NWA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship information
Professional wrestling championship
NWA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion
NWA Mid-America (1949–1950) NWA Top Rope (2005–2013)
Date established
June 29, 1959 November 2, 2005
Date retired
October, 1960 August, 2013
The NWA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship was the primary championship in the National Wrestling Alliance territory promotion NWA Top Rope, based in Lebanon, Tennessee. The Championship was created in 2005 and was active until 2013 when NWA Top Rope closed. That version of the championship was preceded by the original NWA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship that existed from the late 1950s into the 1960s, promoted by NWA Mid-America.[1] Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship is awarded after the chosen wrestler "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[2]
^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Tennessee: NWA Tennessee Heavyweight Title [Nick Gulas & Roy Welch]". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
^Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
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