NWA Texas Hardcore Championship

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NWA Texas Hardcore Championship
Details
Date established March 6, 1953
Date retired April 15, 2001
Promotion NWA Southwest
Other name(s)
  • NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas)
  • WCWA Brass Knuckles Championship
  • NWA Brass Knuckles Championship

The NWA Texas Hardcore Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance. For most of its existence, however, the title served as the Texas territorial version of the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship and was used in matches in which brass knuckles were worn by the combatants.

The title was known by its original name from its inception in 1953 through 1999, and was defended primarily in the Dallas area as part of Southwest Sports, Inc.. It continued to be used after the promotion changed its name to Big Time Wrestling and, finally, World Class Championship Wrestling as were the NWA Texas Heavyweight and Texas Tag Team Championships. In 1987, a year after WCCW left the NWA and became the World Class Wrestling Association, the title was abandoned.

The Texas Brass Knuckles Championship was revived by the NWA in June 1998, and was renamed the NWA Texas Hardcore Championship on April 1, 1999. Finally, the title was abandoned on April 15, 2001.[1]

Title history

Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version)
Bull Curry 1 March 6, 1953 Houston, Texas Defeated Danny McShain to become the first champions.
Danny Savich 1 October 1953
Rito Romero 1 1954
Joe Christie 1 September 1954
Johnny Valentine 1 1954
Joe Christie 2 October 15, 1954 Houston, Texas
Bull Curry 2
Danny McShain 1 February 10, 1956 Houston, Texas
Bull Curry 3 1956
Don Evans 1 March 19, 1956 Fort Worth, Texas
Bull Curry 4 March 26, 1956 Fort Worth, Texas
El Medíco 1 November 23, 1956 Houston, Texas
Don Leo Jonathan 1 April 19, 1957 Houston, Texas Defeated Pepper Gomez.
Bull Curry 5 March 1958
Fritz Von Erich 1 April 15, 1958 Dallas, Texas
Bull Curry 6 1958
Stu Gibson 1 July 14, 1958 Fort Worth, Texas
Bill Longson 1 August 5, 1958 Dallas, Texas Defeated Fritz Von Erich.
Vacated 1958
Joe Christie 3 January 6, 1959 Dallas, Texas Defeated Danny McShain, Tosh Togo and Al Costello in a tournament to win the vacant title.
Bull Curry 7 April 7, 1959 Dallas, Texas
Golden Giant 1 June 9, 1959 Dallas, Texas
The Zebra Kid 1 June 16, 1959 Dallas, Texas
Danny McShain 2 October 1959
Mike DiBiase 1 1959
Vacated December 1959
Danny McShain 3 December 11, 1959 Houston, Texas Defeated Mr. Moto
Tony Borne 1 June 13, 1960 Fort Worth, Texas Defeated Bull Curry
Bull Curry 8 January 1961
Stu Gibson 2 1961
Waldo Von Erich 1 August 1961
Bull Curry 9 March 1962
Jack Dalton 1 March 12, 1962 Dallas, Texas
Bull Curry 10 March 20, 1962 Dallas, Texas
Tony Borne 2 December 10, 1962 Fort Worth, Texas
Bull Curry 11 January 21, 1963 Fort Worth, Texas
Rock Hunter 1 1963 Fort Worth, Texas
Bull Curry 12 February 25, 1963 Fort Worth, Texas
Louie Tillet 1 March 18, 1963 Fort Worth, Texas
Bull Curry 13 May 16, 1963 Houston, Texas Defeated Jack Dalton
Bill Miller 1 September 1963
Bull Curry 14 November 15, 1963 Dallas, Texas Defeated Louie Tillet
Bull Curry 15 1964
Killer Karl Kox 1 July 31, 1964 Houston, Texas
Bull Curry 16 August 1964
Killer Karl Kox 2 1964
Tony Borne 3 October 26, 1964 Fort Worth, Texas
Bull Curry 17 November 30, 1964 Fort Worth, Texas Defeated The Wrecker (Frank Shields)
Killer Karl Kox 3 February 21, 1965
Bull Curry 18 May 17, 1965 Fort Worth, Texas
Louie Tillet 2 July 12, 1966 Dallas, Texas
Tony Borne 4 July 25, 1966 Fort Worth, Texas
Waldo Von Erich 2 August 8, 1966 Fort Worth, Texas
Bull Curry 19 1967
Brute Bernard 1 August 1967
Bull Curry 20 September 1967
Brute Bernard 2 September 18, 1967 Fort Worth, Texas
Louie Tillet 3 October 1967 Tillet defended the title in Atlanta, Georgia
Spoiler #1 1
Chris Markoff 1 April 1968 Dallas, Texas
Fritz Von Erich 2 July 8, 1968 Fort Worth, Texas
Title vacated 1968 Title vacated and becomes a World Class Championship Wrestling title.
Kurt Von Hess 1 August 6, 1968 Defeated Duke Keomuka in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
Title vacated
Baron von Raschke 1 June 3, 1969 Dallas, Texas Defeated Wahoo McDaniel in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
Killer Kowalski 1 November 1970
Johnny Valentine 2 July 1971
Jose Lothario 1 March 1972
Stan Stasiak 1 July 14, 1972
Blackjack Lanza 1 December 1972
Blackjack Lanza 2 October 1974 Defeated Jose Lothario.
Mad Dog Vachon 1 July 1975
Superstar Billy Graham 1 August 5, 1975 Dallas, Texas
Jose Lothario 2 September 23, 1975 Dallas, Texas
Davey O'Hannon 1 1976
Fritz Von Erich 3
Killer Karl Krupp 1 February 3, 1978 Houston, Texas
Mark Lewin 1 1978
Billy Graham 2 1978
Killer Karl Krupp 2 August 23, 1978 Abilene, Texas Defeated The Lawman.
Bruiser Brody 1 August 25, 1979 Houston, Texas
Rocky Johnson 1 October 1978
Dusty Rhodes 1 January 1979
Mark Lewin 2 January 28, 1979 Houston, Texas
Bruiser Brody 2 June 10, 1979 Dallas, Texas
Mark Lewin 3 July 22, 1979 Dallas, Texas
Bruiser Brody 3 July 29, 1979 Dallas, Texas
Toru Tanaka 1 1979
Bruiser Brody 4 1979
Title vacated 1979
Dusty Rhodes 2 December 21, 1979 Houston, Texas Defeated Mark Lewin.
Mark Lewin 4 January 1980
Billy Graham 3 January 18, 1980 Houston, Texas
Mark Lewin 5 1980
Bruiser Brody 5 March 14, 1980 Houston, Texas
Toru Tanaka 2 April 14, 1980 Fort Worth, Texas
Title vacated 1980
Stan Stasiak 2 July 1980
Bruiser Brody 6 November 14, 1980 Houston, Texas
Bugsy McGraw 1 December 12, 1980 Houston, Texas
Title vacated August 1981
Ernie Ladd 1 November 1981 Defeated Jose Lothario.
Jose Lothario 3 December 25, 1981 Dallas, Texas
Bugsy McGraw 2 March 29, 1982 Fort Worth, Texas
Bugsy McGraw 3 September 1982 Defeated Superfly.
The Great Kabuki 1 January 14, 1983 Dallas, Texas
Terry Gordy 1 March 25, 1983 Dallas, Texas
Chris Adams 1 August 1983
Gino Hernandez 1 October 1984
Title vacated 1985
The Great Kabuki 2 July 1985 Won a tournament to win the vacant title.
WCWA Brass Knuckles Championship
Abdullah the Butcher 1 July 4, 1986 Dallas, Texas World Class Championship Wrestling leaves the NWA in February 1986.
Tony Atlas 1 August 1987 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Title abandoned 1987
NWA Brass Knuckles Championship
Krusher Kong 1 June 2, 1998 Denton, Texas Defeated Perry Jackson in a tournament final to win the title after it is revived by the NWA.
Eclipse 1 August 14, 1998 North Richland Hills, Texas Defeated Awesome Kong to win the title.
Nitetrain C. Crane October 1998 North Richland Hills Title awarded to Nitetrain C. Crane when Eclipse fails to appear for a title defense.
Super T 1 October 9, 1998 North Richland Hills Defeated Nitetrain C. Crane to win the title.
Cedric of Hollywood 1 January 22, 1999 North Richland Hills, Texas
Jimmy James 1 February 26, 1999 North Richland Hills, Texas Title renamed NWA Texas Hardcore Championship on April 1, 1999.
NWA Texas Hardcore Championship
Canyon 1 April 9, 1999 North Richland Hills, Texas
Jimmy James 2 June 10, 1999 North Richland Hills, Texas
The New Dr. X 1 October 1, 1999 North Richland Hills, Texas
Canyon 2 November 26, 1999 North Richland Hills, Texas
Necro Butcher 1 February 18, 2000 North Richland Hills, Texas
Convict 00187 1 March 3, 2000 North Richland Hills, Texas
Necro Butcher 2 April 1, 2000 Blue Mound, Texas
Abdullah the Butcher 2 April 14, 2000 North Richland Hills, Texas
Title vacated May 2000 Abdullah was stripped of the title.
Necro Butcher 3 May 26, 2000 North Richland Hills, Texas Defeated Canyon to win the vacant title.
Mr. Mayhem 1 October 15, 2000 Nashville, Tennessee
Necro Butcher 4 November 24, 2000 North Richland Hills, Texas
Beast 1 February 23, 2001 North Richland Hills, Texas
Convict 00187 2 March 16, 2001 North Richland Hills, Texas Defeated Beast and Necro Butcher in a three-way match.
Title abandoned April 15, 2001 Title abandoned when the NWA Texas hardcore division is discontinued.

See also

References

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