NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship
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The New Zealand version of the NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling regional heavyweight championship recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance and competed for by wrestlers in the Australasian region. It was largely defended in New Zealand's Dominion Wrestling Union from around 1938 to 1951 and in All Star Pro Wrestling from 1964 to 1968. The earliest-known champion was New Zealand wrestler Lofty Blomfield who defended the title until losing it to American wrestler Ray Steele in Auckland on December 12, 1938. Peter Maivia and Steve Rickard feuded over the title during the mid-1960s with Maivia regaining the title in 1968 shortly before it was abandoned. Much of the title's history is unknown, however, there were 7 officially recognized champions during the three decades it was defended.[1]
All Star Pro Wrestling (1964–1968)
| Australasian Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||||||
| Promotion | Dominion Wrestling Union (1938–1951) All Star Pro Wrestling (1964–1968) | ||||||||
| Date established | 1938 | ||||||||
| Date retired | 1968 | ||||||||
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Title history
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
Reigns
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lofty Blomfield | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Earliest known champion. | [1] |
| 2 | Ray Steele | 1 | December 10, 1938 | N/A | Auckland, New Zealand | Live event | [1] | |
| — | N/A | — | 1938-1951 | — | N/A | N/A | Title history is unrecorded. | [1] |
| 3 | Ken Kenneth | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | [1][2] | |
| 4 | Al Costello | 1 | 1951 | N/A | N/A | N/A | [1] | |
| — | N/A | — | 1951-1964 | — | N/A | N/A | Title history is unrecorded. | [1] |
| 5 | Kangaroo Kennedy | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | [1][3][4][5] | |
| 6 | Peter Maivia | 2 | 1964 | N/A | Auckland, New Zealand | Live event | [1][3][4][5] | |
| 7 | Steve Rickard | 1 | 1968 | N/A | N/A | Live event | [1][3][4][5] | |
| 8 | Peter Maivia | 2 | 1968 | 192 | Auckland | Live event | [1][4][5] | |
| — | Deactivated | — | 1968 | — | N/A | N/A | The title is abandoned. |