NWA World Brass Knuckles Championship

The NWA World Brass Knuckles Championship was a short-lived title promoted by National Wrestling Alliance NWA Mid-America territory from 1978 until 1981. The championship was used in specialty matches in which the combatants would wear brass knuckles. There were other such championships used in a number of NWA territories throughout the America, including versions in the Florida territory, Amarillo, New England, the Mid-Atlantic region and in NWA Tri-State. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen wrestler "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[1]

NWA World Brass Knuckles Championship
Details
PromotionNWA Mid-America, Southern Championship Wrestling (Tennessee)
Date establishedNovember 15, 1978
Date retiredMay 1982

Title history
Key
Symbol Meaning
# The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
  Indicates periods of unknown lineage
# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 Gypsy Joe 1 November 15, 1978 [Note 1] Nashville, Tennessee Mid-America Live event Defeated the Mexican Angel in a tournament final.
2 Don Fargo 1 February 12, 1979 (NLT) [Note 2] [Note 3] Mid-America Live event Won Sometime after January 13, 1979.
3 Gypsy Joe 2 March 3, 1979 (NLT) [Note 4] [Note 3] Mid-America Live event  
 
4 Don Fargo 2 March 25, 1979 (NLT) [Note 5] Chattanooga, Tennessee Mid-America Live event Still billed as champions on May 26, 1979.
 
5 Gypsy Joe 3 August 1979 (NLT) [Note 6] [Note 3] Mid-America Live event [Note 3]  
6 Dennis Condrey 1 August 15, 1979 [Note 7] Nashville, Tennessee Mid-America Live event  
7 Gypsy Joe 4 August 1979 [Note 8] [Note 3] Mid-America Live event  
8 David Schultz 1 August 18, 1979 [Note 9] Chattanooga, Tennessee Mid-America Live event  
 
9 Don Fargo 3 September 29, 1980 (NLT) [Note 10] [Note 3] Mid-America Live event  
— Abandoned N/A 1981 N/A N/A N/A Championship Abandoned when the NWA Mid-America territory closed.
10 Steve Muslin 1 July 1981 (NLT) [Note 3]    
11 Rick Conners 1 July 17, 1981 35 Knoxville, Tennessee    
12 Ron Wright 1 August 21, 1981 14 Knoxville, Tennessee    
13 Rick Conners 2 September 1981 (NLT) Knoxville, Tennessee    
14 Ron Wright 2 May 1982 (NLT) Knoxville, Tennessee    
— Title Retired N/A May 1982 N/A N/A N/A
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See also

Footnotes
  1. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 89 days.
  2. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 133 days.
  3. The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  4. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 39 days.
  5. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 179 days.
  6. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 142 days.
  7. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between day and 3 days.
  8. The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 3 days.
  9. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 407 days.
  10. The date the championship was abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 94 days and 458 days.

References
General
  • Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "(Memphis, Nashville) Tennessee: NWA World Brass Knuckles Title [Nick Gulas & Roy Welsch]". Wrestling Title Histories (4 ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
  • "NWA World Brass Knuckles Title [Mid-America]". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
Specific
  1. Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
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