USWA (Southern) Heavyweight Championship
Name changes:
- USWA Southern Heavyweight Title (89/10 - 93/09)
- USWA Heavyweight Title (93/09 - 97/11)
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No. |
Champion |
Date won |
Location |
Reign |
Event |
Note |
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1. |
Dirty White Boy |
89/10/02 | Memphis, TN | 1 | ||
| 2. | Bill Dundee | 89/11/19 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 3. | John Tatum | 90/05/03 | Dallas, TX | |||
| 4. | Bill Dundee [2] | 90/05/18 | Dallas, TX | |||
| 5. | John Tatum [2] | 90/06/15 | Dallas, TX | |||
| 6. | Bill Dundee [3] | 90/06/22 | Dallas, TX | |||
| 7. | John Tatum [3] | 90/07/04 | Dallas, TX | 2 | ||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 8. | Dick Slater | 90/09/01 | 3 | |||
| 9. | Jeff Jarrett | 90/10/06 | Nashville, TN | |||
| 10. | Eddie Gilbert | 90/10/29 | Memphis, TN | 4 | ||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 11. | Jeff Jarrett [2] | 91/01/14 | Memphis, TN | 5 | ||
| HELD-UP | ||||||
| 12. | Jeff Jarrett [3] | 91/03< | 6 | |||
| 13. | Tom Prichard | 91/03/15 | Dallas, TX | 7 | ||
| HELD-UP | ||||||
| 14. | Jeff Jarrett [4] | 91/04/05 | Dallas, TX | 8 | ||
| HELD-UP | ||||||
| 15. | Jeff Jarrett [5] | 91/04/12 | Dallas, TX | 9 | ||
| 16. | Eric Embry | 91/05/03 | Dallas, TX | |||
| 17. | Bill Dundee [4] | 91/05/13 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 18. | Eric Embry [2] | 91/05/20 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 19. | Tom Prichard [2] | 91/11/04 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 20. | Eric Embry [3] | 91/11/09 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 21. | Tom Prichard [3] | 91/12/02 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 22. | Eric Embry [4] | 91/12/09 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 23. | Tom Prichard [4] | 92/02/08 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 24. | Dr. Death | 92/03/10 | Louisville, KY | |||
| 25. | Jimmy Valiant | 92/03/16 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 26. | Brian Christopher | 92/03/23 | Memphis, TN | 10 | ||
| HELD-UP | ||||||
| 27. | Brian Christopher [2] | 92/04/27 | Memphis, TN | 11 | ||
| HELD-UP | ||||||
| 28. | Tom Prichard [5] | 92/06/29 | Memphis, TN | 12 | ||
| 29. | Brian Christopher [3] | 92/07/20 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 30. | Tom Prichard [6] | 92/07/27 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 31. | Brian Christopher [4] | 92/08/03 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 32. | Reno Riggins | 92/08/10 | Memphis, TN | 13 | ||
| HELD-UP | ||||||
| 33. | Brian Christopher [5] | 92/09/21 | Memphis, TN | 14 | ||
| 34. | Jeff Jarrett [6] | 92/12/21 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 35. | Brian Christopher [6] | 93/01/11 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 36. | Jeff Jarrett [7] | 93/03/01 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 37. | Brian Christopher [7] | 93/05/01 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 38. | Jeff Jarrett [8] | 93/06/28 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 39. | Vampire Warrior | 93/07/18 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 40. | Jeff Jarrett [9] | 93/08/23 | Memphis, TN | 15 | ||
| 41. | Tommy Rich | 93/09/13 | Memphis, TN | 16 | ||
| HELD-UP | ||||||
| 42. | Jeff Jarrett [10] | 93/10/04 | Memphis, TN | 17 | ||
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Crush | 93/11/15 | Memphis, TN | 18 | ||
| Jeff Jarrett | ||||||
| 43. | Buddy Landell | 93/11/22 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 44. | Brian Christopher [8] | 93/12/05 | ||||
| 45. | Doug Gilbert | 94/02/07 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 46. | Brian Christopher [9] | 94/02/14 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 47. | Doug Gilbert [2] | 94/02/21 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 48. | Brian Christopher [10] | 94/02/28 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 49. | Eddie Gilbert [2] | 94/03/14 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 50. | Brian Christopher [11] | 94/03/19 | Memphis, TN | 19 | ||
| 51. | Doug Gilbert [3] | 94/05/02 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 52. | Brian Christopher [12] | 94/05/09 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 53. | Dream Machine | 94/06/06 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 54. | Brian Christopher [13] | 94/07/11 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 55. | Doug Gilbert [4] | 94/08/01 | Memphis, TN | 20 | ||
| VACANT | ||||||
| 56. | Tommy Rich [2] | 94/10/03 | Memphis, TN | 21 | ||
| 57. | Brian Christopher [14] | 94/12/05 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 58. | Tommy Rich [3] | 94/12/19 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 59. | Brian Christopher [15] | 94/12/31 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 60. | Brian Lee | 95/04/03 | Memphis, TN | 22 | ||
| HELD-UP | ||||||
| 61. | Brian Lee [2] | 95/04/17 | Memphis, TN | 23 | ||
| 62. | Doug Gilbert [5] | 95/05/13 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 63. | Brian Christopher [16] | 95/05/29 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 64. | Billy Jack Haynes | 95/06/26 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 65. | Brad Armstrong | 95/08/04 | Knoxville, TN | |||
| 66. | Billy Jack Haynes [2] | 95/08/07 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 67. | Brian Christopher [17] | 95/09/11 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 68. | Jesse James Armstrong | 95/10/07 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 69. | Brian Christopher [18] | 95/10/23 | Memphis, TN | 24 | ||
| HELD-UP | ||||||
| 70. | Tex Slazenger | 95/11/22 | Memphis, TN | 25 | ||
| 71. | Brian Christopher [19] | 95/11/27 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 72. | Tex Slazenger [2] | 95/12/02 | Memphis, TN | 26 | ||
| 73. | Jerry Lawler | 96/01/10 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 74. | Tommy Rich [4] | 96/01/13 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 75. | Brian Christopher [20] | 96/02/14 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 76. | Mabel | 96/03/16 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 77. | Jerry Lawler [2] | 96/05/20 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 78. | Brian Christopher [21] | 96/06/01 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 79. | Ric Hogan | 96/10/28 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 80. | Brian Christopher [22] | 96/11/18 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 81. | Wolfie D | 96/12/14 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 82. | Brian Christopher [23] | 97/01/02 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 83. | Elijah (Spellbinder) | 97/02/09 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 84. | Brian Christopher [24] | 97/03/29 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 85. | Billy Travis | 97/06/14 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 86. | Spellbinder [2] | 97/07/12 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 87. | Doomsday (Glen Jacobs) | 97/07/13 | Memphis, TN | |||
| 88. | Steven Dunn | 97/09/06 | Memphis, TN | 27 | ||
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PROMOTION CLOSES
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Notes:
1. Defeats Dustin Rhodes in tournament final.
2. Vacant in '90 when USWA and World Class split.
4. Title vacant in 90/12 when Gilbert leaves the area.
5. Defeats Brian Lee in 12-man tournament final; title held-up on 91/01/25 after match with Steve Austin.
7. Title held-up with Jeff Jarrett on 91/03/29.
8. Defeats Prichard in rematch (91/04/08 in Dallas, TX); title immediately help up.
9. Defeats Prichard in rematch.
10. Title held up after match against Tom Prichard on 92/04/20 in Memphis, TN.
11. Defeats Prichard in rematch; title held up on 92/06/22 after match against Tom Prichard in Memphis, TN.
12. Defeats Christopher in rematch.
13. Title held up after match against Brian Christopher on 92/09/14 in Memphis, TN.
14. Defeats Riggins in rematch.
15. Renamed USWA Heavyweight Title in 93/09.
16. Title held up on 93/09/25 after Jeff Jarrett pins Rich in a cage match in Memphis, TN, but groggy referee Frank Morell raises Rich's hand.
18. Crush (Bryan Adams) defeats Jarrett on 93/11/15 in Memphis, TN but the belt is given back to Jarrett after tapes show Crush used a foreign object.
20. Vacant on 94/09/24 Gilbert stripped for not defending the title in 45 days.
21. Defeats Buddy Landell in tournament final.
22. Title held up on 95/04/10, due to no-contest decision in title defense against Brian Christopher in Memphis, TN.
23. Defeats Christopher in rematch.
24. Title held up on 95/11/13 in Columbus, OH, during title defense against Tex Slazenger due to outside interference.
25. Defeats Christopher in rematch.
26. Belt is returned to Slazenger by order of acting commissioner Bob Armstrong due to controversy during the match on 95/11/27 in Memphis, TN.
27. Promotion closes in 97/11.
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