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The match ended in a disqualification. Because the PWF Championship could be won by disqualification but the AWA Championship could not, Choshu only won the PWF Championship. -Vacated - March 1987 - N/A N/A Vacated when Choshu left for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. 12 Stan Hansen: 3 April 24, 1987: 320 Yokohama, Japan: House show
The title was established in 1970 when The Destroyer, who held the Hawaii version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship, had the belt which would become the PWF United States Championship made to replace the original North American title belt, which had fallen into disrepair. The Destroyer then embarked on a world tour, on which he ...
The Big Gold Belt is a historic professional wrestling championship belt that has represented titles in multiple promotions throughout its history. Originally designed in 1985 by silversmith Charles Crumrine and commissioned by Jim Crockett Promotions for NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair , the championship belt has three large gold ...
In 1988, the newly created Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), soon renamed Pro Wrestling Federation (PWF), picked it back up in 1988 and it continued its lineage through NWA Florida, until they ceased operations in 2006. [1] In 2009, Pro Wrestling Fusion revived the title until they left the NWA in 2011.
The titles were unified on April 18, 1989, when NWA International Heavyweight Champion Jumbo Tsuruta defeated the PWF World Heavyweight and NWA United National Champion Stan Hansen. [1] Unlike most unified championships, the Triple Crown was originally represented through the continued use of the three individual championship belts.
PWF Lightweight Championship December, 1992 (n) Scotty Hardbody N/A N/A N/A [10] PWF United States Championship January, 1993 (n) Austin Steele N/A N/A N/A [11] PWF Southern Championship April 16, 1993 Killdozer N/A N/A N/A Killdozer was the only champion and the title was abandoned without a formal announcement. [12] PWF Women's Championship
Tenryu won the PWF Heavyweight Championship on March 9, 1988. 27 Stan Hansen: 1 July 27, 1988: 265 Nagano, Japan: Also won the PWF Heavyweight Championship. 28 Jumbo Tsuruta: 6 April 18, 1989: 0 Tokyo, Japan Retained the NWA International Heavyweight Championship and won the PWF Heavyweight Championship and the UN Championship. - Unified ...
These titles are represented physically by a championship belt that is worn or carried by the champion(s). In the case of team wrestling, there is a belt for each member of the team. Almost all professional wrestling promotions have one major title, and some have more. Championships are designated by divisions of weight, height, gender ...