The IWA World Heavyweight Championship was a
professional wrestling
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world heavyweight championship in the
Australian
World Championship Wrestling
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promotion
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from its founding in 1964 until 1971.
Although a part of WCW, the championship carried the IWA initials, for the International Wrestling Alliance. The IWA was WCW's sanctioning body for its championships.
WCW joined the
National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969,
but still recognized this title as its world title. In 1971, the title was abandoned, the
NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship was the top singles professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), title in the Professional wrestling in Australia, Australian World Championship Wrestling (Australia), World Champions ...
was established as WCW's new top championship, and the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an American professional wrestling promotion. The current champion is Tyrus, who is i ...
was recognized in WCW as the world title.
24 different men held the championship, combining for 51 individual title reigns.
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Title history
See also
*Professional wrestling in Australia
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*World Championship Wrestling (Australia)
World Championship Wrestling was an Australian professional wrestling promotion that ran from 1964 until 1978.
History
The promotion gained publicity through television programs on the Nine Network, which were presented at noon on Saturdays and ...
*IWA International Wrestling Australia IWA may refer to:
Organizations International
* International Water Association
* International Webmasters Association
* International Woodworkers of America, United States and Canada
* International Workers Association, an anarcho-syndicalist fed ...
References
External links
{{Professional wrestling in Australia
World heavyweight wrestling championships
World Championship Wrestling (Australia) championships
Professional wrestling in Australia