NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Tri-State version) explained

NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Tri-State version)
Created:1970s
Promotion:NWA Tri-State
Firstchamp:Bill Watts
Finalchamp:Don Fargo
Retired:October, 1981
Mostreigns:Bill Watts (3 reigns)

The Tri-State version of the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship was a secondary championship that was defended sporadically and periodically in the NWA Tri-State promotion.[1] Created in 1970, the title was used in specialty matches in which the combatants would wear brass knuckles. Throughout the history of the championship, it was activated for brief periods of time to spark interest in crowds. Usually, the novelty of the brass knuckles matches wore off and promoter Leroy McGuirk would abandon the title for a period of time and then begin using it again. This took place off and on until the Tri-State promotion closed in early 1982. There were other brass knuckles championships used in the NWA, such as in Texas and Florida, where the titles were more prominent and defended on a regular basis.

Title history

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Bill Watts11970UnknownN/A
Sputnik Monroe11971
Dusty Rhodes1April 25, 1971Shreveport, LA
Bill Watts2August 23, 1971Shreveport, LA
The Stomper1March, 1972UnknownN/A
Bob Sweetan1June, 1972UnknownN/A
Rip Tyler1May 6, 1974Shreveport, LouisianaN/A
Bob Sweetan21975UnknownN/A
Dick Murdoch11975UnknownN/A
Killer Karl Kox11975UnknownN/A
Ken Patera11976UnknownN/A
Bobby Jaggers1December 2, 1976Little Rock, ArkansasN/A
Thunderbolt Patterson1March 1, 1978New Orleans, LouisianaDefeats Stan Hansen for the vacant title
Ron Bass1December 25, 1978New Orleans, LouisianaDefeats Killer Karl Kox for the vacant title
Mike Sharpe11979UnknownN/A
Angelo Mosca1July 9, 1979Tulsa, OklahomaN/A
Bill Watts31979UnknownN/A
Don Fargo1October, 1981UnknownVacates the title at an unknown date and the promotion closes in 1982

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/nwa/tri-bk.html NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Tri-State)