NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship
















Australasian Heavyweight Championship
Details
Date established 1938
Date retired 1968















The New Zealand version of the NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling regional heavyweight championship recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance and competed for by wrestlers in the Australasian region. It was largely defended in New Zealand's Dominion Wrestling Union from around 1938 to 1951 and in All Star Pro Wrestling from 1964 to 1968. The earliest-known champion was New Zealand wrestler Lofty Blomfield who defended the title until losing it to American wrestler Ray Steele in Auckland on December 12, 1938. Peter Maivia and Steve Rickard feuded over the title during the mid-1960s with Maivia regaining the title in 1968 shortly before it was abandoned. Much of the title's history is unknown, however, there were 7 officially recognized champions during the three decades it was defended.[1]



Title history




























#
 Order in reign history

Reign
 The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed

Event
 The event in which the title was won
—
 Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A
 The information is not available or is unknown

+
 Indicates the current reign is changing daily


Reigns







































































































































#
 Wrestlers
 Reign
 Date
 Days
held
 Location
 Event
 Notes
 Ref.

1
Lofty Blomfield
1
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 Earliest known champion.
 [1]

2
Ray Steele
1
December 10, 1938
 N/A
Auckland, New Zealand
Live event
[1]

—
N/A
—
 1938-1951
—
 N/A
 N/A
 Title history is unrecorded.
 [1]

3
Ken Kenneth
1
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A

[1][2]

4
Al Costello
1
 1951
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
[1]

—
N/A
—
 1951-1964
—
 N/A
 N/A
 Title history is unrecorded.
 [1]

5
Kangaroo Kennedy
1
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A

[1][3][4][5]

6
Peter Maivia
2
 1964
 N/A
Auckland, New Zealand
Live event

[1][3][4][5]

7
Steve Rickard
1
 1968
 N/A
 N/A
Live event

[1][3][4][5]

8
Peter Maivia
2
 1968
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Auckland
Live event

[1][4][5]

—
Deactivated
—
 1968
—
 N/A
 N/A
 The title is abandoned.


References





  1. ^ abcdefghijk "Australasian Heavyweight Title (New Zealand)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003. Retrieved 8 July 2010..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Keeps Title". Sydney Morning Herald. November 25, 1950.


  3. ^ abc Slagle, Steve (2000). "High Chief Peter Maivia". Photos & Bios: The Stories Behind the Stars. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Retrieved 8 July 2010.


  4. ^ abcd Hunter, Ian (February 27, 2008). "Torch Trivia: Test your knowledge - and learn new things - about latest WWE Hall of Fame entrants". Torch Trivia. Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 26 July 2010.


  5. ^ abcd Hunter, Ian (March 5, 2008). "Torch Trivia: Test your knowledge - and learn new things - about WrestleMania history". Torch Trivia. Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 26 July 2010.











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