NWA Great Lakes Heavyweight Championship
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NWA Great Lakes, and represented the states of Indiana
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, Michigan
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and Ohio
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. The championship lasted from 1997 through 2002. The title was originally known as the SMCW Heavyweight Championship when Southern Michigan Championship Wrestling opened in 1997, then the NWA Michigan Heavyweight Championship when SMCW joined the NWA and became NWA of Michigan. Finally, in 2000, the title's name changed for the final time when NWA of Michigan became NWA Great Lakes.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
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| Gene Austin | 1 | June 14, 1997 | Monroe, MI Monroe, Michigan Monroe is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 20,733 at the 2010 census. It is the largest city and county seat of Monroe County. The city is bordered on the south by Monroe Charter Township, but both are politically independent. The city is located approximately 14 miles ... |
Won a tournament to become the first champion. |
| Canadian Destroyer | 1 | December 13, 1997 | Michigan Center, MI Michigan Center, Michigan Michigan Center is an unincorporated community in Leoni Township of Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also a census-designated place for statistical purposes and without legal status as an incorporated municipality... |
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| Gene Austin | 2 | February 4, 1998 | Sandusky, MI | The championship was renamed the NWA Michigan Heavyweight Championship on May 1, 1998. |
| The Brooklyn Brawler Steve Lombardi Steve Lombardi is an Italian American professional wrestler, and road agent. He is also known by his ring name Brooklyn Brawler... |
1 | June 20, 1998 | Tecumseh, MI Tecumseh, Michigan Tecumseh is a small city in Lenawee County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated where M-50 crosses the River Raisin, a few miles east of M-52. Tecumseh is about SW of Detroit, south of Ann Arbor and north of Toledo, OH.... |
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| Skull Ganz | 1 | December 27, 1998 | Brownstown Township, MI Brownstown Township, Michigan Brownstown Charter Township is a charter township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 30,627 at the 2010 census. It is part of the collection of communities known as Downriver. Brownstown's three separate segments are due to the incorporation of the cities of Flat... |
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| Mr. Meaner | 1 | December 3, 1999 | Gibraltar, MI Gibraltar, Michigan Gibraltar is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,656 at the 2010 census. It is located on the Detroit River directly south of, and adjacent to, Trenton.-Geography:... |
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| Vacated | January 7, 2000 | |||
| Larry Destiny | 1 | April 13, 2000 | Burton, MI Burton, Michigan Burton is a city in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb of Flint. The population was 30,308 at the 2000 census, making Burton the second largest city in Genesee County.- Neighorhoods :... |
Defeated Tommy Rogers Thomas Couch Thomas R. Couch is a professional wrestler better known as Tommy Rogers of The Fantastics.-Career:Couch started wrestling in 1980 as Tommy Rogers in North Carolina... to win the vacant title. |
| Stripped | Destiny was stripped of the title for missing title defenses. | |||
| Mike Legacy | 1 | May 2000 | ||
| Gutter | 1 | June 17, 2000 | Tiffin, OH Tiffin, Ohio Tiffin is a city in and the county seat of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The population was 18,135 at the 2000 census. The National Arbor Day Foundation has designated Tiffin as a Tree City USA.... |
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| Rock Stevens | 1 | September 23, 2000 | Sandusky, OH Sandusky, Ohio Sandusky is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County. It is located in northern Ohio and is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, almost exactly half-way between Toledo to the west and Cleveland to the east.... |
The championship was renamed the NWA Great Lakes Heavyweight Championship on October 14, 2000. |
| Vacated | November 2000 | |||
| Sebastian Cyrus | 1 | December 8, 2000 | Tiffin, OH | Defeated Gutter to win the vacant title. |
| Brimstone Brimstone (wrestler) William M. Kucmierowski is an American professional wrestler, actor, author, and philanthropist who is better known by his shortened name Will Kaye or his ring name, Brimstone.... |
1 | September 22, 2001 | Sterling Heights, MI Sterling Heights, Michigan Sterling Heights is a city in Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan, and one of Detroit's core suburbs. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 129,699... |
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| Tommy Starr | 1 | November 3, 2001 | Sterling Heights, MI | |
| Gutter | 2 | December 1, 2001 | Sterling Heights, MI | |
| Chris Sabin Chris Sabin Joshua Harter is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Sabin. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he currently teams with Alex Shelley as The Motor City Machine Guns.After being trained by Scott D'Amore, Sabin debuted in 2000 for... |
1 | June 1, 2002 | Sterling Heights, MI | |
| Title abandoned | October 2002 | The title was abandoned when NWA Great Lakes closed. | ||