The NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship was the secondary singles championship in the National Wrestling Alliance's St. Louis Wrestling Club and Central States Wrestling promotions in the 1970s and 1980s. It was usually dominated by the area's top star, Harley Race, and as such it was considered a "stepping stone" to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (although only Race, Terry Funk, Kerry Von Erich and Ric Flair made it; Gene Kiniski, Dory Funk, Jr. and Jack Brisco were already former World Champions upon winning the Missouri title). A version of the Missouri Championship has been documented to exist in 1899, 1921, 1933 to 1934, 1937, 1947, 1950, and 1954 to 1955, but it was only in 1972 that a serious championship was established. Prior to the creation of the NWA the championship w
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| - The NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship was the secondary singles championship in the National Wrestling Alliance's St. Louis Wrestling Club and Central States Wrestling promotions in the 1970s and 1980s. It was usually dominated by the area's top star, Harley Race, and as such it was considered a "stepping stone" to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (although only Race, Terry Funk, Kerry Von Erich and Ric Flair made it; Gene Kiniski, Dory Funk, Jr. and Jack Brisco were already former World Champions upon winning the Missouri title). A version of the Missouri Championship has been documented to exist in 1899, 1921, 1933 to 1934, 1937, 1947, 1950, and 1954 to 1955, but it was only in 1972 that a serious championship was established. Prior to the creation of the NWA the championship w (en)
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| - The NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship belt (en)
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| - Chillicothe, Missouri (en)
- Kansas City, Missouri (en)
- Sedalia, Missouri (en)
- St. Joseph, Missouri (en)
- St. Louis, Missouri (en)
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| - Championship vacated, reason undocumented (en)
- Championship inactive. (en)
- Championship vacated, no reason documented (en)
- Championship vacated, reason not documented (en)
- Defeated David Von Erich in a tournament final. (en)
- Defeated Harley Race in a rematch. (en)
- Defeated Sonny Myers in a 10-man tournament final. (en)
- Defeated Warren Bockwinkel to win the championship (en)
- Records are unclear as to whom he defeated. (en)
- Championship retired when Jim Crockett Promotions bought the St. Louis Wrestling Club. Crockett also bought Central States Wrestling in September. (en)
- Uncertain when the championship was abandoned (en)
- Defeated Charles Santen to win the championship, unclear if Santen was the champion or if this was a tournament final. (en)
- Defeated Pak Song in a tournament final for the revived championship. (en)
- Championship held up due to a controversial ending of a match against Sonny Myers (en)
- Defeated Lloyd Carter to win the championship. Unclear if Carter was the champion or if this was a tournament final. (en)
- Defeated Ray Eckert to win the vacant championship. (en)
- Championship held up after a match against Johnny Valentine (en)
- Championship vacated when Champion Harley Race won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (en)
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