NWA Colonial Heavyweight Championship explained

NWA Colonial Heavyweight Championship
Created:November 20, 2004
Promotion:NWA New England
Firstchamp:Gino Martino
Finalchamp:Dan Bidondi
Retired:August 20, 2005.

The NWA New England Colonial Championship was a short-lived secondary singles wrestling title in the NWA New England. It was first won by Gino Martino, who was awarded the title after winning the annual Tony Rumble Memorial Battle Royal in Bellingham, Massachusetts on November 20, 2004.[1] [2] The title was co-promoted with a local promotion, New World Wrestling, and defended in both promotions during an eight-month period before being merged with the NWW Heavyweight Championship in August 2005.[3]

Title history

Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.

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NWA New England Championship
Gino Martino1November 20, 2004Bellingham, Massachusetts
Title is vacated on February 4, 2005, after Gino Martino wins the NWA New England Heavyweight Championship.
Dan Bidondi1February 5, 2005Bellingham, Massachusetts
Title is awarded to NWW Heavyweight Champion Beau Douglas when Bidondi failed to make a scheduled title defence at the Summer Blackout supercard in Attleboro, Massachusetts on August 20, 2005. NWA New England and New World Wrestling ended their association after this event and the title was eventually merged with the NWW Heavyweight Championship.

References

  1. Web site: NWA New England Colonial Heavyweight Title History . 16 September 2009 . Roelfsema, Eric . 2005 . Solie's Title Histories .
  2. Web site: N.W.A. New England Colonial Heavyweight Title . 16 September 2009 . Puroresu Dojo . 2003 . Wrestling-Titles.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090803071705/http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/newengland/nwa-newengland/nwa-ne-col-h.html . August 3, 2009 . dead .
  3. Web site: NWA-NE Colonial Heavyweight Championship . 16 September 2009 . 2008 . New World Wrestling Title History . NewWorldWrestling.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20091002132855/http://www.newworldwrestling.com/titlehistory.htm . 2 October 2009 . dead .