NWA Western States Heritage Championship
Professional wrestling championship
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The NWA Western States Heritage Championship was a short-lived National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) title in Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) that was filled via a tournament in the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1987 and defended in JCP and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) until it was abandoned in 1989. The belt was created as a tribute to the NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship, a retired territorial championship based in Amarillo, Texas; despite this, the NWA Western States Heritage Championship was never actually defended in Amarillo and most title defenses occurred on the East Coast or in the Midwest.
| NWA Western States Heritage Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Universal Wrestling Federation Jim Crockett Promotions World Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | June 20, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | January 20, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship was revived in 2015 by NWA Vendetta Pro Wrestling, using a belt design identical to that of the NWA Western States Heritage Championship.[1] NWA Vendetta Pro Wrestling recognized all former Western States Champions — including the Western States Heritage titleholders. The NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship was retired and replaced with the Vendetta Pro Western States Championship on September 8, 2017.
Reigns
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| National Wrestling Alliance: Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Barry Windham | June 20, 1987 | Live event | Houston, TX | 1 | 218 | Defeated Black Bart in a tournament to fill the title. | |||
| 2 | Larry Zbyszko | January 24, 1988 | Bunkhouse Stampede | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 362 | ||||
| National Wrestling Alliance: World Championship Wrestling (WCW) | ||||||||||
| — | Deactivated | January 20, 1989 | — | — | — | — | The championship retired when Larry Zbyszko left to work for the American Wrestling Association (AWA). Zbyszko's final match in WCW was on January 16, 1989 in Chicago. He debuted 4 days later in the AWA on January 20, 1989, after which WCW retired the championship.[2] | [2] | ||