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NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship

Champion Won From Date
Sick Dog [4] Jody Lopez 8/18/07
Jody Lopez Sick Dog 8/18/07
Sick Dog [3] Kapu 5/26/07
Kapu Kaimana 5/13/06
Kaimana [2] n/a 3/25/06
Defeated Ahuna, Kapu, & Jody Lopez to win the vacant title in 4 Way Match to win the title.
Kenjiro Katahira Superfly Ete 11/18/05

Defeated Superfly Ete to unifiy the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title with the HCW Kamehameha Heritage Heavyweight Championship.  Vacated both titles on 3/11/06 when Kenjiro "returned to Japan."

Superfly Ete Kris Kavanaugh 7/4/05
Kris Kavanaugh [2]

(AKA The Jett)

Tiki 3/13/04
Tiki [2] Sick Dog 12/20/03
Sick Dog [2] n/a 6/28/03
Sick Dog defeated Tiki in a First Blood Match to win the vacant title.
Sick Dog Tiki 6/7/03
Sick Dog defeated Tiki in a controversial match, only to be stripped of the title later.
Tiki Kaimana 11/17/02
Kaimana Johnny Allback 7/4/02
Johnny Allback [2] The Sassy Assassin 10/20/01
The Sassy Assassin Johnny Allback 10/6/01
Johnny Allback The Jett 8/18/01
The Jett

(AKA Kris Kavanaugh)

Black Rain 4/21/01
Black Rain [2] n/a 10/8/00
Title returned to Black Rain after video showed Rain had his foot on the ropes during the final fall of the match against Bruiser Rego.
Bruiser Rego Black Rain 10/8/00
Black Rain The Jett 8/27/00
Defeated The Jett who was subbing for Dark Ninja to win the title.
Dark Ninja n/a 7/16/00
Defeated Black Rain & Don Lee in a three way dance to win the vacant title.
Keethan Hawke n/a 1/24/00

Recognized as the first NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Champion since the title was vacated in 1980.  Later vacated the title in June of 2000.

Tor Kamata [2] Wildman Austin October 1980
Title vacated by Kamata when he was injured by the Samoans.
Wildman Austin Tama Tonga July 1980
Tama Tonga Hans Schroeder April 1980
Hans Schroeder Peter Maivia 3/5/80
Peter Maivia Siva Afi March 1980
Siva Afi n/a 4/18/79

Siva Afi defeated Buddy Rose tow in the title.

Don Muraco [2] Mando Guerrero March 1979
Title vacated in 1979.
Mando Guerrero Larry Sharpe 11/22/78
Larry Sharpe Tor Kamata November 1978
Tor Kamata Don Muraco August 1978
Don Muraco Buddy Rose July 1978
Buddy Rose John Anson May 1978
John Anson Steve Strong March 1978
Steve Strong ?Billy Graham? January 1978
Unsure if Strong defeated Graham to win the title, if it was awarded to him, or if he defeated an unnamed opponent.
Billy Graham Ed Francis 1/9/74
Title would later become inactive.
Ed Francis [3] The Sheik 1/17/73
The Sheik Fred Curry 10/21/72
Fred Curry Gene Kiniski 8/2/72
Gene Kiniski [2] Ed Francis 2/16/72
Ed Francis [2] Mad Dog Mayne 10/24/71
Mad Dog Mayne Frankie Laine 2/24/71
Frankie Laine Ripper Collins 2/6/71
Ripper Collins [7] Johnny Barend 1/2/71
Johnny Barend [2] Ripper Collins 12/9/70
Ripper Collins [6] Sam Steamboat 11/4/70
Sam Steamboat [3] Ripper Collins 7/29/70
Ripper Collins [5] Sam Steamboat 6/24/70
Sam Steamboat [2] Ripper Collins 6/10/70
Ripper Collins [4] The Missing Link 2/4/70
The Missing Link [2] Ripper Collins 1/14/70
Ripper Collins [3] The Missing Link 10/29/69
The Missing Link Curtis Iaukea July 1969
Curtis Iaukea [4] Luke Graham 12/29/68
Luke Graham Klondike Bill 10/9/68
Klondike Bill Curtis Iaukea 8/28/68
Curtis Iaukea [3] Jim Hady 2/28/68
Jim Hady [2] Dutch Shultz 10/4/67
Dutch Shultz Jim Hady August 1967
Jim Hady Ripper Collins 3/15/67
Ripper Collins [2] Neff Maivia 10/19/66
Neff Maivia [6] Ripper Collins 8/24/66
Ripper Collins Ron Reed 1/19/66
Ron Reed Luther Lindsay 1/5/66
Luther Lindsay Curtis Iaukea 9/29/65
Curtis Iaukea [2] Nick Bockwinkel 12/18/64
Nick Bockwinkel Johnny Barend 11/25/64
Johnny Barend Neff Maivia 10/7/64
Neff Maivia [5] Gene Kiniski 8/27/64
Gene Kiniski Neff Maivia 7/16/64
Neff Maivia [4] Hard Boiled Haggerty 2/8/64
Hard Boiled Haggerty Neff Maivia 2/6/64
Neff Maivia [3] Gene LeBelle 4/24/63
Gene LeBelle Neff Maivia 2/15/63
Neff Maivia [2] Masked Executioner 4/4/62
Masked Executioner Lord James Blears 12/13/61
Lord James Blears Curtis Iaukea 10/25/61
Curtis Iaukea Neff Maivia 8/16/61
Neff Maivia Luigi Macera 6/14/61
Luigi Macera Sam Steamboat 4/15/61
Sam Steamboat Dick Hutton 1/25/61
Dick Hutton Al Lolotai 1/18/61
Al Lolotai [3] Ed Francis 7/8/57
Ed Francis Al Lolotai 6/13/57
Al Lolotai [2] Tom Rice 5/19/57
Tom Rice [2]

(AKA Red Scorpion)

Tosh Togo 10/7/56
Tosh Togo Billy Varga 7/19/56
Billy Varga Al Lolotai 3/18/56
Al Lolotai Zebra Kid 12/16/55
Zebra Kid Lucky Simunovich 4/10/55
Lucky Simunovich [2] Roger Mackay 2/13/55
Roger Mackay John Paul Henning 11/21/54
John Paul Henning Karl Von Schober 8/29/54
Karl Von Schober Larry Moquin 7/11/54
Larry Moquin ?n/a? 5/23/54
Unsure how Moquin won the title.
Al Lovelock Bobby Managoff 2/14/54
Title vacated in May of 1954.
Bobby Managoff [2] Hans Schnabel 7/19/53
Hans Schnabel [2] Bobby Bruns 6/7/53
Bobby Bruns n/a 9/14/52
Bobby Bruns defeated Tom Rice to win the vacant title.
Red Scorpion

(AKA Tom Rice)

Lucky Simunovich 5/18/52
Title vacated in 1952.
Lucky Simunovich Al Kashey 3/30/52
Al Kashey Terry McGinnis 10/11/51
Terry McGinnis [2] n/a 8/20/51
Terry McGinnis defeated Ted Travis to win the title.
Sandor Szabo [2] Terry McGinnis 9/3/50
Title vacated in 1951.
Terry McGinnis Ray Eckert 7/23/50
Ray Eckert Arjan Singh 7/16/50
Arjan Singh Sandor Szabo 6/18/50
Sandor Szabo Hans Schnabel 2/5/50
Hans Schnabel Dean Detton 12/14/49
Dean Detton [2] Bobby Managoff 12/11/49
Bobby Managoff Jack Claybourne 11/9/49
Jack Claybourne Hisao Tanaka 10/31/48
Hisao Tanaka Lee Grable 8/8/48
Lee Grable [2] Ted Travis 5/2/48
Ted Travis Lee Grable 1947
Lee Grable Jimmy Gonsalves 1947
Jimmy Gonsalves n/a 1945
Defeated Ben Sherman to win the title.
Charley Carr ?Bill Widner? 1942
Unknown Title History.
Bill Widner Tony Morelli 11/12/41
Title renamed Hawaiian Heavyweight Title in 1942.
Tony Morelli Ben Pilar 7/23/41
Ben Pilar Tetsuo Higami 1/22/41
Tetsuo Higami [2] Mike London October 1940
Mike London Tetsuo Higami September 1940
Tetsuo Higami Billy Venable 7/3/40
Billy Venable n/a 4/24/40
Billy Venable defeated Kimon Kudo to be recognized as Hawaiian Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Paul Jones Ignacio Pedro Martinez 11/28/39
Title vacated in February of 1940.  Title was renamed Hawaiian Junior Heavyweight Title.
Ignacio Pedro Martinez Oki Shikina 11/14/39
Ignacio Pedro Martinez won the title by forfeit when Oki Shikina left the area.
Oki Shikina [2] Dick Raines 4/4/39
Dick Raines Dean Detton 2/7/39
Dean Detton Oki Shikina 1/24/39
Oki Shikina n/a 11/16/37
Oki Shikina defeated Rusty Wescoatt to win the vacant title.
Toots Estes Wildcat Pete 4/30/35
Title vacant in November of 1937.
Wildcat Pete n/a 4/23/35
Wildcat Pete defeated Tetsuo Higami to win the title.

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