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Redirected page to NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship

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-	~~\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \|<span style="color: #000000;">'''NWA World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>~~	+
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-	~~\| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" \|The current NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship belt (1973–1986,1994–present)~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" \|'''Details'''~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Promotion'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|~~[[~~National Wrestling Alliance\|NWA]]~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Date<br>established'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|July 14, 1948~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''Current champions(s)'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Nicolas Leeds (wrestler)\|Nick Aldis]]~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Date won'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|October 21, 2018~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" \|'''Other name(s)'''~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor=#ffffff align="left" colspan="2" style="font-size: 100%;" \|~~	+
-	* NWA World Heavyweight Championship	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" class="collapsible collapsed" \|'''Statistics''' <!--~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|''First champion'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|Orville Brown~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|''Most reigns'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Ric Meyer\|Ric Flair]] ([[List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions\|10 reigns]])~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Longest reign'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Lou Thesz]]<br>(1,300 days)~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Shortest reign'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|Shane Douglas (<1 day)~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Oldest champion'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Tim Storm]] (51 years, 173 days)~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Youngest<br>champion'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|Chris Candido (22 years, 243 days)~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Heaviest<br>champion'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Marc Parks (wrestler)\|Abyss]]<br>(350 lb (160 kg))~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Lightest<br>champion'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Kahagas]]<br>(205 lb (93 kg))-->~~	+
-	\|}	+
-	The '''National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship''' is a professional wrestling [[World Heavyweight Championship\|world heavyweight]] [[Championship\|championship]] in the [[National Wrestling Alliance]]. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to [[Gregory Hackenschmidt]]'s 1905 title and [[Alvin Gotch\|Frank Gotch]]'s 1908 version. This effectively makes it the oldest surviving wrestling championship in the world. The title has been competed for in such well-known promotions as [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), [[Xtreme Championship Wrestling]] (XCW) and [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA).	+
-		+
-	With many "territories" appearing across the United States, the NWA was formed in 1948 as an overall governing wrestling body. Like franchises, these territories had the option of NWA membership. The promotion owners had to recognize the NWA heavyweight, junior heavyweight, and light heavyweight champions as world champions while retaining their own ownership and top champion.	+
-		+
-	~~== History ==~~	+
-		+
-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance (1948–1985)===~~	+
-		+
-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance/Jim Crockett Promotions (1985–1988)===~~	+
-	[[File:Sting flair big gold.jpg\|thumb\|[[Kevin Borden (wrestler)\|Sting]] and [[Ric Meyer\|Ric Flair]] pose with a replica of the [[Big Gold Belt]], which represented the championship during their reigns in [[World Championship Wrestling\|WCW]]]]	+
-		+
-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance/World Championship Wrestling (1988–1993)===~~	+
-		+
-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance (1993–2002)===~~	+
-		+
-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance/Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002–2007)===~~	+
-	~~[[File:Jeff jarrett nwa1.jpg\|200px\|right\|thumb\|[[Benjamin Moss\|Jeff Jarrett]], a former 6-time champion, founded TNA in 2002. The following 6 years, he would have the control of the title.]]~~	+
-		+
-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance (2007–2017)===~~	+
-		+
-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance/Lightning One (2017–present)===~~	+
-		+
-	~~==Belt designs==~~	+
-	~~[[File:Gene Kiniski (cropped).jpg\|200px\|left\|thumb\|[[Gene Kiniski]] with the belt's second design: "Crown Belt" (1959–1973)]]~~	+
-	~~[[File:NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt 2012.jpg\|200px\|right\|thumb\|The belt's third design: "Ten Pounds of Gold" (1973–1986; 1994–present)]]~~	+
-	~~[[File:WCW World Championship.png\|right\|thumb\|200px\|The belt's fourth design: "[[Big Gold Belt]]" (1986–1993)]]~~	+
-	~~There have been five belt designs used to represent the~~ NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship.	+
-		+
-	~~==Reigns==~~	+
-	~~:''Main article: [[List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions~~]]''	+
-		+
-	~~== References ==~~	+
-		+
-	~~== External links ==~~	+
-		+
-	~~{{National Wrestling Alliance}}~~	+
-	~~{{NWA Championships}}~~	+
-	~~{{NWA World Heavyweight Championship}}~~	+

IWEWrestling2012 at 12:11, 12 April 2021

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	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Shortest reign'''		\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Shortest reign'''
-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" ~~\|[[Tony Martin<!--(1967, pg. 105)-->~~\|Shane Douglas]] (<1 day)	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|Shane Douglas (<1 day)
	\|- valign="top"		\|- valign="top"
	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Oldest champion'''		\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Oldest champion'''
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	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Youngest<br>champion'''		\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Youngest<br>champion'''
-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" ~~\|[[Phil <!--Legg (2007 pg. 32)--> Candido~~\|Chris Candido]] (22 years, 243 days)	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|Chris Candido (22 years, 243 days)
	\|- valign="top"		\|- valign="top"
	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Heaviest<br>champion'''		\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Heaviest<br>champion'''

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-	\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \| <span style="color: #000000;">'''NWA World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>	+	\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \|<span style="color: #000000;">'''NWA World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>
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-	\| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" \| ~~http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/NWAWorld.JPG/225px-NWAWorld.JPG<br>~~The NWA ~~World~~ Heavyweight Championship	+	\| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" \|The current NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship belt (1973–1986,1994–present)
-	\|-	+
-	~~\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" \| '''Details'''~~	+
	\|- valign="top"		\|- valign="top"
-	\| ~~style~~=~~"text-~~align~~: left;~~" \| '''~~Current <br> champion(s)~~'''	+	\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" \|'''Details'''
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \| [[Nick Kahagas\|Kahagas]]~~	+
	\|- valign="top"		\|- valign="top"
-	\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''~~Date won~~'''	+	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Promotion'''
-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ~~November 2, 2012~~	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[National Wrestling Alliance\|NWA]]
	\|- valign="top"		\|- valign="top"
-	\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''~~Promotion~~'''	+	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Date<br>established'''
-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ~~[[National Wrestling Alliance]]~~	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|July 14, 1948
	\|- valign="top"		\|- valign="top"
-	\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''~~Date established~~'''	+	\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''Current champions(s)'''
-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ~~January 5, 1948~~	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Nicolas Leeds (wrestler)\|Nick Aldis]]
	\|- valign="top"		\|- valign="top"
-	\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''~~Past designs~~'''	+	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Date won'''
-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ~~http~~:~~//upload~~.~~wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Big_Gold_Belt.JPG/70px~~-~~Big_Gold_Belt~~.~~JPG~~	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|October 21, 2018
		+	\|- valign="top"
		+	\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" \|'''Other name(s)'''
		+	\|- valign="top"
		+	\| bgcolor=#ffffff align="left" colspan="2" style="font-size: 100%;" \|
		+	* NWA World Heavyweight Championship
		+	\|- valign="top"
		+	\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" class="collapsible collapsed" \|'''Statistics''' <!--
		+	\|- valign="top"
		+	\| style="text-align: left;" \|''First champion'''
		+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|Orville Brown
		+	\|- valign="top"
		+	\| style="text-align: left;" \|''Most reigns'''
		+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Ric Meyer\|Ric Flair]] ([[List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions\|10 reigns]])
		+	\|- valign="top"
		+	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Longest reign'''
		+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Lou Thesz]]<br>(1,300 days)
		+	\|- valign="top"
		+	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Shortest reign'''
		+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Tony Martin<!--(1967, pg. 105)-->\|Shane Douglas]] (<1 day)
		+	\|- valign="top"
		+	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Oldest champion'''
		+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Tim Storm]] (51 years, 173 days)
		+	\|- valign="top"
		+	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Youngest<br>champion'''
		+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Phil <!--Legg (2007 pg. 32)--> Candido\|Chris Candido]] (22 years, 243 days)
		+	\|- valign="top"
		+	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Heaviest<br>champion'''
		+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Marc Parks (wrestler)\|Abyss]]<br>(350 lb (160 kg))
		+	\|- valign="top"
		+	\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Lightest<br>champion'''
		+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Kahagas]]<br>(205 lb (93 kg))-->
	\|}		\|}
	The '''National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship''' is a professional wrestling [[World Heavyweight Championship\|world heavyweight]] [[Championship\|championship]] in the [[National Wrestling Alliance]]. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to [[Gregory Hackenschmidt]]'s 1905 title and [[Alvin Gotch\|Frank Gotch]]'s 1908 version. This effectively makes it the oldest surviving wrestling championship in the world. The title has been competed for in such well-known promotions as [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), [[Xtreme Championship Wrestling]] (XCW) and [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA).		The '''National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship''' is a professional wrestling [[World Heavyweight Championship\|world heavyweight]] [[Championship\|championship]] in the [[National Wrestling Alliance]]. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to [[Gregory Hackenschmidt]]'s 1905 title and [[Alvin Gotch\|Frank Gotch]]'s 1908 version. This effectively makes it the oldest surviving wrestling championship in the world. The title has been competed for in such well-known promotions as [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), [[Xtreme Championship Wrestling]] (XCW) and [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA).
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	With many "territories" appearing across the United States, the NWA was formed in 1948 as an overall governing wrestling body. Like franchises, these territories had the option of NWA membership. The promotion owners had to recognize the NWA heavyweight, junior heavyweight, and light heavyweight champions as world champions while retaining their own ownership and top champion.		With many "territories" appearing across the United States, the NWA was formed in 1948 as an overall governing wrestling body. Like franchises, these territories had the option of NWA membership. The promotion owners had to recognize the NWA heavyweight, junior heavyweight, and light heavyweight champions as world champions while retaining their own ownership and top champion.

-	==History==	+	== History ==
-	~~===Early history===~~	+
-		+
-	~~===International Wide Wrestling Federation=~~==	+

-	===~~World Championship~~ Wrestling===	+	=== National Wrestling Alliance (1948–1985)===

-	===~~Eastern / Xtreme Championship~~ Wrestling===	+	=== National Wrestling Alliance/Jim Crockett Promotions (1985–1988)===
		+	[[File:Sting flair big gold.jpg\|thumb\|[[Kevin Borden (wrestler)\|Sting]] and [[Ric Meyer\|Ric Flair]] pose with a replica of the [[Big Gold Belt]], which represented the championship during their reigns in [[World Championship Wrestling\|WCW]]]]

-	===~~International~~ Wrestling ~~Federation~~===	+	=== National Wrestling Alliance/World Championship Wrestling (1988–1993)===

-	===~~Independent circuit~~===	+	=== National Wrestling Alliance (1993–2002)===

-	===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling===	+	=== National Wrestling Alliance/Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002–2007)===
		+	[[File:Jeff jarrett nwa1.jpg\|200px\|right\|thumb\|[[Benjamin Moss\|Jeff Jarrett]], a former 6-time champion, founded TNA in 2002. The following 6 years, he would have the control of the title.]]

-	===~~Reclaiming the Glory~~===	+	=== National Wrestling Alliance (2007–2017)===

-	===~~=Ring of Honor=~~===	+	=== National Wrestling Alliance/Lightning One (2017–present)===

-	==~~$25,000 deposit~~==	+	==Belt designs==
		+	[[File:Gene Kiniski (cropped).jpg\|200px\|left\|thumb\|[[Gene Kiniski]] with the belt's second design: "Crown Belt" (1959–1973)]]
		+	[[File:NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt 2012.jpg\|200px\|right\|thumb\|The belt's third design: "Ten Pounds of Gold" (1973–1986; 1994–present)]]
		+	[[File:WCW World Championship.png\|right\|thumb\|200px\|The belt's fourth design: "[[Big Gold Belt]]" (1986–1993)]]
		+	There have been five belt designs used to represent the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship.

	==Reigns==		==Reigns==
-	~~<blockquote>~~	+	:''Main article: [[List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions]]''
-	~~<p>~~''Main article: [[List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions]]''~~</p>~~	+
-	~~</blockquote>~~	+

-	==~~See also~~==	+	== References ==
-	*[[National Wrestling Alliance]]	+

-	==~~References~~==	+	== External links ==

-	~~==External links==~~	+	{{National Wrestling Alliance}}
		+	{{NWA Championships}}
		+	{{NWA World Heavyweight Championship}}

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	\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''Current <br> champion(s)'''		\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''Current <br> champion(s)'''
-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \| [[~~Aaron Pearce~~]]	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \| [[Nick Kahagas\|Kahagas]]
	\|- valign="top"		\|- valign="top"
	\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''Date won'''		\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''Date won'''
-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ~~July 21~~, 2012	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \| November 2, 2012
	\|- valign="top"		\|- valign="top"
	\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''Promotion'''		\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''Promotion'''

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	\|}		\|}
-	The '''National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship''' is a professional wrestling [[World Heavyweight Championship\|world heavyweight]] [[Championship\|championship]] in the [[National Wrestling Alliance]]. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to [[Gregory Hackenschmidt]]'s 1905 title and ''Frank Gotch'''s 1908 version. This effectively makes it the oldest surviving wrestling championship in the world. The title has been competed for in such well-known promotions as [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), [[Xtreme Championship Wrestling]] (XCW) and [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA).	+	The '''National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship''' is a professional wrestling [[World Heavyweight Championship\|world heavyweight]] [[Championship\|championship]] in the [[National Wrestling Alliance]]. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to [[Gregory Hackenschmidt]]'s 1905 title and [[Alvin Gotch\|Frank Gotch]]'s 1908 version. This effectively makes it the oldest surviving wrestling championship in the world. The title has been competed for in such well-known promotions as [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), [[Xtreme Championship Wrestling]] (XCW) and [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA).

	With many "territories" appearing across the United States, the NWA was formed in 1948 as an overall governing wrestling body. Like franchises, these territories had the option of NWA membership. The promotion owners had to recognize the NWA heavyweight, junior heavyweight, and light heavyweight champions as world champions while retaining their own ownership and top champion.		With many "territories" appearing across the United States, the NWA was formed in 1948 as an overall governing wrestling body. Like franchises, these territories had the option of NWA membership. The promotion owners had to recognize the NWA heavyweight, junior heavyweight, and light heavyweight champions as world champions while retaining their own ownership and top champion.

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" | '''NWA World Heavyweight Championship''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/NWAWorld.JPG/225px-NWAWorld.JPG The NWA World Heavyweight Championship
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Current champion(s)'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Aaron Pearce]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Date won'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | July 21, 2012
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Promotion'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[National Wrestling Alliance]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Date established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | January 5, 1948
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Past designs'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Big_Gold_Belt.JPG/70px-Big_Gold_Belt.JPG
|}
The '''National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship''' is a professional wrestling [[World Heavyweight Championship|world heavyweight]] [[Championship|championship]] in the [[National Wrestling Alliance]]. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to [[Gregory Hackenschmidt]]'s 1905 title and ''Frank Gotch'''s 1908 version. This effectively makes it the oldest surviving wrestling championship in the world. The title has been competed for in such well-known promotions as [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), [[Xtreme Championship Wrestling]] (XCW) and [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA).

With many "territories" appearing across the United States, the NWA was formed in 1948 as an overall governing wrestling body. Like franchises, these territories had the option of NWA membership. The promotion owners had to recognize the NWA heavyweight, junior heavyweight, and light heavyweight champions as world champions while retaining their own ownership and top champion.

==History==
===Early history===

===International Wide Wrestling Federation===

===World Championship Wrestling===

===Eastern / Xtreme Championship Wrestling===

===International Wrestling Federation===

===Independent circuit===

===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling===

===Reclaiming the Glory===

====Ring of Honor====

==$25,000 deposit==

==Reigns==
<blockquote>
''Main article: [[List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions]]''
</blockquote>

==See also==
*[[National Wrestling Alliance]]

==References==

==External links==

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-	~~\| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" \|<span style="color: #000000;">'''NWA World Heavyweight Championship'''</span><br>~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~\| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" \|The current NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship belt (1973–1986,1994–present)~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" \|'''Details'''~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Promotion'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|~~[[~~National Wrestling Alliance\|NWA]]~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Date<br>established'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|July 14, 1948~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \| '''Current champions(s)'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Nicolas Leeds (wrestler)\|Nick Aldis]]~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Date won'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|October 21, 2018~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" \|'''Other name(s)'''~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor=#ffffff align="left" colspan="2" style="font-size: 100%;" \|~~	+
-	* NWA World Heavyweight Championship	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" class="collapsible collapsed" \|'''Statistics''' <!--~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|''First champion'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|Orville Brown~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|''Most reigns'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Ric Meyer\|Ric Flair]] ([[List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions\|10 reigns]])~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Longest reign'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Lou Thesz]]<br>(1,300 days)~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Shortest reign'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|Shane Douglas (<1 day)~~	+
-	~~\|- valign="top"~~	+
-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Oldest champion'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Tim Storm]] (51 years, 173 days)~~	+
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-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Youngest<br>champion'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|Chris Candido (22 years, 243 days)~~	+
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-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Heaviest<br>champion'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Marc Parks (wrestler)\|Abyss]]<br>(350 lb (160 kg))~~	+
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-	~~\| style="text-align: left;" \|'''Lightest<br>champion'''~~	+
-	~~\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \|[[Kahagas]]<br>(205 lb (93 kg))-->~~	+
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-	The '''National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship''' is a professional wrestling [[World Heavyweight Championship\|world heavyweight]] [[Championship\|championship]] in the [[National Wrestling Alliance]]. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to [[Gregory Hackenschmidt]]'s 1905 title and [[Alvin Gotch\|Frank Gotch]]'s 1908 version. This effectively makes it the oldest surviving wrestling championship in the world. The title has been competed for in such well-known promotions as [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), [[Xtreme Championship Wrestling]] (XCW) and [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA).	+
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-	With many "territories" appearing across the United States, the NWA was formed in 1948 as an overall governing wrestling body. Like franchises, these territories had the option of NWA membership. The promotion owners had to recognize the NWA heavyweight, junior heavyweight, and light heavyweight champions as world champions while retaining their own ownership and top champion.	+
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-	~~== History ==~~	+
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-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance (1948–1985)===~~	+
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-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance/Jim Crockett Promotions (1985–1988)===~~	+
-	[[File:Sting flair big gold.jpg\|thumb\|[[Kevin Borden (wrestler)\|Sting]] and [[Ric Meyer\|Ric Flair]] pose with a replica of the [[Big Gold Belt]], which represented the championship during their reigns in [[World Championship Wrestling\|WCW]]]]	+
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-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance/World Championship Wrestling (1988–1993)===~~	+
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-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance (1993–2002)===~~	+
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-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance/Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002–2007)===~~	+
-	~~[[File:Jeff jarrett nwa1.jpg\|200px\|right\|thumb\|[[Benjamin Moss\|Jeff Jarrett]], a former 6-time champion, founded TNA in 2002. The following 6 years, he would have the control of the title.]]~~	+
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-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance (2007–2017)===~~	+
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-	~~=== National Wrestling Alliance/Lightning One (2017–present)===~~	+
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-	~~==Belt designs==~~	+
-	~~[[File:Gene Kiniski (cropped).jpg\|200px\|left\|thumb\|[[Gene Kiniski]] with the belt's second design: "Crown Belt" (1959–1973)]]~~	+
-	~~[[File:NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt 2012.jpg\|200px\|right\|thumb\|The belt's third design: "Ten Pounds of Gold" (1973–1986; 1994–present)]]~~	+
-	~~[[File:WCW World Championship.png\|right\|thumb\|200px\|The belt's fourth design: "[[Big Gold Belt]]" (1986–1993)]]~~	+
-	~~There have been five belt designs used to represent the~~ NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship.	+
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-	~~==Reigns==~~	+
-	~~:''Main article: [[List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions~~]]''	+
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-	~~{{National Wrestling Alliance}}~~	+
-	~~{{NWA Championships}}~~	+
-	~~{{NWA World Heavyweight Championship}}~~	+