GWF North American Heavyweight Championship

GWF North American Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Global Wrestling Federation
Date established August 10, 1991
Date retired September 21, 1994

The GWF North American Heavyweight Championship was the major title in the Global Wrestling Federation in Texas. The title existed from 1991 until 1994, when GWF closed. The title was featured on the promotion's show that aired nationally on ESPN.

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
[Note #] Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.
# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Patriot 1 August 10, 1991 6 Dallas, Texas House show Defeated Al Perez in tournament final.  
- Vacated - August 16, 1991 N/A N/A N/A Patriot gave up title because Perez' feet were under the ropes during the pinfall.  
2 Patriot 2 August 23, 1991 161 Dallas, Texas House show Won the rematch.  
3 Dark Patriot, TheThe Dark Patriot 1 January 31, 1992 56 Dallas, Texas House show    
4 Gilbert, "Hot Stuff" Eddie"Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert 1 March 27, 1992 56 Dallas, Texas House show    
- Vacated - May 22, 1992 N/A N/A N/A Gilbert was stripped of the title for failing to defend within 30 days. In reality, the GWF was no longer booking out-of-town talent due to budget cut-backs. Gilbert began wrestling for the USWA and defended the title as the GWF World Heavyweight Championship, despite having been stripped of the title upon his departure. He lost his version of the title to Jerry Lawler on June 8, 1992 in Memphis in order to "unify" it with the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship.  
5 Putski, ScottScott Putski 1 May 29, 1992 84 Dallas, Texas House show Defeated Johnny Mantell for the vacant title; top contenders chosen by "Best Won-Loss Record" in the GWF.  
6 Rod Price 1 August 21, 1992 168 N/A House show Awarded title after Putski was fired.  
7 Stevie Ray 1 February 5, 1993 145 Dallas, Texas House show    
8 Rod Price 2 June 30, 1993 [Note 1] N/A House show Awarded the championship  
- Vacated - August 1993 N/A N/A N/A Stripped for actions while on tour of Japan.  
9 Parsons, IcemanIceman Parsons 1 September 3, 1993 113 Dallas, Texas House show Defeated Chris Adams by disqualification  
10 Adams, ChrisChris Adams 1 December 25, 1993 97 Dallas, Texas House show    
11 Rod Price 3 April 1, 1994 63 Dallas, Texas House show    
- Vacated - June 3, 1994 N/A N/A N/A Held up after match with Butch Reed.  
12 Reed, ButchButch Reed 1 June 4, 1994 27 Idabel, Oklahoma House show Wins rematch.  
13 Adams, ChrisChris Adams 2 July 1, 1994 82 Dallas, Texas House show    
- Title retired - September 21, 1994 N/A N/A N/A The GWF closes.  

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The exact date that Rod Price was stripped of the title is uncertain, which puts his title reign at between 32 and 62 days.

See also

References

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