The WWF North American Heavyweight Championship was a relatively short-lived title in the

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(WWF, now WWE) from 1979 until 1981. It was established as the WWWF North American Heavyweight Championship on February 13, 1979 before the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) was renamed to WWF the following month. The inaugural champion was

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and the final champion was

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.Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man, p.108, Ted DiBiase with Tom Caiazzo, Pocket Books, New York, NY, 2008, . In March 2018, the now WWE established a new North American championship for their

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brand, the

NXT North American Championship The NXT North American Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is primarily defended as the secondary men's championship of the NXT brand division, the promotion's developmental ...

. This new title, however, does not carry the lineage of the promotion's original North American championship.

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WWF North American Heavyweight Title History
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