipname:	IWA World Heavyweight Championship
Created:	1964
Titleretired:	1971
Firstchamp:	Killer Kowalski

The IWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from its founding in 1964 until 1971.^[1]

Although a part of WCW, the championship carried the IWA initials, for the International Wrestling Alliance. The IWA was WCW's sanctioning body for its championships.

WCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969,^[2] but still recognized this title as its world title. In 1971, the title was abandoned, the NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship was established as WCW's new top championship, and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship was recognized in WCW as the world title.

24 different men held the championship, combining for 51 individual title reigns.^[1]

Title history

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	1	October 1964	?
	1	7 November 1964
	1	January 1965
	2	January 1965	Melbourne, Victoria
	1	May 1965	?
	1	June 1965	?
	2	June 1965	?
	1	6 August 1965	Sydney, New South Wales
	1	1965	Melbourne, Victoria
	2	1965	?
	3	December 1965
	3	12 February 1966	Sydney, New South Wales
	1	3 June 1966	Sydney, New South Wales
	1	9 July 1966	Melbourne, Victoria
	1	13 August 1966	Melbourne, Victoria
	1	19 August 1966	Sydney, New South Wales
	1	3 September 1966	Melbourne, Victoria
	3	29 October 1966	Melbourne, Victoria
	2	2 December 1966	Sydney, New South Wales
	1	11 February 1967	Melbourne, Victoria
	4	May 1967	Melbourne, Victoria
	1	July 1967	Melbourne, Victoria
	2	12 August 1967	Melbourne, Victoria
	2	19 August 1967	Melbourne, Victoria
	5	1 September 1967	Melbourne, Victoria
	1	8 September 1967	Sydney, New South Wales
	1	30 September 1967	Sydney, New South Wales
	2	13 October 1967	Sydney, New South Wales
	1	October 1967	?
	2	October 1967	?
	1	January 1968	Melbourne, Victoria
	4	January 1968	Melbourne, Victoria
	1	16 February 1968	Sydney, New South Wales
	5	22 March 1968	Sydney, New South Wales
	1	15 June 1968	Sydney, New South Wales
	3	17 August 1968	Melbourne, Victoria
	2	20 September 1968	Sydney, New South Wales
	2	15 November 1968	Sydney, New South Wales
	3	18 November 1968
	1	7 February 1969	Sydney, New South Wales
	2	14 February 1969	Sydney, New South Wales
	6	21 February 1969	Sydney, New South Wales
	1	4 April 1969	Sydney, New South Wales
	4	9 May 1969	Sydney, New South Wales
WCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969, still recognizing this world title.
	3	19 September 1969	Sydney, New South Wales
	1	31 October 1969	Sydney, New South Wales
	2	19 December 1969	Sydney, New South Wales
	4	January 1970	Sydney, New South Wales
	3	April 1970	?
	1	December 1970	?
	4	December 1970	?
The title was retired in 1971 and replaced with the NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship. WCW then recognized the NWA World Heavyweight Championship as the world title.

See also

• Professional wrestling in Australia
• World Championship Wrestling (Australia)
• International Wrestling Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: I.W.A. World Heavyweight Title (Australia) . Puroresu Dojo . 27 December 2008.
2. Web site: Pro-Wrestling Title Histories: Australia . Puroresu Dojo . 27 December 2008 . W.C.W. was a members of National Wrestling Alliance after 69/08..