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NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship Promotion 50th State Big Time Wrestling Date established 1962 Date retired 1980
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Hawaii)
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Hawaii)
The NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship was the primary singles championship of 50th State Big Time Wrestling , the NWA territory based in Hawaii . The title was originally the Hawaiian version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in Hawaii . It existed from 1962 until 1968. It was renamed the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Hawaii version) in 1968 and renamed again as the NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship in 1978, which was the name it used until it was retired in 1980.[1]
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
—
N/A
—
—
1
Nick Bockwinkel
1962
BTW show
N/A
1
N/A
Records unclear as to how he got title.
2
King Curtis Iaukea
June 6, 1962
BTW show
Hawaii
1
168
3
Billy White Wolf
November 21, 1962
BTW show
Hawaii
1
21
4
King Curtis Iaukea
December 12, 1962
BTW show
Hawaii
2
215
5
Dick the Bruiser
July 15, 1963
BTW show
Hawaii
1
114
6
King Curtis Iaukea
November 6, 1963
BTW show
Hawaii
3
N/A
7
Luther Lindsay
June 1964
BTW show
Hawaii
1
N/A
8
King Curtis Iaukea
July 1964
BTW show
Hawaii
4
N/A
9
Enrique Torres
December 12, 1964
BTW show
Hawaii
1
74
10
Hard Boiled Haggerty
February 24, 1965
BTW show
N/A
1
203
11
King Curtis Iaukea
September 15, 1965
BTW show
Hawaii
5
49
12
Killer Kowalski
November 3, 1965
BTW show
Hawaii
1
63
13
January 5, 1966
BTW show
Hawaii
1
28
14
Johnny Barend
February 2, 1966
BTW show
Hawaii
1
392
15
King Curtis Iaukea
March 1, 1967
BTW show
Hawaii
6
251
16
Johnny Barend
November 7, 1967
BTW show
Hawaii
2
169
17
April 24, 1968
BTW show
Hawaii
1
21
18
Ray Stevens
May 15, 1968
BTW show
Hawaii
1
28
19
June 12, 1968
BTW show
Hawaii
2
N/A
NWA North American Championship (Hawaii version )
20
Toru Tanaka
December 25, 1968
BTW show
Hawaii
1
56
21
Gene Kiniski
February 19, 1969
BTW show
Hawaii
1
119
[2]
22
Pedro Morales
June 18, 1969
BTW show
Hawaii
1
98
23
King Curtis Iaukea
September 24, 1969
BTW show
Hawaii
7
42
24
Pedro Morales
November 5, 1969
BTW show
Hawaii
2
94
25
Johnny Barend
February 7, 1970
BTW show
Hawaii
3
179
[3]
26
Pedro Morales
August 5, 1970
BTW show
Hawaii
3
56
27
The Destroyer
September 30, 1970
BTW show
Hawaii
1
77
28
Billy Robinson
December 16, 1970
BTW show
Hawaii
1
24
29
King Curtis Iaukea
January 9, 1971
BTW show
Hawaii
8
46
30
Sam Steamboat
February 24, 1971
BTW show
Hawaii
1
77
31
Gene Kiniski
May 12, 1971
BTW show
Hawaii
2
105
32
Ed Morrow
August 25, 1971
BTW show
Hawaii
1
15
33
Gene Kiniski
September 9, 1971
BTW show
Hawaii
3
20
34
Sam Steamboat
September 29, 1971
BTW show
Hawaii
2
28
35
Sweet Daddy Siki
October 27, 1971
BTW show
Hawaii
1
147
36
Johnny Barend
March 22, 1972
BTW show
Hawaii
4
126
37
Freddie Blassie
July 26, 1972
BTW show
Hawaii
1
63
38
Sam Steamboat
September 27, 1972
BTW show
Hawaii
3
59
39
Dusty Rhodes
November 25, 1972
BTW show
Hawaii
1
193
40
Billy Robinson
June 6, 1973
BTW show
Hawaii
2
N/A
—
Vacated
1974 –1977
—
—
—
—
Championship vacated when 50th State Big Time Wrestling becomes inactive in July 1974
N/A
N/A
N/A
41
John Tolos
July 1977
BTW show
N/A
1
N/A
Awarded when 50th State Big Time Wrestling resumes operations
42
Sam Steamboat
October 1977
BTW show
Hawaii
4
N/A
43
Tor Kamata
December 1977
BTW show
Hawaii
1
N/A
44
Rick Martel
March 1978
BTW show
Hawaii
1
N/A
45
Big John Studd
June 1978
BTW show
N/A
1
N/A
Awarded when Martel leaves.
NWA Pacific International Championship
46
Don Muraco
September 1978
BTW show
Hawaii
1
N/A
47
Tor Kamata
1979
BTW show
Hawaii
2
N/A
48
Masked Cyclops
1980
BTW show
Hawaii
1
N/A
49
Siva Afi
1980
BTW show
Hawaii
1
N/A
—
Deactivated
1980
—
—
—
—
See also [ ]
United States portal
References [ ]
Categories :
50th State Big Time Wrestling championships Heavyweight wrestling championships NWA United States Heavyweight Championships North American professional wrestling championships International professional wrestling championships Professional wrestling in Hawaii