AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship, 1980s
1977-1981 (version
1)
1977-1981 (version
2)
1977-1981 (version
3)
1981-1987
Name changes:
- National Wrestling Alliance Southern Heavyweight Title [Mid-America version] (1974 - 1977)
- American Wrestling Association Southern Heavyweight Title (1977 - December 1987)
See also Georgia & Florida versions of NWA Southern Heavyweight Title.
|
No. |
Champion |
Date won |
Location |
Reign |
Event |
Note |
| 41. | Jimmy Valiant [3] | 80/01/03 | Jackson, TN | 95 d | ||
| 42. | Paul Ellering | 80/04/07 | Memphis, TN | 113 d | ||
| 43. | Bill Dundee [2] | 80/07/29 | Louisville, TN | 6 d | 7 | |
| VACANT | 80/08/04 | |||||
| 44. | Bill Irwin | 80/08/11 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 45. | Jimmy Valiant [4] | 80/08/18 | Memphis, TN | 8 | ||
| HELD UP | ||||||
| 46. | Jimmy Valiant [5] | 80/09/09 | Memphis, TN | 9 | ||
| 47. |
Tommy Rich [3] |
80/09 |
10 | |||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 48. | Jimmy Valiant [6] | 81/01/17 | Memphis, TN | 44 d | 11 | |
| 49. | Jerry Lawler [14] | 81/03/02 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 50. | Jimmy Hart | 81 | ||||
| 51. | Chick Donovan | 81 | 12 | |||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 52. | Jerry Lawler [15] | 81 | ||||
| 53. | Sabu the Wildman (Coco Samoa) | 81 | ||||
| [...] | 13 | |||||
| 54. | Steve Keirn | 81/07/20 | Memphis, TN | 14 | ||
| 55. | Jerry Lawler [16] | 81/08 | ||||
| 56. | Dream Machine (Troy Graham) | 81/09/07 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 57. | Jimmy Valiant [7] | 81/09/14 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 58. | Dream Machine [2] | 81/10< | ||||
| 59. | Dutch Mantell | 81/10/26 | Memphis, TN | 67 d | ||
| 60. | Jerry Lawler [17] | 82/01/18 | Memphis, TN | 27 d | ||
| 61. | Dutch Mantell | 82/02/14 | Memphis, TN | 15 d | ||
| 62. | Jerry Lawler [18] | 82/03/01 | Memphis, TN | 21 d | ||
| 63. | Dutch Mantell | 82/03/22 | ||||
| 64. | Jerry Lawler [19] | |||||
| 65. | Kendo Nagasaki | 82 | ||||
| 66. | Jerry Lawler [20] | 82 | ||||
| 67. | Kimala | 82/06/07 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 68. | Jerry Lawler [21] | 82/08/09 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 69. | Nick Bockwinkel | 82/10/11 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 70. | Jerry Lawler [22] | 82/11/08 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 71. | Jerry Roberts (Jacques Rougeau Jr.) | 82/11 | ||||
| 72. | Terry Taylor | 82/11/29 | Memphis, TN | 62 d | ||
| 73. | Jerry Roberts [2] | 83/01/30 | Memphis, TN | 15 d | ||
| 74. | Terry Taylor [2] | 83/02/14 | Memphis, TN | 35 d | ||
| 75. | Bill Dundee [3] | 83/03/21 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 76. | Dutch Mantell [2] | 83/04 | ||||
| 77. | Bill Dundee [4] | 83/04 | ||||
| 78. | Dutch Mantell [3] | 83/05 | ||||
| 79. | Bill Dundee [5] | 83/05 | ||||
| 80. | Jerry Lawler [23] | 83/06/06 | Memphis, TN | 14 d | ||
| 81. | Man Mountain Link | 83/06/20 | Memphis, TN | 14 d | ||
| 82. | Jerry Lawler [24] | 83/07/04 | Memphis, TN | 15 | ||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 83. | Jerry Lawler [25] | 83/09/10 | Memphis, TN | 16 | ||
| 84. | Jesse Ventura | 83/09 | ||||
| 85. | Jerry Lawler [26] | 83/10/03 | Memphis, TN | 14 d | ||
| 86. | Jesse Ventura [2] | 83/10/17 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 87. | Jerry Lawler [27] | 83/11< | Chicago, IL | |||
| 88. | Humongous (Mike Stark) | 84/04/30 | Memphis, TN | 2 d | ||
| 89. | Jerry Lawler [28] | 84/05/02 | Memphis, TN | 40 d | ||
| 90. | Rick Rude | 84/06/11 | Memphis, TN | 35 d | ||
| 91. | Tommy Rich [4] | 84/07/16 | Memphis, TN | 14 d | ||
| 92. | King Kong Bundy | 84/07/30 | Memphis, TN | 105 d | 17 | |
| 93. | Jerry Lawler [29] | 84/11/12 | Memphis, TN | 76 d | ||
| 94. | Eddie Gilbert | 85/01/27 | Memphis, TN | 16 d | ||
| 95. | Jerry Lawler [30] | 85/02/12 | Memphis, TN | 33 d | ||
| 96. | Randy Savage | 85/03/17 | Memphis, TN | 51 d | ||
| 97. | Jerry Oske | 85/05/07 | Louisville, KY | 6 d | ||
| 98. | Randy Savage [2] | 85/05/13 | Memphis, TN | 21 d | ||
| 99. | Jerry Lawler [31] | 85/06/03 | Memphis, TN | 21 d | ||
| 100. | Bota the Witch Doctor | 85/06/24 | Memphis, TN | 35 d | ||
| 101. | Jerry Lawler [32] | 85/07/29 | Memphis, TN | 18 d | ||
| 102. | Tarras Bulba | 85/08/16 | Selmer, TN | 21 d | ||
| 103. | Jerry Lawler [33 | 85/09/06 | Martin, TN | 43 d | ||
| 104. | Bill Dundee [6] | 85/10/19 | Memphis, TN | 63 d | ||
| 105. | Jerry Lawler [34] | 85/12/21 | Memphis, TN | 9 d | ||
| 106. | Bill Dundee [7] | 85/12/30 | Memphis, TN | 99 d | ||
| 107. | Jerry Lawler [35] | 86/04/08 | Memphis, TN | 24 d | ||
| 108. | Bill Dundee [8] | 86/05/02 | Jackson, TN | 31 d | ||
| 109. | Buddy Landell | 86/06/02 | Memphis, TN | 18 | ||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 110. | Buddy Landell [2] | 86/06/16 | Memphis, TN | 19 | ||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 111. | Bam Bam Bigelow | 86/07/28 | Memphis, TN | 42 d | 20 | |
| 112. | Jerry Lawler [36] | 86/09/08 | Memphis, TN | 125 d | 21 | |
| VACANT | 87/01/11 | |||||
| 113. | Austin Idol [2] | 87/02/03 | Memphis, TN | 76 d | 22 | |
| 114. | Jerry Lawler [37] | 87/04/20 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 115. | Austin Idol [3] | 87/04/27 | Memphis, TN | 42 d | ||
| 116. | Jerry Lawler [38] | 87/06/08 | Memphis, TN | 28 d | ||
| 117. | Brickhouse Brown | 87/07/06 | Memphis, TN | 7 d | ||
| 118. | Jerry Lawler [39] | 87/07/13 | Memphis, TN | 21 d | 23 | |
| HELD UP | 87/08/03 | |||||
| 119. | Don Bass | 87/08/03 | Memphis, TN | 28 d | 24 | |
| 120. | Jerry Lawler [40] | 87/08/31 | Memphis, TN | 25 | ||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 121. | Bobby Jaggers | 87/10/19 | Memphis, TN | 33 d | ||
| 122. | Jerry Lawler [41] | 87/11/21 | Memphis, TN | 16 d | 26 | |
|
UNIFIED WITH CWA
HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
|
87/12/07 |
Notes:
7. Vacant on 80/08/04 when Dundee wins CWA World Heavyweight title.
8. Held up after a match against Tommy Rich.
11. Defeats Hector Guerrero in tournament final.
12. Given the belt by Hart; vacant in 81.
14. Defeats Bugsy McGraw in tournament final.
15. Vacant in 83/09< after Lawler fails to defend title within 30 days.
16. Defeats Bill Dundee in tournament final.
17. Special referee: Eddie Gilbert.
19. Defeats The Flame (Roger Smith) in tournament final; vacant in 86/06 when Landell leaves the area.
20. Wins title in battle royal.
21. Vacant on 87/01/11 when Lawler injured.
22. Defeats S.T. Jones in tournament final.
23. Title held-up after match with Don Bass on 87/08/03 in Memphis, TN.
24. Wins title in a special tag team match with Lawler and Rocky Johnson against Bass and Brickhouse Brown.
25. Vacates in 87/10 to concentrate on AWA World Tag Team title.
26. Unified with CWA Heavyweight title on 87/12/07 in Memphis, TN; Southern Heavyweight title is revived by USWA in 89/10.
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