The NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling regional championship in

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(GCW). It was a minor title, complementing the

NWA Columbus Tag Team Championship Georgia Championship Wrestling was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia. The promotion was affiliated with what had been the world's top sanctioning body of championship titles for decades before, the National W ...

, and defended almost exclusively at the Columbus Municipal Auditorium throughout the 1970s. The Columbus titles were one of two sets of GCW's city-wide championships, along with the

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and

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, and one of a select few city championships recognized by the

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. The final champion was

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and the title was eventually abandoned after 1979. There have been a total of 11 recognized champions who have had a combined 18 official reigns, with "Bullet" Bob Armstrong holding the most at four. At 131 days, Armstrong's second reign was the longest in the title's history. The shortest reigning champion was

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, whose first and only reign lasted 21 days. ;List of top combined reigns

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External links

NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship at Cagematch.netColumbus Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlingdata.com
Heavyweight wrestling championships Regional professional wrestling championships Professional wrestling in Georgia (U.S. state)