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The NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship was a singles championship in the National Wrestling Alliance's St. Louis Wrestling Club and Central States Wrestling promotions in the 1970s and 1980s. It was considered a "stepping stone" to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (although only Race, Terry Funk and Kerry Von Erich made it; Gene Kiniski, Dory Funk, Jr.,Jack Brisco and Ric Flair were already former World Champions upon winning the Missouri title). A version of the Missouri Championship has been documented to exist in 1899, 1921, 1933 to 1934, 1937, 1947, 1950, and 1954 to 1955, but it was only in 1972 that a serious championship was established. Prior to the creation of the NWA the championship was not recognized outside of the region and used by regional promoters, it is even possible that competing Missouri Heavyweight Championships existed. The championship was abandoned in 1986, as the Central States promotion was being consolidated under Jim Crockett Promotions in order to counter the World Wrestling Federation's national expansion.
Pre National Wrestling Alliance Title history
Key
No.
Overall reign number
Reign
Reign number for the specific champion
Days
Number of days held
No.
Champion
Championship change
Reign statistics
Notes
Ref.
Date
Event
Location
Reign
Days
1
George Baptiste
October 1899 (NLT)
Missouri show
1
Records are unclear as to whom he defeated.
Championship history is unrecorded from October 1899 (NLT) to 1921.
2
Jake Reed
1921
Missouri show
1
Defeated Lloyd Carter to win the championship. Unclear if Carter was the champion or if this was a tournament final.
Championship history is unrecorded from 1921 to March 6, 1930.
3
Jake Ross
March 6, 1930
Missouri show
Chillicothe, Missouri
1
705
Defeated Charles Santen to win the championship, unclear if Santen was the champion or if this was a tournament final.
^ The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
The date the championship was won and later lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted more than 1 day but it is impossible to say how long exactly.
The date the championship was won and later lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted more than 1 day but it is impossible to say how long exactly.
The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 21 days and 51 days
The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 751 days and 781 days
The date the championship was vacated has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted more than 1 day but it is impossible to say how much more.
The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 142 days and 171 days
The date the championship was vacated has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 183 days and 210 days
References
General references
Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). "(Kansas and Western Missouri) West Missouri: NWA Missouri Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 254. ISBN0-9698161-5-4. (through 2000)