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NWF Heavyweight Championship
The NWF Heavyweight Title was created in 1970 as the main
singles title for Pedro Martinez' National Wrestling Federation in New York. The
sphere of influence from the promotion covered a large area, pushing into
Canada, and then when Johnny Powers toured with Tokyo Pro, Japan. He would lose
the title to Inoki though, beginning a new era for the belt, which would move to
New Japan and be largely based there. Following over a two decade absence, the
title was revived at the beginning of 2003 by New Japan. Thanks to
Strong Style Sprit for this information.
| Champion |
Won From |
Date |
| Shinsuke Nakamura |
Yoshihiro Takayama |
1/4/04 |
| Shinsuke Nakamura unifies the
NWF Heavyweight Title with the NJPW IWGP Heavyweight Title. |
| Yoshihiro Takayama |
n/a |
1/4/03 |
| Defeated Tsuyoshi Kosaka in a
tournament final when the title was revived by New Japan. |
| Antonio Inoki [4] |
n/a |
4/23/81 |
| Inoki defeated Hansen to win
the vacant title. |
| Antonio Inoki [3] |
Stan Hansen |
4/3/80 |
| Title is held up after a
controversial finish to a match between Inoki & Hansen. |
| Stan Hansen |
Antonio Inoki |
2/8/80 |
| Antonio Inoki [2] |
Tiger Jeet Singh |
6/26/75 |
| Tiger Jeet Singh |
n/a |
3/13/75 |
| Singh defeats Inoki in a
decision match to win the title. |
| Antonio Inoki |
Johnny Powers |
12/10/73 |
| Inoki vacates the title after
refusing to defend the title against Tiger Jeet Singh. |
| Johnny Powers [2] |
Johnny Valentine |
1973 |
| Johnny Valentine [2] |
Jacques Rougeau |
August 1973 |
| Jacques Rougeau |
n/a |
1/24/73 |
| Rougeau defeated Waldo Von
Erich in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| Johnny Valentine |
Abdullah the Butcher |
10/19/72 |
| Valentine is stripped of the
title during January of 1973. |
| Abdullah the Butcher |
Ernie Ladd |
6/24/72 |
| Ernie Ladd |
Waldo Von Erich |
6/9/72 |
| Waldo Von Erich [2] |
Dominic DeNucci |
1/5/72 |
| Dominic DeNucci |
Waldo Von Erich |
12/8/71 |
| Waldo Von Erich |
Johnny Powers |
11/20/71 |
| Johnny Powers |
n/a |
1970 |
| Powers defeated Freddie Blassie
in a decision match to win the title. |
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