NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Tri-State version)

NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Tri-State version)
Details
PromotionNWA Tri-State
Date established1970s
Date retiredOctober, 1981
Statistics
First championBill Watts
Final championDon Fargo
Most reignsBill 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

Wrestler Reigns Date Location Notes
Bill Watts 1 1970 Unknown N/A
Sputnik Monroe 1 1971
Dusty Rhodes 1 April 25, 1971 Shreveport, LA
Bill Watts 2 August 23, 1971 Shreveport, LA
The Stomper 1 March 6, 1972 Tulsa Oklahoma N/A
Bob Sweetan 1 June 12, 1972 Tulsa, Oklahoma
Rip Tyler 1 May 6, 1974 Shreveport, Louisiana N/A
Bob Sweetan 2 October 1974 Unknown N/A
Dick Murdoch 1 October 6 1975 Tulsa Oklahoma N/A
Killer Karl Kox 1 October 13 1975 Tulsa Oklahoma N/A
Bob Sweetan 3 Oct 1976
Killer Karl Kox 2 October 26 1976 Shreveport LA
Bob Sweetan 4 October 1976
Ken Patera 1 November 9, 1976 Shreveport LA N/A
Bobby Jaggers 1 December 2, 1976 Little Rock, Arkansas N/A
Thunderbolt Patterson 1 April 1, 1978 New Orleans, Louisiana Defeats Stan Hansen for the vacant title
Stan Hansen 1 April 1978
Paul Orndorff 1 April 25, 1978 Shreveport LA
Ron Bass 1 November 1978
Killer Karl Kox 3 December 1978
Ron Bass 2 December 25, 1978 New Orleans, Louisiana Defeats Killer Karl Kox for the vacant title
Mike Sharpe 1 March 12, 1979 Tulsa Oklahoma N/A
Angelo Mosca 1 July 9, 1979 Tulsa, Oklahoma N/A
Bill Watts 3 1979 Unknown N/A
Don Fargo 1 October, 1981 Unknown Vacates the title at an unknown date and the promotion closes in 1982

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